The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-18

lans. Nancy Langhorne was an attrac-
tive and popular girl throughout Alber-
marie county because she had a smile
and inspiring word for every one from
DanYllle, her birthplace, to Charlottes-
vile, and as she grew in age and grace
her popularity became state wide.
Hence her home coming, as the first
woman member of the British Darlia-
ment, is giving her a long line of spon-
taneous and hearty receptions. which
must delIght Whlle Wearying, the ac-
complshed woman. Richmond turned
out 5000 enthusiasts Tuesday morning
at Z, when her train pulled in and
wild cheers mingled with the inspiring
John Marshall high school cadet band
and shouting thousands "'Come out
Nancy! TO which she pleadingly re-
sponded, q can t be a heroine at in
the morning. Loads of bright flowers
and sweet kisses followed her appear
ance. She later addressed 10000 in the
city auditorium at 8 o clock and was
guest of honor of the Southern Women 3
Educational Alliance and Gov. and Mrs
| Iinkle 5 reception at the governor s
mansion. The home-city demonstra-
ton at Danville in her honor was most
complete.
While good roads projects multiply
no system yet approaches the economic
construction in Virginia and North Caro-
| lima. A 2S-mile strip from Newport
| News to Williamsburg, built of cement,
| 30 feet wide and eight inches thick, will
/ see long service. State cOnvicts are do
4 ing no little of the work and are now
upon the last lap North Carolina will
spend 30 millions on her sand clay roads
/ virtually the quality of Vermont gravel
, Home taxpayers may have in mind the
| enduring span built by Selectman Mel
/ len to the Marlboro line and the too
/ short strip of cement road built by War
| rem l.. Walker on Western avenue Ce-
4 IN 80 th1atsFansz epal ~n1 rf,afa >,
vastly improved roads. While North
/ Carolina viii harvest great peach crop.
early frosts have shortened Virginia 3
apple crop in the DiedmOnt section 40
per cent.
J Bruton Parish church begun its work
! in 1852 and is the oldest Episcopal
/ church, continuous in use, in the United
| States and spoken of by one of its
/ bishops as ''the noblest monument of
/ religion in America. 1t was the court
| church of Colonial Virginia and its wor-
| shippers and vestry included Thomas
jefferson. George and Martha Washing
! ton, Patrick Henry, James Monroe,
| Chief Justice Marshall, John Tyler. Pey-
! ton Randolph, George Mason and Ed
( mund Pendleton. The ancient church
| has successfully withstood the hand of
/ time. The royal governor Spotswood 3
| chair still stands in its spacious pew
under a canopy emblaZoned with his
name and the arms of old England,
square pews. aisles paved with marble,
| white walls, mahogany finishings and
! the very glass panes through which the
! light shone on early patriots The
/ church is rich in valued possessions
| and | was within its sacred and rever-
entail walls last Sunday. Rev. T. Ruff
| fin Jones is the rector and there are
| some $50 present communicates Ex
! President John Tyler holds circuit court
| in williamsburg.
| Politically, Southern waters are pla-
! cid The recent state convention of
| North Carolina Democrats had 2,053 ac-
/ credited delegates, including 374 women,
and chairman Pou and EX-Secretary-of-
! the-Navy Josephus Daniels enthused the
| great body. Elk Governor Westmore-
| land Davis of London county is on the
| trail of Senator Claude A. Swanson,
whose outposts are so firmly set that
he viii topple over Davis in so of the
| 100 state counties Lady Astor kissed
! the senator in Washington and that
/ makes the Swanson pastures greener in
| the old dominion.
ROLLIN S. CHTDLS.