Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-04-16
MORE AID FOR GAINESVILLE.
LIquor-Licenses Raised ia Response to a
Petition of the Y. w. c. T. U.-Personal.

fCorrespondeNce OF the Richmond Dispatcb.i
F,ryfy1ILg. Va, April ia call was
issned bv the MAYOR Yesterday to the citl-
zens of Farmvile TO assemble IN the court
house to see what aid by private contriou-
tors might be extended TO the Clarksville
people recently made sufferers by dlsas-
trous conhagration. But few wero IN
attendance, yet 500 was quickly sub
scribed and Will be forwarded to the Relief
Committee at Clarksville.
The Sanitary Committee OF the Town
Council are taking active steps toward
betterment of our sanitation, ana, II not
now. Farmville will IN a short while be
one of the cleane5t little cities OF the
country.
BAR-REEPRRs EXCITED.
The bar-keepers of Farmville are
aroused to feyer-heat over the raise OF the
liouor-license tax from S12j per annum to
$500 This increase was determined upon
Yesterday afternoon at a special meeting
of the Town Council. and was III response
to the following petition:
To the Aqyor and Council Of the ToisD Of Farm
ellie, Va:
Az citizens and members Of q large tempe
rance organization IN our town, we respectiuly
be. the Mayor and Council OF tho town OF Farm
Vile Va, 10 increase tho license-tax on retail
li0uor-dealers 70 $1,000, believing that tho IN
terests Of justice, order, and morality VIII thefe-
by be promoted. i'll.
generally over the State have largely adopted
high license among them 1900
Chase City,. i'yVO
North Dauyille.. l,oVV
TIE YoUNG WoaGy's CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE
UMON.
1t is believed that consensus of opin-
ion among the leading people OF Farm
Vile would show decided opposition to any
increase in the liquor-license tax. At pres
ent there are only four bar-rooms within
our corporate limits, and 1t Is thought
that two Of these will be driven out by the
$500 tax. thus giving to the two bar-keep-
ers all the patronage with but small In
crease of revenue 10 the towns treasury.
CONTINUATION.
Bishop Randolph visited Farmville last
Thursday evening. and after preaching O
very able sermon confirmed in 81. johns
Eplscopal church seven persons, "a fol-
lowe. Misses LeSturgeon, Winsie Davis,
Charlotte Wray, Florence Ioles, and Maud
Wicker. Willie Richardson. and Maxwell
Robson.
The Farmville Guard, under the COM
mand of Captain John X. Martin, has in-
creased Its membership-roll to sixty-hye,
and having been newly uniformed. awaits
the coming of Colonel 10 Lane Stern for
INSPECTION TO receive from luo OttLlo oi LIS.
METHODIST PAPER.
The Methodists of the Farmville district
arc preparing TO issue seVen-column folio
newspaper from this place devoted to the
interests of their church. 1t will be
printed from the Herald Office and will
make its debm on May Sd. Rev. James
Cannon, Jr., pastor of the church here.
will be the editor-in. chiet. while Rev. Ia.
S. Reed and L. Ii. Campbell will be asso-
Mr.. V. Rice. of Oxford, n. c.. who has
been spending the week in Farmville. re-
turned today.
Mrs. G. h. Darlington. ST., is living criti-
cally i'll at her home, on High street.
Mrs. williamson and her daughter. Miss
Carrie, returned from Richmond last We'd
nesday.
Mrs. r. l.. Morton is home from Nor
folk, where she visited her daughter, Mrs.
Sam Nicholson.
Mr.. b. l.. Anderson and Messrs. r. s.
Paulett & Son, two leading tobacco firms
of FarmyilIe, have prepared for Shipment
| TO the Agricultural Department of the
Worlds Fair some samples of very fine
| tobacco. They both expect premiums,
| and Justly so, too. for no samples could be
prettier than these.