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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-11-27
At THE CONSERVATORY OF
MUSIC.

The work of the second session Of the
Conservatory Of Music is well under
way. Since September three must
Gales have been given, and nearly one
hundred students have played or sung
before the company assembled in the
parlois Of the Conservatory on these
several occasions Each time some
new students have been brought out.
The character Of these programs and
the manner in which they are render
ell show that good musical taste is
being developed and that technical
skill is being acquired. The work Of
these students reflects credit upon DR..
August Schemmel, the director Of the
Conservatory, and upon his corps OF
teachers. The town Of Farmyille IL
self is to be congratulated that it has
such a high grade musical institution,
an institution the influence Of which
is reaching out to other towns and
drawing students to Farmville.
The sketch Of Gluck by Miss Vivian
Gwaltney was well written and well
read. What Gluck's life and labors
meant to the musical world was clear
~ brought out DR.. Schemmel then
played two numbers from Gluck-thC
"Lamentation Of Orpheus" and the
"Minuetn from "DOn Juan"
The program as given last Friday
evening, November 10th, was as fol-
lows:
Piano Solo: Camelian Waltz, Behr-
Miss Mamie Garrett.
Piano Solo: Leiermann, Oesten-
Miss Eloise Watkins.
Piano Solo: Song Of Marguerite,
Ludovic-NIlss Martha Drumeller.
Piano Solo: La Fontaine, Reynold-
Miss Janet Nicholson.
Piano Solo: Das Dorfglockcheni
Simon-Miss Sarah Johns.
Piano Solo: Barcarolle, Week.-Mrs.
Lee Brooks.
Piano Solo: Lachtaube, Mehler-
Miss Lula Lee.
Piano Solo: Happy "reminiscences
Sturmer-Miss Judson Robinson.
Piano Solo: Poeme d'amour, Leon
ardi-Miss Olive Myers.
Piano Solo: To my Star, BONN
Miss Mary Shorter.
Piano Solo: a. Echo from the Alps
Simon
b. BY Moonlight,
Jungmanr
Miss Grace Johnson.
Piano Solo: Thauperlen, Bendel-
Miss Elizabeth Nerser.
Vocal Solo: a. Because Love YOl
Dear Hawle,
b. with the Breath o
Roses-Pip
Mr. Chas. W. Harrison.
Sketch from Gluck's fe-Mis
Vivian Gwaltney.
Aria from Orpheus, Glucl
Minuet from Don Juan ''''''''
Delicious refreshments, daintil,
served closed the entertainment Of ih
evening.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-11-27
Money! Money Money!

We dropped into the office Of Mr. y.
NJ. Cox, business manager Of the state
Female Normal School, on Monday,
in quest Of items Of interest from
the school. and found him drawing a
check for sl9,62s 3. ON inquiry we
learned that with the exception Of
some 81 800, every cent Of this money
would 90 to citizens Of Farmville, and
that the - 300 was for material bought
elsewhere. and that leaves a pretty
snug sum Of ready cash, and now
don't let any one OF Us be silly enough
TO say. "Well. what's that to me? ]
got none Of it, You did get some OF
il. for every man, woman and child
belong To the class Of beneflciaries. As
well say that you got nothing out OF
the sunshine Of the day. Great Is the
Normal, and greatly should we be
gratiiied that il is Of Us, with us and
i'm large measure for Us.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-11-27
PRODUCE PRICE LIST.
Revised Each Week by
PAULETT & BUGG
Commission Merchants and dealers j
Hardware and Farm Supplies,
FARMNlLLE, VA.

