The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-06
ing it a better place in which TO live
and be happy.

ing III a better place in which TO live
and be happy.
Success. Etc.
Success comes in Journalism, as in
all other professions. through personal
and wefl-directed effort after close
continued application. Journalism
Il be learned-it is not a birthright.
Usually those who think they are born
journalists are such helpless fools that
they would scarcely make good milli-
ners or messenger bows.
Most people live half asleep: with
their ears they hear not. and with
their eyes they see not. Experiences
are mol taken advantage of, and ma
u r n inactive they forget or fail
TO observe Of use the rich material
Tor making a newspaper interesting
and beneficial.
To make a newspaper successful. ii
must be directed by a person pos
sessed of qualifications which are hard
to find conferred in any one human be-
ing, for it is his personality that goes
into the maFeuo of the paper and in
fluence public opinion.
There are three things for which
every paper should ever strive. fight
for, and be willing to die for; they
are our government. our educational
system. ana the betterment of social
conditions.
Men are doing fine, big. generous
and manly things in making the world
better, but women are doing most tc
make a cleaner, purer place in which
to live. We need the feminine touch
in newspaperdom more thar any.
where else. Women are superior tt
men,: properly trained, they are 6
drawing card anywhere. and no Other
profession is so we'll adapted to then
as journalism.
The Country Weekly.
Influence is based on confdenc,
and respect. The only way to wi,
and hold the readers confidence i
by printing the news fairly and hon
estly, by supporting good men 70
office and opposing bad men: by ad
vocating high ideals in social. politi
; cal and business life. and by workin
without ceasing for the best interest
Of the community.
| The home newspaper is closest t
t the people and when properly cor
2 Quoted has more influence than tn
large and more pretentious city pub
ication. The people know the edito
who shares with them in their JOY
: and sorrows. The country weekly tel
:, of the meeting together Of the pee
pie-their coming together. their Sc
cial affairs, their comings and going
The editor publishes the marriage
anu Tue uodIltS. lie Is one OF tnoT
Go with me to the great city and oil
serve if you will the men who mo,
the world, and you will observe tn;
q or Friday or Saturday morning whe
Z he opens his mail, it is not with I'll
n great metropolitan daily with it's ma
kets, and daily financial reports
news from the world capitals-it
the country weekly, published in Il
town where he was born. for there
- ~ G-I- $500
friends, and of the village and cou
try side: as he reads he is back in t
days of his yOuth-in the days
q sunshine and flowers, when life w
20 as sweet as the dawn of a summel
I day, and all was joy and g1adness
the bright and balmy days Of t
as long ago.
: The editor Of the country week
a "a a great opportunity for usefulne
er for his paper is the greatest infuen
in the village, home and farmhou
n Preside. This influence can be dire
ii ed for good or for evil.
e., Courts and The Press.
to To those of us who have receiv
training in the Did schools. where
we were taught hat all constitution
If not all courts, had the right to pr
Is ish for contempt without trial by ju
d when we note the license exercised
- SoIIiS O~OpdPCIo u l1C Su1SS
IL liberty of the press, there appears
IL be good reaSon for this long es"
e lished and we'll recognized princil
~ IN our fundamental laws, but the /
has been changed by our last Gene
Assembly.
ne Many lave claimed that "constr1
n tive contempt should not be p,
ished peremptorily, giving the edi
n or the publisher no chance for
fence before a jury. It has been .
TO sistently denied that such a RS
e was necessary to the existence of
courts, and it has been cited in 81
a port of this argument the serene 9
silent indifference of the United Sta
ar Supreme Court to criticisms Of
Ter notable decisions.
es. The ~cold-blooded murderer.
Try porch climber, the burglar, the
it lain who traffics in the souls of 81
ess and the miserable vagrant, are
rer granted their constitutional prlvile
and rights of a fair and impartial t
ter before a fair and impartial Judge {