The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-03
WAISIDE CHATS WITH
OLD VIRGINIA EDITORS

The West toin; News quotes II local
chant as asserting That nearly twice many
pe"r1" are co'ning 20 that town as there were
~ year ago, oud remarks: WHY shouldn't
th"tc be There is twice much to come
toi and with i,c improved service on the South
ern halfway and tho steamers running
daily instead of tri-wcclly. and the Mattaponi
Bridge giving easy access Ia the town from
there are twice many daily visitors TO West
Point "s there were Year ago" Tho i'm
proved service. AMI The daily instead Of tri-
weekly boat service not only make for traf
lie. but Indicate that tn" traffic is there. 1t
is result no less than c:.uso railroads aud
steamship c"mu;nics do not give service in
spirit OF phiinthrcpN.
The Northampton Fines docs h>o the
Colombian treaty. nor does IL like our refusal
10 exact indemnity, from poverty stricken Mex
leo. 1t thiuts are not rich enough to Ice
generous Every nation is rich enough To do
right, and certainly, i, is right to pay COLON
hi' for I'll" land We took from her: aud certain
l. il * right add u III. burdens OF :tm
unfortunate country. already streaming under
NOR" thHn Sic can bear.
The Winchester star exploits the callacy that
human nature never changes: that civilization
is merely the veneer under which ", hide.
rather than bury. elemental passions. II was
once human nature {" eat raw meat. but Moth
ug but necessity would force back to
it. and none living could ever reach the point
of enjoying il did our harbarous forciath-
crs. IT human nature to kill, but
there few now who lind pleasure in that
gentle pastimc which delighted the human
nature OF the cave man. ANY of might do
it in - moment OF passion. but the one who
would do il for pleasure is not human. and he
is not giving way To til" call Of human ma
turc. If human natur. has not changed Christ
was faker
we arc trying to put ginger into the Her
AID" SAYS our Eastern shore contemporary DO,
it and YOU will have newspaper that will bel
read.
Will tho Blackstone Courier inform us to
whom must credit the editorial. Two Poo
pie in = store" which has appeared il at least
three of our exchanges?
isn't it awful that man by single
act. may prccipitate world war asks the
Hanover Herald. It is but the Herald places
the blame on the wrong shoulders when il lays
il upon those of the assassin of the heir to
the throne of Austria. That act may'have fur
nshcd the prcteXt. but the man, or men. re-
sponsibIc already occupy throne.
Tile Halifax Gazette calls the attention of
the Waysidc Editor to the fact that New York
has l,0iS skyscrapers, one of them more than
nifty stories high. This is offered in further
proof. that were wrong when we suggested
that probably one cause OF the building of stst-
ways in New York is that the people of that
city headed in that direction But We have
already recantcd. y thousand siyscrapers
would than accommodate all New York
headed toward the clouds.
Commenting upon apparently contradictory
decisions the Circuit Court of Warwick
County, the Newport News Times Herald says:
I'VE dare not express an opinion, for if We
should do freely. should probably be
Jailed for contempt Of court which is a rath-
or forceful way OF expressing contempt. and
reminds OF story. y witness in court at
one stage of the proceedings deliberately turn
ed his back upon the presiding judge. Are you
trying show your contempt of this court
Numbered the judge NO, Your Honor came
the swift rctort, II am trying TO conceal it,
The RockbridEc County News urges that no
independent DC placed in the field in opposition
to congressman Flood. There is danger.
Tho fight against Flood. If IL is to be made,
Mill Ice made the proper time and within the
party. Any other kind of fight is hopeless
amy way,