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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-24
N.,-A

Republican extravaganza, tariff bills
and import tax, reminds us of the
story Of the chicken and the ak.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-24
THANKSGIVING.

There are great many things for
which we should be thankful, not only
today but on all days, but if you will
pardon us we will not enumerate
them. You should know them. and
what's the use of going into details
God is still in His heaven all is more
or less well with the world-we are
alive and kicking, and the country il
Democratic.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-24

FftHI .NfWttt@s
Pauence-Did Peggy take her pug
to the dog show?
Patrice-Certainly, she did. She
couldn't leave her nose ut home
could sGe?--Nonkers Statesman.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-24

Spend 80 cents at che Eureka Hard
ware Company and set n chance Oh
The GREE Heater.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14

den-haired child made covered with
daisy chains.
The elder turned and saw Miss Aman-
this, and, seeing the look that was
given her, her smile instantly faded.
flush, Dottie,' she said to the small
child.
What is the matter, Mary?" Dottie
asked, and then she turned and saw
Miss Amanthis. She jumped up and
ran to that surprised lady and said:
"Oh, come play with u.s."
Taking her hand she pulled her
down on the grass. Partly for the soft
little arms around her. partly for the
novelty, and partly to see how far the
child's impudence, as she termed it,
would go, she remained seated.
The children covered her with
wreaths and as Mary lost her shyness
she got quite talkative.
The two children were cousins, she
said. and lived together. Dottie's
mother was sick and was staying with
Mary's mother.
At last Miss Amanthis sternly ask
ed them why they were in her woods.
Dottie replied with sweet little smile:
ooh, are they your woods? How
nice, cause you don't care if we play
in them, do your"
And Miss Amanthis admitted that
she ulu not
Then a voice was heard calling;
MARY, Dottie, where are your and
Dottie cried:
There's auntie. Goodby. We shall
come and see you again." and off the
two ran to meet the lady waiting for
them.
Miss Amanthis sat thinking for a
long time and then, noticing it was
getting late, she arose and walked
slowly home. But that was not the
end, for many dainties and costly med
icines found their way to the sick wo-
man which at last enabled her to re-
cover. Miss Amanthis often came to
call, but part of the time she always
spent with the children.
Other times she had the two children
come to her house, where they wan
dered about the beautiful rooms and
out in the gardens, too enchanted to
speak. Then they picked great big
bouquets for the sick woman to en-
joy. With all this kindness showered
upon her, what could the sick woman
do but get well? When money was
needed it was always found myster-
iously tucked away in something or
coming through the mail in anonymous
letters. ELEANOR SARGENT.
Box 104, r. F. d. No. 2, Redlands,
Cal. Age 10 years. Promoted to ninth
grade
Merry brown eyes looked up into her
own; another merry laugh rang from
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14

baby lips, as, frowning, Miss Amanthis
lowered grimly above the tiny wan
derer sitting among the grass and wild
daisies.
what are you doing here?' she de-
handed.
playing" responded the child, look
ing smilingly up into Miss Amanthis'
face.
do you not know that these woods
belong to me?"
mo: do they?"
'They certainly do. Where do you
live?" said the lady.
"Over there" The child pointed
toward the northern part of the woods.
Miss Amanthis. by much inquiry,
discovered that the little girl lived
with her parents at the edge of the
woods and that she was lost
The cross and grabbed lady finally
decided to take the little girl, whose
name was Winifred, to her home and
keep her until she sent her hired man
to Winifreds home to inform her
parents of their daughters where
abouts.
AS she ran along by Miss Amanthis'
side through the old-fashioned garden,
Winnie kept eXclaiming over the beau
ty and fragrance of the flowers, and
politely asking If she might not pick
rev.
Now, the cross and grabbed lady
never picked her flowers, except to
keep them from q, ing to seed too soon
and from having withered ones on the
bushes, so she was almost shocked at
the idea of letting a child have full
sway in her garden.
She kept a grim silence, only speak
ing to refuse Winnie the permission
she longed for, until she reached the
gloomy, stately mansion. Then she
told her little charge to go into the
prim, stiff parlor and wait there until
she brought a little lunch.
The parlor was very uninteresting to
Winnie so she looked out of the bay
window overlooking the garden till
Miss Amanthis came in. After lunch
the latter consented to let Winnie go
out in the flower garden again, while
she sat on the veranda.
When Winnie's mother came she in
formed Miss Amanthis that her hus-
band was ill, and inquired if Miss
Amanthis would mind keeping her child
a few days longer. Miss Amanthis ac-
tually consented, for she had taken a
fancy to the sweet little girl; and she
was glad afterward that she had kept
her, for she was a cheerful companion
and helped the cross and grabbed lady
to like children very much better.
S. PEARL CHURCHILL.
Grade A5 Completely, Ninth street
school, I'll Ceres avenue.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14

