Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-09-05
IMPORTANT NOTICE

| tries Board will cause considerable
change in the conduct Of country news
papers, and the Register and all other
| weeklies will be published on differ
ent basis. We will be required to cur
tail the amount of paper used by IL
per cent, which means that either we
must drop from our list Is out OF
every 100 subscribers or skip puollca-
ton once in while in order to make
the reduction. After careful conSia-
Grafton the Register has concluded 10
make use of both methods, unless some
better way shall present itself. one OF
the most important provisions OF the
new order is the following:
No publisher may continue SUBJ
scription after date of expiration un-
less subscriptions are renewed and
paid for.
This order, il is explained, must be
complied with if the publisher expects
to secure further supplies of paper. 1t
means that all subscriptions must be
paid in advance. Those subscribers
who are in arrears for the Register
must therefore pay up back dues ana
pay for year in advance if they want
the paper continued. We shall send
out statements to those who are behind
but we hope that our readers Will
not wait for such reminders. The
thing TO do is to send us what you
owe and the renewals right away
Here is another rule:
No publisher may give free copies
of his paper, except for actual service
rendered; except to camp libraries and
huts or canteens of organizations; ex-
cept to the library of congress, and
other libraries which will agree {
bind for permanent keeping; except to
government departmental librarie:
which use said publications in thell
work.
This will prevent the publisher from,
sending copies to any except bona hde
subscribers. Other provisions of the
order are as follows:
No publisher shall print extra cop
les for stimulating advertising or sub
scriptions, or for any use other than
those specified in these regulations,
except not to exceed | per cent OF his
circulation with minimum OF ten
copies.
No publisher shall send free copies
in exchange for other publications, ex-
cept TO such other publications as are
printed within the county, or within
radius of 40 miles from his point OF
publication.
No publisher shall sell his publ
cation at an exceedingly low or nom-
inal subscription price.
No publisher shall sell his publica,
ton to anyone below the published sub
Scription price.
No publisher shall offer premiums
with his publication unless a price is
put upon the premium for sale separ-
ateH and the combined price is at
least Is per cent Of the sum of the in
dividual prices.
No publisher shall conduct voting
or other contests for the purpose Of
obtaining subscriptions, Subscrip-
tons obtained in this way will not be
considered bona fde subscriptions.
No publisher may issue holiday, in
dustrial or other special editions.
by cutting off slow-paying sub
scribers, free copies, advertisers
copies, exchanges, ETC., the Register
will reduce its list by about 5 per cent.
We shall not cut off any pad-in-ad-
vance subscriber and we will take on as
many new subscribers as we can get,
for if we are to refuse such income the
newspaper cannot be kept going at a
reasonable profit. AS before stated,
we will make up the difference by omit
ting a publication now and then, and
we hope our readers will agree to this
provision in an emergency. We also
indulge the hope that all who are in
arrears will quickly remit the amounts
due, so that we may retain them upon
our list
Some papers announce that they
will not take on any new subscribers
The Register will be glad to have them
if they pay in advance, and we will
meet the government requirements in
another way.