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1 THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, APRIL 22. 1908. : m :1 -t J-r 4 :'. I Hi: Great Many People Prefer Railioads to Eleventh Amendment: Mr. Johnson Continued from pa?e 1 personal purveyor of the world's events with silcut and nameless toil ers doing their work in the dark: and they will not be less useful or able than the grand old man whose name is known over the whole wide world. This is as it should be. We have come into a better day. The clement of egoism in the newsnaper business .tended not toward strength but weak ness. It is better to be than seem to be. What I do develops and en riches me more than what I say. The editor who saves his life shall lost it. To the conceited bombastic who love the glare and glory of popular ap plause, this obscuration of the editor's pejonality is intolerable, but to him who loves his work more than he loves himself, it is the finest stimulus to a perfect mastery of his business. It has come to pas? that no man can wear the collar of the public service and the crown of journalistic success at one and the same time. The recent uisiressing cmoroguo m ueoruia in which a newspaper man was pitted against a politician resulted as miglH have been expected the politician got the plum and the editor got the black eye. The sacrifice of ambition upon the altar of service may seem a high price to pay. but to reach the top every penny of it must be paid. "I hold ii truth with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping stones Of their dead selves in higher things." increased Power for GocH. As the editor decreases as a per sonal or political factor, he increases Immeasurably in his power for good. In order to mould the public policy and shape the public thought he must, like the grain of wheat, be willing to fall into the ground and die. thaf his power may be multiplied. I have said all this in order that I might pave the "way for this recommendation:' Do not run for the legislature. We have no more democratic organi zation in the state than the North Car olina Prc-s Association. I hope this may always be true. We weeklv brethren are as much a part and par cel of this body as our big brethren of the city dailies. lieu of every shade of political opinion dwell togeth er in perfect unity, and the editors of our religious journals who occasionally give each other a nudge under the fifth rib sit side by side in these delightful reunions without a warring thought flitting across their peaceful breasts. We are brethren in the real sense of that much abused term. We distribute the offices of honor evenly around. The only office involving hard work and poor wages we pack off on .Brother Sherrill luv-aii-i,..,,, ens to resign we add five dollars to his ! pay and fifty dollars to his labor Evfrvj member of the association stan a! very excellent chance of winning the! highest office within our sift. I desire ! to acknowledge here and uare here and "now inv reciation of tV cpWv of mv brethren in tbvp.T - llong into thi- the hihct grateful api and esteem ing me headl aim most nonoraoie not moi V gratiu!!- accontf d : ly unsought, "owintr to i on I n ' -, . ever held, the because wholl tne popularity of ere cf our diin guished members, who is new the president of the National Editorial As sociation, the constitution was chang ed in order to allcw him o bold a second term in succession, of the office of president, which he administered with so great ability. I world recom mend that since the end for which the , , cnange was mane as been reached. ! thflt WO rotnmo tn K -5,.1 electing tne president for one year and that he be not permitted to succeed himself. Loyalty ta the Schools. The subject of education is :;o close ly allied with the profession cf jour nalism that I ned hardly stop to urge our brethren to loyjilty to our schools' We have had a wonderful awakening in North Carolina on this gi'ea- ques tion. Chas I!, .vcoek, the ' Apostle of Light, kindled in the hearts of the people a deep longing for the uplift of the childhood of the state. The seed he sowed is bearing a rich har vest. The log school house is a rare l-rm- and strictly prohibits the sale of alum baking powder So does France So does Germany TT -ii i. ivr i sae of alum foods has been made illegal in Washington and the District of Colum bia, and alum baking powders are everywhere recognized as injurious. T , . ' lo protect yourself against alum, wnen ordering baking powder, anrJ be very sure vou set Roval. s Royal is the only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream ot I i ariar. it adds to someness of the food. thing now, and better teachers during longer terms are leading the children into the light. Every newspaper in North Carolina ought to be, and I be lieve really is, the friend and defender of education. We should find -joy, brethren, in reaching out a helping hand to- every boy and girl however poor and ragged to lift him over the rocks in his rugged way. It is no small part of our work to teach little feet to climb the steeps and gain the summit above the clouds. Allow me to pause just here to say that there is one feature of our "edu cational situation over which, I re joice to say, our North Carolina news papers have not gone into spasms. There is each year a bright and glit tering throng of hreathren from the North, with pity in their hearts for the poor, who make their way through the South. halting for a brief period at Tuskegee and giving Booker Washington an approving smile: then, gathering up their garments, sail back to New . York city with consciences void of offense toward all men. These men mean well, but they do not under stand the spirit of the traditions - of the south. There is a growing spirit of indepen dence among the newspapers of the etate of which 1 am delighted to speak. 