The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-07-29
OUR NEW loRk LETTER.
WHAT NAN HAS Tp 10 10 m .
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HA'"N' hv "f"'F "a letter 20 ths c. ,Hr~ .l
= AAtAorf 81 ueW siAptfs. aHsi t,fs -..I
','''t il Was loo, tea3aS "Aa hr .-a"t 'k
planning his ambition - bv--aiu, A ..tl..
paper writer and asking for wurA g.. !o
Lhr letter showed that Nj ogaudt ,i.,-
n'' KNOW the profession Tie trade. pr,.
+t! /" SAY but ht himself confessed ..-
much ~ his letter. ha{ he WAIt. ut
coarse, : a chance - .,aru f. Bai al
least one paper lu New / o.A aud tso or
three clsew here that / have AaIl-uvd tu
see has been rude enough fov il W.,, ak
C ling rudene~s - publish that pur
tion OF Mr.. nraudy letter the, hal lo
night TO publish any of hi il wA.ta Ec
shows his ignorance - tAc trade ..ud
tAeSc papers thoreuPou have proceeded ta
lecture Nr nrandA and 10 enlarge ui shuly
ana learnediy upon the journalistic pro
icNslon
nave not the pleasure - know .u- Nj
"r"hdy or OF knowing anything ab"at u.u
GAt'Pt NHal ne hiihseH tells 800 h', tti,F
int ms letter bears on lts face truth ttd
,'ihoi'loh anu gives hinl q capacity. We
know Mr. Graudy Well aud know han to
be a talented and ambitious young man.
who VIII yet make his mark EbIruR .
since the letter and Nr Grandt entirely
praiScworthN purpose for can man not
be newspaper writer and 4 christian. Mr.
Dixon have become a matter OF public
discussion, Mr Grandy wIll not tAkc.it
'tlnlNS, trust, II ARISE ~ my fcchlcucss
to express my admiration 81 him aud Nht-
per my opinion that those newspaper
writers i'll New Orleans and New urA and
Boston who have taken pride IN ASSURING
hlm that he Is very young and very green.
are themselves asses and Doors 10 bput.
Mr.. Grandy IS young, whcrruPon he is tp
fll4 4 .
the trade he wishes To learn. hc l., green
of course. But what of that II is "A no
cesslty that youth Just out of college
should be ignorant. The Shame is that
those who have had years and opportunity
remain ignorant and become vulgar
Mr.. Grandy made but one mistake and
that very natural one, and one tlat Is
IN no way dlscredItablc. He assumed that
there We're places or vacancies on news
papers; and he assumed that the conduc
tor Of some such paper as he desire, TO
form "A connection with was likely to in
vlte him to a place where he can learn IT,,
trade. There is but one way To get OH
II big paper; and that way is 10 work
yourself on II. And Mr.. Grandy can do
that, beginning at Camden C. IL, if he
has the stuff in him that "A newspaper
writer must be made Of But the task hc
sets out to do is not to be quickly or easily
done. If he will sit down and write a
Photographic description OF Camden Court
House and OF HE III that town and send
it don't know where any more than
Mr.. Grandy knows; but If he viii put IL on
the market he can sell II, provided, Of
course, 1t Is marketable. II viii be mar
kctablc if he makes ii an accurate picture
Of what he sees every day II he write 4
common place letter III praise Of All the
good men ana make the town out a para
disc. he VIII never sell his letter because
1t Will be a lie after the fashion of the
usual commencement oratlOu Bui ID hc
tell how men dress, what they do " hat
they IL = about, what they cat, huN the
good -. North Caroiulm incompatible
among men lS clothed with dignity H.
with a garment and Is every inch gen
tleman; how the fool of Colonel or
Major or a "CaptaIn' struts and 7wcars
and conducts the universe for the rest Of
the town; how the small politician at the
meetin house exalts one party aud slays
the other, how the emotional sister dips
snuff all through the vigorous sermon how
life runs, high and low and "lnIddlIu at
Camden Court House that is y hat people
anywhere would like to read
Indeed every man has chance to make
a writer for "A newspaper He La5 only to
write something worth reading If il be
worth reading he can sell it, If hc sell.
one thing he can sell another. and after a
while if he really love the work and do II
bal "a