The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-10-04
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.


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Don't you pass dat poSsum by;
lie DIES ripe fer maxim pie
Pass 20 plate, Malindyl
on, my honey. don't you cry"
Good times comm 10y en- by;
Postum never rooS' too high
Pass go plate, Mandy
Miss Lula Cralle will shortly take
charge Of a school near Rice.
Mr.. Herbert Stokes left last Wednes-
day for Richmond to accept a position.
Deal tenderly with the roses. They
are dying. Deal tenderly with your
fellow-men. They are dying too.
Teachers and scholars are well in
harness again, and now for strong
pull and pull all together.
October was ushered in with a wealth
Of glorious sunshine, just such weather
as we are hoping for during Fair days.
Mr. j. f. Beach, who has been visit
ing in the county, returned Wednes-
day to Petersburg.
With rare exceptions the HERALD
goes into the home of every reading
family in this section.
Mr.. Claude Taylor, Of Norfolk, is
visiting in the home of MIR. and Mrs.
ID. l.. Traylor, Jr.
Miss Grace Gibbs, who has been WISH
ting Miss Ella Burger, has returned to
her Manchester home.
Mrs J. IL. Lipscomb, who has been
quite sick, is somewhat better, but is
still confined To her room.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Lipscomb, of
Crewe, spent a few days last week with
their parents Mr. and Mrs. j. II Lip
scomb, near Olesko.
Don't be discouraged because the cir
Gus hasn't come. The Fair will fur
nish all the entertainment you will
need for the season.
Miss Mary Amos, Of Cumberland,
has gone to Newport News where she
engages in teaching an eight months
school.
Miss Susie Scott is home from her
visit to Petersburg, and we regret to
learn is confined to the house 10y sick
ness.
Major Venabe has added many con-
veniences to his farm work, the by
draulic ram being one of the latest and
best.
Our Main street is always attractive,
but new charm is given to it when the
normalites crowd it on their way to
the stores.
The dogwood was first to fling out
the white banners in the early spring,
and are first to wave the red banners
in the fall
Mr.. +. f. Hundley's tobacco inn
proved more rapidly as the season adj
vanced than any we know Of He has
housed a splendid crop.
Mrs. T. p. Robertson was called Tues
day by telegram to Lynchburg to at
tend the bedside of Mr.. j. NJ. Booker,
Jr., who is very i'll.
Miss Mary b. Walker is the guest in
Richmond of Miss Rosa Marks, who
after a pleasant visit to Farmville re-
turned to the Capital City last Monday.
Col. b. w. l.. Blanton has received
letter from Eagle Pass, Texas, announc-
ing the Illness Of his s0n-in-law, Prof.
w. b. Hawkins.
MIR. II. +. Barrow is doing good
work on his small farms near Farm
Vile. He will score a splendid success
on the latest purchase on little Buffalo.
1t would interesting to know just
how many brick have been laid in
Farmville in the recent past. Would
be glad to hear from the contractor.
We have heard something of a new
hotel i'm Farmville which we would be
glad todiscuss with some men ofmeans
who are interested in the future of this
section.
1t is about time to quit work on our
roads generally, and just the time to
begin work on our bottoms. Men aud
mules can be prolitably employed all
winter.
We are glad to know that Mir. Bucks
engagements are such as to keep him
with us as citizen. We have plenty OF
room for just such men and plenty OF
work for them to do.
Land buyers have been with us re-
Gently in goodly numbers, and others
are expected. If you have property
YOU wish to sell you would do well to
listit with the Farmville Farm Agency.
Mr.. w. Ii. Ewing, as trustee, sold a
town lot on Wednesday for $500. Mr..
w. G. Venable and Mr.. &. b. Cunning
ham were the purchasers. The prop
erty formerly belonged to Booker Hill.
MIR. T.. II. Booker, who for some time
has been the obiging clerk in the store
of MIR. w. p. Richardson, has entered
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