The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-04-12
PUBLISHER AND PATRON.


extent of newspaper publishers,
and no men who lose such large
percentage of their earnings
through the dishonesty of pa
irons as do they.
There are many people who
make it rule to pay for their pa
per in advance; there are others
who feel that it is only fair to re-
ceive the paper a year before a
years subscription be paid; and,
then, there are others who will
take your paper year after year
and will not so much as pay you
a quarter of a dollar: and If you
press them for a little money,
they get mad, and swear your pa
per wasn't fit to wrap up old
clothes for a tramp.
There is not a publisher in the
State who would not cheerfully
furnish his paper with the under
standing that it shall be paid for
at any time not exceeding the end
of the year, if every subscriber
would live up to that rule; but it
is those people who start in to
take your paper the second year
when they know they owe for the
first, that hhlp to shorten the life
of the publisher.
The publisher can't play any
game like that. For every pound
of type, paper, ink, or any other
kind of material he uses, the
cash must be paid; at least, not
later than the end of the current
month. When pay day comes
around every month, the Office
employees must have their month s
wages in cash. If you try to put
them off they get mad, kick the
stove over, pie a form, rub ink
overyour ace,and go out and slam
the door-then you are in a fix.
"rhe Fulton County News" is
one of the few papers that does
not have u complaint to make
along this line. Not one Of it's
many hundred subscribers owes
as much as years subscription
to it. Nearly every one has paid
something. A half dollar drop
ped in couple of times a year
keepsyour paper always paid up;
or twenty five cents runs your
subscription ahead quarter of a
year.
1t shall be the policy Of the
News to drop from it's list the
name of any one who may be
careless enough to fall behind a
whole year. If they appreciate
the paper they will pay up and
have it started again; if they do
not appreciate it they would ney
er pay anything at any rate.
The law regarding subscrip-
tions to newspapers condensed
and arranged Is as follows:
/. Any person who receives a
paper from the post-otfice is by
law subscriber, whether the
paper is ordered or not, as it is
the privilege of the recipient Of
the publication to refuse to ac-
cept the paper from post-offlce,
WHEN ALL ARREARS ARE PAID.
2. Notice to the publisher that
papers are no longer wanted, and
will not be paid for, does not re-
lease the subscriber from the re-
sponsibility for the subscription
price until the full amount of cur
rent years subscription is paid,
together with all previous az
rearS.
3. Failure to receive a copy of
newspaper, without fault of
publisher is no defense as the
publishers responsibility ceases
when the papers are delivered at
the postoffice in the town in
which the paper is published,
properly addressed to subscri-
ber.
4. Parties receiving a newspa-
per or periodical who do not give
notice to discontinue at expira-
ton of paid term are considered
as wishing to continue their sub
scription, from year to year.
>. Parties moving to other
| places, without notifying the pub
fishers of the change in their ad-