The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-09-06

WILL VI WIG wa AiANuoSAA~
Board, all of which are to be-
come effective Immediately.
The matter of publishing a
newspaper in these trying times
is certainly no sinecure. Pa
per is hard to get and as high
as an aeroplane. 1t costs the
average weekly newspaper
$3.50 per year subscription and
this, as our readers will see, al
lows a profit of 20 cents per
subscription when the sub
scription price is $3.50. Since
these statistics were compiled
everything that goes into the
making of a newspaper has
materially increased and no
doubt these figures would now
be at elast S1.4O for each sub
scription. The matter of Sc
curing white paper has become
more and more a problem to
the country publisher. 1t is
hoped, however, that after the
present orders are operative,
the situation will be somewhat
less acute.
Another, and the greatest
problem the country newspaper
has to go up against, is the la
Dor proposition. Skilled help
is almost unprOcurable and if
the publisher is lucky enough
to get help, he has to pay such
eXorbitant salaries that any
profit he might otherwise make
us taken up at this point. Sala-
r1es are 100 per cent higher in
The printing business now than
they were before the war,
caused no doubt by the fact
hat there are more printers in
war service, according to num-
per. than any other class.
With all these things before
ls. we are going to try to con-
niue to give our readers the
lest paper we know how and
ertainly the best we can under
ing conditions. The fact
1t now we would very
nuch prefer NOT TO RUN A
newspaper AT ALL, but we
selieve that when the people of
frenada and Grenada County,
nd more especially the bust '
ess men, know these facts
)e,v will give us that Coop
'atlon and support so necess-
rv, and that in the matter of
20 printing, they will give us
Ie consideration.
The average newspaper is
ing to have a hard time to .
all through, no mistake about
1t is estimated that fully
per cent of the smaller pa
rs will sooner or later be
reed to go out of business.
iere have already been near
1000 newspapers suspended
ce the war started.
The Sentinel must weather
storm. After an honora-
record of more than 60
ars it would seriously reflect c
dear old Grenada, were the t
gencies of war to cause it
ious business embarrass- G
mt. We make this candid
cement because we think it
those who are interested S
their local paper. While il
Mry good newspaper owes c
IN to it's community, the OBJ d
ton is no less binding on S
community. The relations C
bindingly reciprocal. So o
repeat, if our business men il
stand square behind us in n
ertising and in the matter Il
ting, we are sure that all Of
be we'll: p
No publisher of a week &C
,emi-weekly or trimonthly d;
spaper shall use in it's pro-
lion any paper except az
sprint, and of a weight on as
II X 44-50 pounds Oasis "a lie
asis of not heavier than dc
BE- pounds). All stocks m
on hand may be used an
her newsprint, machine pc
ed or sized and supercal- OF
ed, and regardless of Tn
bit. :,
No publisher may con- la
subscriptions after three gu
rs after date of expiration les
subscriptions are renew an
i paid for. az
No publisher may give 40