The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-22
seovNTRY ooRREsPoNDEcE.

4 spondents, Is eftena subject of discus
I sion in editorial conyen tions, says tn,
National sosrnaksf. The importanc,
As always admitted bht the difficulty o.
securing and retaining the proper kint
of correspondents and always gettin,
satisfactory reports, is also generally
made very prominent. u So.
| w, c.. Elliott, OF Pennsylvania, hal
tried to meet this difaculty, in a meas
\ ure, by ascircular sent to correspond
tsnt& i the circular contains many prao
teal and valuable points, (which should
receive careful thought, and we. there
fore produce it in full ,.as follows 80
h. - oFFIcf OF voLuNrE EER. "a
REYSoLDsvIELE, PENN.
4 To Our Correspondents: !afk
la is difieult to obtain a good CORE
spondent, and one who will write just
what is wanted and nothing more; there
fore we giyex xbelow vaTfew rufesr a nd If
they are carefully adhered to there will
be no cause for complaint. We areiweH
aware, from experience, that it is very
annoying to devote time and labor to
an article and then have it thrown out;
but there are some things which should
not be published, and therefore the COR
| respondent should be patient. The ed
| itor is as anxious to obtain good news as
| the. writer is to send it, and he will not
throw out an item which he deems of
| public interest. No one should object
to having an.occasional item culled out,
for it is only what all have to expert
eTice who write for newspapers. f
Some of the things to write about are
shows, concerts, etc.; festivals, fairs
and donations: accidents and destruc-
tion of property by fire or flood; deaths;
marriages; mention people, who are at
least comparatively well known in your
community, who are i'll or are leaving
your place for visit or to stay, and
where they are going, or who are haV-
ing visitors, and the names of the visit
ors, and the places where they are from;
improvements in your community in
the way of new buildings, etc.; private
parties, picnics, etc. Accurate accounts
of deaths, i. e., age, fun name, where
buried, ETC., can most generally be pro-.
cIred from the pastor, and marriages in
your neighborhood from the pastors
tors, at least, are aware you are corre-
spending for paper, they will no doubt
give all the marriage and death notices,
and also church notices, that they have.
BY conversing. with. the physicians in
your, community before writing, you
can keep well posted on accidents and
receive only accurate information. This
has always been our experience.
If you frequently put yonr, neighbors'
names in the paper they will take an
interest in your letter and also in the
paper itself; but be careful and spell all
proper names correctly and write them
very plainly, so that the printer cannot
make a mistake, for there is nothing
that will disgust most people more than
to see their names spelled wrong in
print. Write news that will please the
intelligent class of people in your COM
munity, for it is they. who will support
the paper and who will read what you
writes There is nothing gained in at
tempting to please the drunken and
worthless, who are in most all commu-
mites, for they never read a paper ex-
cept occasionally, when they may bor-
row it, and besides it would be beneath
the dignity of a respectable journal to
recognize such a class. An occasional
puff wiH be appreciated, and would not
be cut OF place if the person is worthy
of it; and always speak well of churches
and, everything else that is for the pub
lie ceood.J
> The fdllowing are some of the things
not to write about: Many correspond
ents fill UP half their letters with ac7
counts Of the weather and the condition
Of the mud, and REPEAT old jokes they
have read in other papers. All accounts
of scandals or -streetifights, or any other
news that would be unfit to bring into
the family, or anything that may lead
to suit for libel, should be left ont.
Be caEeful and say nothing that- will
tend to make enemies.' The correspond
ent should never write letters of which
he or she. would be ashamed to haveiG
huO"A OhaV Vic hbS-e1hO
We have seen. letters published which
contained items like the fol lowing: 81.
-G. went to see his best girl the other
night, but another fellow was there and
had cut him out. We are onto you"
No. one hut7Is:-G..wpuid itnow.. what was.
meant, and he. wosssd 10 mad, while
everyone else wonld- beadisgusted. No
,geod correspondent wif1-say: eff certain
pafties-doindt improve in their conduct
in-the future they. ~&ill be exposed or
''Lots of scandal is being reported, . or
,t'Gossipss are numerous" besides foolish
and pointless Jokes, 1t does not seem
as though, anyone would write such
trash, but they do, and it is published. ].
If our correSpondents follow our in
strfctfons, we are sure their letters will
be read, and viii be credit to them
selves and the Te5antGfr. Write only
on one side of the paper. Your name
must accompany every Communication.
twill not be published, but we desire
this rule to be rigidly' adhered to.
Yours respectfully, w. c. ELLIOTT,
Editor Volunteer.
We never know who were our best
friends. till we have lost them. The
fool. who has speedily parted with his