The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . ely more settled and orderly than itself. Hopewell isin the midst of our oldest commonwealth. Only half an houraway is staid, conservative Petersburg; a little further awayis Richmond. Frontier lawlessness may be picturesque inhistory or romance, but it is uncomfortable in a civilized,twentieth-century neighborhood. The helplessness of the officials of Prince George county intheir attempts to deal with drunkenness, vice and murder became a scandal in the eyes of Virginians. The fact thatthe coroner was called upon to investigate six murders inone night migh
The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . ely more settled and orderly than itself. Hopewell isin the midst of our oldest commonwealth. Only half an houraway is staid, conservative Petersburg; a little further awayis Richmond. Frontier lawlessness may be picturesque inhistory or romance, but it is uncomfortable in a civilized,twentieth-century neighborhood. The helplessness of the officials of Prince George county intheir attempts to deal with drunkenness, vice and murder became a scandal in the eyes of Virginians. The fact thatthe coroner was called upon to investigate six murders inone night might make interesting stories for the newspapersof New York and Chicago, but it did not stimulate the prideof the people of Richmond. So, backed by that better elementwhich seems to have existed in every city except Sodom andGomorrah, Governor Stuart took charge. The legislature gave Hopewell a city charter of the regu-lation Virginia kind—mayor, aldermen and councilmen; andthe governor appointed city officials and a chief of HE BEST CLASS OF DURABLE COTTAGE BUILT BY THE COMPANY 228 T II E S U R V E Y F OR D E C E M B E R i 9 i 6
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