Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-01-28

should be.
We don't believe there can ever
any harm come Of q heart to heart
talk between the business men whose
all is dependent upon the town in
which they reside and the newspaper
which is constantly bending every
honorable effort in the common In
terest Of that town.
There are 8 few things the matter
with Okolona that can harm no one
to mention in q friendly and frank
way. Here are some Of them;
The writer of this article has paid
cash for about $50 worth Of shoes dur
ing the past year. The greater pOr-
ton Of this 800 was spent in Mobile.
He was there and imagined he could
save q few cents on each pair, and he
bought them.
J. Rubel & %. have spent at least
900 during the past year for printed
stationery, and not q cent Of this $50
was spent In 0kolona.
L. Rosenbaum has spent In the
neighborhood Of $50 for printed sta
tionery during the past year, not q
dollar Of which was spent In 0kOlona.
O. R. King ordered 1000 note heads
from g st. Louis house the other day,
because q sleek fellow came along
and offered him q lower price for
them in 1000 or 5000 lots than he had
been paying for them 10 okOlOna in
500 lots. When they came he had
to pay express on them, and he ad-
mits that he does not like them as
well a. he did his old kind printed at
home.
E. 8. Elliott & Son have been or
dering their printed stationery away
from home, except . few jobs, during
the past year.
Both banks in the city send away
for their printed stationery.
Every county Oficer In the court
house, save one, has given his orders
for blanks and all kinds of job work
to . st. Louis house, paid as much for
them and received no better class Of
work than the same could DO had at
home.
And you can take It up one side OF
Main street and down the other, and
three merchants out Of five have been,
doing the same thing. And this too,
in most instances, without ever1ask.
ing the home printer what kind Of
work he could do for them or what he
would charge. The fact is that the
few who get their printed stationery
at home, are still doing 90, and not
one Of them has complained of che
quality Of the work or the price paid.
One Of the most essential things for
any town that would prosper and
draw to it the largest possible trade,
is q cordial and friendly relation be-
tween all tie business men and the
newspaper. It is an incomprehensi-
BILE fact that not to exceed ten Of all
the men doing business In Okolona,
have wei been in this Office during
the past three years. There is no
personal reason that we can think Of
to account for this. It is merely the
want of q friendly cooperation spirit.
No man will deny that OkOlona has
about as complete a newspaper and
job printing plant as is to be found in
the state, embracing an investment in
machinery and up-to-date material
Of ct least 5000.
And, in this connection let us go q
little further; Every fair minded
man win admit that there is not sent
out from any other town in Missis-
sippi, large or small, a BETTER bright
sr or more carefully conducted week
ly newspaper than lie issued from this
office, it goes to more readers than
any other weekly In the state, and 1t
never tires Of singing the praises OF
Okolona. There Is but one side to
|, the.qrestion that no other one enter
! prise can do more to draw trade to 9
town than q good newspaper. But il
must not all be left to the paper
alone. To be ehectuaf for lie COM
munity, It must be filed with bright
, advertisements from the business
} men offering the readers their wares.
! How does okolona's bright neWspa'
, per shine in this Hne3 While you
/, have It in your hands, turn It over
I leaf by leaf, and count the number o.
business men represented IN It's col
umns covering eight large pages O
4 AL home print, who NJ joining VIII
its publisher In N effort to draw trade
to Okolona. Il contains 8 liberal sup
4 ply Of advertising, but what is the
. nature Of it, You viii find 81 patent
medicine firms and other outside
business throughout the country rep
resented In lie columns, and these az
It renewed from year to year at highe'
. figures than T charged home adver'