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About Gadsden County Times (Quincy, Fla.) 190?-Current

The Gadsden County Times began publishing in Quincy, Florida in 1901 and is still in publication today. By 1909, it had consolidated with the Quincy Moon. In 1942,  LaMar Watts, editor of the Chattahoochee Tribune and Chattahoochee correspondent for the Gadsden County Times was drafted in WWII. At the time, both papers were published by the Quincy Publishing Company. Watts never returned to either paper, and in 1951 or 1952 the nameplate of the Gadsden County Times changed to “The Gadsden County Times and Continuing the Chattahoochee Tribune.”

The early years of the Gadsden County Times saw many dual publishers and editors. R. E. L. McFarlin published and edited the newspaper from inception until sometime between 1913 and 1918, when R. L. Sweger joined the newspaper as editor. Sweger took over both editing and publishing in 1918, which continued until 1939, when the Quincy Publishing Company took over publication and C. C. Nicolet became editor.

In the 1940s, the newspaper moved toward having separate publishers and editors. In 1942 the Quincy Publishing Company produced the paper with Stanley Parkman as editor. In 1944 K. A. MacGowan was named as publisher and Parkman continued as editor. In 1945 Cranston Thomas became editor. In 1946 H. C. McFarlin was listed as associate editor. MacGowan stopped publishing the newspaper in 1947, a role that John H. Perry assumed until 1957, when J. L. Hutchinson became publisher. McFarlin continued as editor from 1947 until 1955 when he transferred to Marianna, Florida, to work for the Jackson County Floridian. C. Emery Edwards took over as editor of the Gadsden County Times from McFarlin’s departure until his own move to Jacksonville in February 1957. McFarlin briefly returned to the Gadsden County Times for several months before departing for the final time in May 1957. From that time until at least 1963, J. L. Hutchinson was listed as publisher, and no main editor’s name was given. As of 2025, the newspaper is published by the Gadsden County News Corp and Erin Hill is managing editor.

The weekly newspaper ranged in size from four to over twenty pages. Regular issues from 1928 to 1963 were usually eight to sixteen pages while special issues, including that for the annual tobacco festival, and recurring “In Gadsden County” editions were often over twenty pages. From 1947 to 1948 the paper also included “Florida Feature,” a section containing news from around the state with an emphasis on tourism and promoting Florida history, food, and culture, as well as nationally syndicated celebrity news and household advice columns.

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Title

  • Gadsden County Times (Quincy, Fla.) 190?-Current

Summary

  • The Gadsden County (FL) Times [LCCN: sn95047334] is published in Quincy (FL), the seat of Gadsden County (FL) government. The title dates from the early 1900s and continues publishing to this day (ca. 2008). The Gadsden County Times was preceded variously by the Quincy (FL) Herald [LCCN: sn95047329], the Quincy Florida Herald [LCCN: sn95047330], and the Gadsden County (FL) Herald [LCCN: sn95047333]. Gadsden County was created in 1823 as Florida's fifth county, once known as Middle Florida. When established, the County ran from Georgia to the Gulf of Mexico. Today (ca. 2008), it runs half that length. Quincy was incorporated as the County seat in 1828. Both the Quincy area and Gadsden County continue to be primarily agricultural (ca. 2008), as they were when established. The newspaper continues to report heavily on agricultural and local issues. Their early economies were dominated by cotton and tobacco crops. By the turn of the 20th century and the newspaper's founding, the area was linked into a broader southern U.S. economy by the Georgia, Florida, and Alabama Railway. And, the Railway's old Seaboard Air line connected Quincy directly to Florida's capital city, Tallahassee. Gadsden County is and has been unique in both northern Florida and Florida in general. In the northern counties of Florida's panhandle, it has continuously voted overwhelming from the Democrat Party. In the whole of Florida, it is and has been unique in that it is majority African American. The same is true of Quincy. The County was named for James Gadsden, Army engineer and later diplomat. James Gadsden is best known for the Gadsden Purchase from Mexico of an area in present day southern Arizona and New Mexico. Gadsden was also instrumental in negotiations with the Seminole Indians for relinquishment of their lands in exchange for land west of the Mississippi River. This effort resulted in the 1832 Treaty of Payne's Landing repudiated by most Seminoles.--E. Kesse, University of Florida Digital Library Center.

Dates of Publication

  • 190?-current

Created / Published

  • Quincy, Fla. : [publisher not identified]

Headings

  • -  Quincy (Fla.)--Newspapers
  • -  Gadsden County (Fla.)--Newspapers
  • -  Florida--Gadsden County
  • -  Florida--Quincy
  • -  United States--Florida--Gadsden--Quincy

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Weekly
  • -  "Consolidated with the Quincy moon" <1909>.
  • -  Publishers: R.E.L. McFarlin, <1913-1917>; R.L. Swerger, <1918-1926>.
  • -  Also issued on microfilm from the University of Florida.
  • -  Description based on: Vol. 6, no. 10 (Mar. 8, 1907).
  • -  Latest issue consulted: Vol. 95, no. 47 (Nov. 30, 1995).

Medium

  • volumes

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn95047334

OCLC Number

  • 1445941

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