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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13

Elsewhere in this issue of the Herald
will be found a communication signed
". F., " which reminds us to make
reference ourselves to the article which
appeared recently in the Herald, and
to which our correspondent refers.
No member of the Farmville Retail
Merchants Association will contend for
a moment that credit is not necessary
to the health of the body of business
as health is to the human body With
drawn from either and death follows.
And a prominent member of the
Association, mistaking the spirit of our
article on the subject, says of course
we do not, as merchants, propose to
fight credit, that is judicious crediting,
but the wildcat kind. " And our
hope is that we need not say that in
this we agree fully, just as we agree
that wildcat eating is bad, and wild
cat drinking, and wildcat working,
and wildcat sleeping, and wildcat
walking, and wildcat talking, and
wildcat thinking, and wildcat marry
ing and wildcat teaching and wildcat
preaching. The conclusion, then, to
which we al come is that business
men viii deal with credit as they deal
with other things in business, wisely
and judiciously.
Punch with care was at one time
enioinod upon the conductors of our
railway trains and SO the wise mer-
chant win buy with care and credit
with care. There is no size in buying
Oh credit nor in selling on credit and
oar lender sympathios go ont to the
unfortunate brother man. whether
buyer or seller who for no fault Of
3D.. own can't ALWAYS walk uD 10 the
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13

notoriety by having their names link
ed with freak legislation. To make
it a felony for a dear girl to ride horse
back with one of her little feet dang
ling on one side of the horse, and the
other on 'tother' is nonsense, but
this is no freak of an enactment and
the one that should be handed the
prize:
4 Western legislator has endeavor-
ed to make it unlawful for any drug
gist to sell a patent medicine unless
there be affixed in a conspicuous
place in his store an affidavit stating
that he has tried one bottle OF the
mixture and experienced no harmful
effects therefrom.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13
Kitchener a Field Marshal.

Lord Kitchener. commander OF the
British forces in India, has been APP
pointed to succeed the Duke Of Con
naught as inspector general Of the
Mediterranean forces. which post the
duke recently resigned on the ground
of the ineffective nature Of the work
and the useless expense to the nation
involved therein" Lord Kitchener will
take the rank of field marshal.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13

Mr. Taft is going to swing around
the circle to the tune of 1900 miles.
In the mean time his cabinet officers
are booked for the Virginia campaign.
Something remarkable about our ma
chinery of Government anyhow. 1t
just runs on smoothly with all the
captains off duty and the engineers
with no hands on the throttles.
Why not discharge the entire gang
and let her 90?
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13

The primary is over, the Democrats
of Virginia have recorded their verdict
and being court of last resort there is
no appeal allowed in law. To urge
one or even hint at one is to be VIC
lator of law, a kicker pure and sim
pie. Reserve your fighting qualities
for next fight Touch elbows with
comrades now and fire with them.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13
"Rat" Saved Girls Life.

A rat" in her hair saved the life
of Bertha Delina. a young woman OF
Roanoke. Va, who shot herself in
the head with an attempt at suicide.
When the physicians at the hospital
pulled the hair from the wound the
bullet came out with the mass Of false
ornament. The woman will recover.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13
CAN'T CATCH EN-.

In the State of New York there is a
certain bar room under whose roof
three counties of that state find meet
ing points. and as one county goes
dry" the owners move to another
corner of the room and find wet
spot. So far the three counties have
never acted in concert and gone dry
at one and the same time and until
they do the dealer finds no difficulty
in continuing to do business at the
old stand"
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13
Passed by the Senate and Signed
by the President,
Mr.. TAFT ISSUES STATEMENT
Declares the Bill Is Not Perfect BY
Any Means, Nor a complete Conn.,
pllance With Promises Made" But
Is. Nevertheless, a Sincere Effort &c
Make a Downward Revision.

