They say once printer’s ink gets in the blood of a family, it might run from generation to generation. That was especially so of the Hardy family, whom longtime North Georgia residents will remember as editors and publishers of newspapers in Gainesville and Commerce. Their roots could be traced to a Civil War veteran, who wasn’t a printer or journalist, but the father of three newspaper publishers: Albert S. Hardy Sr. of the Gainesville News, James Broughton Hardy of the Thomasville Times and Benjamin Hill Hardy of the Barnesville News-Gazette.