Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-03-21
MILO SHANKS PAYS
TRIBUTE TO PARRISH
(From Richmond Photography

Elmira, n. y, March IS.
Dear photographic
1t is with sorrow that | read in
your columns of the death OF T..
iG. Parrish, suddenly in Louis
vile. In view of the service that
Mr.. Parrish rendered to the Pan
tagraph in its infancy, | think 1t
| well that its columns should at
this time make some recognition
Of his work.
The Paragraph was the con-
ception Of three young men. Cole
man O. Groves, Thomas {. Ad-
ans. and the writer. Groves was
student at Central Kentucky
and gave such time as his studies
permitted to his, Newspaper work,
Adams penned in eloquent and
howery language the editorials,
while the mechanical end of the
business was shouldered by the
undersigned.
The task Of gatherings the To-
cal news fell almost entirely on
the shoulders Of Parrish. then an
energetic youngstcr on the under
side OF thirty. The writer has
had an extensive newspaper ca
reer since those cafly days III
dear old Richmond. but it has
never been our privilege to know
at any time Il reporter who put
more vim and ability into his
work than did E. G.. Parrish.
| have often claimed and been
accorded credit in my other fields
Of endcavor for having success
fully launched "a Republican
newspaper in Kentucky" In the
final analysis it was the work of
Parrish as much as that of my
own or the work Of my other
colleagues that made the Panta-
graph stick i'll the journalistic
, field
Those were the days OF real
, newspaper men in Richmond, not
to speak dispara&ingly of thc
boys on deck today. Marion
Green was at the helm on the
Register, and French Upton. la
ter connected with the Panta-
graph under my ownership, was
at the helm OF the Climax, now
gone to newspaper heaven. These
men enjoyed state wide reputa-
tons as able journalists and il
was q hcrculcan task that the
young ncWspapcrmcn cut out for
themselves in their new venture.
Not one of us was more than
thirty wears OF age. and as for
myself | well remember that it
required a court order for me to
legally dispose of some holdings
that | might invest the proceeds
in the new venture, | being still
under age.
But there was good newspa-
per material in this group OF
youngsters. | we'll remember
one day that Parrish rushed il
the office to give US compliment
that had been passed on our work
; by one Of the stalwart democrats
Of the city. The aforesaid dem
ocrat had taken a copy of the pa
per. run his pencil across the cdi-
torial page. as if to blot out, and
then said: "NOW. here is the best
newspaper printed in Richmond >
Parrish was here, there and ev-
erywhere. seemingly at one and
the same time. He could gather
and write more news than any
man | ever knew. The Panta-
graph in those days was a semi
weekly. and it was filled almost
| entirely with original matter. The
news articles were for the most
part short and crisp. telling the
stories in few words.
| Mr.. Parrish. unlike his family
connections. all good friends OF
the writer, was a republican OF
| firm convictions and a disposition
to preach the doctrine of his'Dar
ty to the dwcllers in the alleys
and on the hilltops. Well do
remember campaigning with him
in the first Mckinley campaign
and with him being treated to
pumpkin pie and good fresh milk
by some good republican friends
at Waco after one of our night
meetings. The Waco meeting
was my first offense in public
speaking, and my own feelings
was that l had made a horrible
failure. But the people were ind
and spoke words of pAise, winch
no doubt contributed much to my
| subsequent interest in politics. al