Make a Downward Revision.
The tariff has been revised and the
extraordinary session Of congress has
been brought TO a close.
The conference report Of the bill
was agreed to by the senate by vote
of AZ to 81, and soon afterwards the
concurrent resolution. making certain
changes in the leather schedule, was
adopted by both houses.
Seven Republican senators voted
against the bill They were Messrs.
Brlstow. Clapp. Cummins. Dolliver,
LaFollette. Beverage and Nelson.
Just as the hands of the gold clock
IN the presidents room REACHED six
minutes past five, the Payne tariff
bill. as the measure will be known,
was laid before the president He picF-
ed up a pen supplied by Chairman
Payne. OF the house ways and means
committee. and which had been used
by both the vice president and the
speaker in signing the bill and at
tached his signature. After writing
William r. Taft" the president add
ed. signed five minutes after 5
o'clock. August 5. 1909 w II. T."
President Taft gave out a statement
embodying his views Of the new tariff
act. which he designates officially az
the Payne bill" in accordance with
past custom OF giving first recognition
to the Trainer Of the measure in the
house of representatives.
The president declares that while
the bill is not perfect by any means,
nor "a compliance with promises
made. strictly interpreted" It is. new
ertheless. a sincere effort on the part
Of the party to make downward re-
vision and to comply with the prom
Uses Of the platform.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13

Instituted which was kept UP until the
finding of her body by two officers.
The spot where the body was found
was well chosen for concealment II is
back of an old ice house in the Gene
terry property and is surrounded by
wild underground and trees.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13

One of the four surviving widows OF
Brigham Young is dead at Salt Lake
City She was Maanah K. j. c. T..
Young. and was Lightweight years
Of age. She was married TO Young
at Nauvoo, H.. before the westward
pilgrimage Of the Mormons. She had
no children
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13
New Director of Mint.

President Taft sent to the United
States senate the nomination of A.
Plat Andrew, Of Massachusetts,. to
be director of the mint. The nomina-
ton is to succeed Frank Willing
Leach. who resigned some time ago
to become president Of the Peoples
Water company. OF Oakland, Cal.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13

"The best way for young man to
help himselfis to go into politics, says
former Senator Platt Mr.. Platt's poll
teal motto, you know, was "HelH
yourself. Washington Herald.
Acting upon the thought that the
gods help those who help them
selves. -
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13
aob Rurdetlela spIne Affeeted.

Robert j Burdette who Is seriously
ill az Los Angeles. Cal, because Of
an injury TO the spine which De sus-
tanned in a fall last March, was placed
IN a plaster cast His spinal cord has
5scome affected
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13

And Mr.. Taft has an eye on Vir-
ginia, and when he visits us again, as
we hope he will do in the near future,
the first thing we will do on the line
of hospitality will be to offer him an
eye opener, and when the honor
able gentlemen sees things in Virginia
just as they are he will hands off so
far as her politics are concerned and
return to Washington to aid in improv-
ing the highways of this Common
wealth as well as those of the other
States of the Union Georgia gave the
President the possum" and Virginia
gave him a pleasant time on that at
tractive lawn in the centre of the
Cockade City, but he then came as
guest, and if he comes again in person
or by proxy to disturb peaceful con-
dtions and destroy our one and only
hope for prosperity we will have to
deal with him as on the field of battle
and give him blow for blow.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13

The only mark some men want to
make in the world is the dollar mark. -
-EX.
And if the man can make the mark,
add the figures, sign his name and
make it 90 at the banks he has done
things.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13

Danville is to have fair without a
race track, hopes to get one ready by
the next fair. Run down to Farm
Vile and learn how to do things.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13

Some one remarks that after close
scrutiny of the new tariff bill, no
trace of the revision of the cost of
living downwards" could be discover
ed.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13

Throat Cut Trying TO Enter Room.
Edwin n. thews. a negro night por
tor ~ o. -iHo Co.. l. ~, ~
-.- ---0~. l-- 3D.. --l.-. A.amle LaWson
because he entered her room throuSs
: window, ~
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13

The president of the Equitable Life
Co., who has just returned from Eu-
rope says, The people of Europe
have Just one use for us, and that is
our money" And Americans who
90 abroad and American heiresses who
marry abroad are enabling them to
crafty their ambitions in this regard
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13
Secretary Wilson is a genuine op-

Secretary Wilson is a genuine OPP
timist as he watches an inevitable
wave of prosperity steadily rolling over
the country. Good times, he adds,
are not going to wait on the tariff
or anything else. And there will be
a superfluity Of work for everybody
on the farm. Our hope is that this
pleasant prophecy isn't born Of an
easy chair on a Turkish rug in a
luxurious office with a comfortable
salary to draw on, but that the Secre-
tary does actually see the wave
mounting higher and does actually
hear the Quickened pulse-beat Of new
life on our farms
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13

