The Farmville herald. [volume], March 09, 1900, Image 1

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HONOR POR THE PA8T, HELP POR THE PKE4ENT, HOPI
VOL \. FARMVILLE VA.. FRIDAY. MARCII9. 1900. NO. 24.
CITY DIRECTORY.
! J. H.
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, EDWARD COUNTY DIRECTORY.
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Count
i and
Itupuy,
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ii W FLOURNOY,
\i rORNEY-AT LAW.
W.
C FRANKLIN,
ATTnKNKVATl.AW,
PAM Pl IN CITY, VA.
p,^.- itt:, ni
ouri of
? D WATKINS. R H. WATKINS.
rATKINStf WATKINS,
?ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
pa aa v \.
tutti, (lilli
W HODGES WANN. J M- CRUTE.
MANN &. CRUTE,
Attorneys at Law,
C P. VANDERSLICE,
ATTORNEY \T LAW.
**t.,
PARMVILI K, V \.
?f SWING,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
n Bay, Prince Edward Cornily, Ya.
(* H. BLISS,
OFNEH \L AUCTIONEER,
:
)] M. MAF.TIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Richmond, Va., Farmville, Ya.
Par on villi
PLANTERS' BANK,
FARMVILLE, VA.
Pr,
rushier
Capital and Surplus, $75,000.
DIRECTORS:
W, K. M. BUI
"? ' MU IIKKK,
i. DAVIS,
? i lated.
- ind im.
White a. co.,
DRUGS.
?Medicines and
Druggists' Sundries,
fall) i'iiin|'.,tir,'lt il.
I M'.MVil.I.K. '
JEWELRY!
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A BEAUTIFUL
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itoeh nf
Sterling Silver Novelties,
Bracelets
:,;"l 8 Hearts for same,
Clocks, and a va?
ried assortment of
ringer Rings.
:. t ls
I uri.it ill,
W. T. BLANTON.
la
. ?
.ta ? ri?
nil.
planting road trees.
Tlmelj Suuii, ?tl,,n* <l*Tt rnl ht Cr.if.
K. A. Wi,nuli, nf Hi,. \ er,iiiiiiI
Cl.|..>rliiii.|it -.ititi,,i,.
Thc
the
width of tl
when
?
i
the v\
distant
thc runs, i
bili ldi uith.
There
country which support dmr r
trees. Sin 1 . the
rent ra t
.. the nt"
n
? i>.
!
TAI.M AVKNTK AT HAVANA
either
than
f'Otnii:
has n
reeomiiiein! it. \
ous ob
* t i'? fact that 11
foliated liv caterpille -
fies, ai
The elm \ar
and it
?
? . . ...
which this vari;,'
elm is also
our tr>.
?
lng. It wo
'he elm al!
will not be too much I
some
duly ci
?
healthy grower,
cut outline, timi I
very tidy a], pea rat, ec tim,
?
carpum', takes thi
maple, bul
?
ful thi
?
?
central New York, but for I
pnrt ?
careful
?
',- Ith happy
I.
spruces. There i* a i
beautiful ari
pretty rou- t the
?
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I
?
the tl
ally a p." ? ?
tl * ls a thing w hich 11
Judd Fart
v i rime Ivalnsl Inerlea.
Prof.
in int"'
(Ililli!
Ht
I
?
him 1 ?
?
Thi
of fruit,
?
rirry txhoot aboul half.
CONVINCING ARGUMENT.
I'oliil* W I.tel. |lje 0|,|,,,nrlit, of
((nilli llil|ir.,,,,?, ttl Would Itu
W . ll lu - im-tliltr.
? ol the ,
:; m
other thorough!] df
| - i* ma due alto
I or lack of it,.,:, liiil,
out is tine somewhat to tha
of the country in gt qi ral.
arj transportation, to
'lie railroads, in rural districts ls often
i than the remaining tra.
tation nf hundreds of miles, i,.
primal*] transpor
? lu- possibilitj fi ,
? rops. Bul that is only
one phase of the subject. lt ls agreed
?hat i. ,, Instincts must bc fa
' ultivated if bc is ti, keep up
' fin. i.t nf thc times.
