Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-01-19
WOODSTOCK, VIRGINIA.
Thursday Morning, January 10, 1871
The Court House fs-still the Cry

We understand that certain parties from
Edinburg are prosecuting an injunction
against the Supervisors of this County, to
STAY the repairs to the Court House until
they can have their memorial to the Leg
islature considered.
Well, what next? At first the great
hurra was against the appropriation Of
The insignificant sum of twenty FIVE hun
dred dollars, as made by the. Supervisors
for the necessary repairs TO the Court
House The people the tax payers were
appealed to 80 sustain their hurra- but that
falling, they came squire to the question,
and wanted the Court House removed to
Edinburg, for divers and different reasons,
satisfactory to- themselves. The "good
people" how wdnderfully convenient to
appeal to? but the good people, of old
Shenandoah are never niggardly in hu-
name Or necessary repairs Or impro yements.
They may be provident, but certainly they
are not niggardly or unjust, and they
have not objected TO the appropriation.
Many an honest eye molstened at the re-
cital of the late Richmond Capitol castro
phe, and thousands in money would have
been generously offered to have saved the
life of our lsmented J. S. CalFert.-
Should our county Judge and iuries and
other retainees at court be wontonly sub
jected to like calamity? No. and so de-
termined our worthy and humane Super
yisors.
The Legislature is harangued in petit
ton setting fourth central cation, and
water facility" The first is not correct.
for the central county line lies between
Woodstock and Elnburg, and by some
distance in favor of Woodstock.
The second is not applicable as an in
ducement for Court House The town
of EGinburg is not nearly so we'll watered
as Woodstock, for its Stony Creek" runs
around the town, with banks difficult of
approach, whilst tlfe town has no springs
and very few Wells. We would simply
remind the Legislative that this is clap
trap fiuor gotten up in the county, upon
. selfish mot ives, for the purpose of advan-
cling local interest, without the approba-
ton Of the citizens Of the county. 1t is
the. same selfish scheme, of twenty years
standing, for enhancing the property of
g private citizens at Edinburg. at the ez-
pcnse of other places. 1t is purely a To-
coJ and sryish proposition, and by no
means county question; nor have the
citizens of this county ever expressed any
feeling of dissatisfaction, but, on the con-
trary, have ever refused to take any no
tice of the proposition.
Woodstock is the most central torn in
the county-by far the largest and most
populous, and has greater advantages in
every character of convenience and accom-
mediation for visitors and parties attending
court It has been the county seat for
over hundred years, and this fact has
induced many of the citizens to settle here,
and purchase property whose valle was
estimated upon this consideration. To
remove the Court House without any just
or sufficient reason would be an outrage
and an act of bad faith to these owners of
property.
This petition recites the act of the Leg
islature in the case ofthe county of Prince
Edward. The Legislature will be advised
of the fact that Farmville is large and
Jfourishing business place, and above all
by far the more central point in the coan-
ty. The prayer for removal was also
made by the citizens of the county, and
not merely by the citizens ofhat place;
nor was the action resisted by the Board
of Supervisors. as it has been in the case
oftho Edlnbarg Petition.