The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-01-22
STANTON VIRGINIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY ~, 1891.
STAUNTON. VA.
What the Press Says.

The Stanton VALLEY VIRGINIAN has been pun
chased by the business men and investors q
Clifton Forge, and Will be moved there with til
Old tried and true editor in the chair. MIR. Yos
and his paper are Industrial power any tow
might envy. The fact that money and bushes
| capacity take an old established Institution froI
Staunton and locate it at Clifton Forge, speat
/ volumes for the new town and odds against til
cd. 4 live newspaper man and his paper ar
| the making of a boom. and should be so consid
| cred and encouraged Martinsbatrg Herald
/ The VALLEY vIRGINIAN Of stanton announce
| that that paper has been sold to stock com
pany ana that the plant will be removed t
Clifton Forge. The paperwillb be published from
that point in daily and weekly editions. an
/ Major S. NJ. Yost will be continued as editor.
| The VlRGINiAN is one of the best papers in tn
/ SOUTH and we wish it unbolnded success in it
| new ield.-Jtnri}is Register
| The WALLET VIRGISIAE is to be transferre.
from stanton to Clifton Forge. It is an able
dignied Republican paper, and has been
| faithful sentinel for long, long years over TIN
material interests of the State, apart from it.
| tariff views This change to another location
surprises this rrziaiaa little less than would thu
announcement that Stanton has to be wheeled
! to the new home of our esteemed contemporary
| Norfolk Fnyinion.
| From a notice taken from the Stanton Spec
tat0f it will be seen that a joint stock company
| has purchased the VALLEY VIRGINIAN. paying
| therefor ten thousand dollars and that they
will move it to Clifton Forge. This seems to u.
to be bargain and the investors in this enter
prise are evidently business men. The smartes
thing they have done is to retain the services Of
Mai $. NJ. Y ost, editor, paying him, we under
s5and,a handsome salary.
We are surprised that the people of StauntoI
should have allowed this excellent paper, which
has done more to boom its section than any
other paper in Virginia, to be moved away.
II we were citizen Of Stanton we would
h I'VE rather have lost several manufacturing in
I to ests than thsable paper uTisonb1trg Spirit
A stock company has been formed at Clifton
Forge and. $50 raised to buy the VALLEY vIR
GILMAN newspaper of Staunton and move it tc
Clifton Forge. The amount required was $I0,-
0J9, and it is proposed to further increase the
amount. The purchase of the VIRGINIANi is made
with "the distinct understanding that its pre-
sent editor, Maj. S. NJ. Yost, move to Clifton
| Forge and edit it there Capt. Lewis Hartman
who was In Staunton on this business, informs
us that it is probable the VIRGINIAN will be re
meved as soon as a handsome building being
erected there is completed, which will be used
dS tIi OllIc- HIS ID u Di5 SutCcSo lOt GllyOu
Forge, for the vIRGINIAN, under the editorial
conduct of Maj. Yost, will be OF greater benefit
to its progress than any big manufacturing plant
/ we can think of.-Std1nton indicator.
The Yindicatos might have added to the fore
going that the removal of the VALLEY VIRGIN
IAN-os any of the other newspapers, for that
matter-from staunton, viii be one of the sever
| est blows ever struck at that towns prosperity
| In these days, q town is judged, to q great ex
tent, by its newspapers, and the suspension or
removal of one from town is bound to create
| an unfayorable impression abroad. The VAL-
LEY VIRGINIAN oopld have haen kept in Staunton
and continued to give untold aid in increasing
her prosperity, had her people SO willed it. AS
| it is, we congratulate Clifton Forge on the &C
QUESTION of SO able an exponent of industrial
advancement as Maj. Yost, and wish him all
success in his new field of labor.-Shendun Ncaos
Maj S. NJ. Yost the able editor of the VALLEY
VIRGINIAN, came out last week editorially stat
ing that the FIRGISIAN had been sold to stock
company at Clifton Forge, and as soon as al
rangements can be made to secure rooms at that
place the paper will be moved there He states
Furthermore that in the near future it is contenl-
plated to publish daily. We are gratided to
know that Maj Yost is to continue as its editor
for though politically we differ, yet we admire
Hill, GiIu Ills paper Is Vi iuOSO NtlCOILt
| exchanges. Amherst Neac Era.
1t is reported that stock company has been
formed at Clifton Forge to purchase the Staun-
ton VALLEY VIRGINIAN and remove it to that
place. The Price to be paid is $4,000 Major S.
NJ. Yost will continue as editor. We fear this
means the losing, by the republicans of this
State, their Oldest and ablest paper-Lo1td0n
Telephone.
The VALLEY VIRGINIAN has been sold to a
joint stock company for the sum of $4,000 The
/ VIRG.NI.N plant will be moved to Clifton Forge
as soon as appropriate buildings can be secured
for its accommodation. Maj. S. NJ. Iost, the
able and accomplished editor of the VIRGINiAN
will continue to control it's editorial columns.
The V1RGINIAN was very able exponent of Re
publican principles and was the leading repre-
sentative journal of Virginia Republicanism, as
long as the party was worth fighting for, and
| while we have no doubt Maj. Yost will continue
as firm in his faith in Republican principles as
ever lie will find more congenial work in trying
to build up an Important industrial centre at
Clifton Forge, than in the fruitless attempt to
bolster up a party long since scattered by tn
dongs of a leader whose personal ambitions eX-
ceeded his love for the party and it's principles
The Lance wishes the yIRGINIAN and it's editor
much success in their new field Frederichsbura
| Free Lance.
Referring to the runor that the VALLEY VIR-
! GINiAN had been sold to joint stock company
at Clifton Forge, the editor, Mr.. Yost, writes q
graceful article confirming the rumor, and max
ing the gratifying STATE me 1t that he will con-
tinue his editorial relations with the paper. The
VALLEY yIKGINIAN. under Mr. Yost's manage
ment, has been conducted with conspicuous
ability and on the very highest plane of honora
| bic Journalism Mr.. Yosts continuance with il
| is assurance that the past will be guarantee OF
! it's future character.-P Petersburg Index a ppeGl