Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-01-15
WALHALLA, 8. O.:
A WORD TO SUBSCRIBERS.


affects every newspaper in the coun-
try directly, and thousands of news
paper readers Indirectly. The order
was sent in to go into effect Janu-
ary LIST, 1908, and If there is no sus-
pension OF the order to permit of
newspaper publishers adjusting their
business to the new ruling, there
will, OF course, be a decided hard
ship worked to many, as few had no.
tice of the law until it was ready for
operation. This new rule imposes
fine Of one cent pepfour ounces for
all weekly papers sent out on which
the subscriber owes more than tic
price of one years subscription;
semi-weeklies where the subscriber
owes more than nine months; tri-
weeklies, six months; dailies, three
months.
II We reproduce below what The
States correspondent had to report
onathe matter:
Henry B. Warner, Of Lexington,
N. c., president of the National Edi-
torial Association, Is in Washington
to urge the Post ONCE Department
to postpone for six months the new
ruling of the department In regard
to lapsed subscriptions to newspa-
pers and periodicals..
"An order promulgated on Decem-
,ber denies to publishers the privi-
lege OF sending copies to subscribers
as such after a specified term follow
ing the expiration of the subscrip-
tion. This ruling becomes a lay to-
day. Hereafter publishers of week.
ly newspapers cannot carry subscriD-
ers in arrears more than one year,
semi-weeklies more than nine
months, tri-weeklies longer than six
months, and dailies longer than three
months. For each violation the pub
Usher will be fined one cent for each
four ounces. Since the average news
paper weighs four ounces or less,
each paper sent to subscriber in
arrears for a longer period than in
Dcated will cost the publisher one
cent fine. This law will not effect
the big dalies very materially, but
1t will make a change in the man
agement of weeklies and semi-week-
lies.
"Mr. Warner, who Is proprietor of
the Lexington Dispatch, says the
newspaper publishers do not object
to the law, but simply wish more
time to prepare themselves and their
subscribers for it's actual operation.
He will see Postmaster General
Meyer and urge an extension for six
months. He declares few newspa-
per publishers know of the law and
fewer newspaper subscribers.
1t Is to be hoped that Mr.. Warmers
efforts to have the date of operation
extended six months will prove eff
fectual. The newspapers of the
country were not prepared for adjust
ing themselves to the new rule at a
moments notice, and If it Is made
operative from January 1st many
papers will lose heavily, and all will
be affected more or less.
We have no objection whatever
to offer to the new rule, save as to
the short notice. AS matter of
fact, we think it is a good rule, and
one that will prove beneficial alike
to newspapers and their subscribers
as soon as they can all be adjusted
to the new arrangement.
We do not often bother our sub
Scribers for money or worry them
nnreasonably about their papers, but
under the new rule we will be COM
PEELED. to have remittances from a
few OF our friends If we continue to
send The Courier after the order
becomes effective. We, therefore,
ask all our subscribers to look at
che labels on their Couriers, and, If
behind, to remit. We could not af-
ford to pay a penalty amounting to
one-half Of the subscription price Of
The Courier for the privilege OF
sending out the paper on long credit.
Do not neglect this. We would re-
gret to discontinue a single paper
now going to our more than two
thousand subscribers, and we hope
that we will not be forced to do so.
Assist US to keep within the law,
and at the same time to serve you
by remitting and back dues to The
Courier. Until we are advised there
will be no extension of the time we
viii not cut down our LIST by taking
off those who are outside the new
law, but we stand subject to a PEN
atty for each subscriber who owes
US more than year If we are held
to the rule from January 1st.
For this reason we urge each of
our subscribers to at once come to
our assistance with ready cash for
all past Indebtedness.
Do not neglect this. When the