The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-06-18

her vacation at home.
Miss Keith Saville and Miss Ethel
Shackford, Of Richmond, are visiting
Mrs. c. 5 Shackford, OF Farmville-
The Farmville Manufacturing Co., is
adding TO its buildings, and presenting
an imposing front on Main street. Pig
pen lumber for sale.
Miss Ann Richardson, who taught
at Hampton during the past session,
is At home for her vacation and
brought with her as guest, Miss ST.
Clair.
Mrs. Blackiston and her daughter
left for Milwaukee on Monday. Later
on Miss Blackiston win 90 TO the Uni
versity Of Chicago to take a course Of
study.
The ladies' viii entertain our soldier
boys this evening, and the occasion
viii be made a bright and happy one.
Guardians of our peace, we viii scat
ter flowers along their way.
During he recent high water in
CUR streams, orr steam .11acaos have
been making tips up Buffalo. Rather
novel sight, but they moved as though
they were on the bosom Of the mighty
deep.
Miss Cora Price has returned from
her work at the Woman's College
Columbia. 5. c.. and viii spend her
vacation. as is her custom, in Farm
vile and at Mrs. Berkeley's
Now that the teachers are all rest
ing from their labors COMMANDMENTS
I Chief Slocombe and his forces viii be
busy day after day making mudless
waikways for the coming session and
the coming winter
We miss the ringing OF the Nor
nal bell at six in the morning, and the
missing may mean overlapping in
the morning time. Let's have a town
clock, and one that will ring out the
hours day and night
The mule and cart did good service
during commencement week, and
may we not be permitted to say that
these scavengers are the result Of a
suggestion OF the Herald: Follow its
leadings and you wont 90 far wrong
Miss Alice Burgess has gone from
us, and we miss her gentle presence
and her queenship Of the keys She
will return. however, 10 listen TO the
music Of the wedding bells and We
will enjoy her at least for brief sea-
son.
Now and then the Herald gets a
date or a name mixed, and in each in
stance it is due TO the fact that the
information is given to us by word OF
mouth rather than carefully and plain
" written down. We follow the
copy. Give it to US in correct form
and we will so reproduce it.
1t is umored that our Baptist
friends are thinking Of buying the
Thackston lot for a church site. II
they do we will have a fit companion
for the commanding Methodist struc-
ture and upon the High street emf
hence Of churches and schools a new
crown Of beauty will rest.
The commandments were beaud-
full in their every feature and the
memories quickened by them still
linger and give pleasure, but We can
not live on memories and now let's
get to work to make our fair the best.
The committees are busy, the bridge
is being built and the race track will
be ready, but neither committees, nor
bridges, nor race track combined can
make a successful Fair. We must
have exhibits. and men, women and
children can unite to furnish them.
The Circuit Court for Prince Ed
ward convened in special session on
Tuesday, the 18th, Judge Hundley
presiding. The cases against the ne
/ groes implicated in the Powhatan hor-
ror were continued to the regular term
next September There were no
/ cases Of general interest in the civil
docket, though an cases are OF parti-
cular interest TO lawyers and litigants.
Sale of the Thackston property has
been ordered. The Court adjourned
on Wednesday.
Some Of the old soldiers who met
with us on the Bird of this month,
which viii be remembered 10 the
history of FMmville as Soldiers Day
have grown So deaf that they cannot
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