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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-05-15
Notice.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders Of the Planters Warehouse Co.
will be held in Farmville Monday,
May 18th, at 2 p. NJ.
JSO. X. MARTIN, SSc'y.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-05-15
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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-05-15

The trouble with the present day hu-
mainly is that it is being coddled into
wreck and ruin.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-05-15

An egotist is one who thinks he Is
as bright as you are, and doesn't try to
conceal IL.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-05-15

No woman ever really got mad at
man for calling her dirt.
one good thing about the pretty
grass widow Is that she doesn't always
want to talk concerning the cunning
ness Of her baby.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-05-15

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-21
JAMES O'NEILL.

The success of Sherlock Holmes upon the stage has been followed by that of Sir Conan Doyle's other fla nous character of Brigadier Gerard. This delightful soldier of Napoleon's S Hussars has been woven into a thrill ing and fascinating play, prepared by Sir Conan and Eugene W. Presbrey for James O'Neill's present starring tour, and MT O'Neill has apparently scored very heavily with 1t. Those who are familiar with the character and with the actors career and style Of work will readily imagine that this was not very difficult result for Mir O'Neill to accomplish. The play is called "The Adventures of Gerard,'' and has been given beautiful and ar tistic stage setting by Liebler & Go. MT O'Neill will undoubtedly be greet ed by one of the seasons largest audi ences when he appears at Polls on Tuesday evening.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-21

fort was soon st1enced under these tell ing shots, and the Confederates far in the rear believed that it had surren- dered.
 An awkward wait it was there under the muzzles of Benjamin's guns. The southern officers and the color bearers leaped into the ditch and tried to scale the bank Their men initiated their valor and ranged themselves at the base of the high bank to make human scaling ladders, and some few climbed upon the shoulders of their fellows un- til they reached the top. The flags of the Thirteenth and Seventeenth Mis- sissippi and the Sixteenth Georgia were made fast on the parapet, and again and again men were shot down around them. Two Georgia officers climbed in at one of the embrasures. One was captured, and the other took one look and backed out again, saving himself by the lively use of a six shooter.
 It was a deadlock in battle and could not last forever. Benjamin took a hand to break it. During the supreme crisis he coolly smoked pipe that he had freshly lit just as the attack was sprung and gave orders to his men su1Ied 10 the movements or the enemy outside. When the flags appeared on the crest of the parapet and he knew that the ditch was filling with assaiI- ants he began to pitch shells with lighted fuses among them. 4 cap tain of the highlanders held blazing brand the fuses were cut close. then lit
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-21
MEETINGS TO-MORROy
STEPPED AGAINST A HOT STOVE

A child of Mrs George T. Benson, when getting his usual Saturday night bath. stepped back against a hot stove which burned him severely. The child was in great agony and his mother membering that she had a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm in the house. she thought she would try it. Tn less than half an hour after applying it the child was quiet and asleep, and i'll less than two weeks was we'll Mrs Ben son is a we'll known resident of Kel- lar, Va. Pain Balm is an antiseptic liniment and especially valuable for burns. cuts, bruises and sprails. For sale fy all druggists.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-21
"EVERYMAN."

The greatest novelty, perhaps, that Waterbury has ever had in the way of dramatic offering will. be the pre- sentation of "Everyman" Monday evening at Polls, the play being given with all the severe crudeness and lack of effect that marked the drama of mediaevaI times. Charles Frohman and Ben Greet are producing it in this country exactly as it was done in Lon don, and the first impression on enter ing the auditorium is that of going into dimly lighted church. There is no curtain. no footlights, no scenery of the modern type; instead, a setting that closely resembles an altar. at either side of which sit two silent monks. It was first presented at OK ford university, England, but has since made a genuine sensation in Fondon, New York, Boston and other large cit ies Charles Frohman is directing it in this country. and he has brought over the same company of English players that produced the play in Eng land Prices are 25, 50. 75 cents, $1 aud $1.5O.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-21

