Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-10-10
Mixing THE NEW
HERALD EDITOR BLUSH
And Admirer Of the Herald Speaks
His Mind Freely.
WRITER MUST STAND FOR 1T.
Coming From the Heart Of an Old
Newspaper Worker the Kindly
Sentiments Expressed are
Appreciated.

paper man, of this city:
To The Public:
The advent of the Sykesville Herald
marks the most important epoch in
the history OF the town This is not
an overstatement. A place may
grow and prosper TO a certain point.
bat until ii has a newspaper, what
is it, Simply "a town without
newspaper. The situation recalls q
song heard from Sykesville GRAPHIC
phone few years ago:
Man without a woman il like
Ship without sail,
Man with nut woman is like
Fish without tail
There's only one thing worse on
y earth
A woman without a man."
So Sykesville without a newspaper
would have been always like the man
and woman above mentioned only
more so. But Sykesville is especial
ly fortunate in that she not only has
the sine qua non of any town with
future, i. e., a newspaper, but the
pioneers are not raw recruits, but
trained veterans men who have
served in the ranks of the mighty
army of the Press and who have
worked their way to the top from
the composing room and composing
"stick' to the editorial tripod.
And, moreover, their training has
rot been confined to the small field of
country newspaper. but they have
served in the field of metropolitan,
State and National journalism. Thus
they are familiar with all phases of
the printers art. The editor has
been brought in contact with the
il aiding figures of the great State of
New York, knows them personally
as well as politically and profession
ally, and as an orator has been heard
on many occasions-political social
and otherwise. A memorial address
delivered by him in the famous ole
Beecher Church, at Elmira, N. Y,
was pronounced classic.
Hence Sfykesville possesses as the
editor and pilot of its lately launch
ed journalistic boat rare "compo-
site" made up cf practical printer,
skilled foreman, reporter, city editor,
managing editor and editor-in-chief
and a graceful writer In this re-
spect the situation is unique and
should cause the good people of the
town to shake hands with themselves
that Sykesville has acquired such cit
izenship.
A conspicuous object lesson in
-, H.. 4 -
was the report of the damage done
by the recent cyclone which brought
such disaster to some of Carroll's
worthy citizens. 1t is but simple
Justice to say that the details, the
clear, concise word-painting, the ar
rangement OF the matter, the style
of makeup and the unity of the en-
tice article, were all worthy of the
columns of the most up-to-date met
ropolitan journal. The arrangement
Of the advertisements and the speci-
mems Of commercial printing which ]
have seen coming from the Sykesvills
plant are all marks that prove that
there are "old hands at the bellows. "
The completeness of the local CLEAN
ings and the clear, brief wording of
the items, are a cause of satisfaction
to the reader.
But it is in the field of job work
and advertising that the people of
Sykesville and vicinity will reap the
most material advantage. To the
merchant and business man the bene-
fits to be derived from having their
| goods, wares and merchandise call
ed to the attention of customers by a
loral paper, right on the spot, famil-
lar not only with the advertiser, but
with the goods themselves, are such
that it is net necessary to speak of
them here.
The character of the communities
tions in the columns of The Herald is
another feature upon which the man
| agement of The Herald is to be con-
| gratulas ed notably the letters OF
Uncle Mortimer" bright, witty,
Entertaining and showing an intimate
| acquaintance not only with his I'M
mediate environment, but also with
all current events at home and abroad.
All hail, then. to The Sykesville
Herald. May this new lever OF the
Fourth Estate" with energy, ex-
perience and ability a. the fulcrum,
pry away all obstacl as in the path OF
progress and open up new path to
health happiness and prosperity for
the people of this favored community.
In the words Of Old Jimmy Reilly
the mascot some years ago OF the
Virginia Military Institute. at Lex
ington, Va, let us say of The Herald,
as he did in his toast to the cadets
IF this is a CHEST, may it always
appear to yes.
SCOTT LANE HEFFENGER.
Murray Hill, Annapolis, Md