The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-12-08
Rise Of the Register.
Excellent Family Newspaper.
New Features, S6 a Year.

The Columbia Register has enlarged
Its Sunday edition to sixteen pages.
and nov publishes what it claims to be
the bsndsomest and most interesting
paper published in this section outside
of Atlanta
Under its new management The
Register has been strictly non-par
tisan paper, and. as it aonounces, is
conducted for the people generally,
irrespective Of faction, or factional
Issues.
At large expenditure Of money The
Register has secured the exclusive
rights in Columbia to the service Of the
famous Bacheller Syndicate, Of New
York. which supplies such prominent
journals as the New York Herald,
Boston Herald. Philadelphia Press.
Chicago Evening News, and St Louis
Globe-Demoorat With their brightest
and most brilliant features-all Of
which are now Incorporated iu The
Register
A brief description of these features
may not. under the circumstances,
prove uninteres.ing:
The Current Service Page contains
each week from Two to four well-writ-
ten. carefully edited articles of imme-
diate and general value, and each is
illustrated in the highest style Of news
paper art.
The exceptionally brilliant and we'll
co docted Woman's Page, With it's
regular fashion articles from the pen Of
Miss Annie Laurie Woods, may we'll
be spoken of as standard, and its big
and handsome fashion pictures drawn
by such artists as B. West Clinedurss
aud B. M. Waters are aet ooly ac
curate as to the latest details of wo
mans attire, but also genuine works Of
art.-
The Youths Page aims to make its
contents such as will Dot belle its name.
Almost all the articles are of a patu.e
to interest toe mature as we'll as the
young. This service is as carefully
illustrated as the pages previously
mentioned
.'The IN. Quad" service is especial
" desigueta to please. with bright, clean
humor and crisp. woll-written short
tales, whiie the illustrations are from
the drawings of Z W. Kemble. liter.
ally the funniest draugbsman living.
The story extra. which appears 90
Sunday only, consists of short story
handsomely illustrated The daily
serial-appearing on week days only.
includes among its contributors the
very best fiction writer's in the Ecglish
language on both sides of the Atlantic,
as the following list will show:
a Conan Doyle. Fraok R. Stockton,
A. T Qailler Couch, Stanley j. Wey-
man, Max Pemberton, Mrs. Alexan~
der, Grant Alleo, Hamlin Garland. J
NJ. Barrie, S E Crockett, Gilbert
Parker, jerome K. jerome, Octave
Tbanet, Duf6eld Osborne. Margaret
Deland. Barry Pain, Mary 3. Wilkins,
Julian Hawthorne, Joel Chandler
Harris. Anthony Hope, Blanche Willis
Howard. c K. Gaines, Oven Wia,er,
Stephen Crane. Amelia E Barr. W.
W Jacobs, Brander Matthews and
others
The day Of the high-priced news
paper has passed awsy 10 this state
When a paper such as The Register is
to-day, is offered for six dollars year,
it can scarcely be called aouud busi-
ness proposition to ask ithe public to
pay two-tbirds more-or $l0-for pa
pers taas cannot compare with its
cheaper contemporary 10 the amount or
quality Of matter presented
Sample copies will be mailed free to
any address upon application to
THoyAs ADDISON.
Manager and Editor.