The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-01-08
"The Valley Virginian."

sale have been agreed upon, and as soon
as a charter for publishing company is
secured and the organization effected,
the deal closed. Coupled with the sale
of the paper was an understanding that
the present editor of the paper would
continue in that capacity at its new
place of publication. The removal of
the plant Will not take place until suita-
BILE rooms have been secured, which will
be within the next two or three months
at farthest. In the meantime the VIR-
GINIAN will he published as heretofore
and regularly sent to its subscribers.
When the change takes place there will
be, no doubt, a change in it's terms, de-
cidedly favorable to its patrons and at
the same time advantageous to the pa
per-. AT an early day it is contemplated
to publish daily to meet the growth
and development and increasing popula-
ton of Clifton Forge and the surround
| ing country.
| After forty years of editorial service,
inasmuch as the greater part of the bu
sness of the Office has been added to
editorial duties, performed by the editor,
we have felt it to be IA duty to make
some arrangement by which we could
do fuller justice to ourself and to
the matters to be discussed in the col
umns of the VIRGINIAN; that we should
| be relieved of some of the drudgery of
| the business This, indeed, we have felt
to be a necessity, not only to our health,
but for Il proper and effective presenta-
tion of the public interests which may
come up for discussion. In the new
arrangement this will call for practical
consideration. Thus relieved of the de-
tails of the business of the office, we
hope 20 give to the people of Virginia a
| journal that will compare favorably with
any weekly paper published in the Uni
ted States. A primary object will be to
bring to the attention of the outside
world the Maryelous natural wealth of
| Virginia, and especially the district COM
prising radius of thirty miles around
ClillOu L OfSe. we 40 hot DelleNe tHeIc
! is a similar area of country on this con-
tinent that contains more natural
wealth, of which Clifton Forge is prac
| ticaily the centre, and where develop
ments, now in rapid progress, must nee
essarily contribute to the growth of a
populous industrial city.
While the VIRGINIAN is to be pub
| lished at Clifton Forge, under the az
rangement above referred to, and the
present editor is to be in charge of its
columns, other portions Of the State will
not be neglected. Especially will our re-
lations to Staunton and Augusta county
continue of the most intimate and inter
ested character. There is no spot upon
this green earth where more sacred and
pleasing associations are centred than
in this city of the hills. Whatever of
good we may have been able to accom-
plish for Virginia and especially this
portion of it, has been the result of the
| kindness and forbearance and the en-
couragement extended by the people
of Staunton, Augusta and adjacen.
counties. They have condoned our
faults, overlooked any shortcomings we
may have manifested, and extended to us
generous aid, even when laboring on
ines not in sympathy with their opin-
ions and prejudices. No higher compli-
ment or more sincere personal friendship
could have been shown than was thus
implied. We appreciate it fully, and
shall never forget the people of this
grand old town and grand old county as
long as life and reason shall last. There
is not an emotion or pulsatiOn of our
nature that would not and does not re-
spond to the interests of this people
and in whatever relation of life we may
be found in the future it will afford us
pleasure to do and dare for them.
The arrangement which resulted in
the purchase of the VIRGINIAN was
sprung upon lis without u moments no.
tce, and determined on within three
hours after it was first suggested. So sud
den and unexpected was it that ttoOk us
by surprise. It showed the earnestness
of the people OF Clifton Forge and vi
our qualifications to aid that rich and
growing section. But for the fact that
we need rest from the worry of the de-
tails of a printing et1ice, and more leisure
to give time to the more congenial de-
partment of the service, we might not
have agreed to the terms that were final
ly settled upon, or consented to consider
a proposition that would call us to duty
at another place. Bnt this will not pre-
vent us from serving this people and
keeping in active remembrance their in
terests. Staunton and Augusta county,
and the entire Valley. will have intelli-
gent representation in the columns OF
the VIRGINIAN and full share of pub
licity through them.
We expect to give the people good
paper, worthy of the support of all who
feel an interest in the State and her
prog ress, and to so conduct it that no
one will, in reason, feel disappointed.
1t is no lowering OF fortune that has
suggested this movement. The VIR-
GINIAN was never in more healthy bu
sness condition, nor were our personal
relations ever more agreeable. Consid
erations of a personal nature, as we have
stated, and the belief that whatever of
usefulness we can accomplish in our
chosen line of duty can as well be per-
formed at one place as the other, has in
| fiuenced us in the change that has been
agreed upon.
With these explanations Of the facts
of the case, we leave the matter until a
more formal and definite notice becomes
necessary. In the meantime the bust
ness of the office will continue as though
no changes were contemplated, and, the
readers of the VIRGINIAN furnished
with the paper as heretofore.
The VALLEY VIRGINIAN of this week
comes out in long leader in opposition
to what it calls the free traders aad
their free trade work. The VIRGINIAN
seems to be belated. What battle is it
preparing for? In fine, hasn't it been
s'left?" If that paper speaks for the
| Republican party, the ''campaign of ed
ncation' has not yet done its perfect
| work - DfsDUtcI