The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-01-23
THE COMBINATION OF EFFORT.
How it Works in the Field of En-.
deayor-The How, Why, When
and Where of 1t.

keeper having had his say, the CITY
editor of The Herald and News would
like to make his little spiel. If it
works out alright it will help the
news editor and the reporter also.
C'The Idler'' is not in this, reither
is the editor. By the way, where is
The Idler0 1t must work out al
right, because the news editor wants
to keep the mail list man and the eX-
change editor out of his way and away
from his desk, Wher4 they seem to
like to congregate. They get in the
way of each other. Just when the
exchange editor is glancing through
his pile of exchanges for personal
paragraphs, etc., the news editor Or
reporter wants his warm place, and
before the thing is adjusted here
comes the mail list keeper to interfere
! with the smoth sailing. And often
while they are busy the collector for
The Herald and News butts in to
assert his bills, when there is parrot
and monkey time for a while, which
has to be regulated by the book
keeper. =.
! Here is where parts of the public
may help out the difficulty, and the
Whyfore that this is written. If you
have a program for publication don't
phone it; send or bring it. Once the
phone bell rang while the editor-in-
chief was out, the 5ookkeeper ditto,
and everybody else busy. The reporter
extricated himself from his surround
ings and answered the call. He is no
; stenographer and typewriter like the
court reporter and the bookkeeper,
but he had to take down half column
program from lady. If it had been
man the reporter would have said
something. Ever since he has been
afraid of the telephone. The point is
this: The reporter had to lose Valu-
able time because lady wouldn't take
the trouble to write the program.
Whenever you wish to give an item for
the personal column phone it without
calling for any certain one, but write
when a notice is lengthy. The justice
of the request will be recognized
when one reflects that it takes work
to get out a paper twice week and
do all that is done in The Herald and
News Office.
The linotype operator is busy with
his stacks of copy, the foreman has
his hands full, the job printers and
ad. man are hurrying up, the book
keeper is engaged, the stenographer
and typewriter is rushing work, the
managing editor, co-publisher and
proprietor is supervising, debating,
arranging, proofreading and doing
more than three other things at the
same time, the presses are changing,
Davis is melting metal and performing
other stunts, the exchange editor, mail
list keeper, news reporter ct al are
I falling into each others arms exceed
ing the speed limit and using up lead
pencils furnished by John Henry.
When all this is one continuous con-
dition, Notwithstanding that some peo-
pie think there is nothing to do af-
ter the paper gets out" it is not sur
prising that the combination gets tir-
ed when somebody comes in and tells
it to write long account of some
entertainment or affair or other. Some
people seem to think that a news
paper man has nothing to do 1t would
! take up ali of one mans time to con-
duct the purely personal column if he
made it study so that he could know
just who wanted to be mentioned and
who did not want to be mentioned,
as we'll as those who pretend they
don't when they do all the same.
1t is press day. The editor is bring
ing order out of chaos. Hurry with
your copy" is the stern command.
ANY loeals?" "Anything new?' The
mail list is left hanging On the hook,
the exchanges are lying still, the re-
porter starts out to see if Sheriff Bu-
ford has heard of any negro hot sup
per since the last issue Of the paper,
or whether Recorder Earhardt has any
cases worth reporting, or whether
Magistrate Sample or Coroner Chap
pell has anything for publication, or
if there is anything else doing. 1t
generally happens that when it rains