The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-02-05
THE LATEST RIOT ACT.
The Editor of the Liberty Herald
Reads It to Ills Delinquent
Subscribers.

mu'gated January |, 1905" and
the attentiaon of subscribers and
would be subscribers is respect
fully called to the following which
is paragraph three (3) of Sec. 1856:
"A reasonable time will be allow.
ed publishers to secure renewals
of subscriptions, but unless sub
scriptions are expressly renewed
after the term for which they are
paid, they shall not be counted
among the legitimate list of sub
scribers, and copies mailed on aG-
count thereof shall not be accepted
for mailing at the second class
postage rate of one cent a pound.
but may be mailed at the transient
second-class postage rate of one
cent for each four ounces or frac-
ton thereof, prepaid by stamps
fixed"
Sec. 437. The question wheth-
er publication is designed pri-
marily for advertising purposes
or for free circulation or of cir
culation at nominal rates, is one
of fact and will be determined in
each case from the evidence.
2. The word "primarIly" is in
tended to Indicate the chief or
principal object of a publication.
4. A publication the subscrip-
tion price of which is low, and
which does not regularly exclude
xplred sdbscript ions (see sec.
436, par 81 with the same care and
accuracy as is exercised by pub
Usher whose rate is evidently
more than nominal, or where the
Subscription price does not appear
to be a material consideration in
the business of the publisher,
will be considered as circulated at
a nominal rate within the meaning
Of the law" (Such must prepay
by stamps affixed at rate of one
cent for four ounces or fraction
GuGE6OI-S6C. fOO J.
"Sec. 447. When a postmaster
has reason to believe that pub
Usher has submitted to him, or to
any postmaster, or to the Post
Office Department, any false state
ment or evidence as to his publ
cation to secure its transmission as
second-c class matter, he will report
the fact with the evidence in his
e.ss -asion sustaining iD to the
Third Assistant Postmas ter-Gen-
eral."
Sec. 1898. Any person who
shall submit or cause to be sub
mitted to any postmaster, or to
the Post Office Department, or
any officer of the postal service,
any false evidence relative to any
publication for the purpose of Sc
curing the admission thereof at
the second class rate for trans
portation in the mails shall be
deemed guilty of a mIsdemeanor,
and for every such ofense, upon
conviction thereof, shall be pun
ished by fine of not less than
one hundred nor more than five
hundred dollars. "
Our readers, we trust, can see
by above that subscriptions must
be paid in advance. Our paper
costs US laid down in our house
more than cent copy. To be
exact the 50 issues-one every
week which we send to each
yearly subscriber, costs us fifty
five cents for the ready print, not
COUNTING the Is to 20 hours work
per day that we put on it, beside
ink and other incidental cash out,
lay which we are forced to furnish
in order to print it. 1t can be
easily understood that in addition
to this cash output of Is cents we
are not going to pay 50 cents per
year-a total of $1.27, in order to
try to collect $1.00 at the end of
the year; and if we send it on
credit we will have to pay one
cent postage on each copy. Did
you ever reflect, rough and gentle
reader, that even though you pay
in advance we must put in 5000
hours for you for only 25 cents.
Is cents of your dollar goes to the
expense account, and we work for
you for the royal sum of one fif-
teenth of cent per day, yet most
of you want us to do so on cred
it. Would you? The Post-Ofice
Department says: "A reasonable
time will be allowed publishers to
secure renewals of subscriptions, ("
and we expect this to be done no
later than the coming session of
Court. II subscribers do not pay
up it will be our imperative duty
to stop the paper. OF course we
expect trouble. Nearly every
man who has been paying at the
end of the year will claim they've
piad in advance, and quite a num-
Der who owe more than a year
will claim that they owe for one
only and will stop the paper, ex-
pecting to borrow from their
neighbor, but they should remem-
Der their neigbhor will be pursu-
ing the same plan. For our part
we are glad the ruling has been
put on. Several years ago we
could take one cash subscription
and advance the money for two