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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

I suppose / am the most miserable
devil in the whole world
The SUNDAY school teacher who
would impress his scholars with the
fact that righteous living is surest
avenue to earthly riches, is a fool.
Honesty ever will be best policy, but
the man who serves God 10 obtain gold
that perishes, makes sad mistake.
There is mo- reason that a good man
should not be q rich man, but the
man who Is actuated 10y no higher
motive isn't travelling towards the
citv wherein dwelleth righteousness,
though it's paving stones are Of gold'
its gates Of pearl and its walls OF pre-
cious stones.
Abraham was rich and yet was
"ather of the faithful Joseph con-
trolled more corn than any man OF his
day. Solomon was rich and wise, ana
vet the son Of mar had not "where to
lay his head.
Aud then Mr.. Rockefeller told ms
boys that his first step i'm business lie
involved am open violation Of human
i'm that he borrowed money from
the cold man" and agreed to pay him
"ten per cent. for the use of it, ia
and boy engaged i'm defying human
enactments which are founded IN equity
and good conscience And hasn't that
been the controlling principle of John
ID. R~ockefeller's life? and shall the
Sabbath aud the Sunday school be
desecrated TO the enforcing of any such
principle? VIII giving a million and
grabbing TWO make reparation? Can
a man serve God and mammon?
Sunday schools are, or should be,
nurseries of the church aud not hot
beds i'm which are to be cultivated the
spirit of greed, and grab, and give.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20
HERBERT SPENCER A. W0R-
SHIPPER.

This great scholar was raised In a
Methodist family, but was early in life
"alienated from ordinary forms of re-
ligious worship He says on this
subject: 80 many and apparently to
most. religious worship yields a spe-
cies of pleasure. To me it never did
so. unless, indeed, count as such the
emotion produced 10y sacred music.
A sense of combined grandeur and
sweetness excited 10y an anthem with
orcan and cathedral architecture to sug-
gest the idea Of power, was then, and
always has been strong in meas
strong probably as in most, stronger
than in many. But the expression OF
alteration of a personal being, the ut
terance Of laudations, and the humble
professions Of obedience, never found
in me any echoes
Ii is passing strange to Us that such
a mind, moved by music, couldn't
grasp the thought Of a master mind
worthy the alteration Of human
hearts. that one who dealt so long and
largely with "cause" didn't in his
s~earchings find creator in whose pre-
sence he could bow with reverence
and to whom he could offer ascrip-
tious of praise. There is but n ex-
PLANTATION, and it is found in the fact
that the human heart is deceitful and
desperately wicked.
Spencer was a %precocious youth, and
soon grew too smart for mothers sim
pie faith, and once upon the sea OF
doubt he just drifted farther and farth-
er from the only truth worth knowing
and the only happiness worth the
having Before death came, however,
he was forced TO say: "Thus l have
come to look calmly on forms Of reli.
gi0us belief to which ! had, in earlier
days a pronounced aversion. Holding
that they are in the main naturally
adapted to their respective people and
times, il now seem to me well that
they should severally 1--we and work &c.
This isn't a bold stand but that Of a
moral coward who felt the force Of re-
and yet not brave enough to
confess II in the full.
Herbert Spencer will be forgotten,
but eternity will ring with praises to
the God before whom he failed to fall
down and worship.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

The west should take time by the
forelock and insist, by legislation If
Take Time by necessary upon
proper methods of
the FOreiOek' cutting and refor-
estation. The state has an interest in
the preservation Of its forests which is
paramount to the right Of the private
landholder. In the east what is being
done is largely in the way Of locking
the stable door after the horse has been
stolen. With the great forest areas in
Minnesota and Wisconsin these states
should adopt a forest policy before It
is too late to be made Of any value. De-
mutation should be made impossible
without some reforestation. The great
est benefit, however. will be derived
from a control Of the cutting in such
a manner as to make ~denudation i'm
possible. and the state can do this now
better than later.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

