The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-08-30

NiIN UNIV All' NNN'N''A ifAi''
our land ln less than six months
wc had the Baron on hi- knees, Dol
twelve months Dee wa, the beggar We
thc lori OF the Manor" Il is no. idle
dream. it is no theory bat AN actual
demonstrated proposition that the
t1bacco grower 300 Kentucky. aud
tennessee knows how % sell his To-
hscco al "a smaller cost than was ever
known before and even at about halt
lh. former cost Of sale
Nc are running our own business
where the Trust formerly rn 10 90
lnei ovu good and welfare.
Ne lat, put shoes ON thousand
feet Nhcro the Tobacco Trust sent
them uarefooted in the zee aud snow.
We have taken the burden from the
heart of The widow, and planted the
flower of hope boo her heart
We have put paint on the old home,
thank God. andhopcin the heart of the
dc,uutcd farmer
We have put five million dollars
m the BLACK Patch of Tennessee
and Kentucky in the year Of "Our
Lord 1907 that would have gone into
the greedy man of the Tobacco Trust.
We natc raised the spirit Of the
poor tobacco raiser established bis
going and lct him ride for the first
time u ruhbertiged buggy
We have replaced the Stats that had
fallen from the window-blind, planted
the Vine 90 the door and knit up the
myeled sleeve of de>olatiou.
Listen Before we united IN this
wan my own county that gaze birth
To- the organization and d, the home of
those gallant leader, FeliN G.. Ewing
Charles IT Font and Dr. j ". Dunn.
solid ,he finest crop ever raised at les,
lhan cents per pound, now iI sells
for ln cents per pound Then We had
hard tune. and % multiplicity ofsuIt-.
NOW wc have plenty and no suits.
Then wc had only THREE banks with
depo-it- nf a.oai Use bundled thou
sand q .Ihf~. uov We have mine banks
ONE 800 every ht,lc hamlet. and carry
lime of tine htm-i, and merchants
money one million Two hundrt and
/ Hnv thol-ani d1liar- ou deposit BE
fore we could not get an Appropriation
mr uc mpro, emeut OF the public
road. afcrward. ihc Same proposition
which had been voted down Az an
overwhelming majority was carried los
equally 70, great majority
go 90 our country and attad, in,
. A--o-iauon n the presence of the
merchant 'hc doctor or tine minister
and you NiI SION lind You are d
persona non emia Do has benefited
100 ana al return thanks tor the great
ttcuef.c.of o.. the age in my native
state
would not nr the world
lo or say that which would in
/ June or hurt would upouild
would plant and nurture every sec'
afro,lcu,y would -ec the bcgsa
cIad 900 purple. and gold. ! would so
h.uut,ou- harvest followed by gen
erou- prc,. nr thc fruits Of the soil.
Ali Ne ask. a.l we demand Us wha
every merchant NOW has. and that o.
that wea- farmers be- allow I'd to sci
/ ~, m,rlte, lhe crops SIC haycgrown
ICmauy merchant -ay lhl, is not just
We want to pat labor nt WORK
handling our tobacco viii no
/ thi- lanorcr -pe q h's money with th'
merchants, of th- town 10 D. th
man With -tu bucket that build,
town IT'S tuc nnuer who adds ma
tciial wealth to 90 city. Under ou
methods "a, used 100 tennessee am
Kentucky not % bat will roo,t in
single tobacco factory not "a brain %
|mu,clc Will bee unemployed. Al "
want i. to be- allowed to employ OBJ
warehou-c-man and the laborer q
handle and work our tobacco al fai
land reasonable rice, and sell the sam
lat "a fair and reasonable profit. ]
there amy anarchy in that? Is ther
ANYTHING save Justice and fair dealin
loo thnr Is it not better that th
whole people shall prosper than tina
one man should grow immensel
wealthy
our farmer, want the help Of On
merchants. and TIE doctors, and la"
yers. and 900 fact every good citizen d
order lhul they may bee able To DIES
even lavi.hly with them and be- abl
to p.v for the goods they buy W
want to realize such price for our l'
bacca chat there viii bee no liens %
crop, for supplies. no mortgages, an
no cormormt, to deyour The poor an
needy from of lhc earth
We come not iu spirit of aniaI
oui-m bat in "a spirit of love for I'll
general welfare and prosperity of OF
common country Merchants, la'
, ver-. doctors and more than all, goo
women OF Virginia, nil in line vii
MS and we will make the old waal
places blossom like tine rose. We w'
benefit You and you viii benefit d
Iui, your country and you love
Heart io heart shoulder To shoulde
, let u- move on ull every plow-'ha
viii bee Enlightened with the oil OF bus
hu-b,ndfy and every wheel Of cil
life will whiri in unison with q
fumer- happy song of prosperity
% A Representative Audience.
Accepting an invitation from q
,r .f . .ftttIpr of citizens