Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-11-22
THE TlMES.DISPATCH A PRECEPTOR,
NOT A WOLF.

THE TlMES.DIsPATCH A PRECEPTOR,
NOT A WOLF.
ITO the Washington Post, Washing
ton Herald, Richmond Times -
patch, Norfolk Landmark, Hons 90
Post and other gray brothers of De
Seeonee Wolf Pack: Will there be
good hunting in Colonel Graves after
he goes to New Yok p"-Charleston
News and Courier.
Toe News and Courier is hereby
warned to be careful Hasty tempers
being unsafe for provoking, it is SOL
emily cautioned against carrying Its
pleasantries too far. The Times Dis
patch is no wolf. Never mind Mowgii
and the euphemistic jungle transla-
tions of Mr.. Kipling. Wolf Is an
epithet Of opprobrium, and deep down
in its heart our Charleston contempt
rary knows it. A wolf is "a person
noted for ravenousnesS. cruelty, Gun
ming, or the like" The dictionary says
80. The Dispatch looked 1t up
to make sure.
Now, this paper is not ravenous, 1t
Is not cruel, 1t is not cunning, nor yet
again Is 1t the like Now and again,
it Is true, it has been obliged to point
out, with judicial, unerring finger. the
errors and foibles of its time. Through
it's more outspoken photographic depart
ment 1t has, from time to time, re-
buked the garrulous local pride OF
we'll meaning but ill-informed con-
/ 90 hnc hold NJ
Grant public men and yanked them,
firmly but kindly, back into line. 1t
has at all times admOntshed the world,
whether the question was Of constltu-
tions or cocktails. of pies or ranics.
and steered it straight fer the light.
But in performing these various ser.
vices for an Outlines thankless uni
verse, it has evinced no shadow Of
that vindictive and Sinking ferocity
which was ever the characteristic Of
the lean gray pack.
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The News and Courier IL warned to
have q care.
Thus does the dangerous depart
ment" of the Tim Dispatch warn the
too flip and impertinent Charleston
News and Courier not to carry pleas
antries too far. 1t tells 1t to be care
full both In its opening and closing
sentences. and of course 1t means 1t.
Those of us who live nearer the
''armory" of the Times-Dispatch, know
what it is to monkey with the weapon
department, we know that
many scalps are swinging now from
the great girdle Of some of these dan
gerous Dispatchers otherwise known as
the buzz saw brigade. One must not
use the word 'wolfn when speaking of
or to them. One must not from time
to time rebuke the garrulous loo al
pride of that well meaning but ILL.,
informed contemporary" They never
errors, they are Kings and can
do no wrong. But should anyone In a
Of forgetfulness ate mpt to
point out with judicial, unerrlng fin
ger, the errors and foibles Of its
time" of course he, she or 1t does SO
according to the Times-Dispatch, with
the ''slinking feroclty which has ever
characterized the lean gray pack. ,
The action therefore of the Charleston
News and Courier is az are all others
who mention it. except in praise, the
self styled courteous and wise Times
Dispatch, beings with 'slinking feroo-
ity" and thus they all become MEM
bers of the "lean gray pack" We feel
sure that the News and Courier will
now reload its gun. 1t will be very
vigilant, it will indeed ''have a care. !"
But we will give it a tip. Charleston
is some distance from Richmond even
by wireless. The Times-Dispatch has
not entirely cleared the field nearer to
1t. 1t has some scores to pay closer
home, and it's blunderbuss is now sadly
overworked. But when 1t has weeded
out all the offenders up this way which
it will do In It's own good time, but, of
course, before seeking more distant
victims, then the News and Courier
together with all the rest of the ''lean
gray pack" should pack up and shin
ny, else they may be removed with
and I'VE may remark with
Dispatch" for our Richmond contem-
pOrary does not brook the carrying
of pleasantries too far" The employ
ees in that office will not stand for
1t. The SPECTATOR Is on its "nearer
home" list, but still lives.