The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-06-05
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
The Merry Widow came to town
Upon high-speed bubble
Stuck a flower bed in her hat
Let all look out for troubled

Judge Hundley has been holding
court at Appomattox this week.
Rev. Ii. NJ. Fugate has returned
from delightful trip to Denver, Col.
Miss Marshall, of Baltimore, is WIS.,
iting her sister, Mrs. John Burger, of
Farmville.
The weather will soon be hot and
that Main street fountain Of pure wa
ter should be in full play.
Mrs. Morgan aud her sister, Miss
Agnes Burger, will leave Saturday for
birmingham.
Mrs. V. p. Paulett was called TO
Pittsburgh on last Friday on account
Of the illness of her sister.
There will be a meeting of the Exc
eutive Committee of the Board Of Trade
on Monday night, June Sth, 1905.
Prof. w. w. Bondurant, of Sanran-
tonia Academy, spent Tuesday night
with his brother, p. ;. a. Bondurant.
Miss Goldie Walthall, who has been
visiting her cousin, Mrs. Lewis Sha-
ner, of Lynchburg, returned home last
week.
The first of the union services be-
tween the churches will be held sun
day night in the Methodist Church,
preaching by Rev. Dr. Lear.
Captain :. w. Paulett, }. w. An
glea and wife and W. Il. Allen will
leave here Sunday night to attend the
Confederate Reunion at Birmingham.
DIR. j. l.. Jarman has been in Char
lotlesville this week serving NJ wit
ness in a case against the Western
Union Telegraph Company.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Cralle and Miss Sue Ed
munds, who have been spending some
time IN Texas, have returned To their
homes.
A large quantity Of new type, in Ia
test styles just received at this Office.
For commercial printing consult us
before placing your orders.
DIR. W. +. Anderson has been in
Chicago this week attending Nation
al convention Of physicians and sur
geOns.
This is vegetable season. Feast on
them and grow fat. OF course they re-
quire "greasing," and with that judi
ciously applied nothing remains to do
but TO eat.
Are there no contestants for garden
honors among US? How Mr.. " Brit ~
Wright did glory in showing the hrsl
vegetable. and his was a gem of a gar
den.
The commencement orator Is abroad
in the land. "The wonder is that one
small head can contain all he knows. "
And what of the "sweet girl grad
uate?u God bless her.
1t has been decided to postpone the
entertainment advertised for tonight
at the Opera House. The entertain
ment is TO be for the benefit of the
Farmville Methodist Church.
The old "Confeds" haven't lost Their
appetites or their capacity to sound
the "yell.u Death alone will quiet
"Samr Paulett and "BOb" Miller, ana
they will Tolerate no new Dixie.
Miss Maud Mason, who graduated
at the Normal School in 1906, and VINO
has since that time been studying mu
sic in Baltimore, is spending Few
DAYS at the home of Mrs. Berkeley
The class Of 'O6, of the Normal
School. held a reunion on Monday al
ternoon at the home Of DIR. and Mrs
Messenger. A number of girls were
present and the memory of good Ole
times was revived.
The lawn party given last Friday
night at the home of Mrs. Jennie Blan
ton was a gratifying success as are al
when managed by her. Quite mum
Der of young folks from FarmVill'
were there.
Dr. II. G. Helbig, the well known
eve specialist, will be at the WestoVe
Hotel on Monday, the 10Th. Consul
tation costs nothing, and he invites al
e persons TO see him on that day wh'
have any sort Of eye defects.
1t may interest our readers to know
. that the new dining hall, referred u
in the advertisement of the Universlt.
Of Virginia, will be opened next seS
5 sion. This will afford an opportunll.
b. for students to very materially reduc
= their living expenses.
DIR. James Nelson attended the re
Z cent meeting of the Board OF Trustee
Of the Normal School. He and ID
Rufiner alone survive Of the origlna
members. and may they long b
spared TO give Of the richness OF lhei
!. experience and the worth OF thel
e wisdom.
r The young people who heard Hon
Robert Turnbulls admirable and abb
& defense Of the Confederacy know a
they did not before of Its business an
righteousness. Let the truth be spof
en- and no child of the South will L
/ made to blush at the conduct an
, more than at the carnage of the heroe
Il who followed Lee and Jackson.
, The annual issued 10y the seniors
- the Normal School is just out ana
is the most beautiful and expensi'
&c one ever gotten out by this schoo
. The annual staff has worked undt
IL. lao frlr