The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-14

ions. No man ever won more COM
pletely the respect and regard of the
men who have worked with him. Their
admiration for him increases years
after they have ceased to be aSSoci-
ated with him. He and his newspa~
per have for ten years fought for
what they considered the best inter-
ests Of the people Of North Carolina;
and have been the ardent supporters
OF every righteous cause. His bravery
in attack ON entrenched evils is a..
admirable as his present success is
He has done the State some service -
The All Round Training.
Writing on n daily like this. & re-
porter gets all kinds of training. In
the city he covers only his speciality
politics, theatres, police stations, So
ciety-and does it by assignments
with the responsibility resting on the
city editor But on the small 'laiiy
he writes about everything, from the
big p0litics' in the State CAPITAL and
the murder on the East side. down
to the yard and a half of exciting per-
sonals telling how Miss Sallie Jones
has really gone TO Smithtield: and
Miss Sarah Higgins. who has been
very i'll, to the pleasure OF her many
friends is recovering If YOU can
get beyond the stage whore you start
off n personal with 1--WE" and end
il with "comc again. Brother Jones. "
there is hope. Horace Greeley used
to say that he didn't want any re-
porter who hadn't eaten into and slept
i'm a pile of papers; but that is no
longer required. II he wishes. how
ever, the young Journalist can easily
get acquainted with all the depart
ments of newspa per naking-the
printing. mailing. tyDesettng, impCs-
ing. copy-reading. editorial writing,
through all these clear up to report
ing. On account of their varied ex-
perience and the fact that they learn
early initiative and SELF reliance man
aging editors of the big dailies say
that the recruits from the small city
dailies make the best newspaper men.
I'll acknowledge II.
No other person gains such n wide
ana intimate knowledge of human
nature. no other comes into close con
tact with so many phases of life as
does the reporter. And sr hs be hon-
est and faithful and have the quality OF
sympathy, he can make more friends
than in almost any other profession.
He will probably enjoy the real
friendship OF any number of notable
men that most people know only
through the newspapers, and he win
possess the confidence of some OF
them. But he must early learn not
to parade his friendships and never
to abuse q confidence. He gets a
hundred "scare head" stories that can
never be printed. and knows a thous-
and secrets that would delight a COS
sips heart. Therein lies his tempta-
ton, for the ''big head scoop" is his
proudest achievement.
While | was on the News and OBJ
server man occupying a high official
position once told nae the facts about
one Of the most important deals ever
made in the State. 1t was an ''inside
story" that l had been longing for
Then, after giving me every detail
he said: "You must not print g
word of this until 7 release YOU. and
must not ever tell your editor about
it, The main facts came out later
and I wrote all around the story, but
the inner details I was never allowed
to publish and couldn't even tell them
to Mr.. Daniels.
a Midnight Marriage.
While I was editor of the Durham
Globe, one night a man saw the llgh'
burning in the office Git was about
l a. NO. and asked me if Wouldni