sylvania and Twentieth Michigan were distributed along the irregular parapet of the fort. The Confederates had de- voted ten days 10 preparations for at tack. Thirty guns of AIexander's crack artillery corps were in battery to fire upon the work at short f.==7=11s Four pieces were elevated upon skids sc es to rain down shells vertically inside the parapet
 The men i'll Fort Sanders surmised what the enemy was planning to do
 Every foothold on the exterior slope vas pared off, the ditch widened, and rfhemen stood on duty along the para pet at the ticklish hours of twilight and dawn to welcome the assailants in due fashion. A happy thought of Lieu tenant Benjamin placed another ob- stacle In the pathway of the enemy Along the front of the parapet was a field of pine stumps where the trees had been cut two feet from the ground. Benjamin and his men wound tele- graph wire around the stumps, stretch ing it between them just high enough 10 trip soldiers on the march; also an abatis brush was laid under the screen of a ridge so as to be unseen until the assailants were almost upon it.
 The Confederate attack was made at the first streak of dawn on Sunday, a day of countless big enterprises in war. The Confederate batteries fired few shells into the fort and were then call- ad oRf from their exciting game to give
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-21

at the brand and whisked over into the luckless crowd There, that will cool them off some," he would say blandly as he tossed a lighted shell over the bank on It's deadly mission.
 Benjamin's cannon swept the ditch once or twice with canister. But fresh assailants continually poured in until it was crowded with men, and there was for the fellows penned in there no getting from under those murderous grenades except by retreat. This they at last did sullenly, leaving three flags onA the parapet. The flag of the Six teenth Georgia captured there is one of the war department collection.
 The Confederate prisoners taken from the ditch and their killed and wounded outnumbered the whole garrison three to one. The unhurt prisoners numbered 25O. The dead and wounded in the ditch were POO, nearly all of the wound ed being mortally hurt. The stump field in front was also covered with victims who fell in the charge, and Benjamin estimated that at least 1000 Confederates were cut down between the starting point and the parapet of the fort. In the garrison of Fort San ders eight were killed and five wound ed.
 Amazed at their repulse where they expected an easy triumph, the Confed- crate leaders speculated for some time about following up tue charge with fresh columns, but changed their minds and called the battle off. As it turned out, the actual clash of arms lasted only fifteen minutes. Had it continued to the average length of battles with the same rate of slaughter, Nov. 20, 1863, might have rivaled on the Con- federate side the bloodiest Sundays of the war GEORGE l.. KILMER-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-21

The Dash at Fort Sanders
A Forfief6 A nniperSory
 War Story
November g. 1865

v v v v v V V
 ,Id steel chance. Suddenly three lines of men in gray, 1000 Mississip- plans and 2,O00 Georgians from Gen eral McLaws' veteran division, rushed from their cover 200 yards from the goal and headed for 1t at double quick. They moved on noiselessly, without yelling or firing 8 shot, but holding their bayonets ready for execution the moment the parapet was reached.
 When fairly in motion the column wavered, the front ranks going down on the tangled wire. Benjamin opened his guns with canister, and the rife men around him piled their bullets upon the discounted assailants. A setback for them was inevitable, but the rear ranks crushed the wire be- meath their feet and pressed on in the face of the storm with matchless in- trepidity. They reached the ditch, but with their ranks in jumbled mass in- stead of deployed lines, as soldiers should move to the assault. s*
 The northwestern bastion of the fort formed salient and reached out, as 1t were, toward the Confederate lines. In their haste to be first on the works and possibly because of the confusion over the tangled wire episode the heads or the three columns converged at the angle. At the edge of the ditch everything came to halt but many of the men were cool enough to fire through the embrasures upon Benja- minis artillerists and at the rifiemen above on the .parapet. The fire of the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-21
[Copyright. 1908. by G. !

