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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-06

Old Man Tom Price has become
ennuied with life in the penitentiary,
and that too, despite the fact that
somc years ago he was begging for
the privilege Of going there.
But that is another story, and
when Old Man Tom thought it would
be fine thing to reside at The State
prison he merely meant that he pre-
ferred the barred institution to
Kingdom come"
In other words, Convict Price,
some twelve or fifteen years ago,
was under sentence of death for
numbering man in Prince Edward
county, and for some time he was
beastly uncomfortable.
Friends put in strong pleas for ex-
ecutiye clemency. and Governor Ty-
Ter was persuaded to listen to them,
especially as Old Man Tom had been
a brave Confederate soldier. and but
for his one slip had borne a good
name
And so it came to pass that the
offending Johnny Reb escaped the
gibbet, but was sent "over the hill'
for life. Even in those days he was
advanced in years, and so he was
treated with marked consideration.
The prison officials shipped him
up to the Goochland farm, where
he became a sort of trusty. Ii was
his duty to look after the blood
hounds that trail escaping prisoners.
Being a good deal of sport, Old
Tom used to indulge in these ehases
himself. Sometimes he and his dogs
would 20 off miles from the stock
ade.
The guards knew that the veneer
able master of hounds would surely
come back. One day Old Man Tom
even chased a fugitive over to Cum
berland, and stopped there a few
hours with friends. But he had no
idea OF not returning.
In the fullness of time-possibly at
his own reQuest-Price was sent
back to the penitentary here. He
is now in the institution, but has
grown weary of the life there.
He wants to get his liberty again.
Faint whiffs Of aromatic woodlands
come to him from the hills in Holly
wood and the voices of Prince Ed
ward are whispering in his ears.
More than once of late Old Man
Tom has inthnated that he would
like a pardon. Comfortable as is
the penitentary and white" as are
the officials there, he now believes
he would prefer Prince Edward.
AS yet no formal petition has beer
sent in, but one is liable to come to
Governor Mann almost any day
What he will do about 1t NOBODY
knows.
Secretary owen inclines strongly
towards the prisoner. He says he
is now harmlessly senile and would
never be likely to do any harm
again.
i ola Mon Tom is hard on to Sc.
venty-five.-Richmond Evening Joul
nal.
SO far as we are advised, no peti
ton is being circulated in tbiI
county asking for the pardon. Gov
ernor Mann defended the prisonei
in his trial, and ofcourse knows al
about the case.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-06
The Comet.

Satan stood and like a comet
burned.
That fires the earth of ophiuclus'
huge,
In the Actick sky, and from its hor-
ried hair.
Shakes pestilence and war.
When Halley's comet made its ap-
pearance in 1885, General Andrew
Jackson (Old Hickory was then
President of the United States, and
at least three-fourths of the are
of the present country was still a
wilderness. So, there were few sci
entific workers in that day. Not
even a single observatory had been
established in all America, conse-
quently the masses knew little ol
nothing of scientific matters, espe'
cially astronomy.
This comet was named for Sir Ed
ward HALEY, the son of a soap boil
er of London. Although OF yer!
humble lineage, HALEY soon be
came a leading English astronomer
an intimate friend and companion
of Sir Isaac Newton. OF all the sci
entists he was the very first to iden
tify this comet as a regular periodic
visitor and to predict its return il
1910.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-06

There will be a Chi-Namel Do
monstration at our store on Nay
9th and 10th Do not miss the
opportunity to learn in five minutes
how to secure a new hardwood floor
for $3.50, and how to have a Missio
finish dining room, den OF sitting
room without the expense of remoV-
ing old paint OF varnish.
Any old floor, oil cloth or limo
leum made to look like new
hard wood, any style of grain. Les
son free by special instructor.
]. F. Walton & Co.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-06
Low Fares to Asheville, n. c., Via
Southern Railway.

