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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-01-08
B,cKwARDS- FORWARDS.

There are no surprises I'M bysone
The panorama Of 1908 has uniolded'
the actors have played their respective
,srts the curtain has fallen, the book
las heen closed and sealed. We cam
mat recall am act doneor "a word spoken.
Inauence has done It's work and we
cannot undo it. 10 takes no prophet
now 10 designate the days of sunshine
or of storm. the successes or the TALL
ures. the time Of sickness or Of health
the fairness Of tine flowers or the iull-
ness Of the crop-yields, The coming OF
the going hour.
The year 1903 has uo secret NOV" IL
has told all it had TO tell and accom-
plished all it had to do. What's the
retrospect? The world has been ad-
vancing. and though war-stains soil
some Of its pages We believe has been
growing better. 1t could not have
been otherwise. "The Lord reigns'
let the earth rejoice, and il can only
rejoice in the reign of righteousness.
The old year will be memorable for
what We are accu. toned 20 call disas-
tiers. Railroad wrecks have been UNI
usual in frequency aud violence. Fire,
too. has exhibited unrestraincd and
understandable wrath. The wreck on
the Baltimore and Ohio between Pitts
burg and Philadelphia, claimed 6s
victims, and just as the year was dy-
ing. the burning of the theatre in
Chicago Oh the afternoon of the 3Oth
of December, in which more than 500
souls were hurried into eternity, has
no parallel in the history Of the coun-
try.
The days have been few in which re-
cord Of some sudden shock has not been
made.
our own land has contrived to en-
Joy a good degree Of general prosperity
i'm which our State and community
have shared. True, the low prices Of
tobacco have had depressing effect in
this immediate section and yet there
have been Unprecedented sales Of our
farm lands and from this source in-
crease of circulating medium has come
and new forces have been introduced
into our work fields The health of
our people has been universally good.
Our schools have been i'm charge of
efficient teachers and crowded with
earnest scholars. Our church circles
have been bright, our homes peaceful,
our people happy. we should say out
Of grateful hearts again, "the lines
have fallen unto US in pleasant places
and ours has been goOdly heritage.
And now what Of 1902 OF the
eight daily pages already turned, We
can speak with confidence. OF those
TO be turned we know nothing
Waterman, what Of the night" and
Of the days? This question is asked in
one Of our familiar hymns and watch
man there points to "star" and can
not each Of US fix our eyes on star Of
hope and guided by its light go forth
to meet the "shadowy picture with
manly heart and without fear"
Such is tine sincere wish Of the Her
aid. Happy, happy new year for It's
every reader Peace and plenty i'm
your homes, prosperity in your every
lawful endeavor and God i'm all things.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-01-08

When you take Grove, Tasteless Chill
Tonic because the formula is plainly
printed on every bottle showing that
II is simply Iron and Quinine i'm a taste
less form. No Cure, No Pay. soc.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-01-08
MoMN Thi.l

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY d CO., Props.
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We the undersigned, have known r
). Cheney for the last 10 years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable I'm all
business transactions and financially
able TO carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
WEST d TRUAY, Wholesale Druggists
Toledo, O. WALDING, KINNAN d
MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internal
~, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. Prize
zoe per bottle. Sold by all Druggists
Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills a e the best
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-01-08

The actors Of the country are said to
be in a deplorable condition. The sea-
son is dismal failure. The fear OF
fire and the price Of eggs are ellectual
barriers against large audiences. An
Irving will always draw and so with
Patti, but the ordinary merit will con.
tiuue with small favors.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-01-08
Wonderful Nerve

Is displayed by many a man enduring
pains Of accidental Cuts, Wounds.
Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Sore feet or
stih joints. But there's no need for IL.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve will kill the
pain and cure the trouble. It's the best
salve on earth for Piles, too. 25c, at
White & Co., Druggist.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-01-08

There will be a few vacancies in the
rooms Of the Blackstone Institute after
the holidays. An parents desiring to
enter their daughters should apply at
once.
-Four scholarships, giving free tut
ton. will be awarded to applicants who
are properly qualified.
For catalogue and all other informa-
ton, apply TO
REV. JAMES CANNON, JR.
Blackstone Va
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-01-08
JANUARY
REDUCTION SALES.

