The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-09-15

stated, his death took place here in
September, 1887.
No paper was issued in Port GIb-
son during the war except the
TYPE of the Times," which was
started in the fall Of 1861 and lived
about year. Its editor was B.
II. Farmer.
The Standard, a seven column,
all home-print, was founded in No
vember, 1866, by Francis Marschalk,
j. 5. Mason being editor. In June,
1867, the latter retired and Mr.
Marschalk continued to publish the
paper until 1876. Part Of the time
he performed the editorial duties
alone and part of the time he was
associated with Capt. A. J. Lewis,
(now of Florida), and afterwards for
a few months with Rev. j. G..
Jones, since deceased. Tn 1876 Mr..
Marschalk left Port Gibson and the
Standard came To an end. He died
in Texas in 1890 while editing the
Longview Clarion.
The News was started in 1882 by
P. b. Moore, q printer from Wi
mona. IL was a six-column paper,
afterwards enlarged to seven col
umns, with ready-print outside.
Capt. A. j. Lewis was editor Of this
paper for some time.
j. w. Crisler, OF Kinds county.
bought an interest IN the paper in
1884, and in 1885, in conjunction
with his brother, G. w. Crisler, be-
came sole owner. The News was q
losing venture and finally expired
in January, 1887. Mr.. Moore is
now living at Utica, Mics. The
Crisler brothers have entered the
Methodist ministry, one being at
Utica, the other at Hays.
The News outfit was bought by
A. G. Wharton, who started the
Record, also a 'patent-b back" in
February. 1887. It's publication
was continued until November of
that year, when il was merged into
the Reveille, OF which Mr.. w. had
got control. The Record was a fail
ure from a financial standpoint, and
it would not have lived much long
er but for its union with the Rev
ellie.
Jas. NJ. Allen, Kentuckian, who
taught for several years in the
Chamberlain Hunt Academy, was
at one time connected with the pres
ent editor in managing the Reveille.
This connection began in October,
1890, and closed in June, 1892, Mr..
Allen returning to Kentucky, where
he now edits a paper in Cynthiana.
Besides the papers named in this
article there were some other journ-
alistic experiments in Port Gibson,
but they soon came to an end. One
of them was the "Soulherner," a
bout the year 1887.
Another was the Mississippi
Watchman, edited by Marschalk DC
Ewing. It's first issue appeared in
July, 1882, but its career was short.
The first newspaper a. Grand
Gulf was the Advertiser, founded
in 1884 by VIM. M. Smythe, with
whom. little later, John ID. Free
man was for a time associated. Dir.
Freeman afterwards became attor-
ncy-general Of the state. AT one
time in Its career the Advertiser is
sued a semi-weeklY edition.
The Grand Gulf Advocate was
published early In "the forties" by
w. b. Tebo.
Another Grand Gulf paper was
the Whig, edited by Jas. M. Duff
field, Marylander, who afterwards
TO Natchez.
The Southern Star, another Grand
Gulf paper, was started in April,
I845, by w. P. kirkland. We are
unable TO say how long these papers
lived, though the Advertiser is
known TO have flourished for num-
Der of years.
There we're, IL is believed, other
journalistic ventures in Grand Gulf,
Of which no definite information
exists.
Bound files of the Grand Gulf
extending over period
of several years from 1884, are in
possession of the Mississippi His
lorical Society. as are also hles of
the Port Gibson Correspondent
from 1884 to 1S42, and Of the p. q.
Herald from 1912 To 1847.