The Holly chieftain., 1900-03-16
MIR. SHELDON'S DAILY
ATTRACTING MUCH ATTENTION
The First Issue VIII Ne . Noveity-A
Prayer Heads the First Page-No
Theatrical Notes, and the Advertise.
ments Arc Carefully Selected.

purpose OI tne paper VIII De 10. ln-
fiuence its readers to seek first the
Kingdom Of God"
The Rev. Charles NJ Sheldon, who
to-day assumed editorial and business
control OF the Daily Capital, which he
will retain one week, will make this
announcement in his editorial leader
outlining his policy tomorrow morn
ing. The Capital during this ume will
be newspaper" the word news"
being defined by Mr. Sheldon as any
thing in the way OF current events that
the public ought to know for its moral
and spiritual development. The paper
will be absolutely non-partisan, and
partisan political news will be given
scant notice
All editorial and important local mat
ter will be signed by the writers.
There will be no Sunday paper. but
instead Saturday evening paper suit
able for Sunday reading.
May God bless the use of this paper
to the glory of his kingdom on EARTH"
says Rev. Sheldon in concluding his
leader.
The first item on the first page to-
morrow will be a prayer written by
Bishop John A. Vincent of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church.
Editor Sheldon went to the office at
$50 o'clock this morning and will be
on duty until the paper goes to press at
O'Clock tomorrow morning. At 10
o'clock he had conference with the
correspondents for eastern papers and
promised to meet them each evening
at 7:3O O'Clock and give out certain in
formation concerning his work. At IL
O'Clock he met the local force of the
paper and gave out the assignments
for the day.
a rage win be devoted to local news,
and the leading features for tomorrow
will be the reports of n temperance re-
vival and an anti-cgarette meeting.
Mr.. Sheldon instructed the police re-
porter, In case of n murder or other
crime, TO write n bare statement of the
facts. II he had the space TO spare in
stead of following 1t up with the usual
details. he would go into n discussion
of the causes leading up to the crime
During the conference the sporting
editor remarked that there would be
bowling contest at the Y NJ. G. A.
rooms tonight
Il think" said Mr. Sheldon. that
that is good. clean sport. You may
print it."
The dramatic editor asked for in
structions about theaters. I'VE shall
not want anything of that kind" Mr..
Sheldon said.
one page has been reserved for tele-
graph news, which ordinarily occupies
about three times that space. The As
sociated Press report is necessarily be-
ing blue peneiled" with vengeance.
The market reports will be cut from
four columns to one. All quotations ON
ct IN, Il
or matter involving transactions in fu-
lures have been consigned to the
waste basket. and only the actual cash
prices of grain, produce, etc, will be
quoted.
notable feature of the paper will be
the method of handling advertise
ments. They will be banished from
the news and editorial pages and will
be bunch0d in places reserved for
them. The censorship here is even
more rigorous than In the. news col
umns. and large quantity of this class
of matter has already been cut out, in
GLIDING all relating to patent medicines.
The familiar corset advertisements of
the magazines, accompanies by cuts,
have sought in vain for space. No re-
tail ads from Kansas City or other out
of-towti tradesmen will be accepted.
Mr.. Sheldon holding that this would be
an injustice to home merchants.
'The $40 suit of clothes for $15.75"
style of advertising is also barred
The Capital will appear with radi-
cal change In style and makeup. Prac-
tically the only feature that will be ia
miliar to its regular readers will be the
title headline. The first page, for In
stance, ordinarily devoted exclusively
to telegraph news, will hot have line
of current news of the day. Instead
the page will be given up to discussions
of what Mr.. Sheldon considers the
most important questions now before
the world
There will be four leading articles on
this page; the first being devoted to the
famine in India
"Militnrism" is discussed to the ex-
tent of about loo words. the leading
article under this heading being ex-
tracts from n pamphlet on militarism
by n Baltimore physician. DR.. Richard
II. Thomas, who treats the war eagIe
AS a "disease epidemic in all latitudes."
He discusses 1t dangers and cure, and
urges the religion of Christ rs the only
remedy.
The third first page story is a column
and half symposium on the Kansas
probitOry law and is made up of brief
statements fremleading politicians and
educators of the state, all maintaining
that the law has proved a great sue
cess.
The fourth and last important article
Is In the form Of letter to Editor Shell
don from the Y. NJ. G. A.. OF Colorado,
appealing tothe Christian people Of the
country to establish home for con-
sumptives at Denver.
The editorial matter will be SWITCH
ed from the fourth to the second page.
FOllOwing,the title and the usual h,,st.