The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-09-07
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.


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Mrs. T. W Gillian has returned
home after pleasant isit 10 friends
in AppomattoX.
Miss Sallie Womack has commcnc-
ed her school near Blucheld.
Miss John Gill, Of Huntsville. Ala,
is visitiug Mrs. Eugene GILL;
Miss Bessie Mayc Gillian ha, ace
cepted her same school ut Overly, Va.
Miss Matte X. Amos has returned
To Roanoke 10 resume her school du-
ties.
NJ IS Mary q. Wade, of Richmond.
is guest in the home of Mrs. Virginia
Wade.
Mr.. Asa Fauar, of Jacksonville
Fla, is visiting his mother and friends
Of FamNille.
Mr.. w. r. Burger, of Bluciicld, W.
Va, is ON visit 10 his parents, Mr.
and Mrs W. IL. Burger
With a continuation Of good weather
the growing crop of tobacco will be a
very good one, We are told.
Mr.. G. r.. Ripberger, of Blackstone,
paid "a short visit last Monday To his
brother, Mr.. +. NJ. Ripberger.
Dr. y. G.. Vaughan and wife. of
Cincinnati, have been spending the
past week with relative, in this town.
Relccca. the little daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. f.. ID. Lipscomb, who has
been very DO, i, reported 10 bee ont of
danger
David II. Stuart, of the O.. =. Naval
Academy, is spending months fur
Tough with his parents, MT. and Mrs.
Walter stuart.
Mrs. Emma Holman and daughter,
Miss Anne returned 90 their Norfolk
home last Saturday after month
spent IN Farmlille.
Turn out next Tuesday and vote in
the special election for OF against tire
increased school levy Of 10 ceutson the
one hundred dollars.
Mrs. X. II. Cowan and little daugh-
ter. Louise, are visiting n the home
Of her parents, Mr. and Mr., G. r..
Kennedy, Of Amelia county.
The public is cordially asked 90 ate
tend The inspection Of the Farm,iIle
Guard 10 be held in the Armory ON
Monday night next, the 10th.
Mrs. Hugh O'Gara and son, Benia-
min Riyes Hooper, of Coviugtou, Va,
are visiting relatives in Farm,ille, and
are at present guests of Mr.. and Mrs
G.. II. Bliss.
Miss Eula Atkins, of blackstone,
spent short while in Farmyi.lc last
Monday en- route to Cumberland.
While here she was the guest of Mrs.
:. A. Bondurant.
Mr. f. NJ. Bugg has purchased the
residence of Mr.. G.. b. Cunningham,
ON High street Mr.. Byerley will oc-
eupy the house vacated by Mr.. Bugg
and Mr.. Cunningham moves into the
one ON Main street left by Mr. Dyer
ley.
Il is reported that "Railroad Bill,
one Of the undiscovered negroes want
ed for the murder Of Mr.. John Grubb,
has passed and repassed Famyille a
number of times recently. We do not
know, however, from whence the re-
port came.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan W. Bell, of
Prince Edward, have announced the
marriage of their daughter, Miss Mary
Elizabeth, to Mr. Nathaniel Jones
Palmer, of Milton, y. G.. The cere-
mony Will take place on Wednesday,
September 18th, at Villa Formosa, the
home Of the bride.elect's parents.
Mr.. Morris Robson, brother of our
townsman, Mr.. George VI. Robeson.
paid a short visit TO Famvillc this
week Mr.. Robson has lived in
South Africa for a number of years
where he has been wonderfully sac
cessful i'm the pursuits Of his profess on
that Of mechanical engineer. lie left
Farmyille Wednesday, and will sail in
the next few days for his far-oH home.
A little white boy about eleven or
twelve years Of age was taken from "a
freight train here one night this week.
He had been discovered cheating a
ride and the humane conductor in-
stead of putting him Off i'm the night,
brought the little fellow ON To Farm
Vile and turned him over 20 the po-
lice. There was nothing t0 do but 10
lock him up. The boy said his home
was i'm Dunn, y. c., and that since
leaving il he had been at work i'm Bed
ford City. He is held here until the
results of an investigation of so small
a chap being away from home.
First Brick Laid.
At 40 minutes past O'Clock ON last
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