The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-01-28
THE PEOPLES FORUM

Editor of The virginian, Sir:


Greetings to the new face of the
new friend. The Richmond Virgin
ian." from Lynchburg-Lynchbu
the upright city, where we 60 from
the railroad station in a vertical d.
rection to our homes. where one of
the first things we teach a newcomer
Is to distinguish between the street
lights on the eagles eyrie overhead
and the north star, especially II that
newcomer gets in on late train
from Bedford City or Roanoke. Greet
Ings from Lynchburg, the centre Of
virginia (see the map), and which,
Ii John Lynch had come along ear
Her. might have been the capital.
Greetings from the city with the fin
passed citizenship, the city where the
old Virginia life and ideas may still
be seen. ~the-city Who're wealth has
come to the citizens without turning
them into fools, the city where men
-of-large business interests and high
est character are not too busy to
take an active part as councilmen or
otherwise in municipal government,
the city that has gone out of the
saloon business. ana that has since
made the greatest strides forward in
all her history.
Lynchburg is the city that sold nine
million dollars worth of shoes in
1909--one firm selling one-third of
this amount. In the past ten years
her growth has not been excelled by
any city of It's size in the United
States. In that time her population
has increased, faster than any city in
Virginia. In per capita wealth she is
said to lead the South and to be near
the head of the list for the nation
made during the last twelve months
With a school system unsurpassed. If
equaled, and with churches and
homes that would grace any metrop-
oils, Lynchhurg salutes her sister city
on the James and congratulates the
capital and the State upon the
launching Of The Richmond Virgin
ian, destined to take its place AT once
as great State daily of the Old Do
miuion.
Richmond. Va. What a wealth
of history rises to the mind. What
memories flock like doves to the win
dows of the heart as the words are
called. From the days of the doughty
Captain John Smith aud on past the
impossible but picturesque and inter-
esting Governor Berkeley, who thank
ed God that there was not "A public
school or a printing press In the col
ony and prayed there might not be
elLner Oh these peStlfefonS nuiSanCeS
introduced this hundred years. on
through the days of our grandsires
of the Revolution. who baptized these
green hills of Old Virginia with their
I hearts blood, its sons have loved the
mother from whose dust their bodies
sprang with passion rarely equalled
And il Is easy to forgive the little
girls composition, Most nice people
are born in Virginia and some few
elsewhere.
Dear old Mother of States and
I Presidents, How can her sons with
hold their love? How could the men
of Virginia he other than they have
/ been with such women as their moth
ers and sisters to inspire and cheer
them on? II there is anything on
the planet that goes ahead of Vir-
ginia honeysuckle in bloom. with a
Virginia mockinghird overhead and
a Virginia giri-the right giri--in
the summer house with you. or a
Virginia moon over the seaside, waves
and sands with the same girl by
your side. let some Of the benfghted
sections of the earth mention their
counter claim.
The Richmond Virginian'' 1t is
a proud name, a great name for a
great paper. destined TO play great
part in the future of this great Com
monwealth. Swastika to The Rich
naehd tffginiaf.
CLIFF DWELLER.
-Lsnehbafg,L IA, Jan 81. -=