Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-12
ANNAPOLIS. Md. FRIDAY. MAY 12. 1916.

that may meet us. feeling assured
from the encouragement we have
already received, that if we perse-
we're in our enterprise. our labors
the end will be crowned with sue
cess.
We propose to make the EVEN
CAPITAL welcome visitor To
fireside an independent
i"uiiis nal-devoted to the best
interests ot.sle people, offensive to
nome out Weies~ae to all. and by
pursuing this couase. we hone TO
merit the confidence aaa GOOD win
of the people.
We shall strive to avoid l>r-
sonalities. and will endeavor at al.
times TO give fair and unbiased
account of the events transpiring
in our midst. Our aim shall be to
give facts, as near as We can get
at them.
we shall ondeavor to be diligent
i'm gathering the news of all local
events, and other notes OF interest
transpirirg and shall daily present
them in such manner as to make
them interesting and acceptable TO
the intelligent reader.
"A wide field stretches cut be-
fore us. in which to begin our la
bor'and if we shall succeed by our
feeble efforts in attracting atten-
ton OF some enterprising capital
lists from the busy marts of the
world in this direction. that would
tend, in a measure, to start the
wheel of industry in our midst,
we shall then feel that we have
accomplished something for the
good of our city and county"
The hand that penned these line,
has crumbled into dust. but the writei
lived to see the success for which h,
hoped and dreamed. at least i'm part
Annapolis will never be manufac
turing city, and while this paper did
years back, induce an ice plant indus
try to open the field here, and steam
laundry, it has not been successful il
persuading many "enterprising capi
talists" TO start the wheels of industr,
humming within the gates of the city
AT present the Evening Capital Il
published in The Capital Building. 16S
I7o Conduit street hiagonally opposit
the place where the first copy of Tn,
Capital saw the light In all thes,
thirty-two years this paper has been il
the same firm. II has never change
hands. It's first editor, owner am
publisher, the late William NJ. Abbott
edited and conducted The Capital from
the day of its establishment until hi
death, four years ago the seventh o
March 1916
He had associated with him two o
his sons and daughter, who have con
Quoted ami managed The Capital sine
their fathers death. The Evening
Capital is truly family paper, as
has never passed out of the family. |
II is largely due to this fact that Th
Capital owes its success. Working to
gether, the family made il possible un
der all circumstances adverse ard 9th
erwise, to keep il going.
The Capital has tried TO serve tn
people and has become permanen
institution in the life and development
of Annapolis. The plant has had fiv
moves. From Conduit street to tn
corner of East and State Circle. abov
where the Central Drug Store is nov
located. Thence it moved back to Con
duit street, next door to it's birthplace
in a room above the entrance to Child
& Sons stores. and the Thomas Tailo
Shop.
From here another move was mad
to Main street. next TO the Hotel Mary
land.where a Chinese laundry is nov
located,and from there to the Arunde
Building. West street. where a lunc
room now holds forth. The last NOV
was again on Conduit street. where it
present plant is now located.
The record of the Evening Capita
represents progress. Its accomplish
ments tell of the valuable service rem
dered to the community along man
lines. Its advance has been steady
its growth continuous. In the job de
partment the facilities for handlin
work has been improved and the plan
has expanded along all lines. Only
wear ago a Mergenthaler linotype ma
chine was installed. the office havin
previously had for some years a Sim
plex typesetting machine and Uni
type machine.
Some of the employees of The Capita
have been connected with the pape
since it was started in 1884. Severa
have been i'm the service of the plan
for over twenty years. One of tn
linotype operators. Mr.. A. B. Chambers
has been in the employ of The c. pita
for nearly thirty years. He is round
ing out his twenty-ninth year of con
tinous service with The Capital.
Throughout the town there are me
and boys WHO have learned their trad
in this office. many of whom are no'
occupying positions of honor and triis
in city. state and nation. Messri
Charles b. and S. Reese Abbott. son
of the founder of The Capital hay