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Organized, 1862; named or Alfred B. Greenwood; County seat, Eureka; area, 1155 square miles, 739,200 acres; population (1915), 14,500; assessed valuation (1915), $33,521,788; resources and industries—building stone, natural gas, potter's clay, mineral paint, cement, silica, agriculture, and stock raising EUREKA Population (1915), 2261; elevation, 1093 feet; established, 1857; industries—flour mills, elevators; natural gas district; telephones, electric lights, waterworks system; is on the Santa Fe and Missouri Pacific railways Eureka Discontinued Eureka Short-lived--Vol. 1 DEMOCRATIC MESSENGER, Democratic; Robert Focht, editor and publisher, Eureka. Weekly. May 2, 1884 + 32 vols. This paper is a continuation of the Severy Enterprise, founded Jan. 1884, by R. H. Smith. After a few weeks' existence the Enterprise was discontinued and the plant moved to Eureka, where the publication of the Democratic Messenger was begun, the first issue being vol. 1, No. 45 HERALD AND GREENWOOD COUNTY REPUBLICAN, Republican; George E. Wood, editor and publisher, Eureka. Weekly. Oct. 30, 1868; Oct. 15, Dec. 24, 1869; Jan. 27, 1876 + 40 vol. Founded 1868 by S. G. Mead; consolidated 1892 with the Greenwood County Republican, which was founded 1879 as the Eureka Sun, by W. E. Doud, and the name changed in 1880 to the Greenwood County Republican, S. A. Martin, editor HIGH SCHOOL BANNER, school; edited and published by students of the Eureka high school, Eureka. Monthly. Dec. 1910—1911. 2 vol. Founded about 1906, the first issue received by the Society being for Dec. 1910, vol. 5. No issues received since May, 1911 HAMILTON Population (1915), 335; established about 1879; industries—cement block machinery factory; telephones; is on the Santa Fe railway. Hamilton Discontinued GRIT, independent; Albert W. Bentley, editor and publisher, Hamilton. Weekly. Sept. 2, 1909 + 6 vol. Founded 1901 as the Hamilton Eagle by Marion E. Doud; name changed 1903 to Hamilton Times, E. F. Hudson, editor and publisher; name again changed 1909 to Hamilton Grit, T. S. Howell, editor and publisher LAMONT Population (1915, estimated), 50; established about 1889; Madison is its nearest banking town; telephones; is on the Missouri Pacific railway LEADER, local; Lawrence M. Shearer, editor and publisher, Lamont. Weekly. Aug. 14, 1912 + 4 vol. Founded 1912 by Lawrence M. Shearer MADISON Population (1915), 629; established, 1879; named for the township in which it is located and which was formerly part of Madison County; industries—coal and oil district, mill, light and ice manufacturing plant; telephones; is on the Santa Fe railway Madison Discontinued Madison Short-lived--Vol. 1 MIRROR, local; Lawrence M. Shearer, editor and publisher, Madison. Weekly. Oct. 21, 1914 + 1 vol. Founded 1914 by Lawrence M. Shearer NEWS, local; Eugene Kelley, editor and publisher, Madison. Weekly. Mar. 18, 1915 + 1 vol. The News is a continuation of the Live Stock Belt, early history unknown, no copy being in the Society's collection. The first issue of the Madison News (2d) on file is vol. S, No. 20 PIEDMONT Population (1915, estimated), 300; elevation, 1196 feet; established about 1880: telephones; is on the St. Louis & San Francisco railway NEWS, local; J. S. Martin, editor And publisher, Piedmont. Weekly. Feb. 10, 1916 + Founded 1916 by J. S. Martin Piedmont Discontinued Piedmont Short-lived--Vol. 1 SEVERY Population (1915), 635; elevation, 1104 feet; established, 1879; formerly known-as Gould, but name changed to Severy, in honor of L. Severy, of Emporia, on advent of the Santa Fe; industries—mill, elevator; telephones, electric lights; is on the Santa Fe and Frisco railways Severy Discontinued Severy Short-lived--Vol. 1 SEVERYITE, Republican; C. G. Pierce, editor and publisher, Severy. Weekly. Feb. 8, 1889 + 27 vol. Founded 1887 as the Kansas Clipper, by J. H. Morse and B. F. Blankenship; in 1889 name changed to the Severyite, C. G. Pierce, editor and publisher
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