St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-09-25
A man OF MANY NEWSPAPER
Varied Experience Of D.. /, Stump, Formerly Of
EunICa and CrOWIsy-E0rked for Eil

Publisher, will doubtless prove Of in
terest to many Of our readers. VIII
know D. L. Stump, who establishe.
the Eunice News, and after
wards the Crowley Acadian:
D. Z. Stump, the editor Of the Pal
acois Beacon, and which is one 0.
the best local newspapers on th,
Texas gulf coast, has had a varied, i
not an exciting or romantic expert
ence. He began as type-setter
when about Is years Of age, on til,
Reflex, a weekly paper published a
the small town Of Buffalo, No, Chi
paper being owned at that time by
". kit Carson.
In 1880 Stump made bis first ven
ture in the newspaper business on BIZ
own account at Oxford, Kansas
where he established the Oxford Re.
fex.
In 1881 he returned to Missouri
locating at Carthage, where he re-
NAMED for ID years, and during
most Of that time was foreman Of
the job department. Of the Carthage
Press. For a short time he was man
ager and editor OF the Carthage
Transcript, owned by A. W. Rogers,
but which suspended after an I'M
eventful career. In 1903 Stump
purchased the indicator, published
Sarcoxie, the great strawberry ship
ping point near Carthage, putting a
printer friend in charge. Later be
sold the newspaper and press to the
other Sarcoxie paper, retaining the
job press and material, which be re-
moved to Carthage and established
an exclusive job printing Office. In
1904 he removed the job Office to
Pittsburg, Kan, where a few months
later, he joined with John r. McKim
in reyiving the defunct Pittsburg
Daily Shelter. Stump sold his in
terest in the Shelter to McKim, and
q short time later the paper suspend
ed. In 1906 the subject of our
sketch bought a small outfit and
went to Asbury, Mo-, a new station
on the K. G. s. railway, where he es-
tablished the Asbury News. Early
the next year the K. G. s. railroad,
then familiarlY known as the Pee
Gee, began booming its coast termi-
nal city, Port Arthur. Through che in
iuence Of some Of Stump's personal
friends among che railroad officials,
the baggage car of a special emf
grant train destined for Port Arthur,
was sidetracked a day in advance at
Asbury, and the plant Of the News,
consisting Of an army press, 4 small
jobber, and an Indifferent assortment
Of type was put on board. The Office
was set up in the cal, and as the
train rolled along through Missouri,
Askansas, Indian Territory, Louisi-
ana and Texas, the editor with the
assistance Of his two eldest sons and
Mr. E. =. Baker, afterwsrd city sec
rotary Of Port Arthur, set the type
and made up the forms, and within
an hour after the train arrived at
Port Arthur on March 18th, 1907,
the first issue Of the Port Arthur
News was out and being distributed
among the people. most Of whom were
visitors, as the town did not then
contain LOO actual inhabitants.
In 1901 Mr.. Stump associated with
him ii the business, his eldest son,
and the business was run under the
name Of D. Z. Stump & Son, until
1908, when the elder sold his
interest 10 the News to his son, who
IS still publishing the paper.
When oil was developed at Batson,
Tex, Stump moved the plant Of the
Nederland News. which be had es-
at Nederland, to Batson,
and established the Batson Oil World,
made him some money. HaY-
Ing TO return to Port Arthur, he
the Office to d couple of print
srs, who soon run it to d finish and
left.
In July, 1907, Stump moved this
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