The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-06-24

venient when at Buckingham Court
house 20 talk with Farmville. The
Southside will "get there, " by and by.
Mr.. W. II. Richardson was busy
last week in the wheat field. He is
gratifed with the yield and the quality
is excellent.
Prof Jones, of the Normal faculty,
will take i'm the 81. Louis Exposition.
and then visit his home in the far
West.
If Our country friends are given good
roads as well as postonices and tele-
phones, our cities and towns will soon
be relieved Of their unnatural and I'M
healthy congestion.
Nobody has said anything about the
outlook for watermelons this season.
The Georgia variety came i'm on SEIZED.
ule time and is still a coming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Handley and little
daughter, Ruth, of Richmond, were on
a visit this week to their father, Mr..
Len Amos, of Cumberland.
Excursions are the order of the day.
Why not divert some Of them this way?
The proper sort Of course, and none
others. The law protects against the
undesirable class.
Miss Reynolds, Of the Normal faculty,
is visiting friends in Abingdon. She
will 90 from there to Emory and
Henry where she will teach for a
month.
The public is asked to witness com
petitive drill by the Guard tonight in
the armory. The drill will be contest
for three gold medals. The delivery Of
these will be by Dr. Anderson.
Mr.. G. W. Watson and family, Of
Taro, were in town on Monday. They
came principally to have the little girls
put i'm permanent picture form. They
made no mistake in selection Of an ar
fist.
Mention of the cultivated blackberry
has often been made i'm the Herald, and
now that we have recently had the
pleasure of eating some choice ones and
know how good they are, we beg to re-
new our suggestion to the farmers to
20 to raising them.
Chickens Of reputable weight are still
bringing % cents, and at such prices,
surely there must be money in raising
chickens. Eggs have been keeping
step to the high notes, and why not
quit tobacco for at least n season and
20 into the chicken business
A visitor from Farmville, who at
tended services at Spring Creek church
on last Sunday, was very much inn
pressed with the large number Of new
vehicles and well kept horses he saw.
He insists that conditions must be
improving in all that neighborhOOd.
Mr.. J. Y. Phillips called at the Her
aid Office on last Friday, and says he
never saw as poor crop outlook on the
road from his home to Farmville as
now, but added that one Of the best
crops Of tobacco he ever raised gave
poor promise as late as August lst.
We beg again TO say that the best
way 10 drive dizziness ont Of the sum
mer market is to advertise special bar
gains. If you know ola bettermedium
than the columns of the Herald through
which to reach the buyers Of this sec
ton, we would be glad to know Of it.
The resignation Of DR.. Mcllwaine,
as president of Hampdeu-Sipney came
as a great surprise to the people Of all
this section. The hope is universally
expressed that he will accept the
lighter and yet as honorable work
offered in connection with the conduct
of the school and still be with Us and
of us.
Burkeville seems determined to es-
tablish that creamery, and Burkeville
is right. There are already several
manufacturing centres there at which
labor 81. prontably employed and there
/. room for many, many more. And =
frw wouldn't uucomtortahly crowd
Fanuville.
our farmers have been busy in the
harvest fields. and ihe weather has
been favorable. A good cron of clover
and other grasses is being saved, and
we hope yet To see the day when the
owners Of Southside Virginia soil may
know mo- such thing as the buying of
baled hay. They are self sustaining,
and the world ought to know it.
Rev Mr.. Maxwell, who is in charge
of the Presbyterian Orphanage near
the city Of Lynchburg, spent Sunday
i'm Farmville, and addressed the teach
ers and scholars of the Presbyterian
church i'm the interest of that noble
refuge for helpless children. The
beautiful charity is Of recent origin, but
gives promise Of rapid growth and
good work.
Rev. Dr. Somerville, Of Baltimore,
preached at the Presbyterian church
on last sunday morning and evening
and at the Minnie Overton Chapel In
the afternoon Of the same day. At the
evening hour at the Presbyterian
church the regular union services were
held and there was a large audience,
represen tatiyes of all the churches
i'm attendance. DIR. Somerville Is an