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

RAYS
Info It's breast from dawn of summer day.
r,snfiu the iidt> of shadows torn uud crop,
rrsepine from hollow io ra,ine. There OPP
Amid Che striving winds. 90 battling maze
wild ioruon> paths % thousand dc,iou
ways.
And one CHAT leads 20 nro0 crest ana hope
t... the rt-e,d CREST 900 bounds the sky.
tndine This world of mime. What need tc
ASK
what mnd, beyond. what shaken sea-.
extend
Below thc summit what my future ia,ke
sofha,e strength. so ihat my hope stays
high,
Twill pursue my purpose 20 the end.
Mr.. W. r. Neuabie spent his Fourth
IN Lynchbmg.
Miss Pearl Ncnable ler, Saturday for
visit 10 Philadelphia.
Mis-, Margie Leath of Burkeville. is
visiting the Misses Cunningham.
MIR. Cunningham, Jr., of Lynch
burg spent Monday i'm Farmville.
Mis-, Mary Holman, Of Danville. is
visiting Nh aud Mrs. George Richard
son.
Dr. Winston spent tie sabbath with
his brother, Judge b. A. Hancock, of
Manchester
Judge b. A. Hancock, of Manchester,
arrived here yesterday to visit his
brother, Dr. Winston.
We invite attention TO the advertise
ment of W. b. Cridlin. lie says he
has just received a new lot of pianos.
Mr.. Nathan Lehman. of Henderson,
NC, spent "A few days Of last week
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. G.. f. Chappeli
The telephone exchange is being ra-
pidly pushed to completion, and will
probably be i'm operation by the 10Th
Inst.
Miss Matte Leigh Cunningham, who |
has been absent from home i'm North I
Carolina for several months, returned |
last Monday.
The advertisement of j. f. Walton I
appears in this issue Of the HERALD. I
We invite the special attention Of our
reader, thereto.
If the town can employ capable men
for extra police duty at SL0O per day,
as now seems TO be tine case, why hiic
men at stated salaries of $500 per
annum?
The remains of Lois Ellis, the infant
killed by It's mother i'm Richmond last
week were brought To Farmyile Thurs
day night and buried the next morn
ing in the town cemetery.
Prince Edward county is too poor to
afford the mud that she has paid so
dearly for for years. a survey Of the
roads Of the county will show that good
rock roads can be constructed here as
cheapy as any where.
The liremens' barbecue which was
held in the woods near the Lithia
Springs ON the 4th was very largely
attended, and greatly enjoyed. The
abundant dinner was splendidly pre-
pared and admirably served
Judge Mann was i'm town Tuesday
He says that new evidence has been
discovered which, i'm his opinion, will !
help to save the life of his client, Thos.
W. Price. The nature of this newly
discovered evidence was not divulged
by Judge Mann, but it will no doubt
have weight with the Governor.
Among the people visiting and trad
ing in town this week were Ben Hoop
sr, Miss Mamie j. Carter, Miss Matte
J. Carter, Miller Shepard, Sidney
spencer Emmett Richardson, Bucking-
nam county; Miss A. +. Charlton. Miss
Hattie Gray, Miss Anna Page, Cum
'erland county.
Nearly every farmer we have APP
preached ON the subject have expressed
great desire for good roads, and have
aid they would willingly pay for then
provided they were given GOOD
ROADS. One or two have expressed
/ willingness TO pay a road tax four
lines as great as at present paid so
hat the roads are built, being conf
lent that shortly the tax would be les
ened by increased values. Now, as
he farmer Is the man who needs the
oads-thougn not more so than the
should say that he
wants them. and keep saying it until
ie gets them or knows the reason why,
or the sooner he has them the sooner
sin be find himself better off.
Since it has been announced that the
lids for the road from Farmville TO
will be all filed in
ew day.. some have expressed fear
hat the farmers along the road will
rop0se tO sell the stone ON the land.
Ne hope and believe that this cannot
e true. such "a road would add too j
much to the value of any farm canug
i0us TO it to make it profitable for amy
me- owning such farm To put any Oh
tuctiou in the way of its early CONF s
lleton. We have asked one or TWO con-
erniug This rumOr, and were told that ]