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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-03-03

agents 10 ger IN tnelr me Work on.
The Judgeship Contest in the 5th Circuit.
From AppOmattor and Buckingham Times.
1 To THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY or Nm-
GINA.
In obedience to law ii will be your
duty to elect a successor to Judge
George J. Hundley as Judge Of the
Fifth judicial Circuit, and 1t is with
pleasure and confidence that we. the
undersigned resident and practicing
attorneys. in thel circuit present the
claims of Judge Hundley forre-election
For seven years he has presided over
our Court and by his courageous. i'm
partial and efficient discharge Of duty
and dispatch Of business, he has won
laurels and added dignity TO the judi
cial ermine, and his name viii form
strong connecting link in the chain "
Nirginia's distinguished judiciary. Asi
evidence Of his eminent fitness and /
qualifications for the position, we ice /
fer with pride TO the fact that during /
seven years administration of justice.
he has only been reversed four time.. (
Judge llundley is a man ofability. ex-
perience and culture; first elias. lave 7
yer. and we hone the time will ner,r
come in Virginia when the General
Assembly will turn out au able ar4
Judge simrlv t0 give nIaee f.
another who wants the office
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Ills RECORD As A 'inlis.
Al the close Of the war hc CONE
nenced the practice of law and soon
attained high rank IN his profession
lie has been lifelong Democrat and
Is such served in the House Of Dele
'ales and Senate Of Virginia, and un-
II his election as Judge was one Of
he most active and efficient State can
assers Tor the Democratic party. The
ceonpanying papers VIII demonstrate
nat he Is overwhelmingly the choice
] The bar officers Of court and people
the circuit, and We confidently rely
pom his reelection in accordance with
recedent under such circumstances.
nd as a just tribute To merit and
'orth.
+. w. HrnAnD, Commemorative
Attorney OF buckingham.
WIN. VI. SMITH Commonwealth
ttorney and late County Judge Of
cumberland, Va.
A. II. CLEMENT Of App0mattox bar.
a. b. ARMSTRONG. of Prince Ed
ard bar.
THOs. +. WATKINS. Common
ealth's Attorney. Of Charlotte county.
We publish as n matter OF news the
'Oye petition signed by n committee
a.. 49,.
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au '"iee'iout'nS Oh the resident bar
This circuit md about seven eighth
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-03-03

The Petersburg Iudex-Appeal is
happy over the prospect Of live
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-03-03

The fight over the Crewe Office wake.
warm. The engagement opened in
Petersburg, bat the storm-center has
now been transferred TO Washington.
Evidently there is not one referee"
m Virginia.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-03-03

The Faunville Il Powhatan is said
10 owe Sl,l2l,45S,9G. The young lady
has been almost as active aS fnancier
az was Mrs. Chadwick.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-03-03

Ex-senator Chandler threatens the
Senate in this wise: Unless you do
certain things Bryan will succeed
Roosevelt Well, if thesel things
ought TO be done and Bryan is neces-
sary 10 the doing thereof. what's the
matter with Bryan?
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-03-03

The Washington Post admits that
there is 10 he glitter and gold lace on
the 9TH Of March, and then asks why
not" For the simple reason there
will likely be snow aud sleet and
slush. Begin a canvass for a change
of day.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-03-03

Some one said the other day "poli-
tics is hell, " and now another SAYS ait
is the noblest calling known 10 man. -
How we mortals do differ, not only
on the liquor question but Oh all other
questions. And haven't we the God
given right TO think for ourselves?
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-03-03

The Senate has been called TO meet
in extra session:for l9m. on the the 4th
of March. AT this time the "hatchet'
and the big stick may be buried.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-03-03

There are a hundred George WASH
meions iu Washington. Mostly black
and generally one of the name is be-
fore the police justice ON the morning
of ihe 22nd Of February To answer
some criminal charge.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-03-03

