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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-12-14

japanese are numerous 800 that part
+" ihe country aai doubles, ia the
mA.n represent the lowest class of
Japanese Neither does the President
Know amy better than we. and his
stand as mapped out Doe The message
ana ihe suggestion that he will use
army and navy So ar as he ha, the
power to bring about what he con-
,ider The proper treatment for the
japanese appears q high handel pro-
ceeiing We OF the South can appre-
cIaic One posItiouof our friends ON the
Pacific for we know how 90 resent out
ward interference with the negro' sill
uauou
The President, suggestion %. to the
r.ghtof appeal ON The part Of the
government In criminal prUeedings
seems 90 over look the fact that this
does not rendera case being brought
toate,t n the higher court as inn
possible Should the same case
arise. anal as he says Judgment 20
against theaccu,cd. De canappeal and |
thc decision of supreme Court, should /
BE- go So high, VIII be- The precedent TO |
oc thereafter followed mall cases.
ln tAematter of currency what he /
advocates eclipse- the free silver doc
iHne which wa, promulgated 10y Mr..
Bryan and other, Co rcctify similar
conditions o those Of the present,
sought 20 be aile,iated by National
Bank, issuing more notes boz proportion
Do their capital
Altogether we would say that the
message is chiefly striking in 10, COM
nonp.accnes- of expression, yerbosity
and silence 900 the question Of the
anT
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-12-14
SHAMEFUL GRAFT.


Tire state of affair, in san Francisco
resulting in the indictment of Mayor
Schmidt and the now hated Ross"
rule is mo,t ,amentable Gran pnder
any Circumstance. 4. i1dereo.ihle and
criminal brf in the ,rs..,, .,se fl,
.nrna-.e. oon0rehso.io, and .no.,.
one.. .en.hut.e. beyond e,,,ro..,or
r,er.ii.rr,,5 c,- ,l,.e., -.
sufferers ha. been Numbered h, those
JOB whose hands 10 was p'aced .for the
proper distribution I'm the channel.
where ID wa. mo.t NODDED Neorly q
million dollar. s,orto... il. r.,.or,ot :,
,hi, fund which at hest was for ~
sufficient FIR tbs n,,r,. e. r,- a,i,h
IL wa. rsi..l
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-12-14
NEED VINOL
IFS Goa liver oil elements hea
and strengthen the lungs

Many people inherit weak luns
which are likely TO be attacked : =
consumption. SO also are lungs veal :.
ened by disease or by a stubborn hsgl :.
ing cough
Ninol, which is "a real cod livernr,, H.
aration with all the useless oil elir,
mated and tome iron added. >trenrrl =
ems weak lungs and gives one the pot -
or 70 throw of was ing diseases.
w e ask every person suffering fna n
weak lungs, stubborn hacking eougF IS
or any wasting disease to try Ninol n
our oller 70 return money II il far 5.
II. {. Crute IL Co., Druggists d.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-12-14

The Burlington railroad very prompt
ly paid the fines imposed con- it- oi-
cisls by the United State, Court iorrc-
batting as we'll As the fines imf osed on
the railroad company itself Does
anyone believe that thi. kind of
punishment will make railroad Ollie
cisls obey the law, ii il is 20 the iu-
terest Of the railroad company 90 break
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-12-14
AMELIA COUNTY


lltccNlNtl IN, l.'0..
The "Glee Club" met with lus,
Edith Davis last Friday night Those
present were Misses Annie and Alma
Glenn, Mary and Bernice Boum. Mrs.
r. \. Johns, Misses Lille Carter and
Flora Berry; Messrs Alvin and ir-
wing Kennedy, Bob Lee and Wit Ho-
rum, Willie Morris. Thomas Vaughan
Herbert Glenn. Il. a. Johns. Willie
Farley, Claude Farley and Irving
Noble.
Dancing was INDUCED .u until tle
wee small hours Of morning
Music was furnished hy Ne-,r.
p. II. Parker, Jim Bowman and ll-
wing Noble. Refreshments were serve
ed about 1890 O'Clock.
Mr.. Bob Borum, of ~tauuton. is
visiting his brother, Mr. "NeUbl
BOrum.
Mr.. VIII Morris d, attending -caoo.
in Burkeville.
\ steer that can get il when Dec Wanis
II will consume about onc-if,h OF 20
pound Of salt per week.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-12-14

