Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-27
Chats With Virginia Editors

annoyed
Fredericksburg Journal, by the man who goes
around boast!nG continually of his town: the
streets are the most beautiful, the buildings
cannot be improved upon, the citizens are rich
intelligent and healthy. And yet he has the
true root Of city Improvement when there are
enough like him to count in his community
While he may be a bore, he is many times more
valuable than the chronic kicker, who sees his
town down and out all the time; it's government
graftridden: its schools incompetent; its streets
filthy and its citizens low grade" Some good
doctrine and good common in these few
remarks.
There is much hope yet for Hopewell The
editor of the South Hill Enterprise has evil
IDENTIFY journeyed there. and here is what he
has to say: 'Hopewell the bad some say
the worst ever, is not tough. OF course to
young man who born and raised in or
around South Hill and has never seen really
sure-enough bad town. like Fort Smith. Ark
was years ago, Hopeweu does seem rather
naughty. but that is all one say, just that
it's not nice Because Hopewell crowds are
loud-talknG rough appearing, unrefned and
able TO drink lots OF near-beer, doesn't make il
a bad place. Fort Smith was noisy
place, but what makes it bad WAS the way
In which men quietly slipped n knife into one
another or without any loud talk or bolster
BUSINESS filled each other full of bullet holes
Hopewell AT its worst is any worse than
some of the picncs at Buckroe and Ocean View.
murder at Hopewell would be an event to
year is six murders n week. Everything is COM
parative: 10 the country boy, who has been no
farther than La Crosse Union Level. the
Nordan is big and the Norfolk County boy
thinks the Monticello is the limit Of bgness
until he goes New York and sees a really
big hotel And SO, lots of men and boys viii
tell YOU that Hopewell is bad because they
don't know what really bad town is"
RICH, on the heels of the above. the Peters
burg lndeS-Appcal forward O saw: ''Rut
in Hopewel, always is the case, the Chris
tian ministers found coping bravely with
the forces Of the devil and making Roadway
against him. We doubt whether the Business
Mems Association Of Horewell could do better
than To form close alliance with those Chris
tan ministers of the town and work with them
TO achieve moral house clea ming"
The Roanoke Times occa sionally takes
passing interest in Richmond, and the discus
sion OF natural gas. always pleasing subject
to the Times, leads il TO say: 1T must be good
news to the people Of Richmond to hear that
natural gas Will be pipcd from West Virginia
20 that city and sold at price far beneath
that which the municipal gas plant now
charges. The announcement comes also at
time when the agitation for cheaper gas has
been almost given up. Richmond has had
rather bad time with the gas works and IL
the pipe line can be extended to Richmond
portion OF the trouble in that regard will be
obviatcd. In other cities where gas troubles
not the news is being received
with mild interest"
The optimistic Chase City Progress says
Ten million pounds is the figure to set for
the Chase City market the coming season; if
the tobacco is not raised. of course we can't
sell it, but that's the goal we're going to
work for" Other ambitious Virginia tobacco
markets. which are always setting a high figure
for next years business. had better look sharp