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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-20
,OUTHERN RAILWAY


he8tct Nay j1fh, 1902.
lowing schedule figures are published
rm4tion and are not guaranteed.
nrTHBOUND-Leave Burkeville.
t- A.l No.ll. With pullman. Forall points
..-aW 81. Nod For Danville. Greensboro.
Charlotte and intermediate stations.
connecting at Danviile with main line
trains for Lynchblrg and Washing
f.n. and az Greensboro with trains
Joy east and west thereof.
.rv So For an points south anu
-olthwcst. Through pullman to At
nnfa and Birmingham. Through
coach 20 Chase City. Durham and
Raleigh via Keysville. Va.
u-p st. No17. Daily except Sunday. Loca
90 keysville.
NORTHBOUND-Leave Burkeville.
IA %. t-0A. NJ. daily. No. Is. 6:27 A. NJ. ex-
.... Sur5ar No. s. PIT. z. NJ daily. No. IL,
p NJ daily. All for Richmond.
N8sll. l2 Is and IA carry pullmans ana
.o.r,a.. Nos. e. S. II and IS day coaches
POPULAR YORK RIVER LINE
leave Richmond 1870 P. NJ Mondays. Wednes-
AZ. ana FRIDAYS for Baltimore. Philadelphia
e. V.-. and points North and East.
S. +. BURGESS. ID. p. A.
q20E. Main ST.. Richmond. Va
c b. Ackert. Il. F. Cary. S. II. Hardwick
i p Gen Mgr O. p A. Pass. Traf. Mgr.
Washington. ID. {.
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BUCKINGHAM COUNTY
SheppaTdS,
August Il, 90

August H. 'O9.
Our folks try to keep busy all the
time. Just now the important work
with the farmers is getting the worms
and suckers off tobacco. Jack Hoop
Ell Ia good farmer says that the crops
in Fools Corner are the best he
has seen.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Cox, Of Farm
vile, drove over to see our country
last week.
Quite a number of new barns are
being built in our vicinity. We notice
Geo. Carter Oscar Morris, Paul Jones.
VIM Smith, II. E. Barrow as having
new barns put up This indicates
good crop of tobacco.
Mr.. n. A. Pollard is trying to help
on the creamery at Farmville by keep
ing a herd of cows. Every enterprise
of this kind should be encouraged.
1t is sad but true, that there is no
sale for fruit in Farmville this year. |
used to sell lots of apples and peaches
in town, but this year there is moth
ing doing. What is the matter ? Is
your market well supplied?
The recent primary did not awaken
much interest, and folks say: well
is all the same, anyway.
Mrs. Sarah Baughan died lastThurs-
day, and was buried Friday in Smyrna
cemetery Mrs. Baughan was nearly
so years old, and had been sick for
quite a while. The burial services
were conducted by Rev. Mr.. Carson,
of the Methodist Church.
The month Of August is generally
the time for the ''protracted meet
ings" at the various churches Revs.
Barwell and Christian will conduct
services at New Store church this
week.
Rev Messrs. Carson and Clark held
very interesting series or services at
Smyrna church last week, and the
church and vicinity feel the good eff
fects. Query; why is it that most Of
us get so pious in the summer time
and appear so Indifferent and careless
the rest of the year? As Josiah Al
lens wife says: We lack medium
ness. We should keep up our in
terest in our church and its cause all
the year round.
Mr.. Woodson, with the Times-Dis
patch Good Roads Car paid us a short
call last Friday. Editor Hart accom-
panied him. We are glad to see the
people stirred up on the subject of
roads.
Mr.. Leon Pollard has returned from
Richmond. He had an operation for
performed at Memorial
Hospital.
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COUNTY DIRECTORY.

Judge Of Circuit Court-Hon. George j. HIND
ley
Clerk OF County and Circuit Courts-Hor-
ace'Adams.
Deputy Clerk Of County and Circuit Courts
H. b. Warmer.
Ireasurer-S w. Watkins
Commissioner Of Revenue-E. l.. Dupuy.
Sheriff.. II. Dickinson.
Commonwealth AttOrney-A. ID. Watkins.
COroner-Dr. J. X. Spencer.
Board Of Supervisors -taunve District. ]. l..
Hart. Chairman; Buffalo District r. W. Fuqua:
Hampden District. DR.. w. NJ. Holiday: Lockett
District. r. Walton; Leigh District. A. A.
Haskins.
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CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Raines.
August 16, 'O6.

