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THE EVENING WORLD

The Evening World of Roanoke was established
December 23d, 1889, by A. H. Dooley, J. H. Ackerley,
and Charles Cox, and continued under the joint management
of these gentlemen until 1894. In the latter
part of that year the World Printing Company was
organized with A. H. Dooley as President and Manager,
and the Evening World has since been under his supervision.
On December 23d, 1910, the paper celebrated
its twenty-first anniversary by the publication of an
anniversary edition, in which was published a summary
of what the city of Roanoke had accomplished in the
twenty-one years in which the Evening World had been
a factor in its upbuilding and advancement.

To-day the Evening World enjoys a fine circulation,
and is regarded as one of the leading afternoon dailies
of the State, and the only afternoon paper in Virginia
west of Richmond giving the full associated press
news' reports, covering the happenings of the entire
world up to the hour of going to press each afternoon.

The World now occupies handsome quarters at No.
303 South Jefferson Street, with the business department
and press on the first floor. The mechanical
department, consisting of linotype machines, composing
equipment, and reportorial rooms are on the second
floor, while the editorial rooms are located on the third
floor of the handsome building. The Evening World
is printed on a duplex flat bed perfecting press with a
speed of six thousand eight to twelve page papers per
hour, printing from the web, direct from the form, and
is invaluable as a timesaver. This press brings out a
clear print from all light faced type and fine screen
half tone cuts.

When the Evening World made its bow to the public
twenty-two years ago, it announced as its editorial
policy "the unceasing advocacy of industrial progress;
the inculcation of sound morality, and the dissemination
of healthy political doctrines." It has made an
honest endeavor to live up to this declaration, and
to-day it stands forth as the beacon light for conservatism,
reliability, and for the good of the community.
That it has been an important factor in the upbuilding
of Roanoke and Southwest Virginia, all must admit.

Mr. A. H. Dooley, the President and Manager of
the World Printing Company is a native of Bedford
County, Virginia, but removed to Roanoke when quite
a young man. He has been a great factor in the city's
development, morally and industrially, both he and
his paper standing for high ideals, and all that is best
in American life.

John M. Miles, the present Editor of the Evening
World is a newspaper man of wide and varied experience.
For a long period of time he was with the
Lynchburg News, and afterwards was identified with
the Roanoke Times and Evening News for a period of
six years. Upon the death of the late editor, James M.
Williams, Mr. Miles assumed the editorship of the
Evening World which position he is filling to the entire
satisfaction of the management of the paper and to the
public in general. He is a conservative, virile writer,
and is daily injecting a zest into the editorial columns
of the paper which leads other Southern journals to
reproduce his thoughts and ideas.

The city editorial department of the Evening World
for the past twelve years has been in charge of John
W. Sherman a native of Lynchburg, Virginia, and an
old experienced newspaper man. Noted for his conservatism
and his untiring devotion to his work, no
man possesses the confidence and respect of the people
of his city to a greater degree. He is the author of a
number of dramas, which have been popular on the
stage. Much of his time and talents have been devoted
to theatrical work.