President Roose,elr, remark, ON
The separation Of the japanese from
The whites in the san Francisco
schools have been praised by the
japanese papers. We have seen no
praise in any newspaper printed in
lhis country. Had thu issue been
raised IN the South, nothing but
ridicule and abuse would have been
seen in the pres, Of the North and
w est. But the shoe pinche, in the
w est tnis fine. That makes q diff
ference.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-12-14
Variety Qualify and Quantity
MAKE BIG CUTS

in present prices Many % cent articles will on the Is
Many Is articles will the 10 cent coun
Many o articles will 90 the cent counter
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-12-14
ROOSEVELT's SPELLING

The House Appropriations Com
mittee has recommended "that here
after in printing documents authoriz-
ed by law, or ordered by either
branch OF Congress. the Government
Printing Office shall follow the rules
of spelling Of Webster's Dictionary
This is considerable jar to Roo,e-
yelt's ukase that the simplifed SMELL
ing be adopted and used. .Simplified
spelling was making good headwav
in this country until Roosevelt "but-
ted in' and offended even the SYM
pathizers Of the movement. Several
newspapers and magazines and manv
scholars were u,ing several of the
words listed in the group Of three
hundred. To a few years the large
majority of these words would have
been IN common use Many Of them
were already in common use. But as
soon as Roosevelt, with that consum-
ing egotism that so greatly mars his
character, announced that he desired |
this spelling and eudeayored to use /
his official position TO force his point }
the public turned and would havo
none OF it. Today the Simplif al
Spelling Board regrets the adhe, e,.a
of President Roosevelt.
Only one thing remains nov, 70 no
discussed by Roosevelt lie has No,
yeugiven as a pladtudinois di.oui
sition on the rings Of Saturn. with the
moral attached. Doubtle - he will do
this ln his next messag, Meanwbile
let as all try to follow the "little
Fathers advice and be good
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-12-14

Deacon Rockefeller is said to az
prove the calling Of an Encyclopaedia
er for the New York Fifth Avenue
Baptist Church Would not tli. la
borer in the vineyard come under the
same ban as other contract Iaborer
imported ? There certainly should tc
protection for the American raised
minister against the pauper compcti-
tor from other countries o. Mr. Rookie
Teller and the other Republican dea-
cons are sincere in their standpat-m.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27
The Country Nswsnanar


IT'S the little country newspaper that.s
published way back home;
IL Follows us about each week, no mat
ter where we roam.
We cannot do without the sheet; It's
gossip keeps our touch
Upon the folks we left behind and that
we still love much.
The art called Typographical NJ is a
stranger to:
The little paper isn't often handsome to
the view.
1t is no gold mine, either. for ye editor;
it's good
When he can get subscriptions paid in
vegetables or wood.
NO learned disuuisilions writes this
editor on themes
Political or weighty; in the fabric of
his dreams
lie cons them not; he knows that his
subscribers he must please.
SO nils his columns up with chat-with
items such as these:
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27
SIRENS AND SUCKERS

| Any man who, in order to secure a
wife, feels that he must advertise for
her or answer any Of the numerous
advertisements women insert along the
same line, generally gets not what ne
is looking for, but what he most as
suredly deserves. And no sympathy
is wasted upon such y.ctms of their
own increGdlity, either.
New York just now is having much
fun over the victims Of fake matri-
monial bureau and love emporium
operated by a sleek confidence woman
of many aliases. BY means of we'll
worded advertisements she has duped
scores of soft-headed individuals and
has made small fortune out of their
folly Now she laughs at her victims
and tells them cheerfully that they
have merely awakened from rosy
dreams of their own imaginings.
Ethically, morally and doubtless le-
gally, this much named woman is
wrong. But practically and by the
rules of loves own game, she is dead
right and no one may gainsay her.
The men who bit at her quite obvious
and avarice; they played dangerous
sucker" game knowingly and they
lost. Most of them knew this and took
| their medicine in silence and chagrin.
OF course such feminine spiders
should be punished; that is to the pub
lie interest, and in the cause of So
ciety's good. Men think they are very
smart and that they know it all, but
these creatures demonstrate that the
masculine in their hands is a con-
summate fool, and hence they must be
restrained. But it is for this reason
and not from any sympathy for the
victims that action is taken against
these sirens.
! The fact is that the world recognizes
only one legitimate course on the part
Of the man who would wed. He must
win his wife in honor and in fair COM
petition from his fellow man and not
try to draw her as he would a turkey
in rattle or a prize in a lottery. In
other words, he must go at the game
with his eyes open, knowing what he
wants and determined to have that
or none. Then, If he fail, he does so
honorably, and no one may jibe at him;
If he win, he secures the appreciation
of all his fellows. He may have to
work and fight valiantly for his prize,
but once won, he loves her the more
for the strenuous struggle and feels
himself more the man for his conquest.
But the man who goes into the mat
rimonial advertisements for his Iife's
partner seeks TO shirk the strife and
the struggle; to secure her without ef-
fort and to win her by luck and not
by warfare. He is a coward, a quitter,
a seeker for that which he dare not
claim; and when he is "bilked," as
most often he is, he arouses no SYM
pathy and wins no compassion; II is
generally felt that he has only "got
his"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27
SLANG IN ENGLISH SOCIETY

