The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-30
.EX-ED|TOR ADMITS HIS OFFENSE
AGAINST WINCHESTER PUBLIC
John Garner Says That He Once Made An Assault With An Attempt
to Edit Country Newspaper
To the Editor of The Winchester

To the Editor of The Winchester
News:
In answer to your repeated request
that / should write of my experience
as newspaper man, am regretful
that it has not been forgotten. Why
not let the "dead past bury its
dead?" It is impossible for me to
make confession without indirectly
duplicating my partner. | have en-
deavored to make an atonement for
the infection of that publica ton on
this community by refraining from
writing anything since.
Gone to Another City.
My partner has removed to an
other city, is an author of some rep
utation. In no instance has he ever
referred to his connection with the
paper and | don't feel that | am priv
LEGGED to disclose his name.
l refrain from mentioning the date
as it might indicate the personality;
sufficient to say, that it was In the
long ago.
Influence World Wide.
1t was our purpose to make its in
fuence world wide. We advised
nearly every court in Europe, sug-
gested ways for the settlement of
the Eastern question by an equitable
apportionment of Turkey amongst
the great Powers, not leaving the
Sultan even the neck and gizzard;
we gave pointed and patriotic adj
vice to the Secretary of the Treas
ury even at a time when our pay
roll and rent was giving us trouble.
We criticised the President for all
he had done and left undone and
at times threatened both the Senate
and the House of Representatives
with our disapproval.
Thought Articles Hot.
Many of the articles we thought
were so hot that they would set the
mail bags on fire, but as no claim
was ever presented by Uncle Sam,
we presume that the mail bags were
not sufficiently scorched to be not
iceable.
The paper was printed or alleged
to have been printed on a Washing
ton hand-press, evidently not named
after George, because it must
have ante dated him several centur-
les. One of its troubles was an UNI
even distribution of ink, what ink
was lacking in one impression was
carried over to the next so that the
average quantity was maintained,
there was no reading between the
lines, when there was too much ink
they run together and when there
was too little you could not deter
mine where they were.
Examination of Files.
An examination of the files, (which
/ have secreted) after a careful au-
topsy recalls the paraphrase of
story from the West that "this was
very bad paper in many respects
and damn sight worse in others"
Yet there were some evidences that
it was satisfactory to the commun-
ity, they were satisfied with one is
sue a week and made TO demand for
a semi weekly or a daily.
We only claimed to be a local
weekly, some of our enemies said
"that it was very local and extreme
ly weekly"
News Not Very Quick.
News was not as quick on trigger
as it now is, we would often publish |
some surprising news which created |
a sensation that had occurred
months previously. eve would have
mentioned it soonar but had not
heard it ourselves).
Our long suit was local happen
ings. They were something like the
Perrywinkles of the Sun Sentinel,
icuuuuCu you IuOIc Ol pcTllOulQS |
than Perrywinkles.
Social Function.
The first social function we at
tended in our editorial capacity, or
rather editorial incapacity, we ex-
hausted all out descriptive adjec-
tives and had to use them over and |
over, consequently We left many of
our favorite descriptive sentences
standing" such as "The table fair
ly groaned under the burden of good |
things" "The most toothsome cola
ton Of viands it has ever been our
good fortune to get within arms
reach OFF, In our attempts to de-
scribe some of the gowns worn on
different occasions it was claimed
that we associated combination of
colors and styles that threw dress