This newspaper is owned by Osteen Publishing Co. Noah Graham Osteen's son, Hubert Graham Osteen, had worked with him as editor from 1891 to 1894 and founded The Sumter Daily Item on October 15, 1894.
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He later bought full ownership of the newspaper and continued to operate it until 1930, when it was consolidated into The Sumter Daily Item. Osteen bought The Sumter Watchman and consolidated it with The True Southron into The Watchman and Southron. In 1874 The Sumter News name was changed to The True Southron (in this context a "southron" is a person from the Southern United States or Confederate States of America). Osteen returned to Sumter to become a partner with H.L. Osteen worked for awhile in Columbia at a printing company, and following the war, joined a newspaper in Charleston, The Carolinian. The newspaper, The Horry Dispatch, was discontinued in 1862 because of the upheaval caused by the American Civil War. After completing his apprenticeship in 1861, he moved to Conway to run a newspaper started by the owners of The Watchman, H.L. Economic Education: A Clearing House for Information Tries to Educate. Items considered offensive, inconsistent with the dignity of the cemetery, or considered hazardous. John Chamberlain, Triumph of a Willful Man, Sumter Daily Item, Apr 30, 1963, 6A. Like our page to stay informed about passing of a loved one in Sumter, South Carolina on facebook. Find an obituary, get service details, leave condolence messages or send flowers or gifts in memory of a loved one. Noah Graham Osteen, the patriach of the Osteen family, spent his career in the newspaper business starting at the age of 12 when he joined The Sumter Watchman in 1855 as an apprentice. Visitation Hours: Open daily from sunrise to sunset. Search Sumter obituaries and condolences, hosted by. The Item was founded in 1894 by Hubert Graham Osteen and today the newspaper remains in the hands of the Osteen family. The city of Sumter (not to be confused with the coastal Civil War-era fort) was named for General Thomas Sumter, the "Fighting Gamecock" of the American Revolutionary War. The Sumter Item, formerly called The Sumter Daily Item, covers local news and events in the city of Sumter and across Sumter, Clarendon and Lee counties in the East Midlands of South Carolina.
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