Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-04-18
Newspapers.
tBY MARY PATTERsoN.)

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The contents of these papers con-
sists of an enumeration of the
births and deaths in Rome, and
an account of the money paid into
the treasury and statements relat-
ing to the supply of corn. The first
English newspaper was called
News out of Holland and was es-
tablished in 1919. The first Eng
lish newspaper which can be con-
sidered as a distributor of general
information was the Public Intel
ligencer. 1t was established in
1868, and was dropped on the APP.
pearance of the London Gazette,
which was first published in 1865.
Up to the reign of Queen Anne
few of the newspapers appeared
oftener than once a week. The
very first newspaper published in
this country was Publick Occur
rences, which was first issued in
Boston in 1890 and was immediate
ly suppressed by the government.
Then came the Boston Newsletter.
1t was conducted by John Camp
bell and the first number was is
sued on the Oath of April, 1904.
The next newspaper was the Bos-
ton Gazette, which appeared in
1719. The first daily newspaper
in the United States was the
American Daily Advertiser. In
1887 there were IA, 70S newspapers
published in the United States.
Some of the daily newspapers
print 10000 copies every day in
the week except Sunday. The
newspapers of Great Britain have
greatly increased in size and inn
proved in literary character within
he present century. There are
now about 266 newspapers pub
| liShpd i'm London. The Times has
more political influence than any
other paper but has not so large a
circulation as some others. The
Oldest living newspaper is the
Frankfort Gazette, which was
started IN 1915. The oldest news
paper in the United States is the
New Hampshire Gazette. 1t was
founded in 1856. American news
papers have developed very much
during he last thirty years. There
are now about 4J0 religious or sec
tartan newspapers in the United
States. Some CT The leading relig-
ious newspapers are the New York
Independent, the Christian Oh.
server, the Examiner and Chroni
Gle and the Christian Advocate
Hardin County has but one news
paper, the Savannah Courier
Our constitution says: "The free
communication Of thoughts ant
opinions is one Of the invaluable
rights Of man and every either
may freely speak, write, and prin
on any subject, being responsible
for the abuse of that liberty
Newspapers are sometimes, blu
not often, made the vehicle O
: abuse from one man to another
and during political contests yer,
! hard things may be found i'll then
about the different candidates
Usually, however, they contain
, nothing to excite anger or har
: feeling. Have we ever thought @
a the labor and expense Of publish
ing a newspaper? The editorial
f must be carefully written and tn
o local items and news from abr0a
e must be gathered up. Then, whe
the materials are all ready, tn
: work Of type-setting and printin
begins, and then comes the direc
t. ing, mailing and distributing. A
e this has to be done before we ca
have the pleasure of reading I'll
daily paper. Newspapers are
great advantage to the citizens
a country. They inform the pc
pie of the laws that are made,
u the peace and prosperity of Il
III country, and, in fact, contain new
of every kind. If we take the m;
Z who has been accustomed to h
l. daily papers and transport him
a place where the mails come on
Ie once in two or three weeks
W feels as if he was deprived of t
greatest privilege of modern time
III Let us hope that newspapers m
Ut continue to increase in numb
: and circulation; and that the G,
~ tors may be men of Intelligent
cd tho xrn.,