The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-18
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from some place in Virginia and ex-
] pressing his displeasure at the edftori-
al references in this newspaper to
ATLANTA Texas Houston" Gone
Johnson .-et cetera.' The "et cetera"
takes in everything else, we suppose.
We are very glad to hear from our
| unknown and unappreciated counselor
| He admits that he does not know
Texas personally. but he says:
Il have looked upon Atlanta's sky
| scrapers as we'll as her auditorium
! have strolled through Grant Park
traversed Peachtree Street visited the
| Capitol Building, and observed that
the Union Depot there IS a splendid
one and that this pretentious build
| Ing gives of It's elegance n beauty to
the Immediate surroundings almost
4 surprising anything in Richmond,
| regret to say. 1 only wish Richmond
| had depot as beautifully situated
amid respectable surroundings as At
lanta. would really like for Rich
mond to surpass Atlanta in this fea-
| ture. as 1T does in the hotel feature.
| Mr.. Editor, 1t strikes me that we are
| woefully behind Atlanta in some of
| the make-ups of that town, and
| would like to see you cease pulling AT
! Cone Johnsons coat-tails with the fin
| gers of irony and ridicule sufficiently
| long 10 get your townsmen to bestir
| themselves In putting forth needed i'm
provements in pushing Richmond lit
| tie ahead of Atlanta in It's now lead
| ing features"
All of which is respectfully submit
| ted
| Several days ago we received an
other letter from distinguished gem
tleman In this State expressing the
| great pleasure he had derived from
reading the very things TO which this
unknown person objects. This is a
! weary, weary world and full of funny
people OF course, we rejoice at the
greatness of Atlanta. 1t is in many
respects one of the most renlarka bl lie
| towns in the world, in spite of the fact
| that 1t has been running on "poten-
| TALLY cracked wheels" for SO many
| years, and. according to the Constitu-
! ton, murder, unafraid and insolent, is
| standing at the elbows" and it's 'pi-
as to "penalize both traffic and COM
merce." Its pivotal artery" however.
as we have noted heretofore, is in
| good working order, and we cherish
the hope that the situation I'M Atlanta
| is not quite so bad as it has been de-
own word-painters.
AS for us, we prefer Richmond. and
we are doing a good deal of business
in this town; more. probably, than At
lanta. as the comparative statistics
Will show.
4 1t is great thing for Atlanta that
it has such a place of rest and refresh
| ment IS Grant Park, because out there
| the permanent resident as we'll as tho
passing visitor can be uplifted by,
| Those revivifying and tranquilizing
| influences that dwell where man has
mingled his simplifying magic With
the riotous designs of the God of Ma
ture.'
The suggestion of our correspondent
| that Richmond needs a depot as beau
tifully situated amid as respectable
| surroundings as the depot In Atlanta,
is respectfully referred to the rail
roads, which make a. good deal of
money out of Richmond,
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The Waterbury American approves
the appointment of DR.. Crum to be
Minister to Liberia and compares his
appointment to this place with his
previous appointment as collector Of
the port of Charleston, saying that IT
| is modest instance of the value of
common sense, equity and ordinary
tact applied to public business." Thar
! is we'll said and this is the time to say
| it before the shouting Of the CAPTAINS
has begun, For several weeks at least.
| the American people should drop into
| a reflective mood, 1t would prevent
them from committing many . blum,
der
If Jupiter Pluvius really knows his
business, he will pull out all the plugs
In his water mains in New York to-