The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-02-27


excellent.
Lent began on Wednesday, ash
Wednesday, and there were services at
the Episcopal church.
Papers and letters are pouring in
from Florida. Some one or more evil
IDENTIFY made "mash.
The new fire hose reel is a daisy, but
the town should have horse to pull it
fires.
Miss Birdie Cox, of Manchester, is
visiting in the home of Mr.. aud Mrs.
ID. l.. TraylOr.
Mr.. J. Hunter Pettis, Jr., Of Rich
mond. who has been visiting his sister,
Mrs. Robert Louis Freear, has returned.
Mayor Blanton attended the meet
ing Of the Virginia State Optical Asso-
citation which met in Richmond on
Thursday of last week.
Ward, the head cook at the Normal,
is the only one on the pay roll of the
school whose name has appeared there
since the foundation Of the school.
Miss Sallie Clarke Cullen, Of Rich
mond, is the guest of her cousin, Mrs.
Robert Louis Freear. Miss Cullen Is
well known in the musical and social
world.
We have had another skating spell.
Did you enjoy it? If you were well
and young and strong you should have
done so. No sport more manly and
none more humanity.
Some of our sister counties are issu-
ing bonds upon which they are borrow
ing money to be spent on the improve
ment of their public roads. Isn't this
sensible to the last degree?
1t will not require big sum Of mon
ey to reopen II cannery I'm Farmville,
and we are told that there is big money
in it. Let some one lead of, and the
workers are sure to follow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lea, Of Washington,
were the guests for few days last week
Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. s. McIlwaine.
They left Monday to visit friends in
Richmond.
Just before the sales began Thursday
morning, President Gillian read an
invitation sent to the Tobacco Board
by Messrs. Chas Bugg & Son to come
to their store and have cup Of Golden
Blend Coffee.
The athletes of Hampde-Sidney,
gave an entertainment in the gym
nasium of the Normal on last Tuesday
evening to the delight Of large num-
Der of Normal girls and other visitors.
Mrs. DR.. White saw and heard more
in Florida than the rest of the party,
and tells it most delightfully."-. Persons
who travel should learn from her how
to look, listen aud ask questions.
Hon. Edmund W. HUBBARD, Of Buck
ingham, was in town last week, armed
with large number Of rights of way
for the new railroad through his county.
He is enthusiastic and predicts that the
road will be built in the near future.
The Improved Order Of Heptasophs
has made gratifying jump in its num-
Der Of members in Farmville since the
arrival OF Mr.. b. p. Harris, OF the
Supreme COnclave. tits, perhaps, the
cheapest and most satisfactory fraternal
insurance order.
Tobacco has been rolling in from
every direction, and busy has been the
watchword about our warehouses.
We suppose the twelve million limit
will be reached. This is the only mar
ket in the state where farmers are not
forced to pay commission on sales.
Last Friday evening was crowded
with entertainments in our social
world. Misses Reynolds and Pate
son gave a successful and delightful
masquerade entertainment to num-
Der of their young friends In the gym
nasium room Of the Normal; Miss
Beryl Morris delighted her companions
with a colonial gathering, and Miss
MAY Paulett had few Of her friends
to spend the evening with her.
When the Appomattox gets past
fording, eggs get scarce in our market,
and butter and wood, and so many
other good and useful things that old
Cumberland and Buckingham loom
M as our best friends. One little load
of wood was brought in early Wednes-
day morning Of last week and when 1t
touched the first paving stones OF Main
street il sent thrill of pleasure through
the heart of the town. Never was
belle at the ball more the centre OF at
traction, andI alas just as with the belle
at the bali, so with the few billets Of
wood. one was selected for the dance
while the others were left out in the
cold OF the corner.