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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-02

A religious iournanal says; "Now
that the summer vacation is endeG, the
campaign Of the church is opened
The pastor who comes back sunburnt
hearty and roughened, buckles on hi,
armour for long season Of battle"
That's all very pretty, but as we read
it we wondered if the devil took any
summer vacation or if the sick widow
and children OF the churches had any
chance to get sunburnt and hearty dur
ing the long, hot, wearisOme days.
Who visited them while sick? Who
buried them after death ? Surely not
the Prince-Alberted ID. d. who fled to
Canada at the announcement Of the
approach Of the first "warm wave.
Why is it that the pulpit has lost
power and That so many people prefer
the Sunday paper to the Sunday ser
mon? For the simple reason that
such people think it mockery for such
preachers to sing or say that "religion
is the chief concern Of mOrtals here
below"
Farmers remained in the fields all
summer that the bodies Of men might
be fed, carpenters continued to build
that people might have houses to live
in, faithful physicians stayed at home
to respond to sick calls, undertakes
were as ready to bury the dead in July
as in January, engineers stood at their
posts Of danger and Of duty that the
preachers might 90 quietly to sea side
or mountain top.
We don't believe that Paul, the
greatest Of preachers, ever took yaca-
ton, and when on earth the Christ
continued TO 90 about "dOing good. "
We do not believe that there is
thread Of sympathy between the "sun-
burnt" burnt on pleasure ground) and
hearty" (hearty on rich diet minis
tiers and the sewing woman who has
spent the summer in a "sweat shop" /
The soul Of man signs for relief, but
doesn't expect it on silver platters /
handled by luxurious Iivers while well. |
fed aud well-trained chOirs sing sweet |
airs.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-02
FOURTEENTH PRIZE
FIFTEENTH PRIZE.
SIXTEENTH PRIZE.

Think Of It, over $500 worth of
prizes, and you have a chance at them
all by simply buying clothing Of us.
and saving money on every purchase
besides. Now, if you will help MS by
your patronage We will add many more
valuable prizes before the drawing
Nothing cheap or shady in them:
all the best the market affords. for the
firms we purchased them OF are the
very best, for example:
Dick Malone. Of the Lynchburg
Buggy Co. sold us the Buggy and Har-
ness. They have the best.
The Watch from the old reliable H.,
silyerthorn Co. Nun sed."
The Buck Range from Ainelle e.
Martin, the hardware hustlers. They
never sleep"
The ladies' fine Tailor-Made Suit,
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-02

Secretary Shaw well says "that the
prosperity Of the American people is
not measured by the price Of stocks and
bonds, but by the output of our farms
and our factories and the profitable
employment Of labor" Then why,
Mr.. Secretary, are you so quick to re-
spond TO the wall Of Wall street and so
slow to answer the distress call of
American farmers?
Gambling can be dispensed with but
growing Of crops is essential % a con-
tinuatiOn Of national life.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-02

smooth as snow for the fellow who
wins this prize
Smith & Wood Co.'S big fat oysters
make our mouths water-its hard to
wait for the drawing. Five gallons,
$3.50, or anything they carry.
Its a comfort to have your eyes ex-
amined and fitted with Gold Framed
speetaoles or Glasses by such an ex.
pert as DR.. E. A. Williams.
w. o. Johnson, five pounds Of best
Tea and FIVE pounds of best Candy,
is worth drawing for He keeps and
seels honest goods-groceries and all
kinds Of good things 10 eat
Say, how would you like to stop
three full days at Hotel Carroll. It's
a great hotel, and costs you nothing
to draw this treat
II. e. Dewitt makes all kinds OF
rN%tNtHo MAUI AAls AAO one
handsome front door with Beyeled
French Plate Glass; price s12.
A. H. Picker, the man who has
climbed to the top of his profession.
will make the dozen fine Photographs.
Who will get themY
The Kinckle Shoe Co. has the best
shoes WIN II be you to wear that
fine handmade Shoes? It costs you
nothing to try.
Lay aside old "tuff" bacon and win
John S. Lanier's $40 worth OF choice
Sweet Steaks. for John s. butchers the
best Blue Grass cattle, and pleases bis
The 300 Cream Of Cuba" Cigars
VIII be comfort for the man who
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-02
RETTER SATISFIED NOW.

