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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-05

Wailies, foreman Of the O-Bar-O stopped
when hall way to ihy bunk house and waited
for the man who rode towards him
sidlIo, Ball he cried heartily. "Every-
~ d, ight2p
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-05

} as soon herd chickens"
snorted Ned Ball, dash
mg away to turn some
Independents minded
steers back 10 the river
bank. Whoopl Get
back there, you four
lai0ued henSu
Arizona republican., 1910-05-19
By LILY A. LONG

The stiffness lay heavy between them for breath less second. He could hear his heart beating
 ." think have found it out already" she said. Then on the instant she WAS gone The door that swung shut behind her quivered with her impetuous touch for moment and then all still the veranda and the afternoon quiet fell back upon the as before.
 Norton did not move. His brain still whirling as from a shock, and he hardly conscious of his surroundings. He only conscious of hurt pro found that he could put it into words even to him self. When, after long waiting she still did not return, he aroused himself and wandered restlessly down to the dock at the foot of the lawn Ii she chose shut herself from him The launch, now on its return trip the railway station, sgnaled question, and impulse he answered
 With scarcely volition on his own part he found himself back in the parched city from which he had fled lght-heartedly a few hours before. It had the familiar look of place that has been long forgotten
 The next day, after fretting away some hours most unprofaby at his ofice his longing to somehow make Virginia suffer he suffering mastered him. and with sudden resolve he caught early train for the lake What he meant to say to her very clear in his own mind Indeed his feelings wholly cha
Arizona republican., 1910-05-19

his mind to his work with dogged resolution and he could only groan his weakness when he found as happened than once that the hands of the clock had traYeed far while he have been staring through the printed page before him into space where girl with face of hurt pride looked al him. crying, His life-his hcartbreak!-I think only of him"
 One night his artificial composure broke beneath him. IL might have been the wearness of his struggle it might have been the bald sentiment of the tune which the hurll grdy on the corner grinding As he listened the love he had denied swept over him With every represscd throb of h bain with every beat of his heart, lie cried for her He bent his head upon s hands and the hours swept the gray dawn before he lifted his face
 But when the weakness of the dark hours had yielded the accustomed pose of da he nailed his heart again upon the oi his will He lad gwen her his entire and unqucs,ioniug faith and all e time she had been something different from what she lad seemed His soul had l,c n homage before her as ideal and all the time she the unknown coquctte who had riAed with NarWicl faith and wrecked the life oi that dear comrade.
 However, to ease his heart. he filled out telegraph blank =" Mdy { conies" This he signed with his in
Arizona republican., 1910-05-19

T didn't know you knew him. I do not remember that he mentioned your name"
 And l never guessed. l suppose he must have men toned yours in his first letters but did take of ii then. Afterwards it was always some fancful of ove-till that short note came written in his hearts blood, saying that his fools dream of happiness was over. All that year in the Philippines he referred to what had happened, but l knew what his silence And when his body came back for burial -ah! he caught his breath sharply, it the photo graph in his pocketbook-he photograph that buried with him, as he had asked me to do-t was flat that made your face so familiar that first dayl And l thought"
 He had spoken steadily, with cold self-control but he flashed upon her look of passionate scorn though she stranger and despsed IL brought out answering flash in her dark eyes that wiped her shamed embarrassment with flame. She caught her breath hard and lifted her dropping head
 "Wel:' she said slowly.
 He dropped into the chair and let his head sink upon his hand
 That it should be you! And thought you-oh, how could you?" he groaned
 Virginia Jackson looked down at his bent head and
Arizona republican., 1910-05-19

