Printer Sees County's Fifth Paper

"This could be 1877 as well as 1948," states W. E. Compton, Washington resident, "because Rappahannock News was printed to this same building that year—and here it is again."

With the aid of County Clerk James E. Smith, Mr. Compton was located the tallest of four people published in Rappahannock county: Rappahannock News at 1877; The Blue Ridge Side at 1879; The Call; and The Blue Ridge Guide, 1908-1909.

"The Rappahannock News" was published by J. E. Grove of Lone-vening, Md., for the duration of a year. Mr. Grove went to Warrenton where he loaned himself to a political campaign at the time Rype Rizzles was a candidate for Congress. Grove continued his career in the government printing office. His brother-in-law, William Powell, was the first "printer's devil" in Rappahannock county, according to Mr. Compton.

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"The Blue Ridge Side" was published by the late Judge W. W. Steffet, father of Mrs. Frank Jones, and Commissioner of Attorney M. G. Moffett, whose son is Mary, E. E. Moffett, and two of the patients were absent by the first class of "The Moffett Cousins." Their publication had a duration of about four years.

The exact dates and identity of "The Call" have not been in issue. County Clerk J. E. Smith found a record of some legal proceedings published in "The Call," and a belief has been expressed that perhaps this paper was printed outside the county and two girls in after printing.

"The Blue Ridge Guide" had two publishers. No original one was the late W. E. Smith, brother of his late Judge George W. (See PRINTER SEES, page 1.)