\ valued friend from the country
dropped into the Herald SANCTION on,
day this week and having been com
fortably seated i'm one Of our faithful
split bottoms, introduced the CONVEX.
sation by saying: "Nou town folks have
greatly the advantage of we poor folks
of the country" He was honest in
what he said and thoroughly impress
ed with the fact that he was right.
This led us To say in reply; Suppose
we together run over the tasks Of the
town people and compare them with
work in the country" To this lac
consented and we began with bank
officers, whose days are burdened with
the cares of money-iess folks, with pi-
teous appeals for temporary aid, with
unusual demands for money, with
carelessness Oh the part of note makers
and with the inexpressible obstinacy
Of daily balance sheets.
We turned next TO the dry goods
man who wears himself out taking
down goods, opening boxes, unrolling
ribons, trying on shoes, fitting on coats.
endeavoring TO satisfy unreasonable
whims, hearing complaints and hay
ing filed his counter with goods to
watch the retiring customer CD who
hasn't spenta cent
And what about the commission
merchant who has his money scattered
over seven counties and all at the mer-
cy Of destructive drouths, hungry
worms, careless workers, rude winds,
heavy rainfalls, injudicious firing,
thoughtless sorting and the premature
coming Of the lrost king?
And do you imagine the confection-
er who has no closing hour has a sweet
time Of it? Or that the shoe maker
who bends to his task far into the
watches Of the night has a picnic? Or
that the picture taker who can't make
everybody good looking a good time
of it? Or that the dress maker who
can't give shape or symetry to all boz
dies to be envied? Or that the seller
Of shoes who simply is unable to
squeeze a No. 6 foot INTO No. 3 shoe
sleeps on bed Of roses ? Or that the
druggist who doesn't make the bad |
physic walks along in pleasai /
places ? Or that the faithful physician
knows no aches ? Or that the preach
er upon whom rests the care of all the
church knows no care ? Or that the
teacher never has the headache? Or
that the boarding house Keeper Is new
sr out Of meal? Or that the postma,-
Ter never tires Of looking for mail for
parties who never write or receive let
.ers? Or that the undertaken is not
himself some day TO be buried? Or
hat the lawyer is always laughing?
Jr that the life-curreut Of the clerk
uns as smooth a. his pen glides over
he unwritten pages? Or that the
warehouse man has no woes? Or that
he printer feeds on pie? Or that the
ditor hasn't the "devil7 always on
land2
He listened ntiyely and then
aid: 81 gladly 90 back to my pillow
nd peace, To my home and happi-
less"
GOOD made the county and man
lade the town %
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-02

And now We are told that the dig.
ging Of more anthracite is to stop in
order to keep the price up. We don't
believe IN paternd government as a
general proposition, but we wouldn't
very much oppose national control OF
some things now in the hands of mon
sters Of cruelty.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-02

Mr. Rockefeller gave a rich feast to
MS Sunday school class at his country
home recently, and while the guests
We're enjoying the good things the host
slipped little milk and minced away
at few crackers. Yes, he would give
a million for healthy stomach, but
there isn't even one on the market
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-02

The win sap Of Southside Virginia
Is the queen Of apples and there isn't a
land owner IN all the section who can.
not raise them. But it takes time,
care and thought. The price is not ex-
orbitant
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-02

A novel case has been instituted in
one OF the courts Of Norfolk. A di.
Vorced woman was allowed S85 month
ahmony. She has recently married
and the former husband refused to
continue the monthly payment. The
second husband brings the suit to en-
force the payment. We will watch the
progress Of the case with interest
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-02

II whi-key does get TO be State is
sue among the Nirginians you may
look out for more want of charity than
ever marked or mlrred a canvass in
the history of the Sta'e. There may
not be any good and sufficient reason
llr lhi. but u is true inst the same.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-02
FIRST PRIZE.

800 Buggy and Harness, from the
Lynchburg Buggy Co, manufactured
by the Hughes Buggy Co.
SECOND PRIZE.
A $40 Gold Watch, from II. Silver
thorn Co.
THIRD PRIZE.
A $40 Buck Range, from Ainslle &
Martin.
FOURTH PRIZE.
A S25 Ladies' Tailor-Made Suit.
from J. r. Millner Co.
FIFTH PRIZE.
A handsome Roll Top Desk, from the
Lynchburg Furniture Co.
SIXTH PRIZE.
A S25 Talking Machine. from the
Lynchburg Piano Co.
SEVENTH PRIZE.
A $51 one-horse Farm Wagon. from
the Taylor Wagon Works.
EIGHTH PRIZE.
a inll course at the Piedmont Bust
ness College $50
NINTH PRIZE.
One fine $50 Suit from Schloss Bros.
d Co. Baltimore.
TENTH PRIZE.
a SIG Aceiylene Lamp. from A. I'm
hollz.
ELEVENTH PRIZE.
a $40 Ladies Hat. from Miss Anna
BrOyles.
TWELFTH PRIZE.
$40 worth of Medicine. or anything
sold by Dr. +. A. Craighfl.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-02
4 Love Letter.

