The Robesonian., 1917-11-29
PLEASE.

,er service by exercising li'Cle e'Si
and forethought.
After all the facts have been learn
ed about piece of news, the item has
to be written, edited, and set in type,
then the proof has to be read and cor
rected, the type put in the "form" and
the "form' locked up and put on the
press before it can be printed. Obvi-
ously, all this takes time. Everything
that goes into an issue Of paper
cannot all be set in type at once, the !
proof all read at glance, and the
type all dumped into the forms. Ma
terial for the next issue is being pre-
pared even as one issue is being print
ed, and the news is written and set in
type as fast as it is learned ,and, ,as far
as possible, "decks" cleared to make
way for handling the next thing that
breaks loose.
Now to the point: If meeting Of
a society or club or other organiza-
ton is held Thursday afternoon OF
evening, for instance, and a report is
to be written for the paper, it will be
a great help if that report is harded
in Friday or Saturday, instead Of
waiting until later. Sometimes, just
an hour or so before press time on
Monday or Thursday, we receive an
anxious telephone inquiry as to how
late a report can be handled for that
days paper, and when the report is
received it is learned that it is re-
port of meeting held two or three
days before and just as easily could
have been handed in the day before,
or two days before. There is always
a rush of matter to be handled during
the last hour or so before going to
press, matter that could not be gotten
before that time, for the reason that
it had not happened or had not been
learned, and when report Of that
kind comes in at the last moment it
makes it doubly hard on the folks
in this office to handle it, and there
is great danger Of it's having to be
held over for the next issue.
In this issue Of The Robesonian
there is a report of meeting held
Wednesday afternoon Of last week.
If it had been handed in last Thurs
day morning early it might have been
printed in last Thursdays paper, while
| it was fresh. AS a mater of fact it
was not sent to this office until twelve
o'clock, noon, Monday. Il would have
been handled even at that late hour if
it had been possible to handle it then,
but other matters that could not be
sidetracked had to be given right of
way. If that report had been given
to the paper Thursday morning il
might have gotten in last Thursdays
paper, and certainly if it had beer
sent to this office Friday or Saturday
or even early Monday morning., i
would have been printed in Monday!
paper. =,
| We would not have any one under
stand from this that we do not wan
| items just before going to press. W.
do. This paper handles news righ
up to the moment of going to pres
at $3.50 p. M, and if you learn of al
item at any time we shall appreciat
it if you will phone it to this offic
as soon as you learn of it, or if yo
have a report of any sort of meetin
to make, send it just as soon as posi-
t ble after it happens. But please d
not wait until Monday or Thursda
J morning to send in a report that 70
$ can send in a day or two earlier.
The Robesonian always tries to Civ
e the best service possible and alway
: appreciates reports of news item
S whether 'phoned in to the office c
e written and sent in, and it will hel
s wonderfully if you will remember t
:. send in any report you may have &
r soon as possible, whether that is iu.
d before the paper goes to press or ju
f after it goes to press.
y This is not in criticism of any OF
g who has sent in reports late. tt
j Robesonian has neglected to call a
e teDtion to this matter recently al
e we know that folks are not suppos;
1t to bear all these things in mind al
is are prone to forget until the last mi
N ute. This is merely to call attenti.
le to something that should have be.
le mentioned earlier and earnestly
request our friends to bear these fac
in mind when they have something
or report fer the paper and not to della
A. -o-
Dr. PURE INNOCENCE.