The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-01-22
FarnOVille
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The Opera House is being paperec
and painted.
The fire alarm always draws a
crowd. and fire SALE is just a.
certain to.
Canvassing for warehouse trade on
our streets was at one time strictly
forbidden. The law against it should
not have been revoked.
Charlotte has just voted a bond is
sue Of 500 900, the money TO be used
for the Improvement of her public
roads. Money can not be better spent
A rainy Saturday makes a blue
Monday" in Farmville. but nor cold,
nor storm, stops once our bird from
singing in the early morning
The young grass in the yard Of Mr.
j. L. Richardson is growing off grand
ly and there is good promise of a per-
feet sod. He should teach the rest of
us how TO do it,
We again say that it is waste of
time and labor to be planting trees
along our walkways and leave them
unlocked. The gray duck in a thun-
der storm has much better chance.
A load Of tobacco at one of our
warehouses brought S243 Some far
mers know how to grow the weed"
and such farmers always have good
bank accounts.
We are not much interested i'm ice
just now, but we 80 feel a lively i'm
terest in the building of our ice plant
and we are assured that it will be
ready for the season.
The electric plant was erected for
the convenience of patrons Turning
off the lights during the darkness of
the early morning is a nuisance. Is
there not power some where to abate
it?
just after the dinner hour of Fri
day of last week the Normal girls
turned out in full and walked for a
time the pavement in front. They
looked ike an army with white ban
ners waving in the air
One Of our most successful business
men goes to his place OF business at 3
p NJ Why hurry through life any
how? Think before you leap, and
you might not have to leap so often
or so tar.
The Hampden-Sidney boys are re-
joicing in having an excellent brass
band. Come down and please the
Normalites and stir up all Farmville
You remember what you said OF Farm
vile recently and now is the time to
make amends.
Our correspondents should be re-
minded that their work is very much
appreciated by The Herald and all
Herald readers. Don't wait for ma
terial out of which to build long COM
but write us short and Of .
ten.
When you walk on High street stop
now and then in front of our monu-
nent and remember with what cour-
age the boys who wore the gray
Draved danger and with what cheer
they endured suffering, and then turn
10 life's work again with new strength
If body and sunshine of soul.
The teachers and scholars Of our
sunday schools studied great sermon
IN Sunday, that Of Peter on the day of
'entecost. They found no particular
literary flaw about IT, but it was satu-
'ated with scripture and told only of
Christ and Him crucified The world
las enough Of culture but it needs
more of Christ
The congregation Of the Presbyte-
ian Church is asked to meet on next
sunday morning, Immediately after
ervices, to select a pastor, if the
way be clear Rev. Mr. Brown. .
f johnson City, Tenn, who preached
Or them a few Sundays ago, has since r
cen called to be assistant pastor of ?
fading church Of Kansas City. He .
lade a most favorable impression here
The telephone rang loudly in one b
our homes and young lady was
allied from her room with the am
that young man wants
ON NJ the DhOnp She raeDondod a