The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-07-30


seashore.
Mr. Garland jefferson, Of Amelia,
has been a recent guest in the home
of Judge Hundley
Mrs DR.. Hinton, OF Petersburg is
staying in the home OF Mr.. James A..
Armistead on Randolph street
Miss frankie Mckinney is the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Graham at Hampden
Sidney this week.
Mrs. George T Vaughan, OF Wash
ington, is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. g. Venable.
Col. c. c. Taliaferro, Of Roanoke,
was in town on Saturday with as
warm hand grasp as Of yore.
The members of the Board of Super
visors grouped in the automobile
made an impressive picture.
Now that the mud has all gone the
drive to Hampden-Sidney via the
new macadam road is positive lux
ury.
Maybe YOU are running low in bill
heads, etc. II so we invite you to ex-
anime our stock and consult u as to
prices.
If YOU want to have an object les
son Of how many people live in Farm
vile let the fire bell ring during the
business hours Of the day.
Chalk marks on the sidewalks do
attract attention, but the advertise
ments that pay best are those found
in the columns of the Herald.
Mr.. William O'Ferrall, the young
est son of the late Governor O'Ferrall'
has been a recent guest in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Taylor Thompson.
We are told that the Rev. Mr. Bed
niger. who has recently moved from
the county Of Lunenburg to take
charge of churches in Charlotte, Will
build a residence at Phenix.
We learn from the Charlotte Gazette
that the condition Of the Charlotte
bank is simply deplorable. All this
could have been avoided if the dlrec-
tor, had only directed.
How does this sound in this age
when money and not man rules the
world? a man he was to all the
country dear and passing rich with
forty pounds a year.
Mr.. 5. NJ. Selden, of Buckingham,
was operated upon last Friday IN
Lynchburg for a serious complication,
and is reported to be getting along as
well as could be expected.
The summer NOrmalites have come
aud gone, and our hope is that they
carrynYith them pleasant memories
of Farmville, and that they will come
again when the "roses come again"
OF course "honesty is the best pol
icy,D and yet job said: "The taber-
1acles of robbers prosper and they
that provoke God are secure, into
whose hand God brlngeth abundant
ly."
Mr.. Norwood Ewing, popular
travelling salesman who touches only
at high points in his rounds, spent a
part of the week in Farmville shaking
hands with his many friends.
Mr.. John Sheffield, of New York,
was in town on lest Saturday shaking
hands with friends. Here is another
of the Farmville boys, who in the
home Of his adoption has been honoi-
ing himself and the place of his birth.
There should be placed on Main
street, at convenient iHtti Naio' aViiiS
slightly receptacles for waste paper
and other debris. Simon and the
mule find trouble in keeping up with
the unsightly things scattered around
promiscuously.
We invite attention to the adver-
tisement of Mr.. w. G. Wellman to be
found elsewhere in this issue of the
Herald. Remember he is one Of us,
tax payer and consumer. Encour-
age the home industry. Remember
the place, 12l Bird street.
School superintendent Of the differ
ent counties of the state will meet here
on the 2nd of August and remain in
session for two days. The session
will be held at the Normal and Presi-
dent Jarman says, no better looking