The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-11-19
The RIqhi O. Peatlon.


;Hon with death-like tenaeity' IL
s;onlv means thst the people OF all
noes and of an climes have reserved
~ themselves the high privilege oi
asking from hose in authority thngs
tbey wanted IN keeping with inns
-no.honored custom the citizens ana
tax.nayers of Fsrmville presented 81
ootifor TO the members Of the town
.or,cu at the last session of the BODY
rssnecffuly asking for comfort ana
.cnvenience. to which they thought
fbov were Justly entitled. This rea-
sonable request was refused, and Tor
.be following reasons: The people
.,bo are not out of their beds and
,brouob with their breakfasts by
o'clock I'm the morning had better re-
main in bed an day And this Id
.rrorance Of the fact or in defiance
oft that the people Of this world who
contribute most to the social, educa-
fonal and moral uplift Of humanity as
General thing do not eat their break
fost until after Z a. m The man or
mon who rise with the dawn and re-
.;re with the dark may make longer
and hotter chase for the dollar, may
as tbev imagine, do m re for the
merely material things Of this life, but
II should never be forgotten that ma
terial GOOD minus the social, the edu-
catonal and the moral, is as sound
inc brass and tinkling cymbal, y a van
ity of vanities. " -,
And further it was urged that Il
the electric lights were kept burning
an hour later in the morning the
town would be put to the necessity o.
emploving an extra man to watch the
nlant" That is for one hours work
full days pay would be demanded
The statement of the assertion IS Il
stamp it with folly.
And again it was urged that on
man couldn't bear the burden o
watching all night over the electrl
machinery in motion. " Policeme
can walk the streets during the Ion
hours Of night, in stormy weather an
in calm. but no one man can endur
the fatigue Of watching all night IN
comfortable room. Watchmen
our manufacturing plants can guar
the property well and carefully viii
others sleep. and one Of the numo'
did this for sixteen cOnsecuhv
years. but when it comes to do Ink
service at an electric plant huma
strength falters and fails. But II
difference is that the policemen an
watchmen who have not slept durlr
the night do sleep during the da,
while the electrician must during Il
day be strong enough to 90 abo
making dollars as other day-worke
do. It would be inhuman in + RI
vile to require of any man to lab
for q hours without rest, and q
man is a fool who undertakes it, b.
Farnville can and should find 9th
men besides policemen and watc
men who are willing to work all MIC
if permitted to sleep all day,
We have always had genuine phi
for the man who finds it necessary
turn night into day, and who was al
inc not to 90 to bed when God pa
out his candle, but such men are
be had, and we have met with mar
of then who actually preferred Il
night job
And again it was said that Farr
vilc's electrician haj been offered j
ducements to 90 elsewhere, and Il
inference to be drawn is that if r
1uired to work for one additional ho
during the q we would lose his j
valuable services. Granted that ii
would be public calamity we G.
vii comfort i'm the sweet thought tn
he history Of the world teaches ti
when one worker falls from the ran
an0ncr is found 10 take and fill
place. SO far as our reading has gon
or cur memory serves us, Stonew
Jackson alone Of morlals left no 81
cess9r When he died the star Of 4
Confederacy grew dim and soon i
al ifs CLEAN and glitter. The gen
VI rule, however is that when Eliza
are called away the shoulders Of Z
abs are ready for the mantles
The men and wome. of Farmvl
who signed that petition, we're l
children crying for toy, but gro'
up people who demanded a substa
hal comfort and a real convenience.
Citizen.
past r ~innted Con n Death