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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-07-08
T. R. OPPOSED
TO BALLINGER
Endorses InSuTgent For United
States Senator.
MAY SPLIT WITH TAFT

II Is Believed the 6allinser-Pinchot
Controversy May Cause Break Be-
tween the President and Ex-Presi'
dent.
If Colonel Roosevelt is going to fall
in line and indorse the administration.
as a good many political sharps think
he will do, he is employing a novel
method of making his attitude known.
The colonel announced that several
of the most rabid insurgent leaders in
the country are coming to Sycamore
Hill on Thursday. The conference
gives every indication of being the
most important gathering that Mr.
Roosevelt has participated in since be
got back from the other side, with the
possible exception of the meeting with
President Taft at Beverly last week,
which apparently was not as satisfac.
tory to the colonel as the Beverly dis
patches would have IT,
1t has been stated frequently in the
oyster Bay dispatches that the ex-
president is cautiously feeling his way
before he lets the public in on how he
Ieels toward the administration II
has been remarked. also, that the Bal
linger-PinchOt controversy is the rock
upon which Colonel Roosevelt and
President Tafe are likely to split For
the first time the colonel defined
clearly his opposition to Secretary
Ballinger by telling Representative
Miles E. POindexter that he will In
,dorse his candidacy in the fight for
the United States senatorship against
Senator Piles. OF Washington. Piles is
identified with the Ballinger wing of
the Republican party in the state OF
Washington. Poindexter is an out and
out supporter of Pinchot and a mill
tant insurgent.
There is. of course. the possibility
that Mr.. Roosevelt will support the
administration in due time. but he GER
tainly is in no hurry about it. He, him
so. has summoned nearly every one
.of n, political visitors to Sycamore
uiu "a. wants to hear the insurgent
SIDE ri the story first and then, per
hans later. ne may ask some of the
regulars to dro.o in and explain the
stand thew have Ia ken during his abb
sence. Judging from bis program, the
colonel is going to work the New York
state and national game together be
cause he believes they are pretty
closely related.
In case the investigating committee
that is looking into the Ballinger-Pin'
chot matter brings in a report TO the
president adverse to the secretary OF
the interior which results in Balling-
er's resignation or removal. whatever
probable breach now exists may be
healed. The colonel has been so fear
full TO have his position known on this
mater that his personal comment is
unnecessary. Without exception, his
Sycamore Hill guests have kind words
for Pinchot and there is a lurking sus-
picion here that Mr.. Balilnger will get
ont
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-07-08
Lunatic slays His Father.

Bud Plant. who escaped from the
state asylum for the insane at Parsons,
Kan, returned to his home and killed
his father as he lay asleep. He first
struck him with a club and then cut
rs throat Ten years ago he killed his
brother and was adjudged insane.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-07-08
confesses KILLING Of Woman.

John Smart, colored. arrested on sus-
picion of having killed Eliza Brown
a colored woman. of Belair. Mr., on
Sunday night made a confession to
States Attorney Sitter. saying he and
the woman quarreled. when he dealt
her three blows over the head with a
Ratchet. casing her death shortly af-
forwards.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-07-08
AT THE
STORE OF QUALITY.
Special Sale on
all Ladies Wear

You will find in this department all
grades marked in plain figures one
price to all, actually % per cent lower
than manufacturers cost. We have
the kind of bargains that will make it
positively worth while for every wo-
man economically inclined to visit our
store and examine our skirts in Vols,
Panamas and Serges. Shirt waists of
the newest effects, shoes in Oxfords
and high top in all all styles and leath-
ers. Underwear that can be only
gotten in the larger cities, such as
Princess slips, made of the finest ma
terial. Combination suits made OF
the best checked muslin, underskirts
in black Taffeta, Silk and Heather
bloom. Beautiful long Kimonas and
Tea Jackets.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-07-08
EEL Dead on His Plow

While blowing on his farm. near
Durham. n. c.. former Congressman
John NJ. Atwater dropped over dead.
He was seventy years old.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-07-08
NOTICED!
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL
ESTATE IN THE TOWN OF
FARM VILE. VA.

