Since its founding, its editor has worked unceasingly towards its development and as a result the success of the paper has been remarkable. Today the paper exists, and in spite of the death of its founder in 1920, is still carried on by his heirs. Today _The Philadelphia Tribune_ occupies an enviable position among Negro papers, and is undoubtedly one of the twelve best Negro papers in the United States. At the time of his death, Christopher Perry was president of The National Negro Press Association. [Sidenote: THE AGE OLDEST NEGRO PAPER IN NEW YORK CITY] The oldest Negro newspaper published in New York City at the present time is _The New York Age_. It was founded in 1888 by T. Thomas Fortune, the living dean of Negro newspaper editors. Fortune began his journalistic career as a boy in the office of a white paper published in Marianna, Fla. His first editorship came in 1880, when he became connected with _The New York Globe_. Under the guidance of Fortune, _The Age_ was perhaps the greatest Negro newspaper of the period. Garland Penn, in his _Afro-American Press_ (published in 1891), styles, Fortune as “the most noted man in Afro-American journalism.” [Sidenote: RICHMOND PLANET EDITED BY MITCHELL] _The Richmond Planet_, founded by John Mitchell, Jr., in 1884, is another Negro newspaper that has enjoyed longevity. Mitchell seems to have been a born newspaperman, and practically all of his life he has devoted himself to journalism. Despite his location in the Southland, Mitchell has ever been a bold and fearless writer. Today _The Richmond Planet_ still exists, with John Mitchell, Jr., at its head, and has a circulation of over 25,000. [Sidenote: SMITH AND THE CLEVELAND GAZETTE] _The Cleveland Gazette_ was begun in August, 1883, with H. C. Smith as sole owner. It was considered as one of the best edited papers in the United States. Smith was an ardent politician, and his editorials advocating Republicanism were exceptionally pointed and well put. The paper was one of the few Negro papers of the period that was a financial success. _The Cleveland Gazette_ is still published by H. C. Smith. It has a circulation of approximately 20,000. [Sidenote: WILLIAM CHASE AND THE BEE] Perhaps the strongest Negro newspaper ever published in Washington, D. C., is _The Washington Bee_, of which William Calvin Chase is editor and founder. Chase is especially noted for his bull-dog tenacity in exposing and attacking fraud. He has always been one of the “big guns” in editorial artillery. Chase is still editor of his paper, and _The Bee_ buzzes as of old. [Sidenote: THE FREEMAN FIRST ILLUSTRATED NEGRO WEEKLY]