We do not intend to carry any of the following goods
If low prices will them All coored Dress Goods that
were p cts yard selling Is to 20 Coored Dress
Goods that sold for 80 cts rather than carry them over viii
90 at 2j cts IS cts quality al 37 cts the 81 90 quality
for Scots. We have placed table all the Dress Goods
Remnants and have marked prices them low that will
the $3.50 quality for s. co. the $500 quality for $3.50 Misses
Long Coak in Blue, Caster and Red the 5000 kind for
$500 the $3.50 kind for $780, the $500 kind for $500
Ladies Walking Skirts in Blue Black and Grey the $500
ones for S37j the $500 for $780, 400 for 275 the
5O ones for 100 Mems Overcoats 1000 ones for 80 ZOO
now for 800 Boys and Youths Overcoats 300 to 800
Drophead Wheeler d Wilson Sewing Machines former price
5000 Remember the above prices spot cash and will
not be charged
N. B. DAVIDSON,
T. L. Eramte aud W. BanOn, Successor to J. b. WALL
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-01-08
If You Are
PerpleXed

In reference to the best disposition
of the amount of money small or
large, which you are putting aside
for your family or for your old age,
write The Mutual Life Insurance
COmpanyof New York for informa-
ton as to the form Of policy that
Will best suit your needs. Here is
an example of results:
. Tie .ate Archibald uaierhause q PHILADELPHIA vfo
Isi r 'ars fcIf p0'i.'es amounting f0 so 900
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50 selected tf DIS afH H receive no an.c i11 G0 Ir r.h
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on fenlianis paid ly No. Maicfla-se amounted %
tf,oa fH1adeithia Peo0ra. Nor. u. yo8s1
In writing for terms on similar policies.
state what you would like to receive
III cash az the end Of limited payment
period, amount you would like your bene-
hciary TO receive in event Of your death.
and give your age.
The MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF New YORK
RICHARD A. McCuRDY, President.
FRANK ADAMS MGR.
RICHMOND, VA
W. P. VENABLE, District Agt.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-01-08
Slop, the Cough aud Works oniho CoId,

Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
cure "a cold in one day so cure. 40
pay. Price. % cenls.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-20

based upon 1t than all the other pro- visions of the Constitution combined. The Supreme Court mors than once has said that it will not undertake to de- gems of the United States in advance but will decide each case as it arises
 The proposition the charge asserted peatediy held constitutional and which punishes a conspiracy to injure 8 citi- zen in the free enjoyment of right secured to him by the Constitution of the United States. applied to the case hands of the law and murdered to pre- vent his having a trial, because he was 2 negro: There is nothing alarm ing in this to any man who Is not a into the business ofimobbing negroes because they are negroes. It does not touch States rights in any way; for the application of that statute to such State in the execution of its own laws by punishing resistance to them, which act, under such circumstances Is also an ofense against the United States.
 We have the sympathy oF the best people in the North and in the civil ized world in our efforts to curtail ne- ing condemnation of the public opinion of the civilized world, and of all the best people in the United States. when we allow Inobs to break down jails and hang negroes. because of their race to prevent enjoyment of q right the law gives them and juries constantly acquit men guilty of such offenses.
 Men who indulge in all this twaddle, as some aspiring candidates are doing. then if Congress has such power 1t will require farmers to settle their &C., counts with negroes in the United States Courts is absolutely absurd. If such men as these are depeN1ed upon to guide the ship of state, then num- berless woes lie in our pathway. Any well-informed layman knows that the courts of the United States could havc no Jurisdiction of a contract or suit between citizens of the same State. but that they must be citizens of different States. and that the right to make a contract Is not derived from the Con- stitution of the United States. but Is dependent on the laws of the State. 'Is 1t not high time" as The Age-Her- ald says, that the conservative senti- ment of the State rally to the defense of the courts, to the end that the law shall be vindicated. order restored and anarchy abolished?"
 Lawyer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-20
AN EvIDrNcp OF coon TrMEs.

