The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-12-16
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.


Miss Annie Jameson returned
Monday to her home.
Mrs. Moore, OF South Carolina, was
the guest Of Miss Laura Anderson.
Mr.. Robert Switzerland, from V.
NJ. l., was here few days this week.
Mr Henry Anderson, OF Richmond,
was here attending the wedding.
Mrs. Rosa Gray left Wednesday for
her home In North Carolina.
We are grieved to hear Of the illness
Of Mrs. Humphreys.
A number Of those haying northerly
exposed ponds have been gathering ice
this week.
The snow storm which began early
yesterday morning fell to the depth Of
several inches.
The Episcopal Guild cleared some
thing more than $25 90 from the oyster
supper last Friday night.
Mr.. Hugh O'Gara, ofCovIngton, Va,
has been with his Farmville friends
the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. T. Kilt, Of Norfolk,
were at the home of Mrs. Wade this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. Scott Martin re-
turned home Monday from their bridal
tour through the South.
Messrs. John Dickinson and NJ.
Dance Spencer, OF Charlotte county,
were in town on Monday.
Is there man, woman or child you
don't speak to? Suppose you give him
or her yOuf hand as christmas gift"
Mrs. Jno. r. Martin, who was recent
ly operated on in Washington by DR..
Vaughan, is reported as almost entirely
vel
Thanks for the new and smooth
pavement. Let the good work go on.
Thanks for more rock on the macadam.
"On with the dance"
If you are going to make good reso-
luton on the lst day Of the year why
not begin now? You can put it to the
test by that time.
Bishop Randolph will visit Johns
Memorial church on next Sunday
morning at IL o'clock. There will be
preaching and the confirmation service.
The Church's doors will be open to all.
The year hsstens to its close and
you may have resolved to do some one
thing this year that you haven't yet
done. Hurry up and flush it before
the last sun Of 1904 goes down.
If you are going to send the Herald
for 1905 to an absent friend you can be-
gin now, and dollar will carry you to
lst of January 1906. And remember
that the Trades Edition will be worth
more than the dollar.
Don't forget the servants at this gift
season. They know and appreciate a
courtesy just as Others do, and it is
right hard to properly estimate the
value of faithful one. Not many Of
that kind, it may be, but there are a
few at any rate
christmas gift" We give out the
announcement this early in advance
80 our friends will not be hurried In
selecting the gifts they wish to send
US. And if any Of them are perplexed
as to what is best and wish to save the
trouble Of looking they are perfectly at
liberty to send Uncle Sans currency.
"The poor always with you" at this
season as well as at other times OF the
year. And now the cold is here too,
and with it suffering for food and fuel.
He who gives quickly gives twice. Seek
them out AID you will soon know they
are not hard to find. All may not be
worthy, but many are. You need not
make mistake.
We saw advertised some where re-
Gently family dish washer. Some
one Of our enterprising dealers should
hunt it up and have it in stock. 1t has
been long felt want. One Of our busy
house keepers was heard to say re-
Gently, 81 don't mind the cooking but
do have a growing horror against
dish washing" They have a gem in
use at the Normal.
At this season Of the year the adver-
Using columns Of the big dailies look
bewitching to the owners Of less pre-
tentious papers, and we take this oc-
casion to say that ads in the weekly
journals pay in proportion to their cost
lust as we'll as those in the larger Issues.
1t isn't too late to call special atten-
ton to some special thing you may
have in your stock appropriate to the
happy Xmas time. Come in and Sc
lect your position and ask for prices.