The leader., 1905-08-30
THE SEMI. WEEKLY LEADER.

the fourth week of July, 1908, as
q doubtful experiment, and the
latter part Of August, the month
following, il was announced that
the favor with which the semi
weekly had been received was SO
encouraging, that it had been de-
cided to continue its publication
in thatform indefinitely.
Now, at the end Of two years
since this decision was announced,
we are gratified to be able to say
we have realized much to yindi-
cate the sound policy Of the step
then taken and can see nothing
to regret. We bad that faith in
the people of Brookhaven and
Lincoln county to believe they.
would appreciate our enterprise
and give their support to such an
effort, and our confidence 10 them
was not misplaced, either as re-
CARDS subscription or advertising
patronage. The people have
shown that they appreciate The
Semi Weekly Leader in most
complimentary and substantial
way.
The price of The Leader once
a week was $1.50. We have been
giving the twice-a-week edition
to our patrons ever since it was
decided to make it permanent at
$500, just so cents more than the
weekly, without reducing the size
of the paper a line. It is the
largest semiweekly paper in the
State for the price. All but
about 25 or 80 Of our hundreds of
subscribers have shown their APP
probation of these facts by taking
the paper twice week instead of
once.
We are glad to be able to an
nounce in this connection, also,
that The Leader has as honest and
fine a class Of subscribers as any
publication to be found in the
country. Dead-beats are the rare
exceptions, and when one of that
class is discovered he is promptly
weeded out. The vast majority
act on the principle that when
they subscribe for the paper it is
like any other business transaction,
they get full value received, and
pay NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. cheerfuIIy,
whenever notified they are due.
We say this with feeling of
pride both as regards oulself and
them. It is also valuable point,
we may add in passing, in favor
of our appreciated list of advertis-
crs. A man who deals honestly
with the newspaper man and pays
for his paper, is very apt to be a
good customer, worth the seeking
for any other line Of business.
We are sometimes asked il The
Leaders, bold and aggressive pol
icy in favor Of law and order and
the supremacy Of right principles
affecting the public welfare, does
not materially iniure its business.
If so, honestly, we are not con-
scious Of it. The people who
support this paper, as a general
rule, are among the very best
class Of our people in all ayoca-
lions OF life. They are people
who believe in right and want the
right to prevail, because it is
right, and because they know it is
best for the people at large that it
should be SO, and they do not fall
out with The Leader because at
times they may differ with it on
some particular point Of policy.
For every man who gets mad and
quits the paper and goes to "cuss-
ingo it because it has showed up
some of his meanness or that of
some Of his folks, while in the dis
charge Of its legitimate function
and duty to the public, we receive
at least two new subscribers in his
place. Judging the future BY
the past, if the people who quit
taking The Leader because Of its
outspoken, honest policy then bor-
row and read it and continue to
cuss it and it's editor were more
numerous than they are, or those
who are at it would work double
time, our subscription list would
grow ID proportion. They, too,
have our thanks for what they are
doing in their chosen way to help
us, though we do not suppose they
are expecting thanks.
The paper will pursue the even
tenor Of It's way. 70 view Of the
promising outlook for q good fall
- lii -. e.. D. IL