The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1860-12-13
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We do most emphatically assert that
the people of Franklin county, as a
mass, do not appreciate the Importance
of a press in their midst, and fail to give
it that encouragemcns it deserves. Just
think of tive have not yet run our
subscription list up to two thousand, al
though there are two thousand voters
in the county, as evidenced in the late
election. Besides, u largo portion of
our subscribers live out of this county.
We send about three hundred papers
out in this district, and that is u c2nsc-
ling fact. 1t pleascs us to see the peo.
pie of Winchester come literally up,
and while we regret to give so much
trouble to our worthy Postmaster, yet
we feel that he would be glad if we
could fill every box in his office with
Home Journals, Then VIC urge those
who do not subscribe now, 20 give us
their names, and we will send the paper
anywhere in the county. There is no
postage on it in the county. Those
living near Winchester, who find the
Post-o flee moro convenient than to
come to the Journal Office, can have the
paper lett at the former place. We
ought to have 1000 more subscribers
than we now have in this county. A
paper is small tax upon Il county,
Only s. each per annum. Were it not
for foreign support, we could uot carry
on press in this county. Thus you
soc that the hundreds of dollars which
we get ont of the county, goes towards
building up interests IN the county, and
every man is more or less benefited
Some man may say he does not like
the paper. We would be surprised 10
not hear such sentiment. There are
some men you cannot please, and he is
a fool who undertakes such task -
We don't try to please either Demo.
crat, Whig, Oppositl2n, Baptist, Cum
berland Presbyterian, Methodist, Con-
gregationalist, Episcopalian, or any
sect or party. TO do that would rem
der our Journals name a base mocke-
ry. We couldn't call it Home Journal.
We are strongly iS0Whcn in our views,
but that makes it u home paper, and
to be otherwise would be to neglect
home interests. We imagine that the
people conll not geta 4 better or more
useful organ in their midst. They
could get Il more able one in some res
poets, we admit, for u learned man
could indite articles to please the clas-
sic scholar, bnt such wisdom does not
always fit a journal for home interests
As we said before, many will abuse a
paper, conduct it as you will. We have
sometimes known this person or that
to deal cut, from their prosy brain, and
with mcddlesome tongues, anathemas
against the paper, but we invariably
hear of such from skinflints who never
subscribed for any publication, and
whose sense was rs scarce as their
tongues were mcddlcsomc and SANDER
GUS In fact, we heard fellow abuse
our paper ouce, and III the course of his
abuse say that he never read it
wouldn't. OF course he either told
lie, in saying he never read it, else dis
played sIandcrous, malicious and thief
like heart in condcmning something he
knew nothing Of
But, friends, we want you to gel us
additional names, besides renew your
own subscriptions. We dent want to
scratch off any Christmas. Remember
we adopted the cash system last jam.
ary, this tar--to-wit: The name of no
new subscriber would be entered on our
books u1Iess paid in advance. We
have adhered to that rule, and find ii to
work like charm, ard it is the only
course publisher can pursue that will
keep his hcad above water. There is
81 much competition in the printing
business that printing is not often Il re
business, and like George
Law, we think the mai is II fool who
follows for life businass that "won't
pay" If we cant make living at
printing, we'll go at something that
does afford Il living to its followers.
We have many subscribers whose
names we did not scratch off last year,
and whose names we may not scratch |
Oft next, for We ka0lC the men, but let
us urge them to come up and settle
We have some heavy debts for u.s. to
meet the ensuing Christmas, and we
must took to those indebted to u.s.
There are some subscribers to the Jour.
nal who have paid five years in advance.
We do not urge that all do that way
'twould make us too proud. But pay
in advance for one year.
We shall have the services of an as
sociate editor mot editress,) next year,
and that. with renewed cxertions on
IN .o,Ja, ,Lo Jomn IonruaI