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Sfdf Parian Fergus County Democrat VOL X NO 23 LEWISTOWN FERGUS COUNTY MONTANA FEBRUARY 10 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS Montana Senator Writes Letter to Register H J KellyLaw in Regard to Publication of Final Proof Notices Is Qearly Set Out And Course Followed Here Is Completely SustainedFalacies of Re publican Organs Anonymous Lawyer Completely ExplodedSets at Rest All Doubts Washington D C Feb 9 1914 Senator T J Walsh having had called to his attention the efforts of certain Republican newspaper to raise wholly false Issues in connection with the publication of final proof notices today mailed a letter to all of the reg isters in the state in which he de nounces in unsparing terms the hypo critical outcry of such sheets as the Fergus County Argus The senators letter coming as it does from one of the most profound legal authorities in the United States should set at rest all doubts as to the legality of notices published under the direction of Reg ister Kelly of the Lewistown office Senator Walshs letter to the Lewis town register is as follows United States Senate Washington D C Feb 9 To Hon H J Kelly Lewistown Mont Dear Sir The
GREENE COUNTY KHALI Published Every Friday JAS FAULK tdltor and Sole Proprietor Official organ of Greene County Subscription 3100 per yeai IN ADVANCE Advertising rates furnished on appli Mtion Local reading notices 5c per line Addreaa all communications to Pub listers at Leakesville Greene County Iliii Sintered in the Poatoffloe at Leakes villo as secondclass matter A_1 ANNOUNCEMENTS Wo are authorized to announce the following candidates on the Demo cratic t cket for the offices named in the geuerrl election ns per permision f tho Democratic Executive Comrni loe of Green County viz JTur Kepresenranve J A SMITH For District Attorney W A WTHITE For Tax Assessor RICHARD D COCHRAN For Ctei of Courts DAN MoLEOD S R MKAY Ifor SLeiLff BEN C ODANIEL W W WALLEY Superintendent of Education W M DORSETT Justice of the Peaee HARDY MILLS For Supervisor Beat No 1 JOHN D TURNER Beat No 2 T J LUCAS For Constable Beat No 1 HARRY MOODY DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET For Governor A II Longino of Washington For Lieutenant Governor Jns T Harrison of Lowndes For Secretary of State J L Tower of Hinds For Auditor W Q Cole of Yalobusha For Treasurer J R Stowers of
EDITORIAL PAGE JloLei County HERALD JACK SHEARER JREDITOR Entered at the Postoffice at Lexington Mississippi as Second Class Mail under the Act of Congress of March 3 1879 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable in advance in Holmes and adjoining counties par year 300 six months 175 elsewhere per year 330 six months 200 Publiahed every Thursday by the Holmes County Publishing Co Inc 201 Tchula Street Lexington Mississippi EDITORIAL COMMENT NATIONAL PRESS WEEK IS OBSERVED OCT 915 This week October 915 is National Newspaper Week Millions of words will be written by hundreds of editors throughout the nation on the topic of the role their publications play as Heri tage of Truth Frontier of Freedom which has been declared the theme of the week Unfortunately there will be considerably fewer words written con cerning the other side of the coin the shortcomings and inadequacies which are evident in the newspaper profession There will be little said about the serious responsibilities which newspapers often fail to realize Perhaps the most important task of any newspaper is to objectively report the events which transpire in the area which it serves Objectivity however is sometimes quite difficult to obtain Even when the editor of a
EDITORIAL PAGE MJme HERALD Published by the Holmes County Publishing Company at 200 Tchula Street Lexington Mississippi Entered at the Postoffice at Lexington Mississippi as Second Class mail un der the Act of Congress of March 3 1879 Subscription rates for Holmes and adjoining counties per year 300 six months 175 elsevvhe e pel year 350 Jack A Shearer Jr Editor W J Pritchard Linda ILeonard Mechanical Superintendent Womens Editor EDITORIAL COMMENT NEWSPAPER STILL TOPS AS ADVERTISING MEDIA Reprinted From StarFIerald Kosciusko The introduction of a new product or a new place of business is the most diffi cult of all advertising jobs It is a job which is nearly always entrusted to the newspaper by both local retailers and na tional advertisers The manufacturer of a new electric shaver has listed six reasons for choos ing newspapers as a medium for intro ducing the new product 1 Newspapers permit concentration in specific markets 2 Newspapers allow a company to capitalize on the news atmosphere of the medium in announcing a new product 3 The newspaper provides the advan tage of large page sizewith greater impact 4 The newspaper offers greater flexi bility than other media 5 The newspaper gives
