The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-07
HOW THEY LOOKED AT ORANGE.


HOW THEY LOOKED AT ORANGE.
A charming woman from Richmond
happened to be at Orange on wednes-
day, when the Boosters Train reached
that historic place, and has written a
long letter to The News Leader about
what she saw and heard and thought
about it. Her letter has fallen into our
trust hands. 1t is intended to give
IAN idea of how a Richmond woman
feels when she unexpectedly secs n
crowd of her representative towns
men" and she must have felt out OF
sight from the way she writes about
them. II do not think Richmond needs
any boosting" says the writer you
can't paint the lily; but IL the crowd 1
saw yesterday did not do Richmond
any good, believe me IT ut least made
the heart of n Richmond woman glow.
YES. glow with pride and delight" She
saw the charming lady editor OF the
Orange Observer when she delivered to
the most apprcciative person in the
bunch mass OF the lovelest flowers
fresh from her garden, 1t was driven
In upon her consciousness that 1.-The
great Ncbraskan is not the only Bry-
an" and then the story proceeds:
Conspicuous among the Boosters
was dear Jctcr Jones, as i heard n
lover of music style that townsman
of mine With him there was Mr..
White They were members OF the
1pa rI,,t,
grasp my hand and Mr.. August Simon
pietri; now that he is married he smiles
even swector than ever. Looking as II
he were ready for II German at the
Masonic Temple was MIR. j. b. Hill.
AS child always. when I bought
cakes saved tho best for tho last
Nothing is Indicated by this innocent
remark but, Just finally. l will say
Oh! how l did shake. and. yes, hold
ms long as / dared. the hand OF our
beloved Mayor DaHy Crockett Richard
son, who was In his best trim physi-
cally. mentally and all otherwise.
Much to my regret !. being woman.
had to refuse his gracious invitation
to 20 on tho Booster train to Culpepcr
and came quietly on the train follow
ing, Oh! how did hate to say no. .
There were many more 'Promlncnts.'
hut I was SO fun of JOY. just lost
see them"
That is going some" we should
say, and there will be moro like IT
doubtless whom all the returns are in
OF what the people all along tho line
thought and said about "our beloved
Davy Crockett Richardson" and dear
Jctcr Jones" and Boschcn, and Dabney
md I.t
President Funston and all the rest OF
tho grand army OF workers for tho
glory and prosperity of Richmond Il
There is talk already of another ex-
petition of then same sort down into
the grand Old North State. and the re-
ports which havo been coming In show,
even before tho dust of travel has all
been brushed off. that friendly relations
have been established that will mako
the North Carolina end OF the business
OF this town fairly boom before the
present year Is ended. Next year il
must be arranged so that at least
twenty-four hours shall be set apart
for Charlotte. There is so much down
there to see-thc very spot where tho
Declaration is said to have been pro-
claimed, the house In which jackson
lived. the site OF the Navy Yard, tho
colleges where beautiful young women
and brave young men are educated. the
falls of the river where water Is CON
verted into lightning, the very trees
under which Cornwallis's men slept be-
fore that great General went to York
town 10 he fired upon by Startling Gum,
and a thousand things. sacred and pro-
fame which the Boosters could not
have been exp ted to sec In the dark.
glory upon the pages OF history.