The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-04-27
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.


The Song OF the White Pickanny
Every one works but father.
And be- can't set place
As mother works Tor scvcnC-lyc
And boats him in the race
There s brother Joe and Sister Ann
They work Cor forty cents
So there's nothing left Tor the dcar Obj man.
But the top rail of the fence
Miss Mary Tucker is visiting her Sis
ter, Mrs. 4. ". Leuca,e, in Peters
burg.
Rev. j. Maxwell Robeson Will preach
AT Johns Memorial church next Sun
day morning.
MIR. H. NJ. Whitehead, of Bristol,
Tenn, is ON "a visit this week 10 his
mother and friends in FamtIlle.
lfyou want TO vote for Congress
man next fall pay your 1905 poll tax
ON or before May 9TH.
After long, houorcd and useful
career, Captain II. r.. rettu-. of Mener-
run, died ON the 18th instant
Mr.. Frank T.. Henderson, of Chat
ham, Va, Will supply the place of
Mr.. c. Sohre, who is north ou busi-
ness.
Mr.. Geo y. Lindsay, who formerly
resided az Scottwood, is BOO Mexico,
being general manager of "a big min-
ing company.
Keep i'm mind the entertainment to-
night at the Opera House which is for
the benefit of the Daughters of the
Confederacy.
Ice and frost for ned Monday night
i'm this section, and the report, have it
that early vegetables and fruit were
greatly damaged.
Mr.. II. w Walker has purchased
the lot adjoining the residence of Mrs.
Erambert ON Third street, on which he
Will erect am attractive residence.
Farmyille played its first match
game of base bail Wednesday, when
the home team won over the Cluster
Springs Academy by score of9 10 ].
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Farmyille Presbyterian church, clear
ed something over one hundred dol
lars at the birthday party given m
their lecture room Friday night.
Rev. j. II. Davis went TO Burke
Vile yesterday to attend am educa-
tional meeting held there last night
at which State Superintendent Eg-
gleston made am address.
Miss Mary Anderson reached home
from California, where she had been
the past month with aparty offueuds
touring the Pacific coast She wa,
i'm San Francisco only few day, bee
fore the great earthquake disaster.
1t will be very generally regretted
that the ice plant project which had
proceeded as far as organization and
the purchase of "a suitable lot, has
been abandoned, and the anticipation
of a plentiful supply Of the summer
luxury at cheaper-than-usual prizes
need not longer be INDUCED
For the many Herald readers who
have not access TO the newspapers Civ
ing daily accounts of the san Fran
cisco horror, we publish the fun re-
ports down To the path. We are sure
this will prove interesting reading to
many of our esteemed rural ,ubscrib-
ers.
\ telegram was received here Mon
day from Mr.. d. Burton Blantou, who
with Mrs. Blanton, was i'm san Fran
cisco at the time of its devastation last
week. They were stopping at the
Palace Hotel which was entirely COM
sumed by fire after the terrible shak-
ing. The telegram was sent from Los
Angeles on sunday, Mr.. and Mis-.
Blanton having taken refuge u that
beautiful city.
There is no moral support equal to
the sincere affection of those whom
we honor and respect The love and
admiration of ones friends keeps one
striving to live zap TO the glorious ideal
that they have created. There are
men and women who can scarcely
exist withoutencouragementand sym
pathy, these wonderful soul tonics that
keep one brave and strong. 1t is the
life duty of every individual to pass
through each day as smilingly as life
will permit and 70 give TO Others what
one Graves oneself There is no day
so gray with Clouds that it cannot b'
made brilliant and beautiful 10y the
tender words of friend or the light Of
a smile.