Is society giving up using the
slipshod clipped jargon which was
talked a few years ago, and which was
open to imitation? The affirmative is
maintained in society paper, but with
regard to this point an authority
writes:
II cannot say that slang is going out
among the smart set, but it is con-
stantly changing, so that only the in
itiated-that is, the chosen few who
are constantly meeting-can tell which
words are in vogue. Woe betide any
outsider who, trusting to what he or
she knows of ordinary slang, tries TO
join in and do likewise!
For what a certain exclusive section
of society indulge in is not slang as the
world in general understands the term.
1t is rather a Freemasonry in language,
a kind of secret code known only to
themselves-in fact If you will, their
own particular slang, distinct from any
other. This little language was in
vented by one of themselves in mo-
ment of inspiration many years ago,
and 1t has lasted with notifications TO
the present moment.
ITO the outsider who is interested
one may say that 1t consists wholly of
abbreviations, and is therefore as labor
saving an invention as the typewriter.
Thus in the words Of the smart set,
'neury' stands for neuralgia, 'champy'
for champagne, 'divy' for divine, 'um-
bey' for umbrella, 'Kensey' for Ken
sington and so on.
1T is almost too foolish to print,
but 1t IL a phase of modern life and
so may command an instant's atten-
tion. No. the jargon of cliques and sets
will never die. London Mail.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27
CHICKEN cRAMMINe MACHINE

The chicken was rather stringy and
tough.
Chicken will continue to be stringy
and tough" said the chicken farmer,
until the cramming machine is uni
versally adopted.
There is one way-and it's a cruel
way-to have perfectely tender and de-
licious chicken. That is to pen up the
birds a month before killing time, give
them no exercise and feed them with
examining machine.
This machine is mounted, usually
on wheelbarrow. It's hopper contains
the feed, a rich mixture of milk. fat
and ground oats. Attached to the hop
per are a flexible rubber tube and a
hand pump.
"The farmer at feeding time wheels
the machine where the chickens are
confined, takes the birds up one at a
time, shOves the end of the tube three
inches down the throat and pumps in
food until the crop is filed.
THE chickens sauawk and struggle
They don't like to eat that way. In
fact they loathe the very sight of the
cramming machine.
"But the main thing is that, thanks
to their confinement and to the hatod
cramming machine, the birds eat the
greatest possible amount Of food and
take the least possible amount of ex-
ercise, putting on healthy fat and de-
veloping a tender fine grained flesh In
manner impossible to the ordinary
barnyard, hustling, strenuous chicken
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27
News From Home

When the mail comes in from the east
these days, and the letters are
passed around.
There's always a rush on the part o.
me till the backbone paper is
found:
Then 1 light my pipe and peruse the
sheet-it's muddy" and badly writ,
But 1t tells me what all the folks are
at and L almost swear by it!
John Jones' pig. that he killed last
week. had mighty fine hams We
know.
AS John remembered ye editor "They
tell us that Eph is slow
When hanging AROUND the Squaggins
house" "The daily mail has been
late
This week" "The carpenter had to put
new hinges on Hawkins gate
"Jim Miller's corn will be shucked right
soon" THE sociable 'tother night
Was a fine success" There's a rumor
out that the railroads going t fight
The Waters suit for the COW it killed"
strangers rented the Osgood
place."
"Si Haskins lost about fifty plunks on
his gray mare In the race"
"The Hicks-Jones wedding was very
swell; the cake was especially
good"
"There'll be an auction at Widow
Fells.' TITS generally understood
That wheat is backward" ''The Has
kins mule kicked Rufus and broke
his leg"
"old Grandma Mittingen's cider mill has
turned out nigh forty keg."
So on, the chronicles go; they tell init
mate news and woes
OF those know; what city sheet can
give me items like those7
That's why 1 rush for the ''Bungtown
Blade" whenever the mail is due.
For city papers do not care. long side
Of the "Blade"-would you?
w II G
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27
FoR MoRKnRs To PoNbER

