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KUI DAV, MAY 18, 1900.
( lll/INMIII'.
lew ufus realise a* we should tbe
responsibilities belonging (<' merecili*
zensbipofa free country. \\ i
tbat citizenship which carriee with it
the right to vote, We complain of tbe
act- nf Congress, the enactments of our
Legislators, of the decreea of mir
courts, of the orders of .mr supervisors,
of the manner of working our ronda,
of managing our schools, asyluma and
II though we were not the au?
thors of all tb. -<? results ur should have
-??int'thing to* do with them. Of
course ifan agent disobeys instructions
ami misrepresents your best interest
you have just cause for fault finding.
Should ixe followed by a discharge
of the agent or the agents, ami llhe
nmre care in the ciiuii'e nt their sue
-
Thia we are -ure to do in atlairs of a
private nature, while iu matters public
- vutcr- do little thinking timi ure
content to go OU blundering. Wi
ought to be smart enough to make law*
makers who would in turn make laws
which would be above criticism. Our
judgesbhould be BO carefully and Wise?
ly -elected that appals from their de?
cisions would not be desirable. The
members ..four boards should be men
of such good MOM ami honesty that
-??n-ible and limiest men should
rasped their decision-.
It Ia ft reflection upon our kimi to
Kay they cannot be found, nor that
we haven't sense enough to lind them.
L-l - "1 and earnest
thinking before the 24th, and when a
convention has been decided on con?
tinue on the line of good thinking un?
til we have Mlected material hi
?titutional convention which will in?
sure a constitution worthy Virginia
and Virginian-.
(ii 'iI.im. nu: dei ks.
In the general government ami the
ditlerent -stale-, of the Inion, the |.M>lit
ical decks are I'cing cleared for action.
Mic year will witneM battles of the
giants and the people are immensely
concerned with re-ults.
If Mr. McKinley isn't fast leading
us to a condition against which Wash?
ington ami in* followers fought from
Munker Hill to Yorktown, then we
mi-read the sign* ,,f the times, lie i
deuliug with Porto Kif., as Geoige, the
King, attempted tu deal with us. An?
other term M president, and uncheck?
ed in his movements, be and Mark, or
"Mark and nie," will destroy the very
spirit of out Republic, lu piwenosof
such danger, as the Cincinnati Bnqui
well ami forcibly -ays, all other
-nf the nour Bink Into insignifi?
cance. Free coinage i- nothing to a
people who arc themselves not free.
The tarill is a trifle to those who un?
called Upon to pey tribute without
repre-entatiuii. Battteablpa are bur?
den- unless charged with this high
duty of protecting the rights, ami ar
irganixed to opprem air armed
highwaymen. Our Aral and highest
duty, then, as a people, In tin- yeal of
our Lord, IMO, is Dot only to control
but crush a force which threatens na?
tional existence.
And in Virginia bow much there is
to du. Mull down and build up, eui Up
mot and branch and plant again, tripe
out a stain and let the old mother be
lobed again iu garments clean and
pille.
"Up ami at 'eui," every man
00 duty, every soldier at his post,
ready to watch, t<> march, to charge.
No laggard or dullard thia time. No
furloughs for borne while the watch*
wind is forward. A united, earnest
and untiring effort for the highes! good
of country, commonwealth and com?
munity.
?i?o \oi u.w.>i hum."
nyi Um Washington Poet to
American Democracy?do not alarm
the "substantial element" of the pet>
And who are tbey. pray? Han
I i ..nfctlei.ift?* who make then
living by their wit-, or the greater
in people who make
tuen living by their work'.' Kmi'l
bul drive tannera t"
it loll.
A Mr. Henty ol Richmond, is rt -
t by the Washington I
I Swan.
II be tbe neil governor of Vir?
ginia, lie ha-the party organisation
That is about all that is required,
the people have Do -av in the matter.
Thia kimi of politics might no! to tlmir
i-h in Virginia. This is m. congenial
mil fur the growth nf Muk Han UM.
Organization is necesaaiy but a- med
atxiv. ve.
I I next governor of Virginia should
? from tbe people and not grow
..ut of "organization."
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till
Ml
?^ I'll'
if a dog begitia to be tin, fanni .
can .hive him away in absolute dis?
placing a dirty pipe to hi*
After the dog bi- gone, how*
Aili put the same oki
pipe iu bis mouth.
