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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04

Andrew Carnegie states that he
knows of nothing in this country that
will compare less favorably with the
European countries than the public
roads in the United States. Only one
who has coached and travelled year
after year through Europe can estimate
the advantages that would flow from
similar roads in our own country. 1t
would really change the conditions Of
the life in the rural aud agricultural
districts. This is the kind of work
that justifies the issue of bonds, if
necessary to secure it. 1t is false econ
omy to delay such work.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04
NNeVy Husineaa.

How many articles do you possess Of
no real value to you, yet could be turn
ed into money by selling them to some
one who does need them? | will, for a
commission, place these articles before
the public and no doubt find a pur-
chaser. Anything now from Jack
Knife to a Locomotive. Who will be
the first to try me?
s. w. PAULETT, JR.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04
A FrigIliful BIuntier

Will often cause horrible Burn,
Scald. Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's Arnica
Save, the best in the world, will kill the
pain and promptly heal it. Cures Old
Sores. Ulcers. Bois. Felons, Corns. all
Skin Erupiions. Best Pile cure on earth.
Only % cts box. Cure guaranteed.
Sold by White & Co., Druggists.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04

The Farmville Building and Trust
Company, upon the recommendation
of its directors, has incorporated in its
bylaws an unusual though most de-
sirable feature in interest Of those who
wish to borrow. Heretofore ii has
been that the borrower had to pay his
monthly installmeDts for an indefinite
period. Under the new bylaw every
borrower is given a guarantee that the
time necessary to mature his stock
and pay back the loan will not exceed
ten years. This is an inducement for
business which is offered, so far as we
can learn, 10y no other loan association
in the country, and prospective bor-
rowers will appreciate it.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04
Tint ThrObbimg Headache

Would quickly leave you, If you used
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. Thousands
Of sufferers have proved their maichless
merit for Sick aud Nervous Headaches.
They make pure blood and strong nerves
and build up your health. Easy to take.
Try them Only % cents Money back
if not cured Sold by White & Co., Drus-
gists.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04
Robbed the Grave.

A startling incid snt Of which Mr..
John Oliver. of Philadelphia, was the
subject, is narrated 10y him as follows:
81 was i'm most dreadful condition.
NV skin was almost yellow, Eyes
sunken. tongue coated, pain continual
Is i'm back aud sides, no appetite
gradually growing weaker day by bay.
Three physicians had given me up.
Fortunately, friend advised trying
Electric Bitters, and to my great joy
and surprise, the first bottle made a
decided improvement. / continued
their use for three weeks, and am now
a well man / know they saved my
life and robbed the grave of another
victim.u No one should fail to try
them. Only 30 cents per bottle at
White 4 Go. 5 Drug Store.
Go to Doyne's for Furniture and you
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04
CHARGED WITH ANOTHER MUIR
DER.
Alleged That Hall Carter Was Not the
First One Murdered by
Thos. w. Price.


Interest continues in the case o
Thomas w. Price, whose conviction
aud sentence for the murder of Hal
Carter, rest i'm the hands of the Gov
ernor. The appeal for executive elem
ency is signed 10y over eight hundred
citizens of Prince Edward, and it is ex,
pected that the Governors decision
will be made known in the course OF
another week. If unfa vorable to the
prisoner, he will be hanged on Tues
day, September 9Th.
There has been considerable talk Of
another murder alleged to have been
committed by Price before he shot
Hall Carter. Strong color was given
the startling story by letter sent last
week to the Richmond Times by a
merchant of Darlington Heights. Tie
letter is extraordinary, and says:
"Mrs. II. w. Price has acknowledged
to Mr.. Edward Shorter, of this place,
that Mr.. Price did kill John Baker
about seven or eight years ago 10y strik-
ing him over the head with a stick Of
wood.
"The above will be sworn to before
an officer, if necessary.
"Now let some of the friends that are
signing the petition send some help TO
old Mrs. Price, who is in a destitute
condition, hardly anything to live
upon, and sick.
"None of the papers that have been
crying pity, pity, mercy, mercy, for
the old man have thought or been i'll
formed Of the conditions and surround
ings of Mrs. Price.
GLOW many of the signers for mercy
will send her one dollar to buy her
medicine and something to eat?
"This end Of the county has not been
fairly treated or heard from. The
above is ready for investigation"
Regarding this letter the Times Of
Wednesday says:
The Times, not being willing to pub
lish so grave charge, took the writer's
suggestion that it needed investigation,
and a careful inquiry tends to refute
the charges in the letter.
A Times representative, who fully
investigated the charges, writes that
Mrs. Price has signed deposition, in
which she states that she did not re-
to have made any statement
about Price killing Baker, and that he
did not kill him.
The correspondent further says:
al find that Mrs. Price is not in
starving condition, and that her rela-
tives are able and willing to care for
her.
"Parties just from there state she has
abundance of food, and that she denies
having said what the letter written
you states.
81 have seen her deposition also TO
this effect, taken today, in which she
claims that she did not make such a
statement.
She also said to parties present that
certain parties told her if she would
sign such a deposition as the letter
to the Times claimed she would sign,
they (the parties attempting to have
her sign would see that she wanted
during the rest Of her life.
She is very old and in her dotage."
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04
For standing Hard Knocks.