1 believe in parties. A newspaper, like an individual, ought to stand for some-; thing. I3ut an editor can be true to his party without being its slave. Newspapers must have self-respect if they would command the respect of others. What a man believes in his heart he should speak through his col umns. This matter will be discussed later on. but I desire to call attention to the growing tendency toward can dor and sincerity in the editorial ex pression of the North Carolina press. It is also pleasant to note the appar ently healthy financial condition of our newspapers. None of our number have gone into the hands of a receiver, nor have we cut off a single hour from our day's labor. It takes something worse than a wihte house panic to liing a North Carolina newspaper man. Since the government has put us on a cash basis, whether or no, I am in clined to think the outlook more hope ful still. The new postal law was enacted to help rather than hurt news paper business and I think we shall all feel its benefit and be con vinced of its wisdom before we meet again. The deadbeats had abused the privilege accorded the rea 1 newspa pers, and forced the government in self defense to find a way to confine its benefits to those for whom they were intended. From time immemorial the newspa pers have waged a relentless warfare upon the trusts, and now we find ourselves in the iron grip of the most nearness of them all. There are sev eral cf these giant combinations, but they are all one in method, purpose and aim. This monstrous paper trust flings defiance at the president fo the United States, snaps its fingers in the face of congress and dares the , , ,. . ,V xr , , Herman ladder, the president , Amencan Newspaper Union, in l? me President gives some vei?.' startling statements with regard jto the rapacity anl wickedness of the I iui'-' i v. ithL-nuu&s ui uie ' &an& of robbers v.lin arj holding up the lnrv'' - nppr fratei'uit-v and growing fat ' on ilG' carmn"s (;f honest men. No proach for Quotations, he is told the same story. Prices are predetermined " ' ' ' 1 - 1 1 ' Hit! V (1 if- a paragraph or two from Mr. Rider s luminous letter which appears in the Easter number of the National Printer-Journalist. Publishers Supply Predetermined. Publishers who apply for quotations realize that in some intangible way the Kfmrpo nf tVicsii- cni,- 1 ' nail mtyjpiy ilt Utrtll redetermined fnr timm the price they are to pay has been Su. V 7, l'ltlL prearranged tor them. In each case the publisher finds that all bids uut one are at a prohibitory price. He also finds that he has no remedy against the supply of inferior paper. UUnity of action on the nart. cf manu facturers and uniformity of price are UUVlOUip. Publishers who make inquiry of one will discover that the others have been advised of the inquiry. A secret bur eau of information is at work. New selling agencies, representing an ag gregation of previously independent nulls have merged the output of those mills. the digestibility and whole- Various mills have been shut down for various periods upon various pre texts. We allege ind expect to be able to prove that some of these mills were shut down to starve the paper mar ket and to create a paper famine. I would earnestly recommend that the North Carolina Press Association take this matter of resistance to this scheme of plunderers into serious con sideration and formulate some plan by which we may unify and stimulate all our members to do their utmost to destroy this matter whose shadow is cast over our whole country. In my judgment there is nothing more practical or important before the newspapers of the country today, for we are face to face with a foe tnat will not parley or compromise, but that demands tile earnings of the fra ternity and will hear to nothing less. Speaker Cannon has decided to "in vestigate," and that proves the in justice and iniquity of the methods of this trust; but a united, determined, persistent and uncompromising effort on the part of all the newspapers of the country wil mean not an "investi-j gation," but annihilation. Let us all stand shoulder to shoulder in opposi tion to this most offensive and insatiate of all trusts. I trust we are entering upon what shall be a session of unusual profit and pleasure. Accepting with pleasure the courtesies of our kind friends among whom we sojourn and who know so well how to make life sunny and sweet, let us not. be lured away from our duties here, but make the meet ing tell for our own good and that of others. Like ships that pass each other on the wide and lonesome sea, and then break their way through the onward niilows. we pause a little while from the grinding toil of the year and salute one another, returning to our work with our hearts