The Opelousas courier., 1899-01-28
THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
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LY NEWSPAPER IN THE COUNTRY.
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Constitution, published at Atlanta,ptis
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being only $2.75 per year, sabscrlpt'"ns
to be sent through this Office and the
terms to be cash.
1t is a fact perhaps not genera iy
known that The Weekly Constitut Il
has the largest circulation OF any pa r
on the Western hemisphere. Only a
few months ago large newspaper dlrec-
tory questioned the claim OF circulation
made by the Constitution and put ny a
forfeit Of st0O that it could be d%isproyed
that it had more than 100000 cifcnla-
ton. The Constitution promptly ac-
cepted the offer and submitted its books
to tho representative of the firm. Mr..
| George p. Roweii, publisher OF the
newspaper directory, acknowledged his
error publicly and paid the forfeit
The Constitution, while being il dem
Ocratic newspaper, is first ant above all
things Il newspaper. 1t IS a twelve
pag suven-colamn weekly, making
eighty-four columns each week. Its
subscription price is 81 q year, bat IT
taken under TIE arrangement with this
paper we can give them both at the
| price above named.
The Constitution has q special cores
pondent ia every important city in the
United States and a representative IN
ali of the leading centers OF the world.
During the war with Spain. which
| has lust been brought to a close, the re-
ports of no newspaper III the South
| could compare with its presentation
| from the front. Its special staff rep
resentative sailed with tho army when
it first embarked from Tampa, ana Of
the. 1870 correspondents who went to
| Cuba, he was one of only seven who re-
NAMED to see the flag hoisted over
the public buildings at Santiago. Its
special representative also accompa-
MED the fleet in the Caribbean sea. and
its Washington special service covered
| every detail of the important war re-
ports originating at the capitol.
The Weekly Constitution during the
late Spanish wal served the news Of all
tile notable events, from first to last,
with the prompness of a daily. The
| victory Of Dewey at Manila, the death
| Of ensign Bagley, the movements OF the
troops and fleets, the destruction of
| Cervera's fleet, the operations in Porto
| Rico, the treaty and the nnfurIlng OF
| the stars and stripes over MORO Castle,
| Havana, were all given in The Weekly
on Monday, on the very day the news
| first appeared in the daily.
The Weekly Constitution makes a
| special feature of its agricultural page.
| which is presided over by Col. Il. j.
| Relding, director Of the Georgia exper-
| iment farm, aud IL man who ia reeng-
| nized us an expert on all agricultural
topics. He gives II full page every
week on agricultural matters. A page
| ia devoted to the women and Il page to
| the children, these W. departments
| being presided over hy Mrs. VIM. King.
Among the regular staff members Of
The Constitution are Joel Chandler
Harris, Frank l.. Stanton and Others
we'll known throughout the country
while among its special contributors
are sucl, men as Wallace P. Reed, Bill
Arp, Sarge Plunkett, Betsy Hamilton,
DIR. Talmage and others OF national eD-
utation.
The Constitution has just completed
the thirtieth year of its existence, Clark
Howell being the editor aud Col. w. A.
Hemphill its business manager. Its
name is IL household word in every
Southern State. from Virginia to Texas.
1t has always been in especially close
touch with the agricultural masses OF
the South, aud in having reached a cir
culation which carries it into $4,000
homes, it has won a unique distinction
which ranks it among the greatest Of
American weekly newspapers.
The Constitution will send a sample
copy Of its great Weekly free to anyone
sending his w name and the names
of six neighbors, Oh a postal card.
Every man should take a good gene
raj newspaper, such as The Constitu-
ton. His county paper gives him the
local home news, which is not supplied
by a. newspaper furnishing the general
news from all parts Of the country and
from all over the world. Before u man
seeks information from outside. he
should first feel sure that he is being
kept posted on what is going on at
home. That is why he should take his
county paper first. When, however,
the opportunity is offered to get the
best weekly newspaper in this country
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our readers.
We will be glad to receive clubbing
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Constitution, and if there are any who
are now subscribers to this paper, who
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will be glad to receive subscriptions to
the latter and forward them, having au-
thority from that paper to do SO.
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