The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-01-25
SUBLIME COuRA GE-BUT POOR
JUDO .dENT.

JUDO .dENT.
The Charlotte sville Progre $ has
donued its war paint, and IA on the
warpath, hurting scalps The pre-
lminary ws dance has been celebra.
ted, the ~ song has been chanted'
The sile0g march has been made, and
now the blood curdling whoop IL
heard. s.calps are in sight, and there 5
blood on the moan.
We do not blame auy literary con
temporary. We are not surprised that
it's editor has dropped his allie pen,
deserted the classic shades OF the
University of Virginia, ceased totrans'
fix those Who dare to misquoie any
thing from he Latin Seneca down to
the modern Seneca, of New York and
South Carolina, and has returned to
the primeval forests with blood in his
eve, a blood-curdling yell in his one
time gentle voice, and tomahawk IN
his hand. And why?
The sacred name Of John smith is
TO be banded about and desecrated to
enrich the pockets Of fakirs. Hear the
tale OF woe:
The Captain John Smith Company
has. il is said, Just been organized IN
Richmond having 'Or its object 10 dis
play ON the jamestown Exposition
grounds the original rock on when
Capt. John smiths head was laid
when the up-lfled club that was to
dash out his brains was in ercepted by
the romantic interpOsitiou OF foca-
hontas. POwhatan, the seat OF the
MAYO family two miles below KEN
mOnd was. according 10 a universally
credited Or ditiOn. the site of royal
residence of the Indian King Po" ha-
tan, and this Company Is, as II would
seem. 10 get the stone on which Capt.
smith was 10 have been executed from
this spot where King Powhatan lived.
No more palpable fraud, no more
patent fake, could possibly be pTac-
ticed than the exhibition on the EX-
position Grounds Of this $ one from
the MAYO seat, POwhatan, near kich-
m0nd sin the narrative OF capt.
John smith himself i'm his History OF
virginia. hOws that the incident oc-
Cured not many miles above James
town. lie had gone on an eNplOTa-
ton i'm small boat a canoe up a
liver that empties into the James ana
was captu ed by Indians. This river
was most likely the Chickahomlny
which empties into the James some
ten or twelve miles above the James
town l-land.
In an old book entitled "Richmond
in Byegone Days" published by MI
samuel Mordecai, il is stated lst page
81 that the tradition Of POwhatan
having been the site Of royal resi-
dence Of the Indian King Of that name
is n doubt authentic, yet III was mol
the scene Of Pocahontas' romantic
rescue Of Capt. Smith
And yet, this is no greater fake than
the proposed reception by the State OF
Virginia + bust Of John Smith made
by his "direct descendant" Baden
Powell, Of England. And again there
are quite number o. those who clam
to be the direct descendants of Ma
thaniel Bacon, the first Virginia Rebel.
He had no issue from his marriage.
If our contemporary is on the track
to annihlate all the fakes that come
in his way, he has our -ympathy, and
we will prepare a wreath again-t he
day # his bu ial. The courage Of our
eadmire; its judgment
We deplore.
We are reminded Of the vigorous
young bovine, when he saw a railroad
train approaching. He determ ned to
measure strength in the presence of
the Unlocking herd. The two met
the bovine and the engine-and in the
short slow-up to view the remains, a
passenger remarked: "That was sub
ime courage, but d-n poor judg-
ment w