The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-09
ABUSE OF MBN. In PUBLlC. LIFE. \.

in front OF a shop, stood a shoemaak.eer,
who VI was sunfrendiy to the finder Of the \,
string; lie saw the act and s il!aeh &c
Shelly fry Ta had bees lost
and the shoemaKeF declared that = he h ,t.,
seen the finder Of the string pick ~ np.
THE man was arrested MS explan aa,,a.
was not accepted ,ua n a,,nn as , I'M Ia Vas
released, SUSPICION ,clung to HIM: lie
grioved ovey the accusation. went from s n
man to man explaining the truth, tnat
ns had s5o1psfa II p,sN e
500 i heart s b bss fdIefh snaxi ad
IL hs sat 81 he bed
String "A little string! The suspicion =
Of wrongdoing Killed HIN. This ', ta lha ~
psycholos ically sound .s and possible 's'''tl.s
vet he felt abuse. When his son Absalo J, y
was In rebellion against him. ana NJ !, tne
f ii6 and Maf Ills few companions PASSED bY
hillside on which was shimei, q relative
of Saul and a man naturally unIrlen l...
e King Wh9 aa Sa shame ran
along the hillside, cast stones ana a ,,s,
David spat Ct him s, ray u Glm n1
Enlistment Dur hii was was for his sins, forbade
them to har him. Later, when David
was restored to his throne, Shimel apo,l I9:
glzed, and David promised to save I, his
soul; In tho weakness Of his deatnDed
David remembered: and he said 70 500.
mon, Behold, thou hast With thee
slKmei, which cursed mo with !. gr,.esv4f ,a
nalm; but he came down to meet me, "a; at
Jordan, and 4 swore unto him BY me
Lord, saying, I will not put, I'll thee ,a e
death WITH sword for isa man
and aknowest what thou oughest& to 40
unto him: hut his hoar head bring thou
down to the grave with blood. s559.s.
one Of the most powerful and popular
rich and famous. Vas tried before his
church court for minor offensc nnd
no foundation wha teverI and had arisen
presumably from Jealousy on the part o.
ans accuser;; the natterwa forgotten 2,
3recolleh on those who had originated ait.
Elutely clean in thu. eyes OF all Just pao-,
lples Yet he not infrequently, upon meet
ing. new acquaintances. went on to !, t:x
against him s his hearers in many cases.
!, had never heard the story; they were
thinking Of hisSwell known forcefulf quail
ties; yet he had been 50 dee ply hurt TINT
MS aWdSs
sinking Q f my trial and the accusations
sagainstsm e. x 94is 3+
y "a few years ago a prominent million
ntre was said to have died broken-heart-
T Ell on account Of a scandal in his family
connection we have known an aged ply
stefan, whose health, had been firm UP to
the time, collapse ana lose his hold on
alife,5 dwndle and die from a blow to his
family name we knew a. man q 3,
strong and well \, lose his health Wit hin a.
month. and died In halt a. year when sex-
{posure was made Of. a. crime committed
by one OF his connections. 5$5 sS$ -! II
These facts are aside from the main
point hut Illustrate the we'll known truth
that the loss OF good repute is TO many
a; deadly blow. t6cannot, then, be other
wise than that men should be violently
hurt when they pass from the good re-
SputeS Of their quieter' lives and find them,
selves held up before millions of people
Sin5$ hideous Is caricatures. represented as
guilty of all the crimes In the calendar,
and find that thousands OF their fellow
men have come to regard them as mon
sters. s4 g$$ W n .,iS
1t would seem that this moral issueEis
important enough for the serious con-
sideration of all men. Are we never TO-
be. civilized enough.sto fight fair? 8 Is It
necessary that life should be tainted and
poisoned with lies, SANDERS and T carica-l
lures? Is there to be no limit to license
to%murde Ter chara cter and assnssinate res
;putation? "a 3;S 81 81 THE "