The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-02-07
THE MAKING OF A COLORED
NEWSPAPER.

Perhaps there Is no work more in
teregting than the making of a color
cd newspaper. Certainly it is a most
difficult task, For years, the Dallas
Express management has undertaken
the task Of getting up a newspaper
for Negroes and by Negroes. Realiz-
ing that on account of the rapid
growth of American prejudice, the
colored man could not for a long
time expect a square deal in cold
type, We set about the task of en-
ployfng reporters, agents and CORE,
spondents who were in no way in.
fiueneed by the Write press, with a
view to finally reaching the news of
Importance to the Negro, which he
could hope to give the world through
the colored press alone.
With the opening up Of our hun
dreds of branch offices came the sad
intelligence Of the unpFeparedness of
our attaches. Our real work we
found was not in securing the news
but, securing the men to- mar the en-
terprise. That is the real work to-
day, after a struggle of over twenty
years. The good reporter must be
constant in season and out of season,
Drawing Uie elements and dangers In
cidental to newspaper life, always
keeping IN mind the fact that we
must get information first-hand in
order that he may know the truth
of what he writes. The good agent
is one who is equally constant in de-
livering and collecting for the paper,
without taking into account the hard
ships attending the work. The staff
correspondents who are worthy OF
their salt must keep abreast of the
times, having in mind at all times
that they are catering to a discerning
and scrutiHizing public; that wsuld
just as soon hurl a brick as a bou.
quet, and whose patience would moi
endure Incompetence, Ignorance or in
ertness. To get this information
around and impress it is Effe work Oh
the man at headquarters.
In our case the managing editor Is
the man, and he has done what hi
could. He is convinced, however
that through the accomplishment o.
his undertakings only may we hopc
to see circulated among the eoIorel
people a real newspaper which ha:
in it the merit which will make tn,
publication permanent.
The Dallas Express has not at
tanned unto our ideals, perhaps m
Negro newspaper in the country has
Let us all continue our efrort and tn
future VIII crown our work with shin
ing success-the outlook is big wit
promise .-Dallas Express.
4
AN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL IN TIL
BALKANS.
In Salonica is an industrial schOC
modelled on the type Of Hampton II
stitute. It's principal, the vetera
missionary, DR.. j. H. House, write
Of it as follows in the SoutheT
Workman:
Besides the academic department
there are also the farming, carpentr
! masonry, tailoring and shotmakiI
departments. Farming is the occup
ton in which every pupil gets son
instruction, as all are obliged to st
o ny Lu6 JHtOIy VI BllCultulCS al
|. each boy in the trades works at lea
8 one day a week on the farm for Il
sake of health and physical develo
, ment. Farming in our school includ
gardening, horticulture and silk-c'
ture; besides general farm wor
. There are over 1000 mulberry tire
on the farm for raising leaves I
feeding silk-worms. Our silk cocoo
are the finest in the market. In t
vineyards there are about 5000 graz
vines and a good many fruit trees
d.. almonds, apples, pears, plums, ap
cots, cherries, persimmons and "
D. nuts-all upon the land which t
years ago was a barren, treelC
waste.
One Of the most gifted of Bulgari
prime ministers once said that I
n. people who gave the Government