The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-11-02

4 WOsD TOoUR wHlO FErrsDs.-w
dislike exceedingly % be compelled .
o'ins our personal matters before he pub
nc; oui N justice 10 Ourself il seems I,
DC necessary thal il should be done on IN
present occasion. We have heard n,
some 81 oar subscribers. and some WI,
are moi subscribers, complain ina. ",
nave loo many advertisements in our "a
Pei-'hai patent medicines occupy %,
much q our space. As this complain
has been made BY some whom We eonsi
Der our friends. and believe 10 Be reason
able men, We shall offer Them an apOlog,
which We think eanno. fail 20 s.,isf,
mem. Those who are no, thus friend,
disposed and only seek TO injure us B,
'his sinister mode Of attack, we do no
expect 10 please, and 10 them we have nc
apology 70 make. Their opposition VIZ
expect, and consider il as sure eyidepc.
that We are able 10 do something in Inc
great cause IN which we have been 50
long engaged.
Within a few years past we have con.
s'derably enlarged The RecOrder-almOs,
added fourth 70 lis size; so ,h., now
our paper will compare in size with the
largest in The state. This necessarily
added considerably 10 our expenses; and
though the subscription lis, has been in.
creased yet Of itself il would falI very far
short Of meeting he necessary expendi.
lures for the establishment. There is
noi' perhaps, village newspaper in all
the country which could maintain itself
without the assistance Of iis advertising
custom. We are compelled to pay cash
for our paper and other materials in The
Offre, and our advertisements furnish Ms
with ready money when we might look
IN vain for ]. from the subscriptions.
For the last year or two Paten, Msdi.
zines have made a considerable item in
our advertising custom, and 10 this spe-
e'es Of advertisements the objection seems
to be more particularly directed: But
why! All the papers, in The state and
out Of it, advertise patent medicines; aud
why should they be refused! Certainly
IL the vendors Of them find il 10 their in
ieresi 10 advertise, they have as much
right TO do so, il they pay for il, as other
men have 10 advertise their wares. We
advertise upon certain terms; and when
these are complied with, we can see no
earthly reason for refusing Il" advertise
patent medicines, more than tracts of
land. or dry goods, or any other article
when men desire to sell.
But apart from all this, land these are
considerations,) if our readers
will examine, il will be found that the Re.
corder furnishes more reading matter than
any paper in The state, with two or three
exceptions. Out Of five respectable jour-
lals taken promiscuously from our table,
rot one Of hem has so much new matter
rs The Recorder. They have ID, 10.
l2a, 0 columns, and one OF them CO.
umns only, land the columns not larger
han oui own while We seldom furnish
ess than Is columns each week, and fire..
luently more. How, then, can our sub.
cribers complain! We furnish our pa
Ter at as low price as any other in the
tate, and il will be readily seen on COM
carlson that we exceed almost all of them
n the quantity of reading matter which
We present. But still. if our friends de-
ire that the space occupied by advertise
nents shall be reduced, we will cheerful !
= comply with their wishes, provided
hey will, by suitable exer,ions, raise our
absorption list sufficiently 20 enable us
, sustain our establishment without them.
nd can they not do this! We know
lat some of them might do much in this
'ay. and all of ihen might do something.
here can scarcely be one of our subscri-
ers possessing so little influence as not
, be able 10 add one other TO the list.
nd as good Wings, do they not owe il
The cause TO make this exertion! Our
in has been 10 set forth and sustain, to
le utmost of our ability, the true princi-
les of the Wing party, because we firm
and honestly believe that upon the adj
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