The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07
SOUTHERN PAPERS IN so-s
Trials and TribuIations That Journal
isis and Journalism Had % Undergo
While In Strife Lasted. and n List
OF the Best known Papers Of That
Time.

Oh the BeSf known Papers OF That
Time.
Newspaper lie il the south during
the war was filed with trials and trie-
ulations OF every variety, more espe-
elaI4y II The west and central south.
Many hurried removals were made, Tor
often as the army retreated the paper
went a.ons- n this way The Courier
now Ihe CourieT-Journal. was remcv-
ed by Mr.. ". y. Haldeman to Bowling
Green, Nashville and Chattanooga. TIE
Memphis Appeal and also The Memphis
Avalanche removed TO Montgomery,
Ala The Vicksourg (Miss.) Citizen
was captured with the forms on the
press. The Mobile (Ala.) Register and
New Orleans Picayune continued publ
cation after their cities were capturo1.
Vi the 1887 papers now in the south
only ts date back TO before the war.
This does not include religious papers,
as the war did not materially interfere
with their publications. The Virginia
and seacoast papers were the most sue
cessfully managed, notably The Rich
mond Wing, Times and Enquirer,
Charleston Mercury, Savannah News
and Galveston News.
Many papers published in War times
have passed out OF existence. Those
still living are: Greensboro Beacon,
Huntsville Democrat, Mobile Reglste-,
Selma Times and Tuscaloosa Times in
Alabama; Arkansas Gazette, A~rhansar;
Augusta Chronicle, Columbus oIn
Danlonega Signal, Dalton Citizen, La
Grange Reporter, Forsythe Advertiser,
Mllledgeville RECORD, Sanderville HeT-
ard and Savannah News in Georgia.
Cherokee Advocate, ~Tahlequah, Indian
Territory: ALEXANDRIA Gazette, Benton
Banner, Na~pOleeut4le Pioneer, New
Orleans PlcayCne, Lpelousas Courier,
Thibodaux Sun, sentinel, West Baton
Rouge Planter, W%lnnsboro Sun in Lou
isiana; Jackson Clarion, Lexington Ad-
vertiser, Macon Beacon, Raymond ga
Zette, Scranton Democrat, in Mississ-
ippi, Charlotte Times, Durham Record
er, Fayetteville Observer, Greensboro
Patriot, W1nston-Salem Sentinel, in
North Carolina; ADbeville Banner, An
derson Intelligencer, Barnwell Sentinel.
Edgefield Advertiser, Lancaster Ledger
Laurens Herald, Marion Star, Spartan
burg Spartan, Sumter Waterman, Wal
halla Courier, South Carolina; Athens
Post, Memphis Appeal, McMinnville
New Era, Nashville American, Pulas-
XII Citizen, Jackson Whig,i in Tenness ,e;
Bastrop Advertiser, Columbus Citizen,
Corsicana Observer, Galveston News.
Goliad Guard, Gonzales Inquirer, Hen
derson Times, Huntsville Post, Pales \
tine Advocate, Sulphur Springs Gazette,
Victoria Advocate in Texas; Abingdon
Virginian, Bristol News, Richmond
Times, Scottsville Courier, Staunton
Spectator, Wytheville Dispatch in Vir-
ginia. And of these survivors two were
founded in war tlmes-The Gazette,
Sulphur Springs. Texas, and The Dis
patch, W~ytheville Va, were founded in
1862.
The Baptist, Christian, Episcopal.
Methodist and Presbyterian papers
have nearly all survived, some in 4
consolidated shape, and all are greatly
improved.
General w. T. Sherman in his march
to the sea brought to pass more news-
paper shake-ups than all the managing
editors of the land. The Atlanta siege
smashed some of the newspapers, aad
scattered the others. During the stealy,
onward march of Sherman's conquer
ing legions the ~newSpaper men in Ten
nessee and north Georgia found It
necessary to establish themselves in so
many places that they had but lite
time to get acquainted with their SUP
scribers and advertisers. The Chatt.l-
mega Rebel, a bright and spirited lit =
daily, fingered a while at Atlanta, but
the fortunes Of war drove it to Griffith,
Macon, columbus and Selma. Ben
Grow was connected with it, and for d
long time accompanied it in its wan
behring's. Henry Watterson was on The
Rebel editorial staff for some time.
The Knoxville Register also sought
refuge in Atlanta where it was edlre1
by Lucius J. Dupre and Major John {
Whitner. The Hon. L. @. c. Lamar.
frequently wrote editorials for it and il
had an able staff Of contributors.
The Memphis Appeal was quite a
popular paper in those days. Edito:
McClananan made it lively, and his
war correspondents included some OF
the pest writer's Of the day. The papo.
was always we'll printed, and though Il
had to appear very often as a hall.
sheet, it always had a neat and news
look. The advance of the invaders made
a stormy petrol Of The Appeal ana
sent it fitting from place to place until
it reached Selma. After that it fled
into the mountains Of north Alabama,
and there is a we'll authenticated story
to the effect that a company Of Federal
cavalry captured the editor on a mule,
with a proof press and his saddle bags
filled with type, all that remained oil
tho nnan nr9cn0rsrrc Anno0l
In addition to these refugee dailies
Atlanta had five home papers, all daily
The Intelligence, The Southern Con-
federacy, The Gate City Guardian, The
Commonwealth and The Reveille.
Major John H. Steele was the editor Of
The Inte1ligencer, which was then own