Discussing an important public
question with respected fellow
townsman he said he read in his BIZ
hIe "li thy right hand onends thee
cutii Off but NOT if it offend, thy
ne'gahor Had sou thought Of it in
Chat light.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-03-03

many. very many OF ms will never
see Easter os late again as IL comes
tbi' year Noi until 1919 will 10 again
come So Tate. Imes-Dispatch.
We hope 20 be there and will he
eLnd % greet Won.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-04

he walked down the center aisle,
dressed In immaculate style, with his
sunset whiskers brushed and lowing,
trousers creased and his whole get Up
an impressive example OF the asartorial
aft The other populists in the house
grinned. while the republicans AMI
democrats sat amazed at this anomai-
Gus picture where they had been led to
expect man with hayseed In his hair
End wearing six dollar hand-me-
down suit of clothes.
Col. Lewis counted on making sem
sation, and he was not disappointed
From that day he was marked figure
In the house, and he never hesitated to
inject himself into debate on subjects
with which he was familiar. He was
always thoroughly posted on his sub
ject, and the late Speaker Reed on
more than one occasion expressed his
admiration for this aggressive sun
burst from the great northwest. Col
Lewis congressional career made him
a national figure, which has been
turned to good account in the pursuit
Of his profession of the law. He is now
a corporation counsel for Chicago and
is making more money than many OF
mis- old populistic colleagues ever
dreamed Of.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-04
urERARY PERSONALS.

Italy's greatest living poet, Giosue
Carducci, celebrated his seventieth
birthday on July q. Until q few
moEths ago he had retained his chair
as professor of classical literature at
the University of Boulogne, which he
first occupied in 1860.
Charles Frohman once produced a
play by Henry Arthur Jones which
failed SO utterly that it was withdrawn
after one performances. The author
cabled next morning: How Is It
going?" The manager answered: 1T
has gone.-Frohman.''
The woman who purchased MomEl-
sens ligrary and presented it to Bonn
university is the wife OF DR.. Won Rot
tenbarg, rector Of the university. She
is an American, the daughter Of p. j.
Phelps. who was United States minis
ter tc England during Mr.. Cleveland's s
first term.
Count Tolstoi's sense Of humor still
continues to exist. One day he WIS
discussing Ibsen with q friend. Sad
the latter: II have seen a great many
CT Ibsen's plays, but cannot say tina:
understand them. Do you?" Tolstoi
smiled and replied: "Ibsen doesn't un-
derstand them himself. He just writes
them and sits down and waits. After
while his expounders and explaine;s
come and tell him precisely what he
meant.
Horatio F. Brown, prominent Eng
lish writer on Venetian subjects, has
had singular experience with free.
The original draft of his first and best
known work, Life on the Lagoons :
perished in q blaze; the manuscript OF
his Study in the Venetian Inquial-
ton was burned in mail car two
years later. A similar fate overlook
both that Of his calendar of Venetian
State Papers and his Studies IN
Archaeology
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-04

OF his position in the New York mill
tia, is regular army officer, who
gave up his career as a military man
away hack in 1859 because Of the al
most hopeless outlook for promotion.
He was about tc attain his captaincy,
after having seen hard fighting In ths
civil war, but took the advice OF a
friend and resigned. Had he remained
in the service he would undoubtedly
have been a major general to-day.
The argument advanced to him and
which led to his resignation was pu.
to him in this way: There Is q big
hump ahead in the army. You will
grow old as captain OF company OF
men. You may reach the rank Of ma
jor, and if you stay in the army you
will likely die as major. a business
career offers more attractions. Should
there be hostilities you can get back
IN the army again with just as good a
rank as though you served continu-
ously."
Sometimes Gen. Oliver regrets that
he did not remain in the array, espe-
clally when he sees a brother officer, q
captain in the Eighth cavalry when
Oliver was a first lieutenant in the
same, now on the retired list as a
lieutenant general. This officer is Gen.
S. B. NJ. Young, the predecessor OF
Gen Chaffee in command Of the army.
But Gen. Oliver has had many consola-
tions for the sacrifice Of his military
ambitions. He came OF q military
family. especially on his mothers side
She was a Shaw in line that has
been famous in New England for three
or four generations. Gen. Oliver still
shows his military training In an erect
carriage, direct, almost abrupt, man
ner, and is remarkably handsome
and we'll preserved gentleman.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-04