teeming with happy memories. To me, this annual reunion of my fellow workers, this elbow touch with those, who, like myself, are striv ing to make the world a little better because we live and labor, is a very helpful as well as a very happy occa sion, and I always feel like poor Tiny Tim whose heart was so brimming full it could only blurt out the childish sentiment that has become immortal: "God bless us everv one." The Editors Develop Dif lerence of Opinion as to Partisan Press Continued from page 1 lenburg's goods roads, and on Thurs day evening a reception at Southern Manufacturers' Club. On Thursday evening at 7:45 the Old Veterans Choir will sing for the editors at the Selwyn. At 8:30 o'clock an informal smoker will be given at the South ern Manufacturers' Club. The Personnel. Among those who have so far reg istered are: J. D. Bivens, Albermarle Enterprise; J. F. Hurley and wife, Con cord Tribune; H. A. London, Pittsboro Record: Maj. E. J. Hale, Fayetteville Observer; W. J. Jones, Snow Hill Stan dard; M. L. Shipman, Henderson ville Hustler; H. B. Varner, Lexington Dis patch ; . V,7. M. Moore, Lenoir .Topic; W. A. Fair and son, Lincolnton News; J. A. Thomas and daughter, Louisburg Times; Zeb P. Council, Durham Re corder: A. J. Conner and daughter, Rich Seuare Times; J. A. Robinson, Durham Sun; Mrs. J. A. Noell, Roxboro Courier; F. M. Williams and wife, New ton Enterprise; H. C. Martin, Lenoir News; Rev. J. O. Atkinson, D. D., Elon College Christian Sun; R. M. Phil lips, Newbern Sun; H. R. Kineaw and wife, Rocky Mountain Echo; Thad R. Manning, Henderson Gold Leaf; C. L. Stevens and wife. Newbern Journal; Miss Jessie M. Stevens, Newbern Jour nal; W. F. Swaringen and wife, Eden ton Transcript; W. K. Jacobson, Wash ington Progress; J. J. Farriss and wife, High Point Enterprise; Paul H. El kins, Siler City Grit; Josephus Daniels, Raleigh News and Observer; Archibald Johnson and wife, Thomasville Char ity and Children; Miss May Johnson, Thomasville; H. T. Hudson, Shelby Star; R. R. Clark, Statesville Land mark; J. B. Sherrill and wife, Concord Times; D. J. Whichard, Greenville Re flector; J. Z. Green and son, Marsh ville Our Home; R. F. Beasley, Monroe Journal; J. H. Quinn, Shelby Aurora; J. V. Simms, Raleigh Times. Mayor Franklin's Welcome. After a fervent prayer by Rev, J. O. Atkinson, President Johnson call ed Mayor Franklin to the front and he welcomed the delegates to Char lotte. He said that he had seen the city grow from 4,000 inhabitants to the leading manufacturing city in the state. Mayor Franklin attributed the phenomenal success of Charlotte largely to the influence of its news papers, and the same thing was true of the papers of all the towns in the state. "I want you to have a good time," said the mayor. "If you don't get all you want come to me and I will give you a ticket to Salisbury but it will not be good after May 26th. Mr. Preston, Too. President E. R. Preston, for the Greater Charlotte Club, added his welcome. He pictured the old time political speaking in 1808 as the moulder of public opinion and com pared it with the press, in its mignty power today. It was expressed by the Duke of Marlborough when he said: "This villainous way of print ing things stabs me to the herat." Mr. W. C. Dowd, representing the press, said that Mr. Latta had given 500 tickets to the delegates and the picture shows had given 800 tickets. Mr. Dowd warmly added his welcome to that of those who had preceded him. . Maj. London Responds. - Maj. H. A. London, of the Chatham Record, replied to the speeches of Maj. II. A. London, of The Chatham Record, replied to the speeches of wel come, referring to the last convention which met here in July, 1892. Of the 72 members present, 46 are dead. Mr. j ij. Chambers; of the chamber of commerce, made the welcoming ad dress then. The speaker commented on the rapid growth of the city since . then. ' I Major London emphasized the fact that newspapers are not only the moulders of public opinion, but the de velopers of the state's resources, both material and. moral, and said that it was significant that not a paper, in P Med Mir Always pure, safe and beneficial, no changes have been necessary in Hood's Sarsaparilla, or its advertising, to comply with The Pure Food and Drugs Law, or with public sentiment. From the Time it was first carefully perfected from the prescription of Dr. Oliver of Boston, to the present day, its.ingrcdients, its proportions, and the peculiar proeci s i;scd in its preparation, have remained the same. It3 Advertising, too, has always been sane and reasonable. Its Cures of scrofula, eczema, psoriasis, blood-poisoning, catarrh, rheu matism, and of all other troubles or diseases arising from or promoted by impure blood or low state of the system, have been truly marvelous. It is Curing thousands today, just as it has cured thousands in the past. Unfair criticism may try to create prejudice against prepared medicines, success often meets with unfair assaults, but Hood's Sarsaparilla goes on curing just the same. Give it a fair trial this season. Sold in the usual liquid form, or in the new form of chocolate-coated nhWs r.nllod Sarsatahs. 