The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-04-25

The programme of the proceedings in
Palmetto Lodge Hall, tomorrow
(Friday) morning, is published in
this mornings PhDnir. An address
will be delivered by Rev. F. w. Papc.
gentleman fully competent to the
task. The public is invited to attend.
This Thanksgiving day was recon.
mended by the r. W. Grand Sire of
the Grand Lodge of the United
States, as an acknowledgment of the
increased prosperity of this beneyo.
lent order.
BODY Found. 1t was stated in the
Phcenic, several days ago, that Mr..
VIM. Langa, who resided near Grove
Station, in Grcenville District. had
disappointed, and that unsuccessful
attempts had been made by his
friends to obtain tidings of him. We
regret to state that on Saturday last
Just one week after his departure
the body of the unfortunate man WITS
found i'll Saluda River, about a mile
below his house. From the appear
ance of the body, it is feared that
the deceased met with foul play. An
inquest was held and verdict of
death by drowing rendered; but, as
some of his friends are not satisfied
a post anortenn examination will bo
made of the body.
jon PRINTING Tho Job Office O;
the Ph@nic is as complete as any in
the South. 1t is furnished with new
fonts of type of all descriptions and
OF the most modern styles. All work
executed promptly, with taste and
Skill, aud ut reasonable rates.
DEAD HEADs.-Among the class
called. "dead heads" admitted by
complimentary tickets to lectures.
shows, concerts and circuses, are gen
orally. but very wrongfully, included
editors and other newspaper attaches.
That this is SANDER is very appro-
priately shown by the following an-
swer to lady correspondent, who
desired to know the meaning of the
term. It is taken from one of our
contemporaries:
"The free tickets given to the
press for the Uses named are ALWAYS
paid for, and that very literally. As
Il rnle, those who issue-not those
who receive-these free tickets are
the dead heads, usually giving fifty
cents for that which 4 five or ten dol
lar bill would not adequately paw
for. So long rs the newspaper editor
is expected to give liberal notices of
entertainments before they occur,
and then follow these with generous
puff after the show is over, he GER
tainly has no place in the dead
head classification. Indeed, in nine
cases out of ten, the editors would
be glad to receive half pay for their
work, and pay two prices for the
free tickets. They woulo certainly
make money by the operation. r.
eve may add few words on the
general subject of advertising. The
publication of advertisements is as
much the business of newspaper as
is the publication of the news; and an
editorial notice, which is designed to
supply the place of or add value to
regular advertisement, has even less
claim to gratuitous insertion than
such an advertisement. Yet there
are those who ask just such gratui
tous notices, and this almost MS a
matter of right. If these same per
sons should be asked to make pre-
sent of q dozen yards of muslin to
each purchaser of merino dress, or
a dollars worth of sugar to whoever
bought three pounds of tea, or half a
dozen free tickets to whoever en-
gagged twenty seats at a concert
they would resent the demand rs an
| insult.
"Yet why should not their wares
be given as freely as should and are
the products of the editors and pub.
lisher's labor and capital. The mer-
chant makes his profit and living by
selling his goods. The publisher OF
q newspaper makes his by selling his
advertising columns, not by giving
them away, and when he does thus
give them in aid OF a public library
or other benefcent object, he deserves