The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-17

uirns, and large quantity of thls
class Of matter has already been cuc
out, including all relating to patent
medicines. The familiar corset udver-
tisenIents of the magazines, accom-
panied by cuts, have sought in vain for
space. no retail advertisements from
Kansas City or other out-of-town
traiesmen will be accepted, Mr.. Shell
don holding that this would be an in
justice 10 home merchants.
The twenty -dollar-suit of clothes for
STATS style of advertising is also
barred.
The editorial matterwill be switched
from the fourth to the second page.
Following the title and the usual bust
ness announcement, will appear list
of the employees of the paper, from edi'
tor down to galley boy, which will be
kept standing throughout the week.
The leading Editorial.
The leading editorial will be an out
line of the papers policy during the
week and is in part as follows:
THE TOPEKA CAPITAL THIS
WEEK"
Last December the owners of the
Topeka Daily Capital asked me to as
sumo entire charge of the paper for
one week, and edit it as a distinctly
Christian daily.
II accepted the invitation, on condi-
finn that | r,nnaiyA m HnanniuI
pensation and that share of its prof
it's be used for some benevolent work,
and named the week beginning Tues
day, March 10, 1900, as the week for
the experiment.
with the hearty cooperation of ev-
cry person connected with the paper
and with the help of the wisdom that
1 have prayed might be given from
Him who is wiser than any of us, l
shall do the best l can.
What Others Might Do.
eff thousand different Christian
men who wished to edit Christian
dailies should make an honest attempt
to do so, the result might be thou
sand different papers in very many
particulars. In other WORDS these
Christian editors might arrive at diff
ferent conclusions in the interpreted
ton of what is Christian. 1t is, of
course the furthest from my pur-
pose to attempt to show in a dogmatic
way what is the one thing that Jesus
would do in every case. The only
thing / or any other Christian man
can do in the Interpretation of what
is Christian in the conduct of this
paper, is to define the term "Chris-
tan" the best that can be done after
asking for divine wisdom, and not
judge others who might with equal
desire and sincerity interpret the prob
able action of Jesus in a different
manner.
General Purpose and Politics.
''With this understanding of the
conduct of the paper this week, l will
state in part its general purpose and
politics:
SIT will be a newspaper. The word
news will be defined as anything in
the way of daily events that the public
ought tc know for it's development and
power in life of Righteousness. OF
necessity the editor of this paper, or
of every other paper with this deini-
ton of news will determine not only
the kind, but the quantity of any
particular event which ought to be
printed.
Importance Governs Precedence.
'Theimportance of one kind of news
compared with another kind will also
determine the place in the paper in
which matter will be printed. If it
seems to the editor that certain sub
jects representing great causes that
belong to the profoundest principle of
human life are the most important
they will be given the first page of
the paper, whether they are telegraph
ic items or not. 1t might easily be-
come the settled policy of prominent
paper similar to this one to consider
the detailed account of an unusual
battle as of less Importance to the
reader than an account of the usual
daily destruction being caused by
liquor. The first page of the Capital
this week will contain what seems to
the editor to be the most essential
issues that affect humanity as a whole.
This paper will be non-partisan,
not only in municipal and state poll
ties, but also in national politics"
Something New in Makeup.
The Capital will appear with rad
ical change in style and makeup.
Practically the only feature that will
be familiar to its regular readers will
be the title headline. The first page,
for instance, ordinarily devoted ex-
clusively to telegraph news, will not
have line of the current news of the
day. Instead the page will be given
up to discussions of what Mr.. Sheldon
considers the most important ques-
tions now before the world.
Leaders on the First Page.
There will be four leading articles
on this page, the first being devoted
to the famine in India, under these
headlines and the following introduce
ton:
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