The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-09
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.
Courage.

Ana there seems mo- CLEAN OF sunlight,
There is help not Ear away.
And nay friend, whore e'er YOU wander.
Turn 20 God in silent prayer:
ho who knows your every weakness,
Hcuuot leave you in despair.
soon your star OF hope will brighten
A. you Journey down lifc's stream.
All your trials and temptations
Will bc but am empty dream.
The old straw to the rear now.
How about these nights for sleeping
Miss Sallie Huntington is attending
the Lynchburg Horse Show.
Clean up your guns and steady your
nerves, the bird season approaches.
Haye you thought Of the turnip tops
for early next spring? You can't az
ford not to.
Three more County Court days.
Don't forget to make the last one me-
morable.
Major J. r. Martins residence shines
out resplendently in its fresh "coat of
many colorsn
Our Legislators are beginning to look
forward 10 November as gathering and
oyster time.
There is never a time when a bust
ness man can afford to let up on the
advertising.
Misses Lillian Keister and Pearl
Barrow have returned from their visit
to Newport News and Norfolk.
Miss Sallie Clarke Cullen and Mrs.
Robert Louis Freear left yesterday for
the Horse Show in Lynchburg.
Briery has the happy faculty ofstick-
ing together, and, well that's not To be
wondered at, as the name would indi-
cate stickers.
One Of our best farmers always finish
es sowing wheat by the 10th ofOctober,
and generally makes good crop.
Don't scrape any more DIRT to the
middle Of our streets at this season or
we will have a muck and mess of il all
winter.
To the tired man Of business, Sunday
came again as the very best Of the
week, and brought to all Farmville
Heavens benediction.
Mr. f. w. Venable, Of Hampden-
Sidney, delighted a large audience at
the Presbyterian church last Sunday
evening with well rendered solo.
Lynchburg's horse show this week
and Richmond's next week. Farm
willie will be no doubt represented at
each Of them.
Ifyou wish a graceful mornings re-
ception attend the opening exercises of
the kindergarten. 1t is a charming
manner Of beginning the day.
Fox hunting is on the go, and EN-
met" Ligon says it is the only manly
and noble sport. And he knows as
much about it as any living man.
Mrs. w. p. Venable will hold. the
reins over the beautiful mare Of Mr.. A.
e. Clapham's in the ladies driving
contest tonight at the Lynchburg
Horse Show.
Some interesting couples attended
our churches on last Sunday. There
was a restlessness about their move
ments that indicated they were not
and sisters.
The Herald is always ready to do its
full share Of bouquet throwing, but
Doesn't propose TO waste flowers on
The unappreciative and ungrateful.
Live and let live" is an old and honor
ed maxim.
Now that the tobacco has been safely
housed, our country friends ought to
ind time to haul wood to town. The
demand is great and prices high and
now much better is it to haul over good
-oads than bad ones.
We are to have some new blood in
Inc Board Of Supervisors and we are
great things in the public
.oad department Let the macadam
become a pet at once, and don't forget
he parallel dirt road.
What has become Of the October
,elch? 1t is one Of the very best OF
he very hes. Of the peach family, and
here was a time when il was quite
COMMON i'm this section.
Makers OF good persimmon beer must
not fail to make preparation for full
upply Of that Notwithstanding and
'ery delightful beverage. And Of
course the Herald staff will be remem-
)ered
Mr.. f.. J. Whitehead's new home, on
upper High street, promises to be one
# the many attractive ones already in
Granville. Happy the family with
rood home here, and the hope of heaven
hereafter
Almost time to begin to think about
he Thanksgiving turkey. And we re-
ret to report the crop is not the usual
me. Eggs high, butter high, hams
high. chickens high, beef high, lamb
nat Of sight, and now turkeys high we
own folks are not havinga "high old
ime."
The next time you 90 to Petersburg
N the Norfolk and Western, when you
Ass Rice some mile, look out Of the
south window and get a glimpse of a