The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-06-23
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.
Nothing Dolne

They say that Hyde viii sink from view
Because he's pat to rout,
But 30 these Things can AN bc true
What wall We talk aboutf
II has been almost hot enough for
the soda water man
Famville lithia doesn't require ice
TO make it drinkable.
Dr. Crute and bride returned Tues
day from their bridal tour.
The farmer who rests well at the
dinner hour wastes no time
The man who works these days
from "sun TO sum gets in "a full days
work.
When completed the Fanmville
electric plant will be inferior to none
i'm the State.
Miss Nellie Johnson returned home
Wednesday after a pleasant visit TO
the country.
Mrs. Leon Jones and daughter,
Miss Mary, Of Alabama, are visiting
Mrs Ellen Jones, ofthis town.
Captain ID. Burton Blanton, of Brook
lynn, y. y. spent few days during
the week past with relatives in Farm
vile.
The Famville Base Ball Club went
TO Crewe Wednesday and played the
local team there, winning a score Of
10 tol.
The ceaseless grind of the Famville
mills reminds us that if we would
get there" we must be cup and
doing" Not systematically but -ys-
tematically.
4 lady manager for the Students
Boarding Club of Ilmmpden-Sidney
College is desired. Applicants should
address Prof j. r. Thornton, Hamp-
den-Sidney, Va
II the mercantile business is not
quite so active just now remember
that the farming business is more SO
and the merchants will have their
inning after the harvest days have
come
Men ought to be grateful for kind
ness shown them and like our resi- ect-
ed friend, Mr.. Louis ID. Jones ought
to "say So" If others are MOTTO know
it. gratitude is like shut-out sm-
beam.
"A dry June for good corn crop
and yet the cry Of "dry, too dr." is
abroad i'm the land. XII the grass and
then hope for the "atter rain" when
the crops may spread all over the
fields.
Chief FOCUS knows how TO use the
raw-hide on youthful eyildoers, both
mercifully and effectively. lie had
the duty to perform Tuesday morning
on small colored boy who had been
convicted OF stealing
The Carnival is on the go again but
Farmville will hardly put i'm bid for
one. Farmville ought TO have Fair
in October, however. Ifyou think so
suppose you lead Off The Herald has
taken the initiative often enough.
If ever you become dissatisfied with
conditions in Farmyille visit 20 or
more towns of like size in your own
State and you will come back desper-
ately in love with your own town. IT
is the very best town Of its size i'm Vir-
ginia.
Now that we know the day Of the
primary the aspirants will become i'm
tensey active They will feel that
they have reached the quarter
stretch" and all depends on the mo-
ment Here is to the good health OF
the winners.
Governor Montague will make an
address at Cumberland Courthouse
next Tuesday court day and that
night he will speak 10 a Famville
audience at the Opera House. 1t
is needless to say that a full house
will greet the Governor here.
We would be glad to see some good
riding horses introduced into our COM
munity. Horseback is the manly
way Of moving about i'm the country.
A good stopper is vastly superior to
the auto. Our fathers rode on horse
back and had bright spurs and black
boots
Morris Glover, the noted chicken
thief whose operations are said to
have extended the length Of the Nor
folk and Western Railway, was cap
tured here Monday night The arrest
was made 10y Mr. b. ). Hooper and
the next morning Glover was given
six months for vagrancy.
Mr.. w. NJ. Duvall boasts of one of
the finest garden spots i'm Farmyille. He
claims 10y some days earlier vegetables
than others, and for "a week past has
been supplied with well matured corn
and cucumbers, with tomatoes ripen-
ing on the vines.
We can remember when it was con-
sidered unusually early i'm the season
to have roasting ears from local gar
dens on July 9TH. Mr.. w. IL. Rich
ardson presented as with a basketful
OF as fine ears as ever matured i'm Au-
gust, and he says he has been eating
corn from his garden for ten days
The horse has one strenuous time Of
it in fly time. Watch him and you
will be impressed with the fact that
the fight against the pest is an inces-