The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-31
The Trials Of the Newspaper Man.

Inc 4flaAs OF the newspaper Man.
The life Of a newspaper man in this city
has not been an easy one during the last
few days II has not been passed upon a
bed Of roses. Very little Of IL has been
passed upon a bed Of any kind From
early morning until morning came again
hr has been compelled 20 keep wide
awake and hustle 70 get the facts Of the
great storm that swept the southern
coast Sunday night, and TO sift the truth
from the vast quantities Of reports that
thousand-tongued rumor set aRoat
And the complete paper such as the
MORNING News always aims to be. had to
be made almost wholly out of local mat
ter, because the same cause that fur
nished almost unlimited local news cut
of completely the Geographic news.
Everybody in the MORNING News office
has made a special effort to supply the de-
fcieucy in teleCraphic news, and, assisted
by many not connected with the paper,
have, we believe, succeeded TO the salts
faction of the public
Special efforts were made to get news
from points outside of Savannah, particu-
larry from Charleston, because it was be-
lieved that that city had suffered Sc
verely from the storm. Tuesday after
noon the MORNING News sent a telegraph
operator to point on the South Bound
railroad from which communication could
be obtained with Charleston, and from
there the first Geographic news from
Charleston was received after the de-
struction of the telegraph lines.
On Sunday night there was not, of
course, any news received from any point
by wire. On Monday night a wire to the
west was obtained by way of jackson
vile. 1t did not work well, however, and
very little news was secured. The vote
on the bill to repeal tine Sherman silver
law was received, and that was about all.
Tuesday the cyclone had got across
the country and had cut off communica-
tion with the west For a while it looked
as if there would be no Geographic news
Tuesday night. Fortunately, however, a
line leading to Washington was repaired
in time and connection with New York
was obtained. The amount of Geographic
news received, however, was small
The local news field was worked for all
it was worth, and it was a rich field. as
the local reports in the MORNING News
abundantly prove. 1t was not an easy mat
ter to get news, however. There were plen-
ty of rumors, but they could not be ac-
cepted. They had to be ''run down" to find
what foundation they had. Itwas frequent
ly discovered that they contained no truth.
Still, they had to be investigated, because
they might prove to be well founded
The thorough equipment of the Morn
ING NEWS Office and the discipline of the
MORNING News force, and the loyalty to
the paper of all its employees in each de-
partment, were never before shown to
better advantage. One day, or even one
night, Of such strain as has been endured
since last Sunday is exhaustive. How
great then must be the endurance to stand
the strain for four or five days continu-
ously
One instance of the enterprise of the
Southern Associated Press was the send
ing of the noon press dispatches by wire
to Augusta and thence to Savannah by
special messenger. who came by rail.
Among those to whom the MORNING
News is indebted for courtesies during
the last few days are: Capt. r. c..
lining superintendent of the Savan-
nah, Florida and Western Railway;
Manager Maxwell. of the Western Union
Telegraph Company; Messrs. Ford and
Fleming, of the South Bound Railway;
officers of the Central Railroad and the
Ocean Steamship companies and masters
of pilot boats and other vessels.