The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-01-12
VOLUME XXXII.

always has ~ i've through before IL
knows whether it can collect enough
cordwood and cabbages to keep it
alive for tie coming year, and the
SENTINEL is here to stay.
When Frank Boner and Jas. Col
Inns began its publication in the little
village Of Winston over thirty years
ago the Winston Salem Of to- day wss
undreamed of, and some old moss back
| probably thought the SENTINEL
would not exist when morning dawn
ed upon the glad leap year OF 'S8, but
i he was mistaken. The little village
has bur.t its swaddling clathes and Is
a sturdy, growing city ,and the SESTI-
NEL's circulation has gone up from
probably fcnr hundred to thousands.
Yet in all these years, while changes
in other respects have been many, the
Winston Salem people have remained
unchanged in their determination to
build up their place into big, pro-
gressive city, and the SENTINEL has
remained unchanged in its devotion
to the Twin City's welfare and to those
| principles Of Democracy which its
founders taught with SO mnch force
and courage.
The fortunes Of the town and of the
SENTINEL have always been linked
and the years that have flown have
brought success to both.
Just here we wish to thank the peo-
| pie of this section for their cordial
support to the present editor. When
six months ago, with small journals
tic training, he undertook to conduct
a paper which had known such edi-
tors as Alspaugh and Boner, paper
whose influence was so far-reaching,
! he dill So with some trepidation.
Though the duties have zen arduou.,
! anc' the re>pnniibility great, We have
had the way made better aud the Bur
den lighter by the kind words and
generous patronage of a great nstn
ber Of the people svhpm sc wish new,
at the beginning of new volume, to
thank, most sincerely. We teei that
we have succeeded. The subscription
list las increased several hundreds and
the SENTINEL has more readers to-
day than at any time in its history.
We believe We have dine good in our
efforts to help "boon the town and
we trust that our efforts To wean vot-
ers from that organized ialsehood,
sometimes called the Republican party
have not been ia vain.
For the coming year, new pr, misses
are unnecessary. Our policy Is all
told when when we say our priAci pies
are those Of the founders f this paper.
Democratic men and measures, first
last and all the time, rule ef the
people, by the people, and for tie
people"
This year we want to make better
paper, but to conduct paper as We
wish to, it is necessary that we have
more time spared from the scramble
for the necessary expenses to devote
to the study Of public que. tions,
and to improve the paper in many
ways. Therefore we respectfully ask
every subscriber who owes, to pay up,
and bring new one.
1t is or intention to discontinue
every paper this year that is not paid
for. We have already discontinued
many and shall discontinue more. We
do not like the credit system and we
shall try to adopt the cash as near as
practicable. We believe man pre-
fers to pay cash for paper when he
sabscribcs, if he intends to pay at all,
than to pay year later.
We know some of our regular SUBJ
seribers simply neglect it, intending
to remit every week and it is also to
them we address ourselves when We
say we want to adopt a cash system,
for we believe all parties will feel bet
ter and the SENTINEL will be better
newspaper.
To our bushes. man we would say
a word. We have no cause for COM
PLANT, only for thanks, but We think
they do not advertise enough. Every
man who has business ought to push
it. You can push it by advertising.
Advertisers never lose anything, and
every business man in the Twin City,
who calls himself Denocrat can al
ford to patronize this Democratic pa
per. He will lose nothing by it and
his paper and party will gain. With
these remarks we resume labors for
another year, to do our part towards
the upbuilding of the Twin-City and
L l. l. II