Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-05-11

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Today we ZTVAhH6k fhother$ ear. The
CAPITAL has COZ blek seventeer years
Of its existenc, Nand esers with renewed
strength anf ibTighie prospects upon its
ei0hteentI 4ume- Ae first in the new
centurvr
S<eventeenyears is lot long life in
human afaFs but kventeen years OF
DAILY toll am struggle OF trials and tribu-
iations. OF vial and be. attendant upon
the career dai newspaper in a
small town, IS matlr of considerable
moment.
FOR seventeen y@rs we have been
making history. and 4 daily history COW
ting period Of nearly s.32I days. is
to be despised Our course has been
ess we have not been the tool OF
|Ssrcsf-pasty, or the hreling of any
We have upheld the right and
need the wrong. AT the start we
.r face hillward for the steep. straight
4, and we expect to pursue this path
the finish.
In our career OF seventeen years we
J have endeavored to cater to the best
TO sibIe interests OF the city, for we are
local Institution, and it is the home
news that the CAPITAL chiefly publishes.
We have marked the evils in municipal
government, and suggested remedies; we
have commended honor and integrity in
city and State officials when honor and
integrity were in evidence. 1t is not
what we have published in all these
seventeen years. but what we have not
published that counts.
Were we today paid at our rates SO
much per line for that which has been
withheld from public print in the columns
of the CAPITAL. concerning matters OF
grave moment and vital interest to all
concerned, there would be few citizens
indeed who would not be in our debt.
and we should be able to retire from
journalism. and turn over the Office and
effects OF the EVENING CAPITAL to some
more worthy. but. perhaps, less consid.
crate editor. But there is bright side
TO seventeen years of journalism as well
as dark side.
Today the CAPITAL stands upon a
firmer basis than it ever did. before. The
people look for it; they read it and, we
i say it modeStly, they appreciate it, The
CAPrrAE goes everywhere. There is
scarcely State in the Union where the
little Annapolis daily paper is not sent.
1t goes to Cuba and Porto Rico. to Manila
and other parts OF the Philippines. II
goes to Hawaii and Guam, and we really
do not know ourselves where it does not
20. Fathers and mothers read il in An
napolis; they bundle ii up and send it of
TO sons and daughters thousands of miles
away, and from IL 900 miles came back
letters saying Chow do enjoy the
CAPITAL, it gives me all the home news,
and | don't put it down until have read
every line in ii even every advertisement
Such is the influence of our little daily.
Does it receive She financial support il
deserves Does it have the municipal
and State patronage it should have Do
yoE help it prosper by sending it news or
new subscriber occasionally What
one owes his daily town paper in small
city like Annapolis. cannot be estimated
in dollars and cents. The work attached
to getting on, daily paper in Annapolis
is more than the average person appreci-
ates. Its one continual grind. 1t requires
eternal vigilance. Ii calls for encourage
ment. Kind words are acceptable al
all times. bu, kind words do not feed the
printer. or pay the expense necessarily
incurred in running daily newspaper in
a small town.
~ hope to prost by seventeen years
ice in pdr career, and trust next
B make the CAPITAL more read
and . necessity to the daily happi-
of every citizen in Annapolis.