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tbe i
limn
.dpt
the i
w. ,1, i..|,| bv those wi.
country districts thal muntr)
are almost a- thick as cunnii.
roads. Ilnw they all liv- i-. -., myslerj
but wtiere all thc people get theil ra
imus ii .1 nu story loo.
The farmer a ho ravi - some monej
mi thc tann U) inv.-t it in the sim.
buelueea make- a mi-take. Metter lcm:
it to uther farmers at six pei cent and
Iel store profits gu to others.
Buying gooda is nol so difficult, ami
selling gooda la aol a hard Hiing todo,
but collecting st.nc bills ht .-aid to bi
real tough
If yuii evei envy Major Daniel's pop
ularity think of what il costs hun tu
maintain it and maybe you would do!
beao anxious. While you ara sleep
lng he may be preparing for Hu
i.aston, ami w bile he i- speaking yon
may be listeolDg leisurely. Kew men
greatneea turua! upon them
Senator Martin may be au exception.
Anyhow compare 1 wnh M
i ? mus! bave an easy tm.i ii '?' We
do not forget, however, (hat the lux
ury of making a good speech mus! b<
? at.
Marian Harland givee a -ad picture
of motherhood in thc New Englaud
state-, in winch she says that n i- rare
to timi a mother of lu years living out?
side an insane asylum. Why boas! <>t
accumulated wealth in savings banks
if the women mc t.. i.c worked i" death
tn enable the men to have money tn
bank-.' Metter-pend tn-ave thc wile
than that -he sb..uid -pend her strength
at unreasonable and unnecesaary a 'il..
We make m. plea for ind..lent woman?
hood, but we do cry ODl agaiosl mak?
ing wlf f burden.
Ihe Populists agaiu endorse .Mi.
Bryan. In the Mtimation ofaonie peo?
ple this hurts bim, but if a fragmen I of
mie's following is to hurt how al. mt
thc gang in Mr. McKinley's train'.'
We never san a populist win. wasn't
a good citizen. Hi- idea- of govern?
ment may all have been wrong, but as
i citizen he wa-I..yal and true. This
.f course, may nut bc true of all Popu?
late but is literally true uf thOM we
nave ktiuvvii.
Washington is preparing to keep cool
luring the heated term nf Bummer by
Heans of a system of pipe- tin..ugh
A'hich cid ail il to bc supplied tu thc
?itvjust a- light is dow furnished.
A'e have walked IhoM pavements
eben thc heat from them uniting with
hat of the-un made conditions well*
ligb intolerable.
? one ha- recently suggested that
ountry children be taught "how to
njoy the beauty of country scenery
ind lie led to take an interest in emm
ry pursuit*." Ami now you may ? \
?t-ct another crank tu BUggest (he leadi?
ng <.f a country boy how lo break a
ult or make a-tubboin calf move mi.
May day la moving day in thc
Ity of New Vork. We will make the
Itb of May moving day in the great
immonwealth of Virginia?moving
mn tbe Underwood structure into a
'nginia bomMtead.
A -mi of the late >. natur Brice bas
.(ie the Gould boys "one better" ami
I a dionis gul. She i- -aid to
* pretty and smart, and none <>f thc
-??tin to be objecting. May they
ve hmg and be happy,
The Atlanta Constitution draws it
tidly: "George Dewey m a popular
.to was and is an unparalleled sue
\- a presidential candidate le- la
I that excite- ridicule, regret and
mpiithy."
Senator Clark of Montana, resigned
>m tbe United State- Senate mi the
th inst., but before tlM sun went
WO on that same (tey liewa- ap
intetl tu the v acancy by tbe governor
Montana. Will be be seated .'
Nu ma ter where Underwood vva*
rn nor under what influencM reared,
was no mure Virginian than he WM
ittentot.
Veither of the National Conventions
li bc attended with u-iial attractions
s year as they will meet tu record
-diets already announced.
loise racing gue- on in Kentucky
t a- tlcnigh no one had tuen shut
I no one was a gunning for other
man game.
nato! Daniel Anlabee with
convention mam Dueting In Rich.
ml we might induce bim to .-top
h ii- for an evening.
toad the address of Chan mau Elly*.
and then do yuin duty a- Dem -
t, or loyal Virginiau tbe rather.
nba is bt.ming thoroughly Amer*
n/.etl. Political frauds are huiiey
ihing the hind.
trip to Kaoaas City will bs foil of
?rael bul will empty an ordinary
riet bunk.
pi
t
is a pity that -uch a man a- ( iu*
should have any political Influence
ie gubernatorial Mpiranta win n
dice at Norfolk, w im'- ahead .
