The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1883-11-03
JOURN WINSTON.
The Different Newspapers now Pub
hshed in the Twin City, and few
Things of Interest Regarding Them.

Special Correspondeace Of The Cftro1atcte
WINSTON n. c., Oct 31-Few places
the size of the Twin City have as many
newspapers as this There are the Leader,
the Peoples Press, (of Salem.) the Union
Republican, and the Wcstern Sentinel, and a
small afternoon sheet called the Daily Pt0t
All these appear to be prospecting The
Sentinel has within the past six months
changed its circulation from four hundred
to near two thousand copies per week, and
has undergone an enlargement to thlrty-two
columns. This paper was established in
1852 Ii las long been q tradition Ia Stokes
that when magistrate Of that county wants
to swear man and hasn't a Bible cOnven-
lent he can always reach over and get
copy OF the Sentinel. Then he tells the wit
ness to kiss that, it's just as good" " This
paIec also boasts of having cOmpOsltOr
vic can look at brother type setter ''s stick
type and repeat aloud the matter he
is setting up.
The Leader is independent in it's politics
though Democratic its bearings. and is
published by gentleman who has attained
a national reputation as a vivaclOus para
| grapher. and whose portrait not long since
graced the pages OF Wit and HunaOr a
! humorous publication of New York City
| The Republican is the mOuthpiece Of Col.
! Wheeler's crowd and is published by g. very
clever gentleman, who besides holding .
| lucrative position in the Revenue office, has
4
! hka Capt. Sam. Ashe Of the Raleigh Nens
| aud ObserUer, as it is possible for Abe Lin
| coins two peas to look alike.
TIE day before the election in Ohio some
flaming headlines were constructed in the
Republican Office containing possibly such
words as Boom! Boom. Boom!H A
| Glorious Victory. The Repbbllcans
carry Ohio!" or words to that effect. This
was carefully placed on the = live matter
galley" and the cut of all old cannon that
has helped to celebrate every Republican
triumph since the war, with mayhap a
brace of rOOsters, was placed along
side of the headlines mentioned. All prep
aratons were made to issue the Taper i'm
mediately after ascertaining the news from
| Ohio. The printers were persuaded to
dream Of delicious havannas and doubtless
other hIXuries, when there came crue
Cflspa'cal bearing The wctul news tha
Ohio has gone Democratic. The head
lines were distributed again, the old can
non was placed back into its box along witt
extinct Lydia Pinkham" electrotypes,
most likely feeling itself equally as defunc
as the old lady herself.
The Pilot Is just the size OF the New
York Sun when the latter was wearing IT.
first bib. One of its editors occasionally
accomplishes the feat of getting up copy,
setting up the paper, doing the press work
the mailing and lastly carrying it arOunC
to local subscribers all without an assistant
The Messrs Blum Of Salem are the
pioneer publishers of n orth Carolina. Thei
paper, the Presa, Is very old, and the senio
of the two gentlemen is said to be the oldes
editor IN the State. They publish Blum
almanac, which will reach a circulation
this year Of over forty thousand copies, an
besides they do a very large job prlntin
business. AS an index to the capacity Q
their establishment, which IS among tn
best equipped in the State, | have but t
| hat
firms who entered bids for the publishin!
Of the "COde.'