The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-09-03
BOOSTING THE COUNTY.

In these columns there recently
appeared an editorial from the Nash.
vile Tennessean calling attention to
the exceptional publicity given Co
lumbia and Maury county by the
metropolitan dailies of the state. The
emphatic statement was made by
the Tennessean that Columbia got
more publicity than all the other
small cities and towns combined. It
isHtr,ie Uncopaciousiy the Tonnes.
sean paid tribute 10 The. Herald.
This paper is responsible for practi.
cally- every line of publicity given the
county. All of the news that goes out
from the county goes through The
Herald office. More news is developed
here than anywhere else In the state.
The Herald gives more space to agri-
cultural news. 10 items that show pro-
gress and enterprise and advance.
ment In any line, educational, relI.
glous, civic and social, than any other
newspaper that Is published in
town several times the size of Co.
lumbia.
The Herald publishes more local
news probably than any newspaper
In the state. Its field is Maury coun-
ty and 1t covers that field. 1t takes
money and energy and lots of both
- publish as ambitious a journal as
The Herald. Its cost of publication
is increasing every month. In, as
small town as Columbia wonder is
often expressed that journal as
large and ambitious as The Herald
can be successfully published. 1t is
a problem. Without patronage and
liberal patronage II could not succeed.
Its services are Of value to all the
people. Every interest and every
enterprise In Maury county profits
as u result of the efforts of The Her.
aid. Yet what small proportion of
these interests ever contribute any.
thing toward It's support. They are per-
fectly willing to accept the benefits
that come from journal like The
Herald but they want the other fel,
low TO make its continued existence
possible. There are business houses
In Columbia that the world does not
know exist because their names never
appear In The Herald.
This paper Is not selfish institu.
tion. II has expended and progressed
and improved as its income has justi.
fed. u It were supported by the bus
mess interests Of the city and county
asst deserves II would be much bet.
tor newspaper and would render an
even greater service to the people of
Maury county. Not only do those bus
mess interests which fail to aid It's
progress and development show them.
selves blind to the welfare of their
county and exhibit a spirit of selfish.
ness in accepting tho benefits that
come from the efforts OF others but
they are standing directly in their
own light. The business interests
that have grown and expanded in this
city and county are those that con.
stantly use the columns OF The Her.
aid.
The Herald Is an asset to the coun.
". II is never half SO happy as when
sounding the praises of this favored
section. Its chief compensation
comes in the knowledge that II is a
tremendous factor in tho progress and
development Of this great people. Its
one regret is that a more general re,
cognitlon OF its value is not accord.
cd BY all the business interests OF the
community so that Il might be able to
do yet more Tor the county and peo-
pie q loves SO much.