Account General Conference n
E. Church South. Tickets on sale
May End to 18th, inclusive, good re-
turning until May 31st, 1910. Rates
$11.5O round trip. Splendid OBJ
portunity to visit Western North
Carolina, "The Land OF the Sky.
For full information, apply nearest
Southern Railway agent, or write
S. E. Burgess, d. p. A., 920 E. Main
street, Richmond, Va.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-06
Gard of Thanks.

wish to express my thanks TO
the good people of Farmville for
their kind attention to my dear
husband during his last illness, and
for their thoughtfulness of me since
his death. can never forget them,
and words fail to express my grati-
tude TO them. In this sad hour
have the consolation of believing
that everything was done for his
comfort that kind friends and faith
full and skilled physicians could do.
Nav God bless you all is the fer
vent prayer of =,
Matte Johns Fretwell
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-06

h. lois on the Appomattox,
s, as The base ball grounds, and
n. .'' 10 West Farmville, 'front.'
n. Oak street, were sold on
Co.. 'y Mr.. S. W. Paulett, Jr.,
ts,. w. Paulett being the pur-
10 each case.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-06

HAVE YOU SMOKED the new
brand Ell CUBA, manufactured by
the Prince Edward Cigar Company,
Inc, II not try them. You will say
it is the best sc Cigar you have ever
smoked. nchzoti'
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-06

Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure
any case Of bladder trouble not be-
yond the reach Of medicine. No
medicine can do more. For sale by
all druggists.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-06

)on't forget to smoke the Prince
Edward g. Cigar-a delightful Cl-
gar made in Farmyille. mch2ou,
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-06

Rose Bud and Prince Edward,
the famous &C. cigars. For sale
everywhere and manufactured n
Farmville.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-06

Call at the Home Bakery and see
our new line of cakes and pies.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-06

Satan stood and like comet
burned.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-02-18
A History of Norwich University

The contract for printing the history
of Norwich University for Gen. g. NJ.
Dodge has been awarded. The history
will be printed in two volumes. Volume
1 will he revision and enlargement of
the volume published in 1898 and will
contain the sketches of the cadets, 1919
1866. Volume 2 will contain the sketches
of the cadets, 1866 to date. Each vol
ume will contain sketches and cuts of
the trustees, professors and honorary
graduates for the period covered. In ad,
dition, each volume will contain the gen.
eral history of the University and the
roster of the cadets duplicated.
1t is earnestly desired by G eneral
Dodge that all the cadets, past and pres
ent and friends of the University will CO.
operate with him in sending in material
for sketches. 1t is planned to begin the
printing in March, and it is hoped that
all those interested will be prompt in
sending in their sketches so the work
will not be delayed
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-02-18
a $4,000 Fire in Rutland

The Sawyer building in Rutlan d,
three-story brick structure, was badly
damaged by fire which started Just be-
fore midnight Saturday and was not eX-
tingushed until eight o'clock Sunday
morning. a three-story brick store
house directly in the rear belonging to
II. \. Sawyer Il Co., who occupied the
ground floor of the main building, was
Quilted. The occupants are wholesalers
of grocers' supplies and carried a big
stock, which is total loss.
The other loosers are the Marble City
Printing Co., and James j. Fay, book
binder, both of whom occupied the third
floor H. w. Clement, coal office, first
floor damaged by water. The Ba Xter
National Bank building on the south and
the oxford hotel on the north opened
only last week, were drenched, but the
fire did not get through the walls.
The loss will reach so 900, well GOV err
ed by insurance.
The second story of the Sawyer build.
ing was unoccupied, having been vacat-
ed by The Rutland News in October,
The cause of the fire is unknown. 1t
was first discovered in the rear of the
second story of the main building hav-
ing evidently burned through from the
store house. 1t had big Roadway be-
fore it could be seen from the street. but
the department confined it to the store
house and the rear portion of the Saw
yer building. The Marble City presses
were on the upper floor of the store house
and they went through the ruins of the
Sawyer stock. There were several car
loads of paper among the company's eff
fects and this made the fire hard one
to down.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-02-18
n. B.Dutton Co.'S New Departure

