Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-12-14
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Elder John p. Calvin, pastor
of the Christian church OF Fair
ileld, Ill.,. in q series s'of sermons
on the different trades and occu.
pations Of life, recently delivered
q sermon on "The Newspaper"
Among the many good things he
said, were:
"What am I doing for it?Kick
ing because it is not blowing my
tin hornl But how much OF my
sslf am I lending to the paperby
speaking q good word for it
whenever l have a chance? Real.
| ly how much Of my personal in.
ffuence can it's editor depend up
on? Much, or is it very little? II
l grow a big cabbage l want him
to publish it, but may hear
|item after item of news about
other peoples cabbages and l
never drop him a line about
them. Now IN he is not almighty
enough to be in all places at the
80 me time, why not-help him to
make news Tor his paper? It's
rather a mean thing to take ev-
cry thing and to give nothing
back but fault.finding. II we new.
er teed the COW how can we ex-
pect any milk, and can we blame
bossey It she kicks the mixer and
tue bucketl All in all find that
our county papers are doing
their very best for the county
leven q hundred times more than
any OF the large city papers can
possibly do.
"The city daily or weekly can.
not deal with those, to them,
small items which interest close
neighhors. But county papers
tell ~ all about them and keeI
them posted in all hom" matters;
hom the first baby down to gar
den truck, and the visit of Mrs
HowcoInerso made at Pitch Fork
Greek.
"In fact, the magic OF the cour
try paper sets lar of neighbor'
= inclo>e gossiping contact-iust {
rail fence betw And where cal
the preacher find a more willing
agent than this same countr!
!, newspaper? 1t gives him Tree adj
for his sermons, lectures, etc.
"And how many times it's pui
g has inflated the cash balance O
the church socinl? Aud he has tt
a pay for his ice cream and cak
besides.
Talk about men working TO
glory? Why half the editors of tn
e country papers only share OF gl
\ ~ is like that of the man VIII
). saw the father ofhis nation ala
- off, there being a gulf fixed bt
>. tween the two places. Yes, hi
j., glory Is like some of those weir
pictures OF Dore. And after b
4 has spent an hour or 80 patch
h ing up the spelling and punctu'
.. ton OF some hasty brothers a
:, ticle or letter so as to make d
cent reading out OF it, he feels Ill
Ia h. had q mouthful of mustal
anil sour dock when said BROTH
goes around telling every OF
% how the said editor had RUNE
IN his beautiful :effuslon. Job he
m boils to contend with but T.
G country editor has to try III
: satisfy men and women affilct'
Of with an elongated dose OF q tw
nm ted conceit. Job prayed that f
VA enemy might write book, but
St l could ever pray Tor the affl
,oa ti0n oI q man | didn't like |
= yray he might be an editor OF
= country pspe. 1t would keep hi
w. hot through the day and
70; wouldn't have much sleep
IS: night. So my heart goes out
I the country ellitor. May his pa
- up list grow as fast as the gou
"n OF Jonah. only with a better st.
on Ing quality, and may his days
Der long IN the land and may
- sha AOw novpr UrOw lpaH. and