The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-11-13

his winter supply Of wood engaged and
promised in July, and it looks now that
January will find him without it.
There will be no sales of tobacco at
our warehouses on Thanksgiving day,
but between now and then the doors
will stand wide open.
The man or woman who hasn't been
satisfied with the weather Of the recent
past will hardly be suited this side of
heaven.
Mr.. Hugh O'Gara and Master Ben
Rives Hooper, Of Covington, Va, spent
several days this week with Farmville
friends.
Birds are said to be scarce this sea-
son, tut what concerns Us most is that
turkeys, we mean the tame ones, seem
to be scarce too.
Old hares are not much in evidence,
but the few that have come this way
were "fat and fine" Well barbacued
and 1t is the prince Of good dishes.
The Guard will hold a competitive
drill tonight in the army. The public
is invited to witness the boys who will
be at their best on this occasion.
Mr.. A. A. Cox purchased Van c. in
Richmond Wednesday, whose record
as trotter is said to be 2;l7l. Evan"
is not pretty but awful stylish.
The postollice Gardenia, this county,
has been discontinued. Prospect, we
presume, will be the Office for thos e
who have been receiving their mail at
Gardenia.
Just at the time when the individual
wood chopper declines to chop wood on
demand a little putting machine comes
to the front ready to cut all the most OF
Us have before you can turn around.
Miss Genevieve Venable is going to
the Sandwich Islands to teach school.
She expects to sail from San Francisco
December 9Th, and will teach for at
least two seasons before returning
home
We very much regret TO hear Of the
extreme illness Of Mr.. J. Ashby Armis-
tead, one Of the popular and progress
sive merchants of our town. He is at
his fathers home in the country and
is the victim Of typhoid fever.
The counties are last falling into line
and the time is not far in the future
when there will be a Confederate monu-
ment in each Of the counties of Vir-
ginia. and Bob" Miller and "Sam"
Paulett should attend each unveiling.
In the interest Of Prohibition, some
one let slip gallon jug Of wine on the
hard pavement Of High street on last
Monday morning, and there was total
loss to the owner but not to the general
cause Of prohibition.
Miss Bessie T. Epps, who has been
on a long pleasure trip through West
Virginia. Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and
the eastern portion Of Virginia, has re-
turned to Farmville very much improv-
ed in health.
The Rev. r. f. Boykin. Of Ablng-
don. and wife, nee Miss Ange Barger,
Of Shawsville, arrived here Tuesday
evening to spend several days Of their
honeymoon with relatives.
For the first time in over twelve
wears our opera house Tuesday night
was filed so completely as that there
WAS standing room only, and with
but few exceptions, the presenta-
ton of Romeo and Juliet was consider
ed by the vast audience as first class
Mr. f. w. Ellington, the veteran
miller. attended the Barnum q Bailey
performance in Lynchburg on las'
saturday, the only time he has taken
a ride on a train for p years. We
would be glad to record his experience.
/ His mother. who lives near Rice, ha'
never been on train. To such people
home is the dearest spot.
We met a hunter returning home
with a good string Of birds the othel
day. and on inquiry learned that III
cot "seven on the flush" He of cours'
used a repeating gun and he just KEEP
on killing. He said he had before tina
gotten six on the flush, but that sever
was a record braker We want to g
hunting with that shot and then divld
the game.
Now that Judge Watkins has an
nounced his position it looks as though
we were TO have a real saloon fight II
Farmville. If so let US determine u
advance to conduct it decently aud d
order. Put in it all the warmth yo'
want and not bit Of wrath. We verl
Ilv believe that even such fight ma
he conducted with malice toward
none and charity for all. The temper
ance advocate who becomes inlempel
ale in speech or thought loses his fore
, and the man who gets red in the fac
! fighting for open saloons is waikiki
2 nuisance.
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