The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-04-23

Mr.. c. II. Bliss left on Tuesday TO
resume his work in Government ser
vice.
The sprinkling of our Main street is
affective and protective. Let the good
work go on.
Two things will now attract the at
tention of our farmers, killing grass
and watching grass grow.
y bill collector told us or did we read
it in some paper? That he "meets
with a good many men Of PROMISE
Mr.. :. II. Bliss is at home again after
having undergone surgical treatment
in one of the hospitals Of Lynchburg.
MIR. Ioung is preparing to build on
the crown Of one Of the graceful hill
tops he recently bought in east Farm
vile.
The grass in the Court House Square
when il is remembered n the work of
novice in the grass culture, is by no
means failure.
Mrs. c. W. Dyer, with her little
daughter is visiting her sister Mrs
J. f. Johnston Mrs. Dyers home is
in Nashville, Tenn.
Those blocks of ice which have been
moving about town have an old time
charm about them. May be the coal
man fails to see any beauty in them.
\ friend who has been "totingr
stove wood up three flights Of steps all
winter is delighted that the stove has
not been on duty for the past few days.
The dog wood blossoms are again
spotting our woods with splendor. Go
out, enjoy the sights and then rise in
contemplation ofnature up to Natures
God.
Mr. w. T. Doyne has granoithic
walkway laid to his door step, and is
now at work on his front yard to make
ii fit mpaniou for his very attracti,e
new home.
The recent gentle and warm show
ers were timely, and fell as
benedctiOn on mother earth. How
the grass did seem to spring into new
life at the first touch.
The new ice wagon is beauty and |
Newman is the owner Of the new cold |
storage on wheels. Within a short
time, may be within a week, the lux
ury will be made at home.
Mr.. Warren Walker has fine op-
portunity for showing his skill on ter
race work in front Of his garden on
2nd street. He can make beauty
spot Of that embankment.
Mr.. II. T.. Wall has torn down his
yard fence, and will restore it in re-
duced height. In the meantime, he
will cultivate hedge and eventually
have that to take the place of fence.
Mr. G. l.. Baltimore was in town on
Saturday looking as radiant and hap
Ply as bridegroom, and yet he is still /
enjoying the blessings ~ of single
ship. 1t isn't good for man, and
farmer man to be alone.
He has built the cage now let him
latch the bird.
Gov. Swanson by virtue Of his au-
hority to respite, has ordered that
)nly two Of the Powhatan negroes con-
iemned to die shall be electrocuted on y
he 30th Of this month two others on /
he 9Th Of May and one on the 18th. =
sad work this, but their victims were f,
hurried into eternity without a mo- f
nents notice and without cause.
Miss Natalie Lancaster, who has !
,een a member Of the Normal faculty
lere for some years has been elected
principal Of the Mathematical depart I
nent in the Normal at Harrisonburg. L
his is high honor and while the loss .
o this school will be great we presume s
he will of course accept the new trust L
he is not only an able teacher but a {
5omsn Of charming personality and Il
7ill be greatly missed from our church
nd social circles. A
OF all the residences in town, none
ave been more improved in appear n
noes than has the Methodist District Ia
arsonage. In the additions made to Is
we are quite sure that the maximum y
I results has been attained at a y
minimum Of cost. h,