The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1919-07-31
In presenting his argument Mr.. Strunk

In these days Of economy the old
family question often comes mp: What
can We do without in order to save a
little money: Can we do without the
parish paper, or had we better econ.
omize in some other way? Is the par.
ish paper a necessity like bread and
milk and fuel, could we do without
it just as well as not?'
"Sure, any family in this community
can live without Il parish paper-that
is, they can live after fashion, exist.
breathe, eat, sleep and work.
$50 can an animal live that cannot
talk. nor read. nor reason, but who
wants to he an animal! Az the fellow
says: "A camel can 90 several days
without water, but who wants to be a
camel%
Listen: If you save all the money
you make and fail to find out how TO
make what you save easier, with less
work and worry and with the use of
the experiences Of others, you haven't
gained any thing-you have lost.
The first request to acquiring wealth
or even Il good living is intelligence
intelligence in spending the money that
is made and in making what you get
to spend with less painful effort.
The country paper is the means by
which the common experiences of the
community are made public for the
use Of all who read the paper If the
bridge is out, the paper says 50, aud
an extra trip is saved. If the laws
Are changed affecting the payment of
taxes or the working Of the roads, you
find it in the parish paper. and find
it right, not Us you get it word.of.
mouth rumor,
'You pay $3.50 n month for Il tele-
phone. You use the telephone prin-
cipally to gain information. yet the
parish paper gives you much more In.
formation and much more reliable H.
formation for $50 II year, one.
twelfth as much as the telephone
"Your life is influenced more than
YOU think by the lives Of others. You
do not know it all, yonr neighbors
do not know it all, but all Of you
folks put together know a whole lot
especially whole lot that appertains
to things right here. Things way off
are interesting but not es.
seDtial.
"The daily paper Is interesting hut
much less essential than the parish
paper. 1t tells you whole LOT Of tx
element but does you no particular
good. But the parish paper gets right
down to your pockethook. You have
to be a part Of the community you
i've in whether you want to do with
the great world outside your own
leighborhood except in a general
way.
"Then, again, the parish paper af. 5
'ects your life wholly aside from the
material standpoint, from the stand:
Joint Of value expressed In money. 1t :
$ the county paper that recites the
'ery stirring events in your life and
he life Of those who are near and =
lear to you. that puts down in i'm. &
)erishable print the vital personal
which come into the life of i
very person.
"Tlle births, marriages, and deaths I
re faithfully recorded. the business e
hanses, the accidents and incidents
hat turn the current Of life-of these n
hings which each and every time the
arish paper IL published causes some. G
hing In lts columns to be clipped and 4
nd away among the treasures and y
eirlooms Of the family. II
"'l'he price Of the parish paper can
e honestly found by comparison with
he price Of daily papers or maya. .
ines. 1t is fixed by the cost of pub
shing 1t. 1t saves Its own price in
honey to every family twice overt
very year that it is published, and it
oes more--it knits together the
hole community. taking t.!klllg a AayVaf pe-
lflon than even 1he stAool or the
AAEeh, AppAuse OF Its wonder scope
nj more Independent attitude. Would
gu want to live here without the