The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-06-12
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS


IM fU. NNIl Top OBJ Do
ts,..oar. world OF money!
Ono happy JOSS cam Dee.
r.. f...- ..rD maxim honey.
And .I.~ sweet enough Tor me.
Lonesome? OF course it is. The /
Normalitc- have all gone away from us.
We won't quit gong to church just /
be,ause tine girls from school won't be
there.
Little Bette Gay Smith, who has
been SD extremely ill., is improving /
slowly.
The neiehborho'd boys will get the
buerIe- iu good trim, the normalites
arc coming
New machinery and more room
mean better work at the laundry and
more of IT,
"Not much is the pet reply of one
of our friends when his general condi-
ton is inquired after.
The gardens Of Farmville are not
looking as well this season as usual.
They are generally prize.winners.
DIT. Alfred Morrison is visiting his
mother. lie comes from Johns Hop
kim, wearing new honors worthiiy and
well.
Miss Lucy Wood, Of Amelia, who
was the guest of Miss Mamie Wade
during commencement, has returned
home.
Why send abroad for bricks when
they can be made here? The clay
here. the machinery ought to be here
and muscle is ready to do its part
Among the attendants in the closing
exercises Of the normal were Hon. w
Baker. senator from Chesterfield, Mr..
Geo. G.. jefferson, Of Richmond.
Col. b. W. L. Blanton received III
telligence Tuesday morning, Of the ex-
IRENE illness Of his son-in-law, Prof.
VIM. b. Hawkins, Of Fl Paso, Tex.
Master ID. Burton Blanton, son OF
Mr. G.. W. Blanton who has been
attending school in New York during
the past session, is at home again.
Miss Lula Phillips, Of Richmond, a
graduate from the first class which
ever went out from our Normal school
is visiting in the home Of DR.. Sears.
Farmyille is honored in having with
in her gates Mrs. DIR Wiley, widow Of
the late distinguished president o'
Emory and Henry College, and mother
of Mrs. Jarman.
The state Female Normal Schoo
closes another session without dealt
among the students, so does old lamp
den-Siduey. The health record Of TIN
section has no parallel.
We have been missing the news from
some Of our neighborhoods The Her
aldisan news paper and can't live with
ont IT, and home news is best news.
We asked little girl what she woul'
do with her long vacation, and sh
SAID. "I will run errands at two cent
trip.r We will be glad to give he
name to parties in need Of errand girls
Dr. VIM. +. Mercer, eye and throa
specialist, Of Richmond, will be IN IN
office of DR.. Anderson next Tuesda
tbe 18th Persons needing his service
will find him there during that TIME
Closing stores and other places
business at = p. m, is good thought
Supper should be over and thing
washed up before dark, so that every
body can 90 to bed early and get u
early too.
If some outsider wont organize
excursion with Farmville as objecti'
point, suppose some one Of US 90
work aud do il. We are just as niue
entitled to a "scussion" as is Richmon
OFF Roanoke or London.
They days are long, almost as long
they are to be, but we can't afford
lose am hour Of working hours at Il
Herald Office. Bring in your job worl
You shall have it in quick time, al
10 don't suit don't come again. But
Will suit.
Dr. Winston celebrated his birthd'
ON last Friday the 5th, and the dim
was rather too much for him. lie sa.
me wishes sometimes the HON
keepers would forget the day. ho
unlike the little girl who wanted Oh
at least every month. We sympathl
with the little girl.
Long before "a resident Of tine cou
ty" wrote Of the neglected condition
the colored cemetery, the Herald 1T
called attention to it and urged I
colored people to wipe out the disgra
of such neglect They are all able
do lit, but if they are waiting for tn
white friends to aid them lei the
start the basket. The Herald will 4
only contribute, but will take pleasu
in publishing the names Of all tho
who DO.
The German Baptlsts met in CO
yenuon boz Indiana recently, a
solcmuly decided that no member
the body should use telephone, u
that those who were using them shot
promptly quit Farmville exercI
like faith As % enter t)wn-coun'
phones. And in like convention
read recently Of an old time Method
quarterly conference that passed a re
luton prohibiting its members fri
wearing that dangerous innovation
pair Of suspenders."