The Osceola times., 1876-02-19
COUNTRY NEWSPAPERS.

VIC ihVlto the attention OF 0ul
state exchanges to tho folio wing
extract from late
MEMPHIS AVALANCHE:
"Thc number OF country Dews
papers is getting small by degree,
una beautifully less. There have
been too many OF them, all living
N ths buii.sbcii."
alt is to the interest of newspa.
pers published in largo cities, ia
extend their country circulation,
bccauso that increases their city
advertisements; and that circula
ton is apt to be largest ia counties
that have Do paper, or where one
has suspended for want of sufii
ricnt patronage. Then OF course
II is tor tlls interest Of mctropol
tan papers that there should be no
country papers, as this shlarges
their own circulation"
But wo do s0t rccoilcci that We
have ever beforo seen an openly
expressed Satisfaction at the sus
pension of county papevs, Cor il
tells those VINO have done their
duty in supporting n local pre,s
that they are foolish, and it tells
those who do not support 1t, that
they arc wisc and it invites both
TO subscribe to the Avalanche and
let the county papers take care OF
themselves. Sneh u spirit is be-
rcath decent contempt. Perhaps,
however. we may thank the Ava.
lanchc for giving US a fit opportu.
nifty fos sayin9 something TO our
brothers OF the county papers OF
this state, upon the importance OF
securing the passage OF some such
bill as Governor Garland recon.
mcndcd in his last message I; u II
which passed tho senats but not
the house, last fall.
We may rs we'll lo,k this thing
in the facc at once, and call things
by hoir right names. We do not
believe tho Little Rock Gazette
would rejoice, as the Memphis Av-
alanchc does, at the suspension Of
any Arkansas county paper; bat
it need not be doubted that the
Gazettcs circulation and advertis-
ing would be increased by every
such suspension. We therefore
say that the country papers must
take this thing in their own hands,
and cndcavor to secure the passage
of such n law rs will not only do
them justice, but better serve the
pubic than II is served now.
Let tho county papers consult
with oil candidates for all county
or state offices and got them to
favor n wise. just and liberal print.
ing law one which, while oppres.
sive to no one, will foster d news.
paper in every county in the state.
THIS is what we want. a reading
pc oplo are seldom cnslaved and
never illiboml or contracted in
their views; and nothing so en-
courages reading, among old OIL
young, as a good county ncwspa
per, a homo paper. Will oul
brethren Of tho prsss let us hcal
from them m?-[ Augusta Bulletin.
While We must acknowledge tha
we, as q country journalist, hav,
been living on the halcshen, oul
readers, as woll as those of every
other country newspaper mus, nd
NIT that country home-papers fur
nish necd that city papers, witt
all their advantages and facilities
are unable to supply. Tho loca
news and gossip arO no moro in
significant in tho country papers
than IN those Of the city, and W,
know from experience that man,
family, rs a general rule, want tt
know what i' going on at HON,
first, and then foreign news after
wards. On this subject we may
have something more to say a,
some future time for tho presen,
~e endorse tho sentiments ex
pressed above by the Augusta Bul
lelin.