JOHN L. SPURLIN, THE GENERAL MERCHANT
Mr. Williams said Spurlin would take credit for a lot he would do, but
Spurlin inspired a long write-up in praise on him in the Hamilton "Rustler,"
by editor Peck, and wished he had kept the article.
("The Rustler" was printed upstairs over a saloon on
the north side of the square. Old Uncle Bill Carter, whose father was Old
Uncle Red Carter, who carried mail in a gray Confederate uniform and whose
mother was a Withcer, told me he and Ras Doggett started the paper, that
he bought Doggett out, and ran it. Said he brought Mr. Peck here as a boy
as a printer, and gave him a dollar for board when he came in at night on
the mail hack from Hico. Mr. E. O. Peck became the owner and able
editor of the paper. Moved to a building on Main Street. Changed the
name to "Hamilton Record." and ran it the rest of his
life. After his death when the "Record" and the "Hamilton
County News" merged, I personally named the newspaper "The
Herald-News," after the first paper started by Captain W. T.
Saxon and the last paper. Would have put in the "Record" but it
would have made the name too long.
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CHESLEY'S HAMILTON COUNTY INTERVIEWS
BY
HERVEY EDGAR CHESLEY, JR.
Born: 21 November, 1894
Died: 17 July, 1979
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