subject 10 the nomination ofthe Democratic
Primary.
favor the most rigid economy in the CON
duct OF thc towns several departments, con-
,istent with the best service. THE present
cost OF collecting the towns revenues is cN-
ccssivc and should Doe reduced.
favor the pcricciing OF our electric light
system, until every home To- desired, Dr. mr-
uishcd with lights and 40 the least possible
cost. The electric light plant 80 managed
and enlarged, VIII, ln nay estimation, yield "a
The Dispeusary should Dee continued, com
trlbuting as % does, large additions 10 the
owns revenues. besides reducing crime and
disorder within the community.
In consequence OF the towns largely ln-
creased income for the past several years
and her hattoring financial prospects for
the future, ! avOru definite plan for the bet
terment Of her finances, the %rcunding OF
her bonds at a owe rate Of interest, the cs-
adjustment of % yearly sinking fund for
the eXtiuguishmcnt, al maturity, Of these
bonds, etc. such action in thc matter Of our
bonded debt has already been TOO long de-
laycd.
The citizens are entitled TO better streets
and side walks. The High street approach
TO The new Normal. should receive Our first
attention in the way OF permanent street
Improvements An Intelligent and sy-iem-
attic extension Of the present paved street
sections should Doe put into operation.
The disbursement Of the towns $4,000 OF
tnuu4lr revenue De- 20 great responsibility and
trust. ask you 90 commit these interests
10 me D. 20 "a Council in tOuch with my
views. Do promise if elected, 20 faithful pcr-
formance OF 400 duties connected with This
n. d. DAVIDSON.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

Public feeling. which is momentarily
stirred by a railroad horror, soon cools
down and we all conclude that there is
nothing TO be done. that no n is real
ly to blame. We are solemnly assured
that the railroad men could not have
intended to kill anybody, as though
that made the least difference. The
sufficient fact is that they do each year
kill thousands Of people by their negli-
gence, by their disregard Of law and
by violation Of the rules which they
themselves have made. The situation
is not likely to improve until there Is
some honest effort to fix the RESPONSE
bility and to punish the guilty men.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

In Texas. where a strong public senti-
nent antagcnistic TO railroads has
grown up. and IS
backed by stringent
s"'"d'ers' legislative enact
nents and strict Interpretation by
the courts. a peculiar form OF
fraud has been brought 10 light
II is found that there Is a gang OF pro-
fessional Victims operating on the va
rious railroads, going from n to an
other, meeting with accidents, and SUI
ing for damages. They travel In groups
so that there is never any trouble about
getting the right sort OF witnesses 10
the matter of accident, or the extent OF
the injuries. Texas juries are known
to be friendly TO the sutton against rail-
roads. and 30 far the gang has had little
trouble in securing yerdicts for substan-
tial sums. BY the operations OF this
coterle Of sharpers, damages on account
Of personal injuries received in that
state have increased. it IS asserted by
railroad officials, from S295.0OO in
1898, to $4,000. 900 in 19O3-an increase
out Of all proportion to the growth OF
population and the extension Of rail-
road activity. This method Of max
ing a living must be. to say the least,
risky, though It may be that the ex-
element OF It atones for the hospital
experiences. To be able to judge to a
nice tenth Of an inch just how far to put
ones foot under a a wheel and to
pick out a spot at the trackside hard
enough to bruise, but not hard enough
to shatter. on which to be pitched, as one
passes from one car to another, must re-
quire a fine nerve. One is apt to think
that money earned In this way Is well
earned; and certainly the knowledge
that a loose-jointed crowd Of swindlers
is abroad, ready to be piled in a heap
at the first unusual lurch Of the train,
must have a salutary restraining effect
on engineers. In Boston the fear Of the
professional victim Is sometimes said
TO be the reason for the unexpected
courtesies Of street car conductors who
wait until their alighting passengers are
quite clear of the a before starting on.
SO. the Ill wind that blows damages out
Of the treasury Of the railway companies
may fan them a realization that they
owe certain courtesies to the public be-
yond the mere hauling from place to
place.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

