The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-02-05

noon, my thoughts turn to home, to
old Buckingham and its cherished as
sOcalions, and one thought Is, that
perhaps you and your readers may not
be averse to reading few lines from
your old correspondent.
The winter, the unbroken chain Of
weeks upon weeks Of cold, rasping cold
is the topic Of conversation everywhere
through all this South Western, and
West Va, cOuntry-and 80 extremely
and continuously dry too-no rain, not
one-fourth Of an inch has fallen since
the l-t Of November. New River, i
am told, is lower than ever known IN
January. ] think Of tobacco stripping,
and # it it is anything like same cod
ditIons existing in Buckingham a.
here, you can have had no season"
yet, which means extra expense aud
extra rush later on when plows should
be running. Truly the farmers lot
seems growing harder and harder. I'm
propitious seasons, unreliable labor, I'M
regenerated aud soulless corporations
to fix the lowest limit possible as the
price Of their products, and the least Of
these is the first; for the farmer bows
in submission to the will Of the Crea-
tor, but rebels against the unscrupu-
lous dictates Of his human brother.
l have personally left the farm, at
least temporarily, am selling the best
thing on earth that is for sale to-wit--
Education; good health is the most de-
sirable Of all earthly blessings, but you
cannot buy it, therefore / say educa-
tion-in all its broad meaniug-is the
best thing that there is for sale; but /
am not advising others to quit the farm,
and believe when the farmers Of our
land will educate" themselves up to
the point Of cooperation and cohesion
attained by these gigantic combinations
that control the markets Of the world,
and it is possible that the farmers
themselves will be again on top.
The TOD ,ccO farmers Of the Southern
states can easily secure in two years
from now just twice the price per
pound they are receiving this year for
their crops; this is as completely de-
monstratable as that and make 4
LIST. Get together and bind yourselves to
reduce each crop One-half in area. 2nd
The financially strong must come to the
help Of those financially weak, and Bird.
Possess yourselves Of the same cohesive
qualities that your plunderers-the To-
bacco Trust-show they have, and this
result is reached. Selfshness must be
eliminated, and the combination Of
farmers must be universal, practically
30. This is my idea and / wish / were
amongst you to aid in bringing It
about see with pleasure that Prince
Edward and Cumberland have joined
the procession, but don't read any
where that Buckingham is in the fight,
and if something after this order is not
done throughout the tobacco region it
looks as though the Southern Planter Of
today, will be more a slave to this great
Trust than the negro was to his own
Master in the COS and before.
l am glad to read that the choking
"drynessn Of Farmville has changed to
"dampness." This will bring cheer to
many a tired out wagner during
February and March who tugs and
pulls his team through miles Of ruts
and slush from Buckingham, Cumber-
land &c, and reach the tobacco metrop-
oils tired and bedraggled with mud.
I have often fell that a mug or two Of
beer after padding through Is miles
Of mud with load Of tobacco went
down With more real delight than at
any other time, and have often wish
ed that my tired tagged horses, had
been taught like Dick Turpins' Black
Bess to drink beer, that their enjoy
ment may have been enchanced also.
"Dirt, hunger. rags lose half their sting
''soothed with the soiace thou can'st
bring"
The city Of Roanoke has recently
passed through the throes Of "local
option" election, and the prohibiuonists
we're beaten 2 to !. They say the
preachers and the women did ii, The
former by incorporate speech, the
women by incorporate conduct. a
long line Of women followed by lon
ger line Of children headed by the fife
and drum band paraded the streets Of
the city, passing the several voting pre-
cints three or four times during the
day. The "Carrie Nations And these
were Virginian ladies. This was the
last straw, and / heard many voters
that day say that this scene so Disgust
ed them they voted wet, or declined to
vote at all. The taste and desire for
stimulants is an Unborn quality. Some
take tea and colies, others morphine,
still othert distilled spirits, beer, wine
&C. but in some form brother we know
it has been in use eyer since the flood
and las it was in the beginning" &c
20 it will be to the end; and why sensi-
BILE men-a man like Judge w. HH
Mann for instance-can imagine for
one moment the possibility Of stamp
ing out the use Of stimulants as q
beverage by the human race is a mys-
terry. Like dynamite, strichnine &C.,
it is very dangerous to fool with, but
properly restricted their sale is com
paratively safe the world over, and
men can buy these things almost any
where. SO let it be with wine and
spirits, put all sorts and kinds Of re-
stricton around it, high license, a pen
atty for treating, record Of each mans
! 4 n a feaff4l. aud