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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-06
Mother browns With DAUGHTER.

Mrs. Gordon Hoyt and her daughter.
Clara. were drowned at Snug Harbor.
near Hammondsport n. Y. The
daughter had gone in bathing and. be-
ing seized with cramps. called to her
mother who was on the bank nearby.
Mrs. Hoyt who is an expert swimmer
went to the rescue The daughter was
so frightened that she threw her arms
abotu her mother and both were
drowned before help could reach them.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-06
Revenge Nearly Cost Forty Lives

Forty miners were overcome by gas
in the Central Coal and Coke com
pany's mine No 81 at Pittsburg Kan.
Twelve of the miners were seriously
and three perhaps fatally hurt. An in
spection by the state mine inspector
indicates that some one had deliber.
ately checked the ventilation evident
ly for revenge.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-06

JeHries Posts FORFEIT 10 Fight johnson
Actual steps looking to a fight be
tween James J. Jeffries and Jack
Johnson for the heavyweight cham.
pionship OF the world were taken
when Jeffries. on his arrival in New
York from the west. posted $4,000
as forfeit to bind a match with the
negro pugilist for a fight of anywhere
from twenty to a hundred rounds.
Jeffries insists that the fight shall be
held before the club offering the larg-
est purse and that when articles are
signed an additional forfeit Of $4,000
shall be posted. The whole sum Of
100000 is to 90 to the winner of the
mill
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-06

once more. Turning quickly. the bind
boy swan in that direction. but again
his brother sank before he could be
reached. When the boy again came TO
the surface Henry caught him by the
head supported him and slowly swan
toward the shore. directed by the
sound of the boys voices on the bank.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-06
= Sets Iran Gun: Kills WIZ

A trap gun which Emmett Booker.
a merchant Of Smithville Ga, had set
for burglars. was discharged when
Mrs Booker opened the store door
two charges Of buckshot entering the
woman's body. causing death.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-06
Live Stock Markets

PITTSBURG lUnion Stock YARDS
CATTLE slow and lower. choice. Sc n
q SO. prime S615G640.
SHEEP slow and lower. prime
wethers. S47564S5: culls and com
mon. SL5O03: lambs s4G7. veal
calves s75"aS
HOGS higher. prime heavies. $40:
mediums. SS25GS.30. heavy Workers
SS.2OQ S.25, light Workers. sS100SI5;
DIGS, $1,000 s; roughs, S650Q 40.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-06
Died After Eatinn Lohsters.

Captain Christopher G. Newbury
died al Groton. Conn, from ptomaine
poisoning after eating Holsters. John
Blihord OF New York. is in a precar-
ious condition and three others are
seriously ILL.,
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Safely Completes Final Speed
Test Over Fort MyST.
MADE AZ MILES AN HOUR
Lieutenant FouIois, Passenger In the
Aeroplane, Witnesses Triumph OF
Wright Brothers--Averass Altitude
During Flight Was 200 Feet.

Orville Wright attained the zenith
of hard-earned success. In a ten-mile
crOss-cOuntry flight from Fort Myer
in the famous aeroplane built by him
self and his elder brother. Wilbur and
accompanied by Lieutenant Benjamin
d. F0ulois. an intrepid officer Of the
army signal corps, he not only sur
passed the speed requirements Of his
contract with the United States gov
eminent but accomplished the most
difficult and daring flight ever planned
for a S8avierthan-air flying machine
incidentally ne broke all speed records
over a measured course and estab-
lished beyond dispute the practicable
ity Of the aeroplane in time Of peace
and in time OF war
Over Forty-two Miles an Hour.
Wright's speed was more than forty
two miles an hour He made the ten
mile flight in fourteen minutes and
forty-two seconds, including the more
than twenty seconds required for the
turn beyond the line at Shutter hill
the southern end Of the course He at
tanned height in crossing the valley
of Four Mil Run, of nearly 500 feet.
and the average altitude Of his practi-
cally level course was about 200 feet.
The official board will determine the
speed made. II is agreed that IL ex-
ceeded fOrtytwo miles an hous The
Wrights will therefore receive $50. 900.
including a bonus of $4,000 for their
aerOplane.
President Taft who has become an
enthusiastic spectator Of the aeropane
trials arrived upon the parade ground
at Fort Myer just in time to see the
aeroplane land and to participate I'm
the wild demonstration which wei
coined the triumphant aviators. He
sent ColO-el Treat. commanding Off
Ger Of the artillery at Fort Myer. to
bear his congratulations to the vic.
tors
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-06

Last Survivor of Fremont's Expedition
The body Of Wolden Bledsoe. ninety.
years Of age. said to be the last sur
yivor Of General Fremont's first expe-
dition to California. was found in the
Archer Lake canal in Denver. Colo. II
Is believed he committed suicide.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-06
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS.
The Latest Closing Prices For Produce
and Live Stock.

PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR weak
winter low grades. S425q475; white
clear, $4,000 SIS; city mills, fancy
s6.6046.S5.
RYE FLOUR quiet; per barrel
$450d470
WHEAT steady; new, No. 2 red
$ll0Q111
CORN Steady; No. white, local
79d soc
OATS quiet; No. 2 white clipped
530 soc; lower grades. sic.
POULTRY: Live steady; hens. 1871
a l6c.; old ROSTERS. 10l2ql1c. Dress
ed steady; choice fowls. lie: old roOs
tiers. 12c
BUTTER firm; extra creamery
3Oc. per To-
EGGS steady; selected, 26d2Sc. ,
nearby, 24c.. western 2ic
POTATOES steady; new, per bar
rel, 75c. 0S1T5.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-06

Pennsy Awards Contracts For Cars.
Contracts were awarded by the
Pennsylvania Railroad company for
freight cars to cost between $4,000. 900
sn6 100000.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-06
General Henry c. Worthlnnton Dead

General Henry c. Worthington. for
meriy member Of the California legis-
lature. delegates in congress from Ne
vada. diplomat and jurist. died at the
Garfield hospital in Washington from
cerebral hemorrhage He was eighty
one years of age.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-06

Keen Kutter Lawn
Mowers, Lawn and
Garden Rubber and
Cotton Hoes, Ear.
Neck and Body Horse
Fly Nets, Summer
Lap Robes, ArcticIand
American Twin Ice
Cream freezers.
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NIessrs. II. j. Barrow y O.

Messrs II. f.. Barrow u Co..
ea Sis In regard 10 the Creamery
best pattern have have sold - 1u
o our years nave ad right much experience
good pattern though had to
Old
To oe washed 1t just what churn sue
wife should have During churn mouse
pounds
With am '7'" VI 'ine
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Your friend,
Mrs. w. \. SOUTHALL.

81 hope you will have this published Farmyle Herald
daiying. ' 0'e interested IN
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500

will be paid any per-
son who can drink
Pickett water accord
ing to my instructions
without being benefit
ted. 1 will deposit an
amount equivalent to
your r. r. fare and
hotel bill for go days,
same to be forfeited II
Pickett water don't do
that which it is guar
anteed to do. Come
to Farmville and try a
course of Pickett wa
ter.
CHAS. B. PICKET.
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Creamery Swing Churn.

IREDwAY, VA, May p, 1909.
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Wednesday, August 4.


Thomas II. Heist, former owner o,
the Bolton house and a prominent
business man Of Harrisburg. Pa died
suddenly at his home al Wayne juno.
ton. Philadelphia aged seventy years
The raising Of the battleship Maine
in Havana harbor by the United States
government was favored in a resolu-
ton passed by the New York state de-
partment. United Spanish War Vet
Grams.
President Taft has approved the sen.
tence of dismissal in the case Of First
Lieutenant Frank W. Ball. Twenty
fifth infantry U. s. A.. recently tried
twice by court martial in the Philip
pine Islands on charges Of drunken
ness.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-27

