The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-07-10

Happy the girl whose "best man.
has quick stopper.
Miss Mary Jackson viii teach in one
of the Roanoke schools next session.
Mr. aud Mrs. Dunlop are charmed
with their new home.
Or. Sears will spend portion Of his
vacation in Colorado.
Mrs. W. r. Davidson aud children,
are lu Lynchburg for month.
Mr. W. II Richardson says he has
one Of the best crops Of tobacco he ever
grew.
Mrs, X. ID. Miller and daughter, Miss
Laurie, are visiting relatives in Phila-
delphia.
Mrs ;. W. Paulett. Jr, ana child.
rem are boarding at Cumberland,
Courthouse for the summer.
MIR Baltimore, who is on deck at
Rochelle, says the tobacco crop 50 far is
"a record breaker
Letters from Miss Patteson state
that she crossed the sea in safety and is
now enjoying new scenes in the old
world.
Miss Lancaster. Of the Normal facul-
ty, is taking special studies at Harvard
during the summer
Mr. W. p. Gillian hoped Ia measure
out 1000 bushels Of wheat from his
crop this season, but will be satisfied
with so now.
We do watch with great interest
those loads Of clover being hauled over
oar streets 10 he deposited in our lofts.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. Burton Blanton
who have been visiting old home and
friends, will return to New York next
Monday
Misses Martha aud Mamie Holman,
Of Amelia, are visiting in the family Of
Mr.. X. H. Cowan.
Misses Mary and Louise Marshall, of
Baltimore, who have been visiting Mrs.
C.. +. Chappell, returned home Thurs
day
Mr.. j.. W. Nenable will oblige us 10y
letting us know how his wheat messur-
ed out. We will be disappointed un-
less il is the best Of the nelghborhood.
Dr. Chas b Crute has added TO his
houors 10y successfully passing the rigid
examinations made 10y the Virginia
state Medical Board. Our congraiu.
tons
Remember if you take in the eXcur-
sion Of the 22ud you get cheap rates,
abundant time for sight seeing on the
sea coast, and for dips into old ocean.
Go if you can, and have good time"
Work on the addition to the normal
Is not progressing quite as rapidly as
we bad hoped. First thing you know"
the girls will all be- with Us again and
then builders will be in the way.
The ladies Of Pisgah Baptist church,
Rice Depot, will give lawn party to-
night Everybody who has ever been
20 one of Rice Depot festivals will want
to 90 again. It's a worthy cause and
we hope it will be well patronized.
Hail storms have been unusually
frequent and destructive this season.
Fortunately this immediate section has
escaped so far Washouts on some
Of our farms have left ugly gaps but
generally We have been spared the
ravages Of the storm king.
DR.. Potts will preach the sermon in
cident to the union services at his
church next Sunday evening at 5
O'Clock. As but one Of our churches is
opened it should be crowded. Going |
TO church is to. be reckoned as a
privilege rather than burden.
The little folks enjoyed a picnic on
Tuesday. Misses Switzerland and |
Paulett were the hostess Of the happy |
occasion. The day was spent "under
the treesn as the invitations read, near
the Lithia Springs, an ideal spot for
lust such an outing and the day was a
glorious one.
Miss Mary Venable Cox, a graduate
Of the Normal school, and who spent
last session in special study at Column
bia University, n. Y, has gone to
Pittsburg, Penn, to lecture in a School
Of Methods. This is high honor to our
Virginia girl, and she has our sincere
Her career a. stu
dent at Columbia was brilliant from
the start, and she won one Of three
scholarships dedicated to Southern
students of the school.
Labor is scarce and yet some farmers
are learning to be independent. Two
brothers have $1,000 hills Of tobacco
besides full crops Of corn, dc, ana yet
have only paid out Sl.2O in extra labor.
The Anglo Saxon will win no matter
what the opposition 1t will not do to
admit that white folks are dependent
class They are aud have always been
self-reliant Failure has no place in
their vocabulary Negroes may come
and 20 but white men will be there
just the same.
4 Surgical Operation
is always dangerous-do not submit TO