Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-09-26
HELP YOUR NOME PAPER.

ha'c III the town paper published which
n committed to thr interest Of tn. plar,
and surrounding country' We presnm,
th-y DO. The business men Of Homer mr.,
Zoo Intelligent to answer this question il
any other way than IN the nffirm,tiy. ID,
the hnsiness men If The plaza can~ider tI,
reputation Of the town uhr,ad ~ a matter
OF any consequence We are satisfied the
same answer w"nld b. madu 10 this unr,.
ton. At this particular time the r,puta.
ti"h NJ the town abroad is of Importance.
!" town abroad is Judged D, flr. advrr.
tlsrin"nt> found in the local paper. Now.
I u copy OF the GUiKpI,N shnuld fail INTO
th" hands Of - ,'IdH.rr, what k,nd of
| place would he naturally conclude Homer
wa>f He would know that il was the
county site of the parish from What he
womb hnd'in Our columns. That II was
place that IA some RESPECTS vss desirable
~ place of residence. would also IL, an.
parent. IL pr,sc>SrS good c.!nrailunll al.
Nan'acrS. The advertisements of cur
srh""l~ would convince the stranger Of rli,.
Int Is there anyb@ly there from " bon |
c"ald hny n pair "f >lrucs u hat. a piece of
cloth, my bread aud tnrai. ave u,,..stiou, nf
which b" would he profoundly ignorant. 1
The legitimate inference would hr that I.
Their" were IT. merchants ia Homer. l.
would u" seen that there were per sons nd.
N"ltlslhg goods NJ this kind for sale. but
That They were persons whn were dom
H"'fh">N Ia ottrr towns, aud he cuuclu.
sion would Lee that the i.cnplr of Ilo,n,r
'"d NIrihIlN were forced to 20 abroad To-
lhh ~ market IN which 10 buy and sell
MS III TACT, Is not tile tnsr. but il is tho
IMPRESSION thar n copy of the only parcr
'""''>"'" III the place would create abroad. |
nj the reputation of any place abroad i, ,
la'ic 10y III" local paper. r
Now, If unr business men consider ,bc >
ONE paper any advantage to th. place. a
hIch II" doubt they do--and il the rrpu- II
anon at III" place abroad is made by the O.
ip'r. do not these business men think
q
~ snsiain the PaprI' II il well known II
All mat paper cannot sustain itself .
Hess 1t has good advertising patronage. II
hscl lrti"us however NUMEROUS they may Ia
= VIII not sustain paprr-it must have
N'r''N'nc patronage, or else 60 down.
w hat II" HE business men of Homer say
l.. !.
nae llp'r Til" business men OF Homer -
All friendly 10 the paper, bur We must
that they arr doing. and have dom. st
y HttI" :" help nr build up aud sustain ~
"mr pager. The paper has done " la. W
GU" to advance the Interests Of the g."
va AMI vicinity. II il unr desire and III
pos" Z" con'nnr 10 work for the intrr- j"
"' onr own hcnlity, IN. We think /, :"
right that our town shonld helm sr,. IN
! its own paper. WI
'"t adN"rf~ing columns are for sale. ="
must DISPOSE of iLem or else suspend W
publication Of the paper, and W, ap- '''
I" those in whtr" interest We are. tn
slider tins question IN one of brsip,rs wv
one that affects their own interest "
hhslh'N" Investment can you not nr.
I" ratr"hizr the paper to some extent,
W. cannon Secure patronage at home We
v look abroad for il. Now. if we hay,
...,,r, '''' las
'>"ft Z" IA" last, can we be blamed If
~ legitimate way. advance the in
i at those VIII" patronizc rs: We ,lo
ask i"r anything on any other grounds g..
/ those Of business. We proposr 70
the worth of all we receive. Adver.
x always Pays-pnys the man who -,
'rises.
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