The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-02

- Mrs. w. II. Burger, Jr, returne
i from Richmond last tuesday night.
I. Mr. IL. &. Davis, of Norfolk, sper
h Sunday with his father, Mr.. 4.
Davis.
h If women were born rich there woul
e he few marriages made either in heave
l. or on earth.
o Misses Susie Scott and Lottie McKiu
e ney are summering in Decatur an,
e Atlanta, Ga
Miss Louise Ottley will leave thi
morning for her summers vacation il
Loudon county.
Mrs. 5. w. Paulett, Jr., left last Tues
day afternoon for two weeks visit {,
relatives in Richmond
Mrs. 5. III. Bliss returned home last
Tuesday from a two weeks visit e
friends in Lynchburg. Her daughter
Mrs. Leila Spencer, remained in the
Hill City.
The June meeting Of the Ladies'
Cemetery Association will be held in
the council chamber Thursday after
noon, June Sth, at 4:30 o'clock.
Maud X. Talaferro, Rec. Sec.
The handsome residence on High
street belonging to Mr.. w. q. Dun
nington and occupied by Mr.. b. NJ.
Cox, was sold on Tuesday last, to Mr..
h. l.. Morris, for 81, 600.
The large brick house and lot in the
eastern part Of town known as the
Budd property, was offered at public
auction last week. The highest bid
was g, l25 and it was refused.
Mr.. ID. Burton Blanton, of New York.
arrived here Saturday on his annual
visit to the old home and friends. Mrs.
Blanton preceded her husband by
several weeks To Farmvile.
DIR. Holiday was in town Monday,
and he Is reported to have said that
Hampden-Sidney is ready TO build her
mile of macadam when Farmville sig
nfies her willingness to do a mile Of
the work.
The Board of Supervisors will meet
next Friday, when we hope good re-
port will be made by the committee
instructed to procure specifications and
cost of matchmaking the Hampden-
Sidney road.
Famville ought to be q popular sum-
mer resort. The lithia water is here, |
good air, good health, good people,
good homes, good food and good roads
IN the summer time. We will say moth
ing Of their winter dress.
We trust that the good people of
Farmvile will sustain the Y. NJ. G.. A.
1t is by far the best institution that
money has been asked for. Every
young man should regularly visit the
reading rooms, and also contribute TO
their maintenance.
The first Sunday Of June Is flower
day for prisons in the State of Ohio.
Beautiful observance. Did you ever
send flower to the Jail Of Prince Ed
ward? We don't mean as reward
for crime but as a sOlace for a criminal.
Let everybody" attend Hampden-
Sidney commencement this year.
The students give emphasis TO attrac-
tive commencement exercises. With
out crowd they cannot be made 50.
Sidney is friend Of Prince
Edward and deserves all the attention
she can give her.
1t was u deservedly high compliment
this government paid DR.. George +,
Vaughan i'm sending him as its repre-
sentative to the tuberculosis Congress
# Berlin. We note from the Dispatch
If Sunday that on Saturday last DR..
Vaughan read paper on "rhe China
lie Treatment of Tuberculosis" Mrs.
Vaughan accompanied the doctor
across the water.
One of the chief charms Of Salt Lake
City, we are told, is found in the album
lance of shade trees fringing its streets.
Why should any city be treeless? Or
my community .Famville has
greatly improved in that regard of late
,ears, and yet there is room for more.
f each of us would only plant one tree
year and then care for it, our town
would soon become a thing Of beauty.
We believe that if something isn't q
lone to better the public road from
'armville to Hampden-Sidney before q
mother winters reign Of mud, the pro- d
ect said to be on foot to remove the /
ollege from Prince Edward will be
pushed to a successful termination. +
Ne do not believe, however, that our
,eople will let the argument of bad
Dads be used rs reason for carrying q
Iampden-Sidney from our borders. o
Somebody has said: Zone is just as {
Iappy looking into another persons d
arden as owning one ones self" That q
depends on whose garden it is, and the {
ondition of the vegetation therein. 1
( one looks into the garden Of Mrs. q
leo. Z. Cox, on st. George street, and /
oes not feel envious, then that one is 1