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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25

Ever since the suffragans of Rich
mond a few years ago refused TO re-
elect the gentleman mayor Of the
Capital City, Captain Mccarthy and
his friends have seemed to labor un-
der the impression that the Demo
cracy OF the State is in duty bound
70 provide him with a fat job. II
he has any special claim upon the
Democratic party, we are unable TO
perceive in what that claim consists;
neither have we been able TO discern
in him any transcendent fitness for
this particular position. Still, if the
appointment in question Is going
to put or end to candidacy which
otherwise bids fair to be perpetual,
let him lave il. This continued and
continuous DOObing up Tor pubic Of
flee on the part of one and the same
man is decidedly wearing on the
public nerves. Norfolk V%irginian-
Pilot.
Iou are right, brother, strictly
right. We never could understand
why this man, Mccarthy. should con
time to feed at the Virginia crib.
II ne has ever rendered conspicuous
service to the Commonwealth, the
matter isn't of record. If he can't
live without public support, it would
be cheaper to send him TO the aims
house.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25
OUR RICH.

Restitution of a new order. not as
in recent familiar instances under le-
gal cOmpulsiOn, but prompted by
moral scruples, may be discerned in
the action of the millionaire soap
manufacturer who says that all re-
preventative American fortunes are
'ill-gotten gains" and announces his
intention of devoting his own to the
eradication of the system by which
they are acquired. Rockefeller and
other millionaires,' he says. have
accumulated their wealth throug
unjust laws, especially under the
tariffs protection, and because of
these laws | too have robbed the
public and am still robbing it.
am not responsible for these laws,
but am doing and intend to do what
| can to change them"
We give you the glad hand, broth
er, ami wish you well.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25

courage of recklessness of a ayman
who enters our legal thicket, led Dy
a LAWYER whose mind is in the state
inst described, may well be imagined
A New York banker is quoted as say
ing that the greatest risk IN Dusi-
s is the legal risk" and William
b Hornblower, ex-presldent OF the
New York State Bar Association de-
clares that the present condition Oh
the law is little short of appalling.
A Berlin jurist, who recently came
70 America to prosecute legal re-
search. remarks that very sOon ne
found himself lost between nun
dreds and thousands of unsystema-
tized decisions, without any posi-
bilitv of systematizing them myself.
The d~eplorable result of this conius-
ion is that much needless litigation
crowds and clogs the courts, delays
i~ustjce. and often defeats IL. 1t IS
often impossible" says Mr.. Justice
Dav. of the Supreme Court. FOR
counsel to give legal advice compe-
@ TO guide their clients in dong
what the law sanctions and approves
and refraining from d~isobeying the
law which. if litigation follows. they
are presumed to know."-Literary D.
gest.
We have long been impressed win
the fact that case law is one OF
the curses of the age. They are dis
tressingly and destructively contra
dietary and confusing. To clear thi
middle. three men of learning, II
who are willing to work, propose to
block out. with the ablest expert ad-
vice obtainable, the entire field OF
the law under a logical system Oh
classification. so that when the work
is published. the law on any particu-
lar point. may readily be a~scertained
They should be literally sustained in
their efforts.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25

Cock rs p much abused person. In
xbe Brown philosophy, DR.. Cook tells
a Ia quite as convincing as MIR.
Pearys. if not more so; and besides,
,be doctors is d much more win
Ming personality.
SO says Governor Brown Of Geor-
ga. who made it so cold for Peary
IN Atlanta. that he withdrew all OF
.sjs Southern appointments, and may
be has gone again in search OF the
,ole he has never reached. We have
never faltered in our allegiance 70
Look. and though we have not stu
died the charts, we have kept an eye
an the man. and agree that he II
at least a winning personality
Mr.. Roosevelt says he had a 'bul-
!, time on that big game hunt; he
also said. once upon a time, tha'
he had "a bully time in the White
Bouse. Wonder if these two varie
ties of amusements are something
alike.
All things look bully to the aver
age COW hoy.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25
TIE CANNON SPIKED.

