The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1875-01-02
History. of tie Bscsaet 4e7gan.

rect occasion Of il being disi.eas-
ure at Washington and disagree-
ment at New York as to The man
agement Of the New York Times.
Mr.. G. c. Noryell, financial editor
of the latter named paper was
consulted and is said to haYe been
induced to believe that party sup
port would be extended TO a GENT
iue party organ. The project was
talked over and took shape last
Spring, editors and correspond
ents having been engaged as early
as April. In large part by MIR.
Norvelrs exertions promises or
half promises of S5Oo,000 were Sc
cured, and Il press was ordered TO
be ready September /. Tempting
offers were made to newspaper
men, and the $50O,0o0 of promises
were popularly understood to be
SO much capital. Early in the
Fan the Republic Association or
gauized with the following tras-
tees: Thomas C.Platt, member Of
Congress, (of Oswego) Il. 3. Wos-
ley and g. c. Noryell. The press
was not ready in time, and The
November elections were very
near when the first issue Of the
paper appeared. The paper was
received with no special favor. its
only noticeable features being
some remarkably exclusive news
from the Southern States, from
which a supply Of the Ku-klux
outrages was furnished every
morning. The sole sensation into
which the paper was entrapped
was recent circumstantial nc
count of the death Of Queen Vic
toria and its effect upon the city
of London. Before the elections
the paper is believed to have had
a circulation of less than seven
thousand copies, but after the
Democratic triumph it began to
be evident that the paper was to
have no party support. OF the
promised $5000,000 $4,000 only
had been paid up, and of this Mr..
Noryell paid in $4,000, very seri-
ously cramping himself to do so.
MIR. Platt lent no active aid of any
sort, Mr.. Wesley acting latterly as
business manager. Discussions
arose between those in authority,
and solnc three weeks ago a rcor.
ganization Of the paper was PLAN
ned. Republican politicians at
Washington and in this State were
to be called on, according to q
plan suggested by some of them,
to guarantee the papers expenses
at loss Of #2500 per week for IS
months; the paper was to be sold
tortwo cenls, and weekly edition
for the country was TO be printed.
Mr.. NorYell fell sick while these
things were planning, with a nor-
vous prostration brought OH by
the worry of his enterprise. Tho
$40, 900 in cash was nearly or quite
gone, and the s460,o0o in promises
coeFd not be cashcd after the cleo
tiun. Mr.. Duncan Norvell and
dr. Copeland, the financial editor,
went TO Washington last week to
find out what help could be had
from the Republican party, and
discovered, as they say, that there
was no Republican party left, no
organization, pluck nor money.
cstcrday morning after tho paper
had been issued il was decided TO
stop, aud notice was accordingly
given TO those who had been en-
ployed .by The Association, who,
however, had some intimation OF
what was coming. The Office boys
immeiia;elylevicd indiscriminate-
y upon tllo contents OF the cdito-
rial rooms. The conpositors held
a chapel meeting and appointed d
committee to employ counsel and
learn IL the papor had any prop
erty seizable for the $1,000 due
them. The press and paper they
cannot touch, but have some hopes
Of the type and engine. The other
emploYes viii wait events. The
Republic 10 said TO be $4,000 In
debt; has spcnt $4,000 cash, and
all of Its stockholders are liable
for twice the amount Of their sub
scfiptions, q rule that works very
hardly in Tie ease Of Mr.. NofYell,