The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1922-11-05

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paper and its motto is, "All the News
That's Fit to Print And yet, the
number of bloody happenings carried
by this paper was prodigious. SINE
then crimes have been materially in
creased. There are more sensational
homicides among preachers and by a
class from whom We would not ex-
peet to hear such happenings.
This news is printed on the front
pages of all the papers because of
their remarkable character. The late
Charles. F. Dana used too say that
anything that God allows to happen
is not too bad to go into my paper
''The Savannah Press has printed
Geographic stories where a clergy
mans body has been found with that
of woman to whom he was paying
marked attention and writing love
letters. Another Clergyman was shot
down by a ledy friend with whom he
was conducting Irritation to say the
least. The husband of the dead wo-
man said he was writing to her love
letters addressed 10 an assumed
name. And there was another
preacher nearer home, where a jeal-
Gus husband killed his wife and then
feigned insanity These are excep-
tional Incidents. Someone said why
don't you publish the good things and
not single out the bad things about
the occupants of the pulpit?
"The answer is that we do. How
many columns did The Press devote
to, the revival conducted by Gypsy
Smith in Savannah? The evangelist
has made public and private ac-
acknowledgements of the publicity Civ
en- his revival in this city. The
Triennial Episcopal Convention,
which recently met in Portland, Ore,
acknowledged with gratitude the eff
forts made by the Associated Press
III oOhulAS opCCidl anu HlSH-CldSS men
from New York to Washington to re
port the proceedings. There is
man by the name of Fred Sullens.
editor of the Jackson (Miss.,) Herald
who was one of the greatest aids to
Gypsy Smith during his recent meet
ings in that place. He not only put
his paper right behind the evangelist
but he also organized special trains
and sent out flying squadrons of
workers to hold evanelistic meetings
in different parts of the state.
Z So that's that. OF course, where
sensational happenings involve the
pulpit it cannot be suppressed, even
though this news gets on the front
page. 1t must rank with the market
news and the weather reports. Any
cross section of life that is in it.
self exceptional is food for thought
and cannot be overlooked. When
dog becomes infuriated and bites its
master little is said Of the incident.
but should the master take ON the
fit of his dog and in turn bites others.
the incident cannot be overlooked.
Sometimes by publicity the nature of
rabies was developed and investigat
ed, Often the publication of the un-
heard of, even the sensational brings
benefit.
The newspaper is like a mirror;
better still, it is like a broadcasting
station. Wireless Offices are made
SO sensitive that they communicate
every sound through the air. Not only
the woman who is playing the piano
is heard, but when one of her neigh
bors coughs or sneezes the discordant
note is clrried abroad with equal
faithfulness,.
Not to mix the metaphors, a news
paper is a chart of everyday life. MOI
only are the buoys and channels
marked out for the benefit of nayi
CATION, but the derelicts must be SPOT
ted with equal faithfulness.
isn't it the truth?"