August 16, '06.
The revival services which were held
at Antioch church during the past
week, closed yesterday with good re-
suits. Mr.. Smith preached two SER
mons each day, and each of the SER
mons was strong and eloquent pre-
sentation of Gospel truths. We es-
TEEN it a great privilege to hear this
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Tredway.
August Is, 'O9.

August TO, W..
The farmers of this section are de-
lighted with the fine season, the
ground being wetter than it has been
since June.
Miss Maggie Hancock is visiting re-
latives in Lynchburg.
Miss Libbie Dowdy, from Cumber-
land, is in the neighborhood visiting
friends.
Mrs. w. D. Jones and two child
rem spent last week with Mrs. w. A..
Mrs. j. F. Jones, of Farmville, is
with Mrs. Southall at present.
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AVE FAeMViLLE DAILY.
Juno ~ I9J7

NORTH AND EAST.
No. 6. No
1913, a. m. $3.50 p. M.
SOUTH AND WEST.
No. 8. No. 3.
~ 8l5 p. m. 1875 p. m.
r.- Roanoke. Bristol. Bluefeld. and
3D. rrinal stations. Sleepers to Bristol and
amhus. Cafe Car.
psr'0r Car 20 Roanoke. Pullman
Nd ...rar Lvnchburg 20 Cincinnati. Roanoke
columbus r anoke TO Bristol Cafe
Roanoke % Williamson.
r.r Lvnchburg. Roanoke and intermed-
..te stations.
Petersburg and intermediate sta
Connects at Petersburg for Rich
i and Norfolk.
Tor Petersburg. Richmond. Norfolk
N.' Pullman sleeper o. Norfolk. and Richmond
Il. Petersburg. Norfolk Richmond and
p" .-armediate stations. Pullman Parlor
FOB Norfolk.
,, ...-s thinking Of taking trip YOU want
.heapcst fares. reliable and correct
-.r a- 90 routes. train schedules. the
... r.r.ah'e and quickest way. Write and
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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-20

EFor indigestion and all stomach
trouble take Foley's Orino Laxative
as it stimulates the stomach and liver
and regulates the bowels and will posi-
lively cure habitual constipation. Sold
by all druggists.
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Simplicity.

August 10, 1909
Rev. Hugh Henry recently closed a
series of meetings at Briery. Mr..
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-20

Cut prices for cash on ladies and
children's low shoes, at
- Fleming & Clark's.
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,DfwArR & WESTERN RAILROAD

Tine fable in efectlNov. s. 1908.
s-ae.a FarmyiHe and Richmond .via-Mosele
n sn--nern Railway.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-07-10
Some New Words.

A correspondent welcomes the new
words aviator" and "aviation," but
asks whether, if "navis' gives "navi-
gator" and navigation, LAWS"
should not give navigator" and "avi-
CATION" However, he adds tolerant
ly, we must not have too great re-
gard for such niceties after having
allowed such words as "chlorodyne
-Cliterally green pain") to become
current.
Another new word, which 1 noticed
on the boardings of a neighboring
town, is "picturedrome, which, be-
ing strictly interpreted, would be a
picture racecourse-not bad name
for cinematograph show. And this
naturally leads me to the skating rink
advertisements, which announce that
there are three sessions daily"
which, since it presumably does not
refer to skating accidents, gives US
quite new meaning for an old word,
remarkably different from it's original
one.-Manchester Guardian.
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A WELL TRAINED HORSE,


A well bred horse is easily trained
to do just what his owner wants him
to do, which proves that blood tells.
There Is an instance of one owned by
G. w. Chandler, of Massachusetts.
This mare Is named Nell, and is used
by him in the wood and coal business,
and this is what the horse does:
When in the morning she is hitched to
her coal cart, first she walks nearly
an eighth of a mile to drinking fcun-
tain, without any direction or assist
ance, and takes all the water she cares
for; then of her own accord she goes
by another street to the railroad de-
pot, crosses the tracks, passes up to
the sidetrack where the coalers are
and backs up to the car from which
her cart is loaded by the man in
charge All this is done without any
assistance or direction whatever from
any human being. When in the morn
ing she Is harnessed to carriage I'm
stead Of the coal cart she takes pre-
cisely the same action in going to the
fountain and drinking, but then, in
stead of going to the railroad depot,
she turns down the main street to the
Office, and whinneys for her master
that she has arrived and is ready for
him.-Indiana Farmer.
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FARM AND GARDEN