TCopyright, 1908, by G. L.. Kilmer.1
 a FEW rods of ditch from five to N ten feet in depth, behind it a
 parapet of logs and earth and
 behind that a dozen cannon And a couple of hundred armed men with rifles and hand grenades, storm ing column of 5000 peerless soldiery rushing up, bayonet in hand, to clam Der over the simple obstacle, breach the line of battle, take a city and decide 8 campaign-here was focusing of ele- ments for sensation even at the front in war time. 1t was at Fort Sanders on Sunday morning, Nov. %, 1863, when Longstreet besieged Burnside's army at Knoxville, Tenn.
 Many an incidental fight took place for the control of Knoxville, the key to east Tennessee, and it fell to Long street, whose corps of pfnvincibles had been sent west after Gettysburg to try to wrest it once more from the Federal grasp. Burnside had but recently jumped into the tracks of retreating Confederate army and hadn't gained a firm foothold. He commanded 12,OO0 men. Longstreet brought 20, 900 against him. .,.-
 The ruling spirit in Fort Sanders was Lieutenant s. N. Benjamin, Second United States artillery, who command ed the guns in the fort, ten or twelve fieldpieces About 300 rifemen belong ing to the Seventy New York highlanders, the One Hundredth Penn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-21
One Nvny 0f lsolnx Ht

From Paris comes an amusing bit of information. In order to look ones pret- tiest it is, of course, essential to have a curl or two on the forehead It has been found difficult to achieve this when mo- toring, but the Parisinne overcomes the difficulty with great success by provid
 ing herself with detachable curls and fixing them securely to her hat, which In it's turn is held in place by motoring veil tied under her chin.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-21
MEETINGS TONIGHT

MEETINGS TONIGHT. Bakers union Waterbury Burns club. Nosahogan lodge school meetings. Amalgamated Society of Machinists, Toolmakers, etc. Friendly league-Penny Prevalent bank open for the public, 3 to 4:3O; sewing, 7:30.
 MEETINGS TOMORROW. - St Joseph T. A. society. French Canadian institute. L'Union Fraternelle Francaise Hendricken council, No 36, K. of c. St Thomas's Holy Name society.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-21
PICKS BAD BOY"

will be repeated this evening. AL l though it has been for many years be- fore the American public as an amuse- l ment vehicle. it is still popular and has features of fun for those who like
 good clean comedy. Prices are 25, 35 and 30 cents.
 | VAUDEVILLE AT THE JACQUES. 1 After the hast performance of the l current show at the Jacques this even ing the mystery that was interesting Waterbury for several weeks will be l unfolded in the presence of the Girl l with the Auburn Hair. who will head l next weeks bill. This mysterious girl whose identity is unknown to all but her sister and manager. has been ere atfng tremendous sensation in the
 principal vaudeville houses of America
 during the past two years, but owing
 to the enormous demand for her ser l vices and the immense salary she
 commands Manager Poli could not un- 1 dertake to do business with her until
 he had started his circuit of four thea 1 ters. Now, however, that he is in 2 1 position to give a months bookings 1 he has found 1t possible to bid for her
 services and secure her. The act l which this strangea girl presents is a 1 singing one, but is made remarkable through her magnificent voice and the elaborate scenic settings with which ! the act is mounted. It is the only act in vaudeville that carries a car to ac- l commodate the properties and scenery,
 which will give some idea of the lav- ish way in which it is dressed Mana ger Poli offers his Girl with the Au- burn Hair as the, most successful at l traction that has yet appeared in the Keith houses and other high class vaudeville theaters. and he has the
 privilege Of saying that his circuit is
 the first place she has appeared for the low scale of prices that he charges.
 In addition to this extraordinary at
 traction, Manager Poli has arranged a bill that promises to make next week S show memorable among the best he
 has yet offered at this house. Prom
 inent among the names on the bill are Jack Norworth., Fred and Dot West, Louise Dresser, Burke and his musf-
 cal dogs, Gordon Eldrid, Conroy and
 Pearl, and the elecrograph with new
 views. Prices are 10 20 and 30 cents afternoons 10 and 20 cents, ladies 10.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-21
A Comprehenmive Art.

After much meditation and expert ence have divined that it takes as much sense and refinement and talent to cook dinner, wash and wipe dish, make bed and dust a room as go to the writing of a novel or shining in high society.-Rose Terry Cooke.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-21
A EnnH Motto

It would be difficult to find in the story of Sir Henry stanley's adven- turous life a more characteristic trait of the man than the answer he gave to his first employer when asked what he could do. Anything" came the prompt and confident reply, that a boy of my age and strength could be expected to do." This saying might well have been adopted as the explor- CTS life motto
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-21
Their Numbers Are Tncren.ipr

Or women sanitary inspectors there are over 40 in England and Wales, six in Scotland. and five in Ireland, about 140 women being engaged in various kinds of sanitary work. Under the home office there are seven lady factory inspectors, four under the local government board and five under the IL. C. e.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-21
The French Peasant.

