The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-09-21

You may wear your old straw for tw
weeks longer, and then the order of re
t'Iements will be rigidly enforced.
Miss Julia Guthrie Of Cumberland
who has been spending the summe
with Mrs. +. l.. Morris, has returne,
home
The man who doesn't read his loca
paper misses good thing every week
and can't he much Interested in hi
neighbors.
Interest IN the Fair is being awaken
ed far and wide. a letter from Paris
ILL.,, from lady announces intention
Of a fancy work display.
DIR. Arnold and wife are housekeep-
ing, occupying half of the house of Mr..
Il. [. Mckinney. Dr.. Kline is board
ing at Mrs. Fitzgerald's Misses Cheat
ham and Woodron are at Mrs. Berke-
ley's. Miss Colt will live in the college
building.
The inspectors Of our warehouses are
more active, and very much more of
hand-shakers a. the season for selling
approaches. Farmville must sell b.
100000 pounds this year. Notwith-
standing the drought, it is in the
country and this is the place to sell.
Mrs. Holston returned from the
North Wednesday. She desires to say
through these columns that she has
never selected Il more beautiful or more
de'ereable stock Of millinery and fancy
goods and ladies are invited to inspect
before giving their orders elsewhere.
Farmville's fox club had a glorious
run last Monday morning and soon
took the "bruSh." y Farmville girl
was IN the chase, but she rode in "a
buggy. Next time let her mount a
fast flying steed and know the full
delight of Virginia fox hunt.
The Chase-IIackley Piano Co. have
notified the HERALD that the number
of Chase pianos sold in Virginia to
January lst last, was 4,s37. Miss Davie
Taylor, of Accomac county, is there
fore winner of the $500 prize, her guess
being !, So, the nearest to the number.
DR.. Hunter Mcclure, the leading
surgeon Of the south and among the
foremost Of the country, died at his
country home, near the city Of Rich
mOud, on the morning Of the 18th inst.
lie was chief medical officer of the inn
mortal Jackson corps, during the war,
aud at it's close settled in Richmond,
was for long time professor of surgery
i'm Virginia and afterwards established
the University Medical school in the
same city. lie was in the Goth year of
ms age at the time Of his death.
We don't care how bright the colors
for the fail, decreed by Dame Fashion,
are 10 he. The brighter the better for
Us. Let's brighten up "a neighbors,
too, and then we have entered upon
the best season in Farmville's history.
Mules are entitled TO long faces, but
not men. Do you recall Flies story IN
that connection? 1t was excellent
If you need a "0lue" pill, take it, but
don't be blue yourself Flowers are
bright, aud 80 are the heavens most
Of the time.
We built the first fire for the season,
in the HERALD Office, on Wednesday |
the 18th inst and now we have got to |
have coal "to burn" all winter, and |
more than 100000 miners are out on a
strike. We don't know what we will |
do to pull through unless everybody |
will "set EN- up" We meant to say |
pay up. Only one dollar year for the |
best paper published in Prince Edward.
Job work at lowest rates, large stock |
on hand to select from, and the best
medium in Southside Viz
yitia Latch string on outside