The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1921-09-23
TALK TO FARMERS
BY. T. F. Peek.
THE HOME NEWSPAPER.

/ want to say few words to the
farmer about his home newspaper.
maybe it is not all you think it should
be, II so, does it never occur to you
that if it does not come up to your
ideas of what it should be that you
may be, in a measure, responsible for
its shortcomings?
The home newspaper is dependent
upon the home people for its support.
II the home people do not properly
support it, naturally it cannot be what
it could be if it we're well supported
by the community.
Your home paper can be worth
more to you if you support it liber-
ally than any other like investment
that you can make. ] see nearly all
the papers of the State and ] find
that without exception everyone Of
them, even where they do not have
the liberal patronage Of their COM
munities, is standing up for its home
section.
You depend upon your home paper
for the local news. You expect it to
mention your coming and going, the
visits Of your friends, sickness or
death, weddings and births. When
any new movement is started for the
community, you expect the paper to
boost it. You expect much Of your
home paper, and ! want you to COM
pare what you contribute toward It's
support with what you expect Of it.
You must realize that from no source
do you get 80 much for your money.
You can help your paper serve your
community better by cooperating
with it, giving it news that it would
be otherwise hard for it to secure. ]
speak from experience, for l publish
ed weekly newspaper for many
years, and ] know what they have to
contend with.
The newspaper is always awake to
the things that are worth while in its
section. II gives freely Of its space
to suggestions for better agricultural
methods, better live stock, ETC., and
publishes the activities Of the corr
clubs, the pig clubs, the tomato clubs
and other organizations, and is al.
ways glad to feature the picnics, insti.
tutes and social gatherings of farmers
and their families. 1t is always active
for better schools, better churches and
better roads. 8 EA
It is the fault of the people them.
selves if they cannot pick up their
home paper and get all the news Of
the community and of the county. II
you have community or county fair
it is your home paper that plays it uT
and records your progress as evi.
denced by the exhibits and the pre-.
NUNS awarded.
We get benefit from any movement
society or organization in proportion
to tina interest We manifest in it
Your interest in and support Of your
home paper will always bring YOU
satisfactory returns. While loca
pride ought to prompt you to support
your paper, it should not be over.
looked that your prosperity and the
prosperity Of your community can b.
advanced by live newspaper. Ant
to be a live newspaper, It must have
your support.
am very much gratified to see |
marked Improvement in the newspa
pers Of the State. ] believe the people
are beginning to more fully realivt
the important part the newspapers
have in the development of the coun
try. If your home paper is not wha1
you think it should be, see if one o.
the chief reasons is not in the neglect
of those who should give it their sup
port and encouragement. 1t costs
money to run a newspaper. A com
munity without live newspaper coult
not labor under a greater handicap
Let your home newspaper know thai
you will do your part in its support
and don't get the idea that you are
performing an act of charity wher
you pay your subscription. You are
simply doing good business and max
ing a good investment.
When you appreciate your home
paper at its true worth, you will class
it as one of your indispensable loca
enterprises. The prosperity of the
community in which you live means
much to you. Your home paper
means much in the promotion of that
prosperity.