# Sumter News

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Newspaper in South Carolina

The ***Sumter News*** was a newspaper serving [Sumter, South Carolina](/source/Sumter%2C_South_Carolina). It became the ***True Southron*** and eventually merged with *The Watchman* to form ***The Watchman and Southron***.

## History

H. L. Darr was a journalist in [Charleston, South Carolina](/source/Charleston%2C_South_Carolina), who moved to Sumter to establish a weekly paper.[1] [Noah Graham Osteen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Noah_Graham_Osteen&action=edit&redlink=1) (born January 25, 1843) joined the paper soon after.[2] [Frank Moses](/source/Frank_Moses) worked for it. It competed against the *[Sumter Watchman](/source/Sumter_Watchman)*.[1]

A conservative paper, it promoted [Democratic Party](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) politics and described itself as a white man's paper[3] with an editorial header stating "This is a white man's country and must be ruled by white men". Moses wrote columns and editorials calling for the development of industry in the South, criticizing "[carpetbaggers](/source/Carpetbagger)", Northern missionaries helping establish [Union Leagues](/source/Union_League), and Republican activities, especially [Radical Republican](/source/Radical_Republican), in Washington D.C.[1][4]

The paper used the [telegraph](/source/Telegraph) to get [Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press) stories on U.S. President [Andrew Johnson](/source/Andrew_Johnson)'s fight against the [Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution](/source/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution) and impeachment.[1] The paper was renamed the *True Southron*. It eventually merged with the Watchman to become the *Watchman and Southron*.[2]

Osteen developed the business into a publishing company. His son Hubert established *[The Item](/source/The_Item)* in Sumter.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-mose_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-mose_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-mose_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-mose_1-3) Ginsberg, Benjamin (April 12, 2010). [*Moses of South Carolina: A Jewish Scalawag during Radical Reconstruction*](https://books.google.com/books?id=44uF943aw18C&dq=%22sumter+news%22+frank+moses&pg=PA50). JHU Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780801899164](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780801899164) – via Google Books.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ost_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ost_2-1) Snowden, Yates; Cutler, Harry Gardner (June 8, 1920). ["History of South Carolina"](https://books.google.com/books?id=7EoUAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22sumter+news%22+darr&pg=PA48). Lewis Publishing Company – via Google Books.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Geo. P. Rowell and Co.'s American Newspaper Directory"](https://books.google.com/books?id=BnyF8g4Jeh0C&dq=%22sumter+news%22+darr&pg=PA368). Geo. P. Rowell & Company. June 8, 1871 – via Google Books.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Blair, William A. (March 1, 2012). [*Journal of the Civil War Era: Spring 2012 Issue*](https://books.google.com/books?id=33mJjBLDiM8C&dq=%22sumter+news%22+frank+moses&pg=PA124). Univ of North Carolina Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780807852637](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780807852637) – via Google Books.

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