The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-27


CURED for acquiring the entire property
heauilod himself of IL. Before acqur
ing an interest in the paper he had beer
aa employee Of IL. having become connect.
ed with it Immediately after the close OF
the war Of secession His connection
with the MoRSISG NEWS, however, was
not his first newspaper experience. He
published the Evening Express in this
city in 1s59-6O.
1t Is not our purpose TO publisha history
of the MORNING News. which was estab-
/ lished in 1850, but simply to draw asten-
ton to the fact thata quarter of a century
/ has passed since Col Estill became its
proprietor, and topoint out the changes
that have taken place in it in that time,
and the efforts it has made in behalf of
good government and to build up Savannah
and to increase the prosperity of this sec
ton of the south.
When Col Estill became the owner of
the paper it was a comparatively small
affair. It's news service by the Associated
Press and specials did not amount to more
than a column or two day, and its entire
reading matter was not greater in amount
than is found on its editorial page at the
present time, It had no Sunday edition.
and its Monday edition was much inferior
to that of any other day. 1t was printed
on an old style press that was fed by
| hand
| To-day the MORNING News has a news
service that is equal to that of any other
paper in the south, and superior to that
of any other paper published in a city of
the size of Savannah. Very often its dis
patches cover two full pages. 1t not only
has the full press dispatches, but also
dispatches from large number of spe-
cial correspondents in this and the ada
cent states, and important points outside
of those states. And the remarkable i'm
provement in its news service is not the
only improvement that has been
made in it, It's editorial page, its
local department and its market
and marine reports have all been
kept abreast of the growth of the paper
and fully up to the demands of its pa
irons and of the times. The special fea-
lures are worthy of particular notice, as
they include correspondence and articles
from the best known writers of the
country AS already stated, when Col
EstilI became the owner of the MORNING
News, it had no Sunday edition Now,
that edition is its largest, the paper gen.
orally containing sixteen pages, and some
times twenty pages. The Monday edi-
ton has also been brought up to a high
standard of excellence.
The mechanical part of the MORNING
NEWS establishment has not been neg
lected. The paper is printed upon one of
the latest Hoe presses, which print from
10000 to 10000 copies an hour And the
home of the MORNING News is
worthy of the paper. Twenty-Five years
ago the paper was published in a small
building on Bay street. Soon after Col.
EstiI assumed control of it that building
was enlarged, bat it was soon found too
small for the demands upon it, and a new
building was erected on Whitaker street
in 1876. This building was greatly en-
larged and improved in 1855, and it is now
one of the handsomest and most commo-
dous newspaper Offices and publishing
houses in the south.
The MORNING News, since Col. Estin
has controlled it, has been democratic
paper and has always kept steadily in
view the best interests of the state. 1t
has labored for the principles and policies
it believed to be right and that would
tend to the prosperity of the people and
the up-building of the south. 1t has never
supported men or measures for personal
or selfish reasons, but has dealt with
them from the standpoint of the public
good. In this respect it has a consistent
record-a record of which it has reason to
be proud.
In purely local matters, what is there
to be said of it that is not praiseworthy?
1t has done far more than any other
agency to promote the growth and pros
perity of Savannah. What public i'm
provement has there been made that it
has not suggested and advocated? Was
it not the MORNING News that suggested
the improvement of the parks, the paw
ing of the streets, the building
of the De Soto, the opening of
new streets, the purchase of the
Dillon tract (Which has given the city the
streets and PARKS in that section), the
building of the new court house and Jail,
the improvement of the drainage-in
fact about all the improvements that
make Savannah the beautiful and
prosperous city she is to-day had
their birth in the columns of the
MORNING News, and were advocated by
it day after day for months and, in some
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