The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-07-29

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and improved in appearance.
Mrs. Samuel Nicholson. OF Crewe,
is visiting her mother and Miss Car
RE Morton.
Miss Bessie Price. who has been
visiting friends in Richmond, re-
turned home on Monday
Sheriff Dickinson has been on a
recent visit to Baltimore. Mrs.
Dickinson returned with Inn.
That $500 piano at the White
Drug Companys store is open to
your touch, and the contest is open
to al contestants. Take advantage
Mr.. Z. T. Bondurant reports that
the heavy rain fall of Sunday, the
18th, did great damage to his to-
bacco.
Miss Gaines, of New York, who
has been been visiting in Farmville.
left on Saturday of last week for
Charlotte county.
This is a great fruit year in this
section, and yet an old and reliable
friend and standby. the blackberry,
has not been doing full duty.
Miss Alice Atkinson. of South
Carolina, sister of Mrs. Anne AT
kinson Burmeister, reached Farm
Vile on Tuesday on her way TO Wis
it friends in Buckingham.
We complain of the heat when it
gets TO be oppressive. and yet the
people of this section do have but
few days of really warm weather
during the summer.
We beg to call attention to the
statement elsewhere made in this
issue of the Herald, that 4.445 lbs.
of butter were made at the cream
cry during the month OF June.
Rev. J.H. Davis has been visiting
the people of his old charge in
Rockbridge county. and has preach
ed at Timber Ridge, Decatur and
Riverside churches.
Members Of the Farmville Silver
Band are practicing regularly and
earnestly. In due time another open
air concert will be given. Music
hath charms.
Rev. w. E. Hill and family re-
turned home on last Tuesday, rath-
err earlier than they expected to ow-
ing to slight indisposition Of one Of
the children.
Mr.. A. r. Hurd and family are en-
toying the comforts and luxuries of
the Cowan home.
Rev. Dudley Boogher returned from
his vacation on last Saturday and
occupied his pulpit on Sunday.
What are lands worth that will
produce thirty-six bushels of wheat
fifty to one hundred bushels OF
corn. two to four tons of hay to
the