The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-05-15

.'hhilhi Adbit-
Capt ;. w. Paulett will leave tl
morrow night for New Orleans to at
tend the Confederate Reunion.
Mrs f. ID. Lipscomd and children
James and Reb'cca, returned to theii
home in Powhatan last Tuesday.
Miss Mary Amos left Saturday t.
visit friends at Hampton, Newport
News aud Richmond.
Roses are blooming out in all theiI
wonted glory again. aud now poor
folks can enjoy them rs well a. million
aires.
Miss Reynolds, Of the faculty of the
Normal, will teach in the summer
normal To he held at Emory this sea
son.
Rev. Mr. McAlister has consented to
deliver the baccalaureate sermon be-
fore the young ladies Of the graduating
class at the Normal.
The arc lights in the Normal grounds
have very much frightened up things,
aud at the same time help the neigh
bOrs.
Miss Mary Booth Walker will 20 TO
the Confederate Reunion in New Or
leans as Maid of HOnOrlOf Mrs. Walker,
Of Norfolk.
Mrs Capt. r. II. Watkins is in Rich.
mond to see her son, Mr.. Asa. Wat
kins, graduate from Union Theological
Seminary.
Miss Patteson, of the faculty Of the
Normal, will sail from New York
early in June for an extensive
European tour.
Miss Lille Lipscomb left Thursday
for Jetersyille, where she will spend
some time with her sister, Mrs.
Crenshaw.
Our young townsman, Mr. Spencer
Armistead, won one Of the prizes Of
fered by the Richmond Times-Dis-
patch in the Cartoon contest
"The Man with the Hoe" is the sub
jet of the lecture to the public, to be
given tonight in the Opera House,
promptly at S:l5 by Prof. +. K. Jones,
Of the State Normal May a large
audience be present
Mrs. w. NJ. Farrar, and her grand
son, Mr. Demetrius Farrar, returned
from Florida on last Saturday, where
they have been paying a delightful
visit to her son, Mr.. Asa Farrar.
Mr.. Frank w. Adams, General
manager Of the Mutual Life Insurance
of New York, for the State
IF Virginia, was in town last Friday
md Saturday, looking after the in-
crest of the company.
Mr.. John A. Pack, excursion agent Of
he Norfolk and Western railway, was
n town Tuesday, in the interesuof an
excursion which his company is adver-
Using to run from Farmville TO Rich
nond next Thursday, the Dist inst.
Farmville's vegetable and fruit mar
Set is on wheels, and a great con-
,enience to house keepers it is. The
,wner and driver introduces it as the /
hot wagon"
The Excursion to Richmond next /
offers the last opportunity for
eelng Bostock's great animal show |
md the rate is low-just Sl,25 for the /
ound trip.
A prophet Of the Lord said: "As
he partridge stitch on eggs and hatch
tn them not, so he that getteth riches
nd not by right, shall leave them in
he midst Of his days, and at the end
hall be a fool"
From the amount of up-tO-date farm
machinery being taken from town to
ountry evidently the farmers are
making ready for an active campaign.
he God Of sunshine and Of storm he
Nth them, cause his face to shine up
n them and give them peace and
lenty too.
The social circles of Farmvlle have
cen greatly frightened Of late by the
edition of Mr.. and Mrs. Vandevender
nd Mrs. Marks and her daughter,
Iiss Rosa, who have come from Rich
loud TO make their homes with us
hey are not strangers to our people,
aving visited here before, but we are
lad to have them as residents rather
nan as visitors.
It's DrIBurger now. James Spencer
urger, Of Farmville, is among the list
+ graduates Of the University College
f Medicine. He bears in part the
anne OF one Of the most accomplished
nd most "beloved physicians" Farm
lie ever claimed as her own, and we
,ngratulate him on his new honor,
nd express the hope that he may not
lly wear the name, but the mantle OF
re honored doctor for whom he has
zen named.
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