Boys hate efleminate boots. They
want good, substantial, handsome
boots like J. b. Lewis Co.'S Wear
Resisters Get your boy pair and
you will be surprised how long they
will wear and look well A. T.. Cralle
has them.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04
AHOME FOR LIFE.
Such is the Offer OF an Old Soldier TO
Mrs. Ellis-lnierested in the Wo-
mans Case.
Richmond Dispatch ]

Mrs. Ellis-lnierested in the Wo-
mans Case.
Richmond Dispatch
Mr. A. NJ. Pettigrew, who lives with
his wife at Mofiettsyile, Anderson
county, ). c., has offered Mrs. Lizzie
NJ. Ellis. now in the asylum at Will
liamsburg, "A home with them during
their lifetime, and home Of her own
at their death.
This letter was addressed to the
Sheriff of Richmond, and is beautiful
in its concern for the young woman.
The writing was done with lead pencil,
but is as clear as print, only the letters
are those made by the hand palsied
with age Mrs Ellis has surely found
a friend in this aged and no doubt
worthy, stranger. Following is the
letter:
"Moflettsville, Anderson county, S. C.,
"July IL, 1893.
"Mr. Sheriff:
Dear Sir,-I find this announce
ment in the Atlanta Constitution len
closing Richmond special telling Of
the poisoning by Mrs. Ellis of her infant
daughter here some weeks ago..
write to know if it is true. If so, what
has become of Mrs. Ellis-that is, the
name given in the paper? If as re-
ported in the paper, she must be home
less and in distress. Now, | am an
old Confederate soldier, fought under
old Stonewall Jackson nearly all over
Virginia and Maryland, was at Get
tysburg, Pa, and at the surrender.
am getting up in years; so is my wife.
We are alone-only have one daughter
She is married now. If Mrs. Ellis can
be acquitted, released, or pardoned, |
would be glad TO get her to come and
live with us. We need somebody very
much. My wife is not able to attend
to the duties of housekeeping. And, if
you can doanything to help the woman
out Of the difficulty she is IN, please do
so; and if she will come and live with
Us | will give her good home, board,
and clothes, and care for her my life
time, and give her home of her own
at my death. Please do all you can to
help her out. | want you to write me
all you know about the woman. She
may be akin to me. have relatives
near Farmville, and at Lynchburg, too
Who was she before married? Ask
her to write to me. Please do all you
can to get her out of the scrape, and
to come to us. We need help badly,
and it is mighty scarce.
"Please reply soon.
"YOurs respectfully,
"a. NJ. PETTIGREw."
Mr. Pettigrew encloses with his letter
the clipping from the Constitution of
June 18th, which he refers to. This |
special stated that Mrs. Lizzie Ellis, of |
Farmville, aged Il years, had killed |
her l6-months-od child by giving ii |
and then attempted to kill |
herself; also told Of the confession to
DR.. Taylor and Of her desertiOn by her
Of her abject poverty, and
purpose to kill her baby and herself IN
coming to Richmond.
The South Carolina veteran knows |
nothing Of the trial, Of her acquittal, of |
the charge of child murder on the
ground Of insanity, and her confne-
ment now at the asylum.
His letter will be sent to her at Will
Iiamsburg at once. She can reply to it
Or not, as she sees best. Copies of the
papers telling of her family and her
trial and acquittal will be sent to Mr..
Pettigrew by interested person in this
city.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04

~ -
OF this amount $232 99 has been ex-
pended in fitting up rooms and paying
current expenses.
Secretary Howard called attention to
the fact that while the actual running
expenses for the quarter amounted to
SI3l6l, receipts for memberships and
baths for the same period amounted to
Sl2z.75, a difference of only $3.50.
Inasmuch as Y. Nj. G. A. is usually
considered fortunate il one-half or two
thirds of its current expenses can be
obtained from members, the fact that
the young men have paid fourteen
fifteenths of the costs is encouraging as
showing their interest, and proving
what can be done in the future.
The bath rooms were well patronized,
over eight hundred baths having been
taken during the quarter.
The necessity of having a gymnas-
ium was discussed, and method Of
raising the needed fund was suggested,
which will be acted upon at a future
meeting.
Mr.. Howard reported that after
collecting reliable subscriptions, only
$50 additional was needed to pay the
entire Indebtedness for fitting up the
rooms, and an effort will be made to
raise at least part of this amount.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04

