The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-12-01
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.
Father


Guess how Oh IS Ann
You don't know. but DO
l'm her ola man
Pay your poll saN if you want b.
vote next spring
Mr.. Hugh c. Davis, Of Norfolk, was
in town this week
Mir. W. r. Holman, of Amelia, spent
Tuesday m.Farm,ille.
Misses Maude Chemault and Jennie
Price, Of Meheurin, spent several day
last week with Miss Daisy Davis.
MIR. and Mrs. ". II. Richardson
went 10 Richmond last Tuesday, re
turning the same day.
Our congratulations 20 both Mr. and
Mrs. j. Ashby Amistead. Tits a boy
lie arrived Friday night.
Mayor Blanton, Messrs. II. H. Pau
lett and II. II. Hunt We're among those
who went 10 Richmond yesterday.
The mammoth house erected for G
G.. Cowan's furniture store is complet-
ed and ready for occupancy.
Rev. :. G.. Hatcher, the new pastor,
preached morning and evening Of last
sunday TO the Methodist congregation.
The new First National building is
ready for occupancy, and Cashier
Long expects TO be in it early next
week.
Dr. buchanan, formerly Of Virginia,
but now of Arkansas, spent few days
Of this week in the home of DR.. and
Mrs. Jsrman.
Mr. Henry Hubbard, who does
everything well that he undertake.
even TO raising pigs-killed a number
ofhog, this week that averaged 235
pounds.
The fifteen year old son of Mr. VIII
liam Harper, who WAS kicked by a
horse at his home near Rice Depot
Sunday, died Monday morning from
his injuries
Thanksgiving Day was observed
i'm Farmyille more generally than ever
before. Every store was closed, the
banks did mo- business and the post
office observed SUNDAY hours.
The po,toiiice walls do look better
cleared Of the varied "lost' "strayed' '
and stolen advertisements. The
local papers for all such notices would
bc more appropriate. Get the habit.
Wednesday wss typical March
.inv. The wind blew and the sun
,houe springlike. Three such days in
succession would bring the frog from
hiding and give sportsmen the fishing
fever.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. :. Atkinson who
have been i'm Farmyille ten days train
ing the young and the old for
Echoes, " left Wednesday night for
Florence, Ala. where they have "a
similar engagement.
Tie ladies Of the Methodist Parson.
aye society will have M oyster supper
and also a sale of both useful and fan
cy articles ON Friday night, Dec. Sth.
S,it will he well not to select your
Xmas gifts before that time.
Mr.. D. b. Kelsey from South De
kota has purchased the attractive
non of Mr.. :. II. Bliss three miles
wesi Of Farmyille. Mr. Kelsey has
taken possession, having his family
with him. and Mr. Bliss has come 10
town 10 reside.
The handsome residence OF Mrs. ).
a. Cunningham has been purchased
by the Normal School authorities for
the home of the president. The nu-
merous friends of Mrs. Cunningham
will hear with regret other determine
ton 10 make her home elsewhere.
A clergyman once preached long
sermon from the the text: "IhOu art
weighed i'm the balance and found
wanting" After the congregation had
listened about an hour some began to
yet weary and went out; others soon
followed, greatly to the annoyance OF
the minister. Another person started,
whereupon the pars0n stopped his
sermon and said: "That is right, gen.
.lemen, as fast as you are weighed
pass OUT He continued his sermon
at some length after that, but no ons
disturbed him by leaving.
The newspaper is for everybody
and hence must publish something
for everybody. II you see something
which is of little interest TO you, re-
member that their are Others and
that the entire paper is not printed
especially for you. The very thing
that is dull and uninteresting 10 you
may be the best thing in the paper
for some other reader, and Other
readers have just as good a right to be
pleased as you have. There are whole
pages in the daily papers that are OF
no interest to us, but they are TO 9th.
ers. a paper which contained moth
ing but such matter as would interest
any one OF another Of us, would have
a limited number Of readers. There
are many people Of many minds and
the paper should have something foi
AN of them.
Death OF Respected Citizen.
Noah II. Blue, highly respected
coiored citizen Of Famville died last
sunday after prOtracted and painful