Richland beacon., 1889-08-03
QUEER JOURNALISM.
UPs AND DOWNS OF NEWSPAPER LIFE
BY AN OBSERVER.
Communicated

Mr.. EEITOR:-lf you Will grant me
space in your valuable paper, | will
try to bother your readers, with the
above subject being my text: | have
studied well how the different news
papers have their ups and downs in
life and it is real amusing Especially
among the small country sheets to
watch them week after week dispense
to their many readers, the general
news Of the parish and all outside
sensational articles as "John SuliiYIil
whipped Kilrain, Senator FaulE frs
version of pulling Chandeliers itar,"
"Harrison's administration going
wrong" and many, many other ar
ticles that would fiji their space left
vacant for want Of local matter.
Mr.. Editor, does a man have to be
more than an average working man TO
become a newspaper $ditor? That is,
| mean, does he haze to be "pro-
fessional man." { have noticed the
BEACON. All rs articles are plain
and Just as its editor talks, he writes.
He tells them the little news what he
can gather without going into edi-
torials. Tie can tell them in a local
paragraph and give it to them plain,
but notice in some papers that the
editors give their readers long-winded
editorials containing jaw-breaking
words, ETC., which, of course, l would
expect that they had taken their
thorough course in come big college
and had got to their height Of am
bition. when they become the editor
of newspaper.
l would like to become an editor
but see there is no chance for me
Only those that have reached the
highest pinnacle of fame can become
newspaper editors like those men. s.
l must content myself with my present
occupation. To read your paper, any
one would think that you had jus
quit blowing long enough to give thu
printer more copy, while other paper
appear as if their editors were labor
ing night and day to prepare al
article that would "take" with tn,
people so that they would gain thei
friendship for election purposes. /
seems like lots Of editors would Ek,
to hold office. Does man, Mr.. Editor
stand better show for Office when h
edits newspaper and writes thos
taking" articles? II so, my desire t.
become a newspaper editor is NOR
than ever, because | want to be
constable.
Not great while ago 1 was talk
ing to newspaper man. He told m
he got out his paper every week AM
also had planted several acres of cot
ton which he also worked. He ha'
a splendid newspaper and it was s
much like the BEACON, that l max
the assertion that it looked like yo,
were also a farmer and could Just a
soon pillow as edit newspaper. Will
other editors complain of the ''Faber
bruising their fingers, and their read
ers must excuse shortage, etc.
/ l was conversing with (well l can
not say newspaper man, because h
could not tell where the SPACE DO
was in CASEY gentleman who had
big sayso in paper, at least had s
much sayso that the whole thing az
peared to me as his property. aske'
him if the paper that We were speak
ing about was making money. Fl
gave me this answer: ut is payin
expenses now, but suppose we wi
make some money during electio
times" / did not say any more t
him, but / became more interested i
becoming newspaper editor.
How is it, Mr.. Editor, that the ed
Tors go to the associations and pledg
themselves to not take parish printin
for nothing. and not to purchase i
rand go right back home and bid a
How as 40 some odd dollars fer it, an
IN one instance man put one dolla
lin an envelope for the parish printing
but this man is to be pitied becaus
he did not get it then. But the 9th
er (the forty some odd dollar man
gotit, and some little paper CHS riva
II believed jumpad up and accuse