The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-11
Some Notes of Brother Editors Of Long
Ago.
[Abbeville Press and Banner


This is the thirteeth anniversary O
the present editors connection will
the Press and Banner. On the frs
day of April, 1859, the editor of this pa
per bought an interest in the Indepen
dent Press-the consolidation of thai
paper with the Abbeville Banner
making the present Abbeville Press
and Banner.
Since April, 1859, many changes
have taken place among the editors Of
the newspapers in this State-nearly
all of whom have passed away, and
new men have taken their places.
AS far as we can remember just now
only three are in the places which they
then held, and three others who con.
Quoted papers then, have given up the
papers which they then controlled, tc
take charge of other papers in the
State.
In the first class, we would men
ton:
Mr.. L. NJ. Grist, of the Yorkville En-
quirer, who, we believe, has been in
the same office longer than any other
man in the State, has been in connec-
tion with the same paper.
Col. r. A. Thompson, of the Keowee
Courier, entered that office sometime
about 1882 or 1853.
Mr.. John c. Bailey, of the Greenville
Enterprise and Mountanieer, in part
nership with w. P. Price, commenced
the publication of the Southern Enter
prise o year or two after Colonel
Thompson went into the Keowee Cou-
rier.
These three, We believe, are all the
editors who stand to-day where they
stood in 1850.
Three others who were editors in
1869 are still editors, but of different
papers
Mr.. r. NJ. Stokes then of the Lau-
rensville Herald, is now of the Union
Times.
Colonel James A. Hoyt, now of the
Baptist Courier, then owned and edited
anewspaper in the city of Anderson.
Colonel Thomas B. Crews in 1859 was
the junior partner of Davis & Crews in
in the ownership ofthe Abbeville Ban
ner. He now edits the Laurensville
Herald.
At present We do not recall the name
of any other editor in 1859, who is alive
to-day, except Mr.. Thomas F. Creme
ker, recently owner of the Newberry
Herald. Because of age and infrmity,
he retired from business several years
ago.
The changes in the citizenship of
Abbeville village have been no less
marked, than the changes among the
editors in the State. Of the business
men oflS59, scarcely halfdozen survive,
and, excepting Messrs. w. A. Lee and
w. H. Parker, attorneys at law, and
Capt. John G. Edwards, merchant, we
believe no man is still in the same busi-
ness which he then conducted.
With a few exceptions, here and
there, the subscription list Of the paper
is a new one. While every country
editor must feel more or less interest
in the individual subscribers to his pa
per, who are of course to some extent,
his neighbors and friends, the country
editor must regard with peculiar feel
ings those old friends who have stood
by him through all the varying scenes
of thirty years, and we would not be
ourself, if we did not feel lasting
| friendship for all the brethren with
whom we were in any way associated
in early life. While exciting causes at
times may disturb the needle in the
compass, and while seeming differences
would aiienate the heart, yet for all
that the needle returns to its proper
position, and the affections of early life
as surely resume their normal condi-
ton.
Each and every surviving editor in
1852, whose name We have mentioned,
is a practical printer, and has made bis
impress on the community in which he
has lived. Their upright characters
and lives are known of all men. Some
of them have held high offices of honor
and trust, and each and all did noble
part i'll the scenes Of war, while some
bore offdisabling wounds. With record
inferior to none in their respective com.
munities, and with great influence fol
good, they possess the love and resp eel
of their fellow citizen, while their diff
ferent newspapers, will perhaps, aver.
age as high as any same number OF
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the South.
r. A. Thompson, L. NJ. Grist, John
c. Bailey, Thomas B. Crews, James A
Hoyt, r. NJ. Stokes, Thos. F. Creme.
ker-nature's noblemen and worthy
citizens. Their honorable careers and
their places in the affections of the peo
pie are living testimonial of the worth
and the superior manhood that may be
developed in the head and heart OF
printer boys, and their success in life
should be an incentive to higher aspi
rations and greater exertions on the
part of those who now stand at the
case and toll early and late, it may be
at exceeding low wages, as did some 0
these brethren in the years who's.
records are complete.
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