On last Saturday in Congress, al
I a strenuous and nerve-trylng pat
tie lasting through days, and iar IN
10 nights, the insurgents and De
pocrats united. and animated with a
common wrenched the scep-
ire from the hands of the GEAR,
and for the time being. reyelled and
reioiced in the delights of newborn
freedom from the arbitrary exer-
els of power. The speaker is no
longer member of the committee on
rules. to be selected by the body.
II will be chart and compass TO the
legislative craft as it plOws its way
ron always troubled waters. and
over stormy seas. 1t remains to be
seen what real good will come OF
the change. Congress has grown to
be a large and unwieldy body, and
and some strong hand should be ev-
sr on the helm, but with strength
there should be associated a good de
gree of common sense, as well as a
n of common justice. Those re-
nesentative men in CONFESS need
only first to rule themselves, control
their own fry spirits, and those
"unruly members" the tongues.
Sink politics, and let peoples
rights come to the surface, and then
proceed decently and in order to en-
act wise and judicious laws, and not
too manv CT them.
But the millennium hasn't yet
dawned. and we are asking too mucr
Of mere human beings, and those be-
ings burning with desires to secure
political or personal advantages on
every field of encounter. But Can
nonism is dead. and let us hope We
may say out Of grateful hearts, long
live its successor!
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25

Judge Witt was highly honored
bv representative colored citizens OF
Richmond on last Monday when
they presented him with a handsome
silver service accompanied by express
sions of thanks for his fair dealing
with members of their race whose
legal rights were passed upon by
him in his judicial capacity. Thos
Of us who know SAN" Witt. and al
the people of Prince Edward know
him. know that he would do wrong
to no man. no matter as TO the col
or If his skin nor his position in
life Those colored men honored
~the.nselves in honoring the just
judga.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25

For some time past. ex-governor
Montague has been receiving faVors
at Washington, and his name has Of
ten been mentioned in connection
with appointment to high and honor
able positions made by Mr.. Tart
Now he is on record as representing
a Virginia Republican in his contest
for a seat in Congress, held by n
of the ablest Democrats of the State.
I'VE told you So" vice is a mon
ster," etc. Here is a lesson with a
moral.-Farmville Herald.
We protest that the foregoing is
Unfair. Mr.. Montague is a lawyer
and his service in representing a
Virginia Republican in a contest Tor
a seat in Congress is professional
and not personal. II would be as
fair TO accuse a lawyer of completely
i'm the murder his client has commit
ted as il would be to question MI.
Nontague's Democracy because he
represents a Republican in a contest
for a seal in Congress. Let us 90
Justice though the heavens fall.-Pe
tersburg Index-Appeal.
WIoag, b. other, sadly wrong II
Mr.. Parsons stood at the bar of JUS
tice charged with ccrime, then Mr..
Montague as lawyer would be per-
fectly justified in defending him.
but when he is in Washington max
ing war on Virginia Democracy,
which has done so much for Mr..
Montague, he has no business APP
pearing in his interest. If he thinks
differently let him offer for some
position in Virginia to secure which
he must have the votes of the Demo
Gratis and then count the returns.
Parsons himself could beat him.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25

The last bulletin from the bed
side If Senator Daniel is that he at
times gives slight signs of conscious
ness and has made partial movement
of the side that was paralyzed. Still
a desperately sick man. All
i.ynchburg has been praying for his
recovery, and with them all Virgin
ia has united. If the gifted son
does recover, and God grant that he
may, what burning shame will come
to the cheeks of those mel who
were looking upon his open grave as
doorway to his seat in the Senate.
Hamlet was moved to indignation by
unseemly haste. and so have all de-
cent people of Virginia.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25

Conditions in Philadelphia are
still deplOrable. Reason seems to
have fled the place, and people and
madness seem to rule the hour. In
Pittspurg g%rafters are c%onfessing to
wrong doing in companies. and the
whole city seems to be saturated
with fraud. In New York, bribery
is the theme for discussion. and
bribers are lodging and denying.
In the mining regions of the West a
feeling of profound unrest prevails.
Will ethe meployees of many rail
way systems are growing and mad.
To add to the horrors Japan is
said to be preparing to make the Pa
cific red with blood" Nothing
pleasant about the unfolding panora-
ma. but such are the facts. THE
Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25

