Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-12-04
JUST Tributes TO J. N. HEATING.

JUST Tributes TO J. N. HEATING.
The people of Memphis read with disgust
toe recent effort to disparage the usefulness
and efficiency Of Mr.. Heating during the
late epidemic. AS an offset, we publish the
following from newspapers whose good
opinion is as much to be desired as that of
others Is to be deprecated. The Baltimore
san, one Of the oldest, ablest and most in
Auential papers IN the United States, says:
We have already spoken OF the supper which lead
ing citizens in Washington are 10 give tonight to
Colonel J. NJ. Keatlng, one OF the editors OF the
during the late peStience and their general appre.
elatSn OF ms merts as lou W , ana ms
During Colonel Keatlng's absence on his present
healthip. his partner and associate has taken The
opportunity TO say something about how ne worked
aud what he endured In those SD and heavy times,
and the little history is record OF really heroic en-
d, FAVOR Only through Colonel Keatings extraoTdi-
nary exeTtions, almost unaIded at times, says his
partner, was the aPPEAL published during the cpl
tad the ArrEAI. SAYS: when the numser OF
competitors was reduced to only two, hs
me composing room put in type his own editorials
and prepared the forms OF the paper for tue press
PEAL would have been suspended. The prudence
aud ability with which Colonel Heating conducted
the paper under such appalling circumstances, has
re .eIvsd the universal commentator of the pub
lie" Colonel Heating has been trained to journal
kn6wIedre Of everS department Of the newspaper.
together with acknowledged aptitude and taste for
those which he has filled so acceptably. 1t is By
men OF this sort who respec their ant and are will
ing sacrifice themselves to It, but never TO degrade
journalism are maintained. Happily the Country
has MANY OF them, but node who adorn the ar more
than j. NJ. Heating. BE has earned Ills holiday, and
trust that he will enjoy It and profit by It, No
man can go through such stress and strain OF
work and anxiety he must have had to endure
since August without waste of energies and vital
force that demand much rest and recreation to re-
gain them.
The Gibson County Mirror, published at
Trenton, in this State, says:
The following compliment by Colonel Galloway to
the untirlng energy of his coadiutor Will be read
with interest IL will be heartily Endorsed by all who
remsined in the stricken city, and even the outside
abilities of Colonel Heating and his devotion to
duty. The polished arts which bumanize mankind"
are exemplihed In the ornate style of Colonel Keat
ings writing, and well is 1t SAID of him that, an
editor, ''he has no superior In the south"
We thank our cotemporarles for their tIib-
utes to our absent associate. During the
epidemic Mr.. Heating labored to make the
APPEAL the vitalzing agent for helping the
afflicted. He kept our necessities constantly
before the world, and from day to day sug-
gested plans for buryIng the dead and taking
care of the sick. He was an active member
of the Citizens relief committee, promi-
ueuI III It's CouuCilS- OuIuIS INC SplOSLAIC
seventy three persons dependent upon the
APPEAL were stricken down with the fever,
and thirty-four attaches died. Mr.. Heating
never failed to see that the sick were taken
care of, and that the dead were decently
buried. Every day he pleaded for help, ad.
vertised our wants, served on committees,
advised in public meetings, paid proper trib-
ute to the martyrs as they fell, and he
and his friends can well afford to scorn
the sneers of those who snutfed danger from
afar. The papers of the city have justly
commended the heroism of their associates
who kept their papers alive during the epi-
demic, and Mr.. Heating having breasted the
same storm is entitled to the same praise.