Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-02-14
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We publish elsewhere today the an
nounoemsnt of the Sunny South, the
great weekly literary periodical of the
Southern States. Published in At
ianta, Georgia, in the heart Of the
great South, it bears upon 1t the i'm
press of its birthplace and environ.
ment. For moro than twenty Ave
years the Sunny 8oush has beeh d
recognized factor in the feld OF
Southern literature. It was estab-
hshed more than o quartet of 4 cen
fury ago as q Southern story paper
and was published for o long time as
weekly and then as monthly.
About one year ago the paper
passed under new management, and
In less than a year it has Jumped
from circulation Of 10, 900 to nearly
90, 600. The first thing the new man.
agement did was to make 1t weekly
publication and to reduce the price TO
nifty cents per yeer=less than one
out an isspe--and then infuse into it's
columns all the enterprise and liter
airy ability that money could COM
mand or determination secure. In
less than a year this remarkable
southern literary paper has become
national In character and it now has
about as many subscribers north of
Mason and Dixon's line as it has In
the South. Its columns abound in
the best current literature of charao.
teristic Southern flavor, and no liter
airy periodical published anywhere In
the country has succeeded in bringing
together 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 its introdno.
tion during the past year of manv
new story writers who will be heard
from in the wider field of the worlds
literature. In almost every Southern
State new literary talent has been de-
veloped to such an extent as to put
the whole country to talking about
the Sunny South. A few months apo
the Sunny South offered very hand
some prizes for a series of the hest
short stories by Southern writer's.
and more than five hundred responses
were 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
splendid weekly literary periodical is
only fifty cents year has had a won.
derful effect in giving it an extensive
Held for the development of its plan,
aud purposes. Perhaps no literary
periodical ever established has made
such rapid strides as the Sunny South
In less than year.
Mrs. Mary e. Bryan, whose name
has long been associated with the
sunny South hos been engaged to
take full charge of it's woman's De.
partmsnt Her services will apneaI
especially to women readers through
ont the country, as the striking charm
OF her own personality pervades ev-
cry column of her most Interesting de.
partment.
The distinctive characteristics Of
Southern authors have ALWAYS been a
great charm to their readers. The
liberal use of matter by the leading
magazines of the United States shows
that high regard prevalent for soutb.
ern Literary talent. The ouaint
stories Of Joel Chandler Harris in
folklore of the Southern plantations
and the stories by him and nv
Thomas Nelson Page, Will N. Her.
ben, Harry Stillwell Edwards and
others OF those interesting phases of
human character so plentiful in the
South, are read With consuming in.
terest and are seized upon by pub-
fishers with great avidity. AS will
also be observed from the apnoppce.
mont published elsewhere, the Atlanta
Weekly Constitution is offered in
connection with the Sunny South at
one dollar and twenty-five cents ,
year (Sl.25) for the two papers. This
remarkably low clubbing offer is
made to those who order both papers
at the same time. The two papers are
entirely different in purpose. one be-
Ing newspaper and the other a lit
erary periodical, ench supplements the
other and the two when taken IN.
gether furnish an invaluable combi- |
nation to every Preside. There ia
only one thing left to make this com. |
bination perfect, and that ia your
home county paper, no fireside can
AFFORD to be without that.
The Atlanta Constitution ia too ia.
miliar to newspaper readers to make |
any comment concerning it necessary. |
It Is well and widely known and has
the largest circulation of any weekly |
published ON the western
hemisphere, going weekly into more
than 100, 900 homes. 1t is the great |
homo newspaper Of a majority of |
6outhern readers ard covers the |
world In Its comprehensive and well |
edited news columns 1t is to the
v orld of news what the Sunny South |
Il to Southern literature-the one is
without superior as a great news
Eatherer and the other Is conspicu-