By virtue Of an order Of the United States
District Court for the Eastern District OF virginia
entered on the third Of June, lslv' IN re. !" ~ ~;
VenabIe BANKRUPT the undersigned trustee will
sell 10 the highest bidder for cash on the
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-07-08
BALLlNGER WON'T QUIT
Secretary Has Conference With Presi
dent on Reclamation.

The reclamation service came up
for a long discussion at the sum-
mer capital at Beverly. Mass. Secre-
tarv of the Interior Ballinger got here
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-06-15
D

sey. Gertrude probably had your re-
volver; she must have examined 1t.
anyhow. that night. After you-and
Jack had gone. what if-that ruffian
came back, and she-and she"
couldn't finish. Halsey stood
looking at me with shut lips.
She might have heard him FUN
bling at the door-he had no key, the
police say-and thinking 1t was you.
or Jack, she admitted him. When
she saw her mistake she ran up the
stairs. a step or two. and turning. like
an animal at bay. she fired"
Halsey had his hand over my lips
before l finished. and in that position
we stared each at the other. our
stricken glances crossing.
'The revolver-my revolver-thrown
into the tulip bed," he muttered to
himself. Thrown perhaps from an
upper window; you say 1t was buried
deep. Her prostration ever since. her
Aunt Ray. you don't think 1t was
Gertrude Eho fell down the clothes
chute?"
could only nod my head in a hope
less affirmative.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-06-15
Valuable Information from the Wise
Skipper for a Party Out
Fishing.

"Ah!" said the skipper out with u
party bluehshing. turning his face to
windward as he spoke and at the same
time throwing the wheel over and
bringing the boat up and putting her
OF on the other tack. Il smell them!
you smell them?" said a member
of the party in the boat. DO you mean
to tell me you can smell the fish?"
why. certainly" said the skipper.
as he got another little pull on the
sheet, "or you can smell where they
are. which amounts to the same
thing.
You see," the skipper continued.
the bluefish is a voracious feeder
very voracious: he will eat about a
million of the little fishes that you
find around SO plentiful in the water.
put there apparently for the bigger
fish to feed on. and when he has
gorged> himself on about a million.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-06-15
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Miss lines. spinster and guardian of
Gertrude and Halsey. established summer
headquarters at Sunnyside. Amidst nu-
Werous dimculties the servants deserted.
A. Miss innes locked up for the night.
s5cpd. She PasseSS ,t terrible night.
In the morning Miss Innes found
strange link cuff button in q clothes
hamper. Gertrude and Halsey arrived
with Jack Bailey. The house was awak-
ened by revolver shot. strange man
was found shot to DEATH in the hall.
1t proved to be the body of Arnold Arm
strong. whose banker father owned the
country house. Miss lines found Hal
0ey's revolver on the lawn. He and Jack
Bailey had disappeared. The link cum
button mysteriously disappeared. De-
kective Jameson and the coroner arrived.
Gertrude revealed that she was engaged
TO Jack Bailey. with whom she had
talked in the billiard room few mo-
ments before the murder. Jameson told
Miss Innes that she was hiding evidence
from him. He imprisoned an intruder in
n empty room The prisoner escaped
the intruder was probably woman. Ger
frude was suspected, for the intruder
left n print of a bare foot. Gertrude re-
turned home with her right ankle
eprained. A negro found the other half
OF what proved to be Jack Bailey's cum
button. Halsey suddenly reappeared.
He said he and Bailey had left because
they had received a telegram. Gertrude
said that she had given Bailey I'M
loaded revolver. fearing to give him Hal
Bey's loaded weapon.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-06-15