Mr.. Tillman, on leaving Washing
ton fer his home said, Il want 10
G back to nature. to hear the birds
sing and enjoy the Spring flowers.
And Champ Clark regrets that "he
ever left the farm"
Fling away ambition, and enjoy
the blue OF the sky, the glow OF
morning. the hush of evening, the
song of the birds and the peace of
home life.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25

treated them as wards in need of
guardians.
Yes, the Virginia Democracy is
sadly in need of a Spring house
cleaning. The dust of discomfort
has settled thick on its every apart
ment, and should be brushed away.
The craft is at sea without chart or
compass on board, and nc hand OF
master seaman at the helm. A pri-
mary without legality, a party with
out a Platform.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25

The Democrats of New York have
been sweeping the towns OF that
state in recent elections, and Repub-
bean strong holds have been carried
bv storm. The better day is dawn
ing. the good time "a coming
Cheer brother. cheer. The tortur-
Sng tariff and the greedy CRATER
mist go, and we must be saved from
the subsidy shame.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25

While Mr.. Taft was swinging ar,
ound another circle, the insurgents
hoke out in Congress and made
"Uncle Joe" tremble in his boots
''The cat away and the mice did
play Rebellion has accomplished
much Of good in this old world of
ours and it may be that insurgency
was not bern in vain. Let Demo
cracy stop talking Organism and use
welt whatever of brain power il Is
ecdOwed with.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25

Hon. Robert Turnbull got to Con-
gress Just in time for the fun, and
had the pleasure of witnessing and
contributing to the crushing Of the
Car" and the uncrowning of Can
non. No doubt he had the time of
his life" A letter received from Mr.
Turnbull informs us that he will
have the appointment of a Cadet to
West Point, and that a competitive
examination will be held in city of
Petersburg. Persons eligible must
be between the ages of II and %.
Notice of the date of examination
will be given.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25
OLD TIME FURNITURE.
DrOp Me a Postal Card.

II you wish to sell old Glass
Front Corner Cupboards. High Post
Bedsteads, Brass Candle Sticks,
Brass Andirons and Tenders, Jewel
ry, Clocks, China, Bureaus. Side
boards. Chests. Tables, Rockers, So
fas, Chairs. Desks, Mirrors, Frames.
in fact anything in the line of old
Household Goods used before the
war. Just tell what pieces of Fur
niture you have and where you ljye
and | will call anywhere within 20
miles OF Farmville. If you wish
to leave your orders at Cox's Board
ing House.
]. K. BEARD,
mch25-2ts Farmville' va
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25
To the Patrons of the Farmville Wa
ter. Light, Heat and Pow
On. ComnauV
CT COMPANY.

nave assumed the management
of the above Company to take ef-
feet April LIST, 1910. By instruc-
ton Of the Board of Directors, /
will be compelled to insist that wa
ter rents be paid promptly or the
water will be cut off. We cannot
afford to send a collector a half
dozen times for your bill.
Rents are payable in advance on
the first of January, April, July and
October. On the last five days OF
the old and the first five days OF
the new quarter, a representative OF
the Company will ne I'm its offlce
V g Misses I'avidsons' store from
9 A. NJ 10 ] p. VI. 30 -eceiye the
rents.
Very -esiwe,fu,.Y.
II. c. CRUTE,
Sec. -Treas'r.
mch25-2ts
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25
TO CLEAR OUR LEGAL JUNGLE

Few people who go to law prob
ably realize the risk they u of suf-
fering injustice at the hands Of jud-
ges and lawyers 10 whom the law it
self is a confused chaos of uncertain
ties. Bench and bar alike" says
a writer in the Green Bag )Bos-
ton, February "have been and are
laundering in the mazes of morgan
lied. unsystematized. and often con-
flicting rules and decisions The
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25

New York is money-mad and Lon
don is rubber mad. In England
great city. brokers are urged to buy
rubber stock at any price, and as the
New York World adds, they buy it.
And this Notwithstanding the fact
that history tells the story OF the
South Sea Bubble.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25

Ex-Governor Glenn, who since his
retirement from office, has been en-
gagged in the work of lay-preacher
and temperance lecturer, now has
the Senatorial bee buzzing in his
bonnet. and all roads lead to Wash
ington. Once lin" and it is des-
perate work to stay "uot."
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25

