The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-03-25

liz iel"ipcu tuapNS III lew aPpro-
pfiatp rcMarks. Messrs. II. Gcriy.
and j. a. Fraser were then chosen
rs candidates for wardens, by accla>
nation. 1t was then moved and carried
that the remaining vacancies should
te filled up by ballot. On tho FIRST
ballot MIR. J. d. McCarly was chosen,
and on tho second Judge w. NJ.
Nelson received n majority Of the
votes cast, and was declared chosen
The meeting adjourned. Tho ticket
thus nominated is as follows
For lntendant,
PIERRE BACOT.
So. -. For Wnrdens,
f. GEnI1, .. j. d. McCARLEy,
JonH a, FRhsrE. ". NJ. NELSON,
Thls ticket, wc presume, will be
acceI table to all classes.
1t is the duty Of every citizen to
register, Oh Thursday, Friday or
Saturday, SO that in case there may
be another ticket nominated, every
citizen may have the right to cx,.
press his preference by his vote.
W TIE gum of forty dollars was
collected in Winnsboro 10 dcfray the
eNpehsos Of Maj. Woodward to
Washington. We are grat,lied to
see this exhibition Of public spirit.
When the people wish to have IL
t'i"s done they should pay for it.
1t has too long 'been the custom to
allow few public spirited individu,
ais 10 bear the burden of improve
ments or public work Of every kind.
In these days 10 orc Is able to bear
all tta BIT don l.mself. The dele
gates to the Taxpayers Convention
were compelled to defray their own
c%?c;Sc3 and also to pay FOR the prin
ted reports and other incidental item
AN amount fully cqral to two,-
ty per cent, OH their regular take .
In the good Old days where honest
men ruled the State, and people were
rich ohd carsless,' it was very well
for delegates % public Assem- blics to
pay tEclr own expenses. But now,
many Of our ahlest men would be
prevented by poverty. FROM serving
the State. Senator Bayard Of Della
ware in his able speech agains.
Merrill i'll the United States Senate,
mentioned that enc Of the most dis ::
tinguIshed citizens Of South Carolina
could not attend the meeting Of tho
Executive Committee in Charleston
because he had not ten dollars to
pay is railroad fare. We trust that
hereafter, when delegates ME sent to
any assembly, their travelling cx-
pehses at least will be paid.
o." Every business in the world
is affected more or less by by "dc1d.
headism.' But no classes suffer more
from this evil than news paper men.
The public cannot be made to under.
stand that advertising is the legiti-
mate business Of the newspaper, iu.t
as selling goods is the business of the
merchant, or giving advice is the
business Of the physician or lawyer
No one has the check to ask n mcrs
chant for five dollars worth Of goods.
or the professional man for five dol.
lars worth of advice, md yet it is
thought nothing to ask for five dol!
lar local or advertisement. Suppose
we gave a local to every person in
town, how much advertising would
we get 2 Tie man who would nay
for thing when it could be had for
nothing, is II simplcton. This is tho
out.aud-out style of deadhcading.
And there is another, still moie
common that Of paying for all aa.
vcrtisemcht and getting u local notice
gratis We have frequently received
Il dollar for a square Of advertising,
audi Inserted q local for nothing that
is worth Gvc.s As our wide awake
brother Of the Pho,uix observes, when
a merchant sells Il pound Ct coffee, he
does not give away pound of sdgsr
to swceten it with. The NEWSPAPER
man docs the equivalent Of this, al
most every day.
The local is the most important
part Of the paper, and rates
tor inserting notices in this, are
always double. a newspaper is got.
ten up for the benefit Of the public.
Any news that interests them gcmcr,
ally, will be inserted. But all mott
ces tending to personal asgraudizo
ment are worth mouey and must. be
paid tor' Hereafter any item placed
III the local column must be paid for
ut the rate Of ten cents line. re.
lislous notices we publish free OF