If any evidence was needed that the Montgomery region is enjoying unusual prosperity, that evidence was furnished by the immense crowds in the city last Monday. People will so to a circus, even If they have to stint themselves to raise the money. but unless times are unusually good, they do not turn out in such numbers, day and night. as they did Monday. The streets were damned and blocked with white and black. and a very large percent of them were from the country. as the railroad business shows. to say nothing of the thousands who came in by private con- veyance
 There was no unusual attraction to call the people to town. We have cir cuses each season and they are very much alike. There are always some things that are new and worth seeing and a great deal that is the same old thing. This one was no exception. Some of the attractions were very good. and served to relieve the monotony of a performance that is largely a repe- tition of what we always see. Taken altogether. the people had no reason to expect anything extraordinary, but they had time and money to spare and were willing to spend both. That is the secret of the great crowd. and 1t is indisputable evidence that city and country people are more prosperous than they usually are. They had the money and could afford to spend it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-20
WHY RUSSIANS SUFFER DEFEAT.
Wine and Women Their Ruin, and the
 Health of the Japs.

Philadelphia Record.
 Surgeon Major Seaman, from whose observations on the Japanese medical methods in Manchuria quotations have already been printed in these columns. became favorably known for his fear less censure of abuses in the medical department of our army in the close of the Spanish war. In an address be- fore the Association of Military and Naval Surgeons at St. Louis the other day he took occasion to compare the preparedness of the Japanese with the disorder and debauchery in the Russian camps. By way of premise Dr. Sea mans report of the remark made by a distinguished Japanese officer when the overwhelming superiority of Russia in point of numbers was alluded to may bear repetition. Said the officer refer red to:
 we are prepared for that. Russia may be able to place 100000 men in the field, We can furnish 500, 900. You know in every war four men die of disease for every one who falls from ease as a factor. Every man who dies in our army must fall on the field of battle. In this way we shall neutral ize the superiority of Russian numbers and stand on comparatively equal footing.
 And this purpose. according to Dr. Seaman, has been carried out unto the last particular. Compare wi& this the picture drawn by the Surgeon Major of the situation within the Rus sian lines. There will be no war" said the Surgeon General of Vladivos- tok flor I should be the first to know it so that my hospitals could be put in readiness. As 1t Is. I have never been so short of supplies as l am today. There will be no war" The same night the Russian squadron lying at anchor off Port Arthur was attacked by Togo's N9sQuito fleet. Bad as was the -4... aaw Af1..N corps, 1t was worse in the line. The carnival of revelry that has marked the Russian occupation of Manchuria since 1898 became more riotous with the arrival of every train bringing new officers. Cars that should have been loaded with men and munitions brought instead full complements of vodka and thousands of abandoned women.
 Says Dr. Seaman:
 Had the gentle Verestchagin lived to portray recent scenes in ManchurIa ne could have revealed to the victim ized suffering masses at home perfect nightmare of debauchery. apathy and criminal carelessness. His historic picture of a battlefield in the Russo Turkish war, with the dead and dying soldiers lying bleeding in the distance, while in the foreground the Russian headquarters were strewn with empty champagne bottles and the rags of har- lots. had It's counterpart in scenes that greeted the eyes of the observer at Port Arthur. Niuchwang and Vladi- vostok. Wine, woman and song were certainly the undoing of Russia, where a beauty and a bottle were the highest ambition of its officers-from general to corporal"
 And on every side was heard the re- frain there will be no war" Such were Russia's preparations. Is 1t surprising that an army equipped chiefly for a campaign of licentiousness can gain no victories? Dr. Seaman concludes tha ]. If the bloody conflict now waEin$
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-20
He shouldn't Boast.
Philadelphia Record.

