The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-08-06
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
Notes Of Happenings and People You
know.
A Farmers Hard Luck.

His horse went dead and his mule went iaiie'
And he lost his cows in a poker game
Then a hurricane came on a summer day
And blowed the house where he lived away
Then an earthquake came when that was gone
And swallowed the ground the house stood on.
Then the tax collector he came around
And charged him up with the hole in the ground
The mint makes money without
advertising; no one else can.
Mrs. Albert f. Howard is visiting
Miss Helen Maxey, in Powhatan.
One Of our gifted musicians has
lost his locks" and thrown MS
keys" away.
Miss Mary Gaines, OF New York
city. is the guest of Miss frankie
Mckinney.
Mrs. c. X. Morton has returned
home after a visit TO her daughter
Mrs. Gooch. Of Roanoke.
Mr.. and Mrs q. G. Gooch, Jr' Of
Roanoke, are visiting in the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walker Scott.
Misses Mary and Kathleen Baldwin
have enjoyed recent visit to Virginia
Beach. Richmond and Manchester.
We have been watching our step
ners as they move on the macadam'
but haven't as yet been able to spot
the winner.
Mr.. Reid Boykin, Of Paducah KY
having finished his tobacco season.
has arrived in Farmville to spend Ills
vacation months.
Mrs. Morton and daughter Miss
Carrie, are spending the week IN the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. f. B. hughes
of Cumberland county.
The railing on the bridge over th'
Appomattox to the Cumberland slu'
is down. Cumberland and Prince
Edward to the rescue.
Encourage the library movement
Farmville is entitled to more book
and can have them without beggln
them of Mr.. Carnegie
MIR. and Mrs. r. A. Baldwin hav
had for their recent guests Mrs. n
: Y. Baldwin, of Manchester, and Mrs
, Edgar T. Hines, Of Richmond.
One member Of the band said to
the other day, and with an air OF cor
fidence, We will be ready to max
music for the fair. " And so say W
all.
In order to add additional intere
and spirit to the fair let's get up a
independent baby show. There ca
be but one objection, woe to the me
who dare act as judges
Knights make ready for the tiltn
The prizes are attractive, but wh
are they when compared with u
privilege and the pleasure Of makil
a queen of the best girl:
Our summer visitors and stay-'
home people make a happy and ma
monious family. Drives by moo
LIGHT. evening card parties, singh
and some little dancing give VIE
\ to the hours.
I John Wanamaker's page adv'
tisements in the Philadelphia papt
dav after day make interesting rea
1 inc. Catch on to the lick and it "
4 pav in Farmville as WanaTaE
[ raakes it pay in the big city.
! The Herald was represented on
I Norfolk excursion by the junior me
Der of the staff, sometimes known
,ok the devil" but this doesn't me
full tnat he had roaring time IN
-. City by the Sea.
Mr. H. f. Barrow not only has
cry formidable array Of hay stacks on
re south of us, but on the west ofust
and we imagine if we travel no
'r's and east we will sdn be confronted
his array Of more than two bla
' where only one grew before.
got If YOU walk over the nursery pl
CIV YOU sill be impressed with the
aid. and interested in it, that where o
corn. tobacco, wheat and oats q
W now many colored blooms make pre-
pictures, and shrubs and vines
ornamental trees are holding sway
\ Mr. II. A. Stokes averaged 10 4
ow through his wheat crop this very
alS ar wheat season. So far as we kI
MD that is ahead of the boys
ties, suggested to him that for old tin