The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-01-18
THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION.
Something phout the Greatea We kly
Newspapsr 10 the Country.

1 ~ 40 - iNSt uOL ROBCTdlIy
known that The Weekly Con nstitu,ion
has the largest circulation of any
newspaper on the western hemisphere.
OnIy few months ago large news
paper directory questioned the claim
of circulation made by The Constitu.
tion and put up forfeit of 500 that
it could be diSprovcd that it had more
than 100000 circulation The Con
stituti"n promptly accepted the offer
and submitted its books to the repre-
sentative of the firm. Mr.. George =.
R"wcli, publisher of the newspaper
directory. acknowledged his error
publicly and paid the forfeit
The Constitution, while being a
democratic newspaper, is first and
above all things Il newspaper 1t is Il
twelve page, scven-column weekly.
making cightyfour columns each
week. Its subscription price is 81 4
year.
The Constitution has a special cor
respondent in every important city in
the United States and Il representative
in all Of the leading centres OF the
world.
During the war with Spain. which
has just been brought to Il close, the
reports Of no newspaper in the south
could compare with its news prcscnta-
tion 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 20 Cuba, he was one Of only
seven who remained to see the iag
hoistcd over the public buildings in
Santiago. Its special representative
also accompanied che fleet in The Car
ribbcan sea, and its Washington spc-
cial service covered every detail Of
the important war reports originating
at the capitol
The Weekly Constitution during
the late Spanish war served the news
of all the notable events, from first TO
last, with the promptncss Of daily.
The victory of Dewey at Manila, the
death Of Ensign Bagley, the move
mcnts of troops aud fleets, the de-
struction Of Cclvcra fleet, the opera
tions in Porto Rico. the treaty, and
the unfurliny Of the stars and stripes
over Morro castle, Havana, were all
given i'll the Weekly on Monday, on
the very day he news first appeared
in the daily
The Weekly Constitution makes !,
special feature of its agricultural page,
which is presided over by Col. r. j.
Redding, director Of the Georgia cx-
pertinent farm. and man who is re-
cognized as an expert OH all agricul-
rural topics. He gives full page
every week ON agricultural matters.
A page is devoted to the women and
a page to children, these two depart
mcnts being presided over by Mrs.
William 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 such men us Wallace +. Reed
Bill Arp, Sarge Plunkctt, Betsy Ham
ilton, Dr. Talmagc and Others nf Ma
tional reputation
The Constitution has Just completed
the thirticth year Of its existence,
Clark Howell being the editor aud
Colonel W. y. Heinphill its business
manager. It's name is Il household
word i'll 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 circulation which
carries it into 150,0 900 homes it has
won unique distinction which ranks
it among the greatest Of American
weekly newspapers.
The Constitution will send Il sample
copy Of its Weekly free to any one
sending his own name and the names
OF six ncigbbors, on a postal earl
Every man should take his coun,y
newspaper before anything else, and
next to this he should take "A good
general newspaper such as The Con
stitution. His county paper .;vcs
him the local hnmc news. which is
mol supplied by Il newspaper { rnish-
Ing the general news from all part, of
the country and from all over the
world. Before man seeks inforna
ton 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.