? re moat serious!} with
. ? ucation um! religion, ami for
D if for none other, lt will
ie people of a county, lu hard
cash, to repair the roads, or build new
tmong other improvementa that
upon the Improrementa of
I the rural free mail de
with the Increased fa-'
? ling and transporta
ghtened value of lands,
will certainly repay all trouble and ex
in road-building, Thc process of
lizing the country school would
lt rated by good roads.
Bad roads arc thc great obstacle, for
re now, hauling the children
e township et tiler ls Impossible In
b< tit.. ?.'.Hui roads and
nils ? are reciprocal.
:.c promotes the other. I I
la the mountain In
the way of realization. Bul this moun?
tain would become a mole-hill if ap
?ly. If tht ,
a would make np its mind ?
part of the COSl and enjoj the bcrie
uppear. The
tooner or
If the farm does not pay part
of the cost during thc father's lifetime,
? pay it during I 'ctlme
rshlp or the grandson's. Why
lud, i ourself, for ten,
and then leave your
farm in the mud? You can leave your
?ti a fur better legacy by pro
g this one great Improvement,
ta benefits and ad
? urself. A farmer of our ae
? ? recently put up a monu
?ir himself and wife, with names
nf birth all engraved, and
left for date of death. "It has
to be done," he said, "and it must be
paid for by the farm. I think 1 eau do
il now ns well as my children could do
lt after I nm gone, and perhaps bet
I have
thin of knowing lt ls done,
This ls the kernel of
favor of good roads
Ohio Farmer.
A MOVAELE FENCE.
% W'rll-ItrRiilst^il Fnrm **honl-l
llftvc at l.eimt h Quarter ot
? .11 lc of II.
Illustration flinws n pnnel of n
kat can I with great
->vg
, ..li panel overlap,
. the next panel. A grail
; ... i . r should be made
willi this !? at ri<-bt ir
ba h n.- Orange
larmer.
rm,i-rtiii iinmi mmttrtome.
Mr. John .!? Thorr yeroft, ai, Fngllsh
authority mi steam eaglaea, recently
.. bl fore UM British ns-i'iia
-tt am engines, by ti
: alt! ration <'f the lawn, can be so
ted a*, t" be nf tiie highest
ile affirmed they could
f 12 tons at
four miles an hour, and that with tires
? * arid th they would not injure
'han horses do, as they
? bi .', am rollers. Mr. Thor
d un doubt nf tl ?
.: Ua plan and claimed that
it would work a retnlutlon In agricul
,i of the free trans
D nf lime, manure and heavy tim
Inti whew they might be
? .<\ p..int in
m is the substitution of some
material for rubber In the tires,
ti tun much, lt ls be?
iniiveier, that thia eau be done
I, rent treatment of wood.
ll..- Importance of (.Tinline.
at.-nally to the
; value of any country. A
' in the rural sections convinces us that
aro Important factors In tha Im
utting down
. thorough drali
to mads by
? water flowing from water
inply to
.f the road \\h;le
: i to continue,
;?,rt i.f ecol
,,r farm produce. The
practice should also ba condemned of
Dg bowlderi and rocks in the
? ilh earth in ihe fall. They
red I'V blasting or by
, rowbar, thus ri
.'ii.le once for all.?An -
Cultivator.
Old quince tr bc ben
it the branch! a nre carefully
n good dri -sing of
ST and the
frui' atbarad, while the
in nnd ure more
rasilv huh.
LAWYER'S ODD C.
Ile Dill Nm \, mil Vdt lee. Hut I'.ilil tut
the Privilege ol Talkli i
? im Hoar.
A junior men
street law
Tri!.,.
hist clients:
"1 had just been ap] ointed junior
int inlier ol ihe l,in,
older members by lookii
minor casts. One da) a weli-appeur
lng man calli tl at theoflicei
if 1 could give hin, aI1 I,,,up of mi lime
and what wi.uh! br the cost. I i" ?
and he accepted the tel ma, i ut
" ' 1 hih i.* not lo be a consultation. 1
do not want adi iee or asl
know perfect.] well what l
to do, but 1 want to talk, i I
friend to whom 1 can unburden my
bUl if 1 pay ym. |
hate a right to talk tny.ui lt. t li for the
time agreed upon.'
