The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1839-06-27
70 THE PUBLIC.

VERY. f'-' ~ ~
TO THE PUBLIC.
The rights of editors and publishers Of
Pers have been too long neglected. Jus|
zee will never be. done unless themselvel
4ssert their rights and enforce the most rigid
nles, which in the end will be found afikt
iutary to the public and beneficial to thps,
Engaged in the press. Publishers of III
ave been so long imposed upon by the conf
unity at large, that they are considered I'd
pme extent degraded class of beingsI
Nhen in fact there IS no vocation in life sd
honorable, deserving of SO high consdera
aon, productive of so much good, a class
hat exerts so powerful an influence. 1t isl
known to be proyerbial for the debtors toI
newspaper publishers to consider their de-
snands as the last to be paid-debts to which,
mere IS attached no moral obligation andI
which they can refuse to pay with Jussic.
and honor: hence it is incumbent upon the,
copductors OF the press to asset their own
Tighss and resolve, severally and jointly, to |
bring all patrons of newspaper under The
same obligations that attach to other con-
tracts, or always remain in poverty and
want, with thousands due them from the =
most solvent men in the country.
We call upon all editors and publishers Of
papers who approve of the following rules
20 endorse them by their ignatures-place
them at the headof their papers and strictly
adhere to them.
lst- No subscription received without
payment IN adcancc.
End. No subscription received for less
than six months.
3rd. Advance payment will be required
from all transient advertisers.
4th. To announce no man for any Office.
either State or County, without the adpancc !
payment Of ten dollars.
= 9Th. Political circulars charged as ady,
easements, and payment IN Advance.
8 9th. All advertisements of per Nal al !
cation will be charged double, and payment
required in advance.
7th. Election tickets will not be printed !
without order, nor delivered to any person /,
without payment.
9Th. All subscribers, without respect to !
persons, who are deiinquents, on the first of |
October, will be stricken from the list and |
their accounts put in suit.
The above rules, we the undersigned, |
pledge ourselves to abide by.
JAMES A STEVENS,
Editor of the Yazoo Wing.
JAMES HAGAN,
Editor of the Xicksburg Sentinel
s. III. B. BLACK,
Editor of the Natchez Courier.
BESANCON g. HALLIDAY,
Publishers ofthe Mississippi Free Trader.
THOMAS BROWN,
Editor Of the Rodney Telegraph.
J. M. DUFFIELD.
Editor of the Grand Gulf Wing. !
VIM. M. SMYTH,
Editor of the Grand Gulf Advertiser !
VIM B. TEBO,
Editor of the Fayette Advertiser. |
A. b. & S. L. CORWINE.
Publishers of the Yazoo Banner. |
ARCH. s. CLARKE,
Publisherof the Port Gibson Correspondent.
p. 3. BARKER,
Editor of the Southern Argus.
DR.. Hagan of the Vicksburg Sentinel is
opposed to the extension Of grace provided
for in the 6th rule, and says he does not in
tend to wait till the 1st Of October to put it
in practice. All subscribers to the Senti-
mel N Mississippi, who do not pay up by the
LIST Of August, will be stricken from the
list.
The Port Gibson Correspondent takes
exception to the 9Th rule only, and Makes
the first of April, 1910, the time.
Statutes of Mississippi.
THE subscribers propose to publish a
Digest all the Statutes of Mississippi
now in force, of a general character.
They will be bound in two volumes, with
reference to the decisions ofthe High Courts
of Errors and Appeals, and the decisions of
.l,a courfs of other States upon similar Sta