"Jack-told us-something." Ger
trude said family. "Oh. Halsey, what
can he do now?"
jack" / said scornfully. Your
Jacks flight is easy enough to explain
now. And you helped him. both OF
you. to get away! You get that from
your mother; 1t isn't an Innes trait
Do you know that every dollar you
have. both of you. is in that bank?"
Gertrude tried to speak. but Halsey
stopped her.
THAT isn't all. Gertrude" he said
quietly: Jack is-under arrest"
Under arrest." Gertrude screamed.
and tore the paper out of his hand.
She glanced at the heading. then she
crumpled the newspaper into a ball
and flung 1t to the floor. While Hal
sey. looking stricken and white. was
trying to smooth 1t out and read 1t,
Gertrude had dropped her head on the
table and was sobbing stormily.
have the clipping somewhere. but
Just now l can remember only the es-
sentials.
On the afternoon before, Monday.
while the Traders bank was in the
rush of closing hour. between two and
three, Mr. Jacob Trautman. president
Of the Pearl Brewing Company. came
into the bank to lift loan. As Sc
curity for the loan he had deposited
some 300 International Steamship
Company SIS. In total value 100000.
Mr.. Trautman went to the loan clerk.
and, after certain formalities had been
gone through. the loan clerk went to
the vault. Mr.. Trautman. who was
a large and genial German. waited for
time. whistling under his breath.
The loan clerk did not come back.
After an interval. Mr.. Trautman saw
the loan clerk emerge from the vault
and go to the assistant cashier; the
two went hurriedly to the vault. A
lapse Of another ten minutes. and the
assistant cashier came out and ap-
preached Mr.. Trautman. He was no
ticeably white and trembling. Mr..
Trautman was told that through an
oversight the bonds had been mis-
placed, and was asked to return the
following morning. when everything
would be made all right.
Mr.. Trautman, however, was a
shrewd business man. and he did not
like the appearance OF things. He
left the bank apparently satisfied. and
within 80 minutes he had called up
three different members of the Trad.
ers' board of directors. At $3.50 there
was hastily convened board meeting.
with some stormy scenes, and late In
the afternoon a national bank exam
liner was in possession of the books.
The bank had not opened for business
Tuesday.
At 1880 o'clock the Saturday be-
fore. as soon as the business of the
day was closed. Mr.. John Bailey. the
cashier of the defunct bank. had taken
his hat and departed. During the aft
ernoon he had called up Mr.. Aronson,
member Of the board. and said he
was i'll. and might not be at the bank
for day or two. As Bailey was high
ly thought Of. Mr.. Aronson merely ex-
pressed a regret. From that time un-
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-06-15
A DOCTORS EXPERIENCE
Medicine Not Needed In This Cass

II is hard to convince some people
that coffee does them an injury! They
lay their bad feelings to almost every
cause but the true and unsupported
one. ,
But the doctor knows. His wide ex-
perience has proven to him that to
some systems. coffee is an insidious
poison that undermines the health.
Ask the doctordf coffee is the cause
Of constipation. stomach and nervous
trouble.
Il have been coffee drinker all
my life. I am now AZ years old and
when taken sick two years ago with
nervous prostration. the doctor said
that my nervous system was broken
down and that I would have, to give
up coffee.
81 got SO weak and shaky could
not work, and reading your advertise
ment of Postum, l asked my grocer IL
he had any of 1t. He said: Yes and
that he used it in his family. and It
was all 1t claimed to be.
so I quit coffee and commenced to
use Postum steadily and found in
about two weeks time I could sleep
soundly at night and get up In the
morning feeling fresh. In about two
months began to gain flesh.
weighed only LAG pounds when ! COM
menced on Postum. and now weigh
1877 and feel better than 1 did at 20
years Of age.
II am working every day and sleep
well at night. My two children were
great coffee drinkers. but they have
not drank any since Postum came into
the house, and are far more healthy
than they were before"
Read THE Road to Wellville." found
in pkgs. There's a reason"
Ever read the above Ietters A new
one appears from time TO time. They
are Eenulne, true, and full Of hsmas
interest.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-06-15
SCENTING THE BLUEFISH

more or less. of these little fishes the
bluefish will settle down on the bot
tom and there disgorge them, and this
disgorged food. oily. floats up to the
surface, and that you can smell. and II
means bluefish; and l can smell them
now. sure" And SO the skipper got
an inch more Of the sheet and peered
ahead and kept her a-going with every
inch drawing. Just a-humming and
a-boiling. keen on the scent.
And did the party come up with the
bluefish and catch lots OF them? A
boatload Of fish? Keep hauling them
In till they all got tired of fishing?
Well. that-as a once celebrated
English writer has SO aptly remarked
that is another story: seeming blue
fish and catching them being two
quite different things.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-06-15

