The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-11-12

heart
Dearest. the whole world ends. ends well in this.
Night. and the fire lii dark. your touch your
kiss.
Mrs. Ellen Guarrant and children
are at her fathers, Mr.. J. A. Armis-
tead.
Mrs. S. A. Bondurant had perfect
tomatoes for dinner on the 7th of this
month out of her garden.
Mrs. w. T. Blanton is visiting her
daughters who are teaching, the one
at Abingdon, the other at Roanoke.
Mrs. Saunders, of Front Royal, is
again in the home of Mr.. Jas. A.
Armistead for the winter
Our preachers close church services
with the benediction Did you ever
stop to ask what it means? Simply a
good saying.
Mrs. Mildred Cralle and Mrs. Sallie
PauIett are visitors in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Owen in the county of Hall
fax
Editor Hart, Secretary Of the Vir-
ginia Press Association, left for Rich
mond on Monday to attend meeting
of the Association.
An electric gun is the latest. No
powder, no smoke, and no doubt can
be made to do effective work on the
passing air boats.
Owing to the fact that the Court
house room is undergoing repairs
Judge Hundley will hold court, which
opens on Monday, in the Opera
House.
Miss Camilla Bedinger, who has
been pursuing her studies at the Nor
nal, left on Monday last to take
charge of a school at Lawrenceville,
Brunswick county.
If you would vote in the spring
election see to it that you pay your
capitation tax before the first of De-
cember. Read the announcement Of
treasurer Watkins on the subject.
No more mud for Farmville pleas
ure drivers even in mid-winter With
us the mud king has been rocked
from his throne and the macadam has
suatched the scepter from his hands
We invite attention to the adver-
dsement of Mr. j. Platt Blanton to be
found elsewhere in this issue Of the
Herald, who will on the 18th of Decem-
Der offer valuable personal property
at public auction.
The old c0lored man who sweeps in
front of Judge Crute's residence each
morning has caught on to the right
lick and the rest Of us who enjoy
clean walkways should initiate his fine
example.
In one of our weekly exchanges
that came to us on last Saturday we
read a standing advertisement calling
attention to bargains in spring goods.
/ That answered well for May, but is a
misfit for November. Advertisements
10 pay must be judiciously used.
DR.. Ennion &. Williams, chief Of the
Health Department of Virginia, will
deliver in the auditorium of the Nor
NAL this evening, an illustrated lee
ture, his subject being tuberculosis,
or consumption. The public is in
vited to be present.
In a recent round OF our stores we
were impressed with the fact that the
best advertised stores are the best
selling stores. And there is nothing
strange nor new about that The one
best medium for this section is found
in the columns Of the Herald
Rev. DR.. Hatcher under the rules
of his church may make many chang
es but he will never occupy a more
comfortable home or stand 10 presence
of a finer congregation than was his
privilege while pastor of the Farm
vile Methodist Church. Nor can he
hope TO have a more attractive house
of worship.
If the Norfolk and Western would
keep step TO Farmville's music Of
progress it should get busy on i'm
provements on the old freight depot
and its holdings in touch Of it, Things
look dismal and dreary in that section
of advancing Farmville The new
depot is a gem, and so is the park and
the terrace, but the old is an eye sore.
The congregation Of the Presbyte-