The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
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Wnlle IL may De perfectly plain
to you, there are still a few peo-
pie who do not stop to think what
those figures mean that are on
the label with their name on their
newspaper. A school teacher
admitted the other day that he
did not KNOWN fact, he said he
never thought anything about it.
To this teacher we explained
that the date to which the SUBJ
scrlption was paid, was printed
on the label, or tag, of every sub
scribar's paper; that when you
pick ny a neighbor's paper and see
his name printed on the label,
you can tell just exactly whether
he is paid ahead or whether he
owes the printer. For example:
Woodrow Wilson 8 10 II" means
that Mr.. Wilson is paid to Aug
ust 10, 1917. The 8 means the
eighth month, which is August;
the 10 means the tenth day of
the month, and the II means,
the year (l917).
Subscribers need not bother
about a receipt, for they have a
receipt printed on their label
every week and can tell at any
time just how they stand on the
books of the publisher. When
you pay another years subscrip-
tion,' the figures are changed.
If fMr. Wilson should send $1.5
the II would be changed to IS.
In case your date is not chang
ed in two weeks from the time
you pay your money, you had
better drop the editor a card, or
tell him about it. Newspaper
men, while they try hard to be
honest, are not infallible and
mistakes will get in; but if at
tentionis called early they are
generally easily and very cheer
fully remedied.
We explained further to this
teacher that some people had the
idea, that if a newspaper pub
Usher continued to send the pa
per on after the time was out for
which it was paid, that he could
not get any pay for it.
The courts have decided long
ago, that as long as the newspa-
per is received into the home,
the subscriber is liable for the
price, and it can be collected by
law same as any other debt.
1t is a custom sanctioned by
aw, that publishers may continue
to send their publications to SUBJ
scribers after the time for which
they have been paid, and collect
pay for the except, where
the subscriber has given notice
to the publisher to stop the paper
at the expiration of the time for
which it is paid. If the paper
still comes on, tell the postmas-
ter that you refuse to liftit, and
then it is one of the duties i'm
posed upon him by the Govern
ment to notify the publisher, that
the paper has been refused. At
ter that time, there is no liability
on the part of the subscriber.
It's a mean publisher that tries
to force his paper upon a man
who does not want it, and he is a
mean man who will take a paper
for two or more years from the
postofice and refuse to pay for
it.
There are hundreds of people
on our list who would feel highly
offended, if we should take their
names off the list just as soon as
their time is out. They would
say, IF you can't trust me few
weeks until l get to town, you
can take my name off your list
and keep it off"
Taking conditions, then, as
they are, the honorable thing to
do, if you do not wish to pay for
the paper after the time has ex-
pired, is to spend a cent on a pos
tai card, and write the editor
that it is not your wish toreceive