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' Knowing that Christ being
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Georgia Cavalcade
STORY OF GEORGIA NEWSPAPERS
(Part 2 — 1860 to Present)
By GUS BERND, Historieal Assistant,
Office of Secretary of State
The War Between the States was disastrous to
most of Georgia’s newspapers. As long as the
presses remained in Conifederate hands, the papers
were both a practical and spiritual aid to the
South’s war effort. They encouraged enlistments;
served up optimism; furnished news of the engage
ments and casualties. As the conflict turned against
the Confederacy, paper, manpower, and other re
sources became scarce; conditions of work hazar
dous; and publication irregular, Printing presses
often had to be hidden and operated in obscure
places.
The prices of subscriptions soared. The Macon
Telegraph for one year was $l2O in 1865. There
were many brilliant editors in Georgia during the
war. Atlanta, Augusta, Macon, Milledgeville and
Savannah were centers of journalistic enterprise.
Due to the struggle, about 60 Georgia papers ceased
publication, More than 30 others failed during the
ordeals of Reconstruction. Many were seized or
suppressed by Federal authorities. In contrast to the
almy optimism of 1861, on April 16, 1865, The
Savannah News, its name having been changed to
The Daily Herald after Yederal seizure, struck
loyal Southerners in the face with the headline:
“\Most Glorious News of the War. Lee Has Surren
dered to Grant.” In addition to loss of their papers,
some editors were arrested.
The Reconstruction Period was difficult for
papers voicing the sentiments of mnative white
Southerners; but so many new sheets appeared that
by 1870 the number of journals in the State was
back up to 110.
The late sixties, the seventies and eighties, wit
nessed the rise of big city dailies led by The At
lanta Constitution and The Atlanta Journal. Ear
liest papers which appeared in Atlanta were: The
Democrat, The Luminary, The Enterprise, and The
Southern Miscellaney—in the 1840 s. Several dozen
publications existed in the city during the 1850 s.
The Gate City Guardian, later renamed The South
ern Confedéracy, and The Atlanta Intelligencer at
tained a considerable circulation. During Sherman’s
sicge the latter was published aboard a freight car
and was the only one of the Gate City's many
papers to survive the war.
The Daily Era and The Daily True Georgian were
leading papers during the Reconstruction Period.
These two and The Intelligencer left the scene after
Reconstruction, Dr, Samuel Bard, temporarily edi
tor of The New Era and later of The True Geor
gian, is considered to have had a tremendous in
fluence in the ousting of the corrupt regime of
Governor Rufus Bullock.
The Atlanta Constitutien, founded by Carey W.
Styles in 1868, literally led the rise of Atlanta from
the ashes, This paper also gave to the nation the
late Henry W. Grady, “Prophet of The New South.”
Styles was shortly succeeded by G. H. Anderson
who formed a partnership with William A. Hemp
hill. Colonel E. Y. Clarke later joined Hemphill.
Then Evan P. Howell bought the paper in 1876 and
ushered in the new era in Georgia journalism that
produced Henry Grady and Joel Chandler Harris.
The famous “Uncle Remus” was born in The
Constitution. Young Joel Harris had gotten his
start as a printer’s devil on The Countrymran of J.
A. Turner at Turnwold in Putnanr county in the
early sixties. Harris and Grady became great
{riends. Through the years The Constitution has
been honored with such other gifted writers as
Major Charles H. Smith (“Bill Arp”), Frank L.
Stanton, Lucian Lamar Knight, Ralph McGill, Jack
Tarver, and Doris Lockerman, to mention only a
few. Three generations of Clark Howells have
served The Atlanta Constitution, The paper’s pres
ent publisher is Major Clark Howell, whose son is
& member of the news stafl.
The Atlanta Journal, founded in 1883 by Colonel
E. F. Hogue, a lawyer and legislator, has been the
only paper to successfully challenge The Constitu
tion. Their rivalry has been spirited. Though The
Journal leads in circulation, it is a matter of debate
fn Georgia as to which has the greater influence on
public affairs, The old Atlanta Georgian, a Hearst
paper, end a number of others have been on the
scene temporarily, The list of editors and writers
of .The Atlanta Journal includes many noteworthy
names; Major John 8. Cohen, James A. Gray, Hoke
Smith, John Temple Graves I, Don Marquis, Ers
kine Caldwell, Grantland Rice, John Paschall, Mar
garet Mitchell, and others.
James M. Cox, former Governor of Ohio, pur
¢hased The Journal and The Georgian in 19839, and
glosed out the latter, and greatly expanded The
dournal, which now has a daily circulation of well
:vox SOO,OOO and a Sunday circulation of around
00,000, Editor Wright Bryan, George Biggers, Ern
est Rogers, Morgan Blake, Edwin Camp, George
z:odvh. and €. E. Gregory are among The Jour-
Ral's preset human assets, The Sunday Magazine
(Countinued in Column Four.)
