The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-02-06
THE SUNNY SOUTH"
The Leading Weekly Literary Period.
icaI Of the Southern States-En.
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.inunc-iEent Of the ''Suuny South" the
er.at weekly literary periodical of the
Southern States Published in Atlanta,
Georgia, in the heart OF the great South,
it bears upon it theimpress;nn ofits birth
place and environment. For more than
twenty-five years the Sunny South has
been Il recognized factor in the field of
Southern literature. 1t was established
moIe than quarter OF Il century ago as
a Southern story PAPER aud was publish
ed for long time as weekly and then
Os IA monthly.
About one year ago the paper passed
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less than one cent an iSsuc-and then in
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i'll character aud it now has about as
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ahrre III the country has succeeded III
bringing together us many Southern
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4 striking FEATURE of the Sunny
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months ago tn" sunny South offered
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80 week
The fact that the price Of this splendid
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''Sunny South in less than a year
Mrs Mary E. Bryan, whose name has
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The Observation-Disclosures ofSOuth-
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