Marion Progress (Marion, N.C.) 1909-19??

• 1930–1949
• Newspaper

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990 issues from 1930 to 1949, published in Marion, North Carolina, digitised for Chronicling America.

The Marion Progress served Marion, North Carolina from 1909 to 1956. The newspaper grew out of the McDowell Democrat, which also served Marion, surrounding McDowell County, and western North Carolina. Samuel Edgar Whitten (1879-1953) and Samuel Craig Little (1888-1961), were founding partners of the Progress. Whitten, a Tennessee native, joined the staff of the Democrat in 1902 and bought the newspaper in 1905. He served as editor and publisher until July 29, 1909, when he announced Little’s purchase of a 50 percent ownership. Little was a native of Spartanburg, South Carolina, and son of the president of Marion Manufacturing, a textile company. In announcing the partnership, Whitten wrote that Little was “an experienced newspaperman, having received his training upon both eastern and southern papers.” Whitten also noted forthcoming improvements in the Democrat‘s printing operation and suggested other changes on the horizon.

A new name for the Democrat was among the changes that took place in the months after Little’s purchase of a partial share. On November 11, 1909, the newspaper published its first issue as the Marion Progress. The publication was marketed as the “Booster Edition,” and featured images of local civic and business leaders as well as several Marion landmarks. The 18-page edition touted Marion’s virtues and encouraged economic development in the town. An editorial note recorded that Whitten “was, and is still, ill with fever and could not lend of his…

Genres

News

Published in

Marion, North Carolina, United States

Language

English

Collection

Chronicling America

Licence or status

None stated by the archive

Rights

The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.

Credit

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities

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