The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-08-09

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FRIDAY. AUGUSTA 9, 1907.
A WEEKLY THOUGHT.
.rhe .arest proof Of being endowed
with noble qualities is TO oe free ifo"
envy
Isn't Major Daniel the last OF 'h'
old Coufederates who occupies a seal
in lhe United States Senate
vbe LAWYERS had good time at
fine inside Inn last week, and no" The
runnts must pay for the luxury
ANYBODY can stand am egg on eno
afr they are told how 10 do it. Gov
ernor Glenn ina. set the pace, let other
Cb,cf Executives an into line ana
follow.
his said tina. Judge Hall won ont
o,er Judge Moss for the legislature
from buckingham ard Cumberland
becsu,e of mis- Mann bin proclivi'ie''
did YOU read Of that Cleveland law
yer who is actually suing for MS
mother-in-law to bring her back 10 MS
own home? j. this the dawnng OF
the millennium
Navor Mccarthy aud somememoeis
of the staff OF the Times-Dispa'eh
have been exchanging compliments Oh
the doubtful kindand passing bouquets
without any fragrance about them.
Our Richmond contemporaries are
not Boosting as much az they ala oil
circulation and advertising space, ou'
are doing nrst-rate work, and we do
very much enjoy their daily visits.
Richmond is to have woman p
hank. something new in the banking
business The sisters should patron
ileitand all wives should keep bank
account of their own.
Il is said that Mr.. Roosevelt has
accented the invitation Of the Wander
bilts and will spend some time at gay
Newport We fear he will get to he
frivolous. The strenuous suits him
better
The Petersburg Index-Appeal Is
more quoted than any other paper IN
the state and il is due TO the fact that
il wields the freest lance Of them all.
You can't just tell where it will strike
next. Aud it always hits hard.
Governor Vardaman gave Mr.. VIII
hams a much closer vote than was
anticipated. "Collier's Man To the
rescue next time and he will win out.
We repeat that it is well that the
"broad hat and the longtail' are not
t. be- turned loose in Washington.
Ifthat cline against the Standard
OIL is paid we have to make one lamp
do the work OF two. The man who
makes all the oil has got the drop
Oh as ,queal as We may, and fines
don't seem 20 give relief a little put
on-medicnal might be more effective.
Women typewnters are more poorly
paid than auy other class Of workers
known TO earth. And their work re-
quires energy, exactness and eyes wide
open. II "we was woman type
writer we would .Jrthwith get married
aad quit the job.
The New York World says "the
mint iulep has been traced back 10
1913, and To salem, Mass We don't
believe amy such "hsh story - The
julep wa, born in Virginia, and they
don't know how 10 make one in Sa-
lem, Mass, to this day. May be the
World meant Salem, Va.
How Dr. it that the railroads West Of
the Mississippi adopted the reduced
passenger rates without protest. while
East Of the great river they have been
"kicking like steeFs?" The West is
rich and can much better afford luz
uries than the East. The same old
story, "the rich richer, the poor
poorer"
II is subject Of profound congratula-
ton TO the people Of the whole coun-
try, and especially TO those Of the
South, that Congressman Williams is |
10 be Senator from Mississippi rather
than Governor Nardaman. The day
OF the "broad hat and the long hair"
has passed and we need statesmen i'm
Washington rather than sensational |
isis
The story of the graft and periidy |
attending the construction of the new |
State Capitol of Pennsylvania is humil-
ialing to every American. Out of |
sl3,OoO,OOO actually spent on the struc-
ture, no less than 5,OOO,OOO was wasted
in graft Considerably more than one
third of tho opfroprfati,, ,vas stoIan