Hens that lay 200 eggs in a year
should not be averaged at $50 eggs
with hens that lay 100 eggs.
A dairyman uses care in breeding,
If he buys; there are certain marks
that govern the price, the shade from
the end of the nose to the end of the
tail is taken into account, the small
feminine neck and head have value,
and clear down a line of points he
rakes his estimate, the very same
.r.es and the very same principles
apply to the highest point in poultry
raising.
Any experienced, close-observing,
poultry raiser knows, at a glance, the
laying hen. The small feminine neck
and head count again, the bright. alert
eye tells tale, the dropping tail tells
another tale and wheu she picks her
feet UP and pumps them down we
have another pointer
A very few club-headed, thick
necked steer-horned cows are any
good. Even with the COW the tail
tells a tale, the heavy club-tail sell
dom follows a good COW, while On the
other hand, a slim tail is one of the
characteristics of a good one.-Farm-
ers' Alliance.
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easy. AS shown in the accompanying
illustration, this tent can be disas-
sembled into sections and converted
into one or more articles of apparel.
1t can thus be conveniently and easily
transported by the members of the
camping party, making it of inestima-
BILE value to troops, huntsmen and
campers generally The tent shown
here is composed of number of de-
tachable triangular sections, each Sec
ton being adapted to be folded upon
itself and secured at the edges, to
form a poncho. For connecting the
sections of the tent together buttons
and buttonholes are employed. When
using the tent section as poncho the
arms are passed through the con-
nected edges between the buttons,
and any device, such as string, is
tied about the waist. The device thus
applied gives the wearer free use of
his arms and provides a garment fit
ting with closeness for comfort and
protection for the wearer By join
ing two sections a shelter tent can be
made. The pole is constructed of
number of convenient-sizeds sections,
which can be distributed among any
number of hunters, ETC., together with
the ponchos, and the entire tent in
this manner carried from one place
to another without entailing any in
convenience, but, on the contrary,
providing the hunter with a weather
proof garment.-Washing Star.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-07-10
SOILS AND YIELDS.

Perhaps the hardest point for the
unprofeasional farmer to understand
Is that two fields OF soil may look
alike, but one will yield Is bushels Of
corn and the other 49, This very ex-
ample may be seen at the Urbana
(Ohio) Experiment Farm, where one
field has been grown to corn exclu-
sively for 80 years without manure
or fertilizers of any kind. In 1907 it
yielded less than ~ bushels to the acre.
Not ten rods away with everything
else the same, over Is bushels to the
acre were harvested, only because the
necessary plant food had been replaced
in the form of stable manure, ETC.,
and because rotation had been prac-
tised, using as corn one of the crops
in the rotation scheme.-The Epito-
mist.
No fewer than S,2S2 medical stu
dents attend lectures at the univer.
stiles of Germany this winter.
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DeneHoies.

These curious well-like excas1
found in Kent and Sussex, are
larly supposed to belong to tne1
of the Danish rule in England
are invariably about three feet
ameter and seldom less tnan
feet deep. Ingress and egres
provided for by means OF rude !
or hide ropes. Various explaa1
have been offered to account l01
existence-some supposing tna
have been places of refuge, otne.
they were connected with secie
of worship, still Others that tns.1
dug for the extraction OF cnss'
flint. A. ]. Philip, in a recenI
of the subject. advocates Inv
that the holes were made 10 -
silos. or granaries. They are
close together in groups, corIe,
ing with the habits OF vaflo~
of clustering in restricted
Youths Companion.
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For Catching Animals.

Any person who has tried to catch
a pig or other small animal in even
a comparatively restricted space will
appreciate the value of the animal
catcher invented by an Oklahoman.
BY means of this device the capture
of elusive little beasts is made COM
paratively easy, and it will no doubt
be much in demand among farmers
and butchers. The contrivance con-
sists of pair of graphing tongs
with pivoted curved jaws and fold
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-07-10
EXPERT OPINION ON MILKING