n nee there lived a cross and crab
10 bed lady whose name was Miss
~ Amanthis Murray. Her pet the
DRY was that children should be seen
and not heard" and even seen as little
as may be. So this cross and grabbed
lady grew more cross and grabbed each
day. She walked disconsolately among
never pausing to pick a blossom or
nibble the ripest, most delicious fruit.
Driving in her fascinating pony car
riage gave her no pleasure, and though
almost any one must have smiled at
the antics of her pet terrier, never
did Miss Amanthis smile. 1t really
seemed as though she had forgotten
how, and no wonder, either, when one
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14

thinks how she avoided the laughter
of children.
One fine, sunshiny morning when the
cross and Grabbed lady grew so weary
of the paths and roads that she longed
for something different, curiosity
tempted her to explore the woods. She
actually climbed a fence and went
through briars and brambles till she
found tiny path. She went on and
on until suddenly she stopped. She
had heard something that struck her
dumb with amazement. 1t was the
clear, ringing laugh of gleeful child.
Surprise gave place to anger as she
realized the awfulness of the offense.
A child dare to wander in her woods?
1t was preposterous. And Miss Aman-
this strobe forward in righteous in
dignation. But a sight of the little
offender made her pause
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-27
TOWN DIRECTORY

u,vos-W. T. Blanton.
s.,ernr,sT OF COUNcIL-H. E. Barrow.
-, CorrNcIL-By Committees.
x.snee-H Z. Barrow. Walker Scott. n. b.
NV. NJ. Duvall. J. R. Martin. W. 7.
l0ne q, ,s.-.;, NJ I cms 3 7. Gam.
20 ss..,;,,y-Dr. WI. Gnk. Walker Scott. N. B.
'T s,oS~E. L. Erambert. II. E. harrow. W. c.
80. B. Davidson. W. T. .DOyne. W. C.
Sie5-w. T. )Oyne. W. NJ; Duvall. Walker
Srre.ery-w. C. Fallwel. E. L. Erambert. W.
= ygs s,rN B. Davidson. H. E. Barrow. W. c.
81 or5spee Walker Scott Dr. W. }. ellis. W. M
p S.ares- E. L. Erambert. Dr. W. J. ellis. J. R.
So 90 House,. R. Martin. E. L. Erambert
Asl,,5S,@3Wslker Scott H. E. Barrow. W. C. Fall
vel c.-,..5
cC-rsel-A ID. Watkins.
- Treasurer-S. w. Paulett. Jr.
1--missioner Of Revenue-P. H. c. Rice.
~, Sergeant-R. d. Miller.
poiee-Lesle FOCUS. Z. d. Lipscomb and J. W.
~ Fire Department Leslie FOCUS.
S,-set Conmissioner-P. A. Tucker.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-27
NUTHERN RAILWAY