FnllduelpillA ISSCOtQs
 Theodore Roosevelt is the last man who should boast of his position on the currency question and disparage the great services of Grover Cleveland in maintaining the gold standard and the public credit. A year after Cleveland secured the repeal of the silver pur- chase act of the Republicans, which brought so much disaster upon the country, Roosevelt wrote his letter de- nouncing the advocates of the gold standard as little less wrong g-headed than the champions of free silver. He was then, along with more of his party, for the impracticable scheme of international bimetallism as a substi- tute for the gold standard. Hence his assertion that the Republican party the party of the irredeemable green backs-has always been for sound cur rency Is just about as reasonable as his pretenses in his own behalf to credit as 8 champion of the gold stan dard. But anything to catch votes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-20
HOW TO GAIN FLESH

The life of food is the fat within it-the more fat the more real benefit from the food; that is why cod liver oil is a powerful builder of flesh.
 Scott's Emulsion of pure cod liver oil solves the problem of how to take cod liver oil. That is one reason why doctors have been pre- scribing Scott's Emulsion for all wasting diseases, coughs, colds and bronchitis for almost thirty years.
 Wen send you a sample free upon request SCOTT BOVINE, 4Os Pearl Street, New YolA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-20
JUDGE JoNEs's CHARGE.
A Good Deal of Unnecessary Fuss
 About It. Edifar gFbn


 About It.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 The manufactured outcry against Judge Jones's charge at Huntsville Is exactly what took place when the peonage charge was delivered in the summer of 1903.
 Every decent citizen of Alabama was delighted when the peonage iniqulty was ended, and so when the froth and fume of the present, made -to-order, agitation disappears of its own weight, all law-abiding people will be glad of the Huntsville charge. Courts do not make, or define the powers of Congress or create the rights of citizens of the United States. The Constitution and laws of the United States do that The existence of power is one thing, and the propriety and policy of its exer- have seen attempts to answer the req soning of the charge. The men who attack 1t, content themselves with an expression of surprise, and ipse dixit statements that the law is not that way. On great constitutional ques- tions even members of the Supreme Court are sometimes nearly equally divided. Men may nave their own opinion, but the low assaults which have been made on the charge and the motives of its author are utterly out of keeping with reasoning people As soon as the presidential and congress sional elections are over, the men who have been engaged in this sort of thing will be ashamed of themselves
 All ell-informed lawyers know that the thirteenth amendment has been construed to mean that Congress has dom of the negro race, and for that matter of all races. Congress de- clared that this freedom which the Constitution secures to all. consists in the enjoyment of equal civil rights on the part of the negro with the white man; and whenever a negro Is pre- vented from enjoying that civil equal lty, because he is negro, by one of the other race. it Is an attack upon his Freedom, and Congress may punish acts of that sort done on account of race to prevent the enjoyment of that freedom. There Is nothing new in this. All well-informed lawyers also know that it has been repeatedly held by the Supreme Court of khe United States, that one of the rights and i'm States is. to have his State afford him trial by due process of law when he is accused of crime. The charge sim- ply asserts on authority and reason. that when men subdue and overpower State officers when they are trying to give citizen this right. they prevent the victim of mob violence from en- toying right or immunity which the Constitution of the United States gives him. This Is all 1t asserts. Lawyers were surprised in the beginning to be told that the fourteenth amendment protected even corporations. It is now the groundwork for the protection or many rights, and more decisions are
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-20
MONTEZUMA's HIDDEN WEALTH.
Traditions Preserved in Family say Its
 Value is $SO,0OO, 900.

