The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-11-07
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.
A. Yon NAV Have Learned.

IFS sharp N..aN NllANNN tNMNlQ NNt front
with noticeable beyel
And when 10 get, a knock &c hurts
Hurts like the very mischief
The sidewalks with Stag and sand
are luxurious.
The new depot isn't as tall as we ex.
pecied it TO be, and yet it is a daisy.
Few lecturers can amuse while
they instruct. Gen. Gordon can.
Mr. Alvin Wells, Of Petersburg, visit
ed Miss Fannie Wells Saturday and
sunday
The girls at the Normal had a
Halloween time Of it last Friday even
ing
Old Mollie Cotton is making a
strenuous fight against the beef trust.
Luck to Mollie.
Wood in Farmville is $500 a cord,
making things more prosperous for
some folks and less so for others.
We had many good samples of good
simmon beer last season, and may be
we will not be forgotten this time.
VIM. Mckinley heard Gordon gladly,
and said Of his famous lecture, "The
lecture was permeated by a highly
patriotic spirit.
Let this autumn season Of 1902, so
rich and glorious in sunshine, remain
Sith you through life pleasant men,
ory.
Prince Edwards subscription to the
new railroad will not interfere with
liberal dealings with the public roads
Of the county.
Joe Burrell, colored, a well known
hostler, was committed to jail on We'd
nesday TO await examination by COM
mission Of lunacy.
Gen'l. John B. Gordon, the peerless
soldier and citizen, will be at the Opera
House on the evening of the 18th, next
Wednesday.
This is crysanthemun day, and the
queen Of autumn is out in all her glory
No flower has so improved in beauty |
in the last few years.
Farmville knows something Of the /
"l.ast days Of the Confederacy," for
that reason will more freely appreciate
what Gen'l Gordon may tell of those
days.
Rev DR.. Potts is an expert horseman.
loves his horse and enjoys the luxury
Of riding more than the rest of US.
There may be sermons in horseback
exercise as well as i'm "st0nes."
Isn't it rather strange that in his
multiplicity Of engagements, the presi-
dent Of these United States could find
time to inquire into conditions at the
Farmyille post office?
1t is well that the town council APP
propriated money to be devoted to i'm
proyements TO our city Of the dead for
are not new houses being built there
even more rapidly than for the living ?
Farmvile is now bountifully suppl
ed with meat markets. That of Messrs.
Hubbard d Gillian on Third street is
a daisy" Now let them add a vege-
table attachment, and a long felt want
will have been met.
Gen'l. John b. Gordon has delivered
bis lecture IN every section Of the
country aud has been greeted with
crowded houses Farmville will give
bin such greeting as will be worthy
the man and the theme.
Ii is worthiyour money to even meet {
with that great orator, great soldier,
greater citizen, Gen. JnO. b. Gordon,
but you may both see and hear
bin next Tuesday evening at the Opera 4
House for 50 cents. {
last Days Of the Confederacy" is '
the subject Of Gen' Gordou's lecture, q
but he helped to make confederate
history from Bethel to Appomattox and {
will tell, as he alone can, Of those days a
Of fire and sword. 4
OfGenl. GOrdon's lecture, the Brook.
Ign Eagle said "His humor was keen;
his pathos affecting The closing scene
o. the bloody drama was splendidly a
presented. IL was a tale inspiring to
The young aud intensely realistic to the y
old.n o
An automobile mower is one Of the :.
latest conveniences offered the farmer b
Of the land And it is said that the =
motor can be made to do much other =,
work on the farm. As labor gets to be .
scarce, labor-saving machines are COM
ing to the front.
Tickets for Gen. Gordon's lecture &
viii be put ON sale at Crute's Drug u
Store tomorrow Saturday morning, at +
o'clock. First come first served. "
Better gel 'em quick for il you don't
md wish TO hear him you may have to
90 way back and stand up. =
Veteran tobacco growers Of Prince t.
Edward must look well to their laurels. a
VIZ. Ge0. A. Lindsay came to US n
with grass aud cattle, but is get "
lpg To be an expert raiser Of tobacco h
he not only knows how to grow it, but &
% manage IL after il has been grown. "
ne has our sincere congratulations. OF
0ofdou fought like a Roman until "
ne Hays were furled, aud then became !.
loyal citizen Of the restored Union, u
hoDgh be bears on his body eight u
wounds and carries an ugly scar on his Il