HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 533 Here its name was changed to Maiden Clip- per. It was then taken to Kennett in 1886, and its publication discontinued in 1887. The publication of the Kennett Clipper was begun in March, 1888, by R. H. Jones, who had had previous newspaper experience in Dexter and in JIalden. After some years, Ligon Jones, a brother of R. H., became in- terested in the paper and they continued it until in April, 1903. when it was sold to the Dunklin Coiuitj^ Publishing Company, a cor- poration. This publishing company con- tinued to issue the paper, at tirst under the editorship of O. S. Harrison for about five months. E. P. Caruthers was then made editor and the name of the paper was changed to the Dunklin Democrat. Since that time it has continued under the management of Mr. Caruthers and has been published a total of 980 weeks without having missed a single number. The Democrat is an able and in- fluential paper and is conduqted along busi- ness lines. It is published in a well-equipped plant belonging to the publishing company. In 1902 the Dunklin County Mail was es- tablished at Kennett, by Rev. J. H. Peay. He continued its publication for a time and the office was closed. The property came into the hands of a company which issued it for a time as the Dunklin County Herald. Later it disappeared. When the Maiden Clipper was moved to Kennett in 1886 John P. Allen and R. G. Sandidge began the publication of the Dunk- lin County News. Others were interested in its management from time to time. T. L. Roussin, who had experience with a number of southea.st papers, was interested in it for a time. One of the men trained luider him was Casper M. Edwards, who secured control of the News, organized a company called the Edwards Publishing Company and carried on its publication for a number of years. Ed- ards was a brilliant and forcible writer. He finally disposed of the paper to the Maiden Printing Company and Daniel J. Keller be- came its editor and manager. Under his management the News became a prosperous and influential paper. He continued its pub- lication until 1910, when he was succeeded as editor and manager by Lyman P. Jackson, who continues its publication. During all its existence until the present management the News has been Democratic, but it is now conducted as an independent paper. About 1895 E. G. Henderson, of Arkansas, brought a paper to Maiden called the Even- ing Shade. He continued its publication as a Democratic weekly for a short time and then moved it away. Other attempts have been made to conduct papers in the town but all of them met with very limited success until the Merit began to be issued in 1904. The first issue was gotten out July 1, 1904, by R. L. "White and J. C. Shores. "White was editor and manager of the paper and in September, 1910, became also the sole owner by the purchase of the interest of Shores. The Merit is independent in politics, has es- tablished a place for itself, and is in a pros- perous condition. The Campbell Citizen was established in 1901 by C. D. Bray and Jas. Sanders. It was piiblished during the first few years by a number of persons, being transferred from hand to hand. In December, 1901, it came imder the control and ownership of B. "W. Overall and son, and they have continued its publication ever since that time. The Citizen is a Democratic paper and devoted very largely to the building up of Campbell and the immediate vicinity. A few years before the founding of the Citizen D. L. Mabie had