Santa Claus the jolly, generous old
SOUL has already promised toiiil Rich
mond's stocking with clear water
next Christmas And viii the new
reservoir safely hold the treasure
when il has been committed TO It's
keeping The settling basin has been
false TO lbs duty, and the stocking may
be regarded with suspicion.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13

After 1909 Virginia should look all
around for better method of nomi-
mating candidates for Governor. y
repetition of this years experience Is
unthinkable.- Petersburg lndeN-Ap-
peal.
And let us all hope that the looking
will lead to the better way. Demo-
Gratis will continue to differ but let
them do so decently
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13

It was thought at one time that the
canal would cost $50, 600, 600, and now
Congress is ordered to issue bonds for
1919. 600. 600. The work is yet in its
incipiency, and the greater part OF it
is yet to be done
Wise men who contemplated build
inc first count the cost Congress
must be filled with fools.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13
Last Certificate

Certificate of stock 80.
fa1- issued by the First taIc
81. ~ r. Fl. Hamlet
s.ors tne publication Of this notice Va. .s
10 The ~irst National Bank ~ ~ % u.--f.,
a duplic te CT s1ld -estllc2.e' Ps1...l., ID"
gng-Ls-i
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13
Foleys
Kidney
Remedy

Cures Backache, Kidney and
Bladder Trouble.
It corrects irregularities,
strengthens the kidneys so they
will eliminate the impurities
from the blood and tones up
the whole system.
Commence taking Foley's
Kidney Remedy at once and
avoid Bright's Disease or Dia'
betes. so. and $500 bottles.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13

FRFAK LEGISLATION
In q number Of the States the law
makers arl endeayoring to leap into
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-13

eid not ret &C right her family be.
ca - great Harmed. A search yas
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-01-01
SANTA CLAUS AND THE OID
FOLKS

Souless it seems to US would De Ine
man who would destroy the TOT ;
idea Of Santa claus.
II is 2 creation born OF love anu
erection and like the ray of sunshine
- hrigbtens everything in its pathway.
Wherever it is fed and nourished
the tendrills OF the heart take deeper
root and the fruition is a greater ana
more abundant love.
And along this line we agree WIN
Ton, Watson that the old folks as
we'll as the little ones" should nave
their Santa Claus.
Sc says:
Rnt we older folks want santa ClauS
20 bring us something, too. Christ
.. comes but once a year, you know
and here is our prayer 10 ln'
bringer of gifts: s -
Bring US tender reccoleeuons OF al
wbom we have loved and who nave
loved us. and fOrgetfullessness LOT 0i'
n ,S and dissappOintments.
p' bring e. Us . larger charity for gu
J.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-01-01

fellow-man, and a constant remem-
brance of the truth that if we knew
what his burden is and what MS
troubles and limitations are, we
would perhaps give him the warm
hand of encouragement instead OF
the mailed fist of condemnation
/ Bring us the strength to keep IN
the middle of the road, to speak the
right word. to do the right thlnS' re-
/ CARELESS of everything save the voice
from within.
Bring US Peace,-peace Win oui
neighbor, peace with our toe' peace
of mind and peace of soul
| And. Santa Claus, do bring US i
Won can. the feeling that we nave
not lived in vain, have not fought ah'
toiled in vain, but that, after all W.
have done some little good IN IN
world. have sent some ray OF hsh'
some crumb of comfort, some lnspll
ation into the lives of others.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-01-01
INSTANT RELIEF OE
ITCHING HUMOR
Limbs Below the Knees Were sl raw
Feet Too Swollen to Get SHOES
On~SIeep Completely Broken
by intense itching and Burning o4 -
Well in Two Days and Says 'la'
CUTICURA is AMONG .o
HIS HOUSEHOLD GOUS

"Cod bless the man who hrsC C chs
ronnded Cuticura. Some two iloii ,o1,2
200 had a humOr break OUT on 70 -,
T7ohs below my knees. Iney CAM CAM No
ioolS IKE raw beefsteak. al! req anu ~
one knows how they itched ana p Gnd -
Thev were so swollen that 1 L hslu IN
s1iif nv drawers open to get IneI far o. q
and could not get my shoes on 10 dif-
anu I'm or more. I used five or SIX az
Ferent remedies and got no neiP, Oln LIS
Tban anplvfng them the burning Ilss-, INC
yorse ana the itching less. one Il s TIIti
7 p ,aToernbered that had oIt OF C ,III+
r,Ira and tried it. From the mooney nld
i touched me the itching was gone T 41I.s
T Ave not felt a bit Of it since. Inc ng
s,raiIinr went down and two days I, ,l.sI'
7,v shoes on and was about as usunI,
7 onlv wish 1 had used the SS utiGLis@
Rennedies in the first OF, my UrouOie -
Tbev would have saved me C"p ~, -.
three weeks Of intense SUFFERING. ~ - Of
in r that time I did not sleep an noG lI,o az
time but was up applying she t6a
Comedies e as / had. HenceIorIn JIG
T,lticura Remedies will be among s Iny
b0usahOld gods. rest assured CN SIeOl a
- Farley. 50 South State ST., Concoru'
n. H May IA, 1907
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-01-01
THE HARVEST OF DEATH