The Republicans of West Virgin
ia have named Roosevelt for 1912
What fools some mortals be. TheiI
hero has long been playing the "stre
nuous" and now has added the spec
tacular. and these are mistaken for
sense.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25

HAVE YOU SMOKED the new
brand Ell CUBA, manufactured by
the Prince Edward Cigar Company
Inc. if not try them. You will say
it is the best sc Cigar you have ever
smoked. MOI
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25

1t must be humiliating to Mr.. Ro-
ckefeller that so many people would
look him in the mouth" though he
comes bearing gifts 1t remains
ever true that a good name is more
to be desired than great riches.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25

The Washington Herald expects
to see Deacon" Hemphill often in
the capital city of the country. The
idea OF leaving Richmond to go TO
Washington in search of fun, strikes
us as funny.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25

Jim Hill can't understand why
any man should ever spend anything
so valuable as money" And the
same Jim was recently quoted as
saying Il care nothing for cash,
what ] want is credit
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25

A Los Angeles man has two extra
ribs. ana does not know how TO ac-
count for them, whereupOn the
Washington Herald would comfort
MIN with the thought that they are
spare ribs"
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25

Young MIR. Theodore Roosevelt
whose salary at present is a lordly
$500 per week, is to be married
oson. Cheer up. Where there's a
will there $ always a way.
And whose will" is the young man
waiting on to open up a way" for
the living OF two?
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25
4 PUBLIC PET.

Richmond dispatches state it rs
a settled fact that Captain Carlton
Mccarthy is to be chosen 10 fill the
new office of State Accountant, cred
ted by the legislature just expired.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25
BUFFALO MFG. CO.
FARMVILLE, VA.
Manufactures Of all kinds Of
Lumber and Building Materials

We are prepared to furnish at 'no'
notice and at lowest prices, all ms'
rial that go into a house from tne ''l.
to the ridge pole, and will be gl'o"
furnish estimates on any JOB, large"
small, upon application
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-25

Herald and y. Y. World S1.6O.
Herald and n. Y. World S1.6O.
Oxford eagle., 1910-04-07
Ns,ional TubereuIosis Sunday.

Present indications point 10 a gen
eral observance OF National Tuber-
culosis Sunday in more than 200. coo
churches of the country on April -
Reports from heads Of local anti-tuber-
culOsis associations. health officers,
pastors. mayors. governors. and nu-
meTous interdenominarioual bodies
show much enthusiasm over the
movement The National Association
for the Study and Prevention Of Tu-
berculOsis has prepared an outline for
a tuberculosis sermon for use on
April "a. which viii be sent free Of
charge TO any clergyman applying at
lo5 East Twenty-second street. New
York Thousands OF these outlines
are being sent out weekly TO all parts
OF the country.
Prominent ehurchmen. including
bishops and heads OF all the leading
denominations. have expressed their
approval Of the movement
Oxford eagle., 1910-04-07

Hs dinacalr TO arouse a mans en-
tnusiasm by showing him a photo
graph OF himself when a baby.
Oxford eagle., 1910-04-07

Worse and worse said Mr. Gray
top. I feel young. and ! fancy look
young; but other people don't seem to
agree with me- on the looks.
Drivers hold up for me in the
street and say. Go ahead. old man:
young men get up TO give me their
seat in a car; children meet in the
street greet NE sometimes smilfngiv
as grandpa. various people seem 10
see about me signs Of age. but the
worst has happened lately.
Twice within the past week when
have started TO step down from the
step OF a street car solieitous con-
tuctors have put out their hand and
clutchsd the hand bar in front OF ne
70 restrain me til the car had come To
= fun stop.
Can il be that am really getting
old+s
Oxford eagle., 1910-04-07

did you see that man who lust
came in and bought half a pound OF
chocolate earamelsz- asked the xfri
in the candy shop Well. he'll do
that every day for a long while He
always takes them in a bag and puts
them in his coat pocket. where they
are handy TO get at Some day be
won't come in and then I'll know he
has started drinking again. You see.
he goes on periodical sprees- He told
me about it himself ore day when he
was just getting over one.
HE said he found candy to be the
best antidote in the world for LIQUOR:
that as long as be ate plenty of
candy he had no craving for alcohol
But Il he takes one drink it's all OF
and the attack has TO run its course.
When he gets Strengthened out again
he goes back TO the candy diet. I
wonder II there are many men like
him.
Oxford eagle., 1910-04-07
A Bachelor eIshop'. Views.

