The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-13
TOMBSTONE REVIEW OF
A NEWSPAPER GRAVEYARD

iaMes ". Naaaell as the chief editor. Gen.
Aston and Colonel Alex NJ. wallace.
ar was slwaFs 4 brilliant circle In the
S Snbeiar OF M inc or ,nes Wsddell vac a
phen,s ana Few men were better known
The usual result followed The Times
the Constitution. -
w We nl have had R,. quite number of even
s. Peterson edited the Common wealth aur,
ing the war down TO the present time.
ny tne way the commonwealth seems TO
he favoritc name for our evening papers,
Why is Il?
1T was. the. Commonwealth when Colonel
evening paper when he left the constitu,
II was the Commonwealth when that gal.
AM ~. SoIuier, Colonel Il. r. Sawyer. started
hut It seems to be an unfortunate news.
paper name, and Il Is the same way here
with the News aud the Herald
These reflections, however do not alwava
count When the Constitution was started
heads, and told rue that the paper was was
doomed. They said paper OF the same
name had once been started in Washing
We were dfferent in the aery days OF
1865 when Ben HIN was speaking 10 us
from every stump, and Il struck US that
the Constitution was the only name that
htted the case. II caught the people from
From that day tn Georgia there was one
Through the storm and stress OF those
reaped its reward II win ne admitted
everywhere that no daily newspaper In
our Southland has wider circulation or
Suppose we summarize Since the new
Atlanta started, after the war, We have
lost such able newspapers as;
The New Era.
Tho True Georgian.
The sun.
The Times
lNhc Herald,
old Intelligence Is ' not s iBeIadea anu IN The the
list.
Then, II should be remembered that we
the Commonwealth OF Colonel STYLES,
Colonel sawyer, the Evening Herald by
sam Small and Howard Williams the
Post Appeal by David 4. Caldwell. and
later the Commercial and the Evening
capitol edited at one time by Colonel Isaac
AZ one time recently Mr.. josiah Carter
started the Herald IL was n very bright
paper and he had n fine stan. II seemed
ia me that the paper started ont all right,
aud in my sanguinc way / predicted its
success, There was 4 mistake some whore.
Now the question Is whether there Is
chance for another paper IN Atlanta. Thls
seems To be settled for some years TO
come.
II is not likely that any company of men
IN the next few years VIII ruise even 500
coo cash TO start a paper aud be prepared
TO engage such q stan MS that which goes
ont with the News.
Tho experiment has been tried and It can
not be done successfully.
II groun OF the brightest and best news
paper men I'M Atlanta. with plenty OF COP.
ital and hosts of friends could not make
u success of the News, what possible
chance Is There for anybody clsc1
In the foregoing have merely listed
onr dead newspapers. Some NJ them were
remarkable in more ways than one
Major John IT, steele W tho old nteui
senoer was once assistant secretary Of
Colonel william l.. scruggs Of the New
Era was FOR more than twenty Eve years
United States minister TO Colombia. Vene-
zuelH and consul nj canton as well as
the legal representative Of Vcnczncla in
this country.
Some Of oar most successful daHes start
ed with very little money. fhc Conslitu-
ton was one OF thCm. II required iudg.
ment and economy 10 hold ou Popularity
alone would have paid no profit
sam small. bright aud popular, at his
Styles, the fighter, did not succeed. and
sawyer, patient and Industrious failed
Avery worked hard for the Capitol, but
II had 10 20 down.
In dashIng on these reminiscent para
graphs / have no Intention OF clarifying
any man or any newspaper.
! would Ike. however to say word for
some Of our earliest newspapers.
When Major G. r.. IIanleitcr, whose
partner, Colonel " = Thompson made
fame by writing Major Jones' Courtship,
moved his southern Miscellany Ia Atlanta,
he, greatly benefited ms rising town ~.
days and nights to the National lutclil
gcucer be WAS powerful FACTOR Cot gUol
few years latrr, when Colonel George
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