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Hi :o^ c Newspapers in Hancock County
----- Jan. 17, 1846 —“The Gainesville Advocate” is the first newspaper publication i have been able to trace in Hancock County. That was through a reference made by Dr. Bill Jenkins’ 1991 publication “PEARLINGTON: Church and Commuity.” See attached.
----- “Gainesville Star” started publication after Civil War in 1866.
----- “The Bay St. Louis Gazette” published in 1868. Frank Heiderhoff was
owner and editor.
----- “The Sea Coast Republican” published in 1872 bears the name of Frank
Heiderhoff, not known whether a continuation of the Gazette, last known whereabouts of Heiderhoff was Texas.
----- “Bay St. Louis Herald” A copy of dated March 16, 1876 owned by an
individual, was reported to be owned and edited by Daniel B. Seal.
----- “The Sea Coast Gazette” published 1880 with E.P. Odom as editor and
owner.
----- In 1883 Col. Ben Lane Posey purchased the “Bay St. Louis Republican”
from Frank Heiderhoff and operated a short time, then sold it to E.J. Bowers. In 1887, A.R. Hart purchased the paper and changed the name to “Gulf Coast Progress” and edited it until closing in 1929.
----- On January 9, 1892, G.B. Moreau published the first issue of “The Sea
Coast Echo” in Bay St. Louis. Moreau owned the Echo with W.L May, former publisher of the Centerville, (Miss.) Sentinel, who at the time was leasing the Pass Christian Coast Beacon, he also had a complete printing plant in storage in Pass Chrisitan from his Centerville operation. May leased the equipment for a part share of the profits. A.G. Osoniach, a city editor of the Gulfport Daily Herald, a couple years later purchased May’s interests. In 1897 Moreau purchased Osoniach’s interests and became sole owner until his death in December, 1941.
----- “The Pearlington Herald” was published by The Sea Coast Echo in 1897
with a circulation of 300 and later 400 copies. It was edited by Sam J. Gray. Poitevent and Favre was running their mill to full capacity at the time and Pearlington was a prosperous sawmill town in full swing, and there was plenty of business. The mill closed and thus the paper, Gray then traveled to Paris, France where he died a young man. “His only son by his wife, a resident