The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-05-23

Just 1000 statement heads AT
per cent under the usual price. Ca
J, and see them.
Miss Mary Gee, of Petersburg. wi
visit Miss Robbie Berkeley about III
first of June.
Mr.. q. T. Wicker, whose illness Ia
been Of much concern to his friend,
is improving.
1t Is not yet definitely known tina
the extra passenger trains Will be pu
on the Norfolk a Western next sun
day.
Mr. Joseph Mannoni will sail som,
Time IN June for his old home i'm Corsica
where he will remain for severa
months.
Col Berkeley and wife and Mrs
Dr. White are taking in the sights al
The Charleston exposition. They will
probably visit Savannah before return
ing home.
Ground has been broken for the new
building to be erected on the Normal
school premises. The structure. As
called for in specifications, will be the
handsomest Of all.
The Normal School authorities have
greatly beautified and improved the
public sidewalk in front Of that insti-
tuition, which the town should crate.
fully appreciate.
Mrs. ThOs p. Robertson left Monday
morning for Old Point Comfort. Va.
where she will be the guest for two
weeks Of Mrs d. II. Miller, Of Balu-
more, at the Chamberlain Hotel.
A number Of young gentlemen are
organizing gun club, and from the
list already gotten Farmville has more
sportsmen than the average citizen
knows Of.
When Judge Flournoy gets to be a
millionaire out Of his Texas venture,
he wants to buy the old Watkins tract
ON the road leading to Hampden-Sid.
ney, and build on the old site. 1t is
an ideal place for home.
Farmers in the immediate neighbor-
hood Of Farmville may keep one eye
on Coley Hamlet, who is now in charge
Of portion Of the old Womack tract |
and will be heard from. The man
who beats him will have to get up early |
and hustle from daylight to dark.
Some Of our farmers began planting
tobacco last week, others said it was
too early, but we have been impressed
with the fact that the early farmers
most generally get there" while the
man who starts behind generally stays
there.
The Methodist church enjoyed their
annual Children's Day last Sunday.
The usual appropriate exercises, con
sisting Of declamations, recitation,
songs, &c, were heard by large and
interested audience composed Of men,
Ders Of every denomination IN the
Town.
&C. am ordained Of my Incidence and
my inactivity. What have ! been do
ng these twenty years." Who do
you suppose said that? The immortal
Iohn Wesley What have you been
ioing the past twenty years, reader?
'r since the lst of January, last?
As it seems to be decided that we
hall not have a fair this year, it is in
rider to suggest how we can best enter
ain our friends for two or three days
n October. What do you say to one
lay Of amatuer racing and one for
day?
The strawberry festival held in the
Armory jointly for the benefit Of the :
'armville Gu ard and the Y. NJ. &. A, {
vas a decided success. Despite the
nprOpitiOusness of the weather for
" refreshments, mo st gratifying {
um was realized, amounting, we learn, :
} about $4,000
Did you read in last weeks HERALD {
nat business man Of the great North i
est, and who is connected with in c
uentiall rail road enterprises propos- {
* TO aid in advertising the advantages '
this section of the country, and al |
ecause he had just been reading the
IERALD's trade edition? OF course
rinters ink does pay and this is strik- a
X attestatiOn Of the fact u
Col. r. T. Hubba I'd, who was at the c
,urthOuse Monday to make an ad I
ress to the citizens on the subject Of the !
roposed subscription to the Orange a
eysviIle Railway, did not have an |
and there was consequently
D speaking. We presume that this
as not due to lack Of interest, but to
Ie fact that there was no gen eral v
1owledge Of the COlOnel's intention "
address a meeting. "
Planters Warehouse Go.
The annual meeting Of the stock q
,lders Of the Planters Warehouse was al