EXPERT OPINION ON MILKING
MACHINES.
The practicability of milking by use
Of mechanical mixers has been given
test at the Nebraska Agricultural
experiment station and the results
with the opinions of those in charge
Of the tests made known in a bulletin
which the station recently issued. A
milking machine plant was installed
at the station in October, 1906, and
since that time number OF expert
mental trials have been made and
careful reports kept. From these
dsta the experts in charge of the tests
have reached the following conclu-
siOns:
"Heifers in their first lactation ap-
paxently give better results by ma
chine milking than do aged COWS that
have been accustomed to hand milk.
ing for one or more years
Some cows are not adapted to ma.
chine milking.
Alternate hand and machine meth.
DDS OF milking have a detrimental ef'
feet upon the milk flow.
Manipulation of the udder is abso-
lutely necessary In some instances be.
fore all the milk can be drawn by the
machine.
'One man operating one machine
can milk about the same number OF
COWS per hour as one man milking by
hand.
1.-TWO men operating four machines
can practically do the work of three
men milking BY hand.
Two operators with four machines
MIXED twenty-one COWS per hour in
the university dairy.
1T was found necessary to thor
oughly wash and boil the milking ma.
chine parts after each usage in order
to produce milk with as low bacteri-
al content as that resulting from care
ful methods of hand milking
Washing the machines at irregular
intervals or simply drawing water
though them will increase the bac-
terial content of the milk even above
poor methods Of hand milking.
The man operating the mixers
must thoroughly understand the care
and management of dairy stock. He
should also be persistent In the at.
tention to details in order to obtain
the best results.
From these studies it would appear
that the milking machine Is fitted for
large herds rather than small ones.
andd we believe would be impracu-
cable to install them where fewer
than thirty cows are MIXED the year
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-07-10

able arms. One of these arms fits
over a pole and rope is slipped
through ring at one end and passed
through a ring at the end of the other
arm. at the same time being slipped
through a short chain at the inter-
section. In using the catcher, the
operator seizes the animals leg with
the jaws of the instrument and pulls
the rope, which closes the jaws tight.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-07-10
A ZION NEAR Buer.'
Major Noah Tried to Starr !.
100 Years Aoo

80 ~" u -HoIdecai Manuel ". ~
tempt 10 establish a Jewish ~
luse on Grand Island noaa u' n
the one incident in his ca "a
no" attracts the inquiring ~ q,
glst' but according to tbe %
hebrew Major Noah wou,a
served to be remembered i =
never gone to Buffalo and na, :.
Gated 70 the city of Ararat in n :
copal church there.
1t was in 1926 that tho ..
ment OF the sale Of Crard u,
the state of New York suy ~ ID ]. !
Noah the idea of purchasns sI ! ". J.
territory for prosecuted Jaws
over the world. The island roa
Niagara river below Bufa,o Il.
himself was not wealthy bu, ~,
duced friends of his to adva,.
requisite sums.
lie named the city that NO, a.,
Ararat, in order to connoo. -,
nn No, oanl4' s., hamesake. He had = Ma
nefslone suitably inscribed ann, a 4
himself judge of Israel and T., =.
call TO all prosecuted Israel = .ue,
ana inhabit the city of refuge
Inc lack of Transportation Ca.
compelled him to take the corn. lie
into Christian church in p,s., E.s..,,,
the dedicatory ceremonies Thu -,
tlans of Buffalo and the surro. !. -
country We're immensely int, 80
and had come in great throngs \ q he
ness the gorgeous pageant ! "a,
SONIC societies and military 4
MES, headed by the Judge in Y. r.,
robes.
His discourse in the church INIT
the judge waited day and N .eht
turned to New York. The ~, y y,
spouse from the Jews was de, ~ n
ton from a European rabbi I
the blasphemy of attempting IA m,
a New Jerusalem without an y ~ &
TIC sign from God "A n,
Grand Island, upon which
dreamed of establishing the i .II,rs
city OF Ararat, is a little larer l2hx
the island of Manhattan. Then ne
not a single Jew on Grand ~ I
then, and it is questionable II 11ed
Noah himself ever set foot N, - q
The tenacity with which Nosl Nj /
to his Jewish nationalistic ida nbe
all the more remarkable in vi more
the fact that he was so thoru - I
American. His great-great.n
Their, he said in one of the add
referred to, was buried in the nm,
terry at Chatham square. - a.
He himself was a great literuJ -
political lion in New York. It wi 4 eloc
that he told the best story, NJ - a
the best sentence and wrote I'd Iia !
play of all his contemporaries ~ -
was one of the most prominent 1tism
o. the city. He held at different ft I,
the offices of consul-general to y cot
sheriff of New York county, SUI ,aub
of the port and Judge of the ca 7 ia
sessions.
He was the author of seven d <a1e
full plays and of one that failed
reason for the failure of the -
throws an interesting sideligH ~
Noahs character. 800.
He thought it would be an (.
tive feature to supply each 800
the audience with copy Of th (,
The result was that the acton IL
not be heard because of the RI -,
leaves. - ],
His uncle, Aaron J. Pnillin "a
whose benefit the performance v ~ i
ing given, rode in upon the stac III
expectedly-the play was the 'G Tkirh
Captive"-on an elephant. CO !,
by the disorder he fell OF az ~
play ended amid shouts OF lal ~
The affair was much ridiculd Z :
Noah issued a statement in hil ~ n
the actors and tam II :
blame on himself for distribute -
booklets. @era
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-07-10
Tent Used as a Coat.

