The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1910-02-06
F. |. BELLENGER
CALLED BY DEATH
PROMINENT NEWsPAPER MAN
PASSES AWAY.
FOUNDER OF JACKSON NEWS
Death Comes to Him at Baird, Texas,
Where He Had Gone for the Benefit
of His Health-Fmcral to BE Held
at Jackson This Afternoon.
ESPECIAL To THE moRN,ne T,.:ss

Jackson. Miss. Feb. 5.-IIon. Frank
Leslie Bellenger, founder ANA former
editor of the Jackson Daily News, diei
last night at Baird. Tex, aftez, an Ill
ness of about three years with tuber-
cuIosis.
For nearly twenty years Mr.. Bellen-
ger was conspicuous figure in Missis-
sippi journalism, and was the guiding
spirit in building up of the fore
most papers in the South. The body
will reach here Sunday afternoon N
! 2:3o O'Clock, accompanied bv his wifi
and child. Funeral services Will he
held al the First Presbyterian churca.
The lower house of the legislature
today passed resolutions extending
sympathy to members of the family.
Mr.. Bellenger was born in the city
of Jackson in June. 1867. was in his
| forty-third year at the time of his
dea,h and was the son OF the late Chas.
F.. Belenger, for many wears a resi-
dent of Jackson. and a soldier Of th,,
Confederacy. His aged mother Mrs.
\. II. Bellenger, IS still q resident OF
this city.
| At the age of Il Fraak B,llenger en-
! tered the office of the Jackson Comet,
then under the editorship of Hon Il.
*. Jayne, to learn the printers trade.
The first reportorial work Of Ar. Bel.
lenger was on the New Mississippian.
a paper owned and edited sby Nessss.
j. II. and r. l.. Martin. From this
position he went to Covington county
| where for Il period Of about eight
months he edited the Covington Coun.y
Journal a metropolitan newspaper
expeFience was gained through several
months of work on the reportorial staif
OF the New Orleans Picayune. On re
turning to jackson he was made nieh;
editor of the Morning Clarion, owne.
and edited by the la,e Col. j. L. Powel
and Capt J. S. McNeily. the latter
being now the editor Of the vicksburs
Herald
On the consolidation Of the Morning
Clarion with The State Ledger Mr.. Bel
lenger WAS one of the several member.
of an editorial aud typographical stat
thrown out of employment Four o.
these men, f. L. Bellengcr W c. John
son, t. r. Davidson and j. NJ Dunel5
ley, on the 10th 81 January. 1892
founded the News Publishing Company
which corporation is sill engaged il
the publication CT the Jackson Dahl
News, ard the life history Of Mr.. Bel
lenger for the past eighteen years I
indissolubly associated with the publ
cation Of his paper.
In October, 1907, Mr. BelIenger
health failed, and physicians advise
, him to seek a more eoneenial ~eIilnat
in the Southwest. No citizen ever LET
Jackson with keener regret or NOR
deeply suffered from The pangs OF nom,
i sickness While away from the city o
his nativity. Placing editorial contrc
of the paper in the hands of it's pre-.
ent editor, Mr. Frederick Sailens. b
left for Ell Paso, Tex. where he reside
about one wear. l. w2s the hope an
belief of Mr.. Bellenger that he wanl
ultimately be able to return to Jacl
i son and resume control Of the paper |
: which the best years of MS life Ia
been dcve,e.t. In Na,e. 1aas lfoweve
) it became apparent that the state {
: his health would neseG .faruit his +
: turn to this climate. ana he feluei:tntI
: disposed of his interests in the pap'
! | to Mr.. Frederick Snllens.