Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-05-04
The newspaper SItHatila In kis'
sissip1i-

constantly EabOring under at
verse circumstances la the
first place it is not appreciated
and supported - i. should be
by those who are in position to
DO 20. Iowa is dotted
wTh white school houses every
two miles, and every section OF
land has from four to six well
TO DO families. who take from
three to ten periodicals, which
add 70 the educa;iOhaI facilities
to vast degree, aud affords a
constant revenue TO the publish
ers A rule the He SspaEer
men Of Mississippi are in poor
condition financially, but they
are up TO the standard WTh 10
VI editors in point cf aLLlry
You peek MP an Iowa newspaper
and NO matter how poorly il Is
printed CT edited the enterprise
Of The citizens of the town is ex
hiblted BY the numerous and
vel written advertisements.
We have frequently picked up
a paper in Mississippi without a
L single column, all t0ii, OF
home aIvertisemeBts, yet tine
toxin in which 1t was Published
bal fro = eight 10 dozen stores
besides the usual quota Of other
business. :, have visited eOun-
ty seats with a PopgfIfI1a l1rs-
er than thar of Ida Grove. aad
f1g8d but enc newspaper pub
.itshel therein, il being printed
o. an old lever press, and Gen.
tanning only two or t4ree home
advertisements This Is entirely
wron- on the part of the south
ern business meu, for. a. a rule,
they are a class who are abun-
dainty able TO help their news
papers The southern merchant
among the most wealthy peO-
pie Of the country. frequently
being worth fram 5000 to
SD, zoe. For Illustration, we
vii! U.s. HagnClI, FI-e county.
Miss IL tas a population of
81 aS0=s tke size Of Ida
grove. and while the latter has
three large newspapers, the for
mer he's bat one rher i near
Iv 80 columns OF aoms a'iver
tismen.s IN the three lila Grove
papers, and only about four in
the Magnolia paper Now let
rs compare the patrons In
Magnolia is a very extensive
ard well TO do y erehant bF the
name OF Atkinson He Is pIo5a-
bly, worth sI50,O00 tie owns
numerous buildings in the town,
in one of which IS the office.
containing a very able and wor
thy editor. with a good printing
outfit The merchant wanted
several thousand counter cash
slips printed a short time ago,
and sent to New Orleans for
prices. He then goes to the
printing office and gets prices,
which are only 80 cents higher
than the New Orleans Prices
hut he sends to the latter place
There are other equally provok
Ing Instances that have come to
eur attention. With that class
OF people Is it any wonder the
State i - yeats behind Ii
that Magnolia editor would have
sent eli 10 New OgleaBs To get
bis vile a new dress, and h4d he
done 50 would have saved -
this man Atkinson would have
stormed into that printing Office
and demanded Il higher rental.
or get cut There are too many
just sgch parallel eases as these
In Mississippi. The country
press of the State ought to Go
one OF two things where they
are SO shabby treated aud that
- to either move their printing
office 10 some more appreeiative
town, or else begin a series OF
tree advertising for the city mer-
chants and use all their Influence
In getting people to 90 else
where for their trade, aad there
by morally compel the merchant
20 advertise in his home paper
for his own protection. The
married men of the South are
constantly inviting the northern
people - come down and be
oas OF them in their business.
society, school and eharetes,
but yet they are constantly
dwarfiEg the press. that great
artery that supplies the life eur
rent for all immigration pgrpOs-
es. by extending to it a meager