The interior journal., 1910-03-15
A PERSONAL WORD.

and picked type out of the cases IN the
INTERIOR JOURNAL office, my chief am
bition in life was to be the man who
had the rightlto say,what should go in
the paper and what 4. should not Now,
when such authority is mine, feel that
the boy did not realize what it was he
asked. The responsibility of conduct
ing newspaper is a heavy one at all
times; especially so when new hand
goes to the helm, held steadfast so long
and so well by those much better equip
ped to guide itsI destiny. An abiding
faith in the goodness of God, the gen.
erosity and charity of heart of the peo-
Pile of Lincoln hand surrounding coun-
ties. coupled with willingness to work
and work hard, will go far, however,
toward quieting many qualms lest the
high character and noble attainments
of the papers former days mark not
its career in the future.
IL is no exaggeration to say that
throughout the,civilized world today 1t IS
recognized thst:there is no more potent
agency for the stimulation of business,
fostering Of education, dissemination of
information and awakening of the peo-
pie to their possibilities iand moral re-
sponsibilities, than the newspaper. AS
a newspaper, the, INTERIOR JOURNAL
will continue in the future as in the
past, always to stand first and fore
most for the best in all these and other
good things for the.people of Stanford,
Lincoln county, tlnterior Kentucky-in
which it Observation-Disclosures the
whole Commonwealth. There are proba-
bly, a sufficientlnumber of similar NOR
al engines in-others of these United
States to look after them satisfactorily,
for the present, at least.
The INTERIOR JOURNAL cannot do
this, however; aye, 1t cannot live with
out the hearty support and consistent
co-operationiof the:people of this city
and community! Merchants, business
men, professionalism, farmers can all
be benefited through its columns and
can all assist it. in its work. The news
paper is the.greatImedium of commu-
nication:between buyer and seller; it
can serve every kind of business enter
prise, in, addition to its mission of in
for nation and education as a pervayor
of the news. S. 1t is a.stimulator of the
very best life of the community in its
every capacity; a great clearing house
for all the people, aud when so accept
ed and utilized by them, can accom-
plish its greatestfgood.
have always thought that the late
Col. W. C. P. Breckenridge spoke well
when he declared that every newspa'
per should first be algentleman. Moth
ing should appear in its columns that
cannot be read without blush at the
family fireside. The INTERIOR JOUR-
NAL hopes to continue as the home
newspaper of all this section of Inte-
rior Kentucky; and while faithfully
chronicling the.doings of the world, it
will not record the nauseous news
which some .:classesJ of papers "play
up" in pandering to depraved public
taste.
The news.columns of paper should
give the.news as it has happened. not
the personal views of the editor there
on. II the readers care to know
his opinion on questions of the day, let
them read the editorial columns. He
will not intrude his personal opinions
into the news columns, which, he be-
lieves, shouldialone contain the unprej-
udced and uncolored description of
events. The advertising columns are
at the disposal of the. papers patrons.
The editor has no.voice there and no
responsibility. save that they are al
ways maintained at the standard that a
gentleman always observes.
There is no need, | think, for dec
laration that the INTERIOR JOURNAL
will continue democratic in politics.
With democracy bred in the bone for
generations, nature, almost, would |
have to be reversed to make the editor
otherwise. And added to the natural
inclination and training, he has had the
advantage. like Paul, of sitting at the
feet of Gamaliel, and Of learning the
gospel-of democracy pure and unde-
filed. Only the most unregenerate re-
publican could spend ten years in inti-
mate association with the well-known |
former editor, Col. w. p. Walton. as
the new editor has done. and emerge
anything but an intense champion Of
the Jeffersonian principles of political
government. While willing and anxious
TO proselyte, however, the editor ac-
cords to Others full freedom to think as
they please and vote as they desire.
He honors no imam the less solely on
account of honest political beliefs.
Again. the politics Of paper, like