Fitzhugh. a cousin, took charge OF the
ARRANGEMENTS, and everything. l be-
lieye. was as quiet as possible. ] gave
Thomas johnson and Mrs. watson
permission to go into town to pay
their last respects to the dead man.
but for some reason they did not care
to go.
Halsey spent part of the day with
Mr.. Jameson, but he said nothing OF
what happened. He looked grave and
anxious. and he had a long converse
ton with Gertrude late in the after
noon.
Tuesday evening found US quiet.
with the quiet that precedes an ex-
plosion. Gertrude and Halsey were
both gloomy and distraught. and as
Liddy had already discovered that
some of the china was broken-it is
impossible to have any secrets from
an old servant was not in a pleas
ant humor myself. Warner brought
nm the afternoon mail and the even
ing papers at seven-I was curious to
know what the papers said OF the
murder. We had turned away at least
a dozen reporters. But l read over
the headline that ran halfway across
the top of the Gazette twice before
comprehended it. Halsey had opened
the Chronicle and was staring at 1t
fixedly.
"The Traders bank closes Its
doors," was what / read. and then
nut down the paper and looked across
the table.
"Did YOU know OF this?" asked
Halsey. :,
Unexpected 1t. But not so Son..
he replied.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-06-15
SAVED OLD LADY'S HAIR

MY mother used to have a very bad
humor on her head which the doctors
called an eczema, and for 1t had two
different doctors. Her head was very
sore and her hair nearly all fell out
in spite of what they both did. One
day her niece came In and they were
speaking Of how her hair was falling
out and the doctors did 1t no good.
She says. Aunt, why don't you try
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Oint-
ment?' Mother did and they helped
her. In six months time the itching.
burning and scaling of her head was
over and her hair began growing. To-
day she feels much in debt to Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment for the fine
head of hair she has for an old lady
Of seventy-four.
my own case was an eczema In my
feet As soon as the cold weather
came my feet would itch and burn and
then they would crack open and bleed.
Then I thought I would fee to my
mothers friends. Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment. / did for four or
FIVE winters. and now my feet are as
smooth as any ones. Ellsworth Dun
ham. Hiram. Me-. Sept 30, 1909"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-06-15

There is a story about the secretary
of golf club who was man of d.
minutive stature. 1t was summer time.
and the grass had been allowed to
grow rather long. The secretary was
playing in front OF a visitor who was
a very long driver. and kept dropping
his ball in the neighborhood of the
secretary all the way round. At last
the little man could stand 1t no longer
and walked back and demonstrated
with the visitor on his conduct, but
the only reply he got was. IF you
would cut the grass. one might be
able to see you"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-06-15

Mr.. Skinflint-(on receiving a dep
utation from his employes)-Well.
what's the matter now?
Clerk-(spokesm want. to
be paid every week instead OF every
month.
Mr.. Sigh, You get all that's due
to you, don't you?
Clerk-Yes, sir.
Mr. Sand promptly to n day?
Clerk-Yes. sir.
Mr.. S.-Then. why do you want to
be paid weekly instead OF monthly?
Clerk-Please. sir, it's because we
won't be gettin' the lumbago carryin'
home our wages,-London Answers.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-06-15

The orchestra was playing THE
Moonlight Sonata"
Sweetheart" he cried. passionate
ly. Il have loved you ever since you
were child. I have longed for the
sweet companionship Of such n wom-
an as you ever"
shut up. will your" came n roar
from the seats at the rear. I'VE want
to hear the music"
shut up yourself" rctorted tho
young man. They advertise this as
pop concert and I'm going to pop
or bust,"
Then. turning to the fair maiden at
his side. he began again.-Harper's
Weekly.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-06-15
CHAPTER X.


