The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-10
BONANZA FOR NEWSPAPERS.
sales Due to War News Growing
Enormous and Advertisers Smiling

Sales Due to War News GROWING
Enormous and Advertisers Smiling
Brunswick, Ca, May 9.-While travelling
through Southwest Georgia Sunday. the
Morning News correspondent secured
some interesting information regarding
the earnings of newsboys on various rail-
way routes, The conductor of the train
stated that his newsboy had, the Sunday
privious. sold 1,4O0 copies of the Morning
News alone, to his certain knowledge
making total of $40 sales on that paper.
The boy receives Is per cent. commission
from the Union News Company manager
and therefore netted from sales of the
Morning News alone $3.50 for one days
work. OF course, in addition to this, the
boy picked up from 81 to s. commission
on fruit, candy, books, ETC., which gave
him an income for that day Of asdecidedly
handsome sum, The conductor stated that
not only Sundays, but every day in the
week, the boy made enormous sales and
he was confident that the average monthly
income since the war scare began is over
$500. To those who have been looking up
on a train newsboy's job with disdainful
eye the above quoted f1gures must prove
surprising
There is another class of people inter-
ested in this circulation which is not con-
fined to the counting room of the newspa-
per office and that is the
advertising patrons of the pa
per. If one train boy sells 1,4OO
copies of the Morning News daily, or even
the half of that number, how much can be
expected of the hundred or more boys
who are one each on every train that
traverses Georgia, Florida and the Caro-
hnas Each sells his proportionate share
and the sum total of the circulation at
tanned through this channel alone is al
most beyond comprehension to one not ae-
customed to figuring on newspaper lines.
In addition to this means there are local
dealers in every town, and newsboys in
every hamlet who daily get bundle of
papers and carry to regular Patrons then
there is the regular subscription list TO
supply and before one is finished counting
up the various sources of circulation, it
will be seen that the advertising patron
gets his moneys worth every time when
he places his "ad7 before the Morning
News readers. These few facts are the
result of thoughts entertained by the
Morning News correspondent after his
talk with the train conductor.
T. Hazel Gibbs, one of the Western
Union fastest operators, left to-day for
Birmingham, where ne has accepted po-
sition with the Postal Telegraph Company.
The war situation has caused such a
rush of business on the railroads that the
attendance on the regular gathering of
the Tom WEIGH Satilla River Fishing Club
has been limited this year. Amongst
those who have been enjoying themselves,
however, are Messrs. John c. Lehman, E.
F. Taylor, w. T. Scarlet, L. w. Beach,
Jacob e. Dart, c. w. Moore, Hiram Read,
w. F. Doerfiinger, Leon Roberts, Hugh
McElya, e. nj. Hoodenpyle, DR.. H. M.
Branham Rev. Ed. F. Cook. Good
catches are reported.
Coxswain r. c. Stiles has been appoint
ed aid to Commander Aiken of the naval
reserves. Coxswain Stiles was formerly
lieutenant junior grade in the reserves, but
resigned on account of business and took
a position in the ranks.
The yacht Dungeness has returned to
Cumberland with Mrs Carnegie and party
on board.
When the two divisions of naval re-
serves assembled at their armory to es-
cort the Rifiemen off a call for volunteers
was made. This call was merely for the
purpose of learning how many men could
be depended upon TO go. All but about
seven responded, and these have very good
excuses for not going. 1t is evident that
Brunswick will easily supply her quota
of reserves when the call from department
headouarters is made.