h'aeci January 10Th, 1910.
a. Following schedule figures are published
ltlon and are not guaranteed.
e0lIHBOUND-Leaye Burkeville.
~ A D. no. II. With pullman. Forall points
a-. south.
IA h No.7. For Danville. Greensboro.
Charlotte and intermediate stations.
connecting at Danville with main line
trains for Lynchhurg and Washing
tom. and at Greensboro with trains
Rep, tor east and west thereof.
''l NO. l3. For all points south anu
slutnwest Parlor car 10 Danvile.
.snnecting with pullman 10 Atlanta
and birmingham. Through coach
to Chase City. Durham and Raleigh
arp via klysville. Va.
TN Nol7. Daily except Sunday. Local
to keysville
HIhBOUND-Leave Burkeville.
49, ESQ A. NJ. daily. No. IS. sgt A. NJ. ex-
H-lay. No. g. PIT. P. NJ daily. No. IL.
~. daily. AN for Richmond
~ %, =. 70 and "a carry pullrnans and
Nos. z. s. II and rs. day coaches
p, 'oFuLAR YORK RIVER LINE
h. Richmond 4:8O P. NJ. Mondays. Wednes
ks ~ DAYS for Baltimore. Philade lphi a
Nt'a1i points North and East
S. r. BURGESS. ID. p. A.
Ip 20 2. Main St. Richmond. Va.
c. H.F. Cary. S.H. Hardwick.
GP.A. Pass. Traf. Mgr.
Washington D. c.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-27
cremated hv Electrlcifv.

Two trainmen were killed and their
bodies cremated by $4,000 volts Of
electricity, when a Peoria sleeper on
the Illinois Traction company's system
collided with an electric freight train
near Lovelace. III. Overhead electric
wires fell on the cars in the freight
train and set fire TO the wreckage The
men who were killed we're enmeshed
by the wires in the wreckage.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-27
NV NoIfaIs@WesterD
'--...usssur Schedule in Effect
May Is, 1910.
LEAVE FARMVILLE DAILY.
Schedule IN Effect

NORTH AND EAST.
Neh No. 6. No. 4 No. 8
'SLn. l0l5a.m. SIP D. m. COS pm.
SOUTH AND WEST.
NIB NOT No. 5. No. 3.
sean. sos m. SAG p. m. l2:l7 D. m.
Nc A-For beyond Roanoke. Bristol. Bluefeld.
columbus Cincinnati. Sleepers to Bristol
H. and Columbus. Cafe Car.
q For Lynchburg and local stations.
a-Par.or Car to Roanoke. Pullman
Sleeper LynchburR TO Cincinnati. Roanoke
10 Columbus. Roanoke to Bristol Cafe
n. car Roanoke 10 Williamson.
w. -fm Lyuchburg. Roanoke and intermed-
n ate stations.
Nt-For Petersburg and intermediate sta
tons. Connects at Petersburg for Rich
4. monl and Norfolk.
o" - For Petersburg. Richmond, Norfolk
l. fqi.man sleeper TO Norfolk. and Richmond
t-top etersburg. Norfolk. Richmond and
Intermediate stations. Pullman Parlor
T. ear 20 Norfolk.
80 For Petersburg. Richmond and local sta
TONS
are thinking Of taking a trip YOU want
-9ls cheapest fares. reliable and correct
F4t9n' as 20 routes. train schedules. the
u able and quickest way. Write and
so'ia. lon IS yours for the asking, with one
.orp.e,e Map Folders.
EVIL, N. ?. BRAGG,
Pass Agt.. Trav. Pass. Agt.
"Anose Va. Roanoke. Va.
ed. ol-rc. Agent. Farmville.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-27
Found Check For stss. 600.

As they were walking along a bust
ness street in South Bethlehem,
Pa, two foreigners found a letter.
which when opened was found to con-
tain a check for s1s5.OO0 made out In
favor Of a Pittsburg concern by the
Bethlehem Steel company. An ONCE
boy had been given the letter to mail
and lost it,
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-27

TIE above schedule only as information. time
rngas and departures and connections not guar
ute1
F.B. Grigg. G. p. A.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-27
COUNTY DIRECTORY.

