The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-05-04
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.

BLOWS the sweet breath OF the spring.
3 over the fields where springs up the grain,
! over the herbs and the plants Of the plain,
over the howerets that Hing
ont their banners OF yellow and purple and
blue
To the light, and look out on world made
anew,
Blows the sweet breath Of the spring.
over the robins and bluebirds and all
The sparrow that chatter and twitter and
call,
over the crow on the wing;
over the squirrel that plays in the tree,
over his haunts-and himself-the brown
bee,
Blows the sweet breath Of the spring
over the rich man and over the poor.
The boy in the roadway, the girl in the
The plants the good mothers upbring;
over the green Of the swifi-springing sward
That awakes to the life giving voice OF the
Lord.
Blows the sweet breath Of the spring.
Dog wood blossoms and dandelions
adorn wood and field.
Neatness i'm woman is one of the
most attractive qualities to man.
No man can afford to quit advertising
if he has that which is worth advertis-
ing.
Humility is virtue, but it doesn't
follow that you should make door
mat Of yourself and let people wipe
their feet ali over you.
The town council will meet next
Tuesday night when it is reported that
its recently-enacted ordinances placing
restrictions upon whiskey selling will
be reconsidered.
We are requested to give notice that
at the services Sunday night at the
Baptist Church, Rev. ;. H. Thompson
will preach special sermon to the
Junior Order American Mechanics.
The public is cordially invited.
The concert which was to have been
given last week, will be had at the !
Opera House next Thursday night
10th inst Remember its object-ben-
eft Of the monument fund. Every
body should attend.
The smallpox scare has entirely dis
appeared from our town, and the streets |
again show enlivened conditions. The
Normal girls are given the privilege of
the town aud their appearance in our
store and about the streets is most
gratifying to all.
What has become Of all the enthusi-
asm which seemed to thrill our friends
who first attended the meetings for the
proposed fair? Was it all consumed in
the two gatherings, so that there will
have to be another meeting of the citi-
zens to renew interest?
Mr.. Jack Williams, who lived many
years ago in Farmvile, was here yes
terday on visit His home is now in
Western North Carolina 1t has been
eighteen years since he was here before
aud the Improvements in our town
have been so extensive that the place
to him was scarcely recognizable.
The base ball tea rs Of the Farmvile
High School and the Downtown boys
crossed bats Wednesday afternoon in
the field near the race track. The re-
suit was that the school team was
badly beaten, the score being IS to %.
A number Of three baggers were made,
and altogether the game was quite en-
joyable to onlookers.
Memorial services were held last
Sunday in respect to the memory of
the late Samuel p. Boiling. They
were held In Cumberland where the
deceased had for many years resided,
and the eulogies paid him were many
and came from both white and black.
One especially good address is said to
have been made by George w. Bragg,
of Richmond, who was classed by
Boiling during his life as a very near
friend.
The Pension Board Of Prince Ed
ward met one day this week and pass
ed upon applications for pensions
to about 81 900 per annum.
It's a sad cOntrast-that of the poor,
enfeebled ex-Confederate coming ten,
fifteen or twenty miles to make appli
cation for pension of some $1,000 per
annum, and the yankee soldier, who
lives in comparative ease and comforts
receiving from the national treasury
ten times this amount.
The meeting Monday night of the
Farmville Business Mems Association
was not an encouraging one. The
good of such an organization to Farm
ville's interests would prove incalcula-
BILE if the shoulders of its members
were put to the wheel. Owing to the
of the President, Mr.. w.
G.. Venable, he was not present and
Mr.. G.. NJ. Robson presided. No busi-
ness of importance was transacted and
the meeting adjourned to meet on the
night of the 18th inst.
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