The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-13
WHY HE PREFERS
 MORNING PAPER
II. \. F. GREER Gadsden. Ala.

Your offer in the issue of November 5 of money consideration for the best letter entitled, Why I Prefer Morning Paper" is of twofold importance; first, it gives the writer an opportunity of tell ing the many points of superiority, in his opinion morning publication has over an afternoon paper, and second, in the event that his opinion merits a considera- ton worthy of the prize, the $la would be quite an acquisition to the coal. milk or other of the numerous funds which go to make up the household budget.
 A great many things of intense interest to the reading public occur in the after noon and night, and I am therefore able. on account of the hour of going to press of the morning paper, to read at break fast time between sips and bites the re- ports of mass meetings, political meet ngs, the doings Co a large extent of society, the after dinner speeches of those who speak with authority, and the results of elections
 I am interested in the price of cotton, produce pig iron and stocks, and the morning paper gives me the closing mar ket, to say nothing of whether Ty Cobb stole home with the pitcher in the box with the ball in his hand, or that Ad Wolgast was victorious in the fourth The morning paper gives me the first intelligence that 'Plunging Virginia back field crumbles the Vanderbilt de- fense for overwhelming victory" and that our own Crimson and White received a "walloping.
 It is not an infrequent thing for people living in towns and cities contiguous to the place of publication of the leading and most popular morning paper to withhold purchasing their theatre tickets for a show which will soon make It's appear ance in their town until they have learned whether not it has run the gamut of approval of the one delegated to inform it's readers. This is true in respect to my own case on numerous occasions and your paper.
 The morning paper as an advertising medium is the best bet' in that it is the forerunner, as it were, of the happen ings of the day in shops and stores. An advertisement can appear at 5 o'clock a. m. that shirt waists which formerly sold for $l.3S would go at 9S cents as long as they lasted, and the exodus begins, or some enterprising soul announces that he will give a valuable present to the first 50 on hand at 8 o'clock the opening time, and at ' o'clock the reserves are called out.
 An, Lest we forget, there is the Sunday paper which, alas, keeps us from church.
 
 ton with pictures of bleeding Europe and the latest showings of suits. hats and mill linery which put new {and wrong) ideas in the wifes head pictures which make her last years perfectly good $65 suit which her husband has just finished pay ing for look tawdry.
 Then. there are the special writers in the magazine section, some of the great est minds in literature. giving their very best for our edification and pleasure take one New York paper which would not exchange for all the magazines I get, if I had to choose between the two, and the Sunday Age-Herald consider of equal interest.
 As a purveyor of first hand informa- tion to start the day alright, the morning paper possesses so much more of interest to me that my unwilling Pegasus alone prevents me from elaborating the en. closed opinion of the superiority of the morning paper over it's rival. the evening paper