The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-19


Morgantown, in 1903.
Since that time the Journalistic
highway has been atrewn with in
Vulnerable wrecks OF newspaper en-
terpTises. but the ruraI editor wa.
possessed Of a sublime faith In hi.
ability to succeed where so many
had failed, and pressed onward II
his noble pioneer efforts to enlighter
the people.
These old time papers were yer,
small affairs printed on hand presse!
and contained little or no local new.
as everyone was supposed to know
that. but was filed up with foreign
news and political affairs; with few
advertisements mostly OF a legal ma
ture. -
How many newspapers have beer
started in Harrison county is pas
finding out, but their number ha!
been legion.
The records Of the chancery cour
occasionally gives the name Of the
papers in which legal notices were
directed to be published, but mos
generally, tho decree stated that no
tice should be given in some public
newspaper printed - the town o.
Clarksburg" and sometimes tn,
words IF any be printed there" wert
added to the order.
From this source it is gathere.
that the following named papers
were published in Clarksburg ut tht
time stated:
1S15-The Bystander.
l8l6-The Western virginian.
1817-The Republican Compiler
1Sls-The Independent Virgin
1S22-The Clarksburg Gazette.
1S22-The Rattlesnake.
1S23-The Clarksburg 1ntelll
gencer.
1s24-Tho Independent Virgin
Ian.
is2a-Tho clarksburg Enquirer.
1S32-The Western Enquirer.
1s35-The Countryman.
1840-'rhe CIarksburg Democrat
1S40-The Clarksburg Wing.
1S44-The Scion of Democracy.
1S45-The Hariapn Republican.
1S55-The Age Of Progress.
1S56-The Clarksburg Register.
1S61-The Western yirgini;
Guard.
1S62-The Telegram.
A piece of a copy of the Bystand
er has been seen by the writer dateC
June s. 1871. A, and F. BrittoE
being the publishers. Terms 5000 {
year, being Vol. /, No. d5. Another
issue bears the date of September
1913, being Vol. 2, No. 1l2.
This Is the first paper printed ii
Clarksburg of which there Is an.
knowledge.
Joseph H. Powell. who entered
the Office of the Democratic Republi
can published by Enos D. Morgan a
Morgantown In January, 1884, II
learn the printing business, statel
that a Mr.. Sparrowhawk printed /;
paper in Clarksburg in the earl!
thirt1es.
That DR.. Benjamin Dolbeare Ii
1910 published a paper at Clarks
burg called the Clarksburg Demo
rrat, having succeeded Philip F
Critchf1eld. In 1874 Dolbeare SOLE
put to Basel and Harper, who thel
changed the name of the paper to thu
Scion Of Democracy" which wa!
continued until 1S48. Mr.. Powell
who returned to Clarksburg in 1910
did the mechanical work on both o
these papers, his name appearing OF
them as printer.
In 1870 the whig party started I
paper called the "Clarksburg Wing
which was published by William Nc
NJ al HaTs
Vile published the Harrison Re
publican" which Mr.. Powell thinks
he sold out to Kenton Harper, and h
10 Samuel Yost,
Mr.. Powell says he understood
that Forbes Britton published thu
Rattlesnake.
OF all the papers published il
Clarksburg before the war, which
have come into the hands OF thu
writer, 1.-THE Harrison Republican
published In 1916, 6, z and s b.
Robert A. Sommerville in mechani
cal execution, neatness OF appear
ance, literary selections. editorial
and arrangement Of the advertise
ments exceed them all, and would b
considered a good weekly paper a
the present time, except that not 81
much attention was given to loca
affairs.
1t was four PACED paper wit
six columns to the page. Sometime
previous to 1870 there was a pape
published in Clarksburg called tn
"Catigator," neither the publishe
nor the exact date being known. II
name would indicate that 1t was
scorcher and for the times fully u
to the yellow journalism. OF today.
Along in the flfties the Clarksbur
papers seem to get on Il more stabl
footing than before. In 1856 Phil
F. Critchfeld published the "Age O
Process" w. P. Cooper started tn
Register" which flourlshed unit
the beginning OF the war, when tn
editor abandoned the pen for tn
sword under the stars and bars, an
Charles e.. Ringler, who was TIL
editor of the "Western Virgtnt
Guard" did the same thing save h
marched under. the stars and stripes
Robert s. .Northcott started TIL
Telegraph" in the carly part of tn
war, but abandoned 1t to enter tn
army, but resumed It's publication
after the war, the name bein
changed to the Telegram"
1.-THE Ohio Twenty-second" wa
the title Of paper issued in Clarke
burg by soldiers Of that regimen
July 10, 1861. +e-
Since the war quite a number Q
short lived. papers have come an
zone, and now (1909) there are pub
.isfled in Clarksburg THE Telegram