The French peasant lives on fare that the wealthier classes of other countries might enjoy, says an observer. His earnings are small, but his wife is an excellent manager and generally a su- premely good cook. She evolves dainty dishes out of nothing, makes a leek or a cabbage, with a few bones, produces soup which is delicious and transforms dried beans or macaroni, with an egg or vegetable, into g. nutritious and palatable dish.
 Jewels, Silver and Leather Wares.
 Very open basket work in silver fur nishes pretty decanter ornamentation.
 Some new paddock sticks, leather covered, show royal copper mountings.
 The pendant in every imaginable phase covers an immense field in the present vogue of jewelry.
 Shell and gold and green enamel and gold are handsome combinations in opera glasses of the season.
 A rich umbrella handle of ivory Is spirally wound with cords of gold. Another in burnt ivory is wound with silver.
 Vivid red, bright clear green, rich brown and other warm hues mark the autumn leather goods in bags, purses and cases of every kind
 Pierced silver is much to the fore in bric-a-brac and table service ware, and modern art work has robbed 1t of its former look of hatness and inferiority.
 Asterias, moonstones, turquoise and jade are fashionable stones for the handsome handles that are provided, together with sets of gold points, for umbrellas.
 The purchasing public seems never to tire of the bowknot and crown mo- .tifs in brooches, and some of the ribbon arrangements are prettier and more graceful than ever.
 Handsome silver or gold capped sticks for men take the new square form in the head and upper portion, and this gradually tapers off into the round shape for the main length of the stick-Elsie Bee in Jewellers Circular.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-21
Apron and NeCktie Party

By pupils and students of Prof Pro- vests Dancing Class, at Odd Fellows Hall, Thursday evening, Nov 26
 Music by 1erriIis Orchestra Tick cts 25c each person. 11-169
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-21
"HELCL BICL.'

"HELCL. BICL."
 The jolly comedy Hello, Bilr' We'd nesday evening at Polls.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-21

"Hortense, my wife tells me that you are inattentive and insoIent toward her"
 Does she? You ought to hear some of the things she says about you."- New York American.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-12-10
Convict Kills Himself.

Thomaston. Me-, Speclal-Al'er
reading a letter from his attorney m
which the recipient was told that there
was no hope of a pardon for him.
Charles Morgan Wallace, a lie con-
vict at the State prison, killed him
self by taking morphine. On January
6. 1885. Wallace, who was a prominent
Grand Army man and lived In Augusta
was convicted Of murder in the second
degree. in killing Deputy Sheriff BOW
man. Influential friends have since
made repeated attempts to secure MS
pardon. Wallace had been charged
with selling liquor to the inmates OF
the old soldiers home at Togus, BOW
man stopped Wallace's carriage. IN
which were Wallace and his wife. wal.
lace claimed the officer had insulted
his wife. Wallace came to Augusta
from Philadelphia. where it is said re.
latives now live. He was possessed OF
some means and during his imprison-
ment made several gifts to public In
stitutionS.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-12-10
A FEVER EPIDEMIC.
Ravages of Typhoid In a Pennsyi-
yania City Gives Alarm.

