Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-11
VIEWS AND NEAR VIEWS;
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
Be Kind To Country Railway station
Neutrality-suspicious. Nam Asks Con-
Corning Wnr Against Cigarette.

In the Drovcr'S Journal there ap
pears plea for kinder treatment o.
the country railway station agent
which this column heartily Endorses
and commcnds To the consideration OF
people all over Virginia. The articl,
reads as follows:
The country station agent has many
Q duties which make him a busy man. and
he needs little consideration from
J his customers He usually docs his
/ best I" satisfy the farmers with whom
7 he deals daily. in performinc his duties
! Don't knock the station agent II he
/ does not give YOU all OF his attention.
as he has many things to do in day
besides taking care OF YOU, We are
all human. and II YOU treat him with
consideration his life will he more
pleasant. and undoubtedly he will feel
more like putting himself out TO salts
~ your demands. Don't ask him 10 do
things for you which his regulations
forbid. He may violate rule to do
, something for YOU once. and il is lit.
tie appreciated The next time Il Is en-
peC;ed and insisted upon
The completely Of the work Of the
station agent is not understood by most
people. and their demands upon him
are sometimes so unrea soma BILE that he
becomes disguised Treat him with
kindness and he viii do better work
indirectly helping You. Many farmers
lose their patience with switching
COW or a young horse. and one station
agent has said that he believes they
would acquire more OF this habit IL
they endcavored 10 conduc, a country
station. You may say he is wrong. hut
give him the benefit OF the doubt. aud
remember that he has more than the
Individual 20 satisfy each DAY so aim
10 make his work As n,easant as pos
Sihle by making allowances
that there vii, Re something doing"
when ihe prohihitionists set real busy
AGAINST Ihe cigarette. aud he thinks
the indications Of that Ugh, are in
sight. He wants 70 know where The
Times Dispatch Will stand when that
fish; comes on. and he goes on 10
argue that nearly half ~ the bright
tobacco Grown in Fitisylvania now
goes into the manufacture Of the cigar
cite number OF questions are asked
that need not be answered jus, now
bur IN due time will come up for dis
custom Sufficient unto the day is
the evil thereof"
lie: US he patient until the real dgh.
comes on. but our Fittsylvania friend
may rest assured that II will be Very
cold day when Virginia prohibits the
sale In any way. shape. form or fash
ion OF the bright leaf tobacco
There is no doub; tina, Richmond
VIII furnish all Of the money needed
TO so ahead with the building Of the
road 10 Crbarua, but wha- them"
such is the question which a Richmond
correspondent puts 20 the industrial
editor The answer Is very simple
Richmond vii! so right to work 10
capture all Of The trade OF tina: Rap
paharnock Tidewater section. trade
that for three centuries, more or less.
has been coinE 70 Baltimore and by
rights ought - have come 10 Rich.
moud and viii come 10 Richmond when
the railroad is finished and put in
operation.
The June rains, and they have been
copioGs and numerous are a sure guar
antee Of enormous crops in old Virginia
this year Farmers from all over the
state are in fine huror and everything
looks lovely SO far. Let US keep on
plowing and digging and praying and
next fall we Will have the greatest
THANKSGIVING Day the centuries ever
have known" SO writes Prince Ed
ward County man, and 10 all OF It we
say Amen" and Amen