tials and locked into private drawer in his desk Each morning. when he down the office. he unlocked the drawer and looked the waiting message.
 To-day? May go to-day" seemed to ask with a flutter of caeerness.
 And wi,h stern denial he answered.:
 No What you really stand for is, May come and patch up hollow prctensc between Us in place of the truth that is eone;'- No you shall not go-to-day He snapped the drawer shut and took up his work
 Sometimes he looked at the calendar and tried to multiply the strain of the weeks that had gone by the weeks. months. years that lay ahead How long could hc keep it up
 Then one day client asked him to look after some matters in Richmond. The startled him. He said he would think 1t over but the instant his unleashed imagination ahead of his thoughts and pictured their possible meeting in d hundred different ways. Suppose he should see her in crowd-on the street-at the theatcr-alone and face to face
 Suppose, suppose, suppose! But, in any case what there to say Not to see her or to see her and speak chance acquantances-eier would be intol- erable. IL would be better go to Richmond
 But he took the first train possible
 And al the first possible moment he walked up the street where Virginia lived and identified the house by its number. He to q sudden stop on discovering that il closed and deserted Of all the possibilities he had cdnyaSed in his mind that had occurred to him passing etter-carrIer gave direction to his whirling thoughts
 Give the address. please. to which letters for the Jackson family are forwarded" he said quickly, taking ont his pencil and memorandum book
 And the gave 1t before he had time to remember the postal rules applicable such requests The ad- dress a New York hotel
 Norton had business in New York IL was not ab- sOluelv necessary that 1t should be attended at this particular moment-but now that he was already away from his ofice-in short he found himself his way to New York before he had quite formulated for going A power outside of himself carrying him forward.
 But in New York he found that they had sailed the day before for Antwerp
 He told himself that settled the matter Virginia had gone completely of his life He filled the days with
Arizona republican., 1910-05-19

her first quick flush of resentment yielded at sight of , his pain.
 !, Richard." she said There was unconscious ap- peal in her voice but he did it When she , spoke again her voice steader and colder , You are blaming me without knowing the whole story. It was an unhappy story, but there in 4 tentional wrong in it" "I knew him." he said bitterly. You broke the
 truest heart that beat You let him love you, and then because you tired of him, you threw him | That what sent him to the Philippines You can understand what he And all this year l have been hating the who could wreck the 2 beautiful promise of his life-who sent him to his deathl"
 His deatl-hs heartbreal" she cried sharply "You think only of his part If girl finds she has made mistake in thinking that she loves should she i on in that mistake when she comes know the truth | about her own heart?" "Mstakel" he cried impatienty. "Can
 play with mans feelings, encourage him to love her as long as it her. ruin his life and send him to his deah and then shelter herself behind the plea that j it was merely mistake? It is mistake that is un- J pardonable!"
 Her eyes flashed with sudden light softer than \ anger, eager and intense. z Richard! Not unpardonable!" she cried. You | cannot use that word to me-you canno!"
 He did not answer. She leaned toward him lightly, speaking past his hard silence past tangible bar rier Richard last night you asked to say that
 loved you and could not because the words frightened me But will say it I have given my true love to you-to you out of all the world-to one, but you"
 She waited as though the avowal must of necessity work magic but though he quvered visiby under her : words, he did not
 Richardl" she cried again
 He lifted his face, but it not to look at her.
 You might find. in year. that you had made ar-
 other mistake" he said, slowly.
Arizona republican., 1910-05-19

otic Yet-he wanted to see her The habit of carrying his hurts her for healing had been easily acquired! The word awaiting him at the lake was therefore d new and unexpected blow. Virginia was gone
 Conc" he repeated bantly
 An hour ago" Mrs Stafford said. with face ostentaously clear of curiosity She received tee gram this morning from her mother in Richmond ask ing her to home Her sister is an invalid, you know and they alarmed about her condition. She took the first train possible and asked explain to all her friends"
 Will you express my sympathy when you write? he said formally
 It must be really serious reflected Mrs Stafford watching him depart.
 As he followed the foopah to the station, where Virginia have passed an hour before his eye was caught by boo, fallen among the brown underbrlsh It the book she had been reading in the hammock the day before-he book from which Warwick's photo graph with its fatal revelation had fallen He picked it up. It d collection of Browning's love poems. Virginia Jacksons the ly-leaf in War wick's weknown hand. The book fell open at :" A Lovers Quarrel" and his eye caught by the words:
 Foul be the world or fair More or less how can 1 care?
 'Iis the world the
 For my praise blame,
 And endurance Is easy there.
 Wrong in the thing rare,-
 Oh, 1t IS hard to bear
 He read it twice No words of his coulds have expressed completely his of wrong Vir gnia's hands It was not merely personal hurt She had been the thing his heart-and she had failed him It was best that she had gone Nothing could ever restore his radiant dream and he could bear to accept anything lower For him. that part of life was forever done
 So he girt up his will went back to his law office and the old ways of living, and tried the weary difference that there in the world The only thing to believe in vls oneself and ones own work He bent
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-23
From Arcanun.