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Robert R. Gunn, Consfructive
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And Popular Athenian
Robert R, Gunn was an eoptimist in the real
sense of the word. He never talked anything worth
while down. He always talked it up, He was sought
by the organization to which he belonged as “their
leader because of that fine trait. If he was ever in
a bad humor it was not discernible to those with
whom he associated day by day, Those who visited
hisg store always were greeted by his hearty wel
come and it was the personality of the owner that
contributed as much as anything to the success of
Gunn’s Men’s Store.
He was one of the old fime community Boosters
who never failed to speak in glowing terms of the
future of his adopted home. As a member and Pres
ident of the Athens Chamber of Commerce he al
ways promoted undertakings that were designed to
aid the welfare of Athens and its citizens. As Pres
ident of the Athens Kiwanis Club he sieered the
course of that organization in a constructive -and
effective manner and was responsible for much of
its success as a civic group prior to and after he
served it as an officer,
As a Legionnaire he was always to be found on
the side of the veteran. As an alumnus of the Uni
versity of Georgia he was considered one of its
most useful, always responsive to demands upon
his time and money and energy in behalf of his
Alma Mater, He was the first Clarke County Chair
mran of the March of Dimes and set the pace for
subsequent successful campaigns to finance the hu
manitarian work carried on at Warm Springs. He
wags enthusiastic in his support of the Athens Reg
ional Library Board and at the time of his death
was its Chairman.
The passing of Mr, Gunn was a blow, not only to
his family and his close friends but to thousands of
others who knew him, His death means that some~
thing fine has been taken from this community, that
a spirit which contributed to the good feeling, a
spirit of helpfulness to those needing the uplift that
it could give has gone from our midst, leaving those
who benefitted fronr it the poorer and the sadder
for its having passed on.
Visitors From Abroad Point Up
Success of ‘Big Lie’ Propaganda‘
Russia’s most potent weapon in its long-range
war to crush democracy throughout the world and
replace it with a dictatorship of world communism
is neither its overwhelming military strength, its
atom bomb, nor its geographical position, It is the
BIG LIE, it is reported. |
It is the same weapon devised and used so suc
cessfully by Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goeb
bels, but greatly refined and given vaster currency
because Stalin has at his command not only Mos
cow’s own propaganda experts, but those in satellite
countries plus thousands of secret agents and credu
lous dupes within all non-communist nations.
The Big Lie’s success depends upon one thing and
one thing only—constant, never-ending, hamrmering
repetition. If no contradictory voice is raised, so
much the better.
How successful the Red propagandist have been
with this is pointed up by a recent discussion with
members of a group of 10 Austrian journalists now
touring this country under the auspices of the
Rockefeller Roundation, the University of Missouri
School of Journalism and the State Department.
These men, outstanding in their field, are highly
experienced, with more than average education and
cultural background.
Yet even they came here with certain ideas about
the United States that puzzle an American. For in
stance, during their week's stay in Cleveland, they
wacthed operations in a large brokerage house.
Some of them were amazed to learn that our big
corporations have literally millions of stockholders,
most of thenr just ordinary people in workaday jobs
like themselves.
As one of them put 1t: “I always thought that a
few big shots—ls or 20, maybe—held all the stock
and grew rich on the profits. Well—you see — we
get so much of that Communist propaganda.”
The visitors -also were impressed with the degree
of culture they found in this country. One of them
wistfully spoke of the fact that there are few Am
erican communities too small to have a public li
brary. One suspects here the hamnrering of another
Communist Big Lie — that Americans are barbar
ians, concerned with nothing more intellectual than
grubbing for a dollar. The visitors had other mis
conceptions. k
It makes an American wonder how naive a grown
man can be. But these Austrians are not nalve—far
from it. They just heard too much of the Big Lie
and not enough of the Big Truth, And if they swal
low the Big Lie, how easily must it go down with
the average European man-in-the-street and the
ignorant peasant?
You and I and the rest of this generation will
never live again in a peacetime econonry.—Arch
bishop Richard J. Cushing, of Boston,
Never in the past have the two great wings of
labor seemed so close together. Never has our labor
movement seemed so near to broadening political
activity . . . into organic singleness, — Thomas E.
Dewey, gowernor of New York.
Communists talk of freedom while they murder
it. They talk of peace while they support aggres
sion. They . . . pretend to virtues which their phil
osophy rejects.—Clement Attiee, Prime Minister of
Great Britain.
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section wunder the direction of
Angus Perkerson has achieved
wide fame.
Theugh Atlanta has paced the
field of journalism in Georgia, the
smaller dailies and the weeklies
have also contributed gmuch to the
press of CGeorgia. In Macon, The
News, founded in 1884 by J. B.
Pound, has achieved national
g;omjnence as a mouthpiece for
uthern liberalism. Editors Wil
liam R. “Pop” Smith, and Joe Par
ham, and the late Harry 8. Stro
zier, as contributing editors for
many years, have guided the pa
per wisely. Smith later went to
Washington as a correspondent and
is now publishing The Cochran
Journal, Parham is present editor
of the News. Jack Tarver slso
served notably as an editor of the
Macon paper before going to The
Constitution.
