Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1876-04-22

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Paper work, Money paid for r,such
advertisements is worse than squand-
cred. 1T is offering a premium for
blackmniling, and assistingto support
u class Of worthless fellowswho prey
Oh tho. business community. g#l,f...,
The best and most substantial med
ium that is offered The advertiser is
the family newspaper. Day after day,
and week after week, the newspaper
enters nearly every household in the
land, and is always rcccivcd.as wei:
come visitor. t is rcad-Tnews, mis-
cellany, advertisements aud all; and
when it has lost all its power to inter
est the subscribers family, it ott,n
finds its way to the fircsi,lc Of the next
door neigh Dor, and not inlrequently
to far off, friends, to announce TO those
who still cling tothc old homcs.eud
what thriving towns; and mighty in
dustries are rising within the sphere
Of its usefulness. III all cases it is a
silent messenger Of the advertiser.
persistently proclaiming the merits of
his wares, until at last it is Worn out
or destroyed: :Asslongras~ it -ias.s The
ncwspaperlis read ! 1ispee eianyis this
true Of the weekly newspaprr-thc
home country paper which; next to the
Bible, in many rural household Is
locked upon with reverence and i'm
p!icitly relied upon. ~
The Times is Of the opinion That the
great city newspapers are inclined to
underestimate the powerful influence
which their country contemporaries
sway. Accustomed rs we are 10 deal
rapidly with current events, with
hardly time TO thoroughly nigest the
great topics ofto-day before telegraph
flashes other and perhaps more i'm
portant. events before our Gyes, we
nave not the time nor the inclination
to read all the matter which the < cat
dailies lay before us. IN the country
it is different. The majority ~ Is;
interior wecklics as NOW ptoduetF are I
carefully compiled from the city dali
les. They arc an epilome Of the
news of the world for the week, so ar
ranged rs to b, quickly read, and the
comments are the result Of DAYS Of
elaboration.
The Tones believes, also, that the
country papers have never had ius
tice dene them in this respect, and it.
expresses the opinion Of those best
capable Of Judging, when it says that
the weekly newspapers Of The country.
tributary TO Chicago have far more in
fiuence over their readers in proper
ton to their CIRCULATION than have the
majo ity of large city dailies.
Within the past tw clve years there
has been vast Improvement made in
tie country newspaper particularly
i'll respect to the care with which all
the news of the day is gathered and
edited, and the literary ability dis
played i'll its columns, whick relieves
the provincial press from the lew ob
jections that have been heretofore
ur ed against it, and has accorded to
it higher dignity, extended its inlu
cncc, and gr>atly augmented its
power for good. The typographical
appearance Of the country journal Of
to-day is perfect; the display and
of the advertisements
tasty; the quality o. the paper use.l
and the printing far superior to that
ofits city con cmporarics.
REspossInI1 1rY "A Young fellow, !,
whose better half had just presented
him with bouncing pair of twins, at.
tended church on Sunday. During
the discourse the clergyman looked
at our innocent friend directly, and
said, i'll a tone ofthrilling eloqucncc:
y oung man, You have an important
responsibility thrust upon you.' The
! cwly hcdged father, supposinr the