FERGUS COUNTY DEMOCRAT Subscriptionper Year2SO TOM STOUT Proprietor Published Weekly LEWISTOWN MONT November 28 PAST AND PRESENT About 23 years ago an awkward looking young chap started a news paper in the town of Maiden at that time in Meagher county He sent the paper to about every resident of this part of the state at any rate to every resident of Maiden and vicinity al though very few of them had sub scribed When some of them a year or two later mildly objected to pay ing for something they had not order ed the young man became very indig nant That young man of those days has become a rather patriarchal old gentleman with a very forgetful mem ory In those days with no opposition he spent many a tearful night and w r ailed his discouragement from one end of Maiden to the other and only the material assistance of numerous big hearted men of the camp prevent ed him from turning his face toward eastern relatives One lucky day for him he tossed a penny in the air to determine which his paper should be democratic or republican in politics and it landed tails up That
Investigate Our LowCost LIVESTOCK LOANS Stockmen will find it profitable to investigate the possibility of financing their livestock operations at this Bank Our rates are low Our service is prompt Whether your needs are large or small we will be glad to discuss plans with you and help you if we can The First National Bank GREAT FALLS MONTANA FUST BANK STOCK CORPORATION THE RAILROADS ARE READY On September 19 the Association of American Railroads issued a statement of immense importance to the people of the United States That statement said in part There will be adequate railroad transportation in the United States for any increased business now in prospect To insure that this will be the case the railroads are agreed upon a policy of putting into repair their cars and engines which have not been needed to handle current business In addition as traffic and earnings may justify it additional equipment will be ready to meet demands which may develop The railroads are and will con selves in readiness in advance of de mand They do this in spite of the fact that of late years traffic has not required and earnings have not 5 GROUP A SELeCT
American Newspaperdom Joins in Honoring Johann Gutenberg Who Gave the World the Invention of Printing From Movable Type By ELMO SCOTT WATSON Released by Western Newspaper Union HE American press dur ing 1940 is paying hom age to Johann Guten berg who 500 years ago in a little workshop in the free city of Strasbourg now in Germany invented the art that makes possible the mod ern newspaper Gutenbergs inventionthe discovery of a technique for casting from lead individual types bearing individual let ters which can be arranged into lines for the printing of words and sentencesmakes it possible for you to read what is on this page Citywide celebrations honor ing the father of printing in which newspapers are actively participating are being held dur ing the year 1940 throughout the western hemisphere as the result of the outstanding promotional Work of Douglas C McMurtrie chairman of the Invention of Printing Anniversary committee for the International Association of Printing House Craftsmen an organization made up of 6000 printing foremen and superin tendents and leaders of other graphic arts groups T The significance of Gutenbe r gs invention can best be evaluated by looking backward into the world before the
Greene County Herald PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY AT LEAESVILLE MISSISSIPPI Entered In the phstoffice at Lcakcville Mississippi as secondclass mail mat ter Established Sept 1st 1898 JAKES FAULK Editor subscription RATI One year payabe in advance 8100 1 Five months50 Ten veeks 25 Advertising rates furnished on application Wbiskev and Tobacco ads Tabooed Mississippi Press Association MEMBER FRIDAY Vi 4 1918 WI mm III J EDITORIAL DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES Named in recent August Primary as Partys choice in General Election Nov 1918 For U S Senator B 1 HARRISON n_n ____ diu lv PAUL U JOHNSON For Circuit Judge Ifitb Dist R W HKIPKInERO For Chancery Judge2nd Uist VM DENNY Jit O The encouraging success wh eh is attending the arms of the alliesin which the American forces are play ing no inconspieious partis a source of great gratification to all true Amoricans and while there are some who are not true all over the country yet particularly in this sec tion of it are we persuaded that the vast majority are true There have been differences and sharp ones in our political scraps at home and charges and countercharges made for advantage to the particular side but most folks in these
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