MORE OLD TYLER NEWSPAPER FILES. Smith County, TX ***************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Submitted by Jaunice York - njyork@flash.net 15 May 2001 ***************************************************************** MORE OLD TYLER NEWSPAPER FILES. "Some Biographies of Old Settlers." Historical, Personal and Reminiscent. Volume I By Sid S. Johnson, 1900: Sid S. Johnson, Publisher, Tyler, Texas CHAPTER XCIX - Pages 394-396 The files of the Tyler Reporter for the year 1855, are before me, and memory reaches back forty-give years, to the events then taking place. On september 5th, 1855, C. L. Collins and Company sold the Reporter to J. C. Shook & Co. The "To the Public" is given by Jas C. Shook, outlining the policy of the paper An article clipped from the Cherokee sentinel, paying a merited compliment to J. John carter on his election as principal of the Tyler University. This school flourished a while and then passed out, sending many bright young men and young women as a credit to the school. I notice the election of Lemuel Dale Evans to congress over Col. Matt ward by a majority of 358. Texas had only two representatives in the lower house of congress--now thirteen, showing the growth of Texas. The end of the 20th century will make a similar change from the present date. The Reporter of September 12 states that J. C. shook has been summoned to the bedside of his father, and B. T. Selman has purchased his interest in the paper. Jack Davis again mounts the editorial tripod. Selman & Davis are the proprietors. A good, competant printer is advertised for, to take charge of the mechanical department of the paper. Gen. Thos. J. Rusk will address the people of Smith county, at Tyler, on the politics of the day, "especially on Know Nothingism". Politics is at fever heat. A big democratic barbecue on the 20th of September at Henderson, Texas Dr. Wm. S. Caldwell is the "Prince of Landlords", catering to the public favor at the Holman House. A call for a meeting of te Smith county agricultural society to meet in Tyler saturday. A stage line is advertised through Tyler, running from Shreveport to Marshall, Tyler, Waco and Austin, as soon as Red river rises. The Reporter congratulates the people of Texas on the "good time that is coming" when the line is in operation. What a contrast in the way of transportation now and forty-five years ago. The quarterly conference held at Jamestown recommends that Fowler Institute be moved from Henderson to Tyler. This calls for one-half column of "glorification" in the paper. The big democratic barbecure at Jacksonville as passed away amid the shouts and jollification of the people. The following illustrious men held forth from the stump as public speakers; Senator Thos. J. Rusk, Hon. F. W. Bowden, Col. Louis T. Wigfall, Col. Malcom D. Graham, Col, A. T. Rainey, Richard B. Hubbard and others. It was a gathering of the briny men of Texas. Hon. Richard B. Hubbard was then quite a young man and his speech was reported as one of eloquence and force. The reporters of the different papers predicted a bright future for the young man that has culminated in a world-wide reputation as governor of Texas and minister to Japan. He passes among the great men of his generation. He resided in Tyler and is the recipient of congratulations on his book, "The United States and Japan in the Far East".