Sent 21st.-Mr. Thos. S. Car
nett of Curdsville, youngest son
Of the late A. c. Garrett long
treasurer Of Buckingham county
was married here this morning at .
o'clock. by the Rev Mr.. Valiant Oh
the Methodist Church, to Miss An
ME. the youngest daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. W. B. Spencer at their
residence. No cards were issued
and only immediate relatives were
nresent The couple left immediate
" via Farmville for washington an'
Northern cities, and they will reside
At curdsville, where Mr.. Garnett i
nrosnerous merchant. The bride
is one of the brightest ana pes
loved girls Of this community
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-23

good man. who describes
.onaitions existing prior to the COM
inc If the Saviour Of men; Mean
nc consider what contempt for
tho moor had hitherto prevailed
among all the great statesmen anu
nh;losonbers of the world. The poor
we're not society or any part Oh It.
rhav we're only the conveniences
and drpdges of society; APPENDICES
os lrxurv and state. tools Of amoi-
zion material to be used in the
wars No man who had taken up
tho idea of some great change OF
reform in society, no philosopher
who had conceived the notion Oh
building up an ideal state OF re-
nuhlic ever thought of beginning
with the poor. Influence was seen
n reside in the higher classes, and
rho only hope of reaching the world
nv any scheme of social regenera-
tion was 10 begin with them, an'
through them operate its results
But Christ. if we call him phiiso
sopher and. if he is only a man. We
can call him by no higher name
was the poor mans philosopher tn
first and only one that has ever ap
peared. Seeing the higher circle
omen TO him. and tempted to mag
inc if he could ever get footinl
for his doctrine among the iniluen
tial and the great, he should thu
secure his triumph more easily, h
vet had no such thought. He lai
his foundations, as it were, beio'
influence, and. as men woul
Judge threw himself away
He formed his cabinet from tn
ranks Of the poor, and the hope
the age is that while the "schoo
: of the philosophers are gon
!. hundreds Of years ago, the poo
! mans philosopher still lives brini
ing up his poor to liberty, light al
character and drawing the matte
ON TO a brighter and better day
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-23
From Rice.

Continued from page eight)
few DAYS visit to her son, Mr.. w.
d. Mason.
Mr.. J. A. Young attended the
funeral services of his brother
Mr. Gordon Young, who was killed
by a train near seurmr, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs, Walter Motron and
SON returned to Richmond Monday
after visiting his parents Mr.. ana
Mrs. T. c. Morton.
Mrs Pattie Hubbard has returneu
after visiting relatives in Roanoke
Miss Bessie Motley will leave
Sunday for Harrisonburg' where she
will attend the Normal during the
coming winter.
The warehouse is progressing ant
Mr. G. R. Hubbard, the buyer Is
oxnected this week. At a recent
meeting the following were elected
poard of Directors, Messrs. W. II
Hubbard. J. R. Weaver, j. w. BRAD
ebaw B. J. Olgers, Mn. McNutt
r II Bruce. J. T. Clarke, Henri!
schmidt r. w. Walthall, w. l.
hClarke President, W. H. Hubbard
vice president, J. R. Weaver secre
tarv w L. Clarke, treasurer }
w. Bradshaw.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-23

