The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-10-25
Fifth FarmVille Fair.
Gratifying Because Good Success
BFish' Da S, Brilliant Scenes, Delighted
Crowd.
No Such Word aS Failure in Farm,llle',
NOcabulary-We viii Have AnOil-
or and Still Another, aud
Yet Another.

years and make each success But
thank God, croakers are not prophets
If their gloomy forebodIng- were re-
allied the world would be shroudcd M
gloom and wrapped in midnight dark
ness. Such people can't love sunshine
or rejnice in pleasant things.
The opening hour at 10 a. m on We'd
nesday, the gates were thrown open
and under a sky radiant with sunshine
and vibrating with an air bracing and
health-inspiring, the cheerful, happy
crowd Of representative cilizens Of this
section Of Virginia began to enter and
to assist IN inauguraling the fifth an
nual Farmville Fair.
The Star Warehouse, the main eXhi
bition hall, had been artisiically blessed
and never before in the history Of The
Fair Association was the display Of
higher order.
Mr.. Montague, who reached the town
on an early morning train of that day,
was met at the Randolph House just
before the hour Of speaking 10y Judge
Crute, Judge Watkins, Judge Huudley,
Mayor Blanton, members of the town
Council, Board Of Supervisors and Of
the Executive Committee of the Fair
Mr.. w. Ii. Richardson, President Of
the Fair Association, introduced the
opening proceedings by asking the Rev.
Mr.. SOuthall, rector of the Episcopal
Church, to lead in prayer. This was
followed by the presentation Of Mr..
Montague, who advancing to the front
Of the stand, at once Ingratiated him
self into the allecllOnate admiration Of
mis- audience, 10y his graceful and manly
bearing, and by the first words Of his
warm and soul moving salUtation. lie
readily shook of the dust IF the pOiti-
cal arena, and delivered a noble speech
in defence Of bis beloved Virginia, and
gave sound and practical suggestions
for her greater growth and glory.
Among other hopeful and helpful things
he said We now lead the world in
apple culture and in that of the sweet
potato. He reminded us too that
recently in AZ apple contest in two Of
the leading apple-growing counties of
Arkansas, we easily carried of first
prize.
The State has now TO its credit ! ,7O6
miles Of railway, aud the most valuable
coal deposit of earth. The Cedar works
of Richmond, he pronounced the finest
Of its kind in this or any other country,
and glOried in the fact that we were
selling engines to Finland. His plea
tor good roads was as forcible as elo-
quent, and we trust will have good
results.
The wealth Of the valley Of Virginia
be attributed in large part to her
splendid Macadam road, and then
drew the lesson that the Southside
might reasonably and certainly hope to
reap like reward
As loyal son Of Virginia it filed the
speaker with pardonable pride to allude
to her princely contribution To public
education, and then emphasized that
system of education which taught one
not only to think hut To work as well.
He made manly plea that our raw
materials, cotton, wood, etc, should be
manufactured at home, and not sold AT
the rate of s. ton and bought back at
$50 ton. How effective plea such a.
that should be.
In words of burning elcquence, the
gifted orator closed by emphasizing the
fact that character was better than cur
rency, goodness better than gold, that
they would survive when towering
sky-scrapers and suspension bridges
had crumbled into ruins.
His very last words rung out on that
crisp morning air and should continue
to ring out in our ears "GO on with
your Fairs, they are educational, they
are helpful"
Thanks, Mr.. Montague, for a noble
speech. rich in thought, thrilling with
eloquence, fired with patriotism and
crowded with wisdom.
FAIR MUSINGS.
The wonder to us Is, has been and
will continue TO be that there can be
any rational objection to Fair, Expo
sition, Carnival or whatever you care
to call it. True, any and every such
occasion imposes heavy tax on a few
people of the community, but if such
can always be found who are willing
to bear the burden, the kicking on the
part of others must be of the mule va
riety. Call it fun, and legitimate fun
never hurts anybody. Call it nonsense,
and little of that now and then is
good for most men. Call it play and
we all agree that "all work and NO
play makes Jack a dull boy"
But it is neither altogether fun, nor
nonsense nor yet play, but business
and pleasure happily combined, duty
and diversion in harmonious unison.
We have tender sympathy and pro-
found pity for the poor soul with but
a single thought, and that the acquisi-