The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-01-19
some PLATA Talk n the PeopKo
6fOhlo COnnty.

as ours. we nave issued the HERALD
weekly for a whole year, in spite Of the
.predictiOns Ofthose false prophets, who
having prOphesied failure did all they
could TO make their predictions come
true. The people of the county are
surelycOnvinced by this time that we
are in good faith endeavoring to estab-
lish paper here, for such is our hon.
est purpose. BY reference to our edi-
tOrial columns Of this issue you will
see what kind of paper we desire the
HERALD to be, and which byyOu help
we will make it. During the past
year we have met with many excuses
for not subscribing for our paper: some
have said that they were taking as
many papers as they could read and
pay for, and, as soon as the time of
some one of them expired, they would
subscribe for the HERALD.
A year has elapsed, and the subscri2-
ton of all such has expired. Will
they now subscribe for the HERLAD?
Others have urged that they were afraid
we would suffer the fate of other enter.
prises of this kind and they might lose,
but they would wait and see if we sue
ceeded, and, ifso, then they would help
us. Such a course is about as consist
ent as to stand on the bank of a river
and see a man in the water struggling
to save himself from a watery grave,
and refuse to throw him rope or hand
him pole to save him for fear he
would drown, but when by his own
efforts he has reached the shore in safe
~, then rush up to him and offer as
sistance. But aside from this, having
demonstrated our ability to succeed,
are you now willing to help. Because
some merchant has failed, it is not good
sense to conclude that all will tail.
Because three enterprises Of this kind
in your county have failed, it is no
reason you should conclude that we
are bound to fail. The times and cir
cumstances are different now, and these
enterprises failed because YOU with
held your patronage.
Others have objected to our price,
saying they could get a city paper for
81 so, and would take ours at that
price. We have reduced the price,
and will now see if you we're in earnest.
Others have objected because we did
not give the market value of our pro-
ducts in LOuisville.-We will do this
hereafter.
Business men have argued that it
would not pay them to advertise with
US. Such an idea is prepOsterOus. A
business that will not pay to advertise,
viii not pay to pursue. If We were to
advertise that one of these men, a mer-
chant for instance, would give short
weight or measure in selling his goods,
or that one of them, lawyer, was a
very incompetent attorney, and would
swindle his clients, or that one of them
a hotel keeper, kepta poorly furnished
house. that his beds were full of YER
min, or that his victuals were filthy
and poorly cooked, we wORld be sued
for damages, and the plaintiff would
appear as a witness and solemly swear
that he was damaged in a sum of from
one to ten thousand dollars. Now its
a poor rule that will not work both
ways. flour speaking evil Of them
would harm them, our words Of CONF
would benefit them. Can
you afford to let the HERALD Suspend
We can; we are not bound to publish
it. We can quit altogether, and End
good employment otherwise. We
go elsewhere, where our labors win be
more appreciated.
This is the fourth, and if we fail,
probably the last attempt that viii ever
be made to establish a paper IN your
county. In point of population, area,
and wealth, Ohio is the flfieentb county
in the State, and she-is the fifth largest
tobacco producing county. We have
a world Of wealth in our mineral and
timber, A paper published here would
do much toward advertising our i'm
mense resources and create a market
for our vacant lands, and bring our
mineral and timber into notice.
We will wait a reasonable time to see
If you intend giving such aid as viii
enable us to continue the publication
of The HERALD, and if we do not re,
ceive such aid very soon, we viii con.
eluds that you are not deaiFons to have
apapeF pablshed here, and we will
close up; but should we stOpthe paper,
We will refund to all those that have
paid US in advance, for subscription