The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-06-17

Mrs. b. W. Dodsou, of Danville, and
Mrs. W. W Hamilton, Of Martusville'
have been at the bedside Of their sis
ter. Mrs. G. G.. Cowan.
Since being attended TO by the ladies
our cemetery looks like another place.
Improvements are noticeable on every
hand.
A called meeting Of West Hanover
Presbytery will be held IN the lecture
room of the Presbyterian church next
Tuesday afternoon Al 3 O'Clock.
sugar is still cheap. Put up pre-
enough to last all winter. They
will save meat bills and contribute TO
health.
Major J. W. Otley, who has spent the
past winter on the coast Of California,
arrived here Monday afternoon, and af-
ter a couple Of days with Farmville
friends, left for Kentucky.
The east end of Farmville must be
the home of our best garden spots and
gardeners. The earliest and largest cab
bages heard from this year were grown
i'm the garden of Mr.. IL. X. Bullock.
The Times Dispatch Of Sunday re-
ported George W. Bragg, proprietor Of
the Richmond Steam Laundry, and
well known to the people Of Farmville,
as being critically in.
The big white horse whose familiar
form was daily seen hitched to the
southern Express Company's delivery
wagon. died last Sunday after a pain
ful illness from collie.
Messrs. Leslie FOCUS, Edloe Spencer
and Clarence Sutherland have been at
tending Buckingham court .his week
As witnesses i'm the case of the Com
monwealth against Woodbridge and
Forbes.
Farmville's shade trees are invaluable.
Let's have some more Of them Farm
ville's clearly appearance is subject OF
favorable comment Let's make IL
more so; Farmville's health record is
good. Let's make it better.
Did it ever occur to you that the Isl
day Of May and Christmas day Away
fall on the same day Of the week
Prof. Winston, of Richmond college
saws il is a mathematical necessity
Curious fact at any rate.
Miss louie NJ orion left on yesterday
for an extended stay in Europe, where
she will prosecute art studies. Mis-
Smithev. Of the Normal faculty
will also go on same vessel and con
tinue the study of German and French
Farm products are still selling at un
usually good prices, aud there are n
strikes among farm laborers. The,
have sense enough TO make hay Will
, the sun shines and not TO kill the COOS
that LAYS the egg What would thi
, old world be without farmers anyhow
With the active assistance of our col
respondents, to whom we beg here an
, now to express our gratitude, there WI
o not be a dull issue Of the Herald durin
b the ordinary dull summer time, an
p Notwithstanding that we feel lonesom
p now that el the girls are gone.
In tins day Of invention it Is rigf
difficult 70 know just how 20 plan Il
the future with reference to busins'
ventures. We have hardly strung oil
telephone wires before it is announce
: that the wireless telephone is alread
an accomplished fact. And what IA
can we make Of the wires?
Don't we miss the N0rmalites {
e course we do. The Confederate soldie
e standing az a Stonewall " on gual
Is over them. seems to feel their absenC
The grass on the lawn is not so gree
without them, nor the flowers so fai
l. nor the trees so shapely. Homes a
happier, however, and may Heaven
e. benedictioDs rest on them whether
home or absent.
e The time will come when we
e FarmvIlle will regret that Hampde
l. Sidney was not more az object Of o
'' love and care. At least two hundr'
e of us should have attended the Cor
-mencement exercises just closed. do
lars and cents enter largely into u
!. transaction to say nothing of sentinier
. sunday in Farmville WIS an id'
nj summer day, a perfect day in June
The light was soft and sweet, the
X bracing and oil the world Of natu
.u and Of men, women and children see'
~ ed glad and grateful. Surely we m
saw that "the lines have fallen unto
he i'm pleasant places, and ours is a good
nv ~
re heritage
a The Daughters Of the Confedera
held their last regular meeting at N
We Ellen Berkeley's. At this meeting I
he new members were added to I
of Chapter. We would like to see mi
.or of the members attend these meetin
Come and bring IN a new menu
The next meeting will be held at NJ
w. Ii. Burgers next Thursday All
noon, at 4 o'clock
Rev. G.. w. S|ommerville, for six We
the assistant professor in Latin
Hampden.sidney College, later a Pm.
IS graduate Of Johns Hopkins Universe
.se ,,d nov, nastor of the church of