The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-01
A YOUNG EDITOR.
Harrington Quill Driver Said to
Be Youngest in State.
Although Barely of Age He
Ranks High as a Writer.
OWNS HERINGTON sun
Began Work in a Print Shop
When IL Years of Age.
He Was Editor of the Quenemo
News at Seventeen.

Harrington, Kan, July 1.-Of all
the boasts that Harrington has been
putting forth the last few years in
her climb to first place as a second
class city of the state with popula-
ton of 5000, the latest and the one
that will receive a storm of
competition from over the state, is
the statement and the proof that she
has the youngest editor in Kansas.
The man who is receiving the sup
port and the proof of all Herring
tonites is J. Leroy Frazier, now man
ager and editor of the Harrington Sun.
He is at the present time only %
years old and has been in the news
paper business ever since a lad OF
IT years. And to add to this he has
done things alongathe editorial line in
Harrington which have never been at
tempted with any success before IN
the history of the town.
Young Frazier is an exceptionally
bright fellow and a hard worker.
When things do not go along to suit
him in the back ROOM" or the print
shop he pulls off his white collar, lays
aside his coat and sings the black
inky type until he has things going to
suit his own taste. Frazier is an ex-
perienced printer as well as capable
writer Then when the ads come in
slowly and with reluctance Frazier
once more dons that white collar and
coat and putting on a business like
frown he follows the advertisers right
into their private Offices and solicits
the business in business like man
ner. AS a final accomplishment
Frazier attends TO the editorial duties
as his regular duties. He is an editor
of the "Old school, even though his
age would place him in the modern
class-he believes in making himself
acquainted with the business and
al as l.
toriaI desks.
J. L. Frazier started out in the
newspaper business when he was but
eleven years old. He learned to set
type at this time and at odd times
"chased locals and made himself
useful around under the presses and
under the sinks with the inky rollers.
He continued along this line of work
all the time his old time bosses pre-
dieting great things for the future ana
all such encouragements given out by
those who claim and know their bust
ness to be the greatest in the world
At the age of II Frazier, still lad,
took the pen Job and edited the
tasks with this while on the paper and
rapidly gained experience along the
lines of the country newspaper At
this time he was proclaimed by the
editor in the state. His editorials and
his style of country journalism at
tracted the older editors over the state
and many of his ideas were copied and |
credited.
In 1905 at the age of IS Frazier left |
Quenemo and took charge of the Bald |
win Republican at Baldwin, Kan. |
While managing this paper he
went to Baker university and Sc
cared an education in connection |
with his newspaper duties. After leav- |
ing the university Frazier took the |
4oaming spirit and left for a trip in the |
5outh where he worked as reporter on |
ehe Times-Democrat in New Orleans.
fe returned to Kansas however not i
8. position on the Pittsburg Headlight. |
tas-om here he went to Ottawa where |
worked editorially on the Ottawa
4tepublic. On June 1, 1908, Frazier took
e Aarge of the Harrington Sun and has
been with this paper since.
Editor Frazier has built up a good
newspaper in Harrington. He has dou-
after hard fight he secured from the
Times the. city printing! task never
Jefore accomplished in the history of
lexington. The Times has always been
the administration paper and had a
firm hold on the city council. In addi-
tion to this he stood behind the square
dealers in the last city election and
succeeded in pulling from office men
who have been there for years. AS a
grand finale the Sun claims more ad-
VertiSing matter for its size than any
other paper in the state. They have a
record of five full page ads in one is
sue besides numerous half page quar-
ter page. etc. If his past record is but
a criterion of his future work in the
bound to make a mark in Kansas.