The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-04-02

What about those hat of green for
Young men? We may "embrace' the
custom as we do vice after ii becomes
familiar"
Think out a catchy name for the
new town, Farmville's next door
neighbour and get the prize offeredby
the Fayette Land Company.
The new macadam makes SPLEEN
did driveway and glorious walkway. /
If you can't drive, take up your feet
and walk, and be happy still.
No cold spring ever found Farmvllle
so well provided with fuel-that IS II
YOU have the price. The wood yard
and coal dumps look good.
Eccentric John Randolph didn't en-
ioy the return Of Spring How IS 1t
with you? Or have you seen any old
time Spring for seasons past:
Our country friends should remem-
Der that the Creamery will soon be
ready for the cream, and without the
cream the business will languish.
Our bank officers look happy. Bus
mess must be good Our people are
making money, learningto save money
and that's the secret of the official
smiles.
Easter comes on apace, and how
about that pace? and that suit: Bet
ter still how about the readiness to
greet the risen Lord when he comes
again?
The one issue of the Herald, the
Trades Issue, will be worth your dol
lar, but your dollar now will buy %
copies of the paper, the Trades Issue
included
Some folks don't believe in adver-
Using, as it costs something, but all
folks do believe in newspaper men
ton of the commendatory sort when II
comes free.
The electric lights may be cut OF
now at 7 A. NJ, and nobody cares.
Don't however, turn the turning OF
back TO six. We are tired paying
tribute to friend }. d.
It's interesting to watch Contractor
] Moring watch the Lewis residence
grow He is going to spread him
. SELF on the job. Builders build then
own best monuments
q The men who kick most vigorously
AGAINST our winter roads are the rea
4 estate agents. After a ten-mile drive
f humping from mud-hole to mud-hol'
, the trade is generally off.
+ A freight train of the Norfolk ant
]. Western passed by the other day witt
II IS loaded cars, mostly of coal. Tit
e freight we imagine, amounted to So
= 2 car and that meant business. TIT
t trouble comes in when they 90 bacl
It empty.
The Presbyterian congregation o
e Farmville will meet next Sunda,
d morning Immediately after the ser
n vices to consider the question OF call
e inc pastor. 1t is more than proba
W BILE that call will be extended t.
some one
n Suppose the voters Of Prince I'd
IN ward should demand vote on the re
,r moval of the Courthouse building
If take advantage of the offer OF MI
D. Serpell. what would you do about II
It may be live question, and Their
will be two sides to it.
!, Mr.. Walker Scott, of the Town Cou
- ell. and Mr.. G.. NJ. Robson, OF tn
,,s Board of Trade, made a trip to Lynci
h, burg this week TO look into the tell
phone system of that city with III
hope of getting an improved serviC
III for Farmville.
III Watch the horse hitched to I'll
~ Westover buss as he takes his stan
ur while waiting at the depot. lie plant
es his front feet firmly TO the front
though he was there ''tO stay" An
he does stay, regardless OF passinl
" snorting engine until he is ordered
~ start again.
Another Saturday rich in sunshin
On and we are satisfied that all our me-
s. chants who advertise in the column
et of the Herald sold goods right an
left. Persons in need OF goods haven
H. time to hunt around for them. The
at must know just where to 90 befoi
leaving their homes.