HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 537 As its name indicates it is a Republican paper, and together with The Enterprise, gives Charleston a good news service. But one other paper is published in Missis- sippi county. This is the Ea.^t Prairie Eagle, published at East Prairie. It was established in 1905 by Guy E. Cooksey as The Leader, and is now published by David Bright. The Eagle is Democratic in politics. There have been other papers published from time to time in Charleston. One of these was a Democratic sheet called The Call. It was published in 1893 by H. D. Lutz. Another was The Star, whose editor for a time was F. A. Wiggs. In 1846 John T. Scott, a lawyer from Ten- nessee, came to New ^Madrid and established the first newspaper there. It was called The Gazette. In 1850 Mr. Scott sold the paper to Mr. Barber, and he transferred it a year later to Hopkins & Nash. The publication was continued by them until 1854, w-hen they were succeeded by John C. Underwood, who changed the name to The Times. The break- ing out of the war caused the suspension of this paper, as it did of nearly all others pub- lished in the southeast, and the publication was never continued. About 1867, Albert 0. Allen began the publication of The Eecurd, which he has owned since that time, with the exception of a few months, when it was under the control of Frank Jones. Mr. Allen gave up the editorial control of the paper, though not its ownership, in 1886, when he became swamp land commissioner of the state and later state auditor. During these years E. A. Wright was in editorial charge. In 1906 ^Ir. Allen returned to New iladrid, and since that time has conducted the paper him- self. The Record is not only one of the oldest, but also one of the most influential papers in the southeast. Mr. Allen's wide acquain- tance, his familiarity with state affairs, his long residence in the southeast, enable him to conduct a paper creditable in every way. In 1872 a firjii known as Masterson & Mul- key established a newspaper called The Chronicle. They continued its publication for about eighteen months. In 1895 W. W. Waters, a member of one of the old pioneer families of New Jladrid, began the publication of a paper which he called the Southeast Missourian. The venture was succe.ssful from the first and "Mr. Waters soon acquired a standing among newspaper men. He continued its publication until about 1904, when he became connected with the administration of the State Hospital for the Insane at Farmington and was succeeded in control of The Missourian by E. A. Wright, who had long been associated with The Record. Mr. Wright continues the publica- tion of this paper and is firmly entrenched in the newspaper world. Both The Record and the Southeast Missourian are Democratic in politics. The first paper established in ^Morehouse was the Morehouse Sun, which James L. Bailey began to publish in 1905. It was later transferred to Claude B. Hay and the name changed to The Hustler. This was about 1907. It is now an independent paper and is edited by C. Harvey Burgess. The Parma Victor was established about 1905 and is now^ published by A. L. Stearnes. The Portageville Critic was established in 1905 by Charles N. Walker. It is a Socialist paper with a large circulation. There had been one other at- tempt at running a paper in Portageville. J. Blake Taylor began to publish a paper, which he called The Push, in 1903, but it was discontinued after a short time.