The morning after Halsey's return
was Tuesday Arnold Armstrong had
been found dead at the foot OF the cir
cular staircase at three o'clock on
Sunday morning. The funeral services
were to be held on Tuesday. and the
interment Of the body was to be de-
ferred until the Armstrong; arrived
from California. No one. I think. was
very sorry that Arnold Armstrong was
dead. but the manner Of his death
aroused some sympathy and an enor-
nous amount of curiosity. Mrs. Ogden
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-06-15

Attorney General Wickersham. at
dinner in Washington, said OF q
wrong-headed financier;
His methods are SO deplorable that.
when he tries to defend them, he goes
to pieces. In fact, he reminds me Oh
an old man who was brought up be-
fore country Judge.
..Pethro,' said the Judge. you are
accused of stealing General Johnson's
chickens. Have you any witnesses?
mo, sah,' Old Jethro answered.
haughtily. L hab not. sab. don.
steal chickens befo' witnesses, sab. !"
Minneapolis Journal.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-06-15

Jim Rice. the coach OF the Columbia
crew. was praising a stalwart fresh
man.
Hes SO young and tender" said
the coach. you'd never think he could
row. Why. they laugh at him at the
BARRIERS.
AS he was getting his hair cut tho
other day he said to the barber visit
fully.
"Do you think I'll have strong
beard? My father has a very strong
one
at looks to me- said the barber.
as though you took after your
mother"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-06-15
An Embryo EmaneIpator.

A little miss riding on Brooklyn
trolley car the other day rendered
the conductor half fare. How old
are you. little girl?" he queried. gin
geriy handling her fare.
She pursed her lips for moment,
then calmly opened her purse. dropped
two more pennies into the conductors
extended palm. snapped her purse
and demurely replied: You have
your fare. sir: my statistics are my
own"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-06-15

Il have been at the top Of Pixies
Peak. which is more than $4,000 feet
above sea level. What was the great
est height you ever reached?"
II don't know Just what the altitude
was. but It must have been much
greater than that which you mention.
/ made the ascent shortly after ! had
stepped with my bare feet on bum,
BILE bees nest"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-06-15

Doctor-Now. McTavish. It's like
this: You've either to stop the whIs.
Key or lose your eyesight--and you
must choose.
McTavish-Ay. weel. doctor. I'm an
aud man roo. an was thInkin' I've
seen about everything worth seeIn'."
Tho Taller.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-06-15

Yeast-Billiards and pool on ship
board are now possible through the re-
cent invention OF a self.ieveling table
which accommodates itself to every
movement OF the vessel.
Crimsonbeak-why. couldn't they
apply that device to a mans stomach
to prevent 1t from becoming upset.
Yonkers Statesman.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-06-15

Patience-Suppose they'll have to
take a lot of beef and eggs out OF colo
storage now.
Patrice-Why so?
Patience-To make room Tor ths
winter furs.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-06-15

81 told them to put our advertise
ment next to pure reading matter.
Didn't they?"
Judge for yourself. They've put IL
next to an article on cold storage 10
year old eggs."-Baltimore American.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-06-15

First Prehistoric-Where did Adam
get such an awful crouch?
Second Ditto-He's kicking because
his spring clothes don't make him
look as broad-shouldered as the EEL
lows in the advertisements.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-06-15
orIaln Of "John Bull.

The name John Bull" as applied to
the English nation. was first made use
Of In a poem dated 1712
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
Casualties on British Roads.

The report of the British board of
trade on railway accidents in the
United Kingdom during the year
1909, shows that only one passenger
was killed in an accident to the train
in which he was travelling, and that
this was the first fatality for twenty
preceding months. The number Of
passengers injured while travelling
was 800, which is the lowest average
for several years past. AS 1,264 4,000,-
900 passengers were carried during
1909, the death record is certainly re-
markably small. BY accidents to pas
sengers from other causes-falling
between trains and platforms, ETC.
directly traceable to personal care
lessness and disobedience of orders,
80 persons were killed and 2,14S were
injured American.
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
Grain to Be Part Of Dry Feed.

1t is a good plan to begin to feed
some grain to the breeding ewes at
the time one begins to confine them
to dry feed and before, if the pasture
is too short to maintain the thrifty,
vigorous condition of the flock, says
a writer in an exchange. I think more
sheep men fail at this point when the
grass has been frostbitten, and is
short, late in the fall, than at any
other time Of the year The fact that
the ground is bare does not prove that
there is sufficien nourishment in the
grass the sheep get to sustain them.
If the sheep are pinched on feed at
that time, the wool does not make a
healthy growth, and as soon as grain
is fed to prepare the flock for the
lambing time, the wool begins to make
a new growth, which causes the shed
ding of what has already grown.