The Sumter News was a newspaper serving Sumter, South Carolina. It became the True Southron and eventually merged with The Watchman to form The Watchman and Southron.
History
H. L. Darr was a journalist in Charleston, South Carolina, who moved to Sumter to establish a weekly paper.[1] Noah Graham Osteen (born January 25, 1843) joined the paper soon after.[2] Frank Moses worked for it. It competed against the Sumter Watchman. [1]
A conservative paper, it promoted Democratic Party politics and described itself as a white man's paper[3] with an editorial header stating "This is a white man's country and must be ruled by white men". Moses wrote columns and editorials calling for the development of industry in the South, criticizing "carpetbaggers", Northern missionaries helping establish Union Leagues, and Republican activities, especially Radical Republican, in Washington D.C.[1][4]
The paper used the telegraph to get Associated Press stories on U.S. President Andrew Johnson's fight against the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and impeachment.[1] The paper was renamed the True Southron. It eventually merged with the Watchman to become the Watchman and Southron.[2]
Osteen developed the business into a publishing company. His son Hubert established The Item in Sumter.
References
- 1 2 3 4 Ginsberg, Benjamin (April 12, 2010). Moses of South Carolina: A Jewish Scalawag during Radical Reconstruction. JHU Press. ISBN 9780801899164 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 Snowden, Yates; Cutler, Harry Gardner (June 8, 1920). "History of South Carolina". Lewis Publishing Company – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Geo. P. Rowell and Co.'s American Newspaper Directory". Geo. P. Rowell & Company. June 8, 1871 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Blair, William A. (March 1, 2012). Journal of the Civil War Era: Spring 2012 Issue. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807852637 – via Google Books.