Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-21

have told him such things before.
Maybe that many have convinced him.
You might try.
Don't send for a reporter TO come
and interview you on something that
is of interest to not more than one per
cert of the reading public, keep him
taking notes an hour and make him
miss a meal. He may manage TO lose
his notes.
Don't tell the reporter to "be sure
to get the program IN; we want the
members to clip it out" The report
er may tell you that a job printing or
flee will get out your programs at so
much a thousand.
Don't tell the reporter that you have
good story and that you are going
to give the paper lot Of advertising
soon. If it is a good news story no
need to tell him about the advertising.
If it is not news, he may direct you
to the advertising department any
way.
Don't say that the paper gives an
other organization column after col
umn Of publicity ana your organiza-
tion can't get line in. 1t is doing
something to make news and yours is
not.
Don't tell everybody you see that
another club is getting plenty of pub
licity, but the reporters are so biased
or narrow that they will not use your
clubs activities. Suppose you call on
them occasionally and give them a few
lines of real news and see.
Don't, because there happens to be
story published that riles you, call
the reporter and tell him that he is
all wrong. He might request you to
point out something that is not right
and you might then be "up n tree"
Don't think because you happen TO
mune from printers ink. The report
er may not draw princely salary,
but he is not in the right place and
will not remain there. if he can be
bought or turned from his duty to his
paper and it's readers.
Don't go on the assumption that 4
reporter because he has to dig Tor
news and ask even you questions, is Il
menial and can be kicked about.
He, as a reporter, is not supposed to
have friends or enemies, but even he
is human"
Don't hand the reporter n handful
Of clippings, reprints and circulars and
tell him to write nice story about
the subject. He is not doing research
work. Ydu better Go the research
and tell him what You want in few
words.
Don't refuse TO speak 10 reporter
because he has given YOU some undc-
sirable publicity. You may want him
to give you some OF the desirable kind
later. Then. too, he might have Il
chance to give you some more Of the
undesirable.
Don't cause reporter to work an
hour or two on q s,ory and then so off
and forget that he did it, in your self
congratulation in getting it over. If
he does something to suit you, he, like
other folks. enjoys hearing you say so,
Don't tell the reporter IN one breath
that what you did is not worth writ
ing, that you do not like the publicity
even if YOU have done something
worth while. and tell him in the next
breath to bc sure to get this point
straight. He's heard of people who do
not like publicity, but has seldom seen
them.
Don't use the reporter to further
ends in getting YOU or something You
are interested in over, then abuse him
because he happens 10 get good sio-
ry about YOU that you do not like lie
usually goes on the "gvc and take
basis.
Don't make reporter hold the re-
ceiver until his hand is numb in re-
porting Il sermon or lecture that YOU
could easily have written out for MIN
a day or two before. then cause MIN
to have to write il from his notes. You
are busy, Of course. but 50 is the re-
porter
Don't get mad at a reporter because
he may not be able 10 attend the meet
ing in which ynu arc interested. There
may he half a dozen or oxen dozen
going on at the same time He can't
attend all and probably is not able 10