November 26th, 1908.
Applcs. green. per biol. $500 TO s3.5o
dried, per lb. &c 20 sc.
Bacon, hams, lsc.
Bacon, sides, l2ilc.
Bacon, shoulders, lie.
Beans, white, $50.
Pea. Black Eye, 500.
Peas, Black, sl.jO.
Butter choice, pc TO pc.
Eggs, 25c.
Flour, First Patent, 500.
" Second " 500.
. Extra 500.
Hog Onal, Spare Ribs, Sc TO Toe.
" " Back bone, Sc 10 Toe.
Onions, per bushel, 75c.
Pork, dressed, &C TO Sc.
Potatoes, Irish, per bus, zoe to soc.
sweet. " " 7Oc To zoe.
Beef. on hoof, per h., Sc To SIC.
Veal &c tO &c.
Hens. alive, each, SOC TO 4Oc.
Spring chickens, each, l5c to zoe.
Turkeys, alive, per To-, Zoe TO l2c.
Rabbits, each, T. sc.
Sheep, per b., 3i5c To 4c.
Lamb. " " DC 10 &c.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-11-27
500 Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased 10 learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease tina; science has
been able to cure in all its stages, aud
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
10 the medical fraternity. Catarrh be-
ing constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarfh Cure Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood aud mucous
surfaces Of the system, thereby de-
stroying the foundation Of the disease
aud giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and as
sisting nature IN doing its work. The
proprieiors have so much faith IN It's
curative powers that they offer On'
Hundred Dollars for any case that d
fails 10 cure. Send for list Of testimon
ials. Address: r. J. CHENEY 4 co.
Sold by Druggists, 75c. Toledo, o
Take Halls Family Pills for consti
patton
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-11-27
Notice.

The regular monthly meeting Of the
Dark Tobacco Growers Mutual Pro
tective Association Of Virginia, lnc.)
will be held saturday, November ~,
1905. at If o'clock at the Courthouse.
+. b. GILBERT,
Sec. and Treas.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-11-27
Farmers Request.

I'm addition to the reports made by
j. f.. Johnston q Go. Of the amount Of
tobacco sold on the Farmyille market
each month, will ask them TO give
the average price Of same.
FARMER.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-11-27
CHARLOTTE COUNTY.
Eureka Mills

Eureka Mills.
November n, 1905.
The II. \. Darlington Chapter, L..
d. c., gave "house warming on
Thursday afternoon the 18th, on the
occasion Of the dedication Of the chap
ter room in the new public school
building at Charlotte Courthouse.
The room was artistically decorated
with Confederate colors and flags, bat
tie scenes and pictures Of heroes Of the
Confederacy. The President, Mrs. J..
c. Darlington, addressed the daugh-
tiers. Mrs. &. NJ. Hutchinson read a
poem on "Virginia." Miss Fannie
Thornton recited the "Veteran's Cross
of Honor Mrs. G. G. Guthrie lee
tured on the "Importance Of Earnest
Effort Mrs. w. X. Guthrie read
some Lines Dedicated to the L. ID.
CT
Refreshments, consisting Of oysters,
salads and coffee, were served. The
event was an enjoyable one TO the
large number Of daughters present.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-11-27
HOW ABOUT YOU?
JUST ONE CENT A WORD.

Wants. for sale. lost, found in fact
s,, and su advertisements inserted
T.. mi. column for ONECENIaword'
a,eh Insertion. withamumum charge
of l0 cents. Signatures counted as
mart of advertisements
Unless tine number of insertions de-
sired Is stated al the time OF entering
fhe sdyerti.emeutit viii becontiued at
fhe above rate until notice To discOn-
tiuge +, received.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-11-27
Thanksgiving Dinner al the Normal.

Cream of Tomato Soup Turkey
Scalloped oysters Rec Potatoes
Pruues Celery Cranberry
Jelly Lemon Sherberi Cocoanul ana
Chocolate Cake
Apples Oranges Malaga Grapes
Rlisins Nuts Bon BOns
Cheese ~traWs Coffee
Good enough for the gods.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-11-27

Don't forget TO gather III road dust
or sifted coal ashes, so ihst the hens
will have something TO wallow in This
winter.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-11-27
FarmyiIle Tobacco Market.

