The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-09-27
A GOOD RECORD.


Major GEORGE HARPER. OF Hinds
county. Mississippi, spent his youth and
early manhood in this city, and learned
the printing business in the old Wheel
ing Argus office. He writes as follows
concerning the close OF the twenty
eighth volume of the Kinds county
Gazette. Few editors and publishers
can present a more honorable record Of
good work well performed.
)" "With this issue of the Gazette we
close the twenty-eighth year Of its ex-
istence. In other words, tor twenty
eight years we have plodded along in
this old harness. in sunshine and in
storm sometimes along even and shady
highways, but mostly along paths beset
with rocks and sleeps, with bayous and
morasses. We are surprised when we
think of it-that we have held out 10
this good day, through all the multi
piled, clouds and darkness, whirlwin is
and hurricanes, OF the last twenty.eight
wears! We can account Tor our infat-
uation only in this way: that the Gazette
is a creature of our own creation; the
companion of our youth; and that our
affection has strengthened with each re-
volving year. just as the faithful bus
band and wife become more aud more
attached and devoted tie longer they
live together and the more trouble and
the seyerer the difficulties through
which they pass. Twenty eight years
What q world Of change has taken
place within that time! Was it all
written, and confined strictly to our own
country, we suppose that even the world
could not contain the books that should
be written.
In running our eye over our present
subscription list, we cannot find more
than twenty names that stood there the
first year OF the existence of the Gazette
All the others have passed gradually to
the 2, ave, or removed to distant locali-
ties; indeed the subscribers of Today,
are, TOR the most part, the sons and
dau ghters, and in most ins ances, the
grandchildren Of the men whose names
graced our books twenty-eigLt years
ago!
In calling to mind the list Of Missis-
sippi newspapers with which we ex-
changed twenty eight years ago, we find
that fully three-fourths if not seven
eighths OF them are no longer publish ed.
Other sheets have arisen and taken their
places And OF all the editors of the
State Of the year 1874, we are not aware
that any one, save ourselves, is now at
the head Of newspaper in this or any
other State!
We came to Kinds county just as We
had reached the years OF manhood.
Here our interests aud affections have
centered from that day until now; and
here, we presume, our body will rest
when our life on earth shall have closed
And in view of all that has passed, and
all that is to come, in this and the tu-
ture life, it affords US degree of plea
sure OF iuestimable value, that we can
say, that we have ever had at heart,
through the innumerable changes OF the
period indicated, the best interests of
this people as we have seen them; and
in our own way we have labored, re-
gardless Of cons quences. early, late
aud without tagging in behalf OF those
interests. II we have sometimes been
mistaken, it has been an honest mistake,
and that man who has lived for fifty
years and never made mistake, may
handle US as severely as he wishes
We would do great injustice to our
own feelings, were we to omit on this
occasion to return our sincerest and
heartiest acknowledgements to the PEG
pie of Kinds county-of the past and
present generation-for the kindness
which they always manifested for the
Gazette, and for the more than gener-
Gus support they have always given it.
We question If any paper in the State
OF Mississippi has been uniformly so
well patronized as the Gazette, and we
question if the patrons OF any other pa
per pay as promptly or as we'll While
hundreds OF papers in the Stationary
Of them starred under the most favora-
bic circumstances, and edited by the
beat talent in the Southw west have
dropped and died Tor the want OF ade-
quate support, during the quarter Of a
century Just passed, the Kinds county
Gazette has always been prosperous
has always been perfectly independent
OF all rings, cliques and parties-has
always denounced those men and those
parties that merited denupciation-has
always stood by the honest and patriotic
has always paid its way, supported
those dependent upon it travelled at its
own expense, and laid up something
for "a rainy day 900
Friends and patrons. we hope many
good days and years are yet in store Tor
you, for oursel', and for the old CARTE.
May the, good Lord care Tor US all"
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