The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-03-29
PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY RECORDS
Preface.

Even the least spiritually minded man
must on Sunday, when he is idle take
stock Of himself more accurately than
il is possible for him To do on week
DAYS. He il made TO see better what
he is, irrespective Of the routine. sun
day is not only an exhibition day but
a dav Of stimulus. The congregation
is exhoried TO remember the text
throughout the week. We all know
that the ideal month should lie one Of
sundays. We should be on our good
behavior al the time and not lapse az
ter every benediction
What j., an Exposition but great
secular Sunday? We make the best
showing we can and We expect our
neighbors 10 do the same. We receive
inspiration 10 more efficient conduct,
better principles Of action all round.
A part Of the value Of any sermon lies
in the fact that We hear 10 as one OF
crowd. Thereby we get "a clearer
notion OF our relations 60 ourselves
and 10 those about US 10 is "a primal
duty Of man that be Should know
where he stands. IT an exposition
did no more than expose weakness ii
should still be well worth the trouble.
The section Of country so exposed
would be sure 20 learn much that
would end in increasing its strength.
With such a county as Prince hl-
ward there can be DO question OF un'
relieved weakness. The county is esq
cepuonal. Il has been an educational
centre Tor four generations and shows
lit. Prince Edward county was pros
porous and cultivated community
when John Jacob Astor wa, small
fur trader and Commodore Vanderbilt
was running q staten Island ferry
boat. IN the f0riies james vs.. Alex
ander. father of the late president %
the Equitable, wrote from Dis hom.
in "a hite street. New York. "lhere b
no where / would rather l.ye than
among the people Of Charlotte an'
/ Prince Edward" 10 i, impossible FOL
war absolutely TO impair such a heri
taee. Where is a better type Of eli
zenrv To- be found than in the countie
Of South,ide Virginia Thi, peopl
made the best soldiers JOB the worl'
and since the war they have no
changed in the essentials. The elite
can show nothing higher There j, go
Individual stamp upon the people O.
South.ide Virginia one of solidii.
and OF dignity. Prince Edward ma.
stand as representative Of The region
Prince Edward is a pivotal county
Itwil. notbe The less so when the VII
gilman Railway touche. its southern
boundary and a North and south roa
traverse, 10, territory. connecting ih
Southern. the Chesapeake and Obi,
the Norfolk and Western and Oh
/ Virginian. The county j. taking ID
mart I'm the industrial awakening
/ the south. Within the course of
I few year, its shipping facilities alread
good. will be excellent. There will b
then few countie, i'm the state OF vi
ginia better able TO compete i'm ever
business way. As residence secto
Prince Edward has been for almo.
a hundred and fifty years more tina
ordinarily attractive. ACCESSIBLE e'
cellentlv well watered, with an unin
peachable health record. able 20 zen
its sons TO a college within its limit
one Of the oldest in the United state
the state school Tor women wiseI
q placed at central point, within }
borders. possessing good ils au
kind skies. Prince Edward has been
most favored county. What count
can show more equal balance amor
the desirable thing, of a rational iii'
Prince Edward county has an ho
orable past, what is called h'sior
II swell to know the past as am in-I
ration TO the present 10 is well
T. know the present as q guide Co the Z
5 ture There Die, the value OF gre
l. Fvnositiou. which takes us into ot
e selve. and out Of ourselves. There Cd
T. be- no doubt that this country is gre.
Is er today a. world power because
d the Chicago Fair in ls@. People sal
: "Isitp possible we have accomplish
'l all thi,?r Seeing they bad, they we
Ie home aud did still more. Ne'gho,
ID travelled athousand miles 90 Chlca
D and found that unbeknowu-t o. ca
.e other they had been making recon-
'e How Illuminating To- discover That
u old BERKSHIRE across the line fence VI
u after an considerable animal or Cd
h the housewives pulleis were out
10 sight We shall go on the Warpa
" durinc the next few months and
=! stranger thing, than these. We SD
e. have the experience Of the 10y W
y graduates al college only 90 learn q
=. the old man knows more ihal he do
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