Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-10-20
Page Seven.

munity not from any selfish angle. but
from the broader viewpoint Of ma
tional good.
Some three or four months ago
there was before Congress a bin on
which the press of the country was
divided The magazines. the big ma
tional weelxlies, the farm press and
the metropolitan daily papers were on
one side and the country newspapers
were ON the other side. The passage
of the bill would mean creating an OPP
portunity for a greater Capitalization
of the merchandising of the nation In
q few large cities with consequent
injury to the small cities and towns,
and to the people of these cities and
towns and the farms surrounding
them. The country press fought for
the defeat of the bill, and in tie end
the members of the committee IL
whose hands the fate of the bill rested
listened TO the country press because
they realized that the welfare of these
country communities represented the
best interests of the nation as a
whole, and the bin was killed
During our participation in the
World war the country press stood
sianchly and unselfishly back of the
nation 1t did nothisg to create dis,
sension among the people duiin. theN
time of emergency, but ii did carry To-
its readers a continuous message CT
patriotism and national unity. In each
community it wiped away much or
factional lines. and created an almost
phere of intense Americanism thatl
welded the American people together
regardless of place of birth or an
cestry.
Value Not Always Understood.
But the people of the cities do not |
always understand the value OF the
country press. With the increased de-
mand for war supplies there came q |
demand for decrease In the con- |
sumption of the ordinary needs OF
peace time. Among the things the |
consumption of which must be cut
was paper. A city man was at the
head of the department that regulated
the use of paper, and he felt 1t adj
visable to so limit the amount of pa
per available for the country press as |
to seriously cripple all of these pa
pers, and TO have entirely closed many |
of them. Ii was the. privilege OF the
writer to present the case of the cor
try press to this man, and 1t did n
take him long TO see that the gover..-r
ment could not afford to in any CON-
siderable degree cripple an institutions
that represented so much of national
good as did these country newspa-
pers.
Country Press Deserves Well.
The country press deserves we'll OH
the people of the ration, and especial
ly of the people of the country COM
munities. Individually these papers
may not be large in size as compared
with the city papers, but quantity IL
not the measure Of their value. They
are worth both directly and indirect-I
" far more than their subscription
price. For that price they bring to
you each week the news OF your
friends and acquaintances. To those
who have left the country home to 60
either to the city or to some other
country home, the country newspaper
Is a welcome weekly letter that keeps
them in touch with friends and for
mer associates. To those at home It
carries the news of their friends and
neighbors. 1t records the births and
deaths, the marriages, the comings
and goings Of those in whom you are
interested. It furnishes the medium
OF publicity through which work for
better and stronger community -
maintained. It voices the consensus
Of opinion Of the community to the
representatives In the halls Of the
state and national legislators. It fs
the paper Of. for and by the people
Of the villages, the towns and the
small cities.
No country paper worthy Of thel
name ever seeks the support o.
people Of its community on any III
ground than that a giving more s4-s
full value for ~ that 1t receives Yea
aid yourself. your community, pour
state Gid the nation when You support |
aud read ysuS own Home Town |
Paper !