The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-11-06
STAY IN HOME TOWN
Why Plunge into the MaeIStrom
of Life In a Large City?
"HOMECROFT7 BEATS FLATS.

People In Villages and Small Cities
Should Work Together TO Build Up
Such an EnvironmeA That the
Youno Folks Will Remain There.
George III. Maxwell who believes in
rural ANA small town life as greatly
preferable TO thc city. offers This eon-
,ncmg argument n MaNWeIs Tails
mau
This nation today is enjoying pleth-
Ola, of prosperity and figures chat daz-
zlc the Imagination.
but there ls another side 90 This fruit
of material wealth which NOW seems SO
luscious that some day. when bitten
into. 30 may prove Dead sea apple.
D. is the abnormal concentration of
trade. Industry and population inn the
great cities. where au the influences
chat degenerate humanity. rich as well
as poor. have fun sway and grow
llace.
And when we study seriously and
raNerlv the effects oi this unnatural
city life ON the mental and physical
character of our people 1T So serious
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