Butler. Pa, Specialize authentic
report of the number OF cases OF ty-
nhoid fever that developed in the city
Sunday could be obtained. The cnaif-
man of the war committees reported II
that they had heard OF, but the men
had no opportunity to ascertain tne iuii
nnmber Of cases. The total Of the dav
will probably run from 10 to ~. oniy
one death occurred. This evening there
.re reno-ts in several cases that pa
tierts are not expected to live through
tho night. Or. Neely, Harris. Mlntef'
NcAdee and Heilman are now on the
fever list. This evening a sup-comMi.-
tee reported to the executive co!ninltleo
an tho relief work. The resume SHOWS
that the total number of fever cases re-
norted nm TO Sunday morning was l'ioo
Ind the total number Of deaths result
inc from typhoid fever 43; that theiI
80 three cases OF diDhtheria anu
three OF scarlet fever under qua1ahllia1I
in the town, which is above the usu'.
number in city of $4,000 people, tHd'
ahout 200 families had received a:u;
ard tAat the State board OF healIn anu
ne recch and Houston had saia 10
nrenare fcr a struggle O. iroIH so
p.eels 70 three months with the epi,
sor,ir 4 fund Of Ut least S1p,Cuo' aAu
-I,ons +vice that amount, they est!-
mated. would be necessary ana to 80
.b;. oro,;nt Ali voluntary contributors
.n.S o,.Id bo received and used IL the
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-12-10
nr. Spr ngsr Dead.

Washington, Special-Former Repre-
sentative William NJ. Springer, of Hi
nois, a Democratic leader, conspicu-
Gus in the House Of Representatives
during the 44th to the 53rd Congresses,
inclusive, and once chairman Of the
ways and means committee Of the
House. died at his residence, in this
city Friday, aged 64 years. His death
was due to pneumonia, contracted in
Chicago on Thanksgiving Day. Mr..
Springer has been resident OF this
city during the past few years, follow
ing his retirement from Congress, and
has followed the practice of law. He is
survived by widow and a son, who is
a chaplain in the army.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-12-10
SpsciaI Permits for Jews.

Berlin, BY Cahle.-American Jews
are no longer permitted to cross the
Russian frontier without a special per-
nit in each case from NJ. Won Plevwe,
the Russian Interior Minister. Most
Americans travel through Russia oy
way of Germany. The practice until
the last two weeks was for the Rus
sian consul general here to advise the
Jews passports upon receiving state
ment OF their purpose to visit Russia,
and that their stay there was to be
temporary. The new restriction is an
extension of the policy initiated by the
recent withdrawal of the vice powers
from the Russion consulates in Ameri-
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-12-10
Fired on the Fort.

Alden, BY Cable.-Lieutenant Com
mander Charles Grabau, an Italian Oh
fificer. commanding an armed dAoW,,
landed party OF friendly natives at
Darbe, Somaliland. Africa, and ordered
the Italian flag hoisted on the fort. Inc
commandant of the fort refused TO per-
nit the order to be carried out unless
il had the sanction Of the sultan.
Lieutenant Commander Crabau there
upon gave the commandant two hours
in which to obey the order and at me
expiration of that time, the command
dant not having complied. fired on the
fort. The fort replied with shell, Kill
ing Grabau. The dhow then put to sea
and was picked up by the Italian crui-
ser Galilee, which landed the officers
body here.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-12-10

everlasting heart Of nature herself
and herosm broader and more
Happily free from the prejudice
eroism
hotabe temperate scornful Of petty
therefore
recognized herom depending in no
human
infinite vibrations reinforce and turn
uttered unue the generous
seeking better life
profound reverence and admiration o the great
gandly humanity
nurous
heoS
been life those wh their
character dreamed In
womanhood they held high rank IN
heayen untitled aristocraey.
and unknown whose names have
fashioned
their lives sublime by gracious deeds OF
n sefabnegaton! ,
often found
my forth from shady oo
difue sweet aroma IN
bruised and bleeding "
lily
admraon but the shy arbuu yields Its
who seeks With loving care
the fairy hands perfumed by the
brea o dryads.
the world choicer blessing the unconscious
without whose
would suffer rrepaabs ioss-Chcago Tribune.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-12-10
Advance in Cotton Goods.

st. Johns, N. B., Specialized. Geo.
p. Jones. president of the Cornwall &
Cork Mills Company, which operates
two large cotton mills in this city, said
that because of the very high price OF
raw cotton the company had increased
their prices on practically all grades Of
OUTPUT fom 5 to 10 per cent They
have a few weeks supply Of raw cot
ton on hand. bought at low prices, but
will have to go into the market for
future supplies. They use practically
a.; Southern cotton. Col. Jones looks
for further advances in manufac-
tured goods.