100 Doses One Dollar. North Carolina had come out against prohibition. President Johnson's fine address is to be found in another column. Mr. Green's Address. "Independent. Editorials in Country Weeklies," was the subject of an il luminating address by Mr. J. Z. Green, of The Marshville "Our Home." The country weekly has a field of its own. The editorial work on such a paper should be on a higher plane than that of mere party service. Among its readers there is a demand for inde pendent editorials based on soundest thought and judgment. The constitu encies of the country weekly are not easily excited or aroused over ques tions or partisan politics. The editorials in a. country weekly should not. be limited to the field of party. Politics should not be rammed down the throats of the readers in season and out of season. The coun try editor who spends his time listen ing to the mouthings of the profes sional politicians who spend their time sitting around goods boxes, will lose opportunities of aiding in the develop ing of his community. Such men as these are not the builders of prosper ity. It is none of an editor's business how each individual votes. If he allows himself to become over-anxious on that question, he will be hampered and hin dered in his larger work. Independence must be manifested, if progress is to be maintained. For every step of progress that has been taken has its genesis in independent thought and action. The Religious Editor and Politics. Rev. J. O. Atkinson, of The Christian Sun, had as his theme "Should a Re ligious Weekly Enter the Domain of Politics, and if so, to What Extent?" "President Andrew Johnson," he be gan, "was, I think, " falsely accused once of having repeated in his boyhood days that cherry tree incident attrib uted to George Washington. A late historian vehemently avers that this Johnson cherry tree incident is a vile slander, for two reasons: First, be cause Andy Johnson's daddy had no cherry tree in his garden; second, be cause the old gentleman had no garden to have a cherry tree in. "Should a religious, weekly enter the domain of politics? No, for two rea sons: First, because -when it enters politics, like those who entered Dante's inferno, as to their hope, it leaves its religion behind; and, second, its en tering politics is a good evidence that it had no religion to leave behind." The doctor then proceeded to relate the interesting discussion which arose between Parson Brown and Deacon Smith, on the possibilities of falling from grace. The 'former maintained the grand old doctrine of once saved, always secure, of which the latter was a little dubious. The main cause of his doubt was his good wife, who rejoiced in the Christian name of Grace, without being in possession of all the qualities thereby connected, had ence on a time felled him to the kitchen floor with a blow cf her broom. And if that was not falling from Grace, the deacon failed to be able to describe it. Like the deacon, the speaker was unable to call the entering of politics by a re ligious weekly by any other name than a "fall from grace." The religo-political editor is a mon strosity. It is possible that religious men may and do edit papers. ( Laugh ter.) But the religious editor who does his duty has no time to dabble in poli tics. His business is more serious; his task more tedious, more trying that that of the politician. Religion Man's Chief Business. Man's real business is not politics, but religion. Politics is a game where in men exercise their passions, and in dulge as a pastime. But religion is the most serious of human pursuits. It may be possible to, gather a crowd for a few weeks previous to an election to hear public men I' ami ' measures dis cussed. But such gatherings are not taking place throughout the year. On the other hand, on the approaching Sabbath, more people will be gathered in houses of worship to hear of the matters of religion than will gatheron anv single day during the approaching j presidential campiagn. It is easy to see that a religious editor's 'sphere of action is. higher- and more vitally important than that of politics. It is his. business to strive constantlv to reach the serious and sober faculties of his readers. Would a sane and conscientious man neglect this, the vital part of his office, to mix in the common squabbles of partisan politics? The origin of the religious weekly just a hundred years ago this year, was contemporaneous with the origin of tlie movement for foreign missions, and the beginning of the activity of the church in educational matters. This may be merely a coincidence, but if it is, it stands as a most striking one. The religious weekly has been called into the service of man for the betterment and uplift of the race. Shall this glorious obievt be prostituted to the baser realm of politics? Never! . Leave it -to Partisan Press. Let the religious weekly leave to the partisan press the discussion of pickles, and even pie; as to whether the latter shall be after the orthodox Dowan pattern or. built hetorodox, af ter the fashion of Iredell; whether it tVIacfcetH' at the Edisonia, Today dc Dree shall be "kivered, unkivcred or bar red," it is the religious weekly's bus iness to make men; leave to the party press the task of moulding measures. Jesus Christ lived on earth amid the most oppressive tyranny, and the gros sest political corruption ever known. He indulged in no invective, issued no political manifestos. He went