The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-30
New and Amazing Serial Describes Ont
Mans Long But Losing Battle
for Freedom

with editing all those news pages
or in proofing the advertising.
He's willing to take care of his
regular eight pages for that week,
but the rest of the paper must be
produced by. me. That puts me
UP tree. / can sell advertising
can sell it at the rate Of several
hundred dollars q day-but l can't
write. I've got to have a writer
and editor, and ] was sent to you.
/ can almost guarantee you u, 5OV
or 81 400 as your share on a 5000
basis for five weeks work. You'll
have to get all the write-ups.
Fisk will pay for cuts. What do
you say?"
1 took three days to consider
the matter, making a trip out to
Abilene to see Fisk. l found the
territory prosperous, with every
body already talking about the
big fair" Fisk had a contract
drawn up. and 1 told him would
let him know my decision within
day or two.
Back in Dallas l consulted with
Montgomery again. We decided
to put on the special. / told
Mildred 1 would be gone for five
weeks, but would try to arrange
for her and Donnie to come down
for a weekend or two II she
could get away from her work.
The weather was very hot, the
thermometer running over 100 de-
grees nearly every day. Irenem-
Der that on the trip to Abilene
with Montgomery, distance of
200 miles, the red in the plush
seats of the smoking car stained
my Palm Beach trousers and
madras shirt, due to perspiration
ON the trip. We arrived in abb
lene at night and secured quarters
with baths at the Grace Hotel.
/ had become accustomed to
sleeping porch at home, and my
first night in the hotel at Abilene,
even with an outside room, was
suffocating. slept scarcely at
all. The sun rose hot. Before 8
o'colck the mercury stood at J5.
Montgomery and crossed the
railroad and went over to "Old
Town." where the weekly news.
paper plant was located.
Fisk, the owner, greeted us
warmly, and we had conference,
after which we signed an agree
ment. We were to sell the adver-
Using and practically produce the
proposed special for him. He was
to take care of the mechanical
part and the distribution. Owing
to the limited size Of his press,
we agreed to turn in eight-page
sections of the paper as fast as
we prepared them, so that the
printing might be done piecemeai,
with only the final section to Ee
printed at the last moment.
This meant there could be no
loafing on the job, especially on
my end. Every three or four days
/ must have eight pages of copy
ready for the rrinters-an1 was
working alone, so far as the read
ing matter was concerned. Mont
gomery suggested that we visit
the chief advertisers together, /
to get "write-ups' and ilIustra-
lions for the reading columns,
he to sell them advert sing space.
1t was arranged that we were
to make collections as we went
along, have all checks made pay
able to Fisk, and he was to split
with us on a 60-40 basis each day.
Just as we were going out h.
called after us.
by the way" he said, this is
Lions Club day, and I'm a men,
Der. We take lunch together at
the Grace every Thursday. I'd
like to have you gentlemen as my
guests today, and have you both
make talk about the special.
TO Be Continued Tomorrow