Iu5seo Circuit Court-Hon. George ]. HIND
rerk Of County and Circuit Courts-Hor-
o. Adams.
3 Warmer.
T-esglrer-S. W. Watkins.
Commissioner Of Revenue-E. J.. Dupuy.
gserf-T h. Dickinson.
Co-ronwealths Attorney-A. d. Watkins.
Cc-cnr-Dr. J. r. Spencer.
Rsri Of Supervisors -Farmville District. J. L.
e. Chairman Buffalo District. r. W. Fuqua
H,rrien District. DR.. W. NJ. Holiday; Lockett
District. R. H Walton: Leigh District. A. A.
hyrs
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-27
Woman shoots seIf In H.art-

Mrs. Lucy Maui, thirty-ive years Of
age, residing at 1911 West Ninth
street Wilmington. Del. shot herself
through the heart dying instantly.
Mrs Maull is believed to have been
mentally deranged at the time. She
worked until noon and, going 10 her
home fred the shot while lying in bed
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-27
TWO THOUSAND

assorted fruit trees all in full bearing. Two H p
Gasoline engine pumping lithia water 500 feet to
tank at dwelling. supplying water in abundance
for all purposes
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-27
rDswArR & WESTERN RAILROAD

hss fable in effect Nov. g. 1908.
Bsveen Farmville and Richmond :viasMosele
. Southern Railway.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-27
THE DWELLING

is the equal Of any city residence. The farm adj
joins the corporate limits Of the town Of Farm
vile. Va. and situated between the Norfolk and
Western and Farmville and Powhatan railroads.
two blocks from depot Of each, Offering first
class and quick shipping for all produce. Good
home market for fruit and farm truck.
Failing to sell privately before the 22nd Of June
1910 viii on that day offer it for sale at public
auction.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-27
FOR SALE
The Noted Stanley Park
Farm f!

Containing 100 acres more or less impr' we'd land.
ten-room dwelling. kitchen. smoke house ice
house. carriage house. wood and coal houses. hog
house. poultry house. two tobacco barns. stable
room for six head Of horses. and shed room for
cows; also one cabin for hands. Thirty-seven
acres Of fine low grounds High land al in good
heart
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-11-29
PASTOR AND
WIFE SLAIN
Rev. and Mrs. AMI L. Armstrong
Found RiddIed With Shot.
HOLD HALF BREED SERVANT
Son Of Their Housekeeper Accused
He Tells News Hours After Kill
ing-DecIarcs He Was Away
FROM Home.

Trenton, N. REV. Annzi L. Arm
strong, the Oldest minister in the
Presbyterian church in New Jersey
and one of the oldest living graduates
of Princeton, with his wife, Mrs.
Anne Rue Armstrong, were murdered
in the colonial house in which they
lived in the Dutch Neck section of
Mercer county, about IL miles east of
here.
Both were reading when shot to
death, and when the body of the VEN
cradle minister was found it lay be-
side volume of commentaries on the
Bible, which he was reading when the
murderer entered the room and fired
a load OF heavy shot into his breast.
Mrs. Armstrong apparently had been
reading in another room, and she was
shot down as she was rushing to the
aid of her husband.
No murder in the history Of this
section of the state has SO stirred the
people as has this one. Mr.. Arm
strong had for 40 years been the
stated clerk of the presbytery of New
Brunswick, and never had but one
pastorate, that of the quaint little
church in Old Dutch Neck, few
miles from Princeton.
Mrs. Armstrong was forty-one
years old, and was the second wife of
the minister, to whom he was mar
ried some ten years ago. Mr.. Arm
strong, who was graduated from
Princeton in 1852, was eighty-three
years old, and had retired from the
active pastorate Of the Dutch Neck
church about dozen years ago.
William ]. Crossley, county prose-
cutor of Mercer county, ordered the
arrest of John Sears, negro, who
had worked for the Armstrong; for
more than twenty-five years. The ne
gros mother was in the Armstrong;
house when the murder was com
mitted, but she vows she did not see
it, and there is reason to believe that
she is telling the truth.
The old negress, who had worked
for the minister all her life, was in
an upstairs room when the murders
were done, and so great was her ter
ror that she crawled under bed and
remained there for nearly six hours.
She did not come out until her son re-
turned home from a trip to New
Brunswick, where he went, according
to the authorities, after the murders
were committed.
The negro stoutly declares his in
nocence, but is unable to give q salts
factory account of his whereabouts
between 8 and p. M, between which
hours Mr.. and Mrs. Armstrong are
believed to have been killed.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-11-29
MEXICAN REBELS
CAPTURE TOWNS
Revolt Rife r States Along the
Nc. liiern Border.
SCORES KILLED IN FIGHTS


