Th Daily Progress.
THERE are at the present time
two daily newspapers in
Charlottesville to note from
day to day the "passing tidings
of the times." There have been
others from time to time but, alas, all
of them have suffocated in "printer's
ink," and have been sepulchered with
untimely births that wailed feebly for
public sustentation, and passed into
oblivion without substance enough to
even shadow one a ghost. The Daily Progress
commenced publication Sept 15,
1892, and from that time on its career
has been on and upward, until to-day
it is recogonized by readers and advertisers
alike as one of the very best
newspapers published in Virginia.
From the time of its inception a
well-defined purpose has marked the
course of success unparalled among
the journals of the State. With the
history of The Progress the entire
reading public is familiar. All of its
achievements are milestones in the
march of progress which can not be
forgotten and need not be recalled. It
has told the truth at all times of all
happenings, adhering strictly, even in
the heat of partisan strife and despite
its own opinions, to the belief that, in
the presentation of the news, the sole
duty of a public journal is to record
events timely and truthfully. The
Progress is published every evening
except Sunday with J. H. Lindsay
holding down the editor's and publisher's
chair. Nearly every resident
of Charlottesville and Albemarle county
reads the Progress, and its circulation
is extending and spreading in
every direction. The Progress is
known wherever Charlottesville is
known. It has been carried to the
uttermost limits of the Republic; it
has been borne by our conquering regiments
into the jungles of the Philippines;
it was at the memorable battle
of San Juan, and found its way over
the walls of the sacred cites of the
Celestial Kingdom. As our citizens
gather up their household goods
to push their fortunes in other
regions, they fail not to have follow
them the paper which is so closely
identified with their old home, and
so thorough a reflex of its life May
the future success of. The Progress be
as bright and prosperous as has been
the past, and may it meet with that
hearty support from our citizens which
such a paper is justly entitled to receive.
Its splendid printing house located
on Fifth street was erected in 1896.
In 1905 a new two-story extension was
added and now the premises have a
floor space of 32,000 square feet. The
plant is equipped with all the very
latest and most improved machinery
and is one of the very best newspaper
publishing establishments in central
Virginia. When the paper began
business it bought in the old Weekly
Chronicle (which it still publishes),
and Jeffersonian Republican, established
1835. Mr. B. Lee Hawkins is
the City Editor, Col. L. S. Marye
Chief of the Editorial Staff and Mrs.
Wilson Howe looks after the social end.
It has a large staff of reporters.
