The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-08
The Sunny South.

nouncement of the Sunny South. the
great weekly literary periodical Of the
Southern States. Published in Atlanta,
Georgia, in the heart of the great South,
il bears upon it the impress OF its BIRTH
place and environment. For more than
twenty-five years the Sunny South has
been a recognized factor in the field or
Southern literature. 1t was estaoiishen
more than a quarter OF a century ago as
a Southern story paper and was puolish-
ed for a long time as % weekly ana then
as % monthly.
About one year ago the paper passed
under new management, and in less than
a wear it has Jumped from a circulation
Of 10, 900 to nearly $4,000. The first thing
the new management did was to make It
a weekly publication and to reduce the
price to fifty cents per year-less than
one cent an ~issue-and then infuse INTO
its columns all the enterprise and liter,
airy ability that money could commanqa
or determination secure In less than az
year this remarkable Southern literary
paper has become national in character
and it now has about as many suhscrib-
ers north of Mason and Dixon's line as
it has in the South. Its columns abound
in the best current literature OF charac
~teristic Southern flavor, and no literary
periodical published anywhere III the
country has succeeded In bringing to-
getler as many Southern writer's OF note
as has been done by the Sunny South.
A striking feature of the Sunny
South's development is it's introduction
during the past year OF many new story
writer's who will be heard from in the
wider field Of the worlds literature. In
almost e7~erySoutheyn statenew literary
talent has been developed to such an *
tent as to put the whole country to talk
ing about the Sunny South. A few
months ago the Sunny South offered
very handsome prizes for a series of the
best short stories by Southern writers.
and more than five hundred responses
we're received. Some of the stories then
published in the Sunny South have been
reproduced the world over. Others are
now being published by it from week TO
week.
The fact that the price OF this spien-
did weekly literary periodical SONY
fifty cents IA year has had q wonderful
effect in giving it an extensive field for
the development of it's plans and puT.
poses. Perhaps no literary periodical
aver established has made such rapid
strides DIS the Sunny South in less than
a year.
Mrs. Mary E. Bryan, whose nane has
long been associated with the Sunny
| South, has been engaged TO a k all
| charge of its WOman's Department.
| Her services will appeal especially 10
women readers throughout the country,
as the striking charm of her own per
| s~onatity pervades every column OF her
| most interesting department.
The distinctive characteristics OF the
| Southern authors have always been a
| great charm to their readers. The llb-
| eral use of matter by the leading maya
| zines of the United States shows that
high regard prevalent for Southern lit
erary talent. The quaint stories OF Joel
| Chandler Harris IN felk-lore of the
Southern plantations, and the stories
by him and by Thomas Nelson Page,
| Will n. Harden, Harry Stillwell Ed
wards and others of those Interesting
phases of human character SO plentiful
in the South, are read with consuming
interest and are seized upon by pub
fishers with great avidlty.
AS will also be observed from the an
~nonncement published elsewhere, the
Atlanta Weekly Constitution is offered
in connection with the Sunny South at
one dollar and twenty-five cents a year
($1.25) for the two papers. This remark
1 dutY ~" CIuDOlh$ OAlOA SO 1utb ~ tAo1S
who order both papers at the same
time. The two papers are entirely diff
ferent in purpose, II being n news
paper and the other o literary periodl-
cal; each supplements the other, and the
two, when taken together, furnish an
invaluable combination to every fire.
side. There is only one thing left to
make this combination perfect, and
that is your home county paper. No
fireslde can afford to be without that.
The Atlanta Constitution is too famil-
lar to newspaper readers to make any
comment concerning it necessary. 1t is
we'll and widely known and has the
largest circulation of any weekly news
paper published on the western hemis-
phere, going weekly into more than
15O 1000 homes. 1t is the great home
newspaper of a majority of Southern
readers and covers the world IN Its
comprehensive and well edited news
columns. 1t is to the world of new
what the Sunny South is to Southern
l~iterature-the one is without a superior
as. great news-gatherer and the Other
is a conspicuous leader in the field OF
fiction, romance and descriptive writing
of general interest. The two papers
J make an ideal combination for every
country home. Sample copies of either
!, or both will be furnished free upon APP.
plication addressed to either at Atlanta
Georgia.
One dollar and twenty-five cents for.
warded to either of the two papers will
secure both for one year. We take
pleasure in inviting the attention OF ouI
readers to this very attractive combina'
ton.
For all pulmonary troubles BAL