Traditions Preserved in Family say Its
 Value is ssO,OOO,0O0.
 Mexican Herald.
 Whether the report of the discovery of the Incas treasure at Chayaltaya, Bolivia, is true or not. 1t is certain that the conquistadores did not get all the gold and precious jewelry of the Mexi- can monarch. The story is that the Incas' treasure, withheld from Pizarro and now discovered in Bolivia, is worth $16,o00.000, and that the Indians be- lieve there Is still much more hidden away. Pizarro received a great sum from the Inca whom he cruelty treated and then killed. but in so doing missed a greater amount, which the Inca, hop ing to save his life, promised his tor mentor.
 In this country one sometimes hears talk of a great golden sun and other treasure hidden secretly from the early Spaniards. One gentleman who has the blood of Montezuma in his veins. and in whose family the traditions of the times of the conquest have been pre- served, has said that probably fully $SO,O00,000 worth of treasure escaped the hands of Cortes and his followers. Where is this treasure hidden? Some have said that it was thrown into Lake Texcoco, and not many years back a company well provided with funds made extensive excavations in the Pedregal, near Coyoacan, on a spot in- dicated by tradition. series of sub- terranean chambers was found. but no golden sun.
 Both in Mexico and Peru gold was hidden away from the greedy conquista- dores by the Indians, who cherished the hope of making Il successful rising against their conquerors. That hope has long died away, though much of the hatred for the race of the conquIsta- dores remains in the breast of the abo- rigines.
 It Is quite probable that some fine day much of Montezuma's hidden treas ure may be found here by a lucky hit. Perhaps 1t is concealed in an idol cave in the southwestern part of the sierra surrounding this valley. cave of which stories have been told among the In- dians, hence has come the gold that the Indians living in those mountains so close to the city have brought here and sold to their legal representative? l? There is a mystery in all this. and a greater mystery in the whereabouts of Montezuma's treasure, which remains untouched.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-20
Convicts and Roads.

GadSden TimeS-NeWs.
 The Anniston Evening Star says we are putting our convicts to a poor use when we use them to build county roads, We'll, everybody have their ideas about such things and we have ours. We are building better roads than most counties at less cost and at the same time get more out of the con victs than we would if they were leased out, and the convicts fare better. They are all we'll fed and clothed and are healthy We have built four pike roads into this city from the adjoining counties and cotton Is now coming in over them from all adjoining counties, Calhoun as well as others. Come over, brother, and we will show you some fine roads. explain our convict system to you and let you go back home and advocate the same for your county.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-20
Home Made Oil.

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 Editor The Advertiser:
 The value of Professor Duggar's col [. umn in your regular Monday issue is far beyond any question of doubt, and today he introduces MT. Sistrunk' : speech with an endorsement. The Ad- by this column.
 MT: Sistrunk gives the process by which he raised hundred acre field up from a product of thirty bales. in 19O5, County. That is a yield of $62.50 per acre, on 10 cent cotton. Take off 50 per cent for expense account and the result is better profit than Western wheat or corn on Western farms.
 MT. Sistrunk speaks of the dificulty of obtaining humus for old land and the practical impossibility of using animal manure on a large scale. It IS very important to farm to have d plenty of animsl manure.
 NOW England maintained a most tnrifty agriculture before any manure put animal manure was known. How shall only name single way. The fields from which wheat, rye and oats and barley were harvested were imme- diately put down to turnips. The tur- sheep droppings comprised the animal manure. The humue came with the roots.
 am not here engaged in the offen cA'O "OiA OI SuBSSSLiHB now 10 lm- prove the thing that Is well done But l say every cotton field in Alabama might be seeded in burr clover, hairy Vetch. crimson clover, one or all, as substitute for turnips in England, at the last blowing, and that sheep could De turned on, say November 1st for ninety days. and the land enriched be- yond computation in five years from this process alone. Wool and mutton, we need not count.
 One of the great agricultural disas- ters Of our day is the selling of cotton seed. There is a machine or was one, for pressing the oil out on the farm. It cost $150 then. Let us sell the oil that each farmeY presses from his own seed. and. as Mfr. Sistrunk sets the ex- emple, keep every man his own at home. The crude oil would net on the market as much as the seed entire would bring. The crushed seed would go farther in fertilizing land, busheI by bushel. than the unbroken seed. have tried 1t and I say two bushels of crushed seed are worth three bushels of unbroken seed as fertilizer for cot ton. Alabamian