The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-11-23

rum lifNINs iit " it'F I''ii
of the Free state are so unusual' 2.
hospilabie that the cplored people hav
fallen into the same good habit. A
evidence of this need only refer &
one incident of my travels through
the county. ] drove up to the home o
"A farmer, Ia the early afternoon, ano
finding no one in sight but an old col
Ored man at work IN the garden,
asked the Whereabouts of the owner, e
which he said: II will 20 and ask old
! Miss He soon returned and told me
"lhe boss is not at the house just now,
but will soon be back and would be
glad To have you come in and spend
de night" | was IN hurry and could
not accept the courteous invitation, and
have been regretting since that / did
not stay over night i'm that house
whose doors were opened 50 wide by
an humble laborer on the farm. Sure
~ the hospitality Of that home must
be abounding and actually catching.
spent last Sunday with Mr.. George
Bridgeforth, the prince Of entertainers,
aud who j. graciously and thoughtful
ly aided in this good work by his good
wife Early i'm the morning Of that
day we started for Sunday school, at
Fletcher's Chapel. This is model
country church and the Sunday school
is a model school. The church has a
proud record, too, in that it is never in
arrears to pastor or church causes, and
along with sister churches has a de-
lightful parsonage well furnished rom
cellar To garnet. / have always felt a
sympathy for the Methodist minister
who has at least once in four years,
to move bag and baggage" wife, chill
dren and all, but the horror Is removed
from such change to the preacher who
is fortunate enough 10 be sent to this
circuit. When he and his arrive at
the new home, the furniture will all be
in place, fire on the hearth stones nd
a hot meal on the table This is worthy
Of commentator and universal immi-
tation. Rev. Mr. Moss has just COM
pleted a four years service on this cir
cult, his people give him up reluctant
~ and one thing is certain, bigger
man will not succeed him. He tips
the beam at something over 300.
Mr.. Ned Hundley and other Prince
Edward farmers must look well to
their laurels as wheat growers ! was !
told of Lunenburg farmer who last
year sowed IS bushels and made $40.
Fourteen years ago Mr.. w. II. Haw-
thorne was given 80 acres Of rather |
poor, sandy land, by his father in the
eastern portion of Luneuburg. He |
has since bought $50, and now owns
30, the taxes upon which amount to
sl2 annually.
Here is a statement Of what he did
On that land last year. He cultivated
100000 hills Of tobacco, made 10000 |
pounds and sold it for S2,5l4. He es-
Inmates the cost Of growing that crop
at 81 ,ll2, so that he has As profit 81 ,402
The hands that made that crop, how
ever, raised all the other crops, 90 bar
rels of corn, - bushels of wheat, and "A
large crop Of oats would like to
know if any Lancaster county Penn
sylvania farmer can beat that. ] am
Of opinion that such results in farm
ing can only be attained in SOuthslde
Virginia.
When Mr. Hawthorne took posses
sion Of this land it had on it but one
bid building but now he has little
kingdom of his own. Model dwelling,
stable, barns, DC, while his land is ill.,
,reasing in value day by day. Two
brothers adjoin him, and on a farm Of
700 acres once owned by their father,
are making 10000 pounds of tobacco
each year, while the father before them,
)n the same land i'm the days Of slavery
made on an average of only 10000
The wonder is that our faith
srs did not realize that slavery, as
paying institution was a dead failure.
One Of the best managed country
estates saw in this county is c0ntrOll-
I'd by a lady, one who never married,
and who never will, and without sug-
gestions from the male fraternity.
Her fences were higher and stronger
than those Of her neighbors, her gates
moved more smoothly on their hinges,
there was more of white wash in evi
ience aud altogether the place was
most attractive and inviting If all |
homes were made and kept so,
the mad rush to the cities would end.
lam impressed day 10y day with what |
| see and hear. The writers Of fiction |
are not so interesting to me as are the |
makers Of facts. ! met with a bache-
Ior the other day who lives at dis
lance of about four miles from the old !
but whose habit each day
is To ride To the home Of his childhood !
to take dinner with his mother. Eight |
miles day to dine with mother
There il something beautiful in tins to
me.