The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-21

one ~ another ~ n printing ~ssf~r>
IN ne cAc EAa . great fan Tor
TIE printing bG~lr@% eAirh ran
account for nov. ia rhs fat that Z
heard ms fstheg Talk - e~egrv.+11 Va
his hpyhood tays n the ofnr~ II sh~
Raleigh Register a printer exper-
IeDce always has more or 3~~s II the
romantic about u. 10 The average 6es
specially NES II ~ when feld n TIE
I'D time. b printers whose lives = ere
Nsrz much on the rider - se~eenfs
as II wa- the custom ia tho~~ DAYS sng
boys % serve a. 4pf rsutscee :er =
number u years
III Raleigh Register vas extas-
l'shed the Z2nd Of October l1s< rs
Joseph Gales = who came r~stt
sheffield. England. where ne wa~ born
IN 1850 and FOR many ye5r~ the i3N-
lishr II "a paper
OF course wen ! grew OH enough
u know anything Of the paper Sc W4~
well esta bltShed / heard from nv
father. long before J ever saw one
many things about the printing eftter
| knew the boys, AZ least ~ name. -
the Register Office. vho \ century
ago. were the companions ~ nv faith
er. ] knew the old negro. Hampton
who VAS a sort ~ second man "a
the office. hose duty il Was 70 dsmpen
the paper. keep the press ia TX AMI
work off the papc- on his RarnsE~
Press. while one Of the boys linked the
form by the use OF balls made ot buck
skin stuffed with wool and / often
heard how Mr., Gales would call
Ampton and tell him 10 give his 'orse
some h'oats or all this | heard M
father talk.
The old Register ofhce building was
a single story brick structure. running
east and west and facing the court
house, about the northern front Of the
Pullen Building Mr.. Gales died In
IS41. about the time /; was old enough
10 visit the city. He was succeeded
by his son. Weston r. Gales. and he
BY his son. Seaton Gales. under whose
several control the Register did
much in shaping the politics n the
State.
The Star was founded in 1905 by
Calvin Jones and Thomas Henderson.
who were succeeded bv Jones n
Henderson: they by Bell and Law
renee. they by Lawrence and Lemay
and: finally. Thomas j LenaN became
the sole owner. and afterwards sold
II to w. {. Doub. in whose hands II
ceased to exist.
The North Carolina Standard wes
established in this city IN 1894. b.
Hon. Philc. White. Ill. u. who was
elected State printer. III 1886 he dis
posed of the paper TO Thomas Loring.
who sold ii to William w. Holden.
Esq. in 184l. or very soon after the
presidential election OF 1870, In which
.'Tippecanoe and Tyler too" swept the
country, and Van Buren, went away
back and sat down. arrer having served
our years as president.
The Register. Star and Standard
were the only papers In Raleigh When
l was a school boy, 70 the offices OF
which went frequently. so frequent
". indeed. as to learn the names OF
many OF those gentlemen who visited
them almost daiiV.
II went TO the Standard office. I'd
be almost certain to see either Willis
Whitaker, Moses a. Bledsoe, George
+. Allen. George w. Thompson, Will
lam r. Poole, aptain WoodaH or
Hawk Rogers. ana many Others no:
all at one time, or even IN the same
day; but some of them were ther@
nearly every day.
Mr.. Holden was a pleasant conver-
~sationalist. and those who called in To
see him. expected not only TO be en-
tertained but to get all the political
news-county, State and National. to-
gether with Mr.. Holden's opinion Of
the public men and their policies. No
man could have kept better posted In
political affairs than did Mr.. Holden.
and 1t seemed to be a real pleasure T.
him to have his friends drop in 10
see him.
1t the Register office the visitors
" NAC lltooAtN b"N $3.50 'tAA
the town; but. as was the case at the
standard office. they were to be found
there at almost any hour.
Editors were not SO busy in those
days. 1t did not take long to look
over the exchanges and make a few
clippings: and of course there Wa
plenty of time to entertain visitors.
AT the Star office a different class
of visitors might be found. Mr.. lie
may was a Methodist preacher. and.
although his was a political paper.
and quite "A number OF prominent poli-
ticians paid visits TO and consulted
with him on political matters, his Of
fee was the regular meeting place for
the Methodist brethren, and church
matters were more frequently dis
cussed than politics.
1t is not expected that. as a school
boy, / did more than look on and
listen; but | learned a great many
things from the conversations ! was
permitted TO hear. in newspaper Of
fees. / was kindly received and made
TO feel that | vas Il wlCome visitor:
and. now and then, to make me feel at
perfect ease, the editor would address
a remark to me-, which fact embold
ened me to go again.
other papers came into existence
later on, but, from memory. | cannot
tell the exact order in which ther
were established, nor can / call 70
NINA III ildIilcS VI ali y
Ny boyhood liking for the printing
office grew with my growth in years.
the result Of which was, that at an
early age l became an editor. Ny cou-
sin. Wesley Whitaker. Esq, had
started a paper called the Live
Giraffe" and ascerta.ning by some
means that |. q country lad. had q DE-
sire to be an editor. ne very kindly
offered me q half interest In the PAPER
type. press. fixtures. and so forth of
the Giraffe for the moderate sum Of
three hundred dollars. To crafty me.
and. especially 10 set me up in a bust
ness that would make me famous a.
we'll as rich, in the years TO come, my
father paid the three dollars,
and. feeling quite "a important as a
Gales. Holden or Lemay. l walked in
and sat down. That was in 1853. about
the time that railroads took pleasure
in aulin editors free. and hotels felt
complimented wherever knights Of the
quill occupied seats convenient TO their
ham and eggs. even though they ate
a dollars worth at q sitting. and they. /
the said knights. on their parts. in 4 |
column write up. told the
Is. their two hundred and fifty sub
including exchanges-what "A
great man was the president of the