The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-21
IL Y.rlnnee MIth pr. pIt1.

Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,--I am sorry 10 find myseiI a.
as stated in The Times-Dispatch ana
Religious Herald.
/ have followed him SO long an IN
dorsed him so thoroughly that nignt
think it the communication OF al lot-
lies for mo to disagree with him here
were 1t not that 50 many others are
doing the same thing. Men who have.
read the Herald for half century are
asking, What Is the matter with Dr.
Pitt?" People of other denominations
are asking, What Is the matter with
Dr.. Pitt q And those OF no denonina-
ton. reading his views In The Times
Dispatch. are asking. What IS the TN,
matter with Or. Pitt Ihey arc AZ az
stage of the game. a few may write
him, commenting his position. but the
great mass of the people, whose voice
is never heard on the rostrum an ,.i
eye, are very decided in their opposi-
ton. His views do not accord with
those of a great many people. l touch
Halifax county In five places ana
the people They are very pronounced
In their opposition to the sale OF
liquor, but 1t was not always 50. Less
/ than two years ago we had pars III
Halifax. They were voted out, ana
But a reaction is already manlIes
| And what is true of Halifax is true
of other counties. Richmond's braG
Of $4,000 gallons a day shipped 70
other states that have voted 1t out
lis DISCUS ting to the larger percentage
| Of our people. Richmonds brag Is
| yirginia's blush.
The time was when conscrv .n..t :
was. needed We heedea ~. IN co ,,n =
the formation Of plans. Conservatism y. 2
| is needed in the councils OF war. but
| not so much In the engagement OF pa.
tie. An army flushed vain vicaois =, e :,
Victories to its credit almost unbroken
| down the line. Our plans are LAID. our l,
forces collected, standing IN line s, NJ,
| anxious for a. final graphic lol ? y Y.
serve to kill the courage OF paws We
and destroy the spirit OF victory. " ~.
| must fight now. and TO q iihlsh. !, " ~
4 else lose what has been gained; ~ - !.
] action Will set III " II mas nv ~ oN' '
| commenced.
DR.. Pitt is manufacturing an nm y y !.
ton for the enemy's guns, ana ne . .,rs
their exact gauge. His. arguments 81, are al
In conformity TO lheis - me No crusade
4 against them: they admit that lla ,is,
Is a bad thing and ought 70 DC p ~
! down, but now is not the tlne 20 I'd u :
IT. And what more no 10, aoe fs, M comes
on, DIR Pitt will see his artiGies PFlh y
ed with large headlines. the Key; y. q
&lPitt, d. D., editor Of the Rellgio,u'
i Herald. the Baptist organ Of Vlrginia
State Stat and scattered 0reaueAst : J.
The Times-p Dispatch has alread!
\ quoted from the Herald as the orgal
E of the Virginia Baptists, And mat y
4 the Baptist denomination. We hay
& no ecclesiastical head. and hence ~
4 source OF authority for any one Z
Z speak eX-cathedra for us as a denoml
4.pation. The denomination has no con
4 troll over the Herald. 1t Is oWne!
I by company Of men who arc Baptist
4 and Or. Pitt the editor, Is a BAPTIST
n and he writes his views, and he Write
& them with yigor: But no one Is com
4 mitted by them nor bound by them. x
II Am correct In Suggesting TO ID
n Pitt that he is furnishing the encm
with anlmunitlon2 Notice, please, hoy
I eagerly his articles are sought after
Z how Tho Times-Dispatch publishes NJ
q editorials several days IN advance
#|their appearance In the Religious II el'
II laid: soc how he Is interviewed one
{ and again, and then answer me- am
bright? Bsf,s
Richmond bragss that, size sends ON
Ii s45,O0n gallons y day: has 70 . enlara,
Z her storehouse facilities for shtplne nj
second not even to Chicago and fIey
York as q distributing centre: Who'll
ainlqada gplng "a u. lta. make i, M