The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-28
DNEL C. E. SEARS
CONTROL or THE LOUIS
~ WILLIE EVENING posi-.
81 ,i.c Editions Daily.-,''c mas ''""'
sta Valuable Property
louisville TRUTH

Louisville TRUTH
s,,tcd and with some degree u
~ ,h., Colonel Charles +. Sears
oood 20 thc exclusive charge anu
80 or ,bc evening Post during the
sUeck in September. This announce
-, occasion great surprise III news
,os os we'll as throughout the
sssss 49,, The exact conditions OF the
which is now supposed TO be on arc
It is understood, however,
RAYMOND, the business manager
: papcr, and Colonel Sears have per-
,,,aua which will give them aoso-
e, on,rd Mr.. Raymond is to remain
c busjpcss department, while the
! direction Of the paper will dcvolve
ss co,oucl Sears. i is SAID
ss his purpose is to reduce the
ss gsg;ee of The paper TO one cent anu 'sS.'
.., or five daily editions, after the style
49, prosperous Buffalo Evening News
,,a1 Scars formerly owned the Post
.ss II was he at the outset who put II ."
;,a hisis The Post was the hrSt
sss i, nancr ever published in Louisville
gss two cents, aud it was Colonel SEARS
ado ,hc departure. The result was
,n;Id up a splendid circulation iof '"e
sssssncr and to make it IL valuable property
orel Sears subsequently, sold out iock'
l. and barrel to Mr.. b. Du Pont' VINO
firm sold at 4 tremendously advanced
ce ia the Bennett II. Young syndicate
WhicL has since controlled it.
~, oloucl Sears aptitude for rcd not
&C. day journalism is well known. tic
,ot only a lorceful, graceful and lear
writer, but he keeps sharp eye 10
sfhe news department as well us TO '"e
Business feature.
Mr.. VIM NJ. Finley, who has nceh cn'e'
a,l;tor of the Post ever since the retire
ssncn, of Colonel Sears, has mace '"c
EDITORIAL page Of the paper admiFeo' re-
sss,,oct cd and feared, from the outset up 10
H. present time. A man OF genuine
inurnalistic acumen, with lar way OF
Sookinu at things, he has written MS
SSanrions attractivcly and braveIy. Inc
ssrouhlc is that the interests OF the owners
Ssnf ,hc papcr have frequently been such
:as ts make its policy unraatahc to the
e,l;tor. and in This way perhaps Ire mas
bccu considerably handicapped de mas
not hrcu on good terms, however, with
|SSsBIr Raymond, TIE business 'i'"n"Sc',
N aosc disposition to dictate the cal, or!"'
policy of the paper, has often moved l,'''
Sin sharp resentment IhIs perhaps mas
FshuJ more or less 10 do with Tie present
sscal. in which Colonel sears ana thc
SSl,usincss manager are associated. D"' II
is not likely that Mr.. Finley Will leave the
panrr in any event He and Coionei
Scars have always been and are SUI! great
ssfricnds. Mr. Finley, indeed, was Colonel
Sears managing editor under the ola
9sssycoimc. and in all likelihood he Will again
ssn ssumc that position if the present deal
s#Spocs through Colonel Sears is in town,
gssand is moving about the city with good
IDEAL of activity In regard to the sub
icct matter of this sketch he said ycster-
day to the Truth:
a :.Ycs, it is true that ! have certain
ss newspaper plans in hand. but just what
So they are am not yet prepared to state.
81 Colonel Sears looks the very picture OF
IS robust health since his stay in Southwest
| # Virginia, where his able journal, the Big
Stone Post, has lourishcd steadily.
LOUISVILLE CRITIC.
The Post has been sold, and the new
owners will make number OF changes.
1t is reported that Colonel CharicS Il.
"a Sears will be cditorin chief, and that
d Mr.. William Finley, now editor of the
paper, will remain upon the cditoria! staff
Colonel Sears bought the Evening" Post
anumbcr Of years ago, and by his cour-
age, ability aud plain speaking made Il
big success OF it.
The Critic is not able to outline the
exact policy of the Post under the new
management, but it is rumorcd that ii
will be independent Of all local factions,
and will tell the truth about people
and things twill lie solidly Democratic.
There is no journalist in the South that
surpasses Colonel Sears in the use Of
vigorous English, aud he will make The
Post generally read and quoted
LOUISVILLE COMMERCIAL.
Colonel Charles +. Sears, of the Big
Stone Post, is coming back to his first
love again, the first love being the esteem
cd Post. Along about September Il SYM
dictate, headed by Vernon D. Price, Nice
President OF the old company, with Col.
Sears and W. B. Raymond, the present
business manager, will assume control OF!
the paper. The selling price will be cut
i'll half, and the gentlemen at the head of
the scheme propose to make it the best
one cent evening paper South of the Ohio.
Several editions will he issvcd daily.
Colonel Sears will lie heartily welcomed
TO the local journalist pasture, and his
trenchant pen will make the Post a power
in the land.