The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-04-25
Prince Edward Court.

Tor OF the estate Of the late Ami
Campbell
Sllas Shelburne qualified a. admin.
!. TRAITOR Of the O. .ate Of Anna Shelburne
Caroline Hatchett qualified as guar
dian Of John \. Booker.
T.. X. Booker qualified ~ admins
traitor Of the estate Of Harriet f
Booker.
The case Of the Commonwealth
against a. C. Martin, charged with
stealing plant bed cloth, was tried by
jury aud the prisoner given 30 DAYS in
jail An appeal was taken, as had
already been done from a Justices
court, and bail granted.
Applications for license from five
farmvllle saloon-keepers were refused
10y the judge until Wednesday morn
ing, when he granted them 10 each. AT
the same time warning them against
some violations Of the law which had
come to his knowledge, especially that
OF selling whiskey to minors and To
college students.
Upon application Of the Orange d
keysvile Railway Company. the Cont
ordered that the sheriff and Judges Of
the several precincts in this county.
open poll on May 9th. and take the
sense Of the qualified voters Of the
county on the question whether the
Board of Supervisors shall subscribe to
the stock Of the Orange Il Keysville |
Railway Company, an amount not ex-
ceeding sixty thousand dollars. that
sum not being greater than authorized
by law.
The conditions upon which this vote
Is to Oe taken are that the subscription
Is to be paid only after the railway is
needed for the proper development Of
the section. fit could be operated as
not only Common carrier but
carrier open on fair and liberal terms
to interchange with all connecting
lines, 1t would prove Of great utility to
them and Of immense benefit to Farm
vile. No projected "short line" can
like "cOck sparrow TO
kip the big roads with its "bow and
arrow" And all this cry one hears
about getting in new road "iust TO {
smash the y. Il w." is indicative of
want Of reflection, and a want of obscr
'allon Of what is going on around us.
PASSENGER and traffic associations place /
pounds upon the Cutting of rates.
ruinous competition between rail :
ways entering Farmville, would be a
'eneiit Of short duration to the town.
sui the existence of several roads leads
hem to lower their rates to reasonable
Igures, and makes the town a desira-
lie place for enterprises, because rea-
enable rates are thus practically guar y
nteed. =
This road, if once built, will ulu- v
ompleted from Fsrmvile to Keys
lille, and then in bonds Of the county
arrying per cent. year interest, and
aving not less than thirty years TO 2
IN. The Company agrees TO accept 1
lese bonds at par, and to issue to the !,
'unty on such subscription Icing G,
ade, its preferred stock, on which n
Will guarantee to pay at the end of p
cry year after.the expiration Of two y,
'ars from the date Of its issue, divid. in
nd Of four per GEN., if there shall be ly
come sufficient after payment Of in eT
rest on its mortgage bonds to the -
Mount of fifteen thousand dollars per in
lie Of railway. su
The election under this order is to be
nducted by the judges 10 office at the 10 10
te Of this order, and such others as
ny meanwhile be appointed under
isting law to fill any vacancy which 81
iy occur, and the election shall be
lducted and returned as provided PI
section 1914 Code Of Virginia. lsS7'