Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-06
DICK JEMISON ADDRESSES
THE LOCAL ROTARY CLUB

Write what you find-nOt Wha
you think-leave that to the edi
tor, was rule Dick Jemison, of th'
Ohio State Journal said, was Civ
en- him as reported 25 years ago
in very interesting address here
Friday night before the Rotarians a
the Kennebec hotel, which followed
a fine chicken supper.
| His talk was on newspapers. Mr.
Jemison began his newspaper career
25 years ago on the old Atlanta, Ga
Constitution, and was worked in ev
cry department of the city newspa
per. At present he is the nationa
advertising director of the Ohio
State Journal, Columbus. He stated
that there is something about the
newspaper game which makes one
stay with it, and while he had tried
other lines of business, he found
himself drifting back to the news
paper office.
Speaking of newspapers, he sale
| Al 100000 pennies are spent daily
| for newspapers, and remarked thai
| the income Of daily papers last yeal
totaled two and quarter billion
dollars. In the United States there
are 80 daily papers and 100 week
lies over 100 years old. The Oldest
paper in the United States is the
Annapolis, Maryland, Gazette which
was established 207 years ago. The
oldest paper in Ohio is the Scioto
Gazette, which was founded in the
year 1900. The Ohio State Journal
is one Of the Oldest papers in the
state, having been established 125
years ago. The speaker took his
listeners through a newspaper plant,
touching upon the various depart
ments of the newspaper, both edi-
torial and mechanical. 1t is remark
able, he said, how few mistakes pa
pers make, when is taken into con-
sideration the mass of figures and
data handled with remarkable speed.
He also called attention to careless
ness of contributors in sending in
copy. He gave figures to show the
immensity of the newspaper busi-
ness, citing examples of the amount
of material the New York Times,
one of the largest papers of the
world, with circulation of more
than a half million daily, consumes.
which last year amounted to 4,2S0
car loads of paper; $4,670,700 worth
of ink; and wire service for news
alone, of 00,000-this to say moth
ing Of the other vast expenses. The
State Journal, Mr.. Jemison referred
to as one of the smaller papers, and
in it's ordinary editions it uses half
car load of news print daily. 1t has
an average daily circulation OF 6O,-
900. The largest extra it ever put
out was on the night of the peni-
tentiary fire when it turned out 1885,
900 papers The State Journal now
is in the process of getting out
large special edition, commemorate
ing it's 125th anniversary, and as
has been stated, Morgan county is
to have a page in this special edi-
ton.
The "morgue' Mr.. Jemison stat
ed is the livest part of a newspaper
establishment. He said he had
visited the morgue of the Chicago
Tribune, which occupies one entire
floor. Here are found indexed mil
lions of clippings, photos, etc., and
already prepared Obituaries" of all
of the leading men of the world,
prepared and kept up to the minute,
so that when death occurs among
them, they have the complete story
of their lives all ready to be put
into type on a moments notice. The
Tribune is perhaps the largest news
paper in this country, its Sunday
edition circulation being we'll over
million. 1t has 72 large presses
upon which the papers are printed.
Editorial pages, the speaker stat
ed, are much more humorous now
than formerly. He recited some
personal experiences as a newspaper
reporter, and the plans used IN
scooping the other fellow. One OF
the latest devices in the modern
offices is wire photo,
whereby photographs are sent by
wire and within 25 minutes after
they are taken, they are ready for
the newspapers.
Besides his newspaper work, Mr..
Jemison was also radio DaseDall
for several years, ana
takes credit of making many base
ball fans, especially among the shut
ins, many of whom were women,
who now take almost as great an In
terest in baseball as do the men.
While broadcaster he received 36,-
$50 voluntary letters, many writ
ten him from sick rooms, and from
hospital beds.
Mr.. Jemison was introduced by
Rufus X. Brown, chairman of the
program committee.
Among the guests at the meeting
was Rev. Van Artsdalen of Victor,
N. Y, who with his family, is spend
ing a months vacation in the county
with friends.