Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-02-13
Shepherdsown Jefferson County, Virginia Thursday February 3 1913
Troubles of His Own.

Every editor has troubles of his own,
and quite often they are like other edi-
tors troubles. The latest one TO air his
own troubles is the editor ofthe Bingville
Bugle, and here's how he does it:
EDDYToRIAL.
We git turribIe sick & fired at times
from hearing some of our more ignorun-
ter & ilIitterate subscribers telling US how
to run the Bingville Bugle Sceercely
wk goes past without we don't git some
suijestShion or other from somebuddy
who thinks they know more about run
ming this newspaper than we do ourself.
When we look back over our career in
conneckshion with the owner & proprie-
torship OF the Bugle we cant help but
think that we have did purity well in run-
ming the Boogle TO keep from running II
up the spout or into the ground. Every
buddy in Bingville who tells US how to
run this newspaper coodent run the Bu-
gle for minnitS & make sucksess OF IT,
and yet they are turrible free with their
sujjestshions about how it ort TO be did.
Cy Hoskins thinks that we ort to have
more births and marriages in the Bugle.
We agree with Cy and yet how in Sam
Hill can we do so if there aint more births
& marriages to report, we aSk2 If folks
wont git married we cant come right out
and say they have did so, can weP No
III We done that we would have a SCOT
for libel on our hands and goodness knows
we have enuff troubles as it IS without
that. Its the same way about births. If
births don't occur in our midst how can
we say they do? Anser-we cant.
Anne Hillyer, our loryer ard legel lite,
says there ort TO be more poltikal news
on the Bugle each week. Its easy enuff
to say that, but the only politicks there is
in Bingville is at town meeting in the
spring, and we cant talk about that all the
rest Of the yr, cant we2
Hank Dewberry desires TO know why
we don't print Somethink from the outside
world, but we cant unless some summer
boarder brings it in in the summer time
or City paper happens TO reach Bing-
Vile somehow or other occasional.
Besides we don't calkilate that Bingville
folks is much interested in whats goin on
outside OF Bingvile-their interest is all
centred here al home, as you might say.
In other words the general local Senti-
ment seems TO be TO let the outside world
tend TO its bizlness and we'll tend to ours.
Jed Peters, our intelligent school teach
ser, avs we ort to have more literary news
in the Bugle than we have, but we think
Jed is rong about this. Most Bingville
folks would nj know literary news it
they saw it. led must remember that the
average Bugle reader aint as smart &
don't possess as much human intelligence
as he does.
Then there is others OF our subscribers
who complain becuz we don't mentchion
their names in the bugle oitener than we
do. But this amt our fault We would
be glad 10 men,chiou you if you have did
ennything worth while. II you have did
somethink notorius why don't you let us
know whar it wuz inStid Of keeping il TO
yourself & then finding fault becuz we
don't mentchion it2 If you want your
name mentchioned commit somethink
and then let us know what il was.
In spite OF the fackt that Bingvile folks
is allus willing & ready TO criticiSe the
BoogIe we observe that most OF them
continue TO take il and read il yr after yr
without paying red cent on their back
subscripshions.
What we need is fewer suijestshions
about how 10 run the Bugle, and more
back subscripshions.