and court-martials, which he attributes
to the misguided efforts of very good
people in securing the abolishment OF
the army canteen The soldiers now
go outside the army posts and patron
ize the lowest saloons and resorts.
where formerly they did the little
drinking they felt like indulging in at
the post under proper restrictions and
regulations, and were more contented
and better conditioned.
Maj. Harrod, of the Panama canal
commission, advocates the establish
ment on the canal zone Of the old army
canteen, with its sale of beer and othe-
light drinks. He does not advocate
what might be classed as wide open"
saloons, but believes that canteens or
clubs should be established, where men
could go and enjoy innocent games Iot
cards, billiards or bowling and, il s1
minded, could secure limited amount
Of light drinks. Recreation and ra.
tional amusement for American en-
ployes, he thinks, would help solve .he
problem OF making the canal zona
hab1iable for Americans. In discus
sing his idea the other day Commits
sioner Harrod said:
i Eve have between 1,400 and 1905
Americans employed on the canal
work, and those are the ones for wh3m
I am concerned, as their tastes vary
precisely the same as those of an equa!
number in this country. I have talked
with the other members of the COM
mission and we agree upon the neces-
sity fol amusement for these employees
My idea is the army canteen. where
an employe can go and find a bowling
alley or billiard table, and where he
can Rave his glass of beer, but where
he cannot play poker and cannot get
whisky"
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-04

cne conferred by party cancllses, and
Mr.. Tawney, on account Of his activity,
tact and loyalty to the leadership Of
the party, has been chosen again and
again tc attend to this work.
The position of party whip has de-
scen6ed to the American house from
the British parliament, where the
whip" who has the power OF arran-
ging pairs, is second only to the speak
er of the house Of commons IN impor-
tance. IN the American house of
commons the whip" looks after pairs.
but, III addition, has important pollt1
cal Guties to perform. When there is
measure to be voted on that is
known as a party measure 1t is his
luty to see that all the members Of
nis party are in attendance and that
none loses his vote through failure to
arrange q pair with the opposition
Mr. Tawney has been very successful
in his management of party matters
on tie floor Of the house, and has fire.
quently saved his party from defeat.
Probably the best work Mr.. Tawney
ever did was in connection with the
passage OF the Porto Rican tariff bill.
The republicans only had majority of
Is in the house, and there were six Of
these opposed to the bill, and there
we're four republicans absent without
pairs. BY skillful work and staying up
ali night prior to the final vote, Mr..
Tawney succeeded in pairing the abb
sent members and securing the con-
sent OF the republicans opposed to the
measure to remain impaired, and as a
result the bill passed by majority Of
pine. Mr.. Tawney feels that he has
earned the right to retire from this
tying position, and wants to abdicate
in favor Of some other republican in
the rext house.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-04

been the theme Of poets and writer's
since he first made his bow as q pub
lie character, has thousands Of friends
throughout the country, but In no city
does he count more than he does In
the nations capital. He Il m example
Of man turning ridicule into polit:ca:
and professional capital, and througa
excessive notoriety securing opportuni.
ty to display the real talents OF which
he Is possessed.
CO.. Lewis advent IN congress 10
still one OF the Cherished reminis-
cences Of the house. He came here as
I populist In the ranks with Jerry
Simpson and men of that kind. He
was too shrewd to appear on the open
ing day Of congress and take the oath
of Office in company with 356 other
members. Two days later he showed
up, ana when called on to subscribe to
the oath he had an opportunity ot at
tracing the attention Of everyone -
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-04
BY this time the crowd had In
creased and the excitement was In

BY this time the crowd had in-
creased and the excitement was In
tense.
How" said the CRATER, .'I am go-
ing to drive over there on the other
corner, and don't want you men
who have been in the last two pools
to follow me.
He then ordered his driFer to take
him to the opposite corner, and, OF
course, the whole crowd, including his
pool members, followed him. Again
addressing the crowd, he said:
Gentlemen, a few moments ago |
formed pool Of 36 men across the
street for the purpose of advertising
my firms famous corn salve. and al
though it cost me a little money yet
the amount given away is a mere
bagatelle compared with what we will
get as a result Of this ad.ertis:ng.
Then, opening large valise, he pro-
duced scme electric telts, and ex-
planned that he wanted to do little
advertising for them as well.
Now, gentlemen" he continued, Il
am going to form one or two, or pos
sibly three pools on these belts for
the purpose Of advertising them.
He then gave an excellent and con-
vincing talk on electric belts. and i'm
mediately proceeded as follows:
"Now, friends, want to impress
upon your minds that the more liberal
you are with me the more generous l
can be with you. Who will give me
$40 for this belt? Remember, am
going to leave it with each one of you,
to pass up any amount, from one to
twenty dollars no less than one, no
more than twenty, and the more lib
eral you are with me, the more gem
erous | can be with YOU" And look
ing straight at well dressed business
man. he said:
Haven't you confidence enough in
me to pay me $40 for this belt?'
Eyes, sir, / have" said the man,
passing up $50 bill and receiving q
belt.
Now" said the CRATER, Il wish you
would stand right over on this side
Of the carriage until ask you to hold
up your belt Now" he continued,
ewho will give me SO for this one?"
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-04
BY j. T. JOHNSTON.

