Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-11-06
UP GOES THE SUBSCRIPTION.

UP GOES THE SUBSCRIPTION.
In this announcement we are telling
you something which we nave trleL
very hard to AVOID; taat is to RAISE une
subscription price or the Eagie. w.
have for the last year been running
the paper at just about cost. W.
have made nothing on the subscription
price of the paper at $3.50 year, ow-
ing to the great increase in the cost Oh
labor paper and everything that goes
into the making of the paper.
1t is true that we have lost moth
ing on subscriptions, due to the fact
that we credit no one. We have made
it rule to collect the cash in advance
for the paper, hence, we have been
able to continue publishing it. But
now that the prices of news print, ink,
labor, ETC., have advanced to the point
where we are forced to raise on the
price of the paper. We dislike to do
this, but we are absolutely forced to
do it, or quit business.
The Eagle is bigger and better than
ever. We are running ten to twelve
pages a week, and will soon give you
a sixteen page paper every week. Are
you not proud of your home paper?
Not many towns twice the size of
Oxford affords a paper the size of the
Eagle, and few weekly papers in the
state has as large circulation as the
Eagle has. Every loyal citizen should
feel proud Of his home paper, and
strive to make it bigger and better by
supporting it and supporting the mer-
chants who advertise in it. Look
over the Eagle and you can easily tell
who your loyal merchants are, and who
the drones are; you can easily tell who
Is trying to help your county and bet
ter conditions by supporting an enter
prise which is striving to better con-
ditions both in town and the country.
The merchant who does not advertise
At all in the county paper because he
does not like the editor or the politics
of the paper is too narroW~to deserve
the support or respect of the cOmmu-
nifty.
The life of a publisher of small
town weekly is anything but pleasant
He cannot please everybody and he
would be fool, il he tried.
AS for our part, the Eagle has
tried to be fair with all alike, anc
it usually speaks out when the best
interests Of the town or county is al
stake. We have built up a great cir
culation and increased the size of the
paper from two home printed pages
to ten and twelve home printed pages
per week. We have improved the
plant and have increased the pay rol
from $50 per week to 500 per week
The Eagle is now an enterprise thai
any town or county should feel prout
Of, but we have not reached the stop
poing point. We expect to make thu
Eagle the leading weekly publication
in the state, both from point of new!
and circulation.
Now that we are forced to increase
the subscription price from $3.50 t.
300 per year, we trust that ou
friends will stick to us, and help u
build up great newspaper. Lafayette
county is coming to the front fast
she Is leading many counties of thu
state in shipping produce, and will
the prospects Of having better roads
comes renewed hopes that we will, il
no distant date, be found in the from
rank Of progress.
We will receive subscriptions at thu
same old price Of $3.50 per year unit
Jan. /, 1920, when the new price vii
20 into effect. You can subscribe ant
pay for one, two three, four or five
years at the present price, and by 81
doing the paper will not cost you any
more than it is now. We shall b.
glad to book 1000 new or renewal sub
scriptions at the present price between
now and Christmas, and we would adj
wise all who can afford to do SO tx
pay up for five years in advance. Dr.
IL now.
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