The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-22
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LOCAL EVENTS AND INFER
!, VIEWS ABoU II ONT,
EoR REAnE as OF sTHE'
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SHE "a eillylT. sss
She had ii soul like an angel, 4 s. e,
Vas never known to sin Il. "
But she rared like the duces x ts.s ~
When size could i 3pry loose,
4 I stAAt can wi u a bent halrpln:
Butte TO IN & ouNT'Y IEDI.
IT RS oF;THE MO uNTAiN
A STATE. sSS
4 w hen one gets it Into HIS head that
the editors Sof the country papers Sor
West Virginia are as a lot of ordinary
intelligent men he Is very much mis-:
taken, they are ID bright class ofsmen
brilliant OF course there are excep..
tons TO all rules; but the majority OF
these editors have a whole lot Of gray
mat ter. (. Z. !.
10 the {discredit OF d, man from an.
other stateIwho once said tina when
ST. Patrick drove the snakessfrom ire.
land that they came to Vest Virginia
and were transformed into men who
run country newspapers. There Is no
use TO comment on such a remark
any person with ordinary Intelligence
who has. had an cccasion TO read the
West Virginia country papers know
about the calibre of the person who
made the insulting remarks. He did
not have even as much sense las the
law allows. \
There are about slxtygweekly papers
published in this State. There is not
afcounty( seat In West Virginia that
has not at least one weekly and IN
some places two and a few three.
Away 8backfin the hills OF this State
one can find small printing shops and
nEthese shops, the weekly sheets ARE
ground out. There lsnot q town oryil.
lage Of any size In West Virginia that
has not a weekly publication. AZ
u In these plants--lf they can be so
termed-one will find the typical
printing office OF the days gone BY for
a city; the copy Is usually written
with pencil and The type set by hand
while The paper is'fed into the press
In single sheets and then turned over
and the other side printed It, takes a
full weekito compile a four.page seven.
column paper under these conditions,
but the paper is full Of good reallns
and sDarkles with elevated thoughts,
and one is better by having read (, It.
There is no yellow journalism in the
country$printlng shop OF West vir-
.glHiaf cAj a}3is= - " ~ q, =
{ The. editorials arelwrltten :where the
istdrawna from tfs singing
ptithe> mockirg' bird land itliei running
'aitthe:creek. tllefbloomingl floweraand
the Notwithstanding thae,inspirat
tipnds got. from thew White covered hills
In the wiilter5 dntt the barren
tres :or the dripping Oft the rain upon
the deadoleayes OF fail.d'God's s. benedic.
tlon seams ttto trssNriBRom the, couatry
rwhere the little qweeklies care run off.
,WShfah eyer got AN inspiration To! write
.eln9uenntly from tllelc hugging lol an au.
IS tSolm9opne. the dringing off, at,street car
bell Or the-tooting OF a locomo,Ives
Away baek MISUNDERSTANDING State
many 81. the weeklies are printed
Where III many cases the country edi.
tor has struggle to make ends meet
and the people look forward to the
weekly arrival of the paper. There
grandfathers knew what day It was
at the postolIice, their father also
knew the day OF 1t was due ana now
ms generation Is going to the little
postollice to get the same paper, and
the next generation and the next will
follow In their footsteps.
Dip down into the. old trunk In the
garnet and open the old scrap books
and there You will find It filled with
clippings from the country papers.
Articles that are worth keeping are {,
be found In the country; papers, and
when you see man with q Ginning
or a poem cut from paper In his mock.
ct 1t is a safe guess that 1t was taken
from some country weekly. The coun.
Try paper tells OF the beauties OF life,
the city papers, tell of the gratis and
like things that are taking place. For
beauty of thought read the country
papers and for commercialism puruse
those published in the big cities.
The editorials found weekly In n
great many West Virginia country
weeklies are classics. Webster says
a classic is that which is pure and
beautiful, work OF acknowledged ex
cefence. Then there Is many elias.
sic to be found in the country week.
lies. Who are the judges that such
articles are beautiful? The common
people who read such and are touched
by their beauty Of expression and
thereby makes life better: knowing
1t Is that which tell what one has long
had in their heart but could not eX.
press the pent-up sentiments. The
large city paper of this and other
States have the impression that such
stutfis rot. They mQy be right. An
obituary today is written like 1t Is
paid for SO much per line; touching
human nature story is written rs II It
were happening TO n horse instead
OF to II human being. 1t is not 10 be
construed that one would. devote a
lonS;winded article to a death md pic.
ture In language OF eloquence the life
Of the deceased, but nevertheless It IL
a fact that more beautiful expression
cOul Id hnl uSed that tho rolo tIya, ,,J