The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-10-28
Trials Of a Country Editor.

Trials of Country Editor.
The life Of the editor Of u country
newspaper realizes the idea of 'pcrprtu'
al motion.'' He never rest. day OF night.
Evcrvbody's taste has to be consulted IN
making selections. and after honest effort
in thi. department some call the editor
bore. and others frivolous fool Then
political articles have TO be written, m
vo!viny much painful thought and tcd,-
nus writing If h. treats Of general pot
itir>. some tell him that these are mat
tors beyond his narrow province: wh"
care. what !:c thinks about third term,
the currency question. or the Indian
fraud.; ne must confinr himself to local
topicS. When the poor editor. harricd
and hulirl hv t(Ic-r assaults. tlm'lly
hcSitatcs to cxp prc>S any opinion for fear
of being considered prr>umrt'"'I-, some
body write, him n"t". stop my paper;
it never has ANY news in it. an" i II" ;'r-
count" If he ventures criticism upon
local matters. some one l. sure to be pt-
Tended, and to threaten him with whip
niuq, or withdrawal of patronage.
Then there are "lora>" to be written.
and this is the most dangerous ground of
oll tn tread. II you Say more OF one
man than another. look out for trouble.
If v",l omit /" notice everything ti'H'
happens. v"u haze II" enterprise IN Jour
naiism: if. filled with y determination
that the public shall find your columns
complcte register Of current events. yoU
publish full reports of W hat occurs, len
chances to one somebody il going th
come down ON YOU for making private
matters public property. and causing
scandal. And the personals. Vnc
man saws. "who cares whether Mr. y,
w,s in town last week. or Mr.. Is. wcntto
Charleston or Mr. &. has a bad coII
they are Of no consequence don be
ALWAYS thr,lsting such trash upon your
readers. or I. for one, will quit taking
ynur raprr. But if this same man docs
ANYTHING which he thinks worth notice;
if he leaves home or returns. or pants
hi. fence. or cuts his finger or displays
,ny ENTERPRISE, and docs not receive any
..prr.onal'' the next time h" meets YOU,
he Is going t" say. YOU notice ana pun
other people but II" matter II J WORK !. Il d.
miracle YOU can, SAY anything about 1t,
If you chance to he pleased with ser
mon hv 4 divine. anil express your Ei;'t'-
tcation. = partisan of some other drn"m'
nation will charge YOU with pral~lnr, up
every church except his. II the iah'T'
,f some ladies society seem 10 You w"r-
thy of commcndation, and YOU Say 80,
thr members of some other society are
sure to yet offended, and charge the p'-
per with partlaIlty.
,ttrr Il l,r editor has made selections t"
nl,aS,. the crown people and the children,
The farmer, the mechanic and the mrr-
chant and has written his humble p"Iltl-
cal leader AMI his "local>, he goes out
) tn drum up advertisements: tie must
have money. And this j. hard work.
:. Our man >av> "a,lycrtsing does not pay
sn] time, are too hard. Another i'
willing to put 4 card in the paper but
the charge i, too hi I'll. some one wants
; matter. enough to ill Il column. com
nr,.ssrd into quarter column and TN.
nrr,nrul 50 ~ t. make Il fine display.
Another is lispcascd because his advir'
tisrm,nt i sometimes put TN thc "ou,
.ilc" of the paper Another finds f"uI'
I h,,a,,sr somebody's advertisement ~ Pu'
u above hi. in the column. But fortunate
= :, ly ;or the poor editor, thr1' are l','". ,':
who are willing t" pay for whatever >E'Hc'
they may fill in the paper. amt never
n complain "f the style or "a''"" III '''''
adyGrt'>'mrnl,' ,,,, n,ou,v !. needle,
h Worst Of ALL ;" '''uc'i .I;''; .l; h.rJ :,
to run newspaper anu '''I J. ~ ,'", ''.'," ~ :,
!. get he editor -'l'''',',.e. - 'I1, ~, ., '',rm
z lilu,' ''', ~, l,u. ,,nrr IN ~, ant
and struggles i, tlkv " Wv M'', ,,,roms ~ ~ It'll
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