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 536 HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 1897 R. L. Daniel secured control of the paper and it was shortlj- afterward combined with the Xeics. This paper was established in 18S9. It was a Republican paper and its editor was E. L. Purcell, who has been con- nected with it since that time. The Democrat- News is one of the influential papers of its section. The Tribune was e.stablished in 1900 by Ed. Costello. He was succeeded as editor by T. A. Bowman. The next man who controlled the paper was E. P. Francis, who still con- tinues its publication. The Democrat-News is Democratic in politics, while the Tribune is Republican. The first paper published in Marquand was The Echo, which was established by A. V. Cashion, now the editor of the Perry County Republican. Cashion was the editor and the plant was owned by Thomas Estes. The Echo appeared for only two years, from 1890 to 1892. After its discontinuance, Marquand was without a paper until in October, 1910, when Dean Gibson established the Marquand Leader. This paper is independent in politics and is devoted to local interest, principally. The first newspaper in Charleston, Missis- sippi county, was The Courier. It was estab- lished by George Whitcomb in the latter part of the year 1857. It was ably conducted and a very creditable paper. It was established as an independent paper and was one of the few Southeast Missouri papers that continued to be published during the war. Even The Courier, however, wa.s subject to frequent in- terruptions. From 1858 to 1872, the man- agement was in the hands of W. F. Martin, who was also during part of the time, its editor. The plant was sold in 1872, on the death of Mr. Martin, to Frank M. Dyer, who published The Courier until 1877, when he sold it to C. M. Dimifer. In 1875 The CIiarlcstoH Gazette was established by George M. Moore, and the two papers wei-e consoli- dated under the name of the Charleston Ga- zette in 1877. In a .short time Dunifer with- drew from the firm and established a new paper called The Senti)icl. which two years later was removed to Arkansas. Moore sold the Charleston Gazette to a joint stock com- pany and they sold it to W. H. Campbell. Campbell operated the paper something like a year and then sold it to Andrew Hill, and in April, 1886. the office, material and press were removed to Maiden. In 1865 George Martin, a son of W. F. IMartin. who had published Tiic Courier for manj' j-ears, began the publication of a little sheet which he called The Enterprise. ]Iar- tin was then only 15 years old and his sole help in working the paper was another boy about his own age named M. V. Golder. Mar- tin continued the publication of Tlie Enter- prise until 1892, -sNhen he sold it to his brother, John F. Martin. In 1902 the paper as transferred to Colonel P. B. Moore and from that time until 1907 was under the management of S. G. Tetweiler. Tetweiler combined it with the Democrat, which he published since 1887. In the year 1907 R. E. Douglas became the editor and proprietor of the paper and has continued its publication ever since that time. It is Democratic in politics and it is probable that The Enterprise has had the longest continuous existence under the same name of any paper in this part of the state. At one time the paper was published as a daily. This was during the time of the management of John F. ilartin. The other paper published in Charleston is the Fcpublican, whose editor is G. N. Stille.