We insist on the open door in China,
but still more so In all theaters
a TneRrsP.
A new river vessel has been built fol-
use as a floating theater. The seating
capacity is for 1000 people and there are
boxes for the elite and a pit for the or
chestra. In addition. the vessel is suf-
fciently large to admit OF numerous
sleeping rooms for the actors, the deck
hand and all those connected with either
the show or the boat. The entire force
numbers 40. On the steamer which tows
the floating theater, besides the boilers
and engines, there is a complete electric
light plant, besides a kitchen and din.
ing room. The boat starts at Pittsburs
and visits the towns Of the coal miners
and steel workers along the Mononge.
hela river. Next II returns and goes
down the Ohio to the Kanawha, thence
to Cairo and later up the Illinois river
to LaSalle. Then after going back tc
the Mississippi. the boat slowly makes
is way In the direction Of New orleaua
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

II WAS "early" in the morning u
uvet dark when Mary had gone To
the tomb Of her Lord with sweet
snlees % TO annoint the body and not
finding It had "run,' TO tell "simon
PETER and the other disciples about
what she had seen. They fastened to
the sepulehre, Mary returning with
them. and entering into the sepulchre
oseeth the linen clothes lie, and the
napkin that was about his head not
living with the linen clothes, but wap-
ned together in a place by itself. Iheh
the disciples went away again unto
their own home. But Mary stood
without at the sepulchre weeping,
and while so engaged two angels say
INTO her. "Woman why weepesl
thou ?' Jesus then repeats the same
question to her, adding, "Whom seek
est thou? r But shs supposed him to
be the gardener, when the risen LORD
simply called her by name MARY
and then it was that as quick as
Thought she ciied out, "Rabboni,
which is osay Master" Though the
Christ had risen, the sun, the God of
the day had not. II was just as dark
As when be had said woman, but now
calling her by the familiar name she
knows it is not the gardener but the
Master.
Is there anything strange about this!
Had not this same saviour before his
death on the cross, said, perhaps where
Mary heard him, "He calleth his own
sheep by name, and leadeth them
Mothers voice is familiar to her
child. but it's Enthusiastically so when
she calls him or her by name. You
might not recognize the voice of your
friend in a crowd, and i'm a place you
were not expecting 10 see him, but all
uncertainty goes when he ~pronounces
the familiar name.
Mary went TO the sepulchre not TO
talk with a living Lord but TO annoint
his dead body, but the mere mention
Of her name dispelled her every doubt
and satisfied her that the body had
not been stolen aud that she stood in
the presence Of the conqueror of death
and the grave. How different this
from what we read Of Thomas, who had
TO see the wounds and thrust his
hands into them before he cried out:
"My Lord and my God"
There must have been sweetest and
closest communion between the Master
and Mary, and she must have often
heard him pronOunce that dear name,
that she should have been s 20 quick to
recognize the voice in the dark of tina,
early morning, and under conditions
so new and startling.
We are led to conclude that she never
missed an opportunity to meet with
and talk with him, while we know
that Thomas was absent on at least one
occasion when Jesus met with the rest
Of the Apostles and blessed them.
We may not expect to meet With
this Christ in our gardens, OF our homes,
or u places Of business, or in u sea-
sons Of pleasure, as Mary saw him, and
yet we are told to watch "for in such
an hour as we think not the son Of
man cometh.n
What a blessed privilege when he
does come again, to greet him As Lord,
our Master.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20
TO HIS SUNDAY SCHOOL rLASS.

Rockefeller misused an hour Of a re-
cent Sunday morning in giving to his
class the secret Of his success in world
iy Affairs, forgetting for the time, we
somehow think, that a man may gain
the world and yet lose his own soul.
And this Of another very rich man.
jay Could who as the end Of life ap-
preached, said: "If / did not hate
every man as cordially as every man
hates me should be unhappy, and yet
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20
FROM 4 TO WORSE.

