The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-04-18

state
10 j. the Glaze - legislation that j.
rag d.y developing the wonderful re-
sources - COR state and producing her
revenues. The legislation demanded
by Tide Water alone c1usummel
-eg-rsl seez- ~ fle session. AMI !
m glf state 90 Ta- plentiful from every
section " tle state.
Am.ny tle important acts % general
legislation Fas the Dig tax. iof The
protection ~ sheep Virginia i- c1u-
-iisr-i o1e ~ tl- beet grazing -'a,e-
ia the Union Her mutton -fald-
-eoa1d O. none i1 tle markets ~ the
word. a. t1qlaAfy Her cheap ald-
are abundant. her climate unslrpa--ed
her markets the bet in tue 9or.d. and
ac.e--il'e I-lt not q shane. under
these cold.'.ln-. ff year, "Mary-
little lamb. ha- not teen allowed %
n.Ioa N4ly. tlolt q cur d. i1r-
ever a. l-- heels Words ~ pra.-e and
approval. " tn.- az. come from every
section ~ tie Common se4.th. from
men % tlnn Industry and ambition,
tie men wlo are producing the re-
venue ~ the state, the men upon
sLo-- -hll,.er- her burdens, her care.
her future hlle-. The meu ~l0 have
ursuched from -agsze conditions tie
grands-t CIVILIZATION the world hss
ever snoan
Tn- c.a-- ~ OUT citizenship ha- been
knocking a. the door " the General
A--em6iy iar many year. aud thank
God fls la1 makers have a. lA-t turn
Fl o. them a listening ear. Tao year.
az they pa--ed a fertilizer TAX. % pre-.
vent fraud the manufacture ~ ferfil-
lzer. That ha- -aved Thousands OF
doilar- % our farmer, now we have
protection for the sheep May the god
continue.
Perhap- the next important work
ua- the repeal u the Wharton iaE .
A. many ~ your reader- will remember
this law 1ent int effect July. lss'. it-
object es- 10 control Vhat VA -up-
pred o. exist. the Insurance Trust .n
TIE state. and thereby reduce the rs'e.
Your humble -ergant voted f0r the re-
peal VI tAi- las f0r Tie foAoeiug fea-
-.n-. A. stated above the Wharton
lax Aeut into Effect jug ISIS, AID the
average TATE f1r TIE yeaf IA : So. Tie
average rate f0r 800. the la-t year i9f
which We can give figure l- 81 D..
From lsar Do 800 U0tn Inclusive, Tue
average rate To- Virginia, increased b
cents. our TAX payers paid for ir'iec-
ton over $1,000 more than they
would have paid had DO aal-c3m
pact Law beeu 10 existence. Thu
view j. sustained By ths condition
BOZ Georgia where 10 ant-c0mpact Jas
j. enforced. Rates in Georgia decreased
liceuf-. diI-r-nce u = cents in
favor of Georgia.
Gen. Wharton, the patron of the
original bli. couf----- the law has
failed t0 accomplish De- object and that
10 wa-ami-tase. aud If 30 j. cau-ing
increased charge- fJr insurance profec-
ton, ahy should fireman longer upon
our -tatuir DOok-?
The appropriation BILL pa--ed, is The
largest ever passed by any legislature,
aud that iu the face Of the act that the
convention has reduced the rate 81
taxation from so % 80 cents and the
adit.oual expeuce- Of the convention
il SELF We will have 10 remember,
however, that a. the State grow. iu
population and natural deveiopement,
the demands II her lublic institutions
become greater aud they have all made
a-plendii showing, that will compare
fagorabiy With any stale iu the Union.
one item in this bill u which We are
all proud, D. the appropriation % the
State Normal, 10 your town, u $4,000
0rnsv buildings, notwithstanding the
fact of ii- former presidents statement
that all the land Owned by the Normal
wa- fully occupied.
The largest item 10 this bin j. the
appropriation Of 800 90; for the beuifit
Of the Confederate soldiers. Tue new
law fJr this distribution u this fund
il superior % the Parks b.ll, aud I BE-
lieve, q ngidiy enforced viii give salts
faction. Ihl- appropriation has been
criticised. some people tell u, this is
all sentiment that ought to be for
gotten, that the war j. over. Let the
dead past bury it, dead" / know
that our people are p)jr, their burdens
many aud their taxes hard % pay, set
/ do not believe they are willing % zee
the old solder ia the winter Of hi-
year. 90 down % the grave without
the arms " the old state he lowell
70 well, and for which he braveiy ri-ked
all, thrown around him in tender low
ing admiration.
Let u- forever reverence aud adore
our heroes. A people who are void "
noble sentiment and high Ideals are
doomed to decay. The reason why
Greece ha- out lived Assyria, Babylon
and Rome lin part her imifatorI. il be