"1 agreetl to this strange proposition
anti appoint! d an boor at i
lowing tlay. The man came promptly,
and I tunk out clears aid told the
CfllCe bul we were nut tu |
for au hour.
"'Mind,' the man said, "1 don't wai ;
you to Interrupt me. I an ,
io listen.'
"Then he began. For one hour he
talked as Ol - ier in his life had
unburdened himself to n sympathetic
ST. 1 listened wit),mit -. -
word. When the clock struck i
tuan ceased talking, paid 1
np hi* htit and walked out.
I months later, looking our thi
daily paper, the story nf a suicide at
one of the hotels attracted ni;
linn. The name was that of my talk?
ative client. I have always bi
that If he had bl
again he would not hate com
suicide."
HER PENCIL GAVE HER AWAY.
Till. f.lrl lin rn tel Her ('-illina li>
W en ri uk It In Ker
Hair.
A girl attired in n white Mai
suit that hail a tailor-made finish
walked down the aisle of one of the
thi .Hers one night recently with the air
nf a princess just in from ber summer
IS accompanied by a
young man who had an opulent appear?
ance. The girl sank into :.
chair, adjusted her rrlass, and tried to
lnuk bored, while h.
nt the boxes, says the Chicago Inter
' Ocean.
The women In the row back
tw-i. Imposing yu
bc Impressed. The] studied the I
ing on the girl's white Eton jacket, nnd
furitively admired the scarf on her
sailor hat. They whispered spproving
comments on the sumni. r
Then the curtain went up, nnd the girl
r.-moved her headgear.
The leading lady had Jul '
when one of the women bnck of ll
clutched her cdrtipiunion's nrm nnd
red:
"Cash!"
There was a piercing scorn In her
that made it carry. The rirl in
white heard it and spasmodically put
her right hand u]i to the coil of pi
blonde half. Then she flushed a painful
crimson.
Stuck among the shell hairpins wai n
bit of lead pencil wltl lolled
rubber in the end. The horrid v.
who hnd envied her as thi
daughter of ft millionaire fa
e was a clerk in a downtown de?
partment store.
WHY HE WEPT.
III. Motlier Told thc ( l>iiM>> t rodin
W herr iiiul Hutt Hr Iiml
Heen Hurt.
A very fat little buy with chubby le-rs
that bl mk out at right angles fi
wateriiieiun-shapcd budy sat in a
Georgetown car une day. Ur*
mamma ? I I d In "sir *
lng" and "sa.is h. ing" willi her com?
panion, anti Master (hunk made up
his mind that he'd li ko tn look
the window. He rolled over
climbed up on the s.-at, sat s tin Wash?
ington I
W, don't do that." said mamma.
"You know you've hail one awful fall
v doing that, sn sit right down."
"Where did I fall, ma'.'" he piped,
shrilly.
"In the street car."
"Did I hurt myself?" h.- a iked.
"Yea," she answered.
"Where'."' and he looked anxious.
"On the hand," his motlier r. plied.
?er (hunk raised one cushion nf a
hand to his head and then, with
slightest warning, he let Dp a roar that
wuuid hnve made the bull of Bashan
green with envy. All the way up tn
High street mamma was bus] comfort*
lng him. She had recalled a painful
circumstance tn him and h.- -
wept the inure loudly since th. r
t pain tn distract his attention
And the Woman ac:
if he was her child he'd stop yelling or
she'd know the reason why.
I |i?et the -ictt.ru* t.rnvltv.
A funny infidel.t happeni '
performer! beth*1 In D
In the sleepwalking seine, whin the
nurse and ''ic doctoi
together nnd confabulati
one another, a loud voice
called out fmm the ."aller' I
mar nf laughter in the middle nf
?erioui ? ;s lt a
boy or a girl?"
i...ur. in Paris.
The law in Psi the pn-s.es
slon of more than one dog, and n Mme.