The bishop OF London. DR.. Ingram.
who visited America a year or two
ago. and. despite the charms OF Amer
lean girls. is still a bachelor. recently
delivered an address in which he Of
fered these views:
The best test whether a husband
loves his wife is his conduct toward
her ten years after they have been
married
Every husband and wife would be
better II they had a fortnight's holi-
day away from each other every year.
The wife should be free for a,
least fortnight from the cares OF the
house and children and she would re-
turn at the end OF that period to the
Joys Of her home with increased
strength
No home IS complete without chill
dren- | I'll mine with other peoples
children. having none Of my own
1T Is so easy 10 tell Tommy TO run
along to Sunday school and to send
the missis TO evening church while
you sit down with a paper and a pot
Of beer. But. mind you. when the
time comes and the boy grows CD he
will do exactly what his father did. s.
Oxford eagle., 1910-04-07
HIS GOOD WORK AS SURGEON
Frank Dsnieis' Own Story cf How He
Restored Sick Passenger TO
Health.

During a recent trip Of The Belle
of Brittany In which Frank Daniels
appears. the members Of the company
we're doing their best TO while away
the slow hours Of their journey By re-
lating experiences OF a humorous and
often improbable nature.
Mr. Daniels. who always travels
with the company IN the regular coach
provided for them. is credited with
telling the following: Although I am
an actor. as everybody knows. I once
dictated as 4 surgeon. II vas Ike
this: We we're travelling through
Pennsylvania and a stranger hap
pened to get IN our car. As We had
large company that taxed It's "a
pacity. We told him Il was a private
car. and requested him 10 leave. He
was sullen sort Of a man and ab
solutely refused Unfortunately. there
e a Law in the Keystone state that
protects Just such persons. so we
could not compel him to move. Well.
Se travelled some 80 miles. when the
stranger suddenly let out a shrek
and. clapping his hands 10 the lower
right side of his abdomen. gave us
what sc thought was an imitation Of
one Of our prominent actresses in the
so-called Salome dance.
When We saw. however. that he
was really in pain the conductor was
called He canvassed the train for
physician. found one and brought him
IN. The doctor examined the sufferer
and said: He has a bad case of ap-
pendicitis and shonld be operated up
on at once. but unfortunately. 7 have
no, the right instruments to open him
II had could easily remove the ap-
pendix' Then stepped to the front
Pardon NE said: I think can
help you The doctor replied: lam
sure the man would appreciate any
thing you could DO that would relieve
him Of pain So told the patient
a side-splitting story. and the opera
tion was performed without further
trouble. When Il came time to sev
him up told him another story. and
he laughed 50 heartily that he got q
stitch in his side. / am very sorry
that NY Carnegie medal has not ar
rived. 50 can only trust that yov
will believe me-
Oxford eagle., 1910-04-07
BaBY'S SKIN TORTURE

Wien our baby vas seven weeks
Ga be broke out with shat we
though. vas heat. but which gradually
r-sw worse. We called In a doctor
he said IL was ecrena and from that
tine ne doctored six months with
three of the best doctors in Atchison
BAT be only got worse. His face. head
and hands we're a solid sore There
-as no end to the suffering for him
We had 10 tie bis little hands 20
keep him from scratching He never
knew shat il vas 20 sleep well from
tie time be took the disease until he
vas cured He kept Us awake all
hours Of the night and his health
wasn't What you would call good We
tried everything bu, the right thing
Finally I 20, 4 set OF the Cutteura
Reredies and an pleased to say
ne dit not use all Of them until he
vas cured We have waited 4 year
al a half 70 see IL IL would return
bat Il never has and to-day his skin
Is clear and fair as 1t possibly could
Be. hope Cuticura nay save some
one else's little ones suffering and
also their poeket-books. John Lsason.
1893 Atchison St. Atchison. Kan. Oct
-. 1909