The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-01
PRICES.
IN journal is Forced to Raise Its
Subscription.

I" Huntington journal. September eth.
1851
1t always pains US when We find our
selves under the necessity of raising
our rates of subscription or advertis-
ing. We NOW that these rates look
high. and yet. relatively. they are still
comparatively lower than the ruling
rates of anything which We have to
buy, either in carrying on our business
or in d~efraying our own private ex-
.penseS.
We recollect that last week a gem
.tleman from an adjoining county COM
that five dollars was very high
for six months subscription to the
he had got for bacon-S5.50 ~er pound
for hams. He actually got more for
one little pound of the hind quarter of
the unclean beast than he was willing
to give US for supplying him with the
products Of our industry and the re-
suits of our laborS and our eXpendi-
lures for six months-for our editorials.
our kilograms. onr onrreSpOndenceS,-
our news items. our miscellaneous Sc
lectiOnS. our p~oetical selections, u
grave morality-for all these for six
months ne grudged us sixteen ounces
of hog meat.
Now this think won't do. We cannot
afford to work . = hat rate. We must
have two pounds of bacon at least for
la half years subscrintion to the week
lily, and five pounds at least for a half
lyear's subscription to the daily.
We must get at least one pound OF
coffee, old Rio. for six months weekly.
or two pounds and a half for six
months of the daily.
We have taken account of stock in
the way of comparing prices and the
result is that we find we are getting
comparatively nothing. or what pro-
cureS us nothing for the things We and
our WOrkmen need; hence in justice
to them and ourselves We have adopted
the new rates which We publish today.
All other things have gone up twenty
prices and over. We ask only eight
prices. We are not getting One-half
the same relatiYe value for the Jour-
NAL hat we did before the war-not
One-third.
The following are the new terms re-
ferred to:
We are reluctantly compelled to an
~nounce the following rates of sub
scription to the Daily and Weekly
Journal:
DAHL JOURNAL.
s months GO
8 months 10 N0
1 month (to soldiers only).... 4 90
WEEKLY YJOURNAL.
o months w
) months D w
No subscription to either paper taken
for anv time under three or over six
months. The only deviation from this
rate is in the case of soldiers as above
Estate.
HORSEMAN SPARE THAT TREE.
ICWilmington Journal June 18th. 1864. y
IHoresman, spare that tree.
'Tis not a hitching post
Though in its infancy.
Yet soon twill shade a host.
Then spare. oh. spare that tree.
For he who placed it there
Meant not that it should b.
By beast of t7r:~- gnawed bare.
We agree with the poet, but move
TO amend by including mules as we'll
las horses. e~"ecially commissary and
lquartemaster's mules. They have play
ed havoc with a fine row of trees OR
Princess street. between Second and
Third, onnOSite the court house. They
lhave not left a show Of bark. anI next
lyear there will hardly be a show of
lleaf. To be sure the trees are now de-
Tended by substantial boxes. h,1t we
fear it is rather late, especially as the
harm h a could be done has already
ibeen lone. We would suggest that the
Ilamp-post there be also boxed upper
ihaps next year it will bloom out with
a crop of young lamps, a thing very
much needed in these dark nights,
when garOOters do most abound.