Cousin, of the Fifth District, known
as the silver tongued orator from
Iowa. He paid high tribute to the
late SenatorAllison,a and was followed
by the Honorable w. P. Hepburn, of
the Eighth District, better known as
the Old War Horse of the Iowa dele
cation. His tribute to Senator ALI
son was listened to with a makred
degree of attention. The Honorable
J. A. T. Hull, of the Seventh District
was the next speaker and was follow
ed by the Honorable B. P. Birdsall,
of the Third District. Both of these
speakers paid glowing tribute to
the deceased Senator. Judge Bird
sail was followed by the Honorable
G. M. Haugen, of the Fourth District,
and Judge Hubbard OF the Tenth Dis
trict as the next speaker, followed by
the Honorable ]. P. Connor, of the
Tenth District. Judge Connor made
a fine address on the life and charac-
ter of Senator Allison. He was fol-
lowed by the Honorable D. W. Ham
ilton, of the Sixth District. The
next speaker was the Honorable A.
F. Dawson, of the Second District,
who is now serving his third term
in Congress. Mr.. Dawson was the
private secretary for Senator Allison
for over six years, and his address
received the most careful attention,
and he spoke at length on the great
services that Senator Allison had rem
dered not only in Iowa, but
in the entire country on his wise and
and just legislation. Mr.. Dawson
pictured Senator Allison as the
greatest master of finance that this
country has ever produced. The next
speaker was the Honorable Champ
Clarke, the leader of the minority of
the House Mr.. Clarke began his
address by paying a high tribute to
the Iowa delegation in Congress. say
ing that Iowa had the banner for
oratory in the present Congress. He
referred to Senator Allison in a most
feeling and eloquent manner. He
was followed by theHonorable Joseph
G. Cannon, the Speaker of the House.
Mr.. Cannon spoke for over twenty
The Washington bee., 1909-02-27
a HIGH TRIBUTE PAID TO THE
LATE SENATOR WILLIAM
B. ALLISON OF IOWA

A great flow of oratory and vol
canoes of eloquence displayed by the
Iowa delegation.
Sunday, February Fl was set apart
to pay tribute to the memory of the
late Senator William B. Allison. who
died June 4, 1908, at his home in
Dubuque, Iowa, and long before the
time set for the exercises to begin the
public and private galleries were filed
with large number Of Iowans who
reside in Washington and also a
large number of friends of the late
Senator, from almost every state in
f.he union. And the three new mem
bers-elect from Iowa, Messrs. Good,
Kendall and Wood were present.
The Honorable Walter I Smith. of
the Ninth Congressional District pre-
sided as speaker protein. The first
speaker was the Honorable R. G..
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single point to his adversary. A
jury of the American people, after
hearing the case fully and completely,
gave Mr.. Lincoln verdict in favor
of his contention. He had said that
the Nation "could not exist half
slave and half free" during these con-
troversieS, and the nation, after an
appeal to the dread arbitrament of
the sword, sustained him in issuing
the immortal proclamation declaring
us all free.
But the say he possessed a sense of
humor. So he did. But his humor
was as the ripple of the surface of
an unfathomable sea. He was in
touch with the common people, and
he held constant commune with them,
and could interpret their heart throbs.
He knew, too, whether they beat
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OF dynasties and empires and thrones
sustained by patient but unwilling
subject, but lacking in the main pop
ular approval. His plea for a free
people and free government cir
COMMUNICATED the globe, and popular
government is now the rule rather
than the exception. He was in a pos
ition to say-"What I do ye know not
now, but ye shall know hereafter"
Lincoln was a changeless sincerity.
Popular clamor, public criticism, the
worst sort of caricatures, never de-
flected him from his onward course.
He was welded to central idea, and
that idea he championed with all the
power of his soul. The Chief Tus-
tice fancy decision, in the Dred Scott
case, gave him his opportunity to
challenge Stephen A Douglass, com
batting the dangerous teachings of
that decision. He played the whole
gamut of logic and political acumen
in that controversy, and never yielded
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PtRAGRAPHIC NEWS

