HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST AlISSOURI 531 view. It was independent in politics. In 1895, Larey & Hoffman issued a few numbers of a paper called the Spice-Box. It was a Democratic weekly. In 1899, C. D. Tresen- writer established the Progress. He con- tinued its publication until 1908. The Pro- gress was Democratic in political affiliations. In that year, too, D. L. Hoffman issued some numbers of the Optimist. In 1901, the Cape Girardeau News Pub- lishing Company began to publish a daily and weekly called the News. Its publication was soon discontinued. In 1900, The Republican was established. One year later it came into the hands of Naeter Bros. They began to issue it as both a daily and weekly and soon established it as the leading newspaper in Cape Girardeau. At the present time it is issued from a well- equipped plant and is one of the leading papers of the state. In 1911, the Herald, which had been pub- lished at Jackson since its establishment in 1899, by B. F. Lusk, M-as removed to Cape Girardeau and it is now edited by Fred Goyert. In 1907 Dix Walker established the Oak- ridge Indicator and continued it for a num- ber of years. In the same year The White- water Times began to be published at "White- water. It had a brief existence. It seems that the first paper in Bollinger coimty was the Standard, which was estab- lished abomt 1868 by a Mr. Osborne. He con- tinued its publication for only a short time and then sold it to Col. Lindsay Murdoch, the Civil war veteran. Col. Murdoch con- tinued in charge of the paper until 1874, when he sold it and it was removed to Fred- ericktown. It was, of course, a Republican paper. The first Democratic paper was the Herald. Thomas Johnson was the owner and editor of the Herald and he strongly opposed Murdoch and the Standard. In 1883 this paper was also sold and was taken to Iron- ton. In 1881, George W. Harrington estab- lished a paper which he called the Reflector. After a short time he sold it to James G. Finney, who published it for many years as the Press. At the present time the Press is owned by Hill & Chandler and edited by Dean B. Hill. It is a Democratic paper and has an established place. The Palladium was a paper established in 1878 by P. T. Pigg. After two years he sold it to the Herald. After J. G. Finney dis- posed of the Press he published the Times for several years, beginning in 1896. All the papers mentioned were conducted in Marble Hill, the county seat. The only other paper in Bollinger county is the Lutesville Banner. It was established in 1891. It was edited by a number of per- sons, among them Thomas R. Green. The present editor is F. A. Wiggs. The Banner is Republican in politics. The first paper in Butler coumty was the Black River Neivs, established at Poplar Bluff in 1869, under the management of G. L. Poplin and G. T. Bartlett. Bartlett's con- nection with the paper was soon terminated and it was then called Poplin's Black River News until 1874. W. T. Kitchen and George H. Kelly purchased the paper at that time and changed the name to the Headlight. It became the Poplar Bluff Citizen in 1877 under the management of George H. Crumb, and still continues under that name. Two new papers were established in Poplar Bluff in 1875, one the Black River Country and the other the New Era. They lasted for only
