Schley County GaArchives News.....THE SUN IS PAPER NO. 3 FOR COUNTY July 1938
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The Ellaville Sun July 1938
THE SUN IS PAPER NO. 3 FOR COUNTY
Staff Probably Is Youngest in State; First Paper Founded in 1885

The Sun, which celebrates its first birthday with this edition, is the third 
newspaper to be established in Schley County and the first to produce a 100 
percent home-print paper designed to offer complete coverage of strictly local 
news and features.  The first issue appeared July 2, 1937.

The publication's editorial and advertising staff probably is the youngest, 
from the standpoint of age, in the state.  Raymond Duncan, owner and editor, is 
22 and Charles Wall, Jr., who became the local advertising manager in February, 
is 19.

A.J. Harp brought out Schley County's first newspaper, The Enterprise, on 
September 26, 1885, using hand-set type and a hand press which were temporarily 
housed in the old court house building.  (A page of this edition is reproduced 
elsewhere in today's issue.)

The Enterprise was succeeded in later years by The Schley County News. Editors 
who followed Mr. Harp, according to the best information available were Dan 
McLeod, Mr. Trice, Miss Mary Hornady, R.E. Elliot (paper then owned by the late 
T.A. Collins), Will Jones, Chester C. McCrory, who is editor and publisher of 
The Twiggs County New Era at Jeffersonville, published The News for a time 
after Mr. Moulton sold the paper in 1935.  Since that time The News has been 
published from Talbotton by the Taylor Publishing Company.

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