Death. with his scythe, was as pussy
during the year 1908 as any other
wear in which war did not play its
mart and his crop was as bountlful.
That great woman, who has held
the destiny of China in the hollow OF
her hand for so long a time, was one
of Deaths victims.
Sir Alexander Campbell-Bannerman
and several others OF England >
greatest statesmen answered TO the
! last roll call.
! IN this country six United States
senator's two from Florida, fell VIC
Tins TO this merciIess destroyer and
Florida also mourns the loss oil one
Of her ex-governors, and long hs'
Of others. prominent in their respect
i've walks of life.
Claus Spreckles, the great Su6a
king" has Just died in San Francisco
and every day we have intelligence
. that the Reaper of Deaths Harvest
, never tires of his task, and day an
. night he goes through the world VII
2 his eyes bandaged and with the u
D most impartiality knocks at the doo
Of the hut and the palace
The ranks of journalism were Il
o vaoed the pas; year and The tolla"Hl
r prominent members We, release
p from their daily toll:
Sir James Knowles, FOUNDER oil u
n Nineteenth Century; Robert P. New
founder Of the Pittsburg Times; >
liam Banks, owner of the st. Peter
n hurg Rech: Chas. Emory Smith
the philadelphia Press; Murat u
s+ead long connected with the u
70 cinnafi Commercial-Gazette; CrosI
v : Moves. of the Washington Sta
samuel E. Mofett, Of Golfers Wee
n ". the correspondents, William
=. den DR.. Max Falk, James JeHr
v Roche and Joseph Howard, Jr.' and
sd large list Of editors and writer's.
or There are many whose heads Ma
a been frosted over and are rlpenl
for the scythe of 1909.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-01-01
CHRISTMAS CASUALTIES

In figuring up the Christmas casudl-
tics This year Ocala will figure in the
list as she has on several former oc-
casiOns.
On christmas night Mr.. Peter Co
Iombo. who drives fruit wagon LOT
tho Moses Brothers, held a tremen-
dous cannon cracker in his hand
thinking it was a Roman candle. 1t
axn1oded and tore his thumb and fore
finger from his right hand.
The accident was very painful and
the unfortunate man suffered intense
| ly.
Dr. Hubert was called to him and
bondaqed his hand and relieved his
surferings as far as he was able.
Colombo is an Italian. and his com
rades tried to make him throw th'
cracker into the air, but thinking tina
thew we're making fun of him he re
fused to do so.
lanes Gilmore, the young son o
Mr. A p. Gilfore, who works In tn
postofice, injured his hand with
TOW pistol, the blank cartridge eXploc
ing in the palm of his hand and lace
ating the flesh. Unless blood poison
ing sets in the wound is not regarde
, as a very dangerous one.
Saturday at noon while Mr.. Ere
> KaIlenberger was handling a sma
pistol. it fired off accidentally ana u
= bullet passed through the fieshy pa
Y of his hand.
= While out hunting on CnrlsIllid
Mr.. Theus, of the Theus-Zachry COZ
Y pany. stuck a nail in his foot and u
wound was a very painful one.
4 Christmas night Mr.. Whitfield Pal
% er was ringing the fire bell at the s.
% ton. an alarm having been turned
,. While coming out of the station o
70 OF the wagons ran over his foot a
severely crushed several Of the SIN
IN homes in his foot, His INJURY "
,k quite painful
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-01-01
PUTTING THE PRESIDENT WORSE
THAN IN THE ANANIAS CLUB