Report Of sales Of tobacco on the
Farmville tobacco market furnished
the Herald by Messrs. j. +. Johnston
* Co.
FARMvILLE, VA, NOV. 20, 1908.
Sales for week ending November Us,
1g0s ....................... 1865, 696
sales for week ending Nov.
IN ions .................... l25, Sil
Decrease for week ............ 1855
sales Aug. I, 'O7 to Nov. 20, 'O7 gO9- 55i
sales Aug. I, 'OS To Nov2Q 'OS 2,5OJ, O6-
Increase for 1905 ................l 1893, 5O7
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-11-27
Notice TO Taxpayers.

Twill be n the Mayors Office on
Saturday, November "a, 1905, and
each day thereafter until December
lsl inclusive. for the purpose of re-
ceiyng taxes for the year 1905. Re
member chat taxes not paid ON or be
fore December LIST, will have added
3Ier cent penalty.
n. ID. MILLER, Sergeant.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-11-27

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Critchley, Of
Brooklyn, s. r., announce the mar
riage Of their daughter, Miss Helen
Marie, to Mr. ~aunder, Blanton. The
happy event will bee celebrated i'm the
coming spring our congratulations
900 advance.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-11-27

This distressing disease results from
a di-ordered condition Of the stomach
and can be cured by taking Chamber
lain's stomach and Liver Tablets, Get
A free sample at the Winston Drug
Inls- drnn store and lrY u.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-11-27

The best neighbor is hot always The
one who thinks just as you do.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-11-27

LOST Between home and FarmEi'ie' saturday
hs. feed cutter blade. Finder please return To-
>. j. Gillian. nov l'-
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-11-27
EarmYllIe IeIenhOne COMPANY.

Insure with ct-Vonai'eGarand Go. 1852
nHnraiI Goa losses Nodis satisfied customers
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18
NEW CAMP OF SKOOKUM BOOMING

HH
In Piute parlance, the new camp in
Lander county is G.'heap skookum.
This expression, meaning Every good,'
is the origin Of the name of the camp,
a neighbor to the rich Reese River dis
trict, which is given considerable space
elsewhere in this issue.
CAMP Is BOOMING
Although only a few weeks old
Skookum has a telephone line and a
newspaper, the latter being known as
the Times is published by L. w.
Haworth, proprietor of the Manhattan
Mail. To Mr.. Haworth The News is
indebted for valuable information con-
corning the district.
DISTRICT ORGANIZED
The miners of Skookum held a meet
ing this week and formed the Skookum
mining district, segregating the new
| Eldorado from the immense Reese
River mining district. The movement
met with no disfavor whatever, and
went through with asrush.
Jack Myles, late of Manhattan, but
a born Austinite, was made district re
corder without opposition.
This action greatly simplihes the do
ing of mining business in the new
Skookum district. 1t locates proper
ties. It makes Skookum a definite in
teger in the high grade localities OF
| Nevada. It was a step in the right
direction, as all Skookum steps will b
let us hope.
IMPORTANT DEAF. MADE
Significant of the mining activities
that will make this district hum thu
summer is the deal made by Messrs
Lemaire & Laurent with the Malo.
people.
Lemaire & Laurent have secured
two years. lease on the gold propertie
on the Maloy ranch and will put
force Of men at work at once. Consid
cradle development has already bee
done on this property, which lies ~
miles northwest from the Lemaire min
in Skookum.
SPANISH BELLE
The Spanish Belle Mining compan,
the incorporation Of which has jus
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18
MERGER BEING FORMED
IN SEVEN TROUGHS

