The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-10-14

the summer IN the mountains, has re
turned 10 Mrs. Wade's for the winter
You might begin selecting and max
ing Nmas presents. 1t is just a few
days over two months i'm the future.
Are there more attractive drug stores
in any town of like size than are to b,
found in Farmville? We trow not.
Miss Bessie Gillian left Friday, an
Of October, to take charge Of her school
which will open the 10th, in Augusta
county.
All new cash subscribers can have
the Herald for the rest Of the canyass,
the balance Of the year and all of 1906
for one dollar.
Roasted chestnuts are vastly better
than "biled" chinquepins. They are
with us again and to stay, at least for a
season.
The old freight depot Of the Norfolk
and Western looks lonesome and sad
in these days Of startling changes and
progress.
The Presbyterian church Of Farm
vile, has just been furnished with II
new organ. The ladies Of the church
bought 1t. OF course they did.
Mrs. r.. a. Booker left Monday night
for Cambridge, Md, where she was
Gale on account Of the sudden death
of her brother.m-law Mr.. j. II. John
son, of that city.
When Mr.. Richard Cunningham left
for Washington, where he has secured
responsible and attractive position in a
bank, Farmville lost one Of the most
valuable Of her young business men.
Spring would be but gloomy wealth
er if we had nothing else but spring."
but we some how feel that if the Oc-
tober perfect days could be projected
throughout the year, we would not ut
ter a protest.
Mr.. Southall VII next time get all
the votes in Amelia, Prince Edward and
the other counties Of the district. And
all this without the aid of Doodle or the
spell binder. A clean canvass, a clean
cut victory.
DR.. McIlwaine and family left on
Monday last for their new home in
Richmond. They will be sally missed
from our religious and social circles.
The good wishes Of our people, regard
less of conditions in life, go with them.
"There isn't iron enough in all the
world to make the rails" so said the
Governor of Virginia when he was APP
approached. on the subject Of a railroad
between Fredericksburg and Rich
mond. What would the old worthy
If he was living in this our day?
A friend who had not walked the full
length of our Main street for a year
strolled lelsurely up and down it the
other day and said that he felt like a
stranger in a strange land. He had
been told of the many and marked
changes but the "half had not been
told him.
The meeting which has been in
progress at the Methodist church dur
ing the past week, closed on last Mon
day night, when the pastor made n
touching, tender appeal to his hearers
to "acquaint themselves with God and
be at peace" More faithful preaching
has meyer been done in the history of
Farmville and Goods word will not
return unto Him void"
Mr.. A. A. Cox, now the veteran
liveryman Of Farmville, has a noble
bay, over whom to hold the reins is a
positive luxury. The animal is feet
of foot and Of powerful endurance He
reminds us Of steamboat" the "Lit-
tie Bay" the shapely and swift Gray"
and Others Of by-gone days. The auto
mobile will never relegate some horses
TO the rear.
Things are lively about Prospect at
l:2O p. m. Of each day when Messrs.
Garden, Chick and Wilkerson start
out ON their different rural routes with
mail for each mans door. Now let
the telephone ring be heard in each
home, and much of the objection to
living in the country has been remov-
ed. With good roads the year round
and the cities and towns would soon
empty themselves and crowd the coun-
try places. "God made the country"
but as we said recently, quoting from
another, "men made the country
Soon after he came to Farmville, a
Of the newly elected cashier OF
the First National Bank approached
him and said, "you have a splendid
bank reputation to maintain, and the
maintaining Of a reputation IL as hard
work as the making Of one" He said,
Eyes / know that and am honored in
being put in charge Of such a financial
institution, but | left n Of whose
record / am in no wise ashamed, Two
years since we organized the Waverly
bank with a capital Of $4,000, and at
the close of its second year we had &C
cumulated a surplus Of $4,000 anu
our deposits had reached $l2O,OOO.'
So that he has made an enviable repu-
tation and will no doubt maintain an
other.