The Macon Telegraph has con
tinued to prosper under several
outstanding editors, The late W. T.
Anderson was perhaps the best
known of these. The Columbus
Ledger was established in 1886 and
The Augusta Herald in 1897,
The Savannah Merning News
and Eveni.n'f Press, The Augusta
Chronicle, The Columbus Enquir
er-Ledger, a modern merger, and
mnnfy of the older papers in the
smaller towns have continued to
expand. Only five of Georgia's
counties are without a home pa
per today. There are considerably
more than 200 weeklies and about
30 dailies at present, and in addi
tion several score periodicals and
trade %ournals, such as The Geor
gia ducaitonal Journal, The
Georgia Federationist, The Market
Bulletin, The Georgia Legionnaire,
ete.
Three important political papers
in the State at present are: The
Statesmran of Governor Herman
Talmadge; The Augusta Courier,
published by former House Speak
er Roy V. Harris; The Georgia
Democrat, of former Acting Gov
ernor M. E, Thompson. These po
litical organs are widely read and
are gospel to many of their respec
tive partisans.
There have been many Negro
newspapers in Georgia beginning
with The Colored American which
was set up in Augusta in 1865 and
lasted only six months. The At
lanta Daily World monopilizes this
field today in Georgia and has a
considerable reputation among the
Nggro people and the respect of
many whites, Many of Georgia's
city dailies publish a colored sec-
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tion. Negro mspfi in the
State have generally diffieul=-
ty in seeking } become substan
tial, Nearly all have failed.
The Georgia Fress Association,
growing out of the Georgia Week
ly Press Association founded in
Milledgeville In 1887, became a
very potent erganization following
the admssion of dailies to mem
bership in 1918. The Georgia
Press Institute, organized in 1928,
which meets each year in Athens
at the Henry W. Grady School of
Journalism of the University, is
another beloved imstitutien of
Georgia journalism.
Ther® are many sacred tradi
tions, fine memeries, and pleasant
associations connected with the
history of Geergia’s papers. Old
timers perhaps treasure most the
story of the late W. B, Townsend
and his unique career as publisher
of The Dahlonega Nugget. The
younger generation probably are
equal in ingenuity and originality
to their predecessors; but their
problems of publication and sale
are hardly as great.
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PALACE—
Wed.-Thurs.-Fri.-Sat. — “Stel
la,” starring Ann Sheridan, Victor
Mature. House of Mercy. Leon &
Eddie’s. News,
GEORGIA—
Thurs.-Fri. — “And Baby Makes
Three,” starring Rebert Young,
Barbara Hale. Candid Micrephone.
Country Rhythm. News.
Sat. — “Hold That Ghost,” star
ring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello,
Joan Davis.
STRAND—
Fri.-Sat. — “Binging "Guns,”
starring Vaughn Manroe, Ella
Raines, Walter Brenman. King
Tut’s Tomb. Undersea Kingdom —
RITZ —
Fri.-Sat. — “The Old Frontier,”
starring Monte Hale, Paul Hurst,
Bill Henry, Prize Maid, King of
the Jungleland — Chapter 6.
DRIVE-IN—
Fri,—“Mr, Soft Touch,” starring
Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes. Dog
Gone Tird,
Sat. “Indian Agent,” starring
Tim Holt-Richard Martin, Nan
Leslie. Brooklyn Buckaroos. Let’s
Go Boating. His Bitter Half.
In the parlance of radio, an
amateur is one “interested in ra
dio technique solely with a per
sonal aim and without pecuniary
interest.”
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WOUNDED BY LAMP POST
CHICAGO— (AP) —A bus
rammed a lamp post on South
Park Ave.'The post’' smashed’
through the living roem window
of a home and struck Mrs, Ina
Brown, She was injured slightly,
With the entry of Newfound
land into confederation, Canada
,became the main fish preducing
country in the world in terms of
dollar value.
— EFFECTIVE AUGUST 28, 19w —_—
Due te the seasenal increase in cost of milk production as well as
increased cost of battling, it is necessary that the price of our milk :
be changed to the followign:
Bulk Quarts Pints V 2 Pints
Sweet Milk ........... .22¢ ..
PR vt TR 14¢ b 8 i
Chocelate Drink ........ N 8 L 1 07¢
Corosl Cmome .....,..,. 65¢ 33¢c 20¢
Whipping Cream . ...... 95¢ - 50¢ 30¢
Orange Ade ............50¢ 16¢ ‘b 05¢
' Butteor ................ To¢ por potsnnd
Cottage Cheese ......... 25¢ per jar
Athens Cooperative Creamery
Phone 2271 — 198 W. Hancock
IT’S NOT MONEY
REGINA, Sask—(AP)—lndians
have been attending the hoyse
1 races here and race officials say
they are getting a great wick out of
it. The red-skins sit solemnly in
one corner of the bleachers and
wateh the pale-faces lose their
money. |
The painters Von Gogh, Cezan
ne, El Greco, Blake, Monticello,
Carlo Dolei, Magnoni, Lautrec and
Mancini all went mad.
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