A great mining merger is being
formed in Seven Troughs, backed by
prominent mining men of San Fran
| cisco, Reno, Salt Lake City, Poeatelle
and other points, and is to include min
ing properties so far known on the
lower ~porphyry belt between Vernon
and Mazuma, in Seven Troughs Canyon,
in Wild Horse Canyon and in Burnt
Canyon. There mining properties
stretch internationally through the best
ore zones of the district and for a dis
lance of more than five miles, and plans
have already been formulated by the
promoters of the big combination for
a mining campaign said to be the big.
gest and most daring yet contemplated
in the district
The articles of incorporation will be
fled in a few days, when the following
officers and directors will be an
ncunced: Judge c. X. Bonestell OF San
Francisco, president; c. d. Ray of Salt
Lake, vice president; f. T.. Olson OF
Salt Lake, secretary; E. r. Savage OF
Reno. cashier of the Bank of Mazuma
treasurer: w. NJ. OdeIl of Pocatello
director. The company Will be known
as the Seven Troughs Merger Mining
company, and will be capitalized fol
81, 900 ,Ooo.
Among the properties already de
eided upon for assimilation mi devei
onment are the Mother Lode group, tn
MERGER lease on the Therein, the Min
nehaha group in Wild Horse Canyon
and the Dead Soldier group In Burn
Canyon. Upon these, it is said, a MN
eral empire is to be founded by Pun
chases and annexaticns.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18
GOLDEN ARROW NEEDS
CAPITAL FOR DEVELOPMENT

composed Of eastern capitalists, is de-
veloping shipping ore. Only q few men
are employed at present, but it is ru-
mored that they will shortly largely
increase this force.
Captain Cotter is doing extensive
development work. He has q shaft
down 260 feet and the showing on the
bottom win average between $50 and
$50.
Arrangements are bling made for the
installation Of hoists by both the
Golden Arrow Mining company and
Captain Cotter. They will be in opera
ton within a few weeks
Throughout the district the veins are
strong and well defined. No blanks
ever came back from the assay Offices,
although q great deal Of the rock on
the surface is only of milling grade.
The lodges are all contacts, lying be-
tween lime and either andecitic or
rhyolitic porphyry.
With the coming in Of capital and
the building of a railroad to enable the
marketing of the ores, Golden Arrow
will scon become a prosperous mining
camp.
Among the property owners in the
| district are Snyder & Parker, who own
the Michigan-E Ely. They have q shaft
down fifty feet. Page Brothers have
thus far done only surface work on
their Copper Spot, but they have found
handsome values.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18
REESE RIVER PROMISES To
BECOME A GOLD PRODUCER

out over 5000 gold in M
week. At Eulaiue probably . dozen
leasers are working Jack Salsbcrry,
the big operator, last week look . run
over to Eulaine from Rawhide, In his
auto and saw enough TO make him
marvel-enough to convince him that
this country Is as certain to have .
boom this year as day follows night.
George Gooding and / took Q trip q
few miles north Of here, in the Toi-ya-
be range, to look at a property that
has peer opened up by tunnels, shafts,
drifts, etc. We fcand fully 1900 feet
of work had been done, all in ore, that
will average better than $50 per ton!
In appearance, IL is a rival to the
famous Nevada Hills, yet is practically
unheard of, as the owner has patiently
pursued his work of developing, seem
ingly satisfied to merely extract ore
worth t25 to $500 per ton and pile it
on huge dumps. OF course il will soon
pass into active control and become an
other of Nevada's great dividend pay
ers.
There are no j~ealousies existing here.
We like to boost for our neighbors as
well as for ourselves. We know ours
is a rich district and, from pure exu-
berance Of good feeling, we want the
others to prove the richness of their re-
spective localities. Here in Clear Creek
we can show paintings where a string
of gold will circle the pan; assays that
will 90 to 81, 900 per ton. We have big
parallel lodges and mammoth dykes,
all wonderfully mineralized. At New
York canyon there is a quartz ledge of
great width that not only assays over
1900 gold and 80 ounces silver, picked
samples, but also carries a good per
cent of bismuth, one Of the rarest of
metals. On the "Rowdy' and "Snow
King ground one can pan entirely
across a width Of 800 feet and rarely
fail 30 get gold. There are lodges Of
galena where solid chunks Of lead as
large as a house bucket many be cut
out. Here we have a great abundance
Of water and timber, and are adjacent
to many fertile meadows and farms.
No effort has been made heretofore to
boom any Of these rich districts. We
have the mineral wealth, greatly diver
sifed, along with physical features nm
known tn desert camps. Investors are
Just beginning to learn of these oppor-
tunities. and soon it will be repetition
of the old saying, that linen and money
make mines,v for in this famous old
Reese River country, walled by the
Toi-ya-be and Shoshone ranges, millions
upon millions of mineral wealth are de-
posted, and in future years it must,
perforce, be the tbeater Of greas min
ing activities.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18

