The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-07-21


Keep charitable.
Keep TO the right.
Keep close 10 duty.
Keep on knocking away.
Keep am eye ON opportunities.
Keep in the shade as much as pos
sibe
Keep ON working, hoping and be-
leyiug.
Keep on pleasant terms with your
neighbor
Keep your old friends, for the new
ones will never take their places.
Mr. and Mrs E l.. Evans, of South
Boston, Va, are visiting relatives i'm
Farmville.
We hear that there will be more stu
dents at Hampden-Sidney than for
many years.
Me,srs. Paulett * Son are adding
another large room TO their mammoth
tobacco factory.
Nothing will so contribute to physi-
cas- comfort during the heated term as
temperance and cleanliness.
Mr.. E. A. Rice is here on visit To
bis old home and friends. He is ace.
companied by his travelling compan- /
ion, Mr. Slater
The Farnvile Water Works are now
in the hands of Messrs. w. p. Venable
aud II. c. Ksyton. We bespeak for
the new management a liberal and
increased patronage from our people.
There was but one felony case before
the county court Monday aud it was
disposed of in a short time by the ac-
quittal of the prisoner, a negro charged
with cutting William Epes several
weeks ago.
The early apples are treacherous.
Better stew them or make them into
pies. The "small boy" may 90 "'em"
green and suffer no harm, but those
of us who are older would do we'll to
90 slow.
We have had our share Of the tragic
and pathetic Of late. We will mourn
with those who mourn, aud then strive
by precepts and example to save our
homes and hearts from repetition of
such shocks.
Berries canned, berries preserved
and berries dried are all cherry" good.
House keepers, no doubt remember
this. As "a people we eat too much
meat. Fruits should be substituted i'm D
larger measure.
Col r. b. Berkeley. who for several
years has been living Jon West Virginia
is home again, looking as natural as
ever. Col. Berkeley has many warm
friends in this place who are glad TO
Welcome him home again.
"Nigger head is said to be the best
rock for road purposes. The other
name for 10 is trap rock, and said to
be abundant i'm Maryland II it Is as "
lard as the variety we are accustomed
10 in this section we fear it Will be ,
difficult TO break it to proper fneness. ~
Sunday afternoon al o'clock in the
lecture room of the Methodist church il
,n interesting Y. NJ. G. A., meeting y
Hill be held. A delegation from the n
I. NJ. G.. A., at Crewe will be present
Md "a Gospel Railroad Chart will be a
Everybody is invited. n
Some of the people visiting and rad
ng in town this week: Miss Ethel F"
'owers, Miss Annie Bell johnson, il
Hiss Nellie b. Johnson, John r. Cole. $,
man, Cumberland h. p. Shepard, C;
liller j. Shepard, H. W. Shepard,
buckingham. Miss Fannie NJ. Dixon,
'harlotte 7
Philadelphia practically admits that
would have been prudent and proh-
able Co have spent S25OOOOO ina se-
uIlng pure water for the use of its 50
itzeus, rather than 20 meet the cost *
typhoid epidemic, the result of f.,
impure water. Farmville may have ID
lesson Just here. "a stitch in time.u %
There are two unfortunate col0red al
women in our Jail who have been G.
dJudged insane. One Of them has =
cen confined in the Jail for several e.
Months and the report has been made fr
The sheriff of the county that there b.
not room in the Asylum for even
me more This is deplorable condi-