Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 189, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1914 — Why He Quit. [ARTICLE]

Why He Quit.

“Yes, I once edited a paper,” said the ragged man who was tickling the ends of his fingers on the stubbles that grew around his chin; “fact is, I not only edited it, but was publisher and business manager.” “What caused you to quit journalism?" “You see, I was doing business tn a strong prohibition town. One Sunday evening the most prominent minister In the place preached an eloquent ser- v mon, taking for his text, 'Bear and Forbear.’ I wrote a two-column report of it, but his text as it got into , the paper wps ‘Beer and for Beer.”’