Nothing but industrial disturbances
can prevent the coming fall and winter
season from being the most active, In
general business lines, that ever he's
been experienced In Los Angeles. That
Is the consensus of opinion among dis
cerning business men, and all indica-
tions attest its correctness. All condi-
tions are favorable with the single ex-
ception Of uncertainty in regard to
labor. Strikes or lockouts would be
harmful and possibly disastrous. No
thing else that Is conceivable need be
feared
It Is dlflcult TO understand how any
intelligent, home-loving citizen of Los
Angeles can look with favor upon a
proposition to clog the wheels of the
city's progress by preclpitating a rup-
ture between employers and employees.
tion Of the average worker so salts
factory as 1t is now in Los Angeles.
Wages are exceptionally high, the hours
of labor are moderate and employment
is permanent for all capable and trust
worthy men.
Consideration of a strike, In these
circumstances, is a very important mat
ter. 1t concerns not only the relations
of capital and labor, but the domestic
comfort of the families of workers.
Thousands Of Los Angeles workers own
their own homes, earned by hard work,
close economy and wifely helpfulness.
A prolonged strike would be likely to
mean the mortgaging Of homes for
money to meet living expenses. Thou
sands of other such workers might fear
a more serious situation. They are the
class who are In the act Of paying for
homes on installments. A stoppage of
earnings might mean reversion of their
homes to the original owners, and the
made.
The liking for strikes which seems to
characterize San Francisco should not
be allowed to take possession of Los
Angeles now. The two classes, gener-
ally speaking, differ widely. The work
ingman's home, paid for wholly or
partly, is comparatively unknown in
San Francisco. No thousands of cozy
cottages, with lawns and shrubbery,
mark the dwelling places of San Fran
cisco's workers, as they mark the
homes of wage earners in Los Angeles.
Tenement life, with all it's discomforts,
is the fate Of the northern worker, and
the delight Of an independent hope that
of the latter.
These thoughts evidently are finding
lodgment in the minds of workingmen
in this city who have been inclined to
listen to strike suggestions. Reflection
is convincing thoughtful men in the
building line of the folly of risking what
they have earned and of taking the
chance Of being Obliged to seek en-
ployment elsewhere.
The sober second thought" should
lead all workers who have regard for
their own welfare and that of their
families to make hay while the sun
shines" and to guard against the pro-
verbal rainy day."
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27
Our cHARTER nor A MODEL

If George Clifton Edwards, secretary
Of the Trades Assembly committee Of
Dallas, Tex, is attempting to perpe-
trste a Joke on the city Of Los Angeles.
the city attorneys department thinks
his humor is not in the best Of taste,
to say the least. He has written the
mayor for a copy Of the city charter,
saying he wishes specimens Of the best
city charters in order to remodel that
of Dallas.
Through the referendum Dallas has
decided to make certain changes I'm her
government that will necessitate a
complete revision Of her charter. The
Dallas Trades Assembly has appointed
committee to draft amendments to
be presented to the state legislature.
But If Dallas forms her ne wcharter
on the one now in use in Los Angeles,
Assistant City Attorney Hewitt fears
there may be complications. Los An
geles is credited with having one of the
worst out-at-elbows-and-k frayed-
at-the-edges charters that can be found
anywhere In the country. This Is due
to the numerous amendments that have
been made from time to time. several
amendments conflicting with the origi-
nal charter, leaving loopholes that a
fair-sized elephant could crawl through
at a pinch,
But this will not always be so. A
new charter revision committee is soon
to be appointed to present amendments
to the state Legislature giving Los An
geles the privilege of having an entirely
new charter, and when the new charter
is secured 1t will not be so full of
freaks and holes as the present one.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27
A Kindly wIsh

As the dignified and ponderous police
man connected with the slip of banana
peel and sprawled on the pavement, one
OF the bystanders breathed regretfully,
II wish Tom Lawson had been here to
see THAR!
why do you wish that?' asked one
who overheard
because" returned the FIRST, ut
would give him such pleasure to see a
fall IN any copper security"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27
Looking for Trouble

