The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-07
MUCH FUN.
SIGNIFICANT STATISTICS.
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following amusing paper as historian
Of tae Association
| | fud by reference to Rowell's
| Newspaper Directory that there are
194 newspapers published in North
| Carolina, Of which seventeen are
| published daily, three semi-weeklY,
I43 weekly. one bi-week'y, four semi
monthly. twenty three monthly, two
bj-monthly and one quarterly. The
average daily circulation of these
papers is l67,250 copies. At this
rate there are 60,746,250 copies Of
newspapers issued in the State DUR
ing the year. To issue that many
papers requires an immense quantity
Of paper. If stacked up in bundles
the paper could not be put in Blacks
Wells Durham tobacco factory. II
all the sheets used during the year
were pasted together, they would
make balloon nearly as large as the
earth, and if all the editorial gas
used during the year could be empti>
ed into that balloon, the whole pO-
pulatlon ofDurham could be hooked
on and carried On an excursion to
the moon. This would be delight
ful day for the trip. But alas. we
cannot 60. The paper has been used
for another purpose. These 1914
newspapers have used during the
year about 500 barrels Of ink
! enough to form lake sufficient to
float the entire press convention, and
IN case Of an accidental capsiz ng, to
turn every Caucasian into an unmis-
| taxable Ethiopian. These papers
have printed six hundred and ninety
four billion words during the year
enough 10 keep the tongues Of the
Durham women going, perhaps, for
ten days These words were used
for variety Of purposes, as follows:
Describing the proceedings Of Con
Gress, 25,267 432, 2,075; Dragging on
each others papers, 80, 194,000,00C;
on the sphjoct of peeping through
key-holes, &c. at the Raleigh asY.
lum, 75,432,0O0,O00; miscellaneous
police news in and about Raleigh,
65.139,O0O,O0O; editorials proving
that the Alliance is in politics, A.
904, 100000 proving that the ALI
ance is not In politics 1894, ,000, 200;
Vance and the Sub-Trcasury bill
18,400,OO00 900; editorial opinions on
Sam Jones pro and con, Ill, 900. 000,-
coo; pliiosophic speculations on the
rise and fall Of journalism in Dur>
ham 80, 1915 900; suicides, elope-
ments, murders, cyclones, foods anC
miscellaneous casulties, 165 0OJ ,O00,-
600: endorsements Of Mrs. Wins!ow's :
! Soothing Syrup for the cure of collie
7,467,000,000; Hoods SarsaparjIla
for the cure Of distress after eating,
-, 800, 100000; Bucklen's Arnica
Salve for the cure Of corns, 13,125,,
100000; describing the merits OF
Royal baking Powders for houses
keepers. 1,25O.O00; S. S. S. for
blood diseases, 1,4G6 100000; W, L,
Douglass $500 sGoc, 33,15O,OOO;
miscellaneous patent medicines. 49, ;
644,O0O,OOO.
The historian has been unable to
ascertain how many citizens Of North
Carolina have died during the year
from the effects Of this sort Of in
formation. The collection Of these
facts has cost ne great labor and re-
search. The figures used are ab
solutely correct and l challenge any
one to dispute them.
A newspaper is somewhat of q
mirror which reflects the character
and Intelligence Of its readers. From
an analysis Of the newspapers Of the
State Judge that we have a great
variety of humanity in North Care.
lima. in some locSit.os it is evi
dent that the people have Eood
deal Of leisu7e-perhaps spend &
large portion OF their time fishing
and contemplating the manifold
beauties of the sea-they don't care
much what they read so there i.
plenty Of it. Quantity not quality
is what they want. Patent outside
or pot metal inside is as acceptable
as any thing. They seem to de
light in things that happened before
the war, is obscrged that verJ
few able or conspicuous men sprou
in this locality.
In other localities the people don
care either about q2@otity or quality
: They hunbly accept anything tha
, comes along. That accounts for th'
!, wonderful success Of the Nccklen
t-. T;roac Their orrpstC-a dir