The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-08-16

| Mr.. John Holman ana VIE, OF Nor
folk, have been spending the week in
Farmvlle, staying at the Prince Ed
ward.
Mr.. Howell Richardson has moved
his residence from Lis farm near town
to the home Of his parents on High
street.
Mr.. f. G.. Wade is attending this
week house party at Charlotte c.
H., in the home Of Mr.. d. q. Eggles-
ton.
Mrs Pierce, Of Aryonia, who has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. Waller
Garnet, returned to her home last
week.
Mr. William Holman, travelling
salesman, and native Farmvillan,
enjoyed the week visiting old
friends hereabouts.
Heavy rains have visited this sec
ton during the past week coming in
the nick-o-time to be of good to the
growing crops.
Mis- NJ. Virginia Blant0n has re-
turned from New York where she
has been visiting her uncle, Capt. ID.
Burton Blanton since June first.
Miss Rosa +. Blanton with her
nieces, Misses Virginia and Emma
BIanton visited the exposition last week
and then spent few days at Ocean
View.
Misses Mamie and Bessie Wade
left last week with party Of friends
to attend the Exposition, and will also
spend week in y. Y. city sight see
ing.
The Entertainment Course for
Farmville will offer its first number
this season in October and the last in
March. There will be one a month,
and six in all
Mrs. f. Scott Martin will be one Of
the twenty Virginians invited by Gov
ernor and Mrs. Swanson 10 attend the
dinner given i'm honor of the Swedish
Prince at Old Point.
Rev. II. NJ Fugate, pastor-elect OF
the Farmville Baptist Church, will
arrive here tomorrow and enter per
manently upon his work His family
will Join him here some weeks later.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bonham, Of Rich
mond. are visiting Dr. aud Mrs. Mes
senger. Mr.. Bonham will be remem-
bered as having taught in the Sum-
mer Normal here last year.
Prof. VIM. H. Whiting, Jr, Pro-
fessor Of Latin and German at Hamp-
den-Sidney is spending a few weeks
in Clarke county, Va. lie has been
greatly improved in health.
Clerk Adams, Of the county court,
has been taking in the Exposition
sights this week Mr.. Frank Verser
accompanied him, and you may know
that they had good time.
Rev. DIR. Graham, of Davidson
College, y. G., a brother Of Rev. Mr..
Graham, Of this place, has been called
TO the pastorate Of the Lexington
Church, one Of the most important
charges within the bounds Of the
Synod.
Among the COURSES TO be Offered at
Hampden-Sidney College next year
will be an attractive course in Biology
by DIR. Stephenson Smith a specialist
in that most important work An
nouncement has been made that the
course in Bible Studies and Christian
, Evidences will be taught by Presi-
dent McAllister.
DIR. Elmer +. Jones, who went Ia
Cape May for rest and recuperation
, after the closing of the Summer Nor
NAL. has been called to the old home
place at Hastings, Nebraska, on nc
count of the extreme illness Of his
mother. A letter from DIR. Jones to
frien d here states that his mother was
81 better at the time Of the writing.
The weather Of late has been ex.
ceedingly bad on horses having to
work. Last Monday Messrs. Zim-
r norman Bros. had the misfortune to
j lose a valuable animal from overhead.
The horse had not been driven hard,
aud yet the weather was so oppressive
that he was overcome and dropped by
3 the side Of his companion in harness.
DR.. Alfred j. Morrison is spending
3 some weeks on his farm near Middle
town, Va. DR.. Morrison has recently
: written a history Of Halifax county
Va. book which has just been issued
3 from the press aud one that is receiv-
ing most favorable notice DR.. Morri-
son will return to Hampden-Sidney
this fall to make his home there.