Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-05-28
TWORIVAL
SYSTEMS
By EDNA WAKEFIELD

lon. lie nau HIS OWL i"ti"i' ~" "
how a newspappr should be conducted
His plan was to please vs. many per-
SONS as possible. Miss Williams was Il
"new woman" who was supporting
herself by teaching. Mr.. Pentield met
her and was attracted to her iaiicl!
on account of her force Of character
and intellectual abilities. Miss VIII
Iianls WAS attracted to Mr.. PeiiheId
largely OH account Of admiration Tor
q man in power. for he was Il man of
authority. having under him subed1
tors. clerks, printers. etc.
There are as many kinds Of newSEa-
pers as there are kinds Of men. Mr.
Penfields policy waS with view to
making his paper pay or what he ron
sidered the best method of making II
pay. Miss Williams idea Of news
paper was an intellectual engine to
mold opinion. That Is what she sup
posed Mr.. Penfeld's paper to be. be-
cause she supposed that to be what
newspapers are for. They became ell
gagged.
One Of the triumphs Of the Union
WAS the election Of the governor Of the
state. for il waS generally conceded
that the PAPERS brilliant advocacy Of
the governors side and Stinging con
demnation OF his Opponeiit and his
principles had secured the election
But when the camiai.n was over the
Union returned 10 its independence.
which meant that it waS ut liberty to
please tie greatest number. thereby
securing the greatest circulation and
consequently the greatest income from
advertisements.
\ question of moment came up. In
which the governor took a decided
stand. It was supported by many anu
opposed by an equal number. Miss
Williams supposed that her lover
would stand by the man If he thought
him right and oppose him if lie thought
him wruug. One day IN editorial ap-
pcarcd in the Union. written In the
style of the editor in chief. 1t read rs
follows:
ut Is perhaps too early to 6iscSyer
whether the governor has acted wisely In
the matter o. whether lie has been indis-
Greet No one will doubt that he has been
influenced by the highest motives. though
there are those who will deny this. con
sidering that his object Is to ill his pock-
t,.;n 1y,oit ~ a.
vious record has been free from making
money by virtue Of the official positions
he has held Th"re is hut one charge
against him that has never been. satisfac-
torily answered. ard this Is balanced by
many acts that have rcdoundcd To the
welfare of the state. Those who support
the governors policy have the satisfaction
Of knowing that f. the E:any important
political questions with which he has fr'n
identified he has u"ud!ly been right. Only
in two cases has he been wrong.
When Miss Williams read this leader
the blood came into her cheek and an
omilIolS light flashed in her eye. Was
this molGlng public opinion: She had
not informed herself of the matter III
question and. haTin" no opinion on il
WAS free to he Influenced 10y the man
whose intellectual strength had Won
her. Great WIS her disappointment
Later in the day she took up the Spnti
mel. paper that had Utterly opposed
the governur'S election. and read in nE
article Il clear. logical argument aS l."
Why the governor waS right on Tia"
Jue<ti0n ut iSSllr and calling on al!
good citizens tn support him.
That evening when Mr.. Penfirld
called on his li:!ncr" he found that she
had gone to Spend the evening with an
lunt. Since she left 10 message for
him he waS mifrrd and did not call
again for Il week. Two days after his
article on the governors policy an
editorial appeared in the Bee under the
head Of "On bntl sides of the Fence.
uuntin" from his own editorial ami
comparing ii with the one on the same
subject in the Sentinel.
Never had Mr. rrnlicld seen himself
so ridirIllrd in the columns of any of
his cu'EpctiturS. So Stin%inG were
many u! thr phrases used that every
huly vnuid say: "'rhat'S the painful
est Stim" the Bee ever gave. Fla. ha.
injuries were made ut the Bee office
HS Ia who wrote the article. but no
information ON the subject was given
rut Mr.. pcniirll WAS not seriously
trnuhi"d almrit the article. He had his
Il. al
Oh wi!i''h Il newspaper Shonld he run.
htlt he hr%Atr Ia ir" uneasy about his
iiln,.nn j.. ,XnL.i.iNl 10 mnpt her cas-.