The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-07-20

Sidney, will return to Farm,ille to
live.
Miss Louise Wootton has been en-
ployed TO teach in the public schools Of
Columbia :. c.
Prof l.. l.. Holiday, of the depart
ment Of Engineering in the University
Of Virginia, is in town.
Mrs. +. A. Blanton and son. of
Philadelphia, are visiting at the home
Of Mr. G.. NJ. Robson.
Mrs. b. f. Goode and little son, Jes-
Sc, of Leatsville, y. G., are visiting at
the home Of Mr.. {. G.. Bass.
a largenumber Of eNcursionists from
Petersburg, passed here yesterday ON
their way TO Natural Bridge.
The Methodists will have charge Of
the Union services next Sunday. They
will be held at the Baptist church.
DR.. J. NJ. McBryde, Jr., professor Of
English in the Sweet Briar Institute.
i'm Amherst county, was i'm town We'd
nesday.
Mrs. ;. G.. Hatcher has been pain
fully i'll Of blood-poisoning, occasioned
by pricking with a pin a pimple on
her arm
Prof. j. Thompson Brown, Jr., of
the department of English Litera-
ture in the University Of Virginia, was
in town yesterday.
Mrs. r. d. Burger, Of Birmingham,
Ala, who has been visiting at the
home Of Mr.. W. II. Burger, returned
home Saturday.
Mrs. Lucie II. Dahl, Of Chesterfield
county, who had been here on a visit
to her son, Mr.. +. p. Dahl returned
home last Tuesday.
Misses Beulah and Elizabeth Smith
son, the former, of Nogales, Ariz., the
latter, Of Mexico, are visiting at the
home Of M J. f.. Walton.
Rev. and Mrs. :. Harvey Johnson,
of buckingham Circuit, Virginia Con-
ference, spent Sunday night and Mon
day with Prof. f. p. Dahl.
Mr.. John G.. Richardson of Hay
market, has the best garden that we
have heard Of lie has heads Of cab
bage weighing 9 pounds and ripe
watermelons.
Mrs. Jno. Randolph Atwood Of
West Appomattox, and her two char
ming daughters, Misses Edith & nd |
Virgilia, are visiting Mrs. Robert |
Louis Freear.
Mrs. Paul and daughter, Miss Edna,
who for several weeks have been visit /
ing at the home Of Rev. :. G. Hatch
er, are preparing to 90 TO the woods Of
Maine for a vacation.
Mrs. W. f. Pratt and family, Of /
Buckingham courthouse, will move /
to Farmville about the first Of Septem- !
Der, and Will occupy the house Of Mr. /
John r. Martin on Buffalo street
The mass meeting Of tobacco grow
ers held here last Friday was well at
tended, and was addressed by Messrs.
John b. Allen, Of Tenn, G. y. Stacy,
of Amelia, and j. y. Morton, Of Prince
Edward.
We are glad to learn that Mr.. W. II.
Ewing, who is suffering from heart |
trouble is convalescent. lie will be
i'm his Office in a few days. Those
holding school warrants will please
send them in for payment
We hear that Prof. f. p. Dahl who,
some weeks ago, resigned the priuci- /
palship Of the High School here to ac /
cept similar position elsewhere, will |
beg of there likewise and enter the
mercantile business here.
Mr.. l.. Hart, Secretary Of the Nir-
ginia Press Association, attended the /
annual convention Of the Association,
at Chase City, and went on the Press
excursion to Boston. In his absence, /
Prof. O. b. Sears is gathering news.
Dr. A. W. McWhOrter, formerly Of
Pittsylvania county, Va, but now a
professor i'm the department of Greek
and Latin, George Washington Uni
versity, Washington, d. c., is a guest
al the Westover. Dr. McWhOrter is
here for the purpose of securing a To-
cation for his father, Dr. J. *. Nc
Whorter, recently Of Salem, Va. who
desires to practice medicine at hamp-