The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-23

expended and tho real tencfer now Is
one one who realizes hat teaching is q
science and that mere knowledge Of
subjects taught in the curriculum Is
not enough
BAILEY.
George NJ Bailey, OF the Houston
Post, spent several hours in Richmond
Yesterday Visiting friends. He Will
be remembered by readers OF The
Times Dispatch as one of Conc john
sons campaign managers in the re-;
Harkablc political contest that re.
Gently closed In Texas. He belongs to
"a group Of newspaper men who are
helping to make Southern Journalism
worth while, and the Houston Posts
position as one or the great journals
of the Southwest testifes to what the
craft III that pnrtaof the country Is do
ing
Like majority Of Texans. Mr.. Bal
ley went to that great State from this
region of the country. He Is not a
EYirginian, Of course, because when
Virginia gave Sam Houston, of Texas,
st did It's full share toward reclaim
Ing that territorial nonstrosity to civ
ilization. But while Bailey is a
North carolinian, he is not exactly
one of tho extremists of our solemn
sister Commonwealth on the Southern
border who regard Parheelism as the
chief distinction to be enjoyed in this
life. The truth of the matter is, Bal
ley Is something of a Nirginian. His
mothers family was Of some promi-
nence In the Lynchburg region one
hundred and fifty years ago His
grandfather was native of Virginia.
being member of the Welsh family
of Wynnes who came to that neigh
borhood from the old country.
However. Bailey has contributed
nothing to the gentleness and
culture OF his family. He is
essentially barbarian and cast
for barbarian latitudes, and II
he exemplified any of the virtues of
his Virginia ancestry. it is case of
atavism. His general characteristics
suggest the ruder propensities of the
welshmen of an era that was In the
perspective Of civilization of rough
and predatory tendency.
II Bailey is worth considering at ALL
and that is open to question, 1t is be-
cause his Tarhecl forbears had been
gentilized by q Virginia environment
Not only that, but he has personally
profited by his contact with Virginia.
He had the smallpox in Norfolk forty
years ago and more than thirty years
ago he took a rudimentary course OF
Journalism in Danville.
Just how far Bailey's habits were
derived from either Virginia or North
Carolina, we do not know, and PROP
ably he doesn't know himself. PROB
ably 1t would be unfair to North Caro-
lima to hold her responsible for them,
and we should not think Of doing SO
without hearing from North Carolina.
The safer plan Is to charge Bailey TO
Texas and let 1t go at that. The fact
| that he likes to come to Richmond
| shows that there may be something
good in him, and no one could be en-
] tirely lost to sentiment who expended
jhis last dollar in buying flowers for
little girls dressed in white to present
Ito Cone johnson, who was defeated
4 for Governor of Texas by 10000 plu-::
rality.
Bailey is perhaps likable in a way
\ especially In the Texas way. Texas Is
Eaddictcd to the Bailey brood, and they
! seem to prosper there. which may be
a good thing for Texas or even a
good thing for the Baileys.
ANYWAY. because of Virginia's some
1 what remote and entirely unintention-
nj responsibility for Bailey, 1t is never
unwilling at reasonable intervals to
4 entertain him, and he seems TO pc
4 tactful enough to distribute the inter
] walls in such way as not 70 olteha
4 Virginia traditions.
II
i 1.-The louisville Times has been much
4 5;mpressed by the attention which VIZ
~ Etn1a Is now ~ lAio ~
1 good roads. and says that in con-.
4 sequence. Virginia within the next ten
A years will rank as one OF tho most
tlSprogressive, II not the most progress
{ siye, of tho Southern States, Virginia
II lis already the most progressive State
81 in the South. 1t has led this country
!. for more than four generations y In
I craftsmanship and Industrial achieve
5. ment. and 1t is still leading in all the
j, things that make for the greater glory
:, of the Commonwealth and for the good
!. of the people. Wetmust contend, how
!, ever, that no State can be truly great
. without good roads. They arc signs
o of civilization. They mean that the
: state takes care Of tho welfare of Its
j people, This is the time to put thu
q roads in order for the winter traffic
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