We heard a veteran financier say re-
Gently that in these last days the strug-
gle for the Almighty dollar had be-
come so intense that more aud more
men We're lost to a sense Of bOnOr.
Pity. The truth is we have too many
things TO buy-telephones, electric
lights, bath rooms, automobiles &c
Why not strike a more moderate gait ?
We would live on less and yet have
more-more Of soul-rest and mental
peace.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

The man is to be enyied who has q
good farm well stocked and paid for.
uu There is no life as
independent and as
eu free from care, I'M
less n puts a lot Of useless worry IN It.
The poor farmer deeply in debt certainly
has an uphill pull, but even so, he is in
initely better of than his brother In the
city in similar circumstances, for with a
little effort the soil will give him a liv-
ing, and the poor man in the city is gam
bling with fate to a large extent. A
well equipped and well managed farm
which Is capable Of turning out every
year good crops and good stock is king
dom in itself. No capitalist in the city
lives better and more comfortably now
adays than the w~ell-to-do farmer who
has the telephone and the daily mail.
He generally has what the city capitalist
cannot buy at any price-peace and con-
tentment.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20
READ TESTIMONIALS
FARMvILLE, VA, March Is, 'Oi.

FARMvILLE, VA, March 2S, 'Oi.
This is to certify that we used Swift's
Tobacco Grower on our tobacco crop
last season and we are highly pleased
with it, and consider it one Of the best
fertilizers we ever used. The tobacco
cured nicely and had fine color and
sold well. VIII use it again.
ANDERSON * BONDURANT.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

There is plenty Of room in America
for all Americans, aud it is absolute
madness 10 be going abroad in search
of investments. Our roads and water
ways need all our spare millions and
strong muscles, and when we get
through with the essentials we can
then address ourselves to the ornamen-
tails
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

A lazy liver makes a lazy man. Bur
dock Blood BittersI IS the natural. never
failing remedy for a lazy liver.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

S%omerville. Mass. elected the milk
man for mayor, and what did be do but
devote a large part Of his first inaug-
ural address to the great waste Of wa
ter in his city.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

The United states Supreme Court
has sustained the judgment Of a lower
Court excluding an imported and i'm
pudent anarchist from our shores.
That's good. There is no room in our
broad land for any such cattle.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

But for the PIKE" they tell US there
would be no Exposition. What's
wrong with Virginia's Exhibition ?
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

One trouble about helping a mar to
get on his feet is that be may try to
Jump over your head.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20
To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

10 WHOM IT MAY NONIEHNt
/ cheerfully recommend TO all tobac-
co growers the use Of Swift's Special
Tobacco Manure. Having used it along
with other brands, am better salts
fed with the results obtained than
from any Of the rest used.
Respectfully,
G.. :. HAMLET.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

Terrible plaques. those itching, pest
ering diseases of the skin. Put an end
TO misery. Doan's Ointment cures At
any drug store.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

In the dismemberment of China, ia
pan is crying for piece, piece. when
there is no piece.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20
Herald and N. Y. World, sl.6O.

Go-Carts are "all the go" for going
babies. Doyne can please you in price
and style.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

The Joke that needs explaining is the
most pitiful thing in existence.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

Four vacant lots in west Farmville
50 X l40 for sale one hundred and fifty
dollars each separately or as a whole.
w. J. HuLLsMAN,
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

There are nearly 10000 known me-
dicinal remedies.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

The South Is urged to plant a full
cotton crop. That's all right If the
farmers are to gather in the profits.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

Waiting for gratitude to move a per-
son has some Of the characteristics of
melting molasses on a cake Of ice.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

Most things that ought to be are. de-
spite the groans Of grumblers.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

A mans minor expenses are what
control whether he will be rich OF not.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

Zone Of the Government scientists
asserts that germs can not live in mud
dy water" Then We will all live in
Richmond.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20
Herald and n. Y. World, 81 90.

