The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-11-21
County Ncwspnpers---,hcir Uses

County papers are Of more use than
people generally imagine.
They very naturally old in directing
public attention 10 matters which every
citizen s more or less ntcrestc in.
They contribute in a variety Of ways
to the formation Of public opinion, on
subjects Of public interest,
They furnish very convenient mediums
for discussion Of questions OF local in.
terest.
They aid in giving character and i'm
portance 10 the country in which they are
published.
They stimulate taste for reading and
disseminate, in the course Of one year,
vast amour, OF useful information, much
OF which would no, reach a portion Of
the readers through any o'her channel.
They are Of essential use in a family
in fostering taste for reading among
children. County papers enjoy an adj
vantage over papers published at a di..
lance, because many Of their items ore Of
local interest. which naturally attracts a
child's attention. The advertising col.
umns of these are particularly attractive
to class Of readers.
They arc OF essential service in pub.
fishing various items Of local intelligence
| in which the citizens are more or less in.
ierested, but of which many would re,
main uniniormel, were il not for these
papers.
In short, country papers add in great
variety OF ways to the character, intelli.
gence and prosperity Of the county in
which they are published. and therefore
have strong claim for support upon all
who are directly or indirectly benefited
by them. And VIC would add that every
man who is able, yet does not take his
county paper, does really wrong 10 him.
self, his family, Gf he have any and to
the community in which he resides.
As to the objection we now frequently
hear urged against the support of a coun.
ty paper, that the price Of i. is too
high, it may be replied that the price at
which il may be afforded depends mainly
upon the encouragement extended TO il
by the people among whom it is publish
ed. One thousand copies, or even more,
can be furnished at q small addition to
the cost over and above the cost Of com.
position. But papernover can be pub
lishej proftably at as cheap rates in the
South as in the North while so many Of
our Southern people patronze Northern
papers to the entire exclusion Of those at
home. We know Of many persons in
the good county Of Franklin who never
have subscribed for a paper published in
Winchester. and yet the same persons
receive papers by almost every mail from
the North Now, we wish not to be I'm.
derstood as objecting TO persons taking
any number of papers they wish. No,
no; for we think every man who is able,
should take at least from three to five pa.
pers, with perhaps good magazine or
two. If man Of family, not only him.
self but they too reap an ample reward
for the few dollars thus expended. No
one ever thinks of the vast amount Of
good that newspapers do. Or course. an
immoral publication here and there may
make an exception. But in the asSre'
gate, newspapers form the surest, cheap.
est, and by far the most convenient and
speedy means Of disseminating knowl.
edge, truth and news. They are the bat.
tie axes Of freedom. Co.svsl end co.