The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-11-20
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
Notes OF Happenings aud People You
know.
Success.

The distant strains OF triumph
Break. agonizcd and clear
Mr.. G.. A. Price spent last Sunday
with his family.
Miss frankie Mckinney is in Rich
mond the guest of Miss Bessie Lamb.
We have had so much of sunshine
that the clouds seem darker and heav-
Ter than ever before.
The warehousemen have 10 turn
out early and stay zap late, but when
at il the shekels roll in and that Ills
the air with music
Mr. X. II. Cowan is enjoying "a
weeks hunt in Amelia. He rarely
leaves the cease, and our hope is that
he will have "a good hunt and bag
am abundance of game.
Brother Cannon seems To have been
ION top during the entire session Of
Conference. a born fighter, he is never
SO happy a. when ON the firing line
and recognizes no such thing AS the
lowering of his colors.
If any Of the farmers ofthis commu-
nifty have photographs of their resi-
dences and surroundings, or either,
we would he glad 10 have the priyi-
lege of saving them at the Herald Of
flee We can make good and judici-
Gus use Of them.
The receipts from the sale of passen-
yer tickets at the Norfolk and IVES
tern depot at this place for October
were about $1,000. This is no falling
of, 80 that the two-cent rate has
helped the travelling public and not
hurt the road. Let everybody, then,
be happy together
4 friend of ours is shrinking literally
of the water from the Pickett Spring
near Worsham, and says he is getting
relief from trouble Of many years
standing. Heis now confident of com
plete recovery and is happy iu the
thought
We were i'm error as TO the name of
| the Mrs. Dawson who purchased the
property of the late T.. Oscar Rodgers.
| Ii should have been Mrs. George W.
Dawson. who. we are informed, con-
templates improving the property
with the view of making It quite am
attractive home.
Our hunters should be careful. 80
far the season has been marked boy
many distressing accidents The country
lover. Crossing fences, jumping ditch
les. etc. are attended with peculiar
danger, and let none Of as forget that
"uuloaded" guns are alway- TO be
handled with care.
Mrs. r. =. Paulett, o. Hampdeu-Sid-
ney, worshipped at the Presbyterian
Church on last Sunday morning, and
after the services was greeting hei
many friends and maniiestiug genu-
inc delight that the "Hill" had cap
tured the prize for which they have
been contendiug since midsummer
DR.. Muldge gave an interesting
and instructive talk i'm the auditorium
of the Normal on last Monday NOR
ming. in which he dealt with the com
s. plications likely TO arise out of the
recent rash utterances of the German
Emperor. What pity that the
pratlle or the purse Of one man shoulC
effect the peace Of nations.
The landscape gardener has beer
giving the benefit of his suggestions az
to impro, ements about the Normal
. shrubbery is being planted in artistic
groups and while they look bare an'
{ bleak Just now they will yet bloom on
t i'm beauty. Work on the building
front and rear, is progressing finely
aud every advance means genuine inn
y provement.
Rev. Dr. Beckham occupied th'
, pulpit of the Baptist Church on las
e. sunday morning and that Of th
Methodist at the evening hour O
worship. lie is an active and eiliclen
+. leader of the anti saloon forces in Vii
ginia. Iand as the fight is waxing
warm i'm Lynchburg and Norfolk, h
- and his associates will be bearing th'
shock of battles until the firing ceases
What think you Of the free mail de
-, livery? As we are advised the serVic
+ is giving general satisfaction. Tn
I carriers are pleasant, capable and po
lite. and receiving your mail at you
% front door is an unquestioned conNe
= nience if not a positive luxury, ant
, then there is a city air about il, an'
p, Faumville is pushing its way To ih
/ city level
I If Farmyilleis not To grow her Owl
, flowers the year round, then lets bu.
# from Roanoke, but our hope is tina
L the flowers worn in Famvllle will b
p grown i'm Farmville. We are not "a
n ing 10 gov the lettuce for home nse
but for the markets Of the country a
large. and what we do with lettue
we can do with well nigh al
fruits and vegetables, for Farm
willie is waking TO the fact that 1t is
glorious privilege TO be Independent.
- We sometime since mentioned tn
> new and up-to-date barber shop q
Henderson Vaughan, az Il now Farm
willie is to be congratulated ON the in
proved condition at that Of Upton
McNamee. II is heated by steam
- furnished deliberately and artistically
s. aud has genuine city air about it. w