The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-09-20
1lliIE CT EDITORS LEISURE HOURS.
Points and Paragraphs Of Things
Present, Past and Future.

Mr.. Joel Chandler Harris, ii we1i
known "Uncle Ren'us," has .lred
from editorial work on the santa
| Constitution. He has been enpuged
| On the paper since 1878, and bis re-
tlrement leaves vacancy that cannot
be flied Mr.. Harris Will devote his
time to soEa special literary work
which he has had in mind for many
years. It is said the dream of his life
J has been to write a novel that will
portray the South as 1t really was ia
ante-bellum days.
The American people are truly gen.
erous towards the sufferers in Calves
ton, Texas. Perhaps no person living
IN this country remembers a greater
disaster to any one place by storm and
|
fallen Galveston. From al: parts of
the country, from rich corporations to
villagers OF modest means, the cont1i-
buttons have been pouring IN to the
Governor OF Texas. Perhaps the lar
| gest single contributions we're the ten
thousand dollars each by the Standard
| Oil Co. and the Comercial Club of
81. Louis. But from every direction
there has been rich and gratifying cyl
dence that the people Of this country
feel the strong ties OF brct he:hood, and
are glad to give expression to the same
III helping their fellow sufferers.
| Mr.. James Il. HoIIcmon, one of the
brightest young men who have gon Q
oas from North Carolina, has bean
rs1a6e managing editor Of the jackson
vile Tiu:es-U After saying that
4 Florida journalism will row sass~s,h
with new enterprise, the Atlanta Jour
nal, which this Hertford county
North Carolina young man has bee.l
serving for some time, gives the follow
ing brief sketch OF his work:
"He is a graduate OF Wake Forest
college, in North Carolina, his native
State. He went through college and
secured every honor in his classes. He
was edltcr of the college magazine and
made the paper a reputation among
southern colleges such IS 1t had never
known before his management.
"In 1890 he WAS city editor Of The
Raleigh State Chronicle. He he|t
this position for one year and resigned
to accept the editors place on th'
Winston Daily Sentinel, one OF th
largest papers in North Carolina.
s:After serving year On that pape
he went back to Raleigh and becarn'
CITY editor Of the eNews-Observer-Chr
ic,e in that city. In 1893 he came t.
Atlanta as the local manager for th
Kellogg News Company. In this posi-
ton be showed remarkable capacity a
A general newspaper man. He d1t
lmuch to build mp the business OF th
{ Kellogg Company in this section, an
when, because of division OF the te!
r;tory with another news company, th
kellogg people retired from this teie
the Atlanta Journal management wa
yiad to secure the services OF Mr.. Ho
Ionon as state news editor.
"When Mr.. josiah Garter becanl
managing editor OF The Journal 10
the second time, about three years age
10 made Mr.. Hollomon news editor
and Mr.. Hoilomon's work in that pos
t;on soon demonstrated the wisdom c
MIR Carriers selection. During tn
/ exciting psriod leading up to the span
iish-An naer;can war and Throughout IN;
conflict Mr.. Hcllomon handled 10
telegraphic and cable war news VII
such skill and good taste that The Jou
na, was sought for all over the soutl
"About one year ago Mr.. Hoiiomo
4 gave up the nsws desk to oecon
= washington correspondent for Th
1o,,rnal. With the high quality
, ,.ia work in the national capital rea'
The Journal are familiar. 4
y has been beaten on no big news even
and has not only furnished The 'co
NAL with political, but general ne'
from Washington. Ono OF nls no''o
? ro,ts was interviewing ever