The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-28
The Dispcnsary IN Farmiille il Not \


Editor Ha0id.-Win you permit
nae To say word through your yaln-
aide paper TO the voier- 81 Prince ID
ward?
II is stated in the news columns Of
the Richmond papers that "ihe F
Vhiskey question 10 Farmville will be- .
made the issue in the legislative fight
III Prince Eiward." And 10 the la-i .
is-ue Of The Herald, Fair Play say- .
that the paramount burning question
IN Prince Edward today is. shall
iquor hou-es reopen o.
Asa citizen Of the county living out
side the municipality Of FaTmvilIe. J
wish to protest against having local
is-ue, affecting only the town Of Farm
vile, thrust into my face With a de-
mand that ] either support OF oppose
IT. BY what authority has this local
question Of "dispeusary' OF emo dis
pensaryn been made an issue for the
whole county2 l. there any question
Of "a county di-peusary before Us. j.
the county 10 get any great money
benefit If a dispensary j. opened ID
Farmyil.e. IL the saloons oren ODD
Farmyille, Who gets the benefit Farm
willie or the county? Aud if The die
pensary opens, who get- The great huik
of the profits. Farmyiile or the county .
What has the county o. DO with "a fight
between two factions iu the town OF
Farmyillee III am not greatly mis-
taken. the original bin ior the dispen-
sary gave Farmyille two-iiiths Of the
profits. Itwa, then amended so that
Fanmyille should get three fiths, the
state and county 20 get the small end
10 the county was TO get anything
The next step ought to be 90 give
Farmyille four-ffihs Of the profits, aud
demand Of The county voters hat they
shall rip some o. their garments Co help
carry this through.
some one may say that every good
citizen ought @ be interested In such "a
question a. this question Of saloons OF
dispensary. But being interested 10 "a
question j. one thing, and thru,ting
myself into something that have no.
thing 90 DO with j. an entirely different
thing. Asa voter Of the county shall
not only refuse 20 force myself into a
local fight. but shall also refuse Oh be-
used a. a cars-paw This fight i- OF
little practical interest 90 the county.
Ii makes very little difference 10 the
county voter whether the whiskey be
|buy. iu Farmville j. saloon whiskey on
di,peusary whsSey. Those Of Us who
live outside NJ Farmyille have no more
10 do with this fight than the people OF
Farmville have 10 do with the selection
ola supervisor in Buffalo, a justice OF
the peace in Hampden, a constable IN
Lockett. OF a school trustee in Leigh
some Of uS would like 10 see the Dis
pensary tried in Farmvilie; some would
like 90 see high license some would
like 10 have out-aud-out prohibition
But being interested and interfering
are two different things.
Let Us suppose case. let Us sup
pose that Hampdeu sidney become
incorporated, and that fight come
up between the voters Of Hampden
Sidney a. to whether COWS shall roam
at large in the corporation. one fac
ton roe- 90 Richmond and gets al
"anu COW" bin through the legislature
The other faction then goes down &
Richmond aud says that their side ha
not had q fair hearing and tries to ge
!, the matter referred 90 the voters. IT'D
legislator sees that there is a feein
that the people have not had a chanc
10 express themselves, and believe
that the best way 10 decide the matte
I il 10 leave it Co "a vote Of The citizens
= Hampdeu Sidney. This makes ih
3 "anti-cow" side very indignant, an
e they at once cast around iof some on
G 10 oppose the representative A. 500
- a. they fud him they announce to tl
d people. and have it published in Oh
d papers, that "the paramount burnil
Ious.fion i'm Prince Edward today
shall the anti-cow law Of Hampdel
Sidney be repealed - What Won
the citizens Of Farmyilie think Of sue
=, a proceedlng on the part Of the cant
cow faction Of Hampden->Idney
=. What would Leigh and Buffalo al
4 Lockett say?
Now this D. what has been done
. a.part Of the voters OF Fsumyiile. j
. all I know. they may be IN muoni
They claim that they are. But Ia
play does not seem to think 80; for
- saw. m his letter % last week that
y "a opposed to the present represeniaii
because the latter j. "willing TO re-op
no this whole question the majority
the voters Of Farmvillel seek it, A
a so the voters Of Prince Edward
~ asked to turn down a representative
- cause he is willing for the people
80 Famvile to decide on a local ls'
-. what is best for their own inleres
80 The "pari mount burning question
= the county, outside of Farmville
"a certainly not, "shall liquor houses
Farmville reopen II there is
burning up this way on the Jog.
question, .he rains " late have put
u the fire and the voters Of this distr
DIV ike great many Of those ia the oil
cir districts. are burning Go get ouI
the mud. II they are TO be lined
fora fight ODD a practical question: u
wish that question TO bei shall
. elect those legislators aud supeI'i'
who viii get US out Of the mud
81 ~. .,.fff fry 90 keen u-