Evening journal., 1920-07-20

you remainder, Uncle Ted" said
Jack, when you were telling us
about the life Of Senator Harding,
that you said It was another story
about his newspaper, and some day
you would tell US an about 10. "
"Yes. Jack" answered his uncle,
"the story Of how Senator Harding
started In the newspaper business is
one OF the most interesting stories /
know. Call Ruth out here in the yard
Its too hot in the house-and I'll
tell you all can about what one boy
did with two hundred pounds or
type"
"We're all ready" called Ruth.
When Warren Harding" began
Uncle Ted. was eighteen years OF
age. his family moved to Marion, o.,
where his father still continues the
practice OF medicine Warren had just
enough touch OF newspaper work on
his college paper TO give him an am
billion TO become a Journalist lie
finally got the Job In the Office Of a
little Democratic weekly, the Marion
Mirror, where he did everything from
setting type and turning the press, 30
scrubbing the floors There were two
other papers In Marion at that time,
one a well run and going paper ian
independent weekly and The other a
small weelkly that had taken the name
OF The STAR which was taken over
by the sheriff on November %, 1884,
because the owner was broke and un-
able 20 pay his bills. W0rren's boss,
the publisher Of the Democratic pa
per, was afraid that the Star would
be sold 10 some one who would make
Il real paper 10 the injury OF the In
dependent. But the owners laughed
at such a possibility, which made the
Democratic publisher angry. SO he
told Warren 20 go TO the Court House
and bid on the paper, saying TO the
astonished Warren, w1O had no idea
that he could own a paper and little
money, You go ahead and Il will
work out all night So IL was on
"Wednesday. November 26, 1894, that
young Harding started his career as
newspaper publisher II was no
easy road that he and his chum bad
20 travel. There were many bills 10
be paid and all they really had 10
start with was 200 pounds OF type.
10 was young Harding who hustled
for The news and advertising while
his chum set tn paper
Allt CNNI NNNAilIINIu 10 hINM ~
fast that the men who ran the lnde-
pendent no longer laughed at War
rem and his chum, but commenced
60 night them in every way possible.
No matter how bad things went and
no matter how many bills there were
10 meet when there was little or no
money In sight. Warren smiled. bit his
lip and worked harder than ever He
finally decided that 10 help the paper
grow as ii should they should have a
telephone. His partner did not agree
and thought ii an unnecessary ex-
penSa.
But Warren would not agree and the
telephone stayed, with the result that
he bought out his chum and placed
him on the payroll-thereby becom-
ing the sole owner OF the paper. With
this added expense he soon realized
that the original purchase price OF the
paper had TO be met within six
months from the day he bid for ne
Star at the Court HouRe. There " ",
no use thinking Of getting new ma
chincry or type. When the type
broke he kept It in a box 10 be sold
FOR what little he could get as Innk
~ was long struggle, kiddles
until finally The Star came ont Of ali
financial troubles the last bins were
paid and Warren G. Harding found
that nc not only really owned the
paper but that Il was a SUCCESS. Hl
fclt so good about Il that he wrote ar
editorial In which he told Of IN
struggles through whict he had gone
AT times the men who ran the In
dependent became 80 bitter towar,
the Star and It's Success, which hat
hurt their business, that they attack
cd Warren personally, but Tho future
Senator and President OF the Unitet
States kept his head above water anC
refused 10 be drawn into a nasty
newspaper flght IL got so bad though
that once when Warren met one OF
the pnonrioiors OF the weekly Indo
pOndent on the street no told him that
II he didn't stop his campaign Of per.
sonal abuse he would lick tho dickens
out OF him. That seemed 10 bt
enough, for the Independent pub.
llshor saw that young Harding meanl
what he said.
Fourteen years after Harding and
his ohum had purchased tho flvo-col-
umn daily a full leased teegraphic
service was put in that brought the
news OF the world on tho instant "a