Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-22
BY NIGHT AND BY
DAY ALWAYS TOLL

Inc eultOF OF Ine I1meS-RecOrd6r
must plead particeps criminis to the
cause of this effusion by the DAY by
, Day. column, referring to the versa
: tile (as you will see from the article)
Photographer, editorial writer, state
news editor and general all round
man of the Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
But w. C. Woodall in his column
relates story of one man which is
applicable to many men. By substi-
tuting day" for might" and then pos
sibly discarding a better half" in
connection with the story, it will fl
many afternoon paper slaves.
DAY by Day" refers to might by
Night" in this way:
My good friend who labors two
trenches to the left of this (and who,
/ il he outlives me, will have the dis
tinction of serving as one of my pail
bearers) intfmates that while Day by
Day. may be passably readable, yet
an entirely truthful column by the
same author entitled Might by Night"
might be considerably more iluminat-
ing, not to say entertaining.
Studying closely the habit of poll
ticians, one notices that when a.
charge of any nature is brought
against one of that gentry instead of
answering the allegation he immedi-
ately files still more sensational
charge against him who brought the
accusation, thus diverting attention
from himself. There is something in
this, and so instead of discussing the
intimation that our friend makes with
rather telling effect, it is the painful
duty of the writer to consider some OF
the personal habits of the paragrapher
On this paper.
To begin with it may be said, Just
BY the way of illustration: THIS !
MAN STAYS OUT ALL NIGHT! Not
an occasional night, or every night, or
! two nights and then skips night, but
every blessed, solitary night there is. !
L was habit formed years ago. 1t
was possibly excusable then, but as !
cur friend approaches middle age Che /
is now apparently around 40 years. it |
would not be too much to assume that
lis ways would gradually change.
But they do not This irregularity
not only continues, but has actually
! been reduced to a system At 7:20I
4 o'clock each evening he leaves his
home. At 1925 he enters The Eu-
quirer-Sun Office. At 1927 Tin season.
he removes and hangs up his coat. At
1870 o'clock he begins to open aud
read various kilograms from the AS
ISOLATED Press-reads them shame
lessly and with a certain amount of
interest although they are not adj |
lumbus Enquirer-Sun. At 1850 he re-
moves from his typewriter and in his
most offhand way dashes off some
OF the paragraphs you read the next
morning. He then grinds out a heavy
; editorial on the state of the country
and how all our institutions will Ian
quish, and finally perish from the face
OF the earth if one Mr. Charles E..
Hughes is elected. He then feels the
! need of inspiration and so takes a
5 drink-from the cooler of ice water,
just behind the door. And so, in this
exciting way, the night flies along
more paragraphs, more editorials.
; more messages from the Associated
. Press and occasionally friend to en-
S terrain
ii l have seen this man all alone in a
room-no one else concealed behind
the bookcase or under the table-and
have seen him write, I'VE believe that
the doctrines of democracy are good
t for the country" or I'VE are sorry to
say it, but we cannot agree with Mr..
Sc and So in his views on Thus and
Thus There was really no I'VE" to
, it, and yet this solitary individual sits
= there, night after night in his sanctum,
: using the first-person plural with all
the abandon that comes of long prac-
tice.
For the first part of the night the