The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-12-13
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.

All men a. brothers, Us better than gold.
Mrs j. r. Martin is spending tn
week in Richmond.
Miss Mabel Hebdilch, Of Buckinp
, ham, is IN town this week,
Miss Sarah Young, Of Prospect, &
visiting her brother, Mr. Jas. Young
The town uflle is toy long odds the
best satisfied looking animal i'm town.
Christmas trees for the children anc
good cheer for everybody.
Good bird dogs are almost as scarce
as bird, teeth
Don't forget the HERALD as the very
best one.doliar Nmas gift yon can buy
lfyou think of swearing Off on the
lst Of January suppose you register
the oath just now
lfyou can't give anything Oh Nmas
morning suppose you forgive some one
for iancied or real wrong.
The trees are all bare now, but in
many Of our homes the flowers are
still blooming.
1t has been showing 10 the north
west aud south Of a., while sunshine
has been the rule in Southside Virginia.
If the years work hasn't been salts
factory suppose you make earnest ef-
fort to close'it with better record.
Miss Bessie Martin will spend Christ
mas in Richmond, the que Of Miss
Nellie Gray
Miss Parrish has resigned from the
faculty Of the Woman's College in
Lynchburg.
Mr.. w. d. Hobsou, Of Sunnyside, a
prominent business man Of CumDer-
land, was here Wednesday.
Mr.. w. A. Willingham, tobacconist
Of south Boston, spent a day of this
week in Farmvile.
Our subscription list is rapidly in
creasiug. Our solicitors throughout
this section are doinggood work. Write
us for liberal terms
Crossing the Appomaltox BOTTOMS
this season VIII be positive luxury.
Friends from The other side, we hope,
,t-ifI .,r,o ,ftar
The farmer who isn't happy just
now must have poor digestion. Corn
is high, oats are way up eggs are on a
boom aud tobacco is "out of sight"
Our farmer friends ought to have
happy Nma- week, since all they have
To sell is "out of sight" "May they live
long and prosper"
The Normal girls walking, laughing,
chatting, smiling do give an air Of re-
freshing cheerfulness TO every presence
touched 10y them.
No more mud ON side walk Of High
street from Main to the Methodist
church. Now LET the same condition
prevail in the roadway.
While waiting for your turn at the /
warehouse we would be glad to have /
YOU call and inspect the HERALD plant. 7
No town of like size can boast of bet /
ter.
Our inspectors have had good, long /
rest, and are now ready to do two days /
work in one Our tobacco buyers are
anxious to fiji up their factories, aud /
will pay we'll for the weed.
The ice ponds must be well watered /
this season and we hope the farmers
will have an abundant supply for sum
mer. 1t is hard to appreciate at this
juncture how mnch Of a luxuary ice
really is in mid summer.
Lynchburg Is after the spitters on
pavements. May she catch each one
Of the offenders and deal with them
according to law. Farmville would do
well to 90 and do likewise, the habit is
horrid in the extreme.
Farmers who are not subscribers TO
the HERALD are missing facts from
other farms than theirown, which they
will not find elsewhere. They can't at
ford to miss them either. One dollar
year secures them.
A week for the Normalite girls at
Xmas is simply glorious. The teachers
will enjoy it too, though to the average
scholar this is hard to appreciate, some
scholars actually laboring under the
lelusion that teachers are sorry when
play time comes. This is big mistake.
We ask attention to the advertise
ment Of Piedmont Business College Of
This school oilers superior
advantages and inducements to young
men who desire a thorough business
education, guaranteeing to each one
graduating lucrative employment
Hereafter ten cents per month in.
stead of five will be charged each men,
Der of the Heptasophs for trouble and
expense of collecting assessments. Re
member the collector will call on mem
,ers the 18th of each month. Please
pay promptly.
Nfessre panlett K paulett. next door