The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1892-12-29
ABOUT SUBSCRIBERS.

The epidemic of circulation,
"sub<crlpilon list" is a man,fe-ta
lion largely Infantile among news
papers. We have all had il. L
is not fatal if checked in time. bu
it is awful Distressing while il
: lasts. A number OF years ago we
had bad spell of it. We put
canvassers in the Fl, Id, on the
streets. along the roads. We got
everybody TO subscribe, eighteen
hundred in less than month. 1t
t was boom. Luckily it busted
$ soon and saved us. We didn't gel
particle of goo1 out of nine
ienihs of them. They paid when
they pleased. That, with most,
wasn't 1t all. With The first paper
they began TO find fault. l, hadn't
any news. too many advertise
ments, words spelled wrong, too
serious. too foolish, stale iokes.oId
chestnu.s, nonsense, worthless. all
OF II. The campaigner argued that
he had been buil.lnzed, seduced.
misrepresented, eoaxed, and the
dear only knows how many reas-
ons he didn't have as an excuse
for taking The paper. The sum
and substance was, he look il as
long as we sent il, finding fault,
and moi paving cent.
| Since then we ain to have sub
scribers who want the paper.
They are always esteemed and
priced. They are not pleased in
every particular, neither is The
editor. bui such as il is, IS sa;isfac-
Tory and worth all II c"s's. leav.
ing aside the endearment that
clusters around the paper which
perhaps has noted their marriage,
The birth of their baby, the death
of Que near and dear to home aud
to the community. 1t stands for
its party. 1t stands up Tor its
town. IL gives hearing 10 The
merchant and manufacturer. Ii
speaks Tor the farmer, the teacher,
the minister.
1t report, events of local inter
esi in church aud cnurt. In The (
summary of the year, it is a big
book of home news and home
thought. And for this Is II valued ;
by the mau who In the true sense {
is Subscriber, fauliing properly I
as il deserves.
On the SENTINEL list are about
six hundred names of parties whom
we found when we took charge I
tw enty years ago. OF course many t
ni that cid list have died, but The 9
paper continues 10 the families. 7
They are The props of the SENTI- I
MEL. They are the pillars of De- 4
mOcracv. They are he foundation {,
oi our county. To them the SEN {
rrNEL rs the Home paper. II was {
here before they We're born. The =
editors change as do the midisters, s
but The paper continues. Il
To this class of subscribers The j
business man addresses his adver- q
,isements.' They are the solid C
parts of The social and business
OF our country. They are Il
men who have money, character. a
,Iedlt. They are the men who u
build churches and schools and p
curt houses. They maintain The a
PAPER ami the county institutions. n
)i this kind of men is the SENTINEL Ct
ist composed. growing each year
With the growth of our town and
We have today list any news
'aper may be proud of. Not so ', W
many perhaps as The incidental. II
sheets of day. no, so te
numerous as papers filled with o1
rime, feeding the dep:aved, but lo
Iei 0f honest men and women who p
re moi afraid To take The paper TO ia
heir homes and submit every line h'
o The reading OF Their children. gi
To our subscribers, IN wishing I'll
hem a Happ, New Year, we tt
ledge our best efforts 10 continue e,
he SENTINEL, so that il may de- gl
prve the esteem in which IT has &C
Iways been held by its patrons. in
Now is the time 10 subscribe. Ii to
also good time 10 paw up ar a,
garages that may still linger along ty
d the old year we are leaving. in
Tho fsnvt, 4 S.,.,nurs in oA vi