Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-02-12
Comments On the Rep;s,.

Inc Creenbrier Independent o,a
the best and most conservative of ~
West Virginia newspapers, publisp
ed at Lewisburg and edited BY Our d.
friend, Col. Thos. H. Dennis -.
The following to say concerning -.
recent change in the Registers mai
up:
After seventy-odd years of faitbfr
service to the people of Jefferso,
county as an attractive, well-prin,s+
and well-edited folio, the Shepherds
town Register has changed form ar4
now appears in a new dress as
quarto or eight-page paper. For man,
years we have read the Register ever,
week, holding it as one of our mo-,
valued exchanges. We liked the REQ.
ister because we liked and admire
its owner and editor, whose opinior,
on any question affecting the pub.
| &c interest were always we'll conside-.
ed and based on solid ground W.
liked the old form in which. like tba
Independent, it appeared through 2
long course of years, but do not obiec,
TO the new, which we now know to be-
for many reasons, the better form
We hope Brother Snyder will retain
some of the distinctive features which
always made the Register an interest.
ing and instructive publication. And
may the paper and its worthy editor live
long and prosper in we'll doing.
Thank you, good friend. 1t is com.
mendation from such sources that en-
courages the editor and gives him new
zeal and stronger desires to make his
paper not only interesting but useful
in the community and in the State.
Our friends George c. and Charles
K Roderick, publishers of the Valley
Register at Middletown, Md, have
this comment to make:
The Shepherdstown Register came
out last week in a new form, having
been converted into an up-to-date s.
page paper. Editor Snyder say that
he was loath to give up the old
familiar 4-page style, celebrating
on the change for some time. 1t was
the same with "The Valley Register"
We pondered a long time, too, before
we could become reconciled to max
the change, but we did it, and have
never regretted the step. AS time
goes on the subscribers will be more
than pleased with it, and Editor Sny-
der will be happy, too Brother Snv-
der always did print a good paper, but
we know he will print a still better
one, the first number showing marked
| Improvement. Good luck to We
Brother Snyder.
Our friend Matthew Page Andrews.
OF Baltimore, writes us as follows
concerning the recent change in the
Register: 81 must be getting old and
conservative in these DAYS. want to
see the Register in the same old wav.
rather than a new dress. but no one
recognizes more than do the neces-
sity for change and re-adaptation to
new conditions in this age. wish
you continued success as the direct
ing force behind the best edited local
paper know"
p. A. Britner of Pittsburg, a former
ShepherdStown boy, in advancing his
subscription to 1922, writes us an in
teresting letter He says: 81 wish to
congratulate YOU on the new style of
the Register. 1t is truly news pa
per to those of us who have left IN,
old home town | wonder how YOU
keep it UP 10 IS high standard with the
great cost of Dcper and all other eX
penSes. Al - city papers have
doubled in ..c. DR.. Knott's letters
are vey in;- sting. recall almost
everything he writes about. Please
member me to ALL"
X. M. Golladav, a former popular
student of Shepherd College, now con-
aected with the Riggs National Bank.
OF Washington, d. c.. sends us a re-
newal Of his subscription, and writes:
May take this opportunity to con-
gratulate you o. .hc recent changes
In the Register? In my opinion the
new form is 4 de2it ID Improvements
over the old. The Shepherd College
notes, too, are quite interesting to
'hose of us who were once numbered
among the students of S. c."