Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-21
THE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER,
Its Great Sphere to Prepare Nations
for Universal Peace.

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ing his views on the work Of the
press in the past, and it's great sphere
Of usefulness in the future.
Declaring that the press could do
more towards establishing universal
peace than any other agency, Dr..
Williams delivered a 30-minute ad-
dress that completely captivated his
hearers. He said in part:
News was never more censored
than in this war. Opinion was never
more powerful and never had a wi
der international significance. Lord
Kitchener, Gust gomez when the war
began stopped all news. Recruiting
paused. England was fighting for
her life and in 23 days only 100000
men volunteered, when 100000
soldiers were needed. A conference
was called Of the leaders of the ma
tion and the leaders Of the press.
Reluctantly Lord Kitchener and cab
met granted the demand Of the news
paper men that news should be
printed, not Of military movements,
but Of the soldier at his work, In
battle, in retreat or advance, in
trench and in camp. 1t had taken
23 days to get 100000 men without
news; with news the next 100000
stepped forward in nine days; the
next 100000 in seven days. Repub
lican institutions were justified Of
the elder son Of self-government. A
free press and publicity proved again
the defense and safeguard Of free
people.
Duty Of American Press.
The Anne lean press has had ano
ther duty not less important. By long
tradition, by wise policy, by just
principle and by sound national de-
cision the United States Is neutral In
this way. The government is silent
save on national rights at sea; the
people have no official voice on the
chief issue. But American neutral
ity has never been Indifferent to
moral issues or without just and
impartial Judgment on the acts of
men and of nations. With half hu-
manity at war, the American press
had to speak for the only powerful
people at peace. Our newspapers
have done their duty for our land
and for humanity. without bitter
ness, with no partisanship, defending
no cause and condemning either par
ty to the conflict when either depart
ed from the established rules Of civ
ilized warfare, the American press
as a whole, day by day, has uttered
the verdict of tho American people.
Spoken for Humanity.
Nowhere else has each cause had
it's advocates and it's supporters; no.
where in the world has there been
doubt that the American press has
spoken for the nation, for humanity,
and anticipated the verdict Of his
tory and slow time. Never before
have the newspapers Of any land had
this duty to discharge, and it has
been met with courage, with sagac-
ity, with justice and with restraint
and with reserve. Because in his
own chosen field, be it hamlet, viii
lage, town, city or metropolis, the
newspaper man in free communities,
each part Of a free people, has in the
days affairs a daily duty to mediate,
to represent, to judge and accurately
voice and to express the opinion and
verdict Of the community, the State
and party with which he is associat-
ed. Self-government and tho con-
sciousness Of free people in it's
whole and in it's parts is only posi-
bic through the professional utter
ance. OF the newspaper man.
School Of Journalism.
The great journalist, Joseph Pulit-
Zer, to whom the school OF journal
ism in Columbia owes it's existence.
saw that this high task and this great
work could not be adequately accom-
plished without thorough training, to
provide which he left an endowment
Of $2,000.000. Joseph Pulitzer fore
saw that in the goth century the re-
lations Of the United States with for
eign affairs would become closer, and
he insisted that those who sought the
school should acquire working
knowledge OF either German or
French. He understood that it was
more necessary for the journalist to
he schoOlad in thp science Of rov