The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-07-10

II 10 NOT oIurovs rocy 70 rroliyn ,hu
we sncna our d,ys and y.sro IVA tho
fow or mony q, ,olo ,Lo, 10 ,,ld In,
the pso,mis, ,yoe ri,b, i'm ,h;e ,ic,uro ~
ifo and ho Lrou, or, foI, ,h, uoo,;r
"i "''oi VI huu'"h cAls'chcc pio'
spring into the arena and Tor tim
their actions absorb the attention O
THAR fe,Ioyo v,ho admir-, orl oxto
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snoi' pllIil"hcy or g""c "tn cFlVic
eye upon their performances, great Oh
small, and az they ascend the ladder OF
fame il 10 to ,on, ,o .,or, inn.xi,L,
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J""s'ieh' vi 'hc'i Pceie' INC Joul n"l's'
Is peculiarly cnvironcd in this respect,
for he is constantly under the search
ligbt and h;s ,.;,;,o,s ora ,r,,o ,o ho
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'.on "nu "pplccl"teu' ChliRc inc man
or speech, the orator, the lawyer or
even the preacher, he comes more often
before tho nuh,;c vi.v ord .l,,ovs ;,h
or, tho a,,,,a,,,o.;a ~
o"' VIC sS p"'hcllC souhu Oh inc 'olcc'
7 or inc glamour of ntonation and de-
livery, to deepen the imprcss of his ut.
terances and ,,iy,o ro,orc,,o bis ido.s
,rhn ,,,,, psoo' w
''' "'i'"S "' newspaper arc hcceS'
sarlly ephcmural in character, and what
ever gonius is sclntillating there it is
only for the pass;np moment with
neieiy e'""cc from inc "orlas lower
OF observation and then it glidcs out of
sight forever. This applies to the work
or even the foremost of journalists,
whose names may pcrchancc be per
pctuated, but whose writings arc literally
Unknown To succeeding generations, and
those "ho come after are altogether
strangers TO thcir sk'il and ability in
u prrsidrnt;ni condida;, thnnos = inrr
nalist NV tbc maioruvnf Amcricors ,n
day. and the n.tbos ~ bis nnIi,icoi dn.
feat. as the renr.sentative IF - narty
with which no was nevnr oniIio,cd w.,
completely hidden from sipht tho rarlv
STRUGGLES and trials of thr v(u,hfnI
Journalist. VINO was 10 force his wav 10
the front hy the weight Of his own
genius, and who was to 90 ont into tho
great bcyoud with - heart hroken Lv !
disappointmrpt which he wouId ba.
once dcspiscd.
The older Bennett ia chiefly known nc |
a man who amasscd money in the pubii. |
cation OF the first great nowsnancr in |
this country, iayinp The emnbasis on the
first syllable, He was grcat in this rc.
frlrnuS nf
mammon of unriphteousncss Ills
memoir is tcrsc and unsatisfactory and
vet he held y cons oicuous ,,locr as uhn
journalistic rival of Grc,icv Thcn
there was Thomas Ricbev. the nionrcr
of that class who deal largely with 1hc
buC he is forgotten long
ago! The Richmond ENQUIRER and the
National Intelligcncer are truly "bnck
numbers " in journalism. and vet they
were once Il power in the land WI
spend our wears as q tale that is lold "
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Inns Associatloh mas never cXcrtcd
''scii o' ~ ouSn' ~ Pi'o.l VIC !ho histoiy
OF Jourhallsts III oouth oarOllna ians
nave nceh carved ouV' Dut inc irultion IS
not apunu"nt. We are 100 much con
cerheu win 'ho thin9s Oh tne present or
700 an nAious aoou. INC DISTRIBUTES Oh tne
,utuIo, , anu lG'i G'iosPecl Vi Inc Past IS
ilehty ostooiiiou III many quarters, IL
% VS.: mso ~ ~. S;S SunoOul"S',t ',ts " hccp
plouulns III lnis ui'ecs'oi, iol VIC owe
!. W oui I'm uuGs VI tho quIl ana
sclssols tn'. .hoii n"ihcs anu achicVc'
nehts shai' ny poll9H p oul vi INC VIC"
u hi"hn ~ III Ic'lhJ 'hs WIN INC rc
luesI ol thc cHccu.i'c collinittcc 10 pre-
p"to p"Poi 'oi Iil' o'caeioh, ! nave
1nosch iol my lnoiio .ho llie anu tinhcs
- oho "no o"'io noi1 as I, Stranger
rom across tno ma'ei ouC whose pass
poll 10 tnc ciI,Hehs ol South Caro!iha
was an noiioiapio icIoiu as oOhleu
'iate soluici' mHU nau voiuhe"tiiy oornc
IFS luil sil"fo VI hHiosn.PS anu oaheers
IL oeuaii o' Psop!o WIN wholh nc was WAS
lol "lllou III iottuho u VI person INC
1ra'c YOUNG HuSiishmah VINO came IN
.no afuoi oi MS yo1'n ne ~ csPousc
jause th"t col'.nicnaeo l'sell 10 MN on
nc scole " pa'llotis.ii IL surely worthy,
'iter Tue passing % !noso years, 70 nave
as haiho a iGon''Eu ln an olsanlhatiol ~
"hlch nc aluou ~ ,1n. Uiiine anu Pi"cinS
ipon iouhu"''oh 'h"' WAS stroh9 ana
iuraoio. u
Iiahcis m"iiinSton Hs,, lawson tNn1; was no
oraihaiy man. ui1Jo, ;,ioJ, o,hll"n,, lima, mag
no.lc, no was oteitlou faiin W 'ho Piacc nc
won "litUnS ';. niS ioiio" .ion. fihe tnc
years OF MS ilianhoou IN "ssoclallon win
lnose "noui nc hau J 'ihou ~ uospcia.c
anu unoqun, s'iuSstro' anu "o.uatou ny
=, sihcclo sSi,ip"thy 'oL INC cause tnoy
a. io'I oS'u'ou III tn1 "iuo WoIio, ~
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