HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 543 paper. He decided that if he ever should pub- lish a newspaper it should be called 'The Newsboy, the name being suggested by the newsboys who are always bright and always much in evidence on the street cars. In 1888 Mr. Hafner was able to carry out his plan and established at Benton, Missoui'i, The Scott County Newsboy. He continued the publication until in 1901 when its name was changed to the Scott County Kicker, under which name it has since been published. The Scott County Banner is published at Morley in Scott county, the editors being R. L. Buck and R. L. Reed. The paper was es- tablished at Oran vmder the name of the Scott County Citizen in 1905, and in 1908 it was removed to Morley and was continued under that name imtil 1911, when it came into the possession of Buck and Reed and its name was changed to The Banner. It is pub- lished as a Democratic paper. The Illmo Headlight is published at the new and growing to-mi of Illmo. It is a Dem- ocratic sheet and is issued by Tim Ilosmer, a veteran editor of this section. The Scott County Democrat is published at Benton by T. P. Rucker. It is Democratic in polities and gives the news of the county seat of Scott county in general. Stoddard county's first paper was called The Herald, and was established in 1858 at Bloomfield by A. M. Bedford, of Charleston. The editor in charge of the paper was J. O. Hull. The purpose in establishing this paper v/as to further the construction of the Cairo & Fulton railroad. The publication was con- tinued until the breaking out of the war, when the office was destroyed and publication stopped. The Argus was established in Bloomfield in 1866 by James Hamilton, who carried on the paper until 1873. The next paper was under the management of George H. Criunb and 0. C. Jones. This paper was called The Messenger and was published from 1874 to 1877. At that date it was consoli- dated with the Dexter Enterprise. The Vin- dicator was established in 1878 by T. L. Eoussin. He sold it to Buck and Miller, who employed H. N. Phillips as editor. Later, the paper was purchased by Charles E. Stokes, and it was again transferred in 1882. The purchaser at this time was Ligon Jones. Jones published the paper for a time and it then changed hands several times. At one time Connelley & Moseley were in control, then J. 0. Turnbaugh, and later it passed to the charge of M. S. Phelan. At the present time The Vindicator is edited by Stephen Chapman. It is a Democratic paper and has a well established circulation. The first Republican paper in Bloomfield was The Cosmos, established in 1896 by Bear & OUar. Ollar's interest was later purchased by Walter S. Bear, who continued publica- tion for some time and then was succeeded by N. A. Moseley, an accomplished lawyer and one-time congressman of Bloomfield. About 1905 Tim Hosmer, who has been connected with southeast newspaper enter- prises for many years published a paper at Bloomfield called The Enterprise. The Stoddard County Bepublican is a new paper, having been established October 1, 1910. 0. B. Parrott is the editor and the paper is owned by a stock company known as the Repixblican Printing Company. It is published at Bloomfield and is Republican in its politics. Charles E. Stokes, whose name is asso- ciated with a number of newspapers in this section, began the publication of The Enter- prise at Dexter in February, 1875. Two years later he purchased the Bloomfield Mes-