Cheap for cash, one good Work
Horse. Apply to J. p. Lancaster,
Farmville, Va.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04
"a FrlendIn Need Is,'

the insurance man, after the fire.
There'll be prompt settlement If Its a
Paulett d Paulett policy.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04

Doyne has full line of Furniture
for parlor, chamber, dining-roOm and
nursery. Consult him before you buy
elsewhere.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.
True patriotism i>
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What '''"N '''''.' . .,' ,.,,,,.o ro,r
S.''' ,''..ne a,ra peoples happiness.
v,, ,.an fell how many pleasure
-. There are i'm town.
r..o,lv wav to Dee perfectly satisfied
..,, vour.elr fl, never To see any one
49,
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,ad. in Norfolk and at virginia
-
A. " p,plett Jr and wife have
.n.,dino fine week at the ,ea
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nave oee" sums go, -
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Mr.. w. q. NenaOle returned ias'
Monday afternoon from a n'n'h
soloulnlns III inc MUM '"''' vi d"
glnia'
No doubt but that Walker Cralle
will very cheerluliy pay double ROAD
TAX "uen 'i'e 'i'''''O''N - III wa MUS
oIuer'
Mr. w. a. Barrow LETT tins week on
general tour Of southwest virginia
in which section ne once llNeu LOT "
long 'inie'
We are glad to report that the con-
diton of Mr.. r.. Z. WiilSe' VINO mas /
been suffering with fever isVery much
improved.
There are good reasons ior the sug-
gestlon frequently MADE that the l""h
of Farmyille should have "a regularly |
appointed health officer.
Mr.. George Gill. who has been with |
his sister, Mrs. Swindler, at Fairfax,
Mo-, for some time, returned to Farm
vile on Tuesday
Don't be alarmed on account of the
yellow fever scare. but be temperate
in all things and so avoid the dangers
incident TO summer life everywhere.
WI. Walden. formerly of Prince
Edward countv but now of Greenville,
:. C.. after absence of twenty-five
years, paid his friends here a short
visit last week.
Our sand sidewalks are simply dc
rghtful. but the driver of the town
mule and cart must see to it that the
waste places are promptly and well
supplied
Miss Maud Carter daughter of Mr..
and Mrs Tbeo Carter. of Darlington
Heights. after spending a month visit
ing friends I'm Farmvile. will return
home tomorrow
Col. G.. NJ. Walker and family, re-
turned Saturday from Red Sulphur
Springs. Misses Spratley and Marks,
Of Richmond are guests of Col. and
Mrs Walker
,vo ci,o .,.olntelv free TO every per
son paving one years subscription to
the HERALD i'm advance, a copy of
F,rm, Furnace and Factory, a month
ly family magazine of high reputation.
Mr. p NJ Cox the able and efficient
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04

Turnip Seed now on sale at II. Z.
Crute's Drug Store.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04

forces none. Neither will he be bound
nor forced. For all men OF all minds
he hopes all things and Is serene.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04

Strangers are coming among us look
ing for homes. We have some desira-
bile homes for sale. Our farms are too
large for the new conditions. Meet
the strangers cordially and cheerful.
Have a good word for your neighoors.
Use hospiIality,o aud together we can
I'LL our waste places.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04

The next session of the Virginia
High School will begin Tuesday, Sep
TENDER II, 1899, at o'clock a. m. To
the Business Department will be added
shorthand and typewriting. For fur
ther information address
n. G. STARKE, Prin.,
Farmville, Va.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04

council has time to consider and it 1.
due The public that 1t should
our neighborhood waiermelons 50
far have been dismal failures. Ittakes
some water to make watermelons
though not too much of it.
Mr. Paul Jones, who has been bring
ing in some choice specimens of peach
es, is "a public benefactor. How is it
that the frost will pass by some spots
on some farms? We never hearc that
friend Paul had AN umbrella big
enough To shield his orchard from the
approaches Of the murderously inclined
Inclined enemy. He will tel us
about it.
The Y. NJ. G. A. Of Farmville has
already proved success. The ex-
penses for the last quarter have been
about met 10y the quarterly dues, while
the attendance and interest is every
day improving. The management is
To equip the gymnasium at
an early day aud thus add. much
needed feature to the furnishing Of the
rooms. Parents and friends Of our
boys should literally uphold this in
stitution by moral and financial sup
port and its fruits in more elevated,
religious and intellectual tone will soon
be apparent. With longer nights our
youth will be found to frequent these
attractive apartments.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04

