Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-29
MISSION OF A NEWSPAPER.
Famous British Editor Understands. St i s.
Matter Thoroughly. q.
REMARKABLE RECORD OF FIFTY YEARS:

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and Responsibility to that clientilssS
American Review of Reviews. iF$szs, ~
During the present year that great
organ of British Liberal opinion. the
Manchester Guardian, is celebrating.
its first centenary. At the same timeg
its editor, Mr.. c. P. Scott. is complies
ing fifty years of continuous service
Writing under his own signature for
the anniversary number Of his newssS
paper, Mr.. Scott finely expresses the;
ideals that should govern every cons
scientious editor: i:.Ss - y .AF5ts!s;S:s Sss;
TN all living things theref must
certain unity, a principle of vitality
and growth. tt is. so withaa:news1as
per, and the more complete and clealri
this unity the more vigorous and:
fruitful the growth, 7 ASH nryBsff
what the paper stood for when afrst:
knew it, what it has STOOD for gssntes.
and stands for now. "A newspaper has; q /;
two sides to It. II. Is q business, Ike:
any other, and has TO pay in the ma Il
terial sense in order. to live. But5ttg
is much more than "a. business; II ~:
an institutions; it rejects and ittsin;-5
fuences the. life Of whole scommuns$
ity; it may affect even wider destiniea.:
It is, in its way an instrument Of Cow;
ernment It plays on the minds and
consciences Of men; It may educate,
stimulate assist, or it may do the EopS
posite. It has, therefore. moral-aaf
well as a material existence, and its:
character and influence are in tho
main determined BY the balance of
these two forces.2 It may make profit;
or power its first object, or It may con-
ceive itself as fulfilling higher and:
more exacting function. &T:a;iit;::s:Is ::Is
II think may honestly say, that,
from the day of its foundation, there;
has not been much, doubt as to which:
way the balance, tipped So far as res;
CARDS the conduct Of the paper iwhosei 4
fine tradition I inherited; :; and which
7 have had the honor to serve: through:
all my working life. y Had it not been;
60, personally could not have served.
it. Character a a$subtle aftair;ssand5
j has many; .shad d desa and sides TO stt4asss
is not thing to be much talked about:
} but rather to be felt. It Is the slow
deposit Of past actions and ideals. ";
Is for each man his most precious possss4
session, and so It Is for that latest
growth Of time the newspaper ;SFAnesys y
damentally it implies honesty. clears.
ness, courage, fairness a sense Of duty
. to the reader and the community
newspaper Is of necessity something
of a monopoly, and its first dutY%ts to-
shun the temptations of monopolys;
It's primary office Is the. gathering T6f;
news. At the peril of ifs soul 1T must M
see that the supply is not tainted.
Neither in what it gives, nor in what:
it does not give, nor in the mode s6r.
presentation must the uncloudeds face
of truth suffer wrong. Comment ~
free, but facts are sacred. "Propa-:
eanda," so called, by this means SIS
, hateful The voice Of opponents mo-
less than that Of friends has Alright
to be heard. Comment also is justly
7 subject to a self-imposed restraint.
It is we'll to be frank; it Is even better.
to be fair. This Is an ideal. Achieves:
ment in such matters Is hardly given
to man. Perhaps none Of us can attain
to it in the desirable measure. We
can but try ask pardon for shortcom@
! ings, and there leave the matter" II
:, How the quality Of Mr.. Scott's edi4
: torship has impressed his generation
in England, and especially his brother
, journalists, Is clearly set forth in"the
: Review of Reviews (London). Refer!
j ring to Delane's noteworthy career az
n editor of the Times, the Review re-
minds us that in the thirty-six years
= during which the Times. was under
Y Delane's control the stamp Of his mind
e was never so deeply impressed upon
!. the paper as that Of Mr.. Scott has for
! half a century been set upon the
Guardian. "2 -. q: = =
"He has given it q personality
!, which distinguishes it from all other
- | papers, and cnardcteC WHICH SFStA
: those furthest removed from its gen.
eral point of view respect. The
Guardian is not merely British, It is
= an European institution, Some. people
: regard it as the home Of lost causes:
y others, with better justification ON. the M
: facts, as the pioneer for those whose
:, future victory Is assured. But wheth-
- er they like the causes or. not they
admire the consistency, ability 9 and
above all the honesty with which It. is
o written and conducted. And they
- know that in these things it is :ex-
q pressing the mind and character OF its
e editor. Mr.. Scott has given his whole
{; life to the Guardian. Not because IT
" is a means of power, still less to for
tune, but as the expression Of pro-
e found idealism. In his hands 1t is q
= great educational institutions: stand
o ing witness to the fact that the press
IS may be a power for good as well as
:. for evil.
!. ~ 1T Is an educational institution NOT
only for those who read, but for those
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