April 6, 1863, Savannah Republican (Georgia)
We desire to purchase any quantity of clean linen and cotton rags, to be made up into paper, and we are willing to pay the highest market price in cash. They will also be received in payment of all dues to this office.
Will our subscribers everywhere interest themselves in this subject. Every family can save a good supply of rags during the year, just how few do it even when such economy can be made productive. It has now become a question of life or death with the newspapers of the country, and they must go down if the people do not come to the rescue. To save the Press they have only to save their rags. All parcels forwarded to this office will be faithfully weighed and accounted for. Let all send what they can–even small packages will not be despised. Let the children do it, if the grown people are too much engrossed with the war or scheme of speculation.