The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-01-18
NEWSPAPERS.

HIam growing sick of papers True, business
is good, but then there is so much OF the unappre
ciatiye element to contend against that one grows
grows sick.
The above is an extract from q private letter re-
ceyed from IN old friend and experienced caterer
for the public mind, and its truthfulness has i'm
pressed US so strongly that we make use OF the
sententious sentence as a text for this article
Every one connected with Journalism at this time,
lin the country at least will regard the utterance
as forcible and pertinent. Prior to the war; the
fraternity were imposed upon sufficiently to War-
rant change with the new era which has lately
begun; and we presume that our friend has at
tempted the enforcement of reform in the con-
duct of his paper and met little or no encourage
ment from those who ought to sustain his efforts
to break down the credit system, SO runoas to the
patronage and permanence of country papers
The newspaper is certainly of great value to COM
munity, else why should subscribers seem anxious
to receive the dispensaton OF its light and infor-
nation. If, therefore, it proves valuable, there
can be no good reason for Withholding the small
pittance required to secure its regular visit With
the changed condition of affairs, it is impossible to
obtain the actual necessaries Of life upon the faith
of prospective payment, and we have often been
amazed that honest, worthy men should postpone
the payment Of subscriptions promptly. II you
will indulge in the reception of the newspaper as
luxury, pay for it in advance, and then renew the
subscription at the expiration af the time But
the paper is not luxury-it is q matter of dire
necessity, and should be SO regarded by all, espe-
cially heads of families. Where can children OBJ
tain knowledge useful and practical, so cheaply !?
But the thirst for is far greater than before
the war, and the middle-oged and old people must
be apprised ofthe current information of the day.
Through no other channel can this come but the
newspaper, and it is folly in the extreme to expect
one to devote time and energies for naught. The
editor is lily recompensed at BEST but this cannet
be demonstrated to those who think it an easy mat
ter to print, write, Think study and devise enter
tainment for the public. Cease grumbling, then,
that the fraternity have engrafted upon the new
order of affairs the resolution to berecompensed for
their labors in order to live with comfort and pre-
vent the approach of starvation to their doors.
But in addition to want o appreciation among
subscribers-or portion, We should say, for all
honor TO those who think and act diferently-the
advertisers are not exempt from the contagious ele
ment referred to. Every man nowadays, with
few and rare exceptions, who sends in card, how
ever brief and insignificant, expects the editor to
puff him to the skies for his super-excellent supe-
riority over "any other man in that particular
line while his neiehbor in the identical same bu-
siness occupies ten times the space and conse-
ouently pays ten times the amount accrulng from
the aforesaid card-and in all probability, the
largest advertiser has all the advantage of stock,
materials, or whatsoever else is ventilated before
the public. And then the growing and snufing
that is done when the bill is presented! 1t is
enough to task the patience of second Job, to say
nothing of the temper of on ordinary man. No
wonder that our friend "grows sick" One of tine
canine species would feel nauseated with an en-
counter such as we have described, and they are
by no means uncommon to the experience of a
country publisher.
Comprising the entire subject in nutshell
when you subscribe to q newspaper, pay for it J;
and when you hand in an advertisement, do like
wise, and then you will not be frightened at the
horrible " duns" SO frequently presented in print
Neither will the editor 'grow sick" nor weary in
the discharge of onerous duties, but with pleasure
and pride will he strive to enlarge the sphere of
his usefulness and confer more lasting benefits
upon humanity.