The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-07-03
PERSONALS AND BRIEF;
A friends Worth.

ne Soda waller man mas the HlII ON
as just NOW.
Cold Litnia beats cold beer and
comes cheaper
"From sun 10 sun means much
NOW a days.
The man who Will drive fast ON "a
hot day isn't merciful.
Eat fuit and vegetables and let the
Beef Trust keep MS meat.
The flies were just as stingy and
just Il, sticky last summer
Welcome teachers and scholars,
farm,ille lis yours 20 command.
The banks and po-totice Will be
closed on tomorrow, the an, II being
National holiday.
Mrs. Mckinney and Miss frankie
have gone To The Blue Ridge Springs
for the month of July.
Wantto sell a used piano, or phono-
graph OF anything say so IA "a
classified advertisement.
The Farmvlle Guard Will leave ON
the 2;id instant for Cmckamauga for
"a weeks encampment.
Mr. T.. A. Rice, who has been spend
ing the week with his father, Mr.. =.
II c. Rice, viii return to Norfolk to-
day.
Weare grateful 10 Mrs W. II. Bur
ger for bucket fun Of turtle stew
not mock turtle, but the real thing 1t
was very fine
Mr. T.. G.. Thornton. Of Brooklyn,
y. T., ha, been spending some time
visiting his friend, Mr. " g. Nena-
ble of Farm,lle.
Ii i- just as necessary foryou To read
and answer advertisements as Il is for
the merchant 10 advertise which j,
putting the matter strong.
"Sam" Bondurant claims to have
the earliest and finest garden ia town,
in the midst of which is one tobacco
plant which measures forty-twoinches
across the top.
The young ladies and gentlemen
who eucamped at rrentou'- Pond for
"a week have all returned home They
declare it 10 have been the happitst
outing of their lives.
When "A wife shows more ability and
management is spending than the
husband does ia earning the income,
the family pro-per~ when She shows
less, pro,eriy begins
George Carriers 10000 pound, OF
tobacco will create sensation when il
reaches Farmyille We suggest that
be get his neighbor- to club in and de
liver it all on the same day
a letter received from Mr.. Joseph
Mannoni announces his safe arrival
at MarSeille, France, after a very
pleasant journey across the Atlantic
ia company with three friends.
lf nothing else is done ON the 9th
we should listen to the reading Of the
Declaration" from some prominent
place in town. Virginia has peculiar
claim upon the immortal paper.
The cornersto Of the Buckingham
monument was laid on last Tuesday
rheoccasion was Of great interest, aud
a large crowd was present The prin-
cipal address was made by Hon. II. I.
". Duke, Of Charlottesville.
The carrier pigeon turned loose from
here ON sunday afternoon, the 2lst,
was heard from last Sunday. II had
reached Della, Md, ON the following
Wednesday and was in the custody Of
good people who were caring well for
him.
DIR. Carl Helbig Will be at Hotel
Prince Edward next Monday, July
9Th, where all persons with defective
vision may consult him free of charge.
He will be here but one day, when he
will furnish glasse, complete from
SlO up to $500.
II looks As though we were to have
a record-breaking peach season. They
have been selling in Richmond at ~
cents crate, when the express charges
per crate were - cents. Death TO the
grower but fun for the eater. send
some of them 10 the Farmyille market.
Let us again urge that dirt road
parallel every mile Of macadam. For
al least seven months Of each year the
dirt way is much more acceptable TO
man and beast, and To- use il will mean
immense saving To the costly rock
road. Not 10 do this is TO neglect
plain duty n hint To the wise Is
sufficient.
II is gratifying To know that Profess
sors Thornton aud Whiting are meet
ing with good success in collecting
money for lIampden-Sidney from cit
zens Of Prince Edward Mr.. ii. y.
Stokes has given $1,000, Mrs II. :.
Paulett sl,OOl aud smaller amounts
are being given 10y others, the whole
"a goodly sum. We are
not millionaires but together we will
save the old college 10 Soulhside Viz
ginia, and say To the outside world
hands OIL
Miss Elsie Gwynn has resigned her
position IN the Normal School To con
tinue her studies at Cornell Univer-
siiy. Miss Gwynn will he very much
missed i'm the school, for her work
was greatly enjoyed and appreciated
bv the students, and her bright, keen
a.