The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-06-02

week i'm Farmville.
The colored excursion Monday {,
Lynchburg was well patronized, ane
on the whole it was one of the mos
orderly Of crowds.
How unhappy the lot of the board
ing house landlady. Strawberries ne
sooner get cheap than the boarders be-
gin TO kick for peaches and water
melons.
Tuesday, horse belonging TO Mr.
j. NJ. Wilson, being frightened, ran
down the railroad, and before he was
stopped, went one third the way across
the car bridge.
Mrs. P0rtia Morrison, who for years
was the popular matron Of the Nor
NAL School, is on visit to friends in
Farmyille. Mrs. Morrison resides now
in Brooklyn, y. Y.
An alarm of fire was caused Mon
day night about 10 O clock on account
of lamp exploding in the home of
Mrs. Wootton. Damage of little con-
sequence, rs the flames were quickly
smOthered.
We are not going to say good bye to
the Nomalites but look forward 10
the happy time when we may wei
come them again. May every mo-
ment of the vacation time be 'jeweled
with a joy" Farmville will await
your return impatiently.
The "auto" struck us at the right
time, the commencement season. AMI
we are glad to know that the daily re-
ceipts are satisfactory. There is al
ways room in Farmville for the use
full. Our folks are to the front and we
are going forward.
The tornado a. been doing its
deadly work out West again. Why
don't those exposed fellow citizens
come and nestle safely i'm the South
side Virginia nest? a warm wei
come awaits them, and a resplendent
future spreads before them.
The cut-worm is getting in vigorous
licks this season. One farmer told us
that the little pests followed him and
cut as fast as he planted. Another
has had to dig up all his watermelon
seeds and so it goes. The struggle
against life and for life is intense.
There were many tired backs in the
circles on last Satur-
day as the shadows of evening fell.
We don't blame some people for not
going TO church, the man who planted
tobacco all day Saturday and who had
six or more miles to ride to church.
While at Jetersville recently one Of
its citizens told us that 100 mules were
in hauling timber TO that
village day by day. And yet the
Amelia pine lifts its defiant head in
mid-air and clings TO its Unfading
green even amid the snow storms Of
winter
For the "sweet girl graduates we
have no sermon but sigh that they
will not return to us as school girls
again. Let them, however, come back
As the years come and 90 and converse
with cOngenial alumnae i'm the old
literary home and in the presence Of
the mother.
One more Sunday and the Normal
girls will be missed from our church
circles, sadly missed too as there are
no substitutes for their cheerful, re-
lining, inspiring presence. Praise is
always "comely" but it seems more
80 in association with fair flowers and
Aries, young womanhood.
Lest you forget we remind you that
he new audience room at the Nor
nal is known as Auditorium and not
Assembly Hall. The latter is a back |
lumber, the former up-to-date. Gov
Montague will be the orator for the
Normal Commencement. Farmville |
must contribute largely TO his au-
Hence.
DIR. Anderson's garden is one of the /
est kept and most productive in
own. He points to it with pride, and
lstiiiably so when the fact is known
hat since the middle Of May it has
Implied his table with beets, snaps,
eas. radishes, DC. He has now corn
n tassel, potatoes abloom and toma-
D vines ladened with fruit.
Advertising is one Of the greatest
f educational forces Education
means nursing the spirit Of inquiry.
he easy and the sensible way TO
)use this spirit in any human being
TO tell him Of something which he
Oes not know and which Will be
esrly to his advantage to know"
hats admirably well said. The man
mo has something valuable to offer
nd will tell his neighbOrs about it is
ublic benefactOr.
Most Of us shrink from the crosses
+ life. but there is no Confederate sol
Ter, worthy the name, who doesn't
lady and proudly wear the cross,
ne gift Of woman, without whose
resence on earth there would be no
ONES and no country worth the fight
x for. You neglected a sacred duty
nd missed an opportunity for self
Improvement. There is no place so 81
mt as the tomb, but the world thrills
it'll no more Of stirring sound than