Abstract: Apparatus for vending papers, such as newspapers, singly therefrom. The apparatus comprises an enclosure having a slot formed therein for dispensing papers, a handle and a coin control mechanism. Papers are stacked vertically in the enclosure on a platform movable in a vertical direction. A cart, movable in a horizontal direction, has friction pads extending therefrom which engage the top paper of the stack of papers and dispense it out of the slot as the cart is pulled across the top of the stack of newspapers by pulling movement of the handle.