After two months of remarkable sales,
II. b. Dutton Co., the enterprising drug
gist, says that their plan of selling at half
price the regular 30 cent size of DR..
Towards specific for the cure of consti-
patton and dyspepsia, and guaranteeing
to refund the money if it does not cure
has been the greatest success they have
ever known.
They have sold hundreds of bottles of
the specific; and As yet have not. had one
returned, although they stands ready at
any time to refund the money should any
customer be dissatisfied.
Anyone suffering with dyspepsia, con.
stipation, liver troubles, headaches, diz.
zIness, coated tongue, or the general tired
feeling, caused by inactive liver and
bowels or disordered digestion, should
take advantage of II. b, Dutton Co.'S new
departure and buy bottle of DR. How
ards specific at half price, with theii
personal guarantee to refund the money
if it does not cure.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-02-18
Vermont Marble Company.

The Vermont Marble company within
the next few months will begin the
construction Of an extensive marble
finishing plant in Seattle, Wash.
Through ex Gov. F. ID. Proctor, pres
ident, and w. f. Higbee, prominent
stakeholder, the Vermont Marble COM
pany has bought the holdings of the
Western Marble company of Seattle
and Tacoma, which operated finishing
plant in Tacoma in conjunction with
quarries in Alaska. The new plant will
receive rough marble from the Alaska
quarres and prepare it for commercial
use.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-02-18
STATE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
How 1t is Making Delinquent into
Good Citizens

How 1t is Making Delinquent into
Good Citizens.
Superintendent j. N. Bars, Of the
State Industrial school at Vergennes. adj
dressed the men of the First Church BIZ
ble class Yesterday noon. We wish that
it were possible to convey to our readers
the interest that he aroused in his
hearers. His subject was "The Moral
Side of Industrial Training Among De-
linquents."
Alth ough the name of his school has
been changed from Reform school TO
Industrial school, still the main purpose
of its work is to reform the young peo-
pie sent there and to fit them by moral
and industrial training to become good
and useful citizens. The delinquent child
usually arrives defiant and suspicious.
He often comes unhealthy and i'll
nourished and from a bad home. To
effect any moral reform he must learn
that the teachers are his friends and a
common ground of interest has to be
found by the teacher. Most boys like to
use tools so that the industrial work is
often the point where teacher and boy
touch elbows. The boy who comes
physically deficient is soon changed by
good food and regular hours, gets in
terested in the work of the school and
so comes under the moral influence of
the teachers. They are taught farming,
butter making, printing, house painting
shoe making and the work of firemen
and engineers on the school steam plant.
The girls are taught plain cooking, dress
making and The simple kinds of tailor
ing. With few exceptions, boys and
girls alike are ready to learn and really
want to do right They are often of
weak will and inherit evil tendencies,
yet the good in them responds to moral
training Many leave the school as well
fitted for the temptations of life as those
trained in good homes.
1t is not often that the boys run away.
All last summer two dormitories, with
thirty boys in each, were left unlocked
The clothing was on the foot of the
bed and opposite an open window the
fire-escape made it easy to get away.
But none of these sixty boys tried to
leave and for seven month not one, out
of a hundred boys, has had to be punished
by confinement.
The problem now is not so much the
reforming and training of these young
people while at Nergennes as it is to find
people with loving hearts to care for
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-02-18
Useful Invention for Granite CUT
tiers.


