Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-02-22

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How to Sustain lOar Local Paper.
l.--LAY aside your fears that the Edi.
tor will get rich faster than his neighbors.
We have never heard Of man making
more than decent living ~ pubiieas
ton Of 4 country newspaper, even il he
had eversuch good business. a case
IN point is an acquaintance Of ours, who
has been publishing some six or seven
years, has had all the business Of his own
town and country, and large porsion Of
that Of The surrounding but with All this
be gets into IS tight pinches for money
tolbuy bis white paper with. as any other
publisher with whom we are acqGainted.
2.-If the paper agrees with your ways
Of thinking subscribe and pay for ii, and
persuade your neighbars al the same
mind 10 Ego and do likewise, DO mol
tell the editor to send your paper, with.
out paying, and when you get 10 owe two
or three dollars, tell Your friends who
speak Of it, thatlthe paper lis of no ac-
aeouut, that it will burst upIone Of these
DAYS. The way, under such state Of
the case TO keep paper from I. bnrsting
~" is for each subscriber to keep the
editors books free from charges against
himself Once we7had to close, and on
posting up, found we had booked and
outstanding some 5000 more than We had
capital Invested. This thing Of applying
the credit system 10 the newspaper bust.
ness may be hkened to, d farmer selling
out his crop, bushel to the man The
sum each owes for the bqshel does not
seem of any account 10 the debtor, but
the aggregate Of thess bushels MAY make
or break the poor deliver in tie soil.
3.-Ifyon have father, mother, broth
er. sister, or friend Of any kind, residing
at Assistance. and areIabls, subscribe, pay
for and send them q copy.
4-lf you have any printing yoa wish
done. do not f jew" the editor down to a
starvation price, and when he comes to
make a purchase Of you /" spike on the
5.-Ify you have any advertising or Job
work to be done, take it to your county
paper. except, perhaps. you may wish
to advertise in more than one paper
6.-Do not rim off to the city 10 Get
your handbills, labels. cards, dc. printed
because. forsooth, you can get reducI
ton Of q few cents in price. Support
your own as You wish TO be supported. -
A man who is always running away from
home with his business, little deserves
the patronage ofthe community in which
he lives and, as faras we are concerned,
such will receive the cold shoulder"
III you have the controIof any legal
advertising, send tito your friend. This
kind Of business pays better than any 9TH
er, and the more you can send TO tie ed
itor Of your paper, the better for him and
it. I'm proportion to the amount Of the
receipts Of . psper, is an editor enabled
to make It useful, amusing and entertain-
ing to the community in whicllfit Il pub
lished. $50.
a.-Ro not expect much eta paper
when an editor is driven to, be his own
composition, proof reader. Pressmsu and
devil. 8 and has to run all over town
every forenoon in the vain search Of 4
quarter " to buy something for his diu-
ner.
9.--Do not expect the editor to make
honorable mention Of you or your 1usi-
ness every few weeks for nothing. ( The
space in paper, and . mans fihie, are
worth something, and every notice comes
back 70 the drawer Of the recipient III dol
lars and cents. An editor should not be
allowed to go hungry, bearbacked or bear
footed. Phey 'seat, drink and wear, iust
Ike other people
l0.-If the editor owes you shilling.
do not chase him from tIrosy morn 10
balmy eve for il, and when YOU happen
TO get the balance on the olli4r side. sscut
the gensleman's acquaintance"
K It's. Finally. my brethren" if You
wish to properly sustain your county
paper, to live the balance of your daYs in
peace with God and man, and occupy !
seat in Paradise after death, practice the
Golden RuIez-" Do unto others as You
would wish they would do unto You p
under IKE circumstances.
e.t.---.l.--.
Miss Mollie and Miss Pecgie are two
sisters. Miss MolIie is the eldest. She
is not member Of any church !; but, like
ST yell bred young ladies, says her pray
ess before retiring. One night she car
Tisd with her to her room i pickle, and
laid il on the baFeag, thinking She would
eat It after her deyotidp. She kpelt u