The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-01-21

ing the flight of time correctly.
Look ont for the next contest.
Mrs. s. c. Laskey is on her way to
Chicago visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs NJ. Robinson, OF that place
The Daughters Of the Confedera-
cy will meet next Thursday at the
home of Mrs. j. L. White.at 3 o.
clock.
Mr.. A. r. Boykin. a well-known
tobacco dealer. is able to be out at
ter long illness.-paducah ky
Sun.
Miss Florence Edwards. one of
the accomplished teachers in Cum
berland High School. spent Saturday
and Sunday with Mrs. W. f. En-
gland
Mrs. Jarman and her mother,
Mrs. Wiley. went to Richmond ON
Tuesday to attend the marriage of
niece of Mrs Wiley, and cou-
sin of Mrs Jarman.
The linotype has been behaving
beautifully during the week and
now that it is well refined will
get there" every time. But don't
talk to the operator.
In these tobacco days how busy
things about the banks. one
wonders where all the money comes
from, and yet it comes and is ever
on hand to meet legitimate demands.
We invite attention to the new
advertisement of Messrs. Baldwin
d Sons. Your wants must be many
indeed if they cannot be supplied
from the list they have given to the
pubic shop early"
We saw Mr.. Mat Steger. Jr.. here
on las Monday evening just as the
dark was gathering and remarked
10 him. you have a long ride be-
fore YOU on this bad evening" But
he cheerfully said."O. don't mind
the weather and will enjoy the
ride" Earth's heroes are made
of just such stuff.
The hotels are flourishing On
the midnight train Of Monday more
passengers arrived than had
been the case for long time. and
the rooms of the hotels We're all
crowded. They have furnished five
CIV rooms at the Prince Edward,bu
these we're occupied too. our younl
friend Sam Watkins. is night clerk
here and is wide-awake to the wants
and comforts of the guests.
Don't let the library movement
languish and die 1t was Macaulay
who sa,e reading maYeth full
man ana not the illness that
comes fi3m feast OF good things
but that which Ccres from the
sfc.c house OF tuo..' cfge. Newton
sighed on the shore as he looked
ont uron the wide expanse OF the
unkrown which stretched before
him and if Newton lamented his ig
norance wnat about that of the
rest of u.s.
Last Sunday was a day of natura
beautv. The frost crystals of The
early morning shone out with
snlendor TO which earth's rares
richest gems are strangers, and th'
air had a tonic touch about 1t suci
as was never provided in the laDo
ratories. nor prescribed by the stu
dents of materia medica. Preach
ers and people caught fresh nspir
alton from the blue sky ana III
bright sunshine, and the services o
our sanctuaries were rich in bless
ing. Surely we can from gratefu
hearts say again it was day Of al
the week the best.
Mr.. A. ]. Weaver, of the Rice DE
not neighborhood, dropped into IN
Herald office on Wednesday an
we enjoyed a pleasant chat with hi
He remembers when there was bu
one store at Rice. and now ther
are five and all doing well. lie
has been growing tobacco all nj
lifeand yet has never "chawed' tn
stuff and when at work in the sum
mer time chews dog-wood bark in
stead. and says it prevents thirs
and is altogether a good su0stitut
for the weed. And unlike a ma
iority of farmers of this section h
.ot-o- q cnacialfv of bright tobacco