' '
Imprison..
dollar for
nianilinent. Th
four pretty pups, which she neglected
or refused tn drown, and hence her con?
demnation.
PERSONAL BITS
Altl ra, nf Brook*
h a, I ? work.
|
Inning fun with
p made
lerarj din*
: imiiui
no less re
I ar" to "ai
rlties
remove and
-
? - ? ? ?
anded
? 1 nf his image as a "p*er
mai ? " ot him.
ph Chamberlain.
retary for the .
wort aol unknown
to fame when he entered parliament.
YVhen he i :.j.pe.ir-nnee In the
' looked him
II d remarked: "He
ile like n gentleman."
ft -ional diver,
rd In his line of busi
OtT the e.uist of South Africa, he
wreck of the ship
and there remained, at one
. for 42 minutes at a depth of
\t this point the pres?
sure to the square inch,
ted, lins
?
I '
much a* ?300 foi singing one nr two
.ly all of the art
'ri their con?
tract.* under which they have tn hand
nent one-half of
for singing
at pi BJ the
i.t the end of the -
? , by ? fi.OOO.
POPULAR SCIENCE.
? '!.e sun assuming such
is ow
? that fog |
?in r.
Ai
1. The
a per
for a
finitely asi
tensive
native
'
, 1 In mnga
terior
.,ml<e when some
of it \
.. t of agriculture an
itWS -ruy.ts
? thii country ore
the tia'
ll t-f
Ush b] ooh of a pi
? ?
[ Uquel I carbonic acid gas
to extinguish underground fires has
e. ith by V,
in a ? Mition
of Mil surred
in a I with which
Mr. Sp.-i..-. r wai
i rbon dioxide lo put
out tl
?' '
? ihipboan
carbon dioxide might prove invaluable.
It e.- ? ? be applied at ?
much ' ? I- t.i the cargo.
THE WOMAN'S WORLD.
en occupy 73 positions along
the i .citation in Eng?
land aid lier colonies, the salaries
ranging from $1,000 to $1,'
I I'uf
! to h.- the only ta?
ngent on the road. She
left t to go into
ld.
In embroidering ra Straw*
- ur black !?
lill thi ? with large nr small
closely
? .!, According to the fruit
ht.
Oul "ter which
-
ag the Last
?n be?
queathed to charity.
Arthur Eliot Fish is the orig*.
? f..r furnishing
the i rh with fuel al a
I he plan is to
ried Mil,.rta club, an or
: able WOOMB.
THEIR NAMES
[Tl, ' of the
'
*
ter the
!i are
from ml li tar]
?
nun lonni
Lord
I
.
nf n mush
\t Bala*
I
a* n>Kitlnr rolnrrtl Snpiilemrat.
IO0 highly col
I iruing
thc bulk] nun. ii*, ri pt.
"In what way?" inquired the dis
? inted author.
"Why," replied the editor, "in the
the uid
man turn purple with rage, the villain
turn . . envy, the hero turn
white with anger, the heroine turn rad
with blushes, and the coachman turn
blue with enid:"? Puck.
lui \ lull*.
MS such a
Mi*. Nub!) How dms jt display It?
self?
Mrs. Hobbs? Why, for instance, I've
bl r plan out a gunn and gi
that ahe wai
listening to what he said, all | I
ni d the same time, i>? tr..it Free
Proas.
The Man He li In ri the nnnl.
Ile loiterer! at tbs festal hoard,
A man of mlftfl and ;
' tbs (Voe
of this hero of the hour.
Twas at a spread for charity.
And strange it is, hut I
He can. y oyster that
Was swlmmtr.fr In the stew.
?Chicago Dally New..
pnKjiiiicr.u AOAiasT uris.
like bees.
Near:
a hui.et -I
liter's
*
1 it m . I.--, ,-t me.
! h 1. feet
lt Impressed Him.
talking to
that :
sit eli.
"Was I?" replli
v. u wa
bim. He's a regular fire
eater."
'?\\,- ? lng the present price
? t rath
Star.
nemh Pleased iliem.