The New Man-Spiritual, looks out
oyer this great world and back along
all the ages of struggle and of effort,
and he claims for all the striving souls
of men in whatever degree they have
understood their superiority to the
beasts, share in the spiritual progress
Of the race. He venerates as part Of
the spiritual history of the world every
form of belief, no matter how weird
and unreasonable it may seem to US;
for he sees in it a proof of the reaching
up of soul to the understanding of a
God. Looking out with the unbiased
eye of hopeful judgment he sees at
work a great law Of spiritual evolution,
bringing the perfect light into evidence
as a result of the glimmerings Of
spiritual insight when they first began
to show upon the horizon of the human
mind. The new man-spiritual, is
ready to declare that a belief marvel
ously remote from his own is different
only in degree and not essentially in
kind. The new man, therefore, thrills
with the sense that not one man but
all men, that not one tribe but all
tribes, that not one generation but all
generations are sweeping forward in
one towards truth; and believing this
in his soul he can be patient amid dis
appointment and self-possessed amid
discords.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04
Pressnf-Day Thoughts.


The New Man-Spirilual With hi.
brow famed by the dawn-bfeeze Of the
new century, the new man faces the
light and puts behind him the centur-
les Of black bigotry and burdensome
superstition that have made mans
struggle towards spiritual light seem
a cruel nightmare. The new man
spiritual, declares in favor Of a spirit
ual explanation of mans diversified
powers and deeds, but at the same time
he denies the right Of any one man or
any set Of men to claim that those
spiritual powers can he classified,
labeled and cribbed into one form Of
belief or into one pre-ordained mode Of
He admits this much
pre-OrdinatiOn-that as surely as the
waters Of river gain in volume as
they flow and glide onward to the
depths and breadths of the sea, so sure
~ shall man develop in his spiritual
onward from darkness and
upward from material forms and cere-
monies until he finds the power at the
centre of all things to be the truth Of
all things. Yet, filled with tender re-
gard for those who cannot see as he
ioes, he contends for freedom Of
thought because all are not equally de-
geloped in spiritual understanding; for
As with the river 80 with the stream Of |
human life, the drops that are riven in
he furious mountain torrent know |
not yet the full breadth to which they |
hall arrive and so do not even inn
lgine it.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04

Inc New Man-Splrltual, sees noun
ing to be dreaded in the fuller knOwl-
edge that has come to us of how the
worlds are and why they swing their
circles with infinite accuracy. The
more the discoveries the greater the
advance away from the puzzlings of
the savage toward a knowledge that is
more exact and that, being more ex-
act, makes the creator of all things
seem more wonderful and more ador-
able. The new man does not dread
the groupings Of scientists among the
secrets of life and he welcomes every
new fact that makes us understand the
oneness of life in its material aspects
throughout the ranks, in myriad forms,
of all things that live. The law of evo-
luton and the law that fixes species
do not make him dread the dethrOne-
ment in human minds Of a creator,
blessed forever and in and over all.
The more he knows the more certain
does it seem that naught but an al
mighty power could have brought life
to the surface of planet whose ele-
ments were gathered in the unimagin-
able heat of nebulous vapor: and the
more certainly will he credit to the in
terposition of that almighty power the
fact that human beings have within
them a something that sets them above
the other forms of life.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04

The New Man-Spiritual denies that
there ever has been so far time when
the human race or any part of it has
understood in full the power or the VIII
of the almighty centre Of things. He,
therefore, holds that all religious sys-
TENS simply take their places as step
ping stones for the progress OF the
race; but as that progress has never yet
ceased. so no system elaborated in the
partial darkness of the human soul has
ever yet been more than a stepping
stone. He contends for the reasonable
ness Of this position because a system
made up with human elements only
represents spiritual truth crystallized
into the human ideas Of the time, and
as a consequence no sooner is system
formulated than it begins to grow old;
yet every truth buried in creed
sooner or later bursts the bands Of
death, lays aside the grave clothes, and
comes forth again to live. The new
man-spiritual therefore, is full Of the
inspiration that comes from feeling
perfect knowledge to be nearer TO Us
now than it has ever yet been in the
history of the race. Also he cares but
little for himself as to whether perfect
knowledge shall come during the tenn
porary span Of his material life, or
whether its full glories shall be under
stood when the spiritual is no longer
clothed and hampered and drawn back
by the physical. His only care is that
as he gains light he shall give light,
and that as he rises up into the clear
atmosphere above the darkling canyons
of human wretchedness he shall lift
Others with him. Thus is he happy in
getting simply that he may scatter
again.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04

The New Man-Spiritual loves all
who love truth. Truth is his meat and
his drink and in the strength Of il he
goes forward. He binds none. lie
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04
To Cure Constipation Forever.


Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic lOc or Csc
II {. &. G. fail TO cure, druggists refund money
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-04

The Board of Directors Of the Y. NJ.
G. A. held their regular monthly meet
ing Monday night.
Not having the time to attend to the
duties of President, Judge Crute offered
his resignation which was accepted,
and DR.. Winston was unanimously
chosen as his successor.
The financial report for the quarter
beginning April 18th and ending July
10th was as follows: