Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-06

have been able to obtain. Can you not
let me have a more recent photo
graph?"
| The young woman in dismay at the
frightful caricature, which she suppos-
ed was to be published as her likeness,
gave him one Of her best photographs.
| OF course there was no intention Of
publishing the other picture and the
| editor had never even seen it, but it is
a safe bet that the trick has been in
use by reporters ever since.
The Celebrity and the Reporter.
A celebrity travelling incognito man.
aged to slip into western city with
out being captured by the reporters
who were waiting at the station to in
terview him. 1t was understood that
he was to stay at the home of one Of
the city's wealthiest citizens.
| Failing to catch him at the station,
all the reporters visited this house.
They were told there by an imposing
butler that the celebrity had not ar
rived and was not expected. They all
were satisfied but one man, and re-
ported to their offices that the celebrity
had not arrived. The other reporter
went to a nearby telephone and called
up the wealthy citizens house.
'"This is the express company" he
said when the butler answered the
phone. 'Is Mr.. Celebrity's baggage to
be sent up to your place."
"Hindeed it is," said the butler. "'Es
been here an our and es been Won
dering wy his luggage adnt arrived
yet"
| That reporters paper thus was en-
abled to announce the celebrity's ar
rival on fairly good authority.
Sometimes the alertness Of one re-
porter works detriment to another, as
in the Park Row story Of the two
Myers. big Myers" and Little
Myers" were both reporters on the
same paper. There was a change in
ownership and a new city editor and
both were discharged on the same day.
| Little Myers" set conscientiously to
| work to get another position. He ar
ranged with several of his friends to
tell the managing editor of another pa
per about him, and what good report
er he was. After his praises had been
sounded to the editor for several days
| Little Myers" went around in person
| to see the editor.
why" said the amazed editor, Il
gave that job to big fellow of your
name only yesterday"
No collection of newspaper stories
| would be complete without the 'ale of
the pass, a relic of the days when all
| newspaper men rode free, a story
| which most of its retailers put on Col |
onel Henry Watterson.
A young man who had friend on
Colonel Watterson's paper borrowed a
pass from him. When the conductor
examined it he seemed suspicious that
| the pass might not be in the right |
hands, and said:
Are you employed on Mr.. Waiter
sons paper?"
Sure" said the quaking passenger.
well, come on up in the smoker"
said the conductor. Colonel Waiter
son is up there, and if he will identify
you it is all right"
There was nothing left for him to do
but to try to braZen it out, so in fear
and trembling he accompanied the con-
ductor to the smoker and approached
the man the conductor pointed out.
Colonel" said the conductor apollo
getically, this young man says he
works on your paper"
Sure he does" said the colonel, ex-
tending his hand cordially, How are
you, SOM"
The conductor was satisfied, but the
passholder was sadly perplexed over
his cordial Identification by a man who
had never seen him before until they |
both got off, when he approached the
colonel to thank him and explained.
"Oh, that's all right" grinned his
benefactor. I'm not Colonel Waiter
son either, only happened to be riding
on one of his passes"
RESPONSIVENESS a Trump Card.
The artists who illustrate the news
papers, lead adventurous lives as well
as the reporters-lives full of exciting
and amusing incident. Witness the
story of the man who during the coal
strike in Pennsylvania was making
some rough sketches of the militia. A
passing striker looked over his shoul-
der, studied the sketches carefully for
minute, and then remarked:
That's right, pard, give them hell"
It's fascinating life, the reporters.
He never knows when he gets up
what's going to happen to him. He
must be ever on the alert. He must be
ever resourceful-and he is. There
was an American reporter in London
in charge of the office of his paper in
1893 when the British foreign office re-
ceived in a ten-word cablegram the
news that the Victoria, the flagship Of
the British Mediterranean squadron,
had been rammed and sunk by the
British battleship Camperdown off Tri-
poll, Syria.
There were no details, no llsts OF
those who had gone down with the
ship. Reference to the map showed
that Tripoli was little Turkish VIII
lage five hundred miles from nowhere.
No newspaper had a correspondent
there. 1t was doubtful if there was an
English speaking person in the place.
The great London newspapers decided
it would be useless to try to get de-
tails until they could hurry their own
correspondents to the spot.
The American reporter pondered
over the situation. In America when
anything happened in a town where
the paper had no correspondent it was
the custom to ask the telegraph opera
tor to send the news. Why would this
not apply here.
He hastened to the cable office The