The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-12
|FARMY|LL GR0CERS
HAY ORGANIZED
1Esys'Eg
Arrangements Being Made for
Unwilling Monument.
MUCH BRIGHT II BAG co MADE.
MUCH BRIGHT TOBACCO MADE
Third Monthly Meeting On Educational
Matters to Be Held Thursday-Mr.
Danie! Fmds southslde Virginia
the Best Place on Earth.
(spsasi D.spatea to Tho Tines,

FARMV1LdR VA. Oot. su.-11r. VII
ltams, Of Chicago, representing the
Wholesale c3rocers' Association Of that
cit, who Is now in the State oras,,4zing
local associations, addressed the grocery
men OF Baruvil.e ana their clerks in the
Opera House Tuesday night at o'clock.
| At the conclusion OF Mr.. Williams talk
| q local organization was effected with
the following officers: President, Mr..
Charles, Bugg; Vice-President. Mr.. r..
F. Walton; Secretary, ar. II. B. David
| son; Treasurer, Mr.. William Duvall.
1essrs. II. e. Barrow, and j. T. Wal
ton. were appointed comlnItt,e on or
| gan1zation With instruction to arouse
other members.
| ed to represent the association at the
State Grocers' Convention, which meets
IN Richmond shortly: J. F. Wa!to@, N.
b. Davidson, ). b. Farrar and w. ..
Cridler.
| Work has been completed On the Con-
federate monument over on the hill near
tho Farmv1lle Lithta Springs. which was
erected by tbs Daughters Of the Confed-
| eracY to mark the graves Of the Confed-
crate dead buried there. It 10 stated
that between five and six hundred sol-
diers are buried there. Mrs. Dr.. White,
! or this place. has list OF names Of
| about hundred known to have been
buried in the woods near the monument.
TO UNVE1L MONUMENT.
/ Arrangements are now being made BY
the Daughters OF the Confederaoy for
the unveiAng, which will take place Ia
the near futsrn, The date not having
been determines
Invitations have been issued by Mr..
and Mrs. Morton announcing the mar
Rage OF their niece. Miss Helen Pauline
Morton, to Raw, Frank Wotton Os5yrn
to take place On October 18th at 4;ao
O'clock in Appomattox Presbyterian
Church, Prince Edward oouaey.
/ ,:ne third monthly meeting in The In
/ teraet OF education will be held In the
Farmville Opera House next Thursday.
Judge Asa p. Watkins will make Rn id ).
dress on the subject Of "our State Cow
eminent
Mrs. 3. n. Davis died in Ric:amond
l Saturday and her remains were brought
/ 70 Bnrmville and inferred In the family
burying ground Sunday afternoon. Mrs.
| Davis was sister OF the late Mt.
Thomas l. Morton, OF this city.
TAKE N1B BACK TO OLD VIRGINIA.
Mr.. william a. Daniel and family,
who went from their farm near Farm
VILE to Texas to live, and shortly afte.-
1 wards removed from that State to Mas
sachusetts, write that there Is no place
/ like Southside, Va. and they WI retu n
i to Prince Edward county n few
/ weeks.
The horse OF Mr.. c. IL Cobb, promi-
/ nent farmer of Prince Edward while on
| his way to Farmv1lfe one day this week,
/ took fright at something IN the road and
! dashed at breakneck speed through the
! woods and tore new buggy all to fin
ders, but Mr. Cobb escaped without be-
ing seriously injured.
Mesrs B. L. Anderson. p. L. Morris,
G.. A. Dunlop, II. =. Barrow and A. p.
Cralle have applied for a charter for the
! harding Of leaf tobacco, with the privi-
lege to manufacture.
Mr.. E, L. Morris Is named as presi-
| dent and G. A. Dunlop secretary and
treasurer. Capital. $4,000.
The Farmville Tobacco Board met We'd
nesday morning and drafted suitable res
olusicns in respect to Mr.. r. s. Paulett.
| The offerings Of prin1ings on the Farm
! Vile market this week has been small,
ard there remains only a small quantity
| CT this grade of tobacco to be sold. Sew
| eral loads OF new tobacco were sold this
week and brought satisfactory prices. It
| is not expected that there will be much
| new tobacco brought In until the first of
| November. tn efarmers being little be-
| hind in cutting
| BRIGHT TOBACCO.
The farmers raised more bright tobacco
thi3 season than they have for many
| years. This is due mainly to the fact
! t,1at bright tobacco brought such good
prices last season. In the lower end OF
the county nearly every farmer will Aua-
cure their tobacco for the bright mar
l<ets and it looks as If there is q. big
demand for this class OF stock. as there
are quite number Of drummers from
the bright markets touring the county
new In the interest Of the bright weed.
| Mr. James Ne Booker, of Lynchburg,
vas in town unday and Honday visiting
| relatives and friends.
Mr. Richard II. Groverman, OF Balti-
| more. is She guest of or. and Mrs. T. P.
Robertson.
The. Farmville Telephone Company held
their annual meeting in the office of the
| secretary Monday afternoon.
| Mr.. L. A. Coulter, State secretary Of the
| Young Mems Christian Association, will
address the young men of Farmville in
the Opera House Sunday afternoon. Miss
THE VALUE OF. CHARCOA