Ed Bge was in town Tuesday getting
some bills printed for his sale, which
takes place August 80. Ed says he is a
candidate for matrimony on the inde-
pendent ticket this fall, and that when
the first good looking widow of the
same mind comes along there will be
something doing.-Troy (las) Chief.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27
Trustful JENNINGS

M. S. jennings of near Clinchport was
here Friday night attending the meet
ing Of the Odd Fellows, Of which lodge
he is an honored member. He paid our
office a genial call and left 81 In our
keeping.-Gate City (Va.) Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27
Another "standpatter"

An Atchison woman has been in the
habit of using the same kind Of soap for
years and will use no other kind There
Is only one store in town where it can
be had, and If they are out the woman
wears her dirty face until it comes
Atchison (Kas.) Globe.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27

Considering the wonderful outpour-
ing to welcome home Mr.. Bryan. Pres
ident Roosevelt must feel rather small
that he didn't accept the invitation to
head the especially since
he has stolen SO many clothes from the
Bryan wardrobe
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27

Shakespeare. DR.. Samuel Johnson,
Swift, Goldsmith. Addison, Pope. Ten
nyson, Hawthorne. Lowell. LongfelIow,
Holmes-they didn't need phonetic
spelling, and they We're masters of
English literature, too, Teddy.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27
Printer oets Another Drink

John r. Gooding was in town Tues
day walking around as active as a
boy, and while here made printer
feel good.-Madison (Va.) News.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27
How They Behave In Iowa

John Pearson was in town Tuesday
with satchel full of money and bank
notes and things. He sold a two-year-
old colt Monday for $780, No wonder
he can wear good clothes-Washingt
Ga) Democrat.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27

Let it be understood that the cry Of
it's use in case of fire. The reopened
saloons and the readmitted wines take
care of the thirst -quenching problem.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27
Among Friends at Last

Miss Edna Reynard of Baltimore,
who has been visiting relatives here for
several weeks, went to Bowmans on
Wednesday, where she will be with
friends until tomorrow.-Edinburg (Va.)
Sentinel.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27

Those Russian revolutionists don't
seem to have any better sense of aim
than do the czar's soldiers, when they
slay twenty-eight persons in trying
vainly to kill Stolypin.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27

That Frenchman who has set himself
the task of fasting eight days in a
coffin evidently wants to save his rela-
tives any trouble if the worst comes to
the worst.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27

When one lone woman can present
twelve good reasons why a street
should not be opened, pray who would
blame the board of public works If II
didn't open the thoroughfare?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27

Campers above Azusa who saw a sea
serpent in San Gabriel river at this
stage of its waters must have had along
a peculiarly potent supply of fish bait.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27

About the only friends the president
has in his attempt toward phonetic
spelling are the small urchins who pre-
fer to play hockey rather than con
their dictionaries.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27

Probably the next time Leo Young
worth gets federal office snap-if
there is next time-hell keep his
fingers of the hot end of the poker in
county affairs.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27

James f. Aylor, the thrasherman, was
In to see us on Monday. and left a little
dough to continue his paper on.--Madi-
son (Va) News.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27

OF course the United States will help
Chile; it has already started the re-
lief work without waiting for official
orders. And San Francisco. the re-
Gently stricken city, began it.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27
A Couple Of Swift Ones

Henry Runner of Amaqua township
and his son of Green county left Tues
day morning for their new home at
Dickey, N. Dak.-Pilot Mound Qowa)
Monitor
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27

Still. though Bobby" Mccall is the
pet of the county jail. it is safe to say
that he will gladly leave that bastile
when his time is up.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27
This ACCOUNTS for a Few

Mary Few, the little daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Vernon Few, who has beer
sick for some time, is now much better.
-Hendersonville IN. c. Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27

The strike of it's street railway en-
ployes adds one more to San Fran
cisco's burden of woes. Maybe Sar
Francisco is sorry by now that 1t SC
thoroughly tied itself up with union
lah
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27

That the peekaboo bug should de-
scend upon Avalon just at this partieu-
lar part of the season is little short Of
tragedy. Why couldn't it have ap-
peared in December?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27

Judging by the blue, green, red and
yellow sales advertising, Los Angeles
shopping district must resemble the
rainbow or Josephs coat just now.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27

Aid for Chile? Can it really be that
Willie Hearst hasn't already carried
out all the relief measures that could
be conceived? Or is he merely waiting
to claim as his own everything that any
one else does as usual?