Two twenty-ton shipments of the Ma
yuma Hills re-on from the Mazuma
Hills mine and the other from the
Reagan ~lease-pulled out Of Seven
Trouphs Sunday for Lovelock, the dis
trict railroad town. The ore holds up
the record-breaking values that for
months have made the Mazuma Hills
a high grade wonder, averaging, 1t 10
believed, between 500 and $1,000 Per
ton.
A series of assays on the ore from
the Mazuma Hills mine received show
values running from IA to 2S ounces in
gold and a grab sample taken more
than a week ago from the sacks eon'
tanning the Reagan ore gave an aver
age value of $1,445 per ton.
The Mazuma Hills shipment is con
| sidered remarkable on account of its
being the product of less than a hall
| dozen miners in q little over a week
made possible by the opening up of .
series of mammoth high gra lie shoots
from thu lower tunnel level.
The Reagan lease shipment is tn
second sent out from this renarkabi,
r.ct block of ground AMI since q com
paratively recent date.
Both these Reagan shipm snfs are tn
product of ground practically nil abev'
the 65-foot level.
When it is considered chat the drift
on the 1855 level will 10 ia this "a
I.ckoot in a few days, the i'm mediate ont
look for the Reagan lease nay well b
considered fiatterinr.
Tne last difficulty in the way " ID
Mazrma Hills plan to beg n work q
hriil lst, on q full capacity basis, wa
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18
by r. b. Mulerew.)

Reese River, New, April 14.-(Spe-
cial.)-f anyone will consult his map
he will see, cutting right through the
heart of Central Nevada, " mountain
ranges-the Toi-ya-be and Shoshone.
Between these two ranges is the IA
mons Reese River valley. 1t is a val
ley dotted with fertile meadows, a
pleasant greeting to the eye accustomed
only to the desert wastes of Southern
Nevada. Old-timers will recall the ia
nous Reese River stampede Of the
early sixties, when Austin was the
storm center and was one of Nevada 3
camps that "made good with a pro-
duction of over $50, DOC, 900. Both the
Toi ya-be and Shoshone ranges are won
derfully m~ineralized. In the former
were several camps whose productions
of gold and silver ran into the millions
Austin, Kingston, Ophir Canyon, etc.
In the latter were lone, once the county
seat of Nye county, and where George
Hearst made his start as a future multi
millionaire, Grantsville, etc. In those
early days every good prospect devel-
oped into a big mine, and labor and
capital never went unrewarded. Silver
was king then, and its later decline in
value brought temporary s~tagnation.
A new era has now m Richer
strikes have recently been made, that
far eclipse those of former years. These
later discoveries include a wide range
of precious and valuable metals gold,
silver, cinnabar, anthony, lead, cop
per, tungsten and bismuth. In this
Reese River country new camps are
coming to the front with surprising
rapidity- bewildering, one might say
as ever old stampeders don't know in
which direction to shape their course
to land them at the greatest Mecca. ]
am writing this letter from the Clear
Creek district George Gooding' 4
place., situated at the western slope
and base of the Toi-ya-be range. TIC
the north of us, about 40 miles, the
wonderful strikes made at Greenah,
near Austin, are almost startling. Big
lodges that assay, at surface, as high
as 1000 ounces silver and $500 gold to
the ton. Half a dozen or more new
towns are going on the map there, as
the district covers a large area. South
of us, 25 miles, comes news of rich dis
coveries made at Cloverdale Canyon,
where "jewelry" gold is being found
Across the valley from Gooding' s, at
Bonita and Eulaine, ] have seen pure
gold gouged out of tale seams. ]
sampled one three-foot ledge that aver.
aged sos, chiefly gold. There are lodges
25 feet or more in width that carry
good milling values from wall to wall.
Peterson Bros, at Gold Park, have
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18
BRIGHT FUTURE FOR THE
MASON VALLEY DISTRICT