Mexico City.-D Despite strict gov
eminent censorship OF all dispatches,
reports from all over Mexico indicate
that the revolutionary movement has
actively broken out in "a towns and
cities. Southern Mexico is cut Off
from the capital and the revolt grows
there, especially in Yucatan. Many
have been killed and wounded in
fights with federal troops.
Chihuahua is the scene of con-
fiict between rebels and the soldiers
The authorities minimize the grav-
ity of the situation, but there is a
general feeling of uneasiness at the
capital.
Francisco T. Madcro, reputed lead
er of the rebels, is believed to be near
his home in Ceahuila. Three bodies
of revolutionists attacked the mili-
tary barracks at Orizaba and liber-
ated and armed the prisoners.
A group of 100 stationed on the
summit of a nearby hill threw dyna-
mite bombs into the barracks. When
the soldiers fed from their quarters
and charged their assailants the other
party of zoo revolutionists attacked
the prison. Beating down the guards
and forcing an entrance they liber-
ated all of the prisoners and then
armed them.
The Fifteenth Mexican infantry
charged the revolutionists and drove
them back into the woods after hot
fight. The number of casualties cam
not be learned During the fighting
the Tenth infantry, from Mexico City,
and the Sixteenth infantry, from Vera
Cruz, reached the scene.
Four hundred revolutionists who
took part in the assault on Parral
were repulsed with a loss of 13 dead,
the inhabitants withstanding the at
tack for many hours until troops were
able to reach the scene from Chihua-
hua and Monterey The chief of po-
life and the jefe politico were among
the slain.
Three thousand troops of all arms,
which left here for Torreon, Gomez
Palacic, Lerdo and Parral, it is in
sisted in government circles, that
they will be amply able to cope with
the situation.
1t is stated on high authority that
President Diaz contemplates making
sweeping changes in the cabinet after
his reinauguration.
Every train arriving in the city OF
Mexico brings political prisoners ar
rested at various points throughout
the republic. The situation is con-
sidered by well informed persons to
be very grave, but the government
still insists that the revolt will be
subdued in few days.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-11-29
FIND LOST
RAINIER WILL
Missing Document Discovered
in Top Of a Wagon.
CASE GIVEN STRANGE TURN
Sale Of Effects Was in Progress When
Old Book Was Found Stuffed
Between Ribs and Canvas
Of Cover.

