The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-05-02
The Trials of Journalism. 8,
I From the Constitutionalist.

| A ~" uays ago u lrlend sent uS.a
copy ofa Rhode Island paper, and babe
us obserre the kind Of Journals there
was published in New England town no
larger than Augusta We glanced at
the paper with feeling akin to morti
ication, intensified by the apparent
slight involved in the comparison. But.
matters were not so bad with us after III
when n just comparison was instituted.
The Rhode Island paper was weekly
Oar paper is a daily, and its Sunday
and weekly editions, so far as the liter
AIRY contents are concerned, can afford t.,
stand the test of successful contrast
But the, Rhode Island paper certainly
had the advantage in advertisements
1t never seemed to occur to our friend
that there is Il marvellous difference in
the publication OF 4 daily paper and
weekly. lie did not tax INTO nc .,unt
th,t the Rho lc Isllnd town and IT,.
Georgia town are very differently conSti
tutcd. In Northern cites there are very
few readers who do not ply ror their
paper; The reverse is true Of the Sout h
If merchants and subscribers ia this sec &c
ton supported their papers with half til ;.
promptness and punctuality that The
same classes at the North support their
local journals, the newspapers of the
South would equal those Of the region
beyond US. But what is the exacttruth
OF the whole matter? Let Mai. Calhoun.
the proprietor Of the Columbus Enquier,
,,%|He has been sharply brought into
antagonism with this problem answer
for US. lie says: The lGwspapcrs o. f
the North are fourishing with their
+ customary vigor. Despite the panic
and hard times the people read and nd
vcrtise, and. pay for both, while the
Southern papers are daily waning This
cannot be attributed TO lack Of ability
] or enterprise in the management #
Sou'h hern Journals, .or they are fully up
with the times. and will compare f.voI
ably with the most successful papers in
/ the country. 1t can!ot be denied that.
either from want of Indifference. tie
Southern whites, in thu, proportion to
3 their number, do not read az extensively
as they do in tie North 'anl W tst,, an /
y glance at the pers Of the respective
sections will show that Southern mer
chants, with few exec ptions, do not = D
prcciate the lueaand importance Of MI
vertising But there is stillnnother
.a trouble with Which, the majority OF
II Southern Journals have to contend; and
g that isv theIo credit system. S:Ai dis
tinguished journalist Of this State.
assured eus lately that he lost yearly
4 thrty-three, dperd cent. of his subscrin
). tlons, because, people neglected to pay
s. after being trusted. Now no busino IS
can stand this loss, end particular u
I newspaper theh greater, part OF whose
value lies e, in it's sod will, While the
credit system is, praoti icel, Southern
d journals will continue to be impecuyous
q and down at the heels. ., So far as We are
concerned, we have decided on the pro
per course and shall FOLLOW it out,
though we did not do so till our loss
d from Indifferent subscribers amounted
a to many thousand dollars Our course, course !,
meets with opposition, and, strange to
s say, some merchants in this city, whose
8 interests it would bettoS Encourage cash
= payments, airishly refuse 10 take our
paper if we do inat trust 'thc.his, on the
{, plea that they arc sn''d for thtirtlrbts'
OF c"u'sc We humor tlno'c mcn by bSy
) sing them to 'akc our paper on their
own terms 1'h, re- Seems sto be an i'm
PRESTON in the inindsof some uniniorn
cd pcoplc that Lic chenpestaul easiest
business IS thit6f publishing iprper )
indeed, that 'theyo Their cohIpnnensa
publisher by reading his paper, with the
most Indefinite fduni oseper payiu. Tor
it.A Said oio Observation-Disclosures, wo
man to antriand otd ours yes ertiay,.
sWcDi ls'lechrc. orThe idea yt:that lei
low (feterrlhgl oins) snukin' 4. .iartin
right M! oar i,isEhY glsin5 Of salvisa
| cant stan it quts" .ytapo9 aidt al
'1his nlddady snttopais ppts general; ];
buth tl"rcb rs i'ue class oIj ae,Yspaier
spongers thnt reconcile tbeiraooncie., G $40
to theirsspropliario iound d,icte ip ir,t lp,ying
us nby arguing tfIntwie .,re set.ipsgieh
/ by udVisiug people 7xh6 knd% cmpr..n tlpu