The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-12-09
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Kilt, Of Norfolk, have been in tow
several DAYS this week representing the
Security Life and Annuity Company
Of America.
We love to stand in the shadow rath
er the sunlight Of our soldier mOnu.
ment and look at the growing Normal.
Courage and culture in happy unison
Brave men and fair women make earth
the glsdder, the better.
What's wrong with our apples that
they no longer keep well? Our faith
ers had them all winter, and in great
abundance. We, their children are
eating northern apples from this time
on. Something wrong somewhere.
DR.. Johnson said that in Millions
opinion imam was born a rebel and
woman slaYe." We will not believe
that the moral king Of English liter
ature," as Carlyle called Milton, ever
entertained any such beastly thought.
Our winter wraps are on duty again,
our winter fires are burning, the even.
ings are long and it behooves us to
make them just as pleasant as possible.
The store has its uses but il IS no sub
stitute for the home when the business
hours are over.
We again call attention to the festi-
val which is to be given in the armoTy
tonight by the ladies Of Johns Memoir
ial Guild. 1t is for a most worthy
cause and we trust that large number
Of our people will avail themselves Of
the opportunity Of assisting.
Mr.. L. A. Hooper, Of Bluefield, W.
Va, and Mr.. II. Riyes Hooper, Of Pet
ersburg, Va, who arrived here Satur-
day last to spend few days hunting
with their brother, Mr.. b. s Hooper,
returned to their respective homes on
Monday, not being able to get out Oh
account Of the rainy spell.
Two little Prince Edward boys
brought their crops Of tobacco to town
one day last week and the one pOcketed
something more than $40 and the other
S2S and a fraction. 1t wasn't all work
with them either, for they had time for
play and went hunting with the rest
of the boys.
You will not exactly appreciate fully
the changes in Fsrmville during the
last two years until you see those photo
graphs in the Herald Trade Edition.
BY the way, in that issue we expect
the absent-boy columns to be most at
tractive We hope to have sketches
of the work Of those who have gone
from US to other wOrk-fields with their
once familiar faces in picture form.
There will be a series Of services held
in Johns Memorial Church next week
beginning Monday night at s O'Clock
and continuing till Friday night in
elusive. The features Of these services
will be; Gospel preaching, O'Clock
every night; and Bible readings every
afternoon at Ais O'Clock, beginning
Tuesday. All will be welcome.
If you didn't have that turkey for
your Thanksgiving dinner begin in
time to secure one for Xmas. II the
tame ones are too high maybe the
wild ones will give you chance by
flying low. The wild ia a good substi-
tute but there is no bird like the fat, |
tame turkey. Dressed with oysters
and we'll stuffed the dish is more than
fit for the gods.
Writing Of Milton, Birrell says: "a
poets soul must contain the perfect |
shape of all things good, wise and just.
His body must be spOtess and without
Dlemish, his life pure, his thoughts
high, his studies intense" This test
would rule out Byron from the list Of
poets and surely the list would not be
with his name left out.
In the recent election the vote of
Virginia was disgracefully small. Not
20, however, in the Farmville district.
the usual attachments Of ora
lorical and pyrotectnic displays, q bar
Decue, mass meeting, brass band,
a procession, our voters came quietly
10 the polls and did their duty as citi-
,ens Of country in which tax payers
are said to rule and in which they
could rule if they would.
An unusual amount of blowing has
been done this fall by the farmers of
this section, the hogs are fa., crops
nave been good, prices high. Now for
q merry Christmas time. And that
Doesn't mean that man must drink
more than one glass Of nog in order to
be merry. Temperate men, item perate
IN all things" are the merry men, the
happy men Of life.
II you will watch the advertising
columns Of the Herald week by week,
YOU will catch on to some catchy ads.
That kind always pays. Stagnsnt ads
like stagnant water lack freshness.
Tell the possible purchaser what you
have to sell and tell it cheerily, pleas
antly and with variation. The same
sermon repeated over and over would
be soporific rather than spiritual stimu-
liant. Change your announcement and |
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