BY j. r. JOHNSTON.
(Author Of Twenty Years of Hus' ling. -
What Happened to Johnston.')
Copyright. 1905, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
The day OF the old-time give-away
graft apparently will never end.
The first time ever saw this game
played ! was eight years Of age, and
the last time was So. / found it to
be the same agar ago as it was As
years ago, except that In the latter
instance the suckers were more plen-
tiful Perhaps the modern CRATER
was the more cle7er of the two; ut
any rate, he was clever enough.
He would go out upon the streets
In livery carriage on q circus or
county fair day, after having fixed"
the chief OF police. While the driver
logged the team along the main street,
the CRATER would stand up in the car
riage throw silver rieees and dollar
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-04

staff and find his way to the top OF
tic latter in that manner He will go
back to the Philippines within the next
duty there. His determinaticr to fore
go pleasant berth in sllingtcn.
which. undoubtedly could have been
his, is looked on as a very shrewd
move on his part, as active duty in
the field is more likely to reconcile
some of the old men in the army to the
idea of his rapid promotion than
would stay in Washington.
It is generally believed that the con-
tinuation of his duties in the Philip
pine islands will mean that Gen. Wool
will succeed Gen. Corbin as command
er Of the Philippine division. There Is
more opportunity in those far OF
island possessions for an officer to
make a reputation than In any other
department of the army. As Gen. Cor
bins successor, he may have an on
portunity to add to his reputation. and
it is predicted that before President
Roosevelt's term expires Gen. Wood
will be at the head of the army a.
lieutenant general.
Gen. Wood has made some very
strong recommendation regarding the
srmy in the Philippines, and even his
worst critics must admit that he shows
a comprehensive knowledge of the sit-
uatioE there and the reforms that ara
needed. He recommends an increased
pay allowance for the non comnis-
sioned officers, he recommends the
abandonment Of the old haversack, the
adoption of shorter overcoat and the
issuance of the bolo to all foot troops
He asks for an increase Of pay to ex-
pert riflemen and makes other sugges
tions that are recognized as eminently
practicable and very valuable AmoEg
other things he suggests that efforts
lie made to have number OF oncers
acquire knowledge Of Chinese AMI
japanese.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-04

and turning to one OF three colored
! men who stood near, he said: Have
you got $40. sir?"
eyes, sab, has" came the reply.
well, then, give it to me and take
this belt shouted the crater and
the darky meekly Gid as requested.
Now" said the CRATER, "yol tand
on this other side of the carriage"
Then he asked for SIS investor, at
the same time amounting that one
or two dollars would be accepte d, and
Immediately food of one and two
dollar s'ills came pouring in.
Those who paid one dollar he lined
up in one row, and the two dollar men
in another, asmonishing a that none
should leave until he was through
with them.
After the one and two dollar rush
he call d for ano her five dollar In
vestor, still repeating: 1.-THE more
liberal you are with me-, the more gen.
erous can be with yon.' Two men
came forward, each with SIS bill
| and then four more followed, all OF
whom were lined up by themselves.
At this juncture he began another
talk on the wonderful curative proper
ties of the belts, ana then called for
four more $40 investors, whom he
soon found, together with still five
others, making altogether ten $2o
dupes.
Turning to the two colored men who
! stood looking on. he sad: "Why
haven't you men bought?"
because we hain't got no money y
came the reply.
Addressing their co'6rsd corlrade in
the $40 row, the CRATER sad:
Here, loan these men two dollars
apiece which he instant y did, and
before they had time to get into line
he once more turned to the old eel.
cred man and said:
Here, loan your friends each an
other two dollars, and hurry up be.
fore I close these pools"
AS II completely under his control
the old darky handed it over and the
CRATER handed each another electric
belt.
BY this time he was re ady for more
SO investors, and soon had at least
q dozen Of them. Then he wanted q
larger pool of IS investors, and as il
| In duty bound to contribute their
share, several who had stood out to
| the last came forward.
AS 1t now began to look as II he
, were closing up at least 20 men came
forward with from one to two dol.
lars. and were lined UP where they
belonged.
Suddenly the CRATER, as If hearing
some one In the crowd making re.
marks, said:
whats that! Was that meant fol
me?"
And looking intently in one direc'
i tion, as though greatly wrought up:
SO you are going to cut out my heart
are youy Well, now, well see about
/ that.
Reaching IN his valise, he brought
out m ugly looking corn cutter, with
q blade fully Is inches long, and caro-
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-04

