The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-04
The Trials and Tribulations Of a
Local Editor.

The Trials and Tribulations OF a
Local Editor.
The local started OF his rounds again.
II can give You an item for your pa
per- said the first man he met. The
next game of baSc"-but before he
could bawl ont the ret the locll liza !
lodged around Tom Boozrr's c"r..er.
He hadn't gone far before he Mas
stopped by aHothcr man, who said {:
Say. vol arr Il Newspaper MAJ, and
newspaper men know everything
how far j. it TO Uba Dam, Texas, and
what's the second class fare there:'
The Guestioncr was Informed that to
be an itemiZer for paper IL wash {
necessary to know the distance to Uba
Dam, Iba Dam or Heba Dam, and that
it was an altogether mistaken idea
that newspaper man was possessed
OF the know ledge OF everything OH
the face OF this great big broad earth
Don't know no:hiu'," wiS about all
the local made ont as he turned the
corner OF the Fallaw House just i'll
time to meet the man who wanted TO
borrow ten cents. He needle | only 10
cents and would be certain to return
it Saturday. O, the unreturncd dimes
that are charged to thee, o, Saturday !.
No. s;r. rot another dime. Right here
is another mistaken ida that must no
longer 20 uncontra.lic%cd. That news
paper men are rich. They are not all
rich, no, not all. Some are so roor
they can't even afford to give their
wives all the old papers needed for
bustleary purposes, but keep them for
sale at % cents 10. Proceeding on
his way the local hal reached the To-
cali;y of Bakers SINNERS rest" when
he again came upon food for r. Election
for this chapter OF hard trials ana
great tribulations. He met l del:n-
Guent subscriber who was asked his
little bill kindly to settle. He didn't
have the money, but-''Won't you
come in and have i drink?' The last
seen of him hc was entering the bar,
followed by four men whom he had
invited to Join him. We know he
had the money. because his credit l.
not good for d. Oh, is hard to be
an editor when you can't get Your
money when lis due. Going on to-
wards the delos Il fellow across the
street shouted ''Yon. you there
Hold on. You'vc got nothing to do !.
Wait il minute. How in the lame OF
goodness did you make such mistake
il your paper: Mr.. - did not go
to -, he went t. -. AMI | see
you had a nam: wrong. Ha-ha-ha
Ha-ha-ha. What's the matter with YOU?
Explain Yourself" He was toll that
if he hadn't sense enough to know
that typographical errors are some
times unavoidable, he wonldn't have
sense enough to understand the cN-
PLANTATION. Once more pursuing the un-
even tenor OF his way, rEminatinS on
the observations of The day and what
one could pick up by haviAg his ears
and eyes open, and thinking that per-
hapS he had met with the last Ob. .tacle
to his success, the local was accoSted
by another familiar character who felt
sighted and had mustered up brass
enough TO pour forth his grievances :
I've been otf-been back week, but
haven't seen it in the paper. I'm not
OF enough importance to be put in the
paper. Il Mr.. A. or Mrs. B. Or Miss G.
had gone anywhere you'd have noticed
them" When tine local reflected, he
said not word. but silently passed on
home. But the days lesson was not
forgotten. 1t had lett an impression
on the camera of his mind which will
take time to eradicate. 1t furnished 4
text for a local. He didn't sleep much
that night. In the silent watches oi
| the midnight hour he meditated deep
down in the inmo>t reces>eS OF his
soul, so to speak. He thought OF the
pleasant and the unpleasant part OF
running newspaper. How men Ont
side OF a printing otfice) differed in
their views of running 4 newspaper,
for they all give different advice, which
makes it d,tfici.li thing to run i pa
per to please everybody. Some like
to read the pers oGa!s, others do not
Some like to rea of every fence that's
painted, and every little detail OF ev,
cry little thing. We admire the !udg
ment Of one ella 5 and the patience o.
the other. Som: think the editor does
it purposcly VIII II he fails to mention
their departure and arrival or theiI
sickness. Others don't care anything
about it, or they say they don't. Some
don't like it if pleasant mention il
made OF their enemies, thinking it al
right if about their friends, and never
thinking that their enemies hate tt
see a pleasant allus:on to them, ant
that the editor has II thing to do Will
that. What some might think goot
enough, or at least passable, Others
perhaps think commonplace and silly
And so on down the catalogue, M
doubt the worl,l ov.'r. 1t sometime
makes the victim nix he'd ''rathe
be i toad and feed o. the misty vapor
of dungeon, thaI bend the crooked
point Of locals pen that frowns ma!
follow reading. But in the desert h
meets an oasis that reyives him ant
makes the winter Of his disconten
glorious summer wheh he hears voice
say, "You hit the nail Oil the'head tina
time, old boy"