Burlington.--D Discovery Of the long
lost will of the late Schuyler Rainier,
the eccentric old farmer OF Florence
township, gave romantic turn to
the fight of heirs to the big estate.
Discovery of the will during the pub
lie sale of Rainier's property ordered
by the administrator created q stir
among the farmers and townspeople
gathered for the auction. The sale
was in progress when Harry Bishop,
inspecting Rainier's old market
wagon, which he had just purchased
for 81, found an old book stuffed be-
tween the ribs and canvas of the
wagon cover. "Rainier's customer
book said Bishop to his companion,
and idly turned the closely scrubbed
pages. A paper fell from the leaves
and futtered to the ground. Bishop
picked it up, read few lines, and
with cry of stthe will, .'the will"
ran for the house, where the lawyers
in charge of the estate were oversee
ing the sale. Bishop turned over the
papers to Robert S. Gaskill, who,
with Senator G. W. Lewis, was
named administrator of the estate.
Oddly enough, the old will was found
to have named Gaskill as one of the
executors. The other is Lambert
Rainier, Jr. Gaskill read the will
aloud to the crowd. Two years ago
tho little iron safe in which Rainier
kept as high as $4,000 in gold was
rnhhod hv n dnu1iot+ hrr01ar xuho
escaped, but was captured in Chicago
after a neighbor had been arrested
and falsely accused of the crime. The
will was dated April %, 1909, and
as far as could be learned it is signed
by but one witness, Lambert Rain
Ter, whose death occurred four
months after the date of the docu-
ment. Lawyers admit the finding of
the will opens the way for big legal
fight, as it has little in common with
the division as now arranged among
the heirs. To several nieces it gives
$4,000 each. To Jane Nixon, Rain
ier's aged housekeeper, and Samuel
Richardson, his ninety-twovyear-o
farm helper, is given 81, GOO each. A
pathetic feature OF the wills discov-
cry was its announcement to these
old people who have spent most of
their lives on the Rainier farm that
they must move away next week by
order Of the heirs. The residuary
legatee is Mrs. Foulkes, niece,
whose home is In Florence, and her
share is said to be about s125,000.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-11-29
REBELS CAPTURE A TOWN.
Take Gomez Palacio, Where 200 Fed.
eral Troops Desert.

cF@A AEOOpS OcStEIs
Maxico City.-The capture of Co
mez Palacio, town of 1000 popula-
ton, by revolutionaries was reported
in the Mexican capital. 1t was said
the 800 Diaz soldiers had gone over
to the rebels. Fighting and loss Of
life were reported in Durango, Tor
reon and Parral. The government
seized press wires for military pur-
poses and all dispatches are censored.
Wires north of Monterey have been
cut.
Close on the heels Of this came the
rumor in Laredo, Texas, that the reb-
els had arisen anew in Puebla and
that 80 lives were lost in clash with
troops.
United States troops were rushed
from Fort Sam Houston to Ell Rio, on
the border, as precautionary meas
ure. Governor Campbell ordered
rangers in pursuit of armed violators
of neutrality.
That francesca l. Madeira, revolu-
tionary leader, was mobilizing forces
on his home estates was rumored 1t
was also said that 1000 Yaquis In
dams would join the forces against
the government.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-11-29
POSTAL RAID ON
STOCK FRAUDS
Concerns Filched 500, O0O, 900 From
People in Five Years Crusade
by Government.

New York.-In pursuance OF the
jobbers who are victimizing investors
all over the country, postoffice inspec-
tors, backed by detectives from head
quarters, swoeped down on Burr
Brothers, incorporated, a stock sell
ing concern in the Flatiron building,
and the Offices of the Continental
Wireless Telephone and Telegraph
company and other concerns, at No.
Sc Pine street. Four arrests were
made in this city, and other arrests
were made in other parts of the coun-
try.
When the two raids were over and
the four prisoners were safely in the
Tombs for lack of $4,000 bail each,
Postmaster General Hitchcock an
nounced that the arrests were only
incidental in crusade which has
been started by the postofice depart
ment, with the approval OF President
Taft and Attorney General Wicker
sham, to wipe out swindling opera
tons through the mails, which in the
last five years, says Mr.. Hitchcock,
have filched from the public more
than 100000. 900.
Since the crusade began, says the
postmaster general, 78 cases in which
the postal authorities have uncovered
fraud in the sale of fake or worthless
stock have been unearthed by the
governments Investigators. The ar
rests only herald others of similar
nature which are to be made here and
elsewhere, federal warrants having
already been issued for large NUM-
Der of men whose names have ap-
peared on the prospectuses Of ques-
tionable stock concerns.