Huntsville gazette., 1892-01-30
YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER.
why 1t Should BE Supported In Prefer.
ence to the City Weekly.


Why 1t Should Be Supported In Prefer.
ence to the City Weekly.
As factor in the progress, develop
ment and prosperity of community.
large or small, the newspaper, properly
conducted, is potent influence which
Is frequently unappreciated and under
/ valued. In the scope of its advantages
each individual member of the COM
munity becomes recipient in the re-
suit of its general benefits. No other
/ human influence exercises the tremend-
Gus power which is and can be welded
by a free and untrammeled press for
the accomplishment OF any good purpose,
being greater than public opinion or
sentiment, which it SO largely creates.
The influence of the local press of a
community is SO overshadowing any
| other power that the use of its columns,
| advertising, as they do to the world, the
social and commercial events OF town,
| city and county, should be very care
fully considered in its relation to the
community Of which it is the mouth
piece. 1t has happened, unfortuna tely
for some communities, that at times
they have had newspapers in their midst
| which have been SO sensational, so un-
reliable, or so miserably managed as to
have been rather drawback to the pro-
gress of their locality than otherwise,
and reproach, If not an insult, to the
intelligence Of their constituency Far
better would it have been for the peo-
pie had such papers died when a-born-
ing.
The publisher of newspaper, if ap-
pretending the dignity and Importance
OF his position, should feel conscious OF
the grave responsibility of moulding
public opinion-making character, shap-
ing and directing its destiny, for the
veal or woe Of society. Alas! too many
lose sight of this essential feature. and
in their greed for filthy lucre vitiate
public taste, debauch moral sentiment,
induce morbid hungering for certain
kind OF sensational reading, and then
supply the demand they have so indus
triously labored to create, thus ignoring
all moral responsibility. This is called
enterprise! This same class of papers
will lift their hands in holy horror, ap-
palled at the spread of crime, which
themselves have indirectly fostered.
But we did not intend to moralize.
Bringing the paper question home to
you. dear reader, we will say that it has
two sides to it-a mutual relationship
the one to the other. In one sense, the
press makes the people and the people
make the press, just what each are. II
your local paper, from any fault in its
character, is not a fit representative of
the people, starve i. to death; strangle
it; knock it in the head; put yourself
and it out of misery, and don't be long
about it! Don't suffer it to drag along
in sickly, Improbable existence to the
detriment of your town and county. If
it is an upright, sterling sheet. with an
ambition to dare and do all in its power
for the moral elevation and pecuniary
prosperity OF the people, then give it an
ungrudging, liberal support in subscrip-
tion, advertising, job work and kind
words, don't rely too much on the
latter, however, for neither the paper
warehouse nor the storekeeper will take
them in exchange for necessaries,) and
thus encourage it to do better and better.
There are few publishers who will not
take neart thereby, have their ambition
stimulated and make their readers a
better paper. The man who does not
take his local paper and does not read,
or care to know what is going on around
him in this wide-awake age of progress,
should gather up his traps and hike
| out" to some other country and give
room for better citizen. Tie is no
better than warty knot on a tree
neither useful nor ornamental among
mankind.
The good-meaning but kind hearted
citizen will say, "Ol, I can get the
Weekly So-andSo for dollar a years.
Yes, and without tdisparagementt to those
! papers, let us say that they are as big
as bedspread with type SO small that tits
little satisfaction to real them. The
| weekly made up from city daily doesn't
| cost as much to get it up as does
the country paper. Being a practi-
cal newspaper man, familiar with every
| department of a city daily, we know ex-
| actly what we are talking about Do
they give you local news or advocate
your local interests? Is your town OF
county benefited directly by them?
Are they interested in you, personally?
Yes; just one dollar on subscription!
Take your local paper first; take others
If you are able; read, read! but SUPPORT
YOUR HOME PAPER.-Obion (Tenn.)
Courier.
We have seen recent statement to
the effect that white oats contain more
nutriment than black oats, and should
always be chosen for feeding horses.
The only difference lies in the fact that
the black oats have little thicker
husk, sufficient to make difference of