The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-02-14
AN INTERESTING STORY OF
SALUDA COUNTY NEWSPAPERS
3. w. Crouch Sketches Checkered
History in an Informed and In
structive Manner

Editor The Standard:
The first county paper was known
as the Saluda Sentinel. The first IS
sue of that paper bears date of Octo-
Der 81, 1895, and was published 10
DAYS after the ordinance creating Sa-
luda county was finally adopted and
signed by the president of the Con-
stitutional convention.
The first editor was B. Frank Sam
pie, a native of Saluda county and
! for long number Of years teacher
in the public schools. He was after
wards elected school commissioner OF
the new county, said office being now
known as county superintendent of
education.
The Sentinel was first published by
E H. Aull, now editor of the New
berry Herald and News, and was is
sued from The Herald and News press
at Newberry Here it continued to
be published until after the location
of the county seat.
When the court house site was de-
cided upon in April, 1896, the good
will and subscription list Of the Sen
tinel was purchased by Alvin Ether
edge. B. w. Crouch, J. H. Edwards,
J. A. Attaway and S. T. Edwards. An
old fashioned hand press and the
necessary type, cases, and other
equipment were provided by the own
ers. and the plant was installed in a
small tenant house near the home OF
Mrs. William Maxwell, in Saluda.
This house still stands, but few peo-
ple know it was the home of the frst
newspaper ever published within the
town of Saluda.
A. B. Cargile was the editor OF
The Sentinel at this period. The next
home of this paper was in frame
two story building on Church street
fronting the court house square. h.
S. Blease succeeded Mr.. Cargile as
editor and was in charge OF the pc
per for a short while. 90
The owners then sold the paper to
H. S. Cunningham, who had moved
to Saluda and was the first teacher
of the school in the new town. he
moved the paper into an office on the
second floor Of what was then known
as the .Etheredge building" This
building stood where the store now
occupied by J. Walter Dufie stands.
on the northwest corner of Main and
Church streets.
A short while afterward, the Eth
eredge building was destroyed by
fire as we'll as it's contents. In THIS
fire The Sentinel press and all other
equipment was lost. The other Of
fees on the second floor of the Ether
edge building were occupied by r.
W. Able. C. J. Ramage, j. N. 0. Greg
ory and B. W. Crouch-all young
attorneys-and by DR.. ]. W. Pitts,
who was then practicing dentistry.
Practically all of the law books of the
attorneys were lost as well as DR..
Pitts dental equipment.
In a short time after this, A. b.
Cargile founded the Saluda Standard
as the successor of The Sentinel and
began the publication of the new pa
! per. For a short while, The STAN
dard was published in the house
since then enlarged-on Jefferson
street in front of Crout's shop and
now occupied by Curtis Etheredge.
This house was built in the fall of
1896 by the Saluda Land and I'M
provement company and in it the first
school in the new town was taught
by H. S. Cunningham. From this
! place The Standard was afterward
moved to its present home. Mr.. Car
gile sold the paper to John M. and
w. L. Daniel who ran it for While
and sold it back to Mr.. Cargile. 1t
was then bought by R. L. Werts who
edited it for short while and dis
posed of it to John E. Smith and Mr..
Smith in turn sold it to W. Grady
Hazel. After editing and publishing
The Standard for about nine years,
Mr.. Hazel sold it to Armfeld Broth
ers, the present owners, and publish
ers.
1t should be stated that Nathan E.
Aull, a brother of E. H. Aull, edited
The Sentinel for short while imme-
diately preceding its removal from
Newberry to Saluda.
Soon after the publication of The
! Sentinel was begun at NewDerry. an
other paper was founded known as
the Saluda Advocate. 1t was publish