Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-01-29

We clip the following from the Phil
adelphia Ledger of Jan. 10:
Demand For Prohibition Papers.
ESPECIAL TO THE PUBLIC LEDGER.l
SCRANTON, Jan. 9.-In order to sup
ply the demand for Prohibition papers,
which the projectors claim is made for
them, q movement is said to be ON foot
to establish number of Prohibition
daily papers in cities and towns within
radius of 800 miles of this city through
the National Press Bureau located here.
Mr.. Tallie Morgan, who is we'll
known among Prohibitionists every
where as writer on that line, has been
at the head of the affair for three years,
supplying over 100 papers with Prohi-
bition matter through the American
Press Association. He said yesterday:
Zone of the most hopeful signs of the
growth of Prohibition sentiment is the
growth of the Prohibition press. We
have now over 800 Prohibition papers,
but only few of the number are dailies.
The Pilot of Norfolk, Va, edited by
Sam Small, is a success as a Prohibition
daily pAper, and so is the Westerley
(R. l. Tribune, and there is demand
for more daily papers, but up to the
present time no way has appeared
whereby such papers could be published
ct a profit. Now we have almost COM
pleted arrangements whereby the news
in plate form can be sent every evening
from New York. There is no doubt about
the success of the undertaking. Mr..
Morgan left here for New York yester-
day to further the plan.
1t is safe to say that nothing has
strengthened the Prohibition press of the
nation for the past two or three years as
much as the National Press Bureau OF
Scranton. Pa, established and conduct
ed by Mr.. Tallie Morgan. Under the in
fluence Of the bureau many new papers
have been established, most Of whom
are on good paying basis. Local
monthly papers can now be published at
a cost next to nothing.
The bureau offers to publish weekly
Prohibition papers, four pages, six col.
umns to page, 1000 copies, with local
news, in any town in the United States,
ON guarantee of advertising and pledges
amounting to only $40 week.
The scheme Of publishing daily papers
has been in Mr.. Morgan's mind for the
past year, and the plan is perfectly feast
BILE if 40 towns could be secured to take
hold of the matter. Three pages of the
four, including one page Of telegraphic
news, could be shipped every evening
from New York or Chicago. A guaran-
teed business of $15 day would insure
the success Of the undertaking in any
town.
The Flying Wedge.
The Flying Wedge, issued monthly by
Funk & Wagnalls, has been discontin-
ued, and all local papers using The
Wedge have been advised to adopt the
plate service issued by the National Press
Bureau.
SaTtOOnS anu w uSlcs
The bureau has completed arrange
ments whereby double column matter
will be sent out in plato form from IA
different towns in the United States.
The service will include cartoons, mu-
sic, etc., and will be worth five times its
cost to any paper.
Leaflets For Meetings.
At the urgent request of John Hipp,
ESQ.,, of Denver, and many others, Mr.
Tallie Morgan has made arrangements
to publish four and eight page leaflets,
containing cartoons and music, to be
distributed at public meetings. The mu-
sic is to be sung in the meeting and the
people asked to take the leaflets home
with them.
For Old Party Papers.
A special form of Prohibition matter,
in which no special mention is made of
the Prohibition party, will be issued by
the Press Bureau every six weeks for
use in old party papers. This will give
them one column week. The purpose
is for local Prohibitionists to offer the
form free of charge to their papers.
Thirteen papers in the one county of
Lackawanna, Pa. promptly accepted the
service. Untold good can be done in this
way