The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-04
Newspaper Mention.

The man who does nothing seldom.
gets the notoriety he deserves. Usual
ly this Is because the kind of notorie-
t. he merits would not look good nor
sound good nor be good 1T would
scarcely help him and II might hurt
his feelings, but thatis all.
The men who do things worth while
get notoriety but, not as a help to
himself alone Such notoriety gen
orally helps the community. Most men
who do such good things do not ask
notoriety but 1t naturally comes.
Even men who do things even be they
in opposition to what others believe
get their names in the newspapers.
The mention may not suit them ex-
actly but they realize that others find
them worth mentioning and that their
opinions are a basis of contention.
and publicity, even pronunciation "
times.
to those who do things and does not
always limit the tendency to persons
who do good things. They all come
in for mention OF some kind--the
man who does good things, for good
mention ), and the man who does bad
things. for bad mention, unless what
he does is so bad that it cannot be
mentioned at all. It is the man who
does nothing who gets mo mention.
The newspaper is ever DESTROYS of
mentioning as many persons as possi-
BILE. 1t does so, except where there Is
a physical impossibility, but there
must always be a reason for the mem
ton. The do-nothing man furnishes
no reason for mention.-A An Illinois
newspaper dilates along this line as
follows in a manner that impresses:
Not long ago a man came into this
office and stopped his paper because
he said 1t was always printing a lot
of things about the same people and
he was sick of it.. Now when somc-
thing goes wrong with the country the
government appoints commission to
investigate and find out what is the
matter, and the first thing commits
sion investigates is the man who
made the iioller to see IL the holler
was a seasonable holler. So we APP
pointed commission consisting OF
ourselves to investigate this man. We
Just followed that mans career ever
since we knew him.
The first thing that happened to
that man was that he was born, but
he had nothing to do with 1t. How
ever, we mentioned him. although his
parents were entitled to the credit.
When he was in HIS early twentiss he
got married. We. mentioned that, In
Guiding the name OF the bride, the
preacher, etc. in fact we mentioned
everything but the preachers fee.
which was not worth mentioning We
never mentioned the fact that he ever
won any premiums at the county. fair.
because he never exhibited anything.
We never mentioned his name in a
list Of committees, because he never
attended anything. We never men
toned his name in the list OF donors.
because he never donated SO much as
"a doughnnt; ~,
Z We certainly have been' treating
this man shameflily, but we viii
agree to run nice obituary when the
time comes.
AT the same time, we are afraid
we will have to go right ahead men
'tioning these people that. we have
been mentioning with such frequency
They have "a habit Of boosting Itch
field. helping the church, mixing In
politics. getting UP parades, and
financing the baseball team, so their
Eames are bound to.creep into the pa.
per. $500