The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-11-30
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.

To please all Of mankind,
l. we often, where We least expect,
Will some hard critics hnd.
There sure 10 be- some who would think
Things best some other way,
We ne'er need hope TO please them all.
SO Just Gods will obey.
Then we will know were doing right
And soon will cease to care
what others may think OF our deeds.
And life will seem so fair,
FOR we VIII feel such sweet content,
such peace In doing right,
Ihat those who wish to criticise
Cannot our pleasure blight.
Nj. j. V. Richardson left Monda,
for Richmond.
Miss Nettie Morton is visiting Mrs
Frank Cunningham, Of Richmond.
Mr.. h. b. Cralle and bride, are ex-
pected to arrive today after delight
ful bridal tour Of the North.
Much tobacco has been on our market
this week and though qualities are bad
prices are said to be good.
The colored Methodist church is
nearing completion and will be one Of
the handsomest buildings in town.
"You can do nothing, say nothing,
think nothing Of any public value,
without current facts.n Moral: Sub
scribe for the HERALD.
Another has said: "There is no place
on earth where joy can be purchased
for money, that there exists no artif-
clal means for producing it,
Farmers complain that there has not
been rain enough to do much blowing.
The rain Of Sunday night was heavy
but purely surface rain.
Now for some paint on the arm0ry
front. 1t all should look alike and the
only way of accomplishing that will be
to paint and point it.
Capt j. X. Martin left Wednesday
night for Lexington, where he spent |
Thanksgiving with his son, Cadet
Scott Martin.
Mr.. Edgar Graham, who has been
visiting the family of Mr.. w. O. Shell
bourne, returned to his home in Rich
mond, Sunday.
Messrs. Walker Scott, w. p. Venable,
a. r. Venable, Jr., and DR.. Frank
Cunningham spent Thanksgiving day
in Richmond.
a handsome safe, good size, of the
very best make and new, will be sold
at bargain. For further particulars
call at the HERALD office.
There will be meeting Of the Farm
vile Cemetery Association Thursday
afternoon, December 9Th, at $3.50 o'clock,
at the residence Of Mr.. d. Z. Elan.
NJ. X. TALIAFERRo, Sec.
The ladies realized good sum from ,
he supper given in the armory last :
Friday night, but if it had been as well
advertised as it was served double the
would have been received. {
Mrs. DR.. Peter Winston, and Mrs.
+. a. Woodson, who have been visit
ny the family Of Judge b. A. Han
,ock in Chesterfield county, returned
Monday.
Miss Mary Boothe Walker, student
It Randolph-Macon Woman's College,
.ynchburg. spent Thanksgiving with
Ter parents, Col. and Mrs. G. NJ.
Walker. T,
Is this true Observation will prove "
he fact that years Of continuous and
'rofound study, along college lines Of n
mental training, almost invariably \
warf the emotional nature Of women p
In this day of commerciaism it is %
yell to remember, now and then, that
he "things which save the soul and Of il
lhich we are most in need, cannot he u
stimated in figures, neither can they
e bought or sold"
The Band Concert tonight in the -.
pera House is worthy the public's :,
atronage The object is worthy, the 81
TRACTION good, the price Of admission !,
nall and we bespeak for the young -
entlemen full house. Seats on sale T.,
Crute's drug store. -.
The members of the Baptist church m
ltertained the young ladies of the ly
ormal school last night in the lecture II
,om Of their church. A well arranged
rogram was rendered after which IN
inty refreshments were served in.
Guidance.
Major A. r. Venable has sold very
ne 3-year-old Jersey bull to the Vir- y
mia Polytechnic Institute, at Blacks a
Irg. This animal was selected after 81
Ie institute authorities had looked
Ie State over for one suited to their NJ
ants. The bull was shipped this "
eek to Blacksburg. '
The Rev. Jas. La lcaster, who already "
yns and cutivates so successfully the -
d Leach property, has recently pur- -
iased a large portion of the farm of "