The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-07

the Ners and Courier, and continued
thereafter with the News and Courier up
to March, 1877. 1 WAS at first collector.
and afterwards book-keeper. 1 think
became book-keeper about the middle
of January, 1871. (Witncss referred to
the ledger Of the Nc'os and Courier and
recognized entries in January, 1871, as
in his handwriting.) !
The measurement of the Neps and OF
the News and Courier, adopted as to all
their advertising custom, was uonpareil
measurement, excepting business no.
tices, which were inserted at fifteen
cents per line, by count of the lines, in
1871. At that time the rates which the
Mews was charging the State were ten
cents line by nonpareil measurement
for the daily, and five cents per line, OF
similar measurement, for the tri-weekly
and weekly. The credit rates of the
New, at this time for ordinary customers
were in the Daily Mc,Us, fifteen cents q
line nonpareil for first insertion and ten
cents line nonparei for each subse-
quent insertion, with discount of 20
per cent. of for monthly payments to
regular advertisers. Rates of tri-weekly
and weekly were about the same as the
daily to ordinary customers. l was ac-
customed to make the measurements,
and enter the charges for advertising in
the office of the Ne,r, in 1871, and l
made out all of the bills against the State
for advertising, and I am satisfied that
the measurements are correct. AFTER
measuring advertisements at random, in
company with Mr.. A. F. Melchers, from
the files of the Ncws for the years 1871,
1872 and 1873, witness continued.) Pam
still satisfied that the measurements are
correct. There is one advertisement
charged as 8, AIS lines, March 25th, 1871,
which, in measurement, is only 1915
lines, and which, am satisfied, is mis'
take in counting the hundreds. The
generality of the advertisements are
charged one or two lines less than the
measurement. The measurement is the
same standard rs that Of the Journal Of
Coms::erce, and used to be the mode Of
the Charleston Courier also. 1t is the
custom of newspapers to charge for the
space taken up, including cuts and all
kinds of fat matter. The advertisements
of acts of this Legislature in the News
had no cuts, and were loaded in the same
manner as special notices. 1 do not
know of anything unfair in the mode of
inserting those advertisements, or of the
charges for the same, so far as the books
and the files are concerned. l made out
the bills, and feel satisfied they cores
pond with the books and files.
J. II. SCHULTZ.
JOINT INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE,
>CHARLEsToN, S. c., Feb. 1S, 1878.
A. F. Mclchers, being duly sworn,
says: Ny name is Adolphus F. Melchers.
I reside at % Shepherd street, in the city
of Charleston, and I am the associate
editor of the Zeitung. I have, in COM
pany with Mr.. ]. 81. Schultz, of the Jour
nal of Commerce, gone over the advertise
ments in the Neps, at random, for the
years 1871, 1872 and 1873, charged
against the State for advertising, and /
concur in the testimony of Mr.. Schultz
in relation thereto, having read over said
testimony, so far as the mode of measure.
ment, the accuracy Of measurement and
the correctness of the charges in the
books of the Ncws and in the bills pro.
duced are concerned; and / know of no
unfairness in these or any other newspa-
per accounts for public advertising.
A. F. MELCHERs.
JOINT INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE,
CHARLESTON, February IS, 1875.
State of South Carolina, Charleston
County.
Personally appeared before US Thomas
G.. Neville, who, being duly sworn, de-
poseth and says: That he was foreman Of
the Charleston Ne,ps during the years.
1S7l-72 and 1873, and that all acts and
Joint resolutions of the General Assembly
published in those years as advertise
ments in the Charleston Daily Ne,p, were
also published in the Charleston Iri-
Weekly Netr, and in the Charleston Weekly
Netcs. 7. Q. NEVILLE.
Sworn to before us this 18th February,
1878. s. DIBDLE.
JOINT INVESTIGATING. COMMITTEE,
CHARLESTON, February IL, 1878.
The State of South Carolina.
Personally appeared before US Roswell
T. Logan, who, being duly sworn, says:
That he is and has been for ten years en-
gagged in the advertising agency bust
ness; that newspapers, except where
there is q contract to the contrary, charge
for the advertising by the space occupied;
that where q contract is for so much per
line, tho charge is for so many lines OF
the standard type as the space occupied
by the advertisement will hold; that
some papers use agate, as their standard
~ tnh
inch occupied would be charged as four
teen lines; that is the usual standard in
New York and other large cities. The
standard of the Charleston NeWs and Cou-
rier and other Charleston papers, and Of
papers in many other cities, is nonpareil,
so that each inch occupied by an adver-
tisement is charged at twelve lines. This
is the usual standard Of Southern city
papers, and has been for years. When
an advertiser makes a bargain that an
advertisement shall be inserted for so
much per line, without any other Gmita-
ton, it means that the advertisement
shall be set in the usual style adopted by
the paper in which it is published for that
class of advertisements, and charged for
according to space occupied.
ROSWELL T. LOGAN.
Sworn to before us this 18th February,
1878. J. G. BLUE,
S. DIBBLE..
JOINT INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE,
CHARLESTON, S. c., Feb. is, 1878.
General William Gurney, being duly
sworn, says; MY name is William Cur
ney reside at Il Queen street, City of
Charleston, and I am by occupation a
merchant. In'the fall of 1872, l think it
was, cashed for Messrs. Riordan, Daw-
son d. Co., of the Charleston News, some
81, 900 Or s.. 900 of their accounts for ad.
l~vertising for the State. 1 cashed them at
cash and part in my personal accsptan;;
ces at, think, sixty and ninety days, and
I subsequently paid the 'acceptances at
one of tie city banks. I know nothing
about the accounts, except that they were
certified as correct and unpaid by the
clerks of the Senate and House, respec-
lively. was asked to do this by Frank
lin j. Moses, Jr., who was then, / think,
candidate for Governor, and as an act of
personal friendship for him: Twas after
II, f,tl1 of tho