The problem of the transportation
Of the tent has always been difficult
one for the huntsman to solve. Be-
sides being heavy, the tent is cumber-
some to handle A San Francisco in
ventor has devised an exceedingly
unique and simple arrangement Of
The tent which makes transportation
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-07-10
Some Hair-PuIIing in Pfo'ps.

"On my husbands blr'nas'-
marked the clubwoman, i aisAs
at home and make him cav.
he appreciates tfem.'
I'm sure he does SAID en'
woman, i've heard him say ~ .
hand that he regards your Dps
cakes as milestones along DIS Z
life boston Transcript.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-07-10

Hob-"Would you like to see wom-
en- voters at the polls?" Nob-"Yes,
indeed. At the North and South
Poles. "-Sewanee Tiger.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-07-10

Stockholm, Christiana, Ger
London III the order naiheu q
lowest death rates of all the 8
Europe
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-07-10
THE BOYS FLOCK.

The boy on the farm should be en-
couraged and not hampered in his ef-
forts at poultry keeping. With start
Of but $40 with which to buy stock
or eggs boy ten years old, of aver
age ambition, intelligence and indus
try, can on the farm make this grow
into balance in the savings bank Of
at least $4,000 when he is twenty-one.
By starting with flock of fifteen,
then increasing to twenty, then to
fifty, then to one hundred, and to two
hundred the last four years, he can
produce a profit for ten years which,
with compound interest, would seem
almost incredible. He can raise the
increase Of stock from his profits on
the cOckerels, and as few laying
hens should be kept beyond the second
season he can turn off one-half of his
flock each year on which there is a
profit of at least so cents each, and
double that, II good thoroughbred
stock is kept, as there is a good mar
ket at 81 each for the old hens as
breeders when on learns how to mar
ket them.
Thus by raising a good number OF
young stock each year the profits are
considerably increased, as there is al
ways a good market for surplus pull
lets and well matured cockerels for
breeding purposes.-N. H. Bent in the
American Cultivator
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FARM NOTES.

1 Don't attempt to carry a lot OF
weakly or stunted chickens through
the season. Get rid Of them.
Birds intended for exhibition
should be handled and made tame.
The Judges cannot do justice to a
wild or frightened specimen.
Take the cabbage which are too
small to use on the table, the small
potatoes, beets, turnips, ETC., gather
: them all in and store for the poultry.
' Help in sacking potatoes. Take
three sticks about an inch and half
in diameter and make a strong TRAN
gular stand. Put. three hooks in the
upward part of the angle. The hooks
should be about as high as sack
when filled. One man can do two
mems work in this manner.
Crowding and improper ventilation
are the source of many ailments and
losses In otherwise we'll managed and
we'll regulated flocks. This is espec-
tally true at this time OF year and
with the growing youngsters, which
often are crowded into little Xxi
coop that L. cleaned out once month
No wonder that they are lousy and
droop Ground with one ailment or an
other.
Kaffir corn is an excellent food for
poultry. It will grow anywhere, pro.
duce more grain per acre than Indian
corn and will stand more drouth than
any other grain. It should be drilled
In rows and cultivated like corn.
Some poultry raisers successfully
fight poultry parasites by treating
their mature fowls to bath in sheep
dip" twice year, but they do not use
the Slckening tobacco dips.
BY all means grow sunflower seeds.
They make an excellent feed for
young stock that are growing feathers,
and for molting fowls they are unex-
celled as a means of aiding the new
coat OF feathers.
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PICKING OUT THE LAYERS.

PICKING OUT THE LAYERS.
Dairymen, to make the greatest
profit, build up their herds Through
careful breeding, careful buying and
unmerdful culling. They do not ask
the good onss to average up aFecord
Tor the poor ones. x
THIS some 'tcommon-sense" nan can
b lprontahly applied to the pou1tfy
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