The organizer., 1850-04-20
NORRIS & co,

OF the dItferent SoutherR States, an
through their corps Of subagents, are pre-
pared TO supply the reading community
with any Newspaper or Magazine publish
ed in the United States.
Also with American and foreign Books
School Apparatus and Scientific Cabinets
This Agency was first established upor
principles reasonably supposed to be per
manent. These were to furnish opportun
itieS for all TO MAKE iudicious selection o
reading matter, and to afford a safe anc
convenient medium Of payment for tAt
same.
These objects had been heretofore OBJ
structed, partly by the imperfeclion o
agencies and the difficulties incidental t.
our currency, and partly by the want oil
genera information, particularly as il res
poets Newspaper publishing.
In the establishment of the SOUTHERN
AGENCY, there was much TO contend with.
Newspaper publishers had been so often
deceived by their agents that there SEEM
ed settled disposition on their part TO con-
slider every applicant with suspicion, and to
advertise him for a swindler The first op>
portunay. The community had been de-.
frauded by pretenders until their confidence
in any class of agents was much weakened.
The title adopted by this firm of "The
Grand Southern Agency" placed them at
once in active collision with other agencies
which were, almost without exception,
Northern establishments.
Add TO these difficulties the general es-
innate of Newspaper Agency, that it was
Of itself an occupation of some discredit,
and the reader will perceive the amount
Of time, labor and means required TO estab-
lish it upon secure, successful and honor
Bble basis. Within less than two years
the object has been attained.
Il is claimed that this Agency is Of gen,
eral utility for the following reasons:
l. We give to erery person the choice
from every description OF useful Magazine
or Newspaper reading In this day of
periodical success il is a two-fold waste TO
be confined to an inferior paper; yet, be-
fore this Agency was established, but few
Of our interior settlements had any appre-
citation Of the amount and value Of modern |
Newspaper literature, land even now, many /
Of the Post Office lists are confined to large |
clubs Of Two or three thrashy newspapers.
One proof that change for the better has |
been already accomplished, is seen in the .
fact that nearly every Post Office has
doubled it's list under the operations Of this
General Agency, and in some cases the
ratio Of increase is fye.Gld. There should
be a further increase Of ''one.fourih of
million dollars" TO place US on even ground
with the older States.
2. This Agencyn secures to everysUb,
scriber the safe trasmission Of his funds,
and offers in all cases this general guaran-
Tee, to FL the order or return the money.
Those who have been repeatedly defaud-
ed by pretended agents can best appreciate
o business which is based upon sound 6usi.
ness principles II is not pretended that
this agency is infallible, or that mistakes
cannot happen, but that the order shall be
filed or the money returned.
3. There is a sub-agency at every Post
Office in the State, furnished with printed
instructions and perfect facilities for carry.
ing on the business on the principles Of this
general agency. Each sub-agent operates
through the hands and by the authority OF
the general agents. This, al once, places
al the advantages that were originally
sought for, within the reach Of every
person.
4. The Southern Agency engages to
procure and deliver, at any point in the
State, any American or Foreign Books, at
an advance on Eastern retail prices Of less
than ten per cent This unprecedented
offer will merit liberal patronage, especial
ly when il is considered how sxorbilani
are the New Orleans book rates, and what
diIicales our professional gentlemen and
conceal readers have suffered 10 filing
their Libraries.
r. Il is proposed 10 those who have
Books, Pamphlets, or Music 10 be bound,
that the Travelling Agents of this General
Agency will receive them, forward them 10
the biBdery, and return them 70 the owners.
Other objecls might be detailed, such as
procutiag Scientific collections for Colleges
and Schools; furnishing sets Of School sp- /
pa1ius; supplying the various affiliated I
societies with Regalia and Books; prOcu-
ring informalioa for Teachers and profes.
siOnal gentlemen, and collecting accounts
Of ell kinds. Bot enough has been said 10
give Sketch Of the SOzfhern AEeney IS /
ten, and further information Will be furr-
ished Al any time upon sPP.icatiOn TO Head
Quarters. III If