The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-05-15
FRIDAY, MAY Is, 1908.
THE WEEK.

things that don't belong to her ant
bringing big guns in position TO gusrC
what she has seized STIR plucky it'll,
Japan, causes the English lion &,
growl and the American eagle To lif
its wings ready To soar TO any height
International conditions may require
The postal department of our Gov
eminent Is in bad OdOr. Charges of
mal-administration fll the air effect
ing past as well as present administra-
tons, removals are being made, among
the most prominent being that Of one
Macken, chief Of the free delivery ser
vice, and there is terror in the ranks.
Judge Campbell Of Amherst, was re-
moved from office 10y vote Of p to 10
in the Senate ratifying the action Of
the House.
A steam pillow at work in Texas
plowed up 40 acres Of land in one day.
The problem Of scarcity of farm labor
may yet be solved, and instead Of the
IMAM behind the hoe we will hear Of
the man riding and driving, sitting
and blowing.
The great Southern Baptist AssOcia-
ton has been in session IN the city Of
savannah and its president was the
best satisfied brother-man we have
read Of recently. On taking the chair
he said : 81 would rather be president
Of the Southern Baptist Association
than Chief Magistrate Of the nation,
and we have no doubt Of his sincerity.
Bradstreet and Dun report continued
business activity.
Our sister West Point, is shaking of /
the ashes and coming to the front with /
newer goods, better houses, higher
hopes and with Drawer spirits to do
and dare.
Circuit Attorney Folk, of ST. Louis.
who has been bringing the guilty to
punishment, was offered "a $4,000
house by his grateful fellow townsmen.
which he promptly declined, saying:
81 have simply done my duty" Why
not offer him the presidency? Surely
such man is worthy Of highest honors
his Acknowledged have TO give.
1t turns out that the wife of Mol
neaux, while her husband was in Jail
under sentence Of death was only wait ,
ing for the electrocutiUg to marry
again, and as this failed Of accomplish :
ment she has gone west to get divorce. i
The conduct Of that New York gang is
wretched from highest to lowest.
Wheat was quoted at 70 cents, last a
year at this time it was 50; corn now t
81 cents, last year SO. b
Millions have been made on cotton z
Of late, but not by the farmer. C.
As usual the legislature wasted the
earlier hours Of the session aud have
been crowding work into the closing q
hours. This undue haste sometimes -
opens the door to "jobs." .
The Cleveland boom has been receiv- >
ng new mutations Of gas but il hasn't q
IS yet been able to leave the ground.
Baltimore has been undergoing an = =
'ther political besmirching. From ="
What the local papers tell us this city
'rown rich in part by reason Of South In
m patronage, has gotten to be hot w
ed Of fraud. an
In the Metropolitan Handicap, Mr. qu
Vhitney's horse, Gunfire, won the race tn
ne mile, in 1881 and for his owner no
ll.lsO. liv
DR.. Lorenz, the great Austrian sur.
con, has been with his American
-ethren in New Orleans, and showing no
st how to be surgeon and yet not the
bloody" Unfortunately an exchange ,
As been made to remark that CDR. abe
orenz probably realizes that even the cOu
edieal profession knows no successful '
medy for Jealousy" Ih'
Hanna says "bosh, " as to his candi- S a'o,
cy, and that Roosevelt is easily win A
r.
MIR Schwab has been elected presi. 4
int again Of the great steel combine beel
tn the million dOllar-salary attach cOu
mt unimpaired. He might live in sion
Imvllle and feed on fried chicken
: year round. Ut
Dr. Crum, Of Charleston. 5. C.. Mr. Can
osevelts customs collector, hasn't Sske
IN ofcomfOrt in his official life, he the
ng vacatiOn-appOintee and as such IN s.
$ without pay, at least for the pre- the
t. ~ Of dc
ir. Carnegie has been the lion of
ldon Of late. He travels with his "'
ok book. past
ev. Mr. Wrav nas,or If r.,..;. psny
hodlst Church, Newport News. on'e s
"an avalanche -. 80 Of tn
ID" The Scriptures tell us of a D..
u by fire" but the reverend gen. 49,,
IAN reads avalanche" in the "signs oaa',
ne times" The Bible is the better ,.a,l-
lie. 'o'er
id, D. that
,u;o,1,. -. 'p'''' iasl sun cloth
cast, but the intensely strenuous X
n with Monday morning and has 80 Nv
inued since. S'o"i
hohg the valuable suggestions Of An,
week were that funeral sermons gone
be abolished, less extraya- that
e in the burviug If tho dood 80, Dispa
The practice Of wearing mourning MOI
scouraged
inter has continued to play about ~. fa y,
ip Of spring. n anu ~
ige Campbell, Of Amherst. is no pearar
Y Judge, the Senate having con. proven
d IN the action Of the House re. But,
nc him from Office. The resolu. uon' .
vas amended, however, and sent
TO the House. No'