The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-05
rnIN11Nc PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
How n Was Done I'm savannah
Forty-.even Years Ago.


The printing Of the Presidents mes
sase ia The Morning News yes'erday-a
mstt,r of Ittic more than "a couple Of
hour. with the machinery o.
modern newspaper. from The Assoc
,atl Press operators desk through
ha linotype machines. the s'ereo-
vre rooms ana che swift Hoe
- .ses IL the complete paper folded and
ready far the malls-recaled 80 the vet
Grams ~ new paperdom in savannah the
Il,.r.ols work Of printing the Presidents
Message ha.l "a century ago
Co. H. Esthl. who forty
seven years ago. was the of
ice deyn" Of the Daily Courier
tus an interesting story q how the
eUsl.pers u that day managed 20 get
rut sucn documents. The OUTFIT Of type
ana other mechanical facilities. 70 say
nothing 81 the hack Of extra tyDesetters
made the printing OF President mes-
sage a hercuiean uniertakmg one which
.uireI no, only the efforts % all inter
,stsl in the paper. from the editor 10 the
.asy.I On, tae help Of outsiders as we'll
when % was obtaina5le.
In lsa there were four morning
.eaep4rers ia Savannah the Daily
Courier savannah Republican Daily
G..rsiar. and the Morning News
Tine courier was published hy ;.
T. chapman who was alsl state prln'-
IT, u. office was wei equipped with
ew material. as wei Tor the newspaper
l- for printing the journals OF the Cen
..aI Assembly. ard two large presses, one
o. Hoe cylinder printing four pages 81 a
newspaper 90 one impression. a wonderful
.ics- af machinery FOR those days u
sad been the custom for the four news
-8per7 10 eel up the message Jointly, each
5tH.e taking q part of d.. The type thus
-.t was used in euca paper The usual
arrangement was made IN ls3 but
Mr. chapman. OF the Courier. hav-
INK the fastest press. demanded
that he should be allowed tho nrst use
of che type as Il was set up. As
The Courier was the youngest Of the four
papers this demand was considered PEE
.rmptuous and was refused by the others.
Mr. Chapman thcreupon declined
600 have anything to do with the
arrangement and put his entire Of
nce force. those on the state printing as
wen as those employed on tho Courier.
20 work On the message Before midnight
10 Was in Npe ana the Courier went 10
press while the other papers we're SIN
tru-sinE To get up the matter. A. soon
1s tle first copies 81 tho Courier were
on the press Young Estill who was ths
office "dcvi" ives sent with n copy 10 the
rival offices. with Mr Chapmans com
pimeuts
The Courier was published in a building
that stood where the Savannah Bank and
the Morning News was printed
go building sVo doors ives,
% b. Young Essll climbed M
to the editorial room Of the
Morning News but finding no ore
there. went 20 the composing room
nnd presented q copy Of the Courier TO
'le foreman. Mr. Cunning who looked
s over and remarked that % was great
achievement In the Georgian office the
ate Isaac $ clark was foreman. Mr.
clark was. as Dc always was.
polite and ,ourteous. sud resumed
DIS thanks TO Mt Chapman FOR
ndiuF him COPY Of the Cou-
r.er The uoXt Office the then
'dcNll' visited was the Rcpubli-
cam. There his reception was any
thing buf cordial The foreman. who was
noted for his Feasibility. muttered n
few words ana the LAD started down tho
I'iia as fast az bis young legs could
carry him As he went. the foreman
SHE'D nIailet a. him
That issue of the Savannah Daily
Courier marked an epoch in newspare.
life in savannah and was celebrated bv
q supper 40 Pat Cody's place. a saloon
and restaurant az the corner OF Bay lane
qua brayton street. whore bearing 4 Hun
now have their Insurance oflre. la the
FroVident building In the forty
seven years thar have eIapsed be
tween then ami now there have been
-rcat changes in the art Of printing Set
ung up and printing a Presidents mes
sage to-day Is merely "A matter OF detail
WIN the linotype machines % IS only A
couple Of hours work 10 put IL In TYNE
and "a twenty-four-page Hoe perfectlag
press viii turn out 10 "a few hours enough
papers 10 supply an the readers In the
state a newspaper OF half century
aao did not contain as much reading in
its entire issue for month as the Nom
iug News has in it IN its present daily