Would not interest you il you're
looking for guaranteed salye for Sores
Burns or Piles. otto Dodd, Of Ponder,
Mo, writes: 81 suffered with an ugly
sore for a year, but box Of Bucklen's
Arnica Salye cured me. It's the best
Salye on earth. pc at White d Cos
Drug Store.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-02

A Harrisonburg paper boasts Of
subscriber who lives "away up in
Iowa Newport News Press.
The Herald has them "away" oyer
the seas, and under flags Of many
nations.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-02

II Richmond gets into the bad habit
oiendorsing independents "first thing
you know" Richmond will be un-
Democratic and all wrong. But Rich
mond isn't going to do any such thing
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-02

Senator Quay says he wants to quit
politics and go TO farming. Then why
doesn't he just 20 and do it2 lie is a
free man and this is a free country.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-02

The State Library Board will not in
suit the people Of the state by going
abroad 10 select a Librarian. Virginia
can take care of their home affairs.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-02
SEVENTEENTH PRIZE

SEVENTEENTH PRIZE.
Three days best Board and Room
at Hotel Carroll $40.
EIGHTEENTH PRIZE.
II. L. Dewitt, handsome front door
Bevelled French Plate GIass-prlce
s12
NINETEENTH PRIZE.
One dozen best Photographs, by A.
H. Picker, IS.
TWENTIETH PRIZE.
One pair fine handmade Shoe, Sc,
BY Klnckle Shoe Co.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-02

Anyhow the Rev. Sam. Jones put up
a good fight and did not do the Craw-
ford baby act.-Newport News Times.
Herald.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-02

Hereafter Richmond must only send
to her council chamber men who will
live above suspicion.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-02
Az HOME.

One corset has ssyed one woman's
life but their victims are legion
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-02


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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-02
TWENTY.FIRsT PRIZE.

Ten dollars worth Of choice Fresh
Meats, from Jno. S. ShaneY, CITY Mar
ket.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-11
Large Temporary Kitchen Will Be
Installed at the Worlds
Fair Site.
TO SERVE 1000 MEN AN HOUR.
Eighty-Gallon Boilers Needed for
Soup and Coffec-Range
Is Forty-Five
Feet Long.

The arrangements for supplying food TO
the 1900 regulars and National Guardsmen
who will come 10 St. Louis during the
dedication period are completed. A con-
tract has been signed by Director OF Works
Isaac H. Taylor which calls for the tenn
porary installation OF a fun cooking plant
in the court OF the Education building.
where the regulars will be housed.
A large shed will be built TO be used as
a kitchen. Lieutenant Colonel Abiel l.
Smith. who IS in charge of the Army Sub
sistence Department in St. Louis. will have
charge of the operation OF the plant.
The plant is 10 be ready at 10 a. m. April
after the expiration OF the rental period
and the court restored 10 its former cOndi-
ton At the dedication at the Chicago
Columbian Exposition the troops were re-
Quired 10 eat cold food This will not be
the case in ST. Louis.
About twenty cooks will be needed TO
prepare the food. which, It is expected, can
be supplied in quantity sufficient for 4oOO
men an hour. The Exposition Company will
pay a fiat rate each day for eight days for
the use Of the apparatus. The range com
pany viii take back the material at the end
OF this time.
The following are a few OF the utensils
contracted for. and which are needed TO
cook on such an extensive scale:
Ten sections of cooking range. each "a
length.
Six e~ighty-gaIlon boilers for soup. six
eighty-gallon conee boilers. six meat roast
erS ten steam vegetable cookers, four serv-
ing tables. 10 feet wide and % feet long:
200 t~hree-Eallon coffee-serving cans. 200
three-gallOn Soup-Serving cans. eighty over
pans.
Two patent dishwashers. with steam and
water connections. and wire baskets for
dishes. equipped with table 1ox2 feet. to re-
ceive clean dishes.
The preparation OF box lunches. which
will be sold on the grounds TO visitors. is
IN the hands of con-cessionaires. Several
hundred Thousand Of these will he IN sale
as IL IS expected that the demand for them
will be exceedingly heavy.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-11
DEALERS IN PLUMBING TOOLS
WILL DISSOLVE THEIR TRUST,
After ~Unfavorable Decision From
the Higher Courts.