after men to influence them for truth and righteousness. If we can rear the right kind cf men they can be trusted to j contrive the right sort of measures. "The partisan paper points out," said Dr. Atkinson in conclusion, "man as he is; the religious paper points out man as he ought to be The partisan press reveals the mud 'and mire and slush of human society. The religious paper pleads for sunshine on the slush and drainage of the mire. The partisan pa. per shows some men at their worst; the religious paper shows all men at their best. The partisan paper deals with man as he is; the religious pa per shows man what be may be come." Editor Beacley's Address. "The Editor and His Subscribers," was discussed bv Mr. R. F. Benslev. of j The Monroe Journal. The richest and i most valuable asset of anv naner bo I declared to be what is known as the good will. This consists of the prone ncss of the readers to stick by their paper. And in this sense the naner is the editor. The readers admire the! same qualities in an editor as in a man. The sine qua ncn is a fair measure cf sense and a full measure of courage, justice, fairness and gener osity, in a word, honesty. Few men are good judges of wisdom, most are fair judges of honesty. There are a few outward restraints placed upon the editor nowadays; he may praise, he may lash where and whom he will. But he should never lose sight of the fact that a newspaper is a public institution, and should en deavor to make it the community's round table. For Non-Partisan Paper. A strong and impassioned pica' was made for the non-partisan paper by Mr. H. C. Martin, of the Lenoir News. He averred that the great and increasing power of the . press ought not to be forever enslaved under the yoke of party, but should be enfran chised to take its proper weight in the independent discussion of all issues. It is time that editors got together and framed a new Mecklen burg Declaration of Independence, one which even The News and Cour ier would cavil at. In conclusion, and with due apologies to Leigh Hunt, Mr. Beasley recited the following verses : . . 4 "All hail the non-partisan, may his tribe increase; May we awake some night to a scene of peace, May we see in the moonlight within cur room, Making it rich like a lily in bloom. An editor sitting by the table old, Turning cut copy both spicy and bold; And may the face of this good man, Box the honest face of the non-partisan." Mr. Daniels Champ:ons Partisan Paper. After these able addresses from sec ular and religious editors alike, all pleading for independence from par tisanship, Mr. Josephus Daniels, oi Raleigh, arose and made a splendid defence of the editor who follows his party, because of profound conviction Mr. Daniels did not take much time in his defence, but every sentence told. His graceful reference to Maj. Hale, of Fayetteville, as the editor of the oldest paper in the state, and one which had never been non-par tisan a half hour in its whole his tory, brought forth rounds of hearty applause. He referred to Horace Greely as at the same time the most intensely partisan and the greatest independent editor the country ever knew. When he took his seat there was no doubt in any of his hearers minds that there were two sides to the question. The address of Third Assistant Postmaster General A. L. Lawshe, of Washington, D. C, on "The Post Office Department and the Legitimate Publisher," which was scheduled for this morning, will be heard this af ternoon. At 12:15 p. m. the association ad journed until 2:30 p. m. The follow ing committees were announced by President Johnston: Committee on Resolutions: Rev. P. R. Law, Messrs. D. J. Wichard and J. F. Harley. Committee on Treasurers' Report: Messrs. P. M. Phillips, M. L. Ship man and F. M. Williams. Committee on President's Message: Messrs. J. P. Caldwell, R. F. Beasley and Thad R. Manning. , Committee on By-Laws: Messrs. H. A. London, W. C Dowd and H. B. Varner. peoci uospjeqojy "N "j. "sjim Mrs. T. N. Richardson, who has been living with her daughter, Mrs. J. Percy Pregnal. at 406 North Bre vard stree, died this afternoon at St. Peter's Hospital, at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Richardson is survived by her husband, Capt. T. N. . Richardson, one daughter, Mrs. J. Percy Pregnal; one son. Mr. James Richardson,- ot the Philippine Islands'; and two: sis-j ters, Mrs. Burton, of Danville, rand, a sister who lives in Sheevesport La. NEVER LEAK 00 Cjj Contains no Tar or Asphat. Is not affected by hot or cold weather, Acid and Alkali Procf, and is the best Roofing on the market for any kind of Roof. Send for Free Sar.nl 3. -Bl V T X . H JULJi1 Distributor. CHARLOTTE, N. C. ' a U U OUV or Rent FOR SALE 2 lots on W. Davidson St. 1 house and lot on N. Tryon St. j 1 house and lot on N. Graham. 5-room cottage East Vance St., all modern improvements FOR RENT. Three 7-room houses on S. Church St., all modern im- provements. t 202 S. Tryon St- Phone 604. ii Hackney Bios. Company is the place to set nromr.t s&rvlc for 1 HeaSi? f Flumbing VV carry a full line of Supplies. 'Phone 312. West Hfth Street. WE j.lla lfljrI8llS at m. Z f I Befo C. McNEUS Uharlotte H NOT HOW CHEAP, Echo of a Woman's Voice Oh my, we need one of those Elec tric Fans that "AUTEN" sells. 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