The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-01-04
WE ARE GRATEFUL
TO OUR FRIENDS
RESPONSES LIBERAL TC
OUR APPEAL FOR GIFT
SUBSCRIPTIONS
MANY NEW NAMES
On Our Steadily Growing Sub
scription List.-Gift Sub
scriptiOns Go From
Maine to Oregon.

The Dispatch is grateful to those
of our citizens, both in Columbus anC
in the regions round about, for then
very liberal response to our appea
to them to send copies of the Dis.
patch to kindred and friends in other
sections of the country. The response
has exceeded our hopes, and we are
indeed glad that the Dear Old Dis
patch" as one man called the paper
yesterday, rests SO close to the hearts
of the people of this section.
Gift subscriptions reached total
of ore hundred and eight. They are
distributed over the entire United
States, one going to Rockland, Maine,
one to Walla Walla, Wash, and the
remainder between these two extreme
points. Seven gift subscriptions go
to Colorado, nine to Texas, twelve
to Louisiana, three to Missouri, eight
to California, three to Arizona, two
to Montana, four to Washington, D
c., eleven to Alabama, and the major
portion of the remainder go within
the confines of the Magnolia State
The circulation of the Dispatch
which all along has been the largest
of any semi-weekly newspaper inI
Mississippi, is surely and steadily
climbing toward the three thou
sand mark. In the language of the
late Mr.. Post, Of Grape-Nuts fame
"There's a Reason"
Examine the front page of the Dis
patch, the Society page and the ed
itorial page, and you will see why
the paper is popular in Columbus
Then take "a look at our splendid col
lection of letters from country cor
respondents and you will see why the
paper is popular in the country dis
tricts. No newspaper in the South
has as fine corps of country cor
respondents as has the Columbus Dis
patch. They have been selected for
their ability to get the news and to
write it out in readable shape. Our
correspondents are all paid for their
work, and their contributions show
good judgment with respect to what
constitutes neighborhood news.
That the Dispatch stands high in
other states is shown by two letters
we publish on this page today, one
from Kentucky and one from Okla
homa. A New York trade journal
said not long ago that 1T would be
necessary to scan newspapers from
wide scope to find as handsome &
front page as the Columbus Miss
Dispatch of December 14th."
And so, with words of encourage
ment ringing in our ears, with com
letters from good friends +
and with a circulation that is steadily a
we start into the new +
year with hopes high and ambition r
soaring like a bird that cleaves the I
fluid ether with joyous pinions. h
The Dispatch is here to serve the S
best interests of the people of Col II
lmbus and Lowndes County. We are
IN perfect accord and sympathy with :
every movement that has for its aim 4
and object the raising of spiritual, so u
.ial, educational and economic stand |,
ards. We are not in favor of limit n
ng our city's radius to fifty miles G
,ut let US make Columbus such fine v
business and residence city that folks o.
viii come here from all parts Of the o.
South to live, to trade and to educate u
heir children. Ii
From our viewpoint in the Dispatch a.
ffice, everything looks mighty good jc
or 1922. 'Mr. 0ptimist" tells us ts