In speaking of the death of the late
Catulle Mendes, the Literary Digest
says, "One of the corner-stones Of
French poetry was swept away"
Mr.. Charles n. Robinson, consider
ed one of New Jerseys best men,, died
at his home in Camden the early part
of this month at the age of 79 years.
According to the Advance, the New
England people are united in their
desire to make everything very pleas
ant for all who will attend the meet
ing of the Medical Association, to be
held in Boston Next August.
Mr.. T. Thomas Fortune is the
editor of The Yonkers Standard, New
York.
A deer skin sofa pillow was pre-
sented to Mr.. Vernon at the close Of
his address, under the auspices of the
Oklahoma Constitutional League, at
Muskogee, February 5, by some of
his former students.
The financial statement of the con-
dition of the St. Luke Penny Savings
Bank, at Richmond, Virginia, is proof
of the success of the enterprise.
Read elsewhere what the Cumber-
land Alleganian says concerning Ii
IBERIA.
The leading Baptist journals, We
mean those of the Caucasian race, are
discussing the immersion phase OF
their profession as it is claimed that
There is evidently a real arrest in
the progress of the Baptist denomina-
ton in Great Britain"
After a cruise of fourteen months,
in a journey of $4,000 miles, the six
teen battleships were anchored in
Hampton Roads last Monday.
The twentieth anniversary of the
admission of the State of North Da-
kota in the Union, was celebrated by
the North Dakota Association in the
District last Monday night.
Rev. John Clayton, of the First
Baptist Church condemns "fads in
churches and says mo one now could
tell what course Christ would take
were He on earth"
Twenty-eight bands played the
"Star Spangled Banner" while the
fleet entered the harbor OH the 22nd.
Wonder if the Rev. Drew will stilI
be Giving like Christ" when the re-
ligious parade, headed by the Nation
al band, starts on its journey through
the city, March end?
Special services were held in the
House of Representatives last Sunday
upon the life and public service OF
the three members VINO nave oieu uuI-
ing the present session.
President Roosevelt, through the
Secretary of War, has ordered the
restoration of the name of Jefferson
Davis on Cabin John Bridge tablet,
from which it was cut out in the year
1862. so it is stated.
The death of Stewart d. Robinson,
nephew of President Roosevelt, at
Harvard University last Sunday, was
caused, so says rumor, by fall from
sixth story dormitory window.
Mrs. Laura Hawksworth, whose
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-
renewed emphasis. Life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness" +" to him, had
meaning, broad and far reaching,
and comprehended in fact the entire
scope of the Declaration OF Indepen-
dence. What was life, without lib
Ierty. and how could there be any pur-
suit of happiness with ones life in
jeopardy, and ones liberty basely in
fringed or denied? And his wonder
full vision discloses the fact that he
believed every mans rights end where
another's begins, thus forbidding a
maximum of rights for one citizen,
and a minimum of the same kind of
rights or another.
From his vantage ground he looked
through a dim vista of years, and
saw that the Nation could not exist
half slave and half free, and conse-
Grated himself, under God, to do his
part in making it entirely free. The
selling of a slave in his presence so
aroused every sentiment of liberty in
him that he pledged himself, if God
spared him and the opportunity ever
presented itself, to strike the system
which permitted such an atrocity a
blow, and to strike it hard God did
spare him, and he struck slavery so
hard that four millions of people in
tcourse of time ound their chains
broken and their souls free, and came
leaping and shouting their acclama-
tons of JOY and thanksgiving.
Edwin Markham says of the birth
of Lincoln;-
No portents! yet with whisper and
alarm
/ The Evil Powers that dread the near
ing feet
OF heroes, held a council in that hour !;
And sent three fates to darken that
door,
To bottle and blot back the Heaven
sent child
Three were the fates-gaunt Poverty
that chains
Gray drudgery that grinds the hope
away,
And gasping Ignorance that starves
the soul.
They came to master, but he made
them serve,
And from the wrestle with the
destinies,
He rose with all his energies aglow.
There in the unspoiled ,solitudes he
| grew,
Unwarped by culture and uncramped
by creed.
For God. upon whose steadfast
shoulders rest
These Governments of ours, had not
forgot.
He needed for Has purpose a voice
A voice to be clarion on the wind,
Crying the word of freedom to dead
hearts,
: The word the centuries had waited
for.
Lincoln was the worlds best proph-
ct, in that he foresaw the crumbling
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WALKER IN SANITARIUM

