The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-03-10


Where rich and poor, and great and SMALL
turn one and all to dust
Eggs are scarce and high.
No person is really bad at heart
whom little children love.
Sunday was typical March day,
the wind made it very disagreeable.
The Spring term of our Circuit Court
adjourned last saturday after three
days session.
The HERALD year begins at any
stage Of the moon. Your subscription
can begin now.
The Junior Order American Me-
chanics gave their annual supper last
Friday night in the lodge room.
Mr.. b. :. Hooper qualified in the
circuit court as administrator Of his
brother, the late MI J. l.. Hooper
The woman of the future may be of
great and absorbing interest to many,
but it is the girl Of the present that
gives the young men the most trouble.
Mr.. John w. Branch, one Of Treasu-
rer Ewing's deputy tax collectors. died
last Sunday at his home, near Rice
depot. after short illness from pneu-
monia.
Mr.. and Mrs Cornelius Thomas, of
Portsmouth, who have been spending
their honeymoon here in the home OF
the brides brother, Capt. J. r. Martin,
left last Tuesday for Hampton.
The Farmville Silver Bands recent
reorganization was the right thing to
do, and our people will he glad to learn
that the members are actively engaged
each week in practcIng.
The b. Y. p. T.. held reception
Friday night in their rooms on Main
street Refreshments furnished 10y the
Young ladies Of the Union were served
in abundance, and the evening was
greatly enjoyed.
Work will be commenced at an
early day on the telephone exchange
for Farmville. Then won't it be con-
venlent to call up the DOCTOR the print
er. the merchant, the lawyer, the to-
bacconist, and others?
We ask attention to the advertise
ment Of Messrs. Ferguson Bros, OF
Richmond. These gentlemen have
placed on sale in this place number
Of pianos, their salesroom being at the
corner Of Main and Third streets.
The topic which should command
the most attention from our people
both town and country-is that of pub
Inc roads. There ought to be held
good roads convention, at which the
subject of better highways can be dis
cussed.
We are informed that a large guam
tity Of tobacco was shipped to Farm
willie last week from Lynchburg, ano
sold on the floors Of our warehouses
That this Is the best market for salts
factory prices the farmers will soone
or later find out.
Prices for tobacco, while not for
long time have justified the work o
cultivating, curing, handling an'
hauling over our mud roads, are al
WAYS the highest in the Farmvill
market. Dispute this and we vii
give you the figures.
From newspaper reports and othe
sources we gather the information tina
Farmville sold over 100000 pounds q
tobacco last week against about 10000
handled by the Petersburg market
Farmville is coming to be the best lea
tobacco market 10 the State.
We continue to furnish the HERAL
and the New York World for Sl.6O
wear. If you prefer the Weekly Di
patch we will make the two for SIG
: or the Atlanta Constitution and Ill
7 HERALD for Sl.75. Subscribe nov
b and get all the news local and genera
$ II is rare i'm summer time thu
we experience a thunder, lightnln
and rain storm as visited this secti'
last Friday and Saturday nights. II
- storm ragged for five hours and Il
p creeks and branches were swollen E
S bevond their banks. Grocer's bran'
/ behaved "scandalous.n 1t washed OF
bridge away and dislocated Other
The Appomatt0X kept large numb
;. of peopie on the Cumberland side vi
~ had started tO town unmindful OF q
" consequences Of a one nights rain.
There are mud roads right in the co
poration of Farmville that are We
9 near impassable To teams pulling
y load The fact l. some farmers grul
HE more at the tight pulls leading
= the bill from the foundry, the 70
+, from Cumberland bridge, and Til
street from Grocer's branch, than th
+, do AT the condition Of the out-of-to'
~ roads. Such condition Of our streets
20 deplorable. They were not so b
4 once. why cannot the same remedy
" applied as was in use some years ag
Mr.. ". p. Richardson will les
tonight for New York and Philao
a. phia. where he has gone for the p
es pose Of seeing his clothing concerns a
90 i,,.ir,, bis SnriuO line of Gentleme