532 HISTORY OP SOUTHEAST ] SSOURI a few months. In 1879 the Soutlieast Mis- sourian was begun, but was later sold to the owners of the Citizen. Judge John G. Wear, a lawj'er, began the publication of the Reno- vator in 1882, but he, too, sold to the Citizen about two years later. In 1887 the office was purchased by W. L. Oury, and in April, 1888, George H. Crumb issued the first number of the Reimblic. The publication of this paper was continued for only a short time. After Mr. Crumb's retirement from the Citizen it was conducted by a number of editors. George H. Kelly held the place for a time. He was succeeded by Thomas M. Johnson, and he by George H. Thomas. In 1882 the paper came into possesion of Hedges & Batterton, with Batterton as editor. Dur- ing their owTiership Richard L. Metcalfe, later a famous newspaper man of Lincoln, Nebraska, was a writer for the paper. Joe C. Berner became the owner in 1895 and established the daily edition in 1897. Later it absorbed a paper called the Democrat and the consolidated paper is known as the Citi- zen-Democrat. The present publishers are Ferguson & Adams and the paper has both a daily and weekly edition and is a prosperous and flourishing enterprise. There were many other newspaper ven- tures dviring the years that the Citizen was being developed. One of these was a real estate trade journal called the Southern Land Owner, which was conducted for a time by E. R. Lentz. It was devoted to the intere.sts of the real estate business in surrounding communities. Another was the Advocate, published in 1893 by W. L. Oury. The Republican was founded in 1890 by J. T. Davidson. It was devoted to the inter- ests of the Republican party in opposition to the Citizen, which was Democratic in politics. For a number of years it was conducted by L. F. Tromley. At present the Republicaii is published by D. L. Burnside and has both weekly and daily editions. It is one of the progressive and influential papers in this part of Missouri. There is only one paper published in Car- ter comity. This is the Current Local, which was founded in 1884. It is a Democratic weekly and is owned and edited by Oliver W. Chilton. In 1907, when Grandin was perhaps the greatest saw-mill town in the state if not in the world, Elbert C. White established a Re- publican paper there which he called the Grandin Herald. It received considerable support for a time but was not permanently successful and finally had to be discontinued. The first newspaper published in Dunklin county was the Dunklin County Herald, es- tablished in 1872 at Kennett. In the same year the Missouri Democra<:y was removed from Cape Girardeau to Clarkton and these two were afterward consolidated and pub- lished at Kennett. In 1872 a paper called the Advertiser was established at Clarkton by Albert & Baldwin. It later became the property of Charles E. Stokes who changed its name to the Enter- prise and improved it in many ways. In 1876 this paper was moved to Kennett. but like the previous veutiires it was discontinued after a short time. The next paper published in the county was called the DunMin County Advocate and was established in October, 1877, at Clark- ton, by AV. R. ]McDaniel. It later came under control of John W. Baldwin and was moved to Kennett. In 1879 it was purchased by Charles E. Stokes and removed to Maiden.