WASHINGTON LETTER.
i our Regular iiorree\.dent.
Washington, m ty ii, imo.
ie administration pr .gian,
ung up the scandal connected wi tb
embt //lenient nf a large -um ",?
? ?> .: ni the Cubian Postal receipt*
E. W. Keeley, wbo ba-been Chief
mial Agent ..I Cuban Postal Bys*
ami others, will bc combatted by
lemocrata in eungie.?, whn regard
?reMut m an excellent time fur a
ililli investig.itiiin nf all ('lilian r.
- and expenditures Sen..tm :
he waited licuily a Week 10
(publicans au opportunity to pro
un Instigation bsfoi
esiilution lUStrUCtlng thc So na te J dolli
wo
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bee
whe
sam
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find
Wh<
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send
Dr. j
ham
regu
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an.I.-? i ?
nig III lt p
.?mu, Senal
gallon of the ni meys u hit
?d and (lisbur-M il in ' 'uh i ^ ?'
know thal tin ?
.
.1 dury tu timi.
silt the whole matter. 11
Hg in Cuba i - um (li
ern the Island for thc bellell!
I'ui.a. hellie
. ? du ty li i
Iri.it a UUII
oilb'ial*, iu.liiiiii
and tiie Aiuiitoi ni
ii.ne been suspended, i- pi "ii lim
public l-i
sialeiii.iil
only Cuban ulli. I ll i" 1
? I in the -
ii will pl
led thal lhere li i
ring of thieves work it g on the I
it Hut i
certaii
of the I Bureau ol Hu
Dcpiitnieiit lu' ni'
the diseu?
ann il lie Naval App
tiou lull, and tlc an i
I
-?ml the Ignorance displayed by ?
of thal Board, w ben : I
nil ni al ('onimitti
purpose of giviuK
umetiu. pitiful, ai
mure ml u
private citizen in ten niiuu
? n able lo gel oul ol
an bulli; also thal
sere engineers In civil lifi
could make infinitely better gunn
any uflicer ou lite Ordinance I
but thin the Board would u
them.
Adj utan! General Hat:. ?; I'
w h" i- iii Washington ou bu
>f tbe political outlook iu
"We a
governor dowu, iud a
will chu-i-c t wo I?imocratic ;
:.?publican- are in a
it -- -t tte "I dil
,i the -tai!. I: i
.nitty will
there wi
much left nf the <.. <> P."
Although the adm i suc?
ceeded in preventing any ;
report being made by tbe Isthmian
t't mm las I ii. th
Commission have gi en tin
upiuion of tiie
lie (lanai Comm
and tboM opinious are all one w
,
lt I V niel,; '
-- lianna, thal
nut act upon the Nicaragua < 'ai
until tbe report of lb
-inn i
Another pi given by '
insisting tbat the Commit
gran! bea to tbe oflki i- aud
directors ol
Company. Why should ti.
beard a ben thia govei nmei
:it greal an official con
?lull of l-Xpel t el.
and tba! Commission has given its
vi( wa to ihe Committee? I li
political dynamite ? nougb lu
ion to blow tbe Md..nicy admit
ion aud the Republican ?
ii. I I'Ul-c nut oi I
Illina ,i preventing tl,
l
v ill certainly tah cl Noveni*
>er.
It is nu v pretty well known
nevell pal I
ended visit to WMblugton. Hi
nulli- of th.- sincerity of the
nachiue, and ne wished to lu.
dminiatration maki it plain to Piatl
hat be itiu-t be renominated fi i
ni..i of Ni iv . 'i'.. arni im-idi i
y paying bim -
elp hun convince rome of th.
orkers, w bose confideui e and ec
e icid lost, that be wai a high m
?muck in Ihe couu il- of tbe adm
ation, As Cai as Plat! wm com i
is vial md di. W
y has piatt's promise that '
mil be renomiuati d; but it wil
. until tl, luted
bet ber die visit rehabllil it. .1 11
i tbe esteem ><( the kicking
ni i-.t rs.
