The Press: Ticks & Kudos

Few outside of Pike County, Miss., where it has some 2,500 subscribers, ever hear of the McComb Enterprise. Nor would many more recognize the name of John Oliver Emmerich, its editor. Last week the obscure weekly and Editor Emmerich were marked in bold letters on the journalistic map of the U. S., when the National Editorial Association, convened in Milwaukee, awarded the Enterprise its 1930 trophy for the rural newspaper rendering the outstanding community service of the year.

The Enterprise was credited with successful prosecution of nine major projects, and persistent and effective...

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