Circuit Judge Wood yesterday made an
order dissolving the Master Plumbers AS
ISOLATION Of St Louis on the ground that 1;
IS a monopoly, prohibited by the avs OF
Missouri.
The ruling was made in compliance with
a decision Of the Court OF Appeals
Joseph E. Walsh brought suit to restrain
the members of the Master Plumbers As
ISOLATION from refusing TO sell him plum
pers supplies because he was not a member
Of the Plumbers Union. He also asked
that the Master Plumbers Association be
dissolved.
1t was shown that there was an agree
ment whereby dealers in plumbers supplies
were liable to be fined SO for selling goods
TO ~onunio plumbers.
A temporary Injunction was granted. but
q demurrer to WalSh's petition was sus-
tanned and he appealed. The Court OF Ap-
peals reversed the case and set aside the
demurrer. holding that the action OF the
master plumbers was a conspiracy and fle-
gal. The defendants refused to plead fur
Their.
Among the members OF the Master Plum
bers' Association are the L. NJ. Rumsey
Manufacturing Company. Rumsey q Sike-
meier, -C~ahIl-Swift Manufacturing Com
pany. Crane & Co.. n. o. Nelson and the
National Plumbing Supply Company.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-11
Engage in Running Fight With
D~esperadoes Who Blow Vault
and Safes.
ESCAPE WITH THEIR BOOTY.
TownspeOple Aroused by Explo-
sion of Second Burglary, but
Are Compelled to Retreat in
Face of Hail of Bullets.


REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Sedalia, No. April ia fierce battle be-
tween bank robbers and citizens took place
at 2 o'clock this morning at Smithton, eight
miles east OF here. The fusiIlade OF bullets
and buckshot went wild. however, and so
far as can be learned. mona Of the paruci-
pants on either side was wounded.
The burglars, supposed to be three IN
number. first blew open the vault OF the
smithton Bank with niuogiycerin. and
then made an Intellectual effort to blow
open the safe
When this failed they turned their atten-
ton to twenty private deposit boxes be-
longing to the patrons OF the bank They
emptied the contents of the boxes on the
vault floor and carried of q large number
of valuables. including about $3.50 worth OF
postage stamps belonging 10 the Smithton
Post ONCE, a large quantity OF valuable
3evelry and one or more sacks OF silver
coins belonging to the bank Several bun
dies of blank money orders were stolen
also. The Postmaster had these Supplies
on deposit in the bank for safekeeping.
He has considered the Post Office unsafe
for some time, and only recently requested
permission TO use the bank as a depository
for cash and stamps. 1t IS not known
whether the robbers secured any of the
Post Office funds.
The burglars next visited John Ringen's
hardware store and blew open the safe, but
failed TO reach the money box. The latter
explosion awakened Robert Overstreet,
owner OF the drug store across the street
from Ringen's store. He dressed and noti-
fed City Marshal Eicholtz and Mr.. RinSen.
The three armed themselves and gathered
a posse. They surrounded the hardware
store and called upon the robbers to sur
render.
The order was answered by a shot from
one of the robbers. who was posted on the
y outside as a sentry The robbers on the in
side ran out of a rear door and opened IRE
on the citizens posse, and then began to
retreat westward along the Missouri Pa
ciic tracks. firing as they went.
The Smithton party did not relish the
shower of bullets sent into their ranks and
they abandoned the pursuit. The robbers
stole a horse and buggy two miles west of
Smithton, and drove TO this city, where all
trace of them was lost.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-11
Inspectors investigating Charge
That Mercenary Ring Con
trollCd New York.
PROMOTIONS COST MONEY.
Asserted That Men Who Pur-
chased Positions Were Regular
~ Assessed by a Collector
Postmaster Declared 10 Be
Innocent in the Matter.

