Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-11-27
Improvement In Highland Recor-
der Plant

Highland Recorder the Hioh'eiey
} correspondent to the Richmond
News Leader has the following tc
relate:
Monterey, Va, Nov. 21.-(Specl-
aN NEditor W H Matheny, OF the
Highland Recorder, has reason to
be one of the proudest of country
editors. for to-day TIE old Wash =
ington hoe, which has done duty
in the Recorder office for twenty
seven wears. is being replaced by a
modern cylinder press Of the Camp
bell pattern. - =,
Highlands county paper has had
its share of the ups and downs
incident to the average country
newspaper, aud as this is one OF Its
principle "ups." it is interesting t"
recall its most discouraging down"
The 'pIanl" was brought here in
1877 by Wits & Jordan from the
neighboring village of Franklin.
W. Va.
About 10 o'clock at night The
senior member of the firm and bis
teamster came into Monterey on
horseback. announcing that their
wagon, containing the Recorders
future plant, was lying upside
down at Il short curve in the road
one mile north Of town. Next
morning all the small boys turned
out to see the wreck. The entire
outfit, which had formerly been
used in Pendleton News, was
turned over in fence corner SIX
feet below the road level, and right
there the boys learned FIR the first
time that there was such a thing
as printers pie"
Since then The Recorder mas
fourished more or less, carried
many a tale Of woe and happiness
to waiting. approaching friends
Not less than a half-dozen times
has it changed bands. once, at least
suspended. but It has lived through
it all to see this proud day IN ITS
history. and Editor Malheny post
of friends and patrons congratulate
him unon this evidence OF his en-
terprise and prosperity.
The above account Of oar repIac'
mo onr old Washington hand press
with a Country Campbell. came
} out in the Richmond News Leader
before our publication day came
around so we could relate the story
and as it is nicely told we repuDiiSh
#. We add however that 1t has
long been oar dream to own a CYL
+, Under press. The Washington press
served rs faithfully and we have
no kick to make against it. only
That with orr increased subscrIp
t;on list it took from fOnr and
= half to five houis to DO the pres
: work, and to stand up a2ai'st tn
nfold timer for that leagth OF tim
5 male rs sick. With the new pres
y we hone to do the same work III al
: hour and half, and do 1T NOR
= neatly and in every way more sal
IS i.faciorily. Other Improvement
II that we hope to make in future de
i ocnded largely Oh MS hayinS
II more modern press.
We studied !org about contractin
Y the debt that would be necessary !
s. purchasing tie new press, but
y last, oue day after jerking IL
10 10 Washington armstrong for tot
IS hours, we SAID, we will get a he
:. press "slnk or swim. We no
at have it. and some way it don't loo
X very swimmy, Git weighs 4'O'
lbs) but we are assured OF u
I'd hearty support of Highlar
citizens, who fully realize the n
cessity of well established ne"
Ii naper of their own. We fear II
IN that their generous assistance hel
mt tofore given will be withheld a
Ii. we believe that our effort to INC
it fully establish the paper Will
tn appreciated to an extent that o
cts subscription list will be greatly
he creased. This we believe to be
on case; any way we have had tai
nd enough in it to make the ventu
he and we still have faith enough
nd keep padding
ne "A cylinder press is not as 81
thy to put together as two ana "
hut after considerable mixing
fixing we believe we have II
om working order without the and
the al expert machinistand hope t
her the change from The old to the II
mt has been made without the loss
the -, hour rs to the time of the c.