The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-10-01

The voting contest grows in inter-
est, but you just wait and watch it
grow later on.
The ladies Of the Episcopal Church
viii hold their bazaar on Friday,
November 18th.
Mr.. John Booker has been brought
home from the hospital and is report
ed as doing quite well.
Mr.. j. Taylor Thompson was called
to the old home on last Saturday by
the news of the death of a brother.
We can almost hear the music Of
the wedding bells and even in antici-
patton there is melody in the sound.
Mr.. W. G. Venable is at home
again, and his friends are glad to
know that his health has so much i'm
proved.
Mr.. A. F. Howard is doing good
work in the interest of the creamery
and it gives us pleasure to say well
done.
The barley has been cut from the
lot on south Fourth street Now fol-
low it with a hay crop and cut tons
to the acre
Mrs. J. A. Spencer and her little
girls, Portia and Carrie are on a visit
to Mrs. Spencer's mother in Front
Royal Va.
Rev. w. Z. Hill attended the meet
ing of the West Hanover Presbytery
which was in session last week at the
Cove Church, Albermarle county.
Mr.. c. A. Price, Jr., has secured a
business engagement at Crewe, and
Mr.. Allen Price has gone to Charles
ton, w. Va, to work for Messrs. Is
kew, Smith & Co.
While at work at Hampden- Sidney
Contractors Rice and Bristow messed
with the boys, fed on hoe cake, fried
meat and gravy, and they do say it
was fine eating.
1t is well to remind our tobacco
auctioneers at the beginning OF the
season that another has well said that
the "aucdoneer should have for
bidding countensnce. 80
Miss Bette G. Dickinson, of IIol-
Inns, and Mrs. Alexander, of Mem
phis, Tenn, have been recent visitors
to the old home, the guests OF their
brother, Sheriff Dickinson.
Mr.. q. NJ. Farrar who has been
in Petersburg for some weeks, under
medical treatment, has returned to
Farmyillc in better physical condition
than he has been for years.
The Blues Band, of Richmond, will
make the music for the Farmville Dis
trict Fair. 1t is one of the best bands
of the State and the assurance is OF
music of the highest order OF excel
lence.
At the point where AppomattoX
street crosses High street the hand of
improvement has been busy at work.
A little expert engineering would
have been in order as it would have
diverted the water from washing the
mud over the sidewalk.
A mysterious electrical storm touch
ed the telegraphic wires Of earth on
last Saturday, and confusion was gen
eral and profound Man has harness
ed the subtle power, but has yet to
know that which in part has been
made subservient to his will.
Mrs. E. L. Dupuy, Of Worsham,
and Mrs. 5. c. Badgett, OF Cumber-
land, went as delegates from the Col
lege and Cumberland Churches to the
meeting Of the West Hanover Mission
Union at Charlottesville. Miss Edna
Elcan went from the New Store
Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hoge Paulett
have issued invitations to the marriage
of their daughter, Miss Alice Edmunds'
to Mr.. Godfrey Creyke, which will be
celebrated at the Methodist Episcopa
Church, South, Formville, on Tuesday
evening, the 18th of October, at nine
o'clock
Mrs. r. B. Berkeley and Mrs. S.
ID. Walton left on Wednesday fol
Charlottesville where they have gone
to represent the Farmville Presbyter-
ian Church in the Missionary Union o.
West Hanover Presbytery. Mis-:
MARGARET Davis. who is teaching neal