1
?0 YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?
l!=r
Idney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Almost everybody who reads the r
;pers is sure to know of the wonderful
cures made by Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney,
; and bladder remc
lt is the great medi
? cal triumph of the nine
. teenth centui
covered after years of
: research by
Dr. Kilmer, the emi?
nent kidney and blad?
der specialist, and Is
nderfully successful In promptly curing
ie back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou
s and Bright's Disease, which is the worst
m of kidney trouble.
)r. Kilmer's Swamp-Root lr. not rec
mendedfor everything but if you ha rekid
', liver or bladder trouble it will [
: the remedy you need. It has been tested
0 many ways, in hospita! work, in private
:tlce, among the helpless too poor to pur?
se relief and has proved so successful in
ry case that a special arrangement his
ii made by which all readers of ti
i have not already tried it, may have a
pie bottle sent free by mai), also a bock
ng more about Swamp-Root ano I
J have kidney or bladder trouble.
:n writing mention reading this generous
' In this paper and
1 your address to
Kilmer & Co.,Bing
*on. N. Y. The
cent and Hom.-.*nr^n-x*.
,r sizes are sold by all good ciruggis.a.
M
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Pi
pi
th
, 'atth and Poultry |
ll C Ci,i n Hillville.
I.,illina:
willi Ii "' ?'-111
A Bsi
We I '"
? umber
I3 to
h.nni Agency,
WOMEN IN TROUBLE.
of Motherhood is the
rion of Much Anxiety to All.
?y woman dre ordeal
it pssi in becom
mother, The psin nnd Buffering
re for her is a source 1 f
? ; > and ilri'Hii, to
say nothing of the (langi-r which the
coming incident entails. The joyous 1
na with which abe looxa for
? ming gives way to un
f the ordeal when
? the critical nml I
avant which will soon appronch and
? t ndured.
? mid hail with delight a
If which Insures to them im?
munity frmn tht* pain, Buffering nnd
danae tal to ehild-besring.
a remedy ia now offered, and
i pot fesr longer the hour of
ehildbirth. '"Mother'-* Friend"?is a
nlment?nnd if used before
. gently and surely prepares
dy fur thrt great requirements
li undergoing, insures
safety t<. both mother and child, and
take* her t . the cent w it .
parnt 1 I comfort. This won?
derful praised bj every
woman who hus us*-d it.
Wiiat woman ia not Interested i"
* wonderful
v lins been te?rr.<l and it
lei* ni iperienoe of
thouaanda of hnppy mothers who
ised it during the moat critical
1 1 I?the approach
and culmination of mother!
It hes won their everlasting praise,
for it gave them help and nope In
their most trying boor mid when
must 1 I .erv womal, mn}
r!ny need 1 Friend." The
little bunk, "Before Katy is Born,"
telling nil about lt, nnd when it should
br used, w ill prove of great inter.
beneHt *jo nil ex. .tilers, and
will bs B"-it free to ? m upon
. .. 1 .Regulator
Qa.
application to tim Br
Company, Atlnnta, (j
FELDMAN'S
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?ic. Linen Duck
1, Piques,
i- are from
up to -? rjualitles.
,la\( K cat [SHOES, tbe .
wi ind ni.,-1 durable,
ni Keep Cool,
?...re
;,inuit
t* CLOTHIMC FOR MEN. YOUTHS ?ND BOYS
lull
'-k. con 11
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When You Want
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our -lu.k w
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lardware,
Dry Goods,
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?fo
inland Cook Stoves
?.-tiiii
Ranges.
ieapes, .'Hid li.si c\.r offer
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iking ;i purchase.
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Farmville, Va.
)oes Your
louse Need
ainting?
Merson Drug Co.
liiive ? complete -tuck nf
PAINTS,
bes! in t lie country.
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ou wieb to go in b i help? 'linn write to
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ntul t'niii';- .'iii ii-u ipplicatloo,
LOANS MADE ON THE OLLOWING SECURITIES:
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or e:ii I fur P
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THE FARMER
Feeds his stock and ends il to the marice!
AviiiniiTi ~ the product all over
ai ino ui .w
nHV*./-* i7nt-i.i/aii |:i1' ,,i,'k ?" 'i"' shape op
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Tinville, Va. Representing
Phoeni.x, <?l r*-ondon, Kng.j V i M
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