FIVE leases are being let every week.
The fact that good ground has re-
NAMED open until just recently was
proven this week by development work
on the Black Jack lease, owned by Jack
Cockwell, +. q. Stickney and O. II.
Some. This lease, which was let last
week, is on the Inspiration ledge OF
the Wilson Gold Mines property and
is located a few hundred yards above
the town of Mountain View.
b NoRDYxB QUARTZ MILL IS
The old quartz mill at Nordyke has
been going through q thorough s,,ursc
of renovation this week, preparatory -
treating several hundred sacks Of "
from the Wilson Gold Mines property
idle for some number IF years, and
many repairs are needed before IT a
be put into running condition, and no
little amount Of needed work On the
water power ditch, in the form If
cleaning it, remains to be accomplished.
As soon as these necessary repairs are
made several teams are 4 be put 10
work hauling the ore to the scene of
the mill, and it is underwood That II
this test proves successful The null will
De enldrReu anu tndt ciccITic pbWeI
will be installed.
YERINGTON'S FUTURE BRIGHT
Yerington's progress toward becom-
ing one of Nevada largest cities is
now beyond a doubt assured. In the
heart of a large mining distriet, where
lodges Of gold as well rs copper are
being uncovered every day, AMI eur
rounded on every side by as pr.siuctige
o soil as can be found anywhsyc, Yer
inpton's destiny is inevitably .rcst.
With the miners producing gol1 in
one hand and the farmer filling the
soil on the other, what rare- prospects
can any country hold for the settler.
A country where the farmer can be
producer for the miner, while the
miner uncovers the hidden ,i.hcs fer
the farmer. What a great future then
does Mason Valley offer the hosnaseck-
er who will settle npon small tracts
and till the soil. The Y~ering.on dis
trict is but in its infancy when ms
considers the resources Of this great
] surrounding country.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18

On exhibition in The News Office is
q handsome and interesting collection
of ores from Golden Arrow, an over
looked, but promising camp in Nye
county, situated about fifty miles north
easterly from this city.
A. j. Blackburn, one of the discov-
erers of the camp, and Alexander
Mitchell, who has lately become inter
ested in the camp, brought the ere
samples to Goldfeld.
The lodges Of the district carry the
yellow and white metals in about the
proportion Of one to two, although in
| places the gold predominates.-
Plenty Of wood and water are to be
had in the camp and the situation is an
ideal one for milling as well as mining.
Before long the camp expects to have
railway communication with the outer
world, as the survey for the railroad
from Ely to Goldfeld passes directly
through the district. With railroad
facilities a large number OF properties
hat could not otherwise be made to
return q profit would be paying propo-
sitions.
Despite the splendid showing in the
district, there are only about fifteen
miners ON the payroll at present, al
though practically all the claims are
being protected by means of the an
nual work. There are about 100 valid
claims in the district, which is approx
imately two miles square.
j. N. Blake and A. J. Blackburn own
the original discovery, known as the
Blackbird group, and also the Uncle
AL. Mr.. Blackburn is now dividing hi
time and attention between Golden Ar
row and the new district of Hornsilver
where he has acquired interests that
are worth considerable money.
The Golden Arrow Mining company