Womenfn quick reiiefin Dr. Thacher's
Liver and Blood Syrup.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

Who cares for politics? The fish are
bitin'.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-20

The man is to be enyied who has q
good farm well stocked and paid for.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-05-20
StubbS came home from stag din

StubbS came home from stag din.
rvr some time alter midnight
dearest" said Mrs. Stubs from
her pillow. in cooling tone. I've
been lying here ever so long trying
% think Of the name of that Russian
vessel that the Japanese sank the
o:hcr day. What was it,
DO you mean the Petropovlovsk
my dear" asked the silly. unsuspect-
ing husband
"Thcre. John Stubbs." said she
starting up and glaring at him. "I've
caught you sir. You've been drink
ing. No Sobe. man could pronounce
that name.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-05-20

shield are not purer than the fires in
the breast it covers. His clarion
voice rang ont louder than the din Of
battle. like the bugle blasts OF the
Highland chief. resounding over hill
and mountain and glen, summoning
his clans to the defense OF home. and
liberty. 1t was the form and voice
~ Hill"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-05-20
Blue RIDGE RAIL ROAD.
x. c. BEA1TIE, Receiver.
In Erfeer JunsS, 1907.
ss-rveer Arderson al Walha,la
nAs-eorar wEsTBcCSD

All regular trains from Selton to Walhalar
have precedence over trains of same class
moving in the opposite direction unless 9th
r-wi se specified by train order.
Will atso stop at the tn!lowing stations TO
axe OF and let Of pa 8
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-05-20

Trains So and 81 arrive aud depart FROM
new union depot.
Trains q and 81 fro-o 4. .. L. freight S~r.ot,
West Gervais street.
For Rates, Time Tables, or further ira1r,na
tion call on any Agent. or write to
" 6. GHILDS, g. n F,MERSN;-
rce5t!9nc. Ira q, MAJ;
J. r. LIVINGSTON. T. M EMERaOh
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-12
OUTBREAK
 OF BOXERS Now Declared to Be h.
 evitable. MASSACRE OF FOREIGNERS Dates Set for Uprising of the
 Chinamen. United States Minister Conger Said to Have Threatened to Ask that American Troops Be Seat
 to Pel<in.
MASSACRE OF FOREIGNERS

Beloit Wis. Nov. 11.--Sensational in the extreme are the reports sent from Pekin by Charles F. Cannon of the American Bible Society. of another threatening Boxer uprising in China.
 Mr. Cannon says that second Boxer outbreak Is inevitable, and states in a letter to his father, E. M. Cannon, of this city, that United States Minister Conger Is alive to the danger. and has notified the Chinese ofiicials that unless the movement Is suppressed at once. he will request United States troops to be sent to Pekin. Mir. Gammon's letter reads, In part, as follows:
 T find the situation in some parts of the north very unsatisfactory, par. ticularly in Shangtung and Honan. Dates have been set for the slaughter of all foreigners and the general symp- toms resemble those of 1900.
 Several secret societies. including the Boxers. have united in a great society, the purpose of which we do not under stand. The officials are hopeless be- cause many of their underlings are members. In fact the officials are forced to obtain, information from mis- sionaries. The cause of the troubles do not know wholly, but heavy taxa tion Is one of them, This is being laid at the door of the foreigners"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-12
SOUTHERN TRAIN DITcHED.
Misplaced Rail Causes Wreck Near
 Cochran. Ga.

Misplaced Rail Causes Wreck Near
 Cochran, Ga.
 Macon, Ga. Nov. 1.-The Southern Railways fast train. No. IA, for Bruns- wick and Jacksonville. was ditched at an early hour this morning three miles below Cochran, Ga. Several coaches were overturned and thirteen persons were injured in the wreck, though none seriously.
 The accident was caused by a mis- placed rail. the spikes of which were either broken or had been removed. To the left of the track was a forty-foot enmarkment and had the train gone done on that side it is probable that a great loss of life would have occurred.
 The following is a list of injured in the wreck:
 E. Pollock, flesh wound in left leg. right arm and back sprained; J. N Long. Munsey, Ind, bruised right side; Mrs. J. N. Long. slight body bruises; Sam Schatz. Cleveland. O. sprained back and hip; Mrs. Schatz. slight cut over right eye; A. J. Bur- net, Sandy Point, Ga, sprained right ankle; G. Park, sharon. Pa. slight body bruises; J. Weinsburg New York sprained right ankle; Louis Zack Jacksonville, left leg bruised: W. Park, Ravenswood, W. Va. bruised head ana, leg; J. W. Young, Winston, N. C.. slight cut over left eye; Mrs. John Holden, Watthaus. Fla. bruise on left forehead. ,H r