The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-09


81 luton. the doc,ors have prescrio-
eli it and the town and country
u, II have it.
Tie preacher who laid stress up
CO the fact that home duties were
iirst to be attended to didn't mean .
TO advise that busy people didn't
have time 70 attend church and
prayer meeting services.
Now for the battle Of the trunks
at the depot. Handle them with
care. for the packing has cost much
OF loving care. and it may be that
some Of the contents have been vat
cred by tears.
Normal students continue to ar
rive on each incoming train. and
when the roll Of attendants has
been made up. it viii be larger
than ever before in the history OF
the institution.
The family of Mr. Green. who
occupy the home ON the farm OF
Mr.. Phelps. near town. are passing
through a severe spell of illness.
and ne'ghbors and friends should
look TO their comfort.
Watermelons on last saturday
made an Farmville happy Caesar
never enjoyed triumDhal return TO
Rome more than some folks DO 60
ing home with a watermelon UNI
der each arm.
Mrs. Layne returned on saturday
from a trip through the Darling
ton Heights neighborhood and
visit to Pamplins bringing with her
new subscribers to the Herald s
list galore.
Mr.. r. II. Bruce brought a load
of watermelons to town on Satur-
day and some of them weighed as
much as 40 pounds. But this is
hear-say testimony as he forgot 20
leave one at the Herald office.
The melons were again formidable
competitors of the .dispensary ON
last Saturday. the receipts being
/ only s3946O. But the juice OF the
melon is much more harmless than
that of corn"
The tobacco of Mr.. Barrow. ON
his fifty acre farm south OF town
is the best we have seen this sea-
son. and the corn Of Mr. Barber
the best highland corn we ever saw
any season. If the real estate
agents can't sell southside Virginia
lands this season. they had as well
give up the job.
The Herald some time since urg
ed the young men of Prince Ed
ward to get together and organize
a cavalry company. and now Cum
berland has caught on to the ide'
and is busy forming one. Watcl
Cumberland grow on all lines.
We beg to call special attention
TO the Sunday school lesson as
appears i'm the Herald week by weei
The treatment of it comes from one
of the leading divines of the coun
b try. and we are paying for il Will
the hope that it will be of profit q
Sunday school teachers and scholar
The second crop OF strawberrie
grown by the Lipscomb brother
was a wonderful and record-break
j ing yield. They have been eatin
r berries from the late crop just a
p though the season was opening
rather than closing.
7 Rev. w. f. Hill preached hi
D first sermon as pastor OF the Farm
d Vile Presbyterian Church, on Ser
. TENDER 18th. 1903, and at the mlu
week prayer service on last Wee
-. nesday evening made pleasant r.
ference to his first year i'm Farmvil
o There will be no more union sci
vices among the churches for I'M
= season. but the preachers Of the re
# spective churches will occupy the
s pulpits each Sunday evening at On
u usual hour of worship. Let thei
be no empty benches. Benches al
not sentient things and have
" souls TO be saved
o. The country has been crowde
# with tired backs during the da'
of the week as they have come an
gone Cutting and housing tobac'
al is no child's play. In fact there