The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-12-13

THE ADTAN CE.
An Unprecedented Opinion - Ieemi"g
'cith Good 7hi"ys for Worthi"gton-
No Z per Works Harder for its 1orn.

An CnprGudtced Opana0n - IeemaNg
'cith Good Thugs for Worthington-
No Z per Works H.rder for its 1oun.
From the Lakcfield Citizen, Dec II
We DO not understand why the peo
pie Of W"rthingt"n don't give Miller,
of the ADVANCE. y Il good r'n,sing sup
port. Every week his paper is tteming
with good things for Werthington. In
our large circle of exchanges we don't
find II single paper that works harder
tor its town than The ADVANCE, and,
seemingly gets as little pay for it. The
business men of that place must be aw-
ful uisagrtcablr men to deal with. But
Brother Miller can have one bright con-
ISOLATION. and that is Il, old " oss backs
muSi take Il seat in the far rear as new
business blood is infused INTO the
WOrthing:On, in Il body. some fine
morning like IA thing Of lifp-,h+ir sun
IS fast sliding down towards the west
rrn horizon. Maybe we have sand some
,hing in this little paragraph that Il r*-
j'uity Of the business port ion Of the
capital of Mobiles county won't Just ex-
act!y fancy, and read witt, linbnundrd
delight to their business neighbnrs who
dwell over against II t bright little city
of Adrian. but it is the plain, unvarn-
iShed tr tn.
Now, we don't want the people Of
nur SISTER town IT, think this little
Sqnih is written with ahv feeling "t
malice or hatred. for it isn't. We only
write as Il gentle reminder that You
ought to manifest mnre appreciate ION
for your local paper: help and tncnur
age he man who is endpavoring to
build up the town Give him :s better
support, that he may have more sea
room.
Bro. Eastwood has hit thu nail rret
ty accurately on the head. But there
are some live business men in WORTH
ingtnn VIII" are good patrons of the
ADVANCE. Bnt generally it is trne
that Worth,lGton gives Il very Meagre
support to Il newspaper.
There are scores men here who adj
nit always that the ADVANCE is one
nf the very best local papers in the
St,te a''d that. in dealing with public
questions. it has few suptri"rS out side
1T the large cities. This admission i,
from friends and foes alike.
| Yet every outsider Sees ut 4 glance
that its ADVERTISING patronage is poor,
and that, rs Il general rule, it is poorly
sustained. How, then, in the name Of
common sense, did we bnil! up one Of
the best newspapers in the state, bu Id
he handSomtst brick block in Worth
inytOn and accumulate a lrands'm
p:operty? Not by ;nybody'S !'be'ality.
Never but one year since the ADVANCE
WAS rubli> shed has it had Il really good
support. We made it I'LL ly liaId work.
eco. nmy and close attention to lusi-
ueSs. \ few foul .mnutheu enemies
charge tl,u, we have been libtrally paid
hv politicians, but this is known al
over the county to BE- u strrrotvresl
''cam!aign li-." Stv'r have we taken
!, cent FROM any politician or any one
else for ''supp'rt.' All we have made
has come lrgi,im"tely frnm "dvtltis
ing. job work and s,.b>c' iptioi1s.
The ADVANCE ought to have twice
the supper; it has. 1t is hated by some
people because it do $ not agree with
them about some Theological or relis-
ious questions; it Is hated by others be-
cause it does not agree wiki them in
politics; it is hated by some because
they insanely hate the editor without
having had amy personal reason for it,
and it is hated !y others through Sim
pie, idiotic, ilubecile prejudice and
envy.
Not withstanding all this, it lives,
touIi>hts and grows. And 1t is max
ing arrangements now to be /; better
paper than ever. 1t will "tetn' more
than ever with articles devoted to adj
vtrt;sng cur advantages, ard every
issue W II soon bv IL boom edition.
The ADVANCE has claimed for sev-
eral years that W"rthington and No.
bles county were on the eve of Il change
and il b"um, and that the time had
come to put aside he little wars. jral.
ousies and ftudS which make people
pull apart and THAT we ought to unite
in Il grand effort to develop the town
and the county. To that policy we are
pledged, and that policy we Shall
pursue.
Bro. East wood. of course, has spoken
OF the ADVANCE us Il live, valuable,
local paper only. AS Il country pappl
of general influence and recognition it
has few superiors.
}. Il. Buchanan, probably the best
'editO. in Iowa, take him altogtlh her
and Il man who accumulated Il fortune
1T LIE Mas. said in the lie Mars Sen
tlnel just before he retired flom THAI
paper:
The Worthington ADVANCE is the
brrtZirst, boldest and best paper il,
Minnesota, Il state, by the way, tlla
has rare galaxy of tuitulial stars. -
It's editor. MIR. n. Z. Miller, writes
with Il danntltsS courage and aimira
bic felicity of expressions. sustained b,
y fund ot knowledge and an acuteue,
of perception that make him al. ahl
advocate and Il dangerous antagonist
On social. religious and political qu.s
tons ne has broad. tolerant and com
t p'el:enslve ideas. and is always strik
- ing giant blows for the largest in,e!Iec
tnal. moral aud civil liberty. We hay
Watched his career for the past t..
. years with interest, and have noticed
F.! with satisfaction how he has fought tn
:, niglnies and biguts in the midst q
which he is planted. His Courage, t
y "acity and brain power have tri
= nmphtd. and it is safe t" aay that t"
day. after struggles that would Iav
driven almost amy other man from h
), H. III, the ADVANCE stands ON 4 SnIl
t financial f"unAal inn and wildS an in
t | i1uenct second t" no country j"ur'E'
;. west of the Mississippi.
JOIN SWINTDN'S PAPER.
We have received No. ?. Vol l, q
John Swint"n's Paper. published i
+ New York. devoted to the interests q
] + 10 work iuumPu and rpc,,io ,rainS