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On April 19, 1916, The
Maysville Enterprise, Inc. was organized and started weekly
publication at once. It circulated in Jackson, Banks and adjacent
counties. George Edward "G.E." Hill (1867-1928) was the editor and
owner. The paper started out with one typesetter, Clayton Mason.
Subscription price was $1.50 for one year.
Officers in 1921 were: G. P. Boone, President; G. E. Hill,
Treasurer/Manager; Mrs. W. G. Sharp, Secretary. The directors were G. P.
Boone, C. W. McCurdy, M. P. Deadwyler, J. G. Deadwyler, W. J. Blackwell,
G. O. Castellaw and O. R. Reynolds.
The Enterprise billed itself as "a home paper for home people,
proven to be a good advertising medium and is all home print."
Advertising rates were: $10 full page, $6 half page, $4 quarter page, want
ads and local ads 5 cents per line, obituaries and cards of thanks 5 cents
for all over 20 lines.
The paper ceased publication in 1927 due to a lack of sufficient
advertising and subscription revenue.
Maysville Enterprise
Suspends
The Maysville Enterprise,
edited by G. E. Hill, has suspended operations. The Enterprise has been
in existence almost twelve years, and was a splendid publication, giving
its readers each week the latest news, both local and state, but it could
not live without business, and did not receive sufficient patronage to
enable the management to issue the paper. Few people realize what a
newspaper means to a town, and evidently they think labor and materials
are free and that the publishers and their families do not need money with
which to purchase food and clothing. While the people are working and
subscribing their surplus money to bring in new enterprises to build up a
town, they permit their strongest asset to die for lack of patronage.
Editor Hill says, “Owing to the lack of advertising patronage and the
support of the people, we are forced to take this step. As we have been
operating at a loss for the past six months, we can’t afford to do
otherwise.” (Ref: The Jackson Herald, March 10, 1927)
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02/06/2010 |
