The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-02-16
THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION.
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Newspaper in the Country.
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bling arrangements with The Weekly
Constitution, published at Atlanta, Ga.
The clubbing price of the two papers
being only 81 .85 per year, subscriptions
to be sent through this office and the
terms to be cash.
1t is a fact perhaps not generally
known that the Weekly Constitution
has the largest circulation of any news
paper on the western Hemisphere. On
ly aNfew months ago large newspaper
directory questioned the claim Of cir
culation made by The Constitution
that it could be disproved that it had
more than 100000 circulation. The
Constitution promptly accepted the
offer and submitted its books to the
representative of the firm. Mr.. George
T. Rowel, publisher of the newspaper
directory, acknowledged his error pub
licly and paid the forfeit.
The Constitution, while being dem
ocratic newspaper, is first and above all
things, newspaper. 1t is twelve
page, seven column weekly, making
eighty-four columns each week. Its
subscription price is 81 year, but with
this paper we can give them both at
the price above named.
The Constitution has a special CORES
pOndent in every important city in the
United States and representative in
all the leading centers of the world.
During the war with Spain, which
has just been brought to a close, the
! reports of no newspaper in the south
could compare with its news presenta-
| ton from the front. It's special staff
representative sailed with the army
when it first embarked from Tampa,
and of the 120 correspondents who went
to Cuba, he was one of only seven who
remained to see the flag hoisted over
the public buildings in Santiago. It's
special representative also accompanied
the fleet in the Caribbean sea, and its
Washington special service covered eva
cry detail of the important war reports
originating at the capitol.
The Weekly Constitution during the
late Spanish war served the news of the
notable events, from first to last, with
the promptness of a daily. The victo-
ry of Dewey at Manila, the death of
Ensign Bagley, the movements of
troops and fleets, the destruction of
Cevera's fleet, the operations in Porto
Rico, the treaty, and the unfarling of
the stars and stripe 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
speciGSfe6ture of its agricultural page,
which is presided over by Col. r. J
Redding, director of the Georgia ex-
pertinent farm, and man who is rec
ognized as an expert on all agricaltu-
raj topics. He gives full page every
week on agricultural matters. A page
| is devoted to the women and page to
children, these two departments being
i presided over by Mrs. William King.
Among the regular staff members of
The Constitution are Joel Chandler
Harris, Frank l.. Stanton and Others
well known throughout the country
while among its special contributors
are such men as Wallace 2. Reed, Bill
Arp, Sarge Plunkett, Betsy Hamilton,
| DR.. Talmage and others of national
! reputation.
The Constitution has just completed
the thirtieth year of its existence, Clark
Howell being the editor and Colonel
w. A. Hemphill its business manager.
| Its name is 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, and in having reached cir
culation which carries it into 10000
homes it has won a unique distinction
which ranks it among the greatest of
American weekly newspapers.
The Constitution will send sample
copy of its great Weekly free to any
, one sending his own name and the
names of six neighbors, on a postal
! card.
Every man should take his county
newspaper before anything else. and
! next to this he should take good gen.
eral newspaper, such as the Constitu-
ton. His county paper gives him the
local home news, which is not supplied
by newspaper furnishing the general
news from all parts of the country and
from all over the world. Before a 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 paper in this country with
! your home paper, the inducement is
such as to elicit prompt response from
| our readers.
We will be glad to receive clubbing
subscriptions with this paper and the
\ Constitution, and if there are any who
| are now subscribers to this paper, who
wish to take The Constitution also. we
will be glad to receive subscriptions to
the latter and forward them. having
authority from that paper to do so.
! The Constitution should be in every
southern home !