The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-01-06

4. Keeling. Of Petersburg, and Miss
Murry Chick were married AT Burke
Vile
o. W. G.. Darlington, a former Farm
vile resident, died at Charlottesville.
no. DR.. Mcllwaine and family left
for Richmond where they make their
future home.
Il. Arthur VI. Barrow, Of Bruins
wick, and Miss Elya Barrow, Of Farm
vile. were married. Mr.. :. \. Lantor
and Miss Jennie Sturman were mar
ried in the Masonic Temple.
lG The first killing frost visited this
section.
Is. W. r.. Noel and Miss Josephene
Payne were married in Manchester.
10. b. G.. Noel and Miss Ada Miller
were married 10y Rev. Mr.. Mcfarland.
70. The first fire alarm in many
months was caused by small blaze
at the WinsdOr Hotel.
n. Cinderella i'm FlOwerland was
presented for the second time 10 an en-
thusastic audience at the Opera House
under the direction Of Miss Woodruff,
of the Normal school faculty.
.. Sparks shows was given under
canvass here.
%. General Edgar Allan committed
suicide In RichuOnd.
NOVEMBER.
3. ID. J.. Leftwich delighted Farm
Vile audience under the auspices of
the Episcopal church.
4. Mrs. Sarah Ann Elliott died near
Darlington Heights.
.. Mrs. S. 4. Morton died at Abilene.
Mrs. VI. +. Holt died in the 18th year
of her age.
S. Election day-Republican land
slide in country at large.
9. John w. Foster died near Sandy
River in his 7ith year.
113. The first snow Of the season came
with considerable fury.
IA. A citizens meeting in the court
house approved issuing Of $1,000 Of
municipal bonds for enlarging electric
light plant Of the town.
10. 4. V. Russell was elected general
secretary of the y. NJ. G. ~, tosucceed
\. +. Howard, resigned.
n. Howard Skinner accidentally
shot and painfully wounded his little
brother while playing with a revolver
at the dinner table.
% Harry Spencer, eleven-year-old
son Of &. +. Spencer, died.
%. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Louis Free
ar celebrated their wooden wedding.
30. r.. :. Martin and Miss Mary
Booth Walker were married.
DECEMBER.
4. Rev. IT, Tucker Graham preached
his first sermon as pastor Of the Farm
willie Presbyterian church. Two fire
alarms caused excitement, but little
damage was i'm consequence, the
first being a small blaze in Henderson
Vaughan $ barber shop.
.. Joseph Carson and Miss Berdie
Spencer were married at Eureka Mills.
Z. Eugene Gill and Miss Susie Scott
were married.
IL. l.. ID. Jones and son. OfBucking
ham. were struck by freight train at
Bartlett Davis crossing, a short dis
lance west Of kamville. Mr. Jones |
was badly hurt.
II. b. :. Fem and Miss Laura An
derson were married at the home Of
her brother, Dr. W. f.. Anderson.
II. Mrs. j. w. Otley, well-known in !
this section, died in Nashville, Tenn.
n. Thos. W. Scott and Miss Eliza
beth Miller were married in Cumber-
land. Manson Lee, colored youth, |
met instant death near the passenger
station, being run over by a freight |
train.
-. Mrs. Fannie Berkeley Humph-
reys died in Lynchburg.
"A. Stormy Christmas eve, but UNI
precedented business done by mer-
chants of town.
%. Dark and rainy Xmas day.
y. James NJ Nenable and Miss
Mary l.. Moore were married at the |
home Of the brides parents.
81. Henry Brown. colored boy, was
accidentally shot and instantly killed. |
joyous bells, happy voices and the |
noise of cannon crackers welcomed |
the new year into our midst at the
midnight hour.