The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-02-12

nate than the majority of mankind he
Will go to the wall, at least politically,
! AMI be compelled To stand aside.
THE NEH' rGRK IIERiLD
The Remarkable story OF IL Remarkable
Newspaper.
From the riica Observer.
III May, 1888, there, appeared in the
city Of New York the first number Of
aSmall onc-ccnt daily paper called the
Xe,WId, OF which Jalmes Gordon Ben
nett was announced us editor and pro-
prictor. He was Scotchman bv
birth, and was twcnty-thrce wears ole,
when he sought home on this side of
the Atlantic. lie was born III Keith,
Banil>hirc, Scotland. on the Isl Of Sen.
trmNcr, 1913. lie WAS educated at the
Roman Catholic Seminary, at Abe :
deem, and was designed for the priest
hood OF that Church. But he found
before he had taken orders that his vu-
cation WAS not il, that direction, and
he resolved to seek his fortunes i'm the
New World. lie landed at Halifax
too poor to continue his Journey TO
Boston, where he intended to settle.
He taught school during the summer,
not from choice, but from necessity,
but in the caly autumn he made his
way to Boston where he Got a lob as a
prool.rca,rr in printing establishment.
At this period OF his life he wrote
verses. Forty years later Robert I5ou-
nrr, of the Lcdger, induced the leading
editors OF New York, Greeley, Bennett
and Raymond among the number to
contribute cacha piece to his paper
one week. With his old-timo fond
ness for sensations, Mr.. Bennett
submitted poctical ctlusion in praise
Ola real or imaginary girl with "ycl-
low hair" He did moi explain that it
was written when he was twenty
four. In 1922 Mr.. Bennett went to
New York and subsequently, to Char
lesion, ). c.. where he made transia-
tionS from the Cuban, Mexican ami
South American exchanges for the
courier of that city. He soon return
cd New York and Underwent a variety
or adventures. lie issued the prospcc-
tuS of Il commercial school, which he
did not establish, delivered lectures on
political economy, which did not take,
and became proprietor OF Sunday
paper, which quickly failed lie be-
came most Jealous supporter Of An
drew jackson, and wrote Washington
letters to the New York Enuufrer,
which Journal he helped to edit after
its consolidation with the Courier. In
1882 lie established daily paper called
the New York GLOBE, which lived one
month and then died Of insolvency.
Atlcr that he gotta place on Phiadcl-
phia paper, but returned to New York
in 1884.
1t win be seen that Mr.. Bennett was
forty years old when he founded the
Herah0. and that all his previous ca
rccr had been a series of failures and
not OF successes. But he had learned
valublc lessons in the school Of cxpc-
rlcncc. His cash capital in 1885 was
only $500, but his enterprise was
bouudlcss. Mr.. Bennett was not ONLY
editor and proprietor OF the IIeyuM at
first, but he was its political writer. its
r'cportorial staff, its foreign corrcspon-
dent. its Washington special, its adycr-
tising agent, its distributor and collec-
tor. III Its dingy Office in Wall street,
where its business was carried on. hc
laid board over two barrels and sold
| copies OF the sheet to those who would
favor him with cent. 1t must not he
supposed, however, that he was a sun
plant for favors at that period Of h:s
life, or at any other time. He discuss-
cd men and affairs with freedom and
audacity which compelled attention
ana provoked criticism. lie was the
first man in the United States, Dcrbaps
the first in the world, to realize tho fact
tnat the people want the news. When
his modest establishment was burned
out and he lost all he possessed, he
borrowed the facilities to issue Her.
oW containing full and glowing ac-
count of the fire. He was burned out
again and robbed once, ali within fif
teen months but fire could not destroy
nor thlcyes steal his undying enter
prise. In 1886 the Helen jcwctt mur.
der inade sen. a ion which is still re.
membercd. The Heru1d printed the
iuiiest reports of the tragedy, with dia.
grams, etc., etc, accompanied with
editorial comments, which were dc.
iightfnlly inconsistent with each othc,
rom day to day, but which fairly re.
hectcd the shifting changes Of public
opinion. The Heruld was tho first
paper to publish daily stock rcports
III 1887 ii set up ship news agency
consisting ofa row boat manned by
tnree mon, whose duty it was to inter
cept ships as they arrived, and ret
their news. To-day tho .Heroid's
news.yachts, form a great feet ofthem.
From the humble beginning herein
sketched, the New York Herald, In
torty-five years, has grown to be thc
greatest newspaper in tho world