=. F. Mccarthy of Barre, national
secretary Of the quarry workers union,
has invented and perfected a dust re.
moving device for use on all kinds OF
pneumatic tools that will be Of great in
terest to everyone connected with the
granite working business.
Mr.. Mccarthy conceived the idea one
day soon after the present labor trouble
began, and, although it has taken con-
siderable time to develop the principle
for practical use, il Is the opinion Of
experienced granite men, who have seen
it work, that the attachment is a COM
plete success. IL removes practically ali
the dust created by the working of the
tool, costs absolutely nothing for power
to operate il and is not cumbersome for
the operator. 80 that, while the long
suspension of work in this district has
been a great hardship TO everyone, it
may be worth it all to know that the
problem of granite dust has been solved
The device depends upon the principle
VI NdCuuLA buNllOus All dtldCnlilent IL
placed upon the head of the tool, cover
ing the exhaust ports. The air released
from the tool is pointed upwards, Great.
ing vacuum in pipe connected be-
meath and running down to a horseshoe
shaped hose surrounding the chisel point
on three sides near the stone. The
vacuum here created has TO be filled
from the nearest points of contact out
side. The result is that the dust il
sucked up through the pipe and out
through hose going either out of doors
or into pail of water set near the ston4
Mr.. Mccarthy has applied for patents
to protect his rights, and the device will
be placed upon the market within few
days.
One Of the admirable features of the
invention is that it will enable the man
ufacturer to use the surfacng machine
inside the shed without raising any dust.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-02-18
CARD OF THANKS.

We desire TO express our thanks TO all
who assisted during the sickness, dea tn
and burial of our son and grandson.
MRS. AND MRS. CYRUS STONE.
MRS. AND MRS. CBAs. STONE.
Mr.. AND MRS. CARSON FISHER.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-02-18

Don't use harsh physics. The reaction
weakens the bowels, leads to chronic con-
stipaIion. Get Doan's Regulets. They
operate easily, tone the stomach. cure
constitution.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13
A Thought for the Week

ICoNSlDER work one OF the greatest blessings.
l am not sure but that 1t is the greatest bless
Il ing. must think 1t is. for | recall now that
| wrote four injunctons In my boys Birth Book.
ana work heads the list. Work keeps the body
healthy, the mind steady When the heart is
sick-work. When hope is dim--work. After
failures, get up and work Go at obstacles on
the run. Tackle impossbties hard Measure
to-day by last year. five years ago. II gaining,
hne work. II losing, too bad, work harder. Be
glad that you have work TO do And II you haven't
any definite work, find IL quick. and get at IL. III
you have done your work, and earned leisure, and
are not worn out, don't rust out Travel study;
go In for community work; lend hand; help
somebody somewhere, somehow. That Is living.
-Erman J. Ridgeway.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13

The interest In improved live stock In increas-
Ing remarkably" said one OF our most thoughtful
breeders in The Progressive Farmer and Gazette
Office day or two ago. My sales of Jerseys and
Berkshires advertised with you for the first six
months of 1910 were greater than for the whole
year 1903. and II looks as II shall have to drop
my ad Till can get more stock And tho best
part OF the story is the splendid results of your
campaign for quality sires My highest priced
calves sold first. Farmers are beginning to buy
for the dairy by record"
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13
We Want it Back.

"YE ARE SENDING you with this issue, Mr.
w Subscriber. subscription blank.
We are not giving it to you; are only
lending it to you.
We want it back-but want it back filled in
with names of good club of 25-cent subscribers
And this is no selfish request, because will
ing to pay you literally for your time and trouble
so literally that there is profit left for US,
but really actual loss, except the hope Of getting
these trial subscribers as permanent readers.
Two months credit on your label for each 25-
cent subscription you send us (unless you select
some other premium) 81 extra If your club is the
biggest we receive that day, IS extra If you
buggy to the who sends the
greatest number during the month.
One years subscription to the Mothers Maya
zine free for two new 25-cent subscriptions;
paper copy of Editor Poes "A Southerner In
Europe" for a club of three 25-cent subscribers;
one years subscription to the Youths Companion
for club of ten 25-cent subscribers. More pre-
MUM offers next week.
Now, bring them in. Let's make August Pro-
gressive Farmer and Gazette month-with every
subscriber now books expected to send In
at least one (and many more as possible) be-
fore August 81.
Save the blank and send it back-flled up.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13
The Case in a Nutshell.

