The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-01-06
ANN0YANCES CAUSED
HOWt'S RETIREMENT
Famous Editor Says Business
Cares Made Him Old
Man at Age of 81.
SEEKING RECREATION
Not in Usual Way, but by Ed.
iting Small Farm Paper
for City People.

Atchison. Kas., Jan. 6.-Although
T.. w. Howe retired as editor and pub
Usher Of the Atchison Globe last Sat.
urday, he did not make his final
statement" Of why he quit and what
he intends to do until in yesterdays
issue. In which he said:
II am only carrying out the idea !
have had several years, had too
much to do, considering my age
(wAich is 57). and overwork gave me
nervous dyspepsia. with which have
been bothered a good many years.
II built the bungalow at Potato Hill
farm several years ago with the view
of retiring there and publishing "A
small magazine, doing the work my
self, for ! have worked SO long and so
steadily I do not believe ] can ever
be Idle know | could not loaf
Retirec Without Bitterness
~ retire without bitterness. I hate
no one In Atchison and l love the
town. People almost universally have
treated me well as | have tried to
treat them. II l have wronged anyone
1 intend to look them up and fix II.
II have no rescntmcnt-no enmitics.
But have good many friends whose
appreciation I will long try to deserve.
I want to get away from what Is gen.
orally known AZ business cares,
which have become burdensomc to me
: because ! am fifty-seven years old.
know that as lon/ as | remained In
active business l ought To do my work
with good nature and patience. This
was becoming more difficult every
year. because of the annoyances
around a newspaper office. was the
'old man. most of the annoyances
came To me and they wore me out.
His Last Day on the Street.
For thirty.thrcc years | have pot
tered up and down Commercial street
doing what could as reporter and ad-
vertising man on the Globe. Late last
Saturday afternoon | realized that !
was making my last trip. and as the
realization came over had one of the
sensations that are rare in life.
However. as long as am permitted to
print Smiths Quarterly at Potato Hill
I always shall remember that last trip
up and down Commercial street when
I said good.by TO the pavements and
stores and the people with whom I
had been associated so long.
81 do not expect much from the
small magazine intend to print at Po-
tato Hill II will be n farmers mag
azine for the town people, So far as
know. there is not In the world a
magazine printed on u farm by "a farm
Sa,il1
not be much Of a magazine. II should
conclude to issue Smiths Quarterly in
three monthly installments 1t would
be small affair like the Philistine,
but not of the Philistine's character.
This means that It will not be as good
rs the Philistine nor patterned after
Il. But did II ever occur to You that
there Is not great deal OF reading
matter In tho Philistine? I have sup.
piled as much copy for the Globe in
one day us the Philistines last mum.
Der contained. will bet that in a
week mt the farmers print shop at Po.
tato Hill ] can write, set and print a
magazine like the Philistine.
VIII Print Only the Truth
II have no desire to print anything
IN Smith Quarterly that is not true.
important. decent and respectable.
For many years ! have believed that
the greatest trouble with the world
IL that the people are not fair enough,
not industrious enough. not temperate
enough, and their lack OF these simple
virtues causes most Of the trouble in
the world.
II am too old a man to become an
iconoclast and too big coward to give
people occasion to shoot me. simply
desire to print my honest convictions.
There are few people In the world
who believe my notions are impor-
tant. Perhaps a few viii care to see
these opinions more carefully written.
Intends 20 sleep . Good Deal.
Il shall be comfortable at Potato
Hill, have modern house there
with bed room .4xl9 feet. light and
air on three sides, a private bath. two
closets and a fireplace. mention
this bedroom because l intend to sleep
a good deal. and from the windows of
my room may be seen the finest view
In the west--thc Missouri river val
ley for many mile. Ny brothers
Oldest daughter Is my housekeeper
and pleases me. as she lets me alone.
II am not rich but probably have
enough to keep ME even II Smiths