Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-02-27

Frpruary l7th, 1913
n Ed hot CIV Tribune
Tapo, Cit,. North Carolina
DeaA 80 letter IS intended TO be
I".S ms sne--oc perhaps II 5
= cI."r,' beef. Anyway. II
more u, offend you. then |
, Nm ne sorry only n II does nor
49, - Stimulus TO producing "
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1,..tl preface my remarks by
i -. ,aa; ali not attempting
SAY ,'''''s@rralis.ic appraisal OF your
= : .-'r4~r- Tor | 4" not possess
ns% ny slightest qualifications
8 eve, :, ~, However, there are
] SSSs~' :" many bad features re-,
,Sa.rn must be obvious TO tne
W. casual Of readers and IT'S
-, -, features that have prompt
! ..i'' NV wr;tins. | fully realize
- certain Of these features
can't be 0S.pIN. pIt' -. 49,
ssSuyedly can-more aooU" 'ha'
later. ;,
,oI Of the purpose ot 4 weekly
I rTal paper. Aside from pro
,;4;n5 an adequate income LOT
,Sn nnbl!sherS and staff. 1t would
'as,r that adequate coverage OF
I IoraI news and news OF parucurs
ISr interest 10 the majority OF
OR 80 subscribers is the most I'M
6ortaHt thing. Your slogan, or
,Ubatryer YOU call the phrase
"nGar voQy masthead. seeInS
unite gooi: All the newS-IWltn-
Snt fear Or favor 10 which one
y often want 10 add or fervor
! ,h;nk that you probably know
hnw 70 put out good paper,
m, week by week | become 4
little more $keptical, and If the
,,al;ber OF your product doesn't
sonn improve. | think my Skep-
,icism will turn INTO a full
:. blown case Of disbelief IN Your
= capa0!l!ty,
,he difficulties inherent IN pub
q GShing the Tribune. 10 wit, nigh
cost Shortage Of neWsprlnt. lack
g of experienced employees. etc.
i There are. Of course. others OF
g which I'm no: aware. On the
other hand. there are features
8 abou, the paper which appear
{ 70 me- ,ncXuuSable in any paper
4 anywhere at any time. l shall
try 10 be more specific and point
i out SOME bad features OF the
February 8. 1888 issue.
On Page /. column ), top of
page under paper trouble you
attempt 10 excuse lousy edition
because of = shortage of news
print And Vet the very makeup
of the paper refuteS the points
present in the excuse. To me
there is & shade of insincerity in
your apology However page one
apGeacs not 100 bad TO these lay
eyes and WelG save most Of the
4 rest Of Oh. gauStiC comments for
1 the otnc, pages.
Page :. About people you
know 4 most necessary part
Of the paper, but only approx
mateIy 2T5 inches of People"
and ll2j .ncheS OF ads. Con
tgagy t. Whist one would expect
from reading the bottom Of col
Unn :, page one, there IS no
Overheard" on page two. Nc
room You say What about page
/? Is Mr.. Waited so modes,
! that ne teelS that people are
u more Interested IN q new vari-
ETY. OF Bermuda onion than what
ne has 10 say? Or who the hell
cares about the license plates IN
Nebraska, or u dentist IN Los
Angeles?
Va didn't comment on page
three, Suffice IL 10 remind you
that there's II inches of local
news versus about 1913 inches OF
advertising As inferred above,
page four has 10 local news.
. There are some things that
I could De said about page five
ana the Il businesses sponsoring
u, and. lest forget, the part OF
Inc expense borne by the Trib-
Qne. But the need for more par
uclpatlon in church activities is
50 great that any comment, other
man to say that the church page
IS Z good idea, would be def
hiteIy out OF place.
Page s; total newspace lis
AcheS; enough said.
/ lmak that what annoys me
{ most about your publishing eff
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