They have nominated two Re-
publicans in the 7th District to beat
one Democrat. And they can't DO
it.
Booker T. joins T. r. as con
tributing editor" and if this thing
continues there will be more contri-
buttons than consumers.
Bars of gold don't circulate and
circulating medium that doesn't
circulate among the people is no
good.
T. R. is going to make bad men
good men and bad corporations good
corporations. Hail to the conquer
ing hero! after me, the deluge-
Nothing succeeds like success
land if Roosevelt has ever accomplish
ed things. kindly name the day
and the measure.
Tn e railroads need the money
and hence the raise The rest OF
us need money and can't force the
raise.
John Temple Graves has been to
see the Colonel" and came away
smiling" My master and my
policies" meet.
Charleston is a funny place and
, fuu of funny people" And does
that explain why the good "Dea-
. con" said goodbye and sought re-
4 fuge in a funless town?
v What does it mean when bale
d Of American cotton in the London
market must have a New YORK
e banker stand sponsor for it? IL
# us it smacks Of nonsense.
IS Some say it was Roosevelt" 9th
e. ers that it was rum" but from
u our viewpoint Mr. Majority ha'
something to do with the result il
- Maine.
T. r has the unquestioned righ
70 select his table companions an
if in doing so he exhibits a genuin
he case of color blindness IL must D
D. regarded as a fraility rather tina
a, fault.
'e The Charlottesville Progress cei'
OIL brated its 18th birthday by buyin
10 things. Prosperous Progress. An
pc our congratulations and best wishe
j. "The milk trust under fire
. Water it.
or If the voters Of the Norfolk di
A. trict would cultivate the habit
caring more than a SNAP Of Il
finger" as to the character OF II
men who should represent the
aft in places of honor and of respons
Big bility. muddles might be avoided
pie the future and Democrats Of 9TH
in sections not be forced to spend tin
re- in cleansing conditions. "Physici'
no heal myself"
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-23

II is said that J. ]. Hill, the
railroad magnate, will give 100000
goo TO the University of Minnesota
and that he wants Roosevelt to be
its president at an annual salary OF
100000 The giving of millions TO
the University may be wise, but no
man of good sense can imagine T.
R. is worth 100000 year unless
il be that he could make Of all stu
dents who might be brought under
his influence Il wills" and the bat
ties are won.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-23
FOR BALD HEADS.
Treatment That Costs Nothing II
IL Fails.

We want you to try three large
hotties Of Rexall "93" Hair Tonic
on onr personal guarantee that the
trial viii not cost you penny If 1t
does not give you absolute satisfac-
tion That's proof of our iaith
in this remedy, and it should IN
disputably demonstrate that we
l-now what we are talking about
n'bon we say that Rexall "95" Hair
Tonic will grow hair on bald heads,
exeept where badness has been OF
sueh long duration that the roots
Of tho hair are entirely dead, the
follleles closed and grown over and
the scalp is glazed.
Remember we are basing our
statements upon what has already
heon accomplished by the use OF
RexalI "99v Hair Tonic, and we
have the right to assume that what
# has done for thousands Of others
il will do for you. In any EVEN
Won cannot lose anything by GIVING
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Two sizes. soc. and S1.0O. Remen
ber Won can obtain Rexall Rene
dies in this community only a
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winston Drug Co., Main St., Farm
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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-23

And the news is that Mr.. Tait
has cleared the track for the big
Stick" for 1912. But the people
armed with big clubs will stand III
the way and beat to dust the pre-
tensions of the arrogant mortal who
would wear a crown on this side the
sea. Death brought him into prom
irence. but the living will relegate
him to the grave of oblivion,
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-23
THE DAY OF THE RICH MAN.

When it costs $4,000 to become
Governor of one State, $4,000 that
of another, $4,000 for a seat IN
Congress and $4,000 to make an
unsuccessful race for the governor
ship, verify it may be said, None
but the rich can afford it." and
that this is the age Of the rich man.
The bank account and not brains
IS the standard of measurement ap-
pied to men. and this is not to De
wondered at when Hughes, the re-
former and now Justice in the high
est tribunal known to earth, IN
blushingly says, 81 can't support Oh
$40 OO0 a year"
In this connection it is well e
quite the words Of great wrtel
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-23
HERALDINGS.