special from Chicago says that
a statement that President Roosevelt
did use his riding whip to strike a
horse ridden by one of the girls from
tho National Park seminary at Forest
Glen. Md, near Washington, D. c., be-
cause they had dashed past his own
marty on Thanksgiving day is made by
Miss Hazel Reitsch of Rockford. III,
according to a special dispatch from
/ that city.
/ Miss Reitsch. who is home for the
HOLIDAYS is the first member Of the
seminary riding party, except Miss T.
IT Sisson. the riding instructor, who
first told the story, to make any den
mite statement concerning the
Thanksgiving day incident.
1--WE were taking our usual cantei
in company with the chaperons'' re
lated Miss Reitsch to q representative
Of the Daily News, when we over
took q horseman. Not one OF US knew
If was the president until we were
abreast of him, and then not one o
rs wanted to believe it. The horse
? man rode close to Miss Joyce Lang
: lois of Sycamore, Ill, and said some
thing we took to be, You should no
ride ahead Of my party
d I'VE were all frightened, he locke
=. so cross. but the real shock cam
when he dashed ahead and struc
one of the horses. I won't tell Wnlc
II horse he struck, and am afraid
L have told too much already.
y According to Miss Reitsch' theI
} were in the riding party besides MIS-
# sisson, herself and Miss Joyce LAM
t lois. Miss Henrietta Greer OF Bea
? mont. Tex, and others whom she 7
IS fused TO name. She denied that NIL
e Florence Cribbon of Oak Park WI
of the number.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-01-01

does Judge Gary think the agree
mont nv which the steel trust charges
Americans from 10 to 20 per cent
more for its products than it charges
foreigners has been of very great ben
Gifts TO the American people =
Times-Union.
The tariff is a gigantic trust tha'
onr;cbes a few men. Every Amerr
can citizen pays tribute to this trust
81 tbare are thousands Of men VINO
.r.Dor+ its operations from what they
conceive to be sound political primer
Dlas But alas and alack!-Apalach
icola Times. uor,
Alas and alack, indeed Is It. me-,
all these years we have been denoun0
inc the inequalities and inquiries :
.ho tariff and now our congressIiei
arc shouting for the system! The con
sinners of cigars must pay tax 70 g
r,ob the manufacturers; the consUll
ers Of the orange must pay TAX :
heneft the growers; that large al II
of the poor, shivering from the eneot ,
Of the cold. must pay lax to enric
the cotton growers. Why shouiu ="
longer berate the system that hxes ;
barge a tax on steel and howl aDou
the imposition done the farmer In pa
inc sneh a heavy tax on his farm ~
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-01-01

The Marion County Fair, Whlch
oora IN a close in Ocala Saturday
was a success from every standpoint.
The exhibits would have done credII
70 several counties, and the attend
ance all during its opening was highly
gratifying to it's managers and pro-
motors Results from this kind OF
work is untold, as it will bring set
tiers to that county in years to come
while many realized the advantages
at once and will be induced to reside
tnere.-Gainesville Sun.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-01-01

For the first time in twenJy-nlne
,-o.rs the time-honored custom OF the
New England Association OF Brook
,vn of drinking a standing toast TO the
president of the United states was
broken Monday night at It's annual
dinner Instead of the toast to the
president. a toast to The sovereign
paonle Of the united states was pro
posed and drunk with the hearIleS'
enthusiasm.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-01-01
THE STORY CHRISTMAS TOLD

We cannot help from concluding
that the world is growing more radi-
antIy and LUMINOSITY bright, viewed |
from all directions.
We say this after reading the glow
ing accounts Of the observance OF
Christmas as given in the various pub
locations.
In Jacksonville the prisoners were
given turkey dinners, and throughout
the prison camps of Florida they were
given a holiday and better meals than
usual
I In many cities the Salvation Army
prepared sumptuous dinners for the
poor. and the Kings Daughters were
kept busy distributing gifts to the
needy, and the rich made themselves
happy in sharing their Opulence with
their less fortunate fellows.
In Ocala Mr.. Heating gave the Ma
rion county hospital twenty-five dol
lars in cash and a dozen bottles o
whiskey and brandy TO be used TO
medical purposes. 1t received Jesse
gifts from many others.
So the story goes. Every home, eI
cry public institution, every indiviC
ual, has a pleasant story to relate.
And the Christmas publication
y were more beautiful in color and sof
err in tone, it seemed to US, than
previous years.
at On every side and n every cOncei
elt able shape the story is told that Il
world is growing better. That the
'm are greater gifts and a larger Chart
Isl There is more tolerance. The To-
De- of self is less and the love Of neig
Dor more.