Editor Peterson of the Chatham Record has done what many other editors have at times felt like doing, only more so, and has sold his type-setting machine. Editor Peterson had several weeks of trouble with his machine and that was enough for him, so he sold the thing to somebody else and has contracted with the purchaser to do the typesetting for getting out the Record. In doing that he has rid himself of the aggravation caused by a balky machine and an inexperienced operator, or rather an operator who is not a machinist. Other editors have gone through with similar experiences, and often felt like they would take great pleasure in grabbing a sledge hammer and sailing into the machine for a half-hour’s violent exercise. A type-setting machine is a great blessing when handled properly, but when it take a notion to be contrary it ranks close behind a gasoline engine and mule for stubbornness, and unless you have a machinist-operator in charge, you never known when the thing is going to sulk and refuse to work. In larger newspaper offices where a machinist is employed, there is no trouble.
Now, since Editor Peterson has got that off his mind, he says he can attend to his regular duties, and to those who do not know the duties of an editor of a country newspaper, we quote from Brother Peterson’s editorial:
“Moreover, the aggravations of the past six weeks have been a serious handicap to our own work as editor, subscription man, advertising manager, bookkeeper, collector, et cetera” And we will tell the world that “et cetera” covers a lot of territory in the life of a country newspaper editor. Now, Editor Peterson says he will have time to visit the various sections of Chatham county and get acquainted with the people among whom he has recently come. You wouldn’t think that after attending to the duties enumerated here that he would have much time to visit, but he will, for a newspaper man can do a lot of work in a little time. He has to. We don’t blame Peterson for wanting to get out and cultivate the acquaintance of the Chatham people. They are worth knowing.
From editorial page of the Sunday morning Durham Herald, Nov. 30, 1924
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