The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1902-01-16
THE "sUNNY SOUTH"
Something About Great Southern
Weekly.

Southern States. Published in Atlanta,
Georgia, in the heat Of the great South,
it bears tho impress OF its birthplace
and environment. For more than TWEEN
ty-fiye years the "Sunny South" has
been a recognized factor in the field OF
Southern literature. Ii was established
more than quarter Of acentury ago as
n Southern story paper aud WIS pub
lished for long time as weekly and
then as a monthly.
About one year ago the paper passed
under new management, and in less than
year il has jumped from circulation
oi l2,OOO TO nearly 10000 The first thing
the new management did was to make il
a weekly publication and to reduce the
Price [, Fifty cents per year less than
one cent au issue-and then infuse into
its columns all the enterprise aud liter
Wy ability hat money could command
determination secure. In less than
year this remarkable southern literary
paper has become. national in character
ana it now has about as many subscrib
ers north OF Mason and Dixon S line as 1t
has Ia tho South. Its columns abound in
the best current l,tera ture of chaiac,ei-
islic Southern favor ard no literary
periodical published anywhere 10 the
country has succeeded in bringing to-
gether as many Southern writers Of note
as has been done by the sunny South.
A striking feature of the Sunny
South's" dcvelopement is its introduce
ton during the past year of many new
story writers who will be heard from in
the wider field of the worlds literature.
In almost every Southorn state new. lat
erary talent has been developed to such
an extent as to put the whole country to
talking about the sunny South" a
few months ago the "Sunny South, of
crrred very hanGs ono prizes for series
of the best short stories by Southern
writer's, and more than five hundred re-
sponses were received. Some Of the sto-
res then published 10 the sunny
South" have beea reproduced the world
over Others are now being published
by it from week 10 week.
The fact that the price Of this splen
did weekly literary periodical is only 80
cents year has had wonderful effect
in giving it an extensive field for the de-
veiol ement uf its plans and purposes.
Perhaps no literary periodical ever es-
tablished has made such rapid strides ~
the "Suuny South" in less than IL year.
Mrs. Mary l.. Bryan, whose name has
long been associated with the sunny
South" has been engaged to take full
charge Of its Woman 5 department. Her
services will appeal especially To women
readers throughout the country, as the
striking charm of her own personality
pervadcs every column Of her most inter
esting department.
She distinctive characteristics Of
South IN authors have always been
great charm 10 their readers. The liber
al use OF matter by the leading maya
zines of the United States shows that
high regard. prevalent for southern liter
airy talent. The quaint stories of joel
Chandler Harris in folklore Of the
southern plantations, and the stories by
him and by Thomas Nelson Page, VIII
n. Harben, Harry Stillwel Edwards
and Others Of those interesting phases OF
human character so plentiful in the
south, are read with consuming interest
and are seized upon by publishers with
great avidity.
The literary favor OF tho "5unny
south" viii be far above the ordinary
story paper and an examination of ore
copy will show clearly and plainly to all
It's scope in its great special fled. Some
of the most prominent OF the words
writer's have been listed for special
stories Tor the Sunny South" during
the current year. 1t is a pleasure to
know that The South has at last secured
literary plTer Ct which the whole
country is proud.
The "Supuy Souths" growing
circulation throughout the Union, and
in all parts OF it alike is an indication
OF its idespread field. It's fresh, crisp
editorials, serial stories from authors OF
the widest note and growing fame ard
interesting short stories from every
quarter make it cceptabcSeyerywhere
1t is not newspaper In any
sense, but devoted exclusively 10 the