The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-04-08
Nnrfnlk and Surroundings.

fore so impressed with It's rapid grOWll
aud general appearance Of push ant
prosperity. II is no longer provincial
but IA city in the highest and trues
sense Of the name. / met nowher
with more businessJtact or daring, O
face-to-the-front methods. There don
seem to be a sluggish stream emptyinl
into this busy sea Of intense activity
IL there - a croaker in the city OF a
pessmist haven't met with him.
The city is not only metropolitan but
cosmopolitan as we'll. Representatives
OF all nations meet here, and there j.
scarce an hour OF any day that the kee
Of a new boat doesn't cIeave the waters
Of its land-locked harbor Like shuttles
in machine fast flying ears and crafts
flying hther aud thither carry the
warp and wool Of everyday busy acliy-
tiles.
The new business structures are inn
posing and Inspiring, the wharves are
massive and commOdious while the
railroad terminals are Of finest make
aud finish. Norfolk can not be called
a manufacturing centre and yet hands
and feet, heads and hearts, minds,
souls and bodies are united here in earn
est, intense effort 10 make things and
accomplish results.
/ once knew its leaders in business
circles, in civic and religious fields, 10y
name and personally, but Lot 80 now.
Many Of them have fallen on the fore
front Of battle, and younger combat
ants have taken up the flags with grim
determination to plant them on ram
parts still further to the front. and DER
other fields Of conflict. The present
thrills with inspiration gathered from
the past and the future beckons to bet.
ter and higher things.
As with the city so with it, surround /
Ings, there is dash and push and tire
less activities every where to be seen. |
Truckers are behind with their work /
this season because nature has placed /
barriers in the way Of progress, but let |
Inc sun dare to shine but for day, and /
ike bees the busy workers swarm out
If their homes and make the field like
he city pulsate with new and bound
ug activities. In this work women
md children play conspicuous parts
md receive comfortable wages. And
IS with the land so with the sea, there
: no season without its own peculiar
work to be done. The oyster crafts are
low being converted into fishing
macks, and the brave fellows who
rave the storms Of winter that people
night feast on the peerless bivalve,
nd that their own families might be
ed too, are now revealing in the warm
r sunshine as they bring to shore nets
reaking beneath the burden Of shad. ,
md while all this intensity pervades
he business circles Of Norfolk and
country, the pleasure-tide
ever ceases to beat against these
lores. Our fathers came to the sea-
de for the month Of June, aud then
urried 10 the mountains, while we
be children cling to the sea shore from
anuary to July, and then from July .
} January again. The destruction Of
ne Hygeia destroyed much interest in \
Id Point as pleasure ground, but Vir-
mia Beach is place Of more interest
IAN ever before in It's history.
The Automobiles, such as Wander
III and other multi-millionaire men
leisure and sport are likely to make
it international racing ground, and
here money goes, men aud women
re most apt to go too. II John Ran
)lph, Of Roanoke, had seen Berkeley,
re Of Norfolk's suburbs, before he saw ~
'ashington, d. c., he would have 81
lristened 1t as place Of magnificent
stances" 1t is scattered over the
ACE Of the EARTH" but as the street {
rs 90 to ITS limits, there is not much
ouble to make the circuit
One Of the interesting experiences / =
n having now and then is that Of "
the unloading Of sea craft
st from abroad. The live freight is K
at which interests. All cOlors,
ines and creeds, kindreds and y
ngues are represented and they do y
esent an interesting and to your cor
spOndent a strange appearance as
ey crowd the gang way and hurry 10 3
e new shore. wonder II any body
Joys the sea voyage since everybody y
ems so anxious to touch the shore 50 "
on as the boat touches the wharf.
mellow think that those people who :
ncy they do enjoy rocking in the ''
adle Of the deep simply labor under q
-ancy. / have only tried it from N
Drfolk to New York, aud Mr.. w.
Venable, Farmville's veteran CASH y
:, will tell you whether / enjoyed
at or not. Yes, Norfolk and sur
are Of thrilling interest aud
w that the prospects for the James
wn Exposition are so bright, a new v
rlll is being felt each day in their
siness circles. v
As loyal Yirginian | rejoice in their cl
esent prosperity and hopeful future {
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