The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-09-16

OMr. Dugger's house in the west enc
Is going up rapidly.
Work ON the Normal buildings IL be.
ing pushed TO completion.
The Baptist parsonage has been very
much improved.
Mr.. w. d. Hammet. Of Birmingham.
Ala, spent Sunday in town.
MFR. Carter Myers, Of Petersburg,
made a short visit to town Sunday.
Miss Matte Buchanan has returned
10 her school work at Mr.. Dunnington's.
Mr.. w. p. Venable went to New
York TO attend the Bankers meeting.
Miss Eva Minor has returned for the
winter, Her studio will be back Of the
college this year.
Miss Nell Gray, who has been visit.
ing here, returned to her homein Cum
berland yesterday.
Mrs. Nunnaly Traylor, Of Newport
News. is visiting the family Of Mr.. ID.
l.. Traylor.
Mr.. A.. V. Russell returned last week
rom a visit to his mother in Abe
marie county.
Miss Vera Venable Vaughan has
gone TO Randolph-Macon Womans Col
lege at Lynchburg.
Rev. Mr.. Davis and family are now
snugly fixed i'm their attrac tive home
in the west end.
Miss Louise Twitty, Of Suffolk, who
has been a guest Of Miss May Paulett,
returned home yesterday.
Miss Hessie Chernault left Wednes-
day for Hampton where she will teach
in Syms-E Eaton Academy.
Miss Mary Douglas Gee, Of Peters
burg, returned yesterday after a pleas
ant visit to Mrs. w. p. Richardson.
A correspondent Of the News Leader
attributes the good health record Of
Farmville to the free use Of Farmville
lithia.
The sun shOne out bright and strong
after the ram, and this IL well, as the
tobacco crop has been by no means
housed as yet.
We are to have a barrel head and
stave factory started near town. Plenty
room for it and any number Of kin
dred industries.
Mr.. l.. j.. Verser has a pipe which
was carved out for him by a cOmrade
the war. more than 40 years
ago. 1t has not been on duty and
hence Is in perfect state Of preservation
There is nothing gloomy about the
Normal except the tone Of its bell. Its
ltterances are too slow, too mournful
and altogether too funeral. The school
must have a new bell, a clear ringing,
sweet sounding bell with tones as mer-
as that Of a wedding bell.
Col. Geo. Wayne Anderson is proud
If the soldier boys he had the honor Of
commanding on the bloodless field OF
he third Manassas. He went TO the
encounter with misgivings but return
ID singing the praises of the youthful
'eterans. And the Farmville boys
Ouched elbows and kept step with the
oremOst Of the comrades.
Ticket sales at the Norfolk and Wes-
ern office for half Of September have
,een a record breaker. One day, the
md, they amounted to S451 AZ, and for
he first Is days Of the month will ag-
more than : 1900. The Norfolk
nd Western is the largest tax payer
o the county, and we rejoice in its
very evidence Of prosperity.
Miss Minors music class is receiving
Instruction in the Smith cottage IN the
ear Of the Normal School. Miss Minor
cry generously offers to give lessons
rec Of charge to any deserving young
in or out Of the Normal School,
Tho is unable to pay for the instructions
nd who will apply on or after tine 18th
T October. The young lady applying
lust be ambitious and willing to do
xtra work in the line Of acquiring a
n0wledge Of her music.