The news & observer., 1905-12-24
A HAPPY FAMILY.
Observer Last Night When the
Editor WcS Presented With
Handsome Gold Headed
Umbrella

! That was a pleasant scene in Tie
News ana observer office last night
wnen the entire staff, in all depart
ments, gathered TO exchange Christmas
greetings. The editor i'll chief was
summoned from his sanctum and tue
Ioreman from his desk to receive
christmas presents.
Mr.. Ii. Is. Hardy. the veteran mem
| Der of the STAFF, in appreciative words
mat told of the friendly relations that
| strengthened with the passing years.
on behalf of ali the force presented
Mr.. Josephus Danleis Will beautiful
| & soIdneaued umbrella.
Mr.. Edward l.. Conn, in a handsome
speech, presented MIR. Saniuel bugasse,
d fountain pen as an expreSSiSUn or
the regard o. the oiilce force. Il
Mr.. DanieIS ana Mr. Bogasse eX-
pressed lneIr thanks ana appreciation.
IN the course OF mis- remarks MI. DAN
ieIS said that this marked the TWEEN
ueth Christmas he had been in the
newspaper business in kaleign, tnaI IL
was the happleSt and best of all, be-
cause OF the evidences of frienusnlp
that had come 10 nm. IWenty years
ago Ine SlaiI was composed OF Aour;
to-day the NUMBER OF persons regu-
larry on the paper is nearer forty
Inc circulation OF Ihe News ana OD-
server has grown from 5000 at CHRIST
mas 1880 10 about II ,0UU in 1909. He
SAID ne loved to think OF ali the force
on the paper and unelr families as one
happy IdmIily--and growing family.
100. Last year there We're Two baples
added TO the FAMILY: and onry TeW
uayS ago there was Il new addition
To the lnainnS CLERKS 5 family, ana she
wakes him regularly SO tnat not u
mall has been missed since she was
born. Ii. when she grows up, she reg
ulateS the males as we'll as her fatn-
er catches the mails. she will be the
leading belle in Raleigh. And our
baby solicitor, the newest one, has put
on more daily subscribers in Rham-
katie than Ine News and Observer
had in all the rural districts of the
county ten years ago. The family
IN its staff and in circulation is grow
ing right aiong."
Continuino Mr.. Daniels said: And
best OF All IN tnIS family, there is mu-
tual esteem and helpfuInesS. L love
20 think that we all DelOng to a large
family, each with his own special love
and tender ties, but all with common
devotion to the Old Reliable" and d
united desire to see it prosper--a de-
sire tnat stimulates every man, woman.
boy 10 come up To the full measure
of duty After all, ii there is love
in the home, regard and commence Ill
the office, esteem among business as
sociates. and feeling or comradeShlp
with those with whom we work, touch
ing elbow to elbow-if these exist as
they do among us in this otfice-the
outside world affects us comparatively
very little. We live in a world we have
made of happy toll and conscious use
fulnesS and the great world OUTSIDE
cannot take from us any real thlnS
that makes life rich or happy.
Concluding, Mr.. Daniels said: IN
this, the happiest Christmas of my life,
the chief happiness to me with re1ef-
ence to The News and Observer is not
it's growing circulation and power Tor
GOOD, but the fact that the relations
i'm this office between those of us VINO
labor to make tae paper are such as
exists between friends who value eacn
others character and worth, Ihis
has always been true, and 1t Is
source of pride to me that all OF the
scores of men who have been en-
ployed on Ehe News and Observer
no matter where they are tonight
are nv personal friends, and know
that the friendship = formed during
their connection with the paper VIII
always be cherished by me.
Il value your friedship shown I'D
MANY ways and respond with all my
heart to true and noble Ben Hardys
words of affection. Some of the best
men Who have stood shoulder to soul
der with us in the past, nave Deen
called to the Better Land we love
their memories May every one OF US
he spared to see many returning
christmas. with health and strength,
and may the spirit of mutual regard
and the true Christmas feeling always
animate our every heart.