The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-04-19
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.
Lies Lesson.

And the rose goes blooming along.
And the robin. forever Disgusting
His grief hlls the valleys with song.
On yesterday morning ice formed in
places not exposed To the Sun.
Miss Edna Price, Of Roanoke, was
the guest Of Miss Daisy Davis this
week.
Probably what Jack Frost failed to
Kill or blight before it attended to yes
terday morning.
We invite attention to the cost sale
OF Messrs. Payne d Friend advertised
in this issue of the Herald.
Mr. and Mrs. Beverley X. Winston
spent Sunday in Crewe visiting the
home Of her parents.
Mr.. George Butcher, a well-known
citizen Of this county, has connected
himself with the firm Of Messrs. Chas.
Bugg Il Son.
The friends Of Dir. White will be
sorry to learn Of his painful accident.
lie slipped and fell on his back porch,
sustaining a broken rio.
Mr.. b. NJ. Cox has moved with his
family into the new home. At night
when the electric lights are all burn
ing it presents a brilliant appearance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Landon A. Hooper, Of
Bluefeld, W. Va, are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. George Richardson, Of Farm
Vile.
Did you plant a tree ON Arbor Day?
Farmville ought to have planted an
acre Of trees TO make some amends for
her reckless cutting down Of shade
trees
Last Sundsy the weather was yaria-
ble. In the morning it was bleak and
cold with occasional flurries Of snow
and in the afternoon the sun shone as
bright as on May day.
Remember ifyou wish TO vote on the
coming November election you must
pay yonr capitation tax by the 5th Of
May. Veterans Of the Civil War are
not required to pay the tax.
Every one who witnessed tho per-
Torrance during last season will re-
member "Tne Missouri Girl" as
clean, wholesome, mirth provoking
comedy. The company returns to the
Opera House on Thursday evening,
May 2nd.
Hon. J. ID. Eggleston, State Super
intendent Of Public Instruction, while
on his way to attend a meeting
Of the Board at Blacksburg, was called
to the bedside Of his father, DIT. Joseph
d. Eggles'on. Dr. Eggle-ton's con-
dition is regarded as serious.
Mr.. T. O. Sandy gol mixed up with
"big bugs down at Pinehurst lie
other day, and We ore quite sure that
he told them more Of practical farming
than they had ever known before. The
man who does things is tie nan to
tell how to do things.
The ladies Of Farmville aTc about to
lnaugurate what promises % be the
most strenuous fight ever made in the
interest Of temperance. The bugle is
sounding, the lines are forming, the
ranks are filling and the music Of bat
tie will soon be heard and its shock
felt.
Did it ever occur to you TO stop and
ask how much John Wanamaker pays
out for advert sements each day? Is
he not a success as merchant? Isn't
he widely and well enough known to
stop advertising? But he increases
the outlay. Suppose you catch on to-
his ticks. 1t pays him and it will pay
you.
Up in a Pennsylvania town they
have what is known as a black list Of
known incorporates, and the poor
fellows can't get a drink at any coun-
ter. Rather 8 good idea. May be our
dispensary authorities might get one.
This town isn't in the liquor business
for the money there is in it. BY no
means.
Exposition month is on US. The
crowd will soon begin TO rush in. Get
your houses in order and be ready to
entertain the stranger. This is Virgin
las seed time, her opportunity, and If
behooves US all to take part in the sow
ing and the selling and then we will
rejoice together at harvest time.
Miss Woodruff, Of the Normal
staff, is the queen Of arranging for at
tractiye entertainments. Her last at
the auditorium on the evening Of the
18th was a brilliant success. The
girls and boys had been admirably
well trained and acquitted themselves
most creditably. These entertain
ments are instructive as well as en-
tertaining.
Mrs. Martha Sharpe, Of Bristol, Va,
announces the marriage Of her daugh-
ter, Ida, to Mr.. Walter James Cox.
The ceremony was performed at half
after O'Clock last Wednesday after
noon. Mr.. Cox is son Of our towns
man, Mr.. George f. Cox, and form
er attache Of the Herald. His bride
once attended the Normal School here
where he first met her. They will re-
side in Crewe.
The Missouri Girl, Fred Raymond's
famous comedy, which pleased our
theater-goers 50 immensely last year,
will play return engagement at the
n.,~o U,rrua Vfffc announcement