Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-10
Books and Authors

In 1870 William Penn was tried .o-
"eausins = tamult" In defending him.
the finest pleas ever delivered in be-
half Of freedom OF speech The Tryal
Of William Penn and William Mead for
dueed by Don q. SeItz. and published
hy Marshall Jones Company. is val
liable document in the history OF lib-
cr;y
"on DUTY" is the tile or a book OF
Company for publication mex, month
The vo!nmne viii contain. II is raid a
yyennd dozen stories by Rex Beach.
White, Edna Ferber and seven other
authors. The subtitle Of the book -,
Dozen Yarns for Soldiers and Sailors"
explains the origin ~ the idea 'oft
Duty way planned AS Il book OF the
most popuiar short fiction selected for
ne enterta'nment 81 tho American
aghting forces on land and sea
Mrs Mar newton s,anara the
gifted R!chmend author. whose YER
satilc talent hnds expression through
a. a pHsy pen. has recently written an
historical sketch OF the deveiopncnt
%; the tobacco Industry in this coun-
sFS A. "s sy ss yin The hf ,bem wr'Tgs
Sianard adds a chhrm 10 her .ec.tai
Of the 3o0-years' history OF the use OF
me weed IN America that lends wide
interest TO an article that ordinarily
would sppsaal 20 hut narrow circle OF
readers The Literary Digest places
such high valuation on the aritclo
referred 10 that II gives up nearly two
pages TO reproduction Of It's main
i"n,hrSs' For instance. We are re-
quoted hy INC Literary Digest that iii IL
- JUST 800 years since John Rolfe
finished His Ric Planting" in Vir-
regarding the development Of the in
dGsiry since that event. Incidentally.
II is suggested that tobacco mus, be
distinctive Oh
humol" ono. in winning the war" For
instance ai We arc told that tho number
,urcd during the fiscal year ending
June as. was $1,000 600 900. which is
Sdi"SegoG n more Than had been pro-
there was vast increase in The pro,
duction OF the weed itself. Thus.
?i2252.ooo pounds OF the khaki-coloreI
leaves. which was sSo0o0oo pounds
s,9re TER iahn sh no produced the previous
hrst white man who cultivated tobacco
systemat icall y--makinE ii the prin-
on oip" he crop ,0 OF the pian,a,ion, "varma;"
bride. the Indian kings daughter lie
n' san ms operations In 1919. so this
Industry. Thomas Lambert. who gave
his name TO Lambcrt's Point. Norfolk.
so ld'niiiar 10 seamen, introduced inn
are told. But ,hroughout the colonial
neriod every fns. arginia planter raised
mo-: OF Tess O! THIS strange S.erb'
which had captiva,ed men, in order In
40 MS part in satisfying the demand
when neither king nor priest could
ahate, s had been demonstrated in
Europe. and which came to him win
inSistence from The
Mother Country. There his typical
american product earned for the rxiIa
the greatest desire OF his heart-pooI
English merchandise wherewith 10
ieed ana clothe himself and family ana
make the roof-tree in the land OF their
ADOPTION seem like home. For many
years, Mrs. Stanard goes on to tell
us. tobacco was currency in the colony.
and with the Virginians of the dav
the tobacco note" served the purposa
which the gold or silver certjirste
serves with Us. and was honored in ali
the local shops. Taxes and narish
ievies., fines. and gambling debts. we'd.
clng fees, and funeral expenses were
PAID in tobacco. Salaries Of ministers
OF the Established Church were maid
r Wdrn with the weed, and parishes
the he - quality .!c Of =, tobacco produced in
s sldered less desirable than IA Sweet
fase ina OF the Virginia weed had
so lar overcome objections to it i'm
England that when. toward the close
ginians were pleading with the Mother
Country to give the youth OF the roinn,.
a coliege FOR the sake OF their souIsi,
the ATTORNEY General is said 10 as
tObaccOi" Pidul