Drummer How was the "I'nele
( abin" show at the town hall
Landlord Pettyville Ta
rate! The amii
with little lita'.* death that the] - n?
her till she dune lt again
Franc i er.
\n Bye t" linaine*..
"Junes ci
? night, and what do you
think I mlth.
"Oo d Brown.
"He : If she WOUld give his
wife her recipe for mincemeat."
'
?te vt Iii In* to lt.
"I should like a room with an Iron
ul," said thc tourist in Ireland.
"S*irr, Ol haven't an Iron ber
In the place. They're all soft wood.
Hut you'll find the Huntress nolee and
hard, sorr," replied the hotel proprie?
tor.? Tit-Hits.
? he Ought to He Happy.
And what sort of s
man if. your busbl '-ar?
oh, he's a regular
bruie;
First Mli you've pot
thankful for, for mine
Ha th er I nn.ua I.
Mr. CrimsonbesJi Any novel fea
ii fte monti?
Mrs. Crimsonbeak N>*; the bride
"Well, it is rather unusual fur a
bride to ibo's her hand s<i early In the
,an.
ta l.tiien*l?e Joh.
Mrs. Nt??? ta ??}'
that my Image tljioii
your heart.
Mr Newlywed- -So lt was and is;
but I had no Idea that engraving** cost
so much, you knov
lneren?lnic III* (lrtunnil..
"Pi. . lld the little
leen.
? Il ."?Co?
lumbi -
Atlantic and Virginia
Fertilizer Co.
Branch of Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.
OFFICE
rBEHtMUrl .UKFHOISK,
Ki. Iiiiuind, Va.
rHE CELEBRATED
EUREKA
And Standard Grades
of Fertilizers
for Spring Crops.
Will pay if used on Truck, Tobacco,
drain, (ira-:* anti other crops.
R. L, Barnes Safe & Lock Co,,
Successors to
R. L Babbb?. -fc Co.,
Hil B Mtin Street, Kichruond, Va.
?UKAIaKHM IV?
Standard Fire-Proof
Safes,
Burglar-Proof Safes,
Railroad, Jewelers',
Skeleton and House
Safes.
Fire-Proof Vaults.
Burglar-Proof Steel
Vaults.
Safe Deposit Boxes.
Time Combination and
Key Locks.
Expert work by skilled work?
men. Apply to
S. W. PAULETT, Jr., Ag't.,
PABMVILLB- VA.
You'll Need Us
When You Want
Clothing.
utiii * Hun nuikc tour neigh?
bor a.k "when tiiti voa ssl tin-in ?.'"
Iiui look like nsw all tbs tune. W's
make a apectalty of Btroose Brothers
. the verj beal in
I laalll t.
OUR SHOES
are nnsorpaseed la qaallty and ntyie.
An .\:iii 11 nu I n ni of mir stuck itillcoti
\ mt-.' tun tum our man's iboes suds
1,1 iu.. a liiitchiii*. ntul ladles by
.lulu. K.iiy. uri- inpertor lu every
,v..\ to otlnr gOOdl costing name
iiiui.it.
Wt bare ? soasatate lias al
STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS, HATS, CAPH, UKNTH
Kt KNISHIM. OOODa, Kl'tiH, AKT
Mi I "AK KS, Ac, Ac.
Richardson & Oralle,
I A KM VILLE. VA.
W. T. DOYNE
BuccesHor to Doyne A Son,
UNDERTAKER
aud dealer in
FURNITURE
EUpalrlnf and Upholstering
Done in the beHt Manner
Wallpaper, Window Shade-, PUUKM
and Ori^iAii--, School Furniture.
PABMVILLB, VA.
?Trade Mark Brand" of
GRASSa^CLOVER SEEDS
tined,
and c .me can al
-eds and of
as high a germinative percentage as it is
to produce. This brand is emly
, and with a red label
or tag on same.
Full information in our Deseriplivs Catalogue ot Garden and Firm Seeds, which will
bo mailed (ree on arplicalior.. Write tor it and prices ot any Seeds required.
T. W. WGOD & SONS, Seedsmen, Richmond. Va.
THE LARGEST SEED HOUSE IN THF. SOUTH.