The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-10-18

n Question 10 be aRshsts :. y sAse '''sHs'
hers Of lie EDITORIAL CONVENTION.
I..t week a. Agent for the sale of cer.
81. ua.rn. medicines called al enr Office.
f.r The purpose ~ hsriag lone adFer'
f;,emrn. published in The Spectator.
WLen asked b. him shat The cost would
ss. We answered according - the raIes
established BIZ The Convention. The con
sequence MAS. ii.aI The gentleman eaTrisa
.xsy his advertisement. declaring the
mice ta be much higher Than that charged
n. :. other EdifOrs in the STATE" who
,d.ss,ise for him. We told him that all
,he Editors in lhe State were bound IN
honor IN charge alike, and lhaI wr pre-
.utnr,l he was mistaken. He persisted in
his statement. and aamed the papers that
advertised for him al one fourth Of The
ssta5!isle.I rates. We declined To desi
ate fsa,n nrr pledge 10 ihs Convention.
and, a. stated shoEe. the advertisement
was nol Ieft with Us. The qusst.an
which We respectfully address q each
membes u the Convention. is:-Do you
strictly comply. in your charges. Nth
the rates sstablishsE
Tie prapriety and justice Of . pronr.
reply To this inquiry 10 "hvians.
.Ntrbsra Spec.
TSe are glad to see Ills question pr"pOun.
dsi By the spectator; and hope "a the proPrie.
" AID justice Of prompt reply Will be as aP.
paseat 10 Others. a. It is 20 us, Early 10 The
sun aer q long advertisement Was sen, TO Us
by a. aseal f,r tho sale Of patent medicine,
L. be inserted isrss months. 0 i,esing that the
cast Of advertising. according To our rates Of
charging. would be greater than the sa'es Of
the m liciae waali waua I. We carta,led the
advertisement abaut one hail. aad So inserted
IL; al the same time informing the sgent of our
re.ssas Tor 50 doing. aud of our readiness In
adj what Was omitted, lf he desired il: but our
reasons were conclusive with him. We after
watds male OIL. our bill at the established
rsles. detlaeilag oas th,rl. a. provided tor 81
vsrtisers BY The year; believing i. proper to do
- uadsr the circumstances, and believing also
that smaller advertisement for the same me.
dieiae raIid afterwards be continued for the
ya,s Whoa the bill was presented. the price
was objected 10 BY the aseat. aad We referred
hin to an editor in one Of the upper counties.
who hal copied the advertisement precisely ss
We had prepared il. This editor. We were a.
forwards informed by the sgen,, advertised By
ihe year. and therefore his rate Of charging
sasii be less; but for three months his bill
wtuld have been about The same as ours The
bill was then paid. but we suppose our 's,e Of
charging was aoi satisfactory TO the prineipsl,
a. The agent has MT yet transmiiscd 10 10 the
smaller advertisement which he proposed 10
bare published by the yta'. "a this ins,ane.
we d. not consider ourselves a. having siolst-
ell the intention of the rules adopted by the
Convent N; f"r the length Of the lver,ise.
tnent, ss ~eli as tie length Of ,ims, ought 10
have SON" bearing upon the rate Of reduction.
IN all other cas's We have strtilY complied
with tac rates established. AID this We give
f"r anr answer: aah hope others will he equally
prompt sud ei1a''y candid,
~" Would II MT be advisable that another
cnnvcn,'"n sloald meet during the session ri
cur Leei.la,Grs' Though the editors generally
appeared disposed to aequcsce in 'he Proceed.
iag' Of the late conSrafon; yet some of them
dI not SEEM 10 he al' & ,ther sa',s:i i. The
cap rienee "f year may suggest to Con.
ventIoa more numT"us'y attended, some i'm
porant amendments; or al least sunh alt,ta
ti"ns may he made. OF oew ,ulcs adopted as
will render them more acceptable TO all p,rties
concerned. EpIr Rae.