The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-22
SEVEN YEARS TO-DAY.
.yr TIMES NEWsPAPEK MAS
,,cHKD ANOTHER MILESTONE
49,, Many Ups and Downs and pisco"r-
sssmeuts It Is Vow Named Among the
leading Journals OF the Country.

....nied by thc ReNtS-h f""N""
company. The Times was issued
go ne FIRST time. Il was october -
asa aud type. new from the foundry
oh the inconvenience born Of such
..ss OF unused. giiuerng metal. were
,. tbe cases the night before. Candies
vne lined along each case for hsp'
enough 60 guide the printer to the pro
ar letters. and improviscd candeiapIa
90 ami "A rather poor light Tor thc
.-. ter-up" and other workmen'
....r was not printed there. nut ~
now remembered az what Joo pm,
,. Office the new baby paper H'''
SIN the light Of day. ,,s,,,,
N, the second floor OF the buhulhs
..s situated the editorial room. a le"
..t.s with n row Of candles on eaoi,
hap Of newspapers and coupe
-..frs made up the furnishings anu ~
,r-f place. minus telephone 1880 .esl ~
.-.s and many other OF the conVenleh-
modern ingenuity has provided Tot
.. issulnr of n daily paper the col
..l and reportorial STATS assembled
F 5id their work. Captain Page Nc
.. who previously had been con-
4,.,.-r a weekly paper. The Campaign,
t.s r, lftle success was the editor OF
WI" ,.,tlre and practically did
tte editorial work that night ana
me time 70 come. The late James
Gentry was the city editor.
7rs state Fair was then the attraction
10 che city, and on the day previous
a., me issuing OF the paper Hon. Grover
-,.rai4nd hid pald a visit 70 hchiIlon ~
ana the fair That item WIN the - ~.
49, several veterans had been hurt py
L ,-sDature explosion Of cannon
.tu. n salute was being fred in hohoI
o resident cleveland AZ the Soldiers
r.. were thc chief articles OF Iocai
...s q, the pauer There were scarceiy
.t4rdful of advertisements, ana the toi-
..,tio news published very poorly gave
Nm insight into the happenings OF the
world 49, erst ,ssue
was as follows .,,;,b
owe chreten our penny paper w"
,ta most familiar name IN louIhail9Ii'
10 indicate that its spirit shah De Iep,e
-.-.,ffye of the advanced ideas or tne
-,.-,, sov and that we shall furnish
r.,5.-s with an unprejudiced re-
--, ~ the happenings OF each uay,
-.,tout serving any interest but tha'
of truth. ..,.,,,,.. ole.
.. - an classes. and with the puI'
rrss OF promoting healthy pubic OPINION
rs need only the support or tne col III,
.,rtfv 10 achieve "a success IN WhlFn 'i'
-.,,la 81 virginia will be benehteu' a.
,ra1 as the sponsors OF our eh-er
rrom December DIST. 1880 Wne" -.
columns were made longer anu w a..
,t,.., a more prosperous style, the I'm
,.r,,,eroent. was slow but steady. ana IN
- ,,oor saw the paper Increased
80 v,tb n reasonably large amount
,.,tito PATRONAGE and "a better system ~
In ,SS7 contain McCarty's name wa
,,tep from the head OF the editorla
column. and on November 2'd, 1919 IN
Tiues Publlshing Company having pee
gorned. the following names appeared
- t.,d ~ the column; Lewis Gintei
president; Joseph hlyah' VIZ ~ o-',l IL,
- m brooke secretary. In December
tsoe the new MANAGEMENT put out "a ioui
900 eirht-c0lumn paper, ana from Una
~ he epccees of The Times was a
ese,,re5 fact. Competent editorial ana re
p1rtorfal STATS We're employed. ana ne
cessarv and complete mechanical device
were supplied 20 the composing room
and press room.
ms once was soon thereafter moved
the southeast corner of Ninth anu MNl
streets. now occupied by A. w. CAREER
Office. ~ 500
I'm the issue Of December 9th, I'M
under the caption 1.-THE Times and TIT
V-hig" II was edit0rially stated:
I'VE are happy 10 announce that the'
two papers (Times and Whig) have bee
merged into the Daily Times, ana we p
reve that the friends and patrons Of bot
viii be az much grauhed as the Owner
Of the Whig and The Times. one ma
been the old hOnored tradition OF Ut
profession IN Virginia. associated VIII
wuetrious names and patriotic policy
and when a number of represeniauN
citizens undertook TO renstate IL IN III
rIace from which 80 had been taken ten
r0rarUv by "a trick OF politics, they ma
the support Of the community. II hal
uaned iust at the same time that III
Times was started. and the people int
ested in botn papers have always Wlsh'
that they could agree and unite, ana
last they AN ON both sides feel gre,
pleasure I'm calling their friends TO u
support Of the paper which now repr
cents both. and which we feel coniidel
win command the confidence OF me PEE
ple and unite the two powariIl interes
iu the same cause
On September 2sth and Goth, 1880. tn
Times office was moved 20 It's presei
splendid establishment az Tenth and Ban
streets and ou February SIN Of the ne'
wear me first paper was ISSUED from
Hoe perfecung press. Improvements we
made iu all departments al That time an
since. Type-setung machines have take
tre place OF hand composition; dlre'
telographic line from northern cities no
Nrues The Times messages that befor
straeHea I'm on wires used az times 10
other purposes: "a thorough system 10
the gathering of local news has been e'
tabsHed. "a competent corps OF CORES
u1adents representing the paper are
te found at an cities towns and vi
las-s of Virginia and North Carolina
trained correspondent furnishes each "a
tae news OF National politics at Wash
nr1u. public opinion IS guided an
moulded bv editorial comment; specit
writer's make the Sunday issue a yer
attractive publication. and founded o
SQUAD Democratic principles, with an GU
look az AN times FOR the rights OF n
people and a plant not surpassed by an
south OF Washington The Times has
DE last seven years, despite It's man
uIs and downs. won for itself an enviab
place ia the hearts and homes OF u
Virginia and North Carolina people, nu
CONSTANT Increase OF subscriptions an
e'Js-tsiug patronage, prove the pap
% Be upon the right road 10 prosperl'
4al usefulness