bills right and left and shout at the
top Of his voice that he intended to
distribute $4,000 on the stress that
afternoon.
AS soon as q large crowd lad gath
cred af the corner at which he stopped,
he began extolling the wonderful
curative properties Of a corn salve
which was put up in wooden toxes.
Had he been actually selling the rem
edy on its merits, he couldn't have
made 4 stronger or more effective
talk.
Finally, bringing forth his big roll
Of money, he said: II have system
Of advertising this salve that will
make every man who deals with me
remember 1t as long as he lives. Now,
gentlemen, the more LIBERAL you are
with me, the more generous | can be
with You. MY purpose to-day is, first
to sell one dozen boxes of this salve,
and want every man who makes
purchase to remain right here. ready
to hold up the box in plan view when
1 ask him to do so. Now then, VINO
will give me ten cents for this box?
Remember, the more liberal you are
with me. the more generous can be
with you. and shall sell but one
dozen boxes now. Who will give me
ten cents for this one?"
In an instant, four Gozen hands
were up, each holding ten-cent piece.
After handing out II boxes, he re-
fused to sell any more for the time
being.
When the IL boxes had been deliv-
cred and paid for, he lined up the IL
buyers Ia row and said:
.You have been liberal with me,
now I'll be generous with you. !"
Then, turning to the first man, he
asked him If he would be satisfied to
receive back twice the amount he had
paid, and keep the remedy, too.
when the man said he would, the
CRATER handed him 20 cents. saying:
.sNow, sir, viii you promise me. eth
er to use this salye yourself, or give
II to some one who will, and not for
get the name Of it :" t
The man agreed and the CRATER
did the same thing and demanded the
same promise in the case OF each OF
the others.
Now, gentlemen" he went on, Il
am going to make up another POOL for
advertising purposes; but remember,
nome 0f the u who were in this pool
can come ID With the next. Don't
forget, gentlemen, the more liberal
you are with me, the more generous
lean be with you. Now. then. here
are two dozen boxes. Who will give
me s26 cents for this box? Who is
the nrst man to show me that he has
confidence Ii me?'
IN jiify, hundred hands were up.
each holding quarter.
When two dozen had been passed
out and the cash received for them.
he lihad up two rows Of u men each,
and. exacting from each the same
promise as before, he gave back to
every buyer his 25 cents and 26 addi-
tional, and allowed each to keep his
box of salve. &
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-04
Picture on q Man.

A deserter from the British army
was identified recently by the follow
ing tattoo marks upon him: A cross
on the left forearm, with the words
I'm loving memory a jockey with two
flags, Buffalo Bill, a heart on the back
Of the left hand, horseshoe with
crossed whips, cross with the figure
Of soldier leaning on it, pierced
heart, q Leart on the right forear a, e
heart with clasped hands, soldier and
q girl.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-04
European Armies.

The armies OF continental countries
are the first branch OF the service.
The cost OF the French army is $135.-
O00, 900 per annum. Germany can put
into the field 9 vast, well-equip
army for $160.Qo0, 900 4 yez- The Rus
sian ar-y, another tremendous ma
chine, costs $500 900 600 q rear. In
cluding India, England IS paying
$265. .o0o. 900 year.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-04
Drunkenness Among Soldiers.

Al. GEN. FRED.
erick D. Grant has
raised his voice in
favor of the res
toration Of the
canteen to army
POSTS. In his an
nual rerort just
published he caus
attention to the
increase in drunk
enness among sol-
diers and conse-
quent desertions
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-04
Gen. Wood in the Philippines.

Al. GEN. LEON
ord Wood seems
to be on the direct
road to become
lieutenant general
of the army with
in a comparative
" few years. He
has d is cr e dited
the story that he
was to remain in
this country to go
upon the general