The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-01-19
The ATLANTA CONSTITUTION.
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Ding arrangements with the Weekly
Constitution, published at Atlanta,
ia, The clubbing price of the two
papers being only $1.75 per year, sub
3criptions 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. Only
q few months ago q large newspaper
directory questioned the claim Of cireu-
lation made by the Constitution and
put up a forfeit of 500 that it could be
disproved that it had more than 100,-
600 circulation. The Constitution
promptly accepted the offer and sub
mitted its books to the representative
of the firm. Mr.. George P. Rowell,
publisher of the newspaper directory,
acknowledged his FRO publicly and
paid the forfeit.
The Constitution, while being a demo-
cratic newspaper, is first and above all
things a newspaper. 1t is a twelve
page, seyen-column weekly, making
eighty-four columns each week. It's
subscription price is 81 a year, but if
taken under the arrangement with this
paper we can give them both at the
price above named,
The Constitution has q special cor
respondent in every important city in
the United States and a representative
in all of the leading centers of the
world.
During the wal with Spain, which
has just been brought to a close, the
reports OF no newspaper in the south
could compare with its news represen-
tation from the front. Its special staff
representative sailed with the army
when it first embarked from Tampa,
and Of bhe 1870 correspondents who went
to Cuba, he was one of only seven who
remained to see the flag hoisted over
the public buildings in Santiago, Its
special representatives also accom-
panied the feet in the Caribbean sea,
and its Washington special service
covered every detail of the important
war reports originating at the capitol.
The Weekly Constitution during the
late Spanish war served the<hews of all
the notable events, from first to last,
with the promptness of daily. The
victory of Dewey at Manila, the death
of Ensign Bagley, the movements o.
troops and fleets, the destruction Of
Cevera's fleet, the operations in Porte
Rico, the treaty, and the unfurling Of
the stars and stripes over Moro Castle
Havana were all given in the Weekly
on Monday, on the very day the new
first appeared in the daily.
The Weekly Constitution makes {
special feature of its agricultural page
which is presided over by Colonel r
u. Reddimg, director Of the Georgia
experiment farm, and a man who il
recognized as an expert on all agricul
tural topics. He gave a full page ever,
week on agricultural matters. A pag,
is devoted to the women and a page t
children, these two departments beinI
presided over by Mrs. William King.
Among the regular staff members o
the Constitution are joel Chandler Har
ris, Frank L. Stanton and others we'll
known throughout the country; Will
among its special contributors are. sucl
men as Wallace P. Reed, Bill Arp
Sarge Plunkett, Betsy Hamilton, DIR
Talmage and others of national repnta
ton.
The Constitution has just completes
the thirtieth year Of its existence, CLAIR
Howell being the editor and and Col
onel W. A. Hemphill its business mar
ager. It's name is a household word il
every southern state, from Virginia t.
Texas. 1t has always been in especi
ally close touch with the agriculture
masses of the south, and in having
reached a circulation which carries j
into 15O, 600 homes it has won a upiqu
distinction which ranks it among til
greatest of American weekly news
papers.
The Constitution will send q sampl
copy of its great Weekly free to an.
one sending his own name and tn
names of six neighbors, on. a posta
card.
Every mar should take his count,
newspaper before anything else, AM
next to this he should take a good gen
eral newspaper, such as the Constitu
ton. His country paper gives him tn
local home news. which is not supplies
by a newspaper furnishing the genera
news from all parts of the country ant
from all over the world. Before a maj
seeks information from outside, h,
should first feel sure that he is being