Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1912 — F. H. Robertson Again to Pilot the Mt. Ayr Pilot [ARTICLE]

F. H. Robertson Again to Pilot the Mt. Ayr Pilot

F. H. Robertson, who ran the Mt. Ayr Pilot for some time, has returned to the job and is again to publish that paper, getting out the issue of this week. It is understood that he came at the earnest solicitation of Mt. Ayr people. Claud Seward, who had published the paper since Mr. Robertson went to Freeland Park, will go on a farm. Mr. Robertson bought the Freeland Park paper and found after arriving there that it was a “gold brick.’’ The former publisher had conducted a piano contest and had induced all the subscribers to pay in advance. He found that many were paid in front from five to twenty years and that he was expected to carry out these pledges and get nothing for it. He.could not afford to do it and decided to “jump the job.” Mt. Ayr people have been quite loyal to their paper and Brother Robinson will be welcomed by Pilot subscribers. Even The Republican, which he used to roast when there seemed nothing else to write about, welcomes him' “back from Melba,”.and we hope he finds plenty of room in his paper to give us an occasional dig. We rather enjoy It