Washington. April Io.-Post-QGice InsPec-
tors are bgsily. investigating charges that
a ring has existed in the department for
the sale Of promotions and transfers in
the department generally. but especially in
the New York Post Office.
The charges are written and signed by a
name which may OF may not be fictitious.
Since the first letter with the charges was
received there have been several others
substantiating it. hut whether these letters
are from independent sources is not known.
According TO the charges. the ring in the
New York Posi- Office was Thoroughly or
Sanized and did business on the same basis
as that Of the New York police ring. which
sold all promotions for a stated sum-, and
then regularly collected a percentage Of the
increased pay through a collector who was
well known and was paid for his trouble
by commissions on the amounts he received.
The balance in New York. it is said, was
turned over TO the men at the head OF the
scheme. who had sufficient influence to
make the promotions.
Postmaster Van Colt Of the New York
Office Is declared TO be innocent Of any
knowledge OF the manner IN which his Of
ice was being used 10 further the designs
o&ratteIs. but II is charged that high Of
ncials in Washington and New York must
have been involved in order 10 make the
scheme effective.
a division superintendent Of the New
York Post Office is specifically mentioned
as the active head OF the ring and the
man who was able 10 advance the men who
were willing TO paw the price
inspectors have been examining nearly
2,cp promotions which We're mace in the
New York office March ~ under the an
nual REIMBURSEMENT ordered by the division
Of salaries and allowances OF the Post-Of-
flee Department. and il is said they have
come 10 the conclusion that many Of them
We're not made Tor merit. but because the
recipients We're able 10 influence certain
other people.
Other post offices besides that Of New
York are said TO be the stamping ground
OF the same ring with Washington head
quarters. which has been 50 active in New
York.
Snap Judgment is not 10 be taken by the
department upon any OF the questions IN
der investigation. Each will receive a most
thorough treatment. and not until then will
the decisions be known. When Postmaster
General Payne returns from his outing. tn.
results. as Tar as reached. will be laid be-
fore him.
1t is the intention then to notify those
against whom charges have been preferred
10 appear and make answer They will
not be limited As TO time. though 1t is the
desire Of the department 10 push the mat
ter to as speedy a conclusion as possible.
II is said at the department that there IS
TO be no lorna! announcement Of the out
come. Those against whom any charges
are finally sustained will be given an OPP
portunity voluntarily 10 retire. They will
be dropped one by one and their positions
filled in some quiet. but effective manner
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-11
TWO MEMBERS TIE UP JURY.
Jurors in Rosenberg Case Disagree
After Thirty Hours Consultation.

After celebrating for thirty hours the jury
in the case OF the State against Albert
Rosenberg was discharged by Judge Neil
Kinney in the Clayton Circuit Court yester-
day Tor failure TO agree. The jury stood
ten TO two for conviction from the start.
Twenty ballots were taken without any
change in the result.
Judge McEIhinney ordered the jury brought
in yesterday afternoon at > O'Clock. and
asked the members If there was any pCssi-
bility of an agreement Foreman John
Frehn replied that he thought not. Others
expressed a ike opinion and they were then
discharged.
Rosenberg shot and seriously wounded
Emil Berns. a hotelkeeper in Wellston. in a
dispute over a board bill. July -, 1872. He
was kept in jail until about three months
ago. when he was released on bond. His
liberty was short. as his bOndsmen sur
rendered him about three weeks after
wards.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-11
DATE SET FOR RECEIVING
BLACKSTONE SEWER BIDS,
Proposals VIII BE Accepted by the
Board OF Public Improvements
on April IS.

The Board OF Public improvements viii
receive bids on April IS for the construction
OF the Blackstone or Cabanne district sew
or and the Tyler tract sewer.
The contract for the Blackstone sewer
will be one of the largest for this class OF
work the city has ever awarded. II IS es-
timated that the total cost will be about
SgS5O9. OF this amount the city Will pay
$o.ea. while the property owners will make
up the balance. SS5.O0l. The city's appor-
tioument has already been appropriated.
The sewer. as planned by Sewer Commits
sioner Hermann, will at a point
near Hamilton avenue and run in a south
easterly direction. via De Raliyiere. De
Giveryille and Belt avenues. TO the River
dcS Pcres.
Work on the sewer will be commenced as
soon as possible after the letting OF the
contract.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-11
WOMAN INJURED BY CAR.
Mrs. Hayes Struck While Walking
Between Tracks.

Mrs. r. z. Hayes of No. 5!S2 Fairmount
avenue was severely injured by a Suburban
car Thursday night She sustained a scalp
wound and bruises on the body. and her
physician fears she may have been Internal
ly injured.
Mrs. HAYES was walking west on the Sub
urban right of way Two cars approached.
one from the east and the other from the
west. She was between the tracks and be-
lieved she was safe. The weStbound car,
No. as struck her and knocked her TO the
ground She barely escaped rolling under
the eastbound car. The accident occurred
at Clarendon avenue.