Who cares for the crownless Car
nowadays?
nsnence at Beverly" and in all
other graves.
Nine Cavalieri is clever at pre-
nuptial contracts.
RAISE che Maine" 1t has been
done-from the depths of G. 0. T.
darkness into Democratic daylight
The change from prison to one
Of the "powers that be" may marx
the career Of Caleb Powers
Justice John, of Richmond fol-
lows illustrious precedent in de-
Gliding that the "le is first blow
Saving fodder at Savannah
saws the Baltimore Evening sun
Il it gathered from the streets?
Goodbye apple jack" says an
exchange. Must be leaving the
Free state" Of Lunenburg.
The standard dividend is s40i
100000 annually. No myths
those contributors to the colos's
i fund.
i, The Democrats need just a roun'
n dozen to control the senate. AN
d she will round them up from III
d present outlook
And Roosevelt Flaming tOrei
p throwing light into the darkness {
II greed and monopoly"-that u
Il !, game may be the better played
" Let the Fifteenth amendment pc
IL iso with its progenitors in Il
!. storm which sweeps the couni'
ovsr
Mr.. Taft is SO, and has been co
n. graduated by the King Of Englan
but the good wife wasn't at MOI
nc to make the cake.
in Good wishes. DR.. WILSON, =
an what are you going to accompn
mr. of good in "boss-ridden ana g
ne poration-ruled Slater"
nd When added to the milk in Ri'
n. mond it is called aqua pura'
ins IT has about it the old color a
APP flavor Of the "Jeems."
~ The scholar in politics" Is
= be tested again, and the eyes
p the nation are fixed on DR.. WIS
Mexico has enjoyed 100 ye
- Of freedom, and has dedicated
=, shaft 14O feet tall to commemor
ter the fact. -..fs - !. 40
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-23

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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-23

Who cares for the crownless Car
nowadays?
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-23
When Merit Wins.

When the medicine you take
cures your disease, tones up YOU
system and makes you feel better
Stronger and more vigorous than ! be 0s,
tore %, That is what Foley Kidney
t pT1s do for you, in all cases OF
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loss of appetite, sleeplessness ah ~
general keakness that Is caused "
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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-23
THE INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS
OF TENNESSEE.

The Herald never just recogniz-
Cd such an animal as an indepen-
dent Democrat, any more than 1t
90, an independent Mason, or an IN
aenendent soldier, or an Independent
member of one of the churches
This doesn't mean to say that De
,oocrats wear collars or belong TO
bosses. If Patterson had continued
r. he recognized as the head oil
The Democratic organization OF Ten
nessee then every decent Democrat
nj the State should have sought otn-
or political affiliation. And so
whenever any object gets to be
offensive nothing remains but 10
hold ones nose and turn from it.
And what now are the so-called in
aenendent Democrats Of Tennessee
nroposing to do? Play Democrat
beneath a Republican banner and
Go, Patterson for a Southern Re
nnbIican2 And what Of Hooper?
let the Richmond Virginian say:
whatever the standing Of Hooper
as a man. he is inevitably allied Wit
the element so familiar in RepuDh-
can organizations in the South. lie
IS the figurehead of political aiign
ment that has no soul beyond ofilce
81 the control of election machine
~ He stands for the long-delayed
Republican hope of a break in the
so1i5 South Experience and MS
tory show that, no matter upon
what primal motive it may be given
factional support of the Republican
marty in the South means the giving
over of Southern States to every pos
sible evil of government. 1t means
the elevation of base men. l tmean'
the lowering of public standards. IL
means a check and a decentralization
10 every moral growth and Impulse.
+soon,r. as any other man, would be
noverless to avert this result II
tennessee. The Independents pure
as their motives m'Sht be- woui'
be powerless to avert it. Fa'Ierson
ism would indeed be destroyed pu
at a fearful price"
The same old story, "out OF the
irving pan into the fire" Reyoiu
lions are always in order, in Tenn
assse as well as elsewhere ana "
one can blame the Democrats "
that state who respect law, and re
.ord 6eaency to war to the knife
and the knife 10 the hilt against thu
unholy Paterson-Cooper combination
hut to play second fiddle at Re
~--r carnival is to make dis
puonc0'-
cord u.
scratch an independent Democr'
and Won will find that his Democra
= only skin deep. And this is pr
cn,larlv true Of that other nei'n'
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
mixture known. as Taft DEM
crat. r,.....oro
If there are not decent Democra
enough in Tennessee to form a r
nntable political organization thu
let rs all unite in the prayer 20
save the Commonwealth" But u
wa are not ready to concede' al
Lot the regulars, men who never II
unaer fire get together, fight
otner and drive from the field
q ps and their allies. But ne'
M never again claim to be ih'
pendent of the church to which y
bslong or your political associati'
and if self-respect drives you IT.
them take up your hat and quit :
besure to leave the name ben
too.
senator Daniel was wont 70
IN his own charming and elo9u
wav 81 am a Democrat, rom >
70 plume. all the way up and
the way down and all the
through and all the way round
was a Democrat pure and sim
None other is worthy the name
THE DAY OF THE RICH NJ