The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-03-29
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.
Waiting for Spring.

Mrs. Collier. OF New York, is visit
ing Miss Libby Bliss.
The Farmvilla posiogice remains in
charge Of Mr.. Cha~. Buss.
Mrs Noel, OF Lynchburg. is visiting
her sister, Mis-. ". T.. Davidson.
Sir. Hunter V. Baldwin, Of Man
chester. was in town yesterday.
Mis-, Eggleston. who has been vi,it-
ing Mr.. g. scott Martin. returned t.
her home I'm Charlotte last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. a. W. Walker return
ed saturday from weeks visit to
Richmond.
Good Fniay-ihe most solemn ofall
The days OF Holy Week, commemorate
F ing the crucihxion Of Christ.
Friday and saturday last were real
summer days. the thermometer rang
4 ing between So and so.
The Famyiiie Guard has had a
goolly number of accessions 20 lis
rank, during lne past two weeks.
Mis-, Bette Ner,er, of Luuenburg
county. a sister of our townsmau. Mr.
|L.J. Ner,er. died last Wednesday.
+ The contract Tor paving the side
walks Of FamVIlIe ha, been let, and
work will becommenced in a few days.
Mrs. g.. u. Bliss. who ha, been Si--
.iunc relative, in Fam,ile, returned
last saturday 20 her home in Jarratis.
Capt :. ~. Paulett Viii leave To-
morrow for Pittsburg. Pa. TO visit Dis
son. Vernon, who ga, receatly mer-
ried.
Mrs. Henry Oils, OF Buckingham
county. died last Tuesday after long
ILLNESS. She was formerly Miss ellis
pie.
Mrs. Weech. Of AlcNandfia. who
lectured here ON temperance TINS
week. wa, The guest Of Mrs. y. a
Gray.
Mis-, Hamiin. who ha, been visiting
her sister, Mrs. Raleigh Gillian, re-
turned last Tuesday o. her home in
Danyilie.
Complaints are constantly reaching
.his office of unnecessary delay, in the
delivery Of thc Herald rs rural route
carriers.
The soda water fountains, of th- town
have taken on new Die while the h3i
Chocolate boiler has taken a hlck -,et
for the season.
Their many friends viii miss from
the community MT. and N-s. j. VI.
Venable. who have gone 90 Atlanta
Ca. to make their future home.
I'm the absence Of any better plan
the town would DO well TO fit up the
courthouse basementas station house
for the use OF its police officers.
Prof Bidgood. Of the Normal faculty
is gathering facts bearing upon some
of the historic homes i'm and about
Farmville TO be used in connection
with the Normal exhibit al jamestown
The public road leading from Farm
Vile 10 the Hthia springs is unfit FOL
comfortable travel. and the Cumoer
land authorities might spend enough
Of their road appropriation to hll ih'
holes at least
The Rev ". b. Porter District IA
nerintendent Of sunday schools an'
Young Peoples Societies. will deliye
Am address on sunday school work a
the PRESBYTERIAN Church next Sunda.
evening.
Work ON the streets Of the tow
should be commenced as early in To
spring as practicable. Putting dow
grsnolithie in frosty weather has prov
en- inadvi,able. and we doubt not ou
council will guard against it.
That the summer normal school is
direct benefit u everyone Of any CON
muuitv i'm which it is held, cannot b
disputed. Then it behooyes all Of u
10 do all i'm our power TO insure fir
IL. establishment among usand neXti
make it a success.
Mrs. Wallace G.. Bunet has return
ga to Washington after a proiracic
STAY AT the old home. Her friend
will be Glad TO know thatshe is regaii
ing strength day by day. Mrs.. i.
Terrle accompanied her, aud vi
spend some weeks in Washington 'n
Baltimore.
The ua,e8 streets and smooth wal
way from Main up High 10 the No
mai are fine" Now let the adjacei
property owners terrace and turf an
the whole will be thing OF heaul.
There will always be another thing
40 as long as life lasts, and we needn
lg worry over IT,
Contractor r. =. Rice, who is con
manding the forces on the ne" "
rs. tbodist church building substitutes
tbe LAYING of a corner stone, the pla
ing Of copy Of the Farmville HeTa
~ between twoiron girders. The hera
was compactly wrapped iu tarred }
per and will be preserved a. long
aid The sacrei ediiice stands.
~. The town library will awake AN
les tere,t in the young Of the communi'
in- II will give them good appelile'
will stimulate. 1t viii open the cha
nels Of usefulness. 1t viii nave
nowerful tendency to keep the %