~ EARLY TWOTHIRDS of our cotton is
~ shipped to Europe, and European spinners
allow 6 per cent tare-pay for cotton with
the idea of including 80 pounds of tare with each
500-pound bale. AS Europe is the dominating
factor in cotton buying, taking nearly two-thirds
of our crop, the worlds cotton prices fixed
with view to per cent tare, and the farmer is
cheated when he doesn't use it. That is all there
is to it, So long as cotton was five or six cents a
pound, not much more valuable than the bagging
or ties, it didn't make much difference, but with
cotton at 5 cents pound it is up to the farm
to insist ON his rights
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13
All Classes Must Be Reached.

II HAVE ONE negro tenant who reads The
progressive Farmer and Gazette" said a
thoughtful farmer to the other day. "and
l don't have any trouble in getting him TO pillow
and cultivate his crops in the most profitable up
to-date way. l thinking of subscribing for
the paper for all my other tenants because of the
change it makes in their Willingness to adopt
improved methods"
The only way to genuinely profitable, money
making farming in the South is to get all classes
OF our farm folk-farmers, tenants, farm labor
ers and farm owners. whether in town or coun-
try-thoroughly informed as to the best ways of
farming If your tenant knows how peas store
up nitrogen and save fertilizer bills it will be
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13
PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND GAZETTE
Getting More Live Stock on Your
Farm.

HNHE PLANT FEEDS on the soil. the animal
feeds on the plant, and the fertility goes
back to the soil. This is the Almighty's
trnity-the plant the animal, the soil--over and
over again in amending cycles. IL the earth is to
be kept fruitful Any sort of farming that tries
TO exist with only two of the three-the soil and
the plant-fes in the face of Nature and Of
Providence and can only end in failure and in
poverty.
And true as this is for other sections. 1t Ia
even truer for the South. The Western farmer,
whose land is rich, may grow live stock II he
chooses. It's matter of choice with him. But
the Southern farmer whose land is poor must
grow live stock IL he is to prosper. It's matter
of necessity with him
Doubtless you do not wish TO go into general
stock raising nov, MIR. Average Farmer. but you
ought to have more hogs than you are raising.
There's a market for pork and bacon-and ham
prices are out Of sight-and more money In hogs
than in cotton.
You ought to have more cattle. too. Our aver
age farmers in the South don't keep even half
as many mich cows as they should. to say moth
ing of market cattle. Milk and butter make up
about the cheapest well the most heaiihful
of food products. and n farmer should be asham-
ed to be without an abundance of either.
Then. we ought TO have more horscs-mors
horses to work improved farm machinery. aud
more brood mares TO raise high-pricod colts. Our
average farm worker in the South is using only
one-fourth one-dfth much horse power a.
the average farm worker In the West.
So let's not try TO deceive ourselves Into think
ing 1t is not practicable get more stock on our
farms. We shall fail about as badly as We do
trying 10 deceive Nature with a so-plant team
instead of a soil-plant-anmai team.
Few Southern farmers after full investigation
will deny the advlsabillty of getting more hogs.
more cattle. and in most cases more horses, for
their farms. Make up your mind then 10 begin
adding these until you have a properly stocked
plantation-and the best stock. too Work away
from scrubs just rapidly but steadily as pos
sble.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13

easier to get him to SOW them; if he realizes
how cutting corn roots lessons the yield, it Will
be easier to get him to stop laying by with turn
ing plow Merely preaching and fussing at him
will not change his methods; educate him so he
will know why these methods are best. And
there is no other educator that will work ffty-one
weeks in the year for 81 except the farm paper.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13
We Guarantee Our Advertisers.

loss sustained By subscriber
Of fraudulent INSTRUMENTATION made IN our col
advertiser who 10 be deliberate
swnder This does not mean that We win " 70 adjust tnne
actually fraudulent dealing win make good TO the
subscriber have just indicated The condition Of this
claim for shall be reported TO within
in and that the
when writing each advertiser; I writing
The Progressive Farmer and Gazette which
reliability Of all advertising that Il caiea