The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-02
Chats by the Way With
Old Virginia Editors


better educational facilities in :h;.t
county 'Tor years wo havo hecn writ
ing and talking to tho people of Clarke
County. urging the necessity for in
creased school fdnds In order to get
the things which our children deserve
in the way OF education" 1t says, and
rejoicos that n powerful ally has been
found in tho Teachers Association.
Pull together with your friends. and
Clarke Will soon get what 1t needs.
other newspapers could help their
counties by waging the same fight.
Speaking of the report that tho a.
y. G. mediators have asked the Euro.
pcan powers to exert Influence upon
President wilson to modify his demand
upon Hucrta, the Newport News Press
asks: Isn't that pretty close 20 tho
limit? Is this a friendly mediation.
or is it compulsory arbitration"
Wherein is the compulsion? Isn't tho
Press acting little IS If 1t we're afraid
tf the European powers when 1t init
mates that some of them can compel
the United States TO back down: Re
yidcs tho powers have declined 10 mako
any such request.
Tic delightful froth of Omar cap
| tivates the Charlottesville Progress 90
such an extent that it has a column
dissertation on tho thirteen newly dis
covered qI:trains Of the Persian fatal
ist. The new" Quatrains might have
remained undiscovered for all we care.
There were enough OF the old ones,
which. while superiicialiy clever, bright
ana making excellent poetry as trans
lated by Fitzgerald, were nothing
more. In fact. their worth is in The
way they were written by Fitzgerald
rather thau in what was said by Omar.
The Bristol Herald Couricr, tho
Houston Record Advertiscr and the
Lexington Gazette arc the latest 10
join In to urge the people to pay their
poll taxes and qualify TO vote. The
salem Times Register ana Sentinel and
tho Southwest Times repeat previous
warnings. Saturday is tho last day.
the sun? The Houston Record Adver
tiscr may not have discovered it. hut
il has certainly found something that
few people have ever seen or heard of
before. i subscriber writing To that
newspaper gives ii unstinted praise,
ending by saying, I'VE feel tina, we
can't do without the Record. Adyer-
t!scr.' Praise for Tho horn, paper.
What do you know about that? Usu
ally, when the paper suits. the silence
CT the grave Is as The roar OF niagara
compared &c the silence of the sub
scriher. But wien 1t doesn't suit;
'lf Newport News is not geograp pin
ically and otherwise situated 10 handle
the contracts OF the government" says
the south toston News, "Brother Cope
land, of the Press. is competent to
handle the secretary in point of argu
nent." We do not wish to appear TO
detract from Brother Copeland's for
cnsic powers, but one reason why he
Is coripetent to handle the secretary is
that Newport News is so patiently com
petent 10 handle the contracts. In
other words, all the argument is on
brother Ccpeland's side.
The new owners of The Times.
Dispatch have taken charge. and are
doing things with that paper. Here
is best wishes for cur big city cou-
gin. with love for the old. love for
the new relative" 1t is accepted
and returned in increased measure We
hope to continue "tc do things with
the paper. but always for the better
nicnt of II.
ThA Lawrenoevillc Times calls at;en-
ton 70 i l!t:le book issued by the
Southern Railway for the purpose OF
encouraging sheep-raising. Tie book
should do good. hut something else is
needed. For instance, that Lewis dog
mil, one Of the several good bills the
late General Assembly did not pasl.
would have helped greatly.
Sentiment should give place to COM
mon sense" declares The Franklin
Chronicle speaking OF Virginia's OK
hibit AT the Panama Exhibition. Why
not lave both? Both arc needed. ana
the two are not mutually destructive
IN fact, tie right kind of sentiment
and tho right kind OF common sense
arc good pals.