Show TO PATRONS OF THI for some time the advocate has been urging subscribers to pa their subscription calling attention to the fact that the government has adopted a rue rule requiring all to keep paid up the government has notified this paper that the rule will be enforced the postoffice post office departments rule has made it for the advocate to be sent to readers who do not paar pay up the advocate has never before been in the position it now is relative to the collection of subscriptions this paper has always been lenient and has carried hundreds of dollars on its subscription books we believe that the readers of the paper will appreciate the fact that no country weekly can ignore the rules of the government postoffice post office department and this paper not only cant but does not want to it costs mono mone to print the paper and the increased price of paper has caused many papers to increase their subscription pace the advocate will continue 11 t i be he tient to bubser subscribers bers for 1 50 per year but the collir doll ir and a half mastbe must be paid ibo government is forcing the advocate to collect all back subscriptions rud to keep its lists of subscriptions within the rule lately we took off of our books a number of names for the reason they were not paid up if these subscribers will pay up their names wll be rc replaced placed on the books any man who haa has been given credit should appreciate it by paying up the advocate would be glad to continue to credit its subscribers but the g gov department will wil ovi not allow d j to go beyond the rule we bs aeve the readers of country newspapers realize that the country press ress is 13 the champion of the people fin in fact the country press is the peoples paper and not only gives local and general news but is unhampered by the influence of trusts and corporations po the advocate has always teen been and is devoted to the interests of the people of this county no outside influence has or can C an shape hape r its course or dictate its editorial or news columns no corporation owns a dollars interest in the advocate if your paper is stopped you know the reason |