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PressureZechariah Chafee,Jr  \nThe Farmer and the Newspaper  \nE.W.Kieckhefer  \nThe Southern RevoltHodding Carter—Harry S.Ashmore  \nWhat Makes a Profession?Frank Luther Mott—Sam Eubanks  \nJosephus Daniels Wills His Paper—“Capture”by W.H.McDougall -Newsfrom Ethiopia by Don Burke —Ernest H.Linford On the West's Colonialism—Imperial Journalism by Louis M.Lyons —Notes—Reviews—Scrapbook  \n1  \n## “An Unpurchasable Soul\"”\n\nA Great Editor Leaves His Paper With His Hopes to His Children  \n(From the last will and testament of Josephus Daniels,editor of the Raleigh News and Observer.)  \nshould at any time be the voice of self-interest or becomethe spokesman of privilege or selfishness it would be  er auntrue to its history.  \nIf I could look into the future I would wish thosechildren and grandchildren,who will devote their livesto The News and Observer,to receive the chief incomethat comes from the operation of the paper.I leave itas a request that if any grandchildren not actually atwork on the paper should,at any time be desirous ofmaking a sale of their stock or any portion of it,thatpreference in purchasing be given to those engaged inmanaging or editing the paper.  \nI hope those of my blood who own the paper [   ]as these incidents of my life shows.  \n1.When I went to Washington as Secretary of theNavy in 1913 my brother-in-law was in charge of thebusiness of the paper.Some time later he came to seeme in Washington with a proposition from a newspaperbroker to buy The News and Observer.I declaredthat the paper was not for sale,saying it was part of thefamily and was not for sale.He advised accepting theoffer,saying a price would be paid that would make meand my family rich.  \nIt is my earnest desire and hope that The News andObserver shall be edited and directed by my descendants,though I do not believe the dead hand should attemptto control the living spirit.I recognize that no one canbecome a good journalist who does not have the calling.For me the joy of work has been my chief happinessand reward,and I could wish the same to be true ofmy descendants  \n2.During the World War another party wished tobuy The News and Observer.I told him it was not forsale.He asked:“Will you not name a price I can taketo my clients.”He was persistent.I complied saying:\"Certainly,you can tell your principal he can get thepaper if he will pay me in gold the aggregate sum ofall the bonds to carry on the war received by the Secre-tary of the Treasury,plus the cash value of my wife andsons.”  \nI have never regarded the stock I owned in The Newsand Observer as property,but as certificates of a trustto be administered for the common good of the peopleof North Carolina.I owe to their support and approvalthe success of The News and Observer.Its future dependsupon complete devotion to the ideals that have character-ized its course.I advise and enjoin those who direct thepaper in the tomorrows never to advocate any cause forpersonal profit or preferment.I would wish it alwaysto be“the tocsin”and devote itself to the policies ofequality and justice to the underprivileged.If the paper  \nThese two incidents show that I have never regardedThe News and Observer as property,but having an un-purchasable soul.  \n\"You will note that the fourth paragraph apparentlylacks a word or two.It was that way in the holograph.”—JoNATHAN DANIELS.  \nA Statement  \nFrom the Raleigh News and Observer,February 8.  \n\"I advise and enjoin those who direct would be untrue to its history.\"selves.They represent our faith and outhe paper in the tomorrows never to ad-We put those words from Josephus Dan-conviction.vocate any cause for personal profit or iels’will permanently at the masthead ofHe has left us a great heritage and 3preferment.I would wish it always to be The News and Observer.They were notgreater responsibility.We shall need thet","cbCaibw9TpAhdhL6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibw9TpAhdhL6","pdf",3561296,"English","# A Publisher Speaks His Mind\n## “An 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