The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-07-31

'''''' ii"' WIN TOT lhat not day.
The recent excursion to Norfolk wa,
greatly enjoyed 10y those who took adj
vantage Of it. Mayor Blauton returned
sunburnt and strong.
Miss Bessie Martin and Miss Martha
tiournoy are taking in the sights and
the delights Of Atlantic City.
DR.. White wants first class hotel ON
third street If not why not? Farm.
vile is no one street town.
Where did Grocer's branch get its
name? Tell US it, you know, and we
will tell it to all Farmville.
See notice Of school trustees meeting
IA another column, called for August
7th.
y private letter from Miss Patteson
gives a graphic account Of ten DAYS
stay in London. And she didn't men
ton a fog
Somebody has got To hustle ON that
addition To the Normal building, or the
giIls will want to know why it wasn't
finished in time.
One more month Of Summer aud
that Of 1903 will have joined its long
list Of predecessors. 1t was but yes
lerday when the roses told OfJune.
Dr. Winston's horse didn't have
Masiagia, but Nostalgia. Mastagia is
new 10 us while Nostalgia is old, es-
pecially with school girls just from
home.
Mr. +. NJ. Farrar, Of Crewe, was with
us for a few hours on Wednesday. His
face in Farmville is a. familiar a. the
town hail, and We somehow think he
should have lived aud married here.
MeSsrs. Archer V. Wade and +. r
Booker leave tomorrow night on an ex-
tended vacation trip, visiting New
York, Albany, Buffalo, Niagara Falls,
Philadelphia and Washington before
returning home
Many Of the county papers Of the
state have from two to three columns
Of cards from candidates. What's pc
culiar about Prince Edward? Are,the
candidates just more modest than
others?
Hon. b. w. l.. Blanton, Of Cumber-
land, has just received the intelligence
Of the extream Illness of his grand
daughter, Mrs. Maude Leigh Carter, Of
West Virginia. The in
FAINT is doing well.
All hail to the new telephone com
pany We welcome it a. sick people
do the return Of day after tossing dur
ing the night. Now for quick work,
and let us he ready to hello with our
neighbors.
Somebody said something about an
line to Hampden-Sdney
We have no objection and would be
glad to take a ride What by the way,
Is the capacity Of the biggest Of them
But what will Walker Crawley say?
The hog pens in Farmville are get
ling to be intolerable. The nuisance
ought to he abated at any cost. If the
hogs are to take possession folks will
have 10 move out. Ordinary prudence
10 say nothing Of decency, demands
hat they be cleaned up and out. This
Is important matter.
There was an unusual crowd in town !
IN Saturday, and buying and selling
were brisk. Some people were jolly, |
but that was due TO the enthusiasm over
The crop outlook, and the further fact
that the corn had been laid by, and the |
worms were not yet busy on the to-
Dacco.
Under the leadership Of the veteran |
fisherman the boys are all at TrentOn's /
pond this week and you may look out
for fish stories when they return. The
champion" has reason TO hope that he
will recapture the belt The Herald |
will tell the truth about it so far as II
IAN get the facts.
The champion" fisherman says no
body has the right to crow over one |
On the contrary when the
champion is first defeated the victory is /
ust that much the greater, and the
wider the pond the more pronounced |
he victory.
The Herald is the only paper in the
state and we belive in the entire South
hat gives its readers week by week
arm TO farm and house to house write
Fps. If you are interested in these
arms and those who work them in
hese homes and those who live i'm them,
to the paper. Only one dol
ar for one year which means , cents a
week. Cheap enough, isn't il?
II. W. Flournoy, Jr., son Of the late
Judge Flournoy, died in Danville on
of last week on his way to
New York from Texas, and was buried
n Hollywood on last Saturday morn
ug by the side Of his honored father.
The tender sympathies Of this people
% out to the mother who has been so
.orely tried.
The Rev. Walter H. Robertson, who
lied recently at his home in Warren
on, Va, was well known to many OF
,ur readers to whom it will be crafty
ny to read this Of him. After his
ieath, we are told, that one poor man
% the county said: 81 feel as II God
rad been in the world, and had gone"
Better eulogy than was ever pronounc-
"a on the merely great Of Earth. Be
.ide reputation like that, that Of Alex
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