Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1901 — EXPLANATORY. [ARTICLE]

EXPLANATORY.

In order to accommodate the increasing advertising patronage of The Democrat and nt the same time give our readers as much home news as formerly. The Democrat, this week changes its form to a 7-column folio, all home print. This change for the present. is only temporary, but in the event of plans which we now have under way turning out satisfactr orily. will be permanent. In the* event of making the change permanent we shall probably arrange to give The Democrat and The State Sentinel encli a full year to all wlyy pay $1 per year in advance | to The Democrat., and desire the Sentinel. In this wav each subscriber paying in advance will get the Sentinel, giving all the state and general news, about the middle of the week, while The Democrat, with all the county and local news, will reach them on Saturday. We believe that this arrangement will he more satisfactory to our I readers than the old style sheet at the price now charged for both papers, providing satisfactory arrangements can be made with the Sentinel people to furnish us that excellent state paper at a price which will enable us to put the two papers in for SI.OO. This move has been in contemplation for some time, and while we have issued the old form of 8-pages, for the past three weeks we have been obliged to make it all home print to give us sufficient space for home matters. The new form will give us about 8 columns more for local news, etc., and in the event of even more space being required temporarily, we will issue the old 8-page form. Wo hope to be able to announce next week that the new form has come to stay, hut at present, understand, we only announce it as temporary only. The Democrat.