The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-03-26
Ghelemnrrat-S STA,
THE HOME PAPER
Magnolia Gazette.

"hN uullt bHltttt.
Inc country press occasionally a.,
cuSses the subject OF the hono wy
paper not So much to draw patron"
as to impress upon the peopIo wv
Importance of taking an intaro,. 'ue
the news of the town or coun,r u
which they reside. As a rnlo III
newspapers OF Mississippi are Iiho,s"'
patronizcd and, as a matter of conr,o
the people are well Informed m s,s'
jects pertaining to the veal Or wo"
the State. 1t is possible, howovo,
that many who ought to sph.c,,,h
pay for and read the papers publ,shas
IN the State, do not do so, bec,r.a
they are already burdened with r,na
from "A distance. To such we wan,s
address this, in the hope that il nan
cause them to think, not how mn"
they gam, but how much they loSo W.
such a course.
NJ one VIII deny that the weekly
issues of the large daily papers of n.
country contain more reading matte,
and are sold ut IA less price, Thar ~.
country newspapers. But is the mn,
ter they contain worth as much &c a..
home news, which the county r,no,s
publish? |
"A lew years ago, a gentleman rodo
sixteen miles to court, and learned y,
reaching the county site that the form
had been pretermittcd, and that ,b0
fact had been published TO the wor,d
for two weeks in the county ncwsn,.
per. He was a reading man, bnt ,bo
base OF his supplies was a long way M
in New Orleans, Atlanta, Louisville
New York and Boston. The ponors
he received did not contain a word n,
news from his county, and the no,ico
OF no court did not, therefore, roach
him. He subscribed at once for Inc
county paper and has since kept up
with the doings Of his home people.
A mans land was advertised for sale
but not in the foreign paper he read.
consequently he was turned ont ~
doors before he knew that he had for.
gotten to pay his taxes.
Another man let IA ncighbor secure
a contract for building a bridge near
his home that lie intended to yet, be.
c0usc he did not know the contract
was to be let. He read the newspa.
pcrs from the great cities, and could
tell now many murders had been com.
mitted, and what American hcircss
was tn we'd a foreigner with a title,
but he lost the bridge contract be.
cause he did not take IA country paper.
Another man drove his team two
days to reach his trading point to get
some seed oats, borrowed a copy Of
the paper on reaching Town and read
that his merchant expected a car load
Of oats the next week.
These are only a few OF the many
losses "A mar incurS because he does
not read the country newspapers.
Here is time and money gone, but
how much pleasure does he lose by re.
manning in |ignorancc0f what is going
on about him? The children Of the
men and womcn.he meets at the an.
nual meeting ,'picnicS and soldiers re.
unions, grow up and marry, and he
knows nothing Of it? The old men
and women, whom he knew when they
were boys and girls, finish their course
in life aud are laid in the cold narrow
tomb for months before he is aware
OF it. After awhile his dear old wife
dies, and he would like so much to
read an obituary notice, but the big
weekly papers he takes regard the in.
cident as too trivial to be published,
and no matter how much the country
editor may write about the dear de.
parted, he never see it, because be
doesn't take the country paper.
1t is well enough TO take one OF
more Of the great weekly papers, Tor
general news; but 1t is bad pulley to
neglect taking the little home paper
in order to do so. The wiser plan
would be to subscribe for both at club
rates, pay in advance, and renew
promptly every year. Have all OF your
neighbU,s 20 do so too, and in q rev
years the little country paper VIII DE-
come as large and cheap as the Dg
| "a, AZ, ,,.-ll,. 800, .A,., e.1n