The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-09-06


Mrs. A. r. Howard has returne,
from visit to friends.
DR.. p. Winston and Master Peter
left Wednesday for Richmond.
Miss Leila f. Forbes, of Bucking
ham county, was in town this week.
Miss May Paulett will resume he
music class on Monday, the 10Th inst
Mr.. J. s. Whaley, of Richmond, i,
spending several days here this week
Miss Fannie Berkeley spent last Sat
urday and Sunday with friends In
Salem.
Mr.. James II. Gray, of Petersburg,
was in Farmville yesterday visiting
friends.
Ground has been broken at the corn
er Of Third and North streets for a
brick store house.
Prof. Arnold and family are occupy
ing the house of Mr.. w. II. Robertson,
in the West End.
Miss Nettie David and Mrs. DIR. p.
Winston, are visiting in Richmond
and Manchester.
Well, we haven't been to seaside or
mountain top as yet, and here we are
fat and fine"
Miss Fannie Wells, is the guest of
Misses Maud and Della Carter, near
Darlington Heights.
Mr.. f. A. Rice, of Philadelphia, is WIS.,
tng his father, Mr.. p. He. Rice, and
his friends in Farmville.
Miss Elizabeth Venable, of Jackson
vile, Florida, is visiting the family Of
Mr.. Henry w. Edmonds.
Prof. ]. H. c. Winston, Master Bev-
erley Winston, and Mrs. #. A. Wood
son, who attended the Pan.American
Exposition, have returned.
Miss Vivian Wright, who has been
spending the summer in the country
home of Mr. Whitaker, near Amelia
Courthouse, returned Saturday.
Miss Salie +. Johnson and Miss
Bulah Glenn, OF Richmond, Va, were
in town shopping this week.
Miss Matte X. Amos has gone to
take charge of her school at Roanoke.
the session lasts nine months, begin
ming Sept. 9th.
Mrs. p. G. Manson. of Lynchburg,
who has been spending the summer
with her sister, Mrs. Ellen Berkeley,
returned home on last Tuesday.
Miss Dearborn, of Nelson county, is
the guest of Miss Sallie Stokes, at the
beautiful country home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. NJ. Stokes.
Miss Nelia Eggleston, after vaca-
ton of several weeks, spent pleasantly
at her old home, Hampden.Sidney,
returned yesterday TO Baltimore.
Major Stanley Martin, Of Danville,
who succeeded Major ]. r. Martin as
Major of the Bird battalion, 10Th Va.
regiment, was in town Thursday.
The new moon is said to be a dry
moon. We will tell you later. If it
doesn't rain for week don't say it has
been a long, long time between rains.
Mrs. b. f. Allen with her children,
Miss Carrie, Masters Edward, Benjamin
and Clarence, who have been visiting
Mrs. Wade, returned to their home, i'm
Norfolk, Thursday.
Mrs. Walker Blanton, of Cumber-
land, was in town, Monday. She gives
the cheering information that the peo-
pie Of her neighborhood are preparing
to make exhibits at our Fair.
The excursion Monday was not lib.
orally patronized. Labor Day was
not generally observed by our people,
only the banks and postofiice taking
advantage of the closing privilege.
Mr.. s. ]. Robertson, of Prince Ed
ward county, has an old violin, made
in l742, by Anthony Stradivaius, which
is one hundred and fifty-nine years old
1t will be on exhibition at our Fair
The contract for putting down the
pavement between Rich
store and Barrow's market
house, has been awarded Mr.. f. G.
Buck, who had the making of our
macadam road between here and
Hampden-Sidney.
Mr.. Walker Scott, the courteous,
pbliging and efficient book-keeper at
the Planters Bank, who has been en-
loving a much needed rest In the good
Did county of Mecklenburg, will return
TO his duties tonight.
Mr.. j. b. Russell, who for several
years has been the ticket seller for the
Norfolk q Western railway here, has
accepted a position with railroad
at Columbus, Ohio. Mr..
Russell left Saturday for his new home.
Mr.. w. n. Richardson's faithful
family mare received serious wounds
Wednesday night from the barbed
wire around her pasture. The injury
,vos attended to scientifically by Mr.. |