Dayton, Ohio, Feb. 2I.-George V.
Walker, comedian, playing in opposite
Bert Williams in "Bandana Lane" I"
was taken from this city late Wednes-
day night to New York, where he was
PLACED in a sanitarium. He is suffer
ing from mental trouble.
Walker played a three days en-
gagement here, and during that time
frequently forgot his lines. He acted
so strangely that it as decided he
needed rest and medical attention.
George has ben acting in pecu-
liar manner for some time, said Will
liams yesterday. Before leaving New
York throat specialist told George
that he would have to discontinue
singing, as his throat as in bad condl-
ton. This has preyed upon his mind,
as he believed that he was losing
prestige as a comedian"
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LINCOLN CENTENNIAL CELE-
BRATION AT METROPOLITAN
AFRICAN METHODIST EPIS-
COPAL CHURCH, FEBRUARY
II, 1909
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We celebrate today the centennial
anniversary of the birth of the most
remarkable man of the 10Th century
remarkable for what he was in him
self and for what he was to the
world of mankind The biography OF
Abraham Lincoln in known to every
school child, and to every patriotic
man and woman in America His life
is a great part of the history of the
nataion itself. He came out of the
depths, laying no claim to blood or
breeding, but, by consant plodding,
and by keeping the even tenor of his
way, he rose by dint of his own self
sacrificing efforts to the proud realm
where all the pomp and heraldry OF
the world paused to do him reverence,
Abraham Lincoln proved that real
greatness could have its beginning IN
d log cabin in the wilderness as well
as in a castle surrounded by all of
1ife's luxuries and glories. He gave
real voice to the truth, thundered out
in the Declaration of Independence,
that all men are born free and equal.
His birth and the manner of it gave
hope and spirit and ambition to every
American youth who might have in
him the hrse that would discover to
the world another mute and inglorious
son of genius. Lincoln came TO give
new Interpretation to the word liberty,
and to place a new construction on
our Constitution and the basic princi-
pies or which our Government was
founded.
In his early school life, he COM
mingled with youths of his own kind,
whose notions ran along channels of
his own thoughts, where he breathed
the free air, tramped the free soil,
learned the lessons of free speech
all of which paved the way for the
development of a free country, dedi-
Gated to the idea of an absolutely free
people. 1t is not surprising that he
declared, when he started out, impell-
ed by the great convictions which
weighed heavily upon him, Il am not
bound to succeed, but | am bound to
stand for that which is right He
realized even then that it is grander
to stand for that which is right, as
one sees the right than to succeed in
the wrong. Here was new philoso-
ply in statesmanship-a new moral
code to govern the actors in the great
est crisis in the nations history.
And this idea was based on the
well grounded belief on his part that
the preservation of the jewel of lib
erty depended chiefly upon the recog-
milton of the basic truths uttered by
the founders of the Republic, but
which had been allowed to slumber
for want of constant repetition and
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in unison and sympathy with his own.
A familiar story would illustrate a
simple truth better than well studied
and well marshailed phrases, and
served the purpose of a soul touch,
while the hearer listened, laughed,
approved and appiauded He took
the simple things of the world to con-
found the mighty. AS Seward said
of Clay: "He held the keys to the
hearts of his countrymen, and he
Continued to page 1.
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minutes, and he too paid a high COM
pliment to the Iowa delegation and
said that Iowa should feel proud of
having such able and representative
men to represent them in both
Houses of Congress. His reference
to Senator Allison was very touching
as he had served with him for over
thirty years. He being Chairman of
the Committee on Appropriations of
the House, and Senator Allison the
Chairman of the Committee of Ap-
preparations of the Senate.
The last speaker was the Honorable
Walter I. Smith, of the Ninth Con-
gressional District, who is recognized
as the most able representative in
the Iowa delegation.
Judge Smith, who had occupied the
chair during the exercises called the
Honorable J. P. Connor to take the
chair and as Judge Smith took the
floor the crowd had just begun to
come in from the corridors to the
galleries and there was a great pause
of silence as Judge Smith began his
address. He reviewed the record
made by the late Senator William B.
Allion and pictured him as one of
Iowa's greatest and noblest states
men. He referred to all of the great
statesmen of Iowa who had preced-
ed Mr.. Allison. He also referred to
Senator Allison as the Great Master
of Finance. and especially his loyalty
to his party and state, and at the con-
clusion of Judge Smiths address, had
it not been against the rules of the
House, prohibiting applause in the
galleries on such occasions, there
would have been an outburst of ap-
plause, as Judge Smith, as he is now
familiarly called among all his ac-
quaintances in Washington has be-
come very popular since making the
several speeches during this session
of Congress, and we feel safe in say
ing that every voter of Iowa would
have felt proud to have witnessed
these exercises on last Sunday Some
of the oldest members of the House
say that they have never seen a state
so ably represented on an occasion of
this kind before, and they also say
that the Ninth District '<as never had
such an able representative as the
Honorable w. I. Smith to represent
them in Congress before.
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LINC()LN n

SPEECH OF JOHN c. DANCY AT
LINCOLN CENTENNIAL CELE-
BRATION AT METROPOLITAN
AFRICAN METHODIST EPIS-
COPAL CHURCH, FEBRUARY
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