The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-12-13

WueIlleI OAOuiiS, oVAAAAos~Ar
Sheffield or any other soldier runs
for governor or not, you may bet
your bottom dollar that the soldier
boys are going to WELD a most po-
tent influence in saying who shall be
Governor. Mark this tdown. WE
have already heard n of the states
leading and best men, and a man
whose name has been prom
inently connected with the next
gubernatorial race, say, ut is we'll
to wait. The soldier boys may have
a candidate, and if they. have, they
are entitled to preference 'and will
have it,"
WALKER WOOD REGISTERS
A KICK
The press of Mississippi has no
doubt not Jared any worse than the
press of other states during the past
two years, except the most of the
newspapers of Mississippi had less
forage ahead. There can be no de-
bate in shat the newspapers, and
especially the county newspapers have
caught what Paddy gave the drum.
They have been taxed as never be-
fore; their postage rates have been
increased and sundry limitations
have been placed on their manage
ment that would almost make the
most pious parson cuSS at TIMES.
o. top of all this, the Government
has ridden the press for more free
advertising than could be counted
by forty eleven dozen Of the best
mathematicians in c~hristendom. Oh,
no, there can be no free riding on
the trains, Or free letters sent thru
the mails, except by the government
itself. yet everybody rides the press
and the Government has been join
ing in the riding act.
There has not been a mail for
months which did not bring some
thingfrom some war agency for pub
lication. Those at headquarters in
Mississippi have many times sent
three or four copies of the anne
thing, and this, too, Notwithstanding
the Government was forcing all sorts
of paper conservation on the press.
These agencies have been proliicalfy
profigate in their demands for free
space yet, when they have had a mat
ter for the jobbing department of
the paprs, they have too often over
looked the country newspaper.
Only a few days ago, the United
War Work campaign at headquarters
gave a job printing Office an order
for fifteen thousand letter heads with
out even giving a country newspaper
a chance to bid on the job. This is
olly one of the many instances. The
press is tired of this sort Of stuff,
and it is so ding busted tired, that
il is going to stop free advertising.
Everything else being equal, news
rape"s with job offices should be
prferred over job printing establish
ments. If the newspaper is worth so
much to reach the public, then those
Uho are asking these favors should
willingly ome across when they
have some real business that the
country newspaper Offices a do that
carries some real compensation. This
is fair. 1t is right. There is no
agency or business that has done so
much free work during the past eigh-
teen months as the press, and done it
willingly to WIN THE WAR. What
STINGS the press is the Indifference
for the PRESS JOB DEPARTMENT
that the "high ups" show when they
, have a job of work to give out that
is to be paid for in real money. Free
advertising has boone very common
! and it is up to the press to save t.
self against this destructive force.
The above is taken from the edi-
torial columns of The Winona Times
of last week which is presided over
by that splendid citizen and practi-
cal newspaper man, Hon, Walker
, Wood. The caption used was "Not
/ Unlike Others In Working The Press
We heartily subscribe to everything
that our friend has said and ever