The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-03

| into three sections, a news section, a
progress sections and a sport section.
Besides the news there was fine line
OF advertisements of the best kind
that can be gathered.
| For that first edition, as for all
editions to follow, one penny was
charged. 1t seemed an error had
/ been made in the price, for no one
had ever seen such n paper sold in
Virginia for that price. Five cents
would have been a fair price, but it
was the intention of the publishers
TO print five cent paper for one
cent, That was what they did. That
Is what they will continue to do.
The corps of men who made the
afternoon paper now make the morn
ing paper. Friday these men pub
lished the afternoon paper and then
when they We're weary and tired after
the day of work they began the labor
of the night. the work Of making the
edition to appear OH the streets Sat
urday morning. Among the corps of
newspaper makers were some men
who worked without cessation for
twenty hours. They were rewarded
by the welcome given the first morn
ing edition. They strove for success.
It's attainment was sweet
A Clean Newspaper.
When The Richmond Nirginiau
more than eighteen months ago ex-
isted only in the minds of a certain
group OF men they set II down as a
rule To live as long as the paper
should i've that 1t was to lie clean
The rule lived throughout the life OF
The Richmond Nirginian as an after
: noon paper. If the combined effort.
. of determined men count for aught
the rule VIII live throughout the If.
r AA
| feature of the first morning issue wa!
the cleanliness OF it's news and ac
> lvertisements. Any one who has reat
{ VIII irwin stories Of newspaper:
knows what newspaper cleanliness
means.
r 1t means that there shall be nc
Z news or advertisements In the column
of the paper which cannot be reat
I BY the most sensitive and refined per
Y son. IL means that the advertisement!
: which appear in the paper are bont
. iide statements OF reliable firms.
means that the editorial columns o
$ the paper are free from taint cor
ruption and graft and that the edi
torial writer's adhere entirely to TIL
heralded policies Of the paper.
means that the news In the paper i
not perverted to create false impress
sions. II means that the paper pub
fishes, the news. all the. news AM
. nothing but the news.
The Richmond Virginian is a cleal
paper as a morning paper just as /
was clean paper as an afternoo,
paper. 1t is a paper such az the peo
pie of Virginia want. That is VIII
the management asserts that Tn
Richmond Nirginian stands for Viz
GINA" 1t In also the whyfore for tn
statement that The Richmond Vir
gilman is fair. full clean and &C
curate."
T. Sports and Progress.
n Lovers of sport who read the frs
/, morning issue OF The Richmond Viz
~ ginian were profuae in their receptio
;, OF the pink sporting section whic
~ was part of the first morning edition
v In the four pages OF the section wa
! sport news from every section q
"a the world from which sport new
= may be obtained With especial atten
a ton devoted to local sport news. Th
r. section also contained columns OF ad
II Fvertisements which were eloquent c
It the progressiveness Of the bushes
n world of Richmond and Virginia.
- The progress section was devote
a to fine recording of the events OK tn
II day having special bearing on tn
progress of the State and its capits
y city 1t contained accounts of tn
- strides being made In all branches c
- commerce and business. Especial al
70 tention was given to Richmond's col
70 poratlons and concerns. but the Stat
!. at large was not neglected. The see
- ton contained business stories froi
. all sections OF Virginia and was
- successful attempt TO show that tn
!. State Is going to the front at rapi
>. rate in the commercial race, Oh. Ill
u nation.
"a Enthused by the success whic
had attended its past endeavors an
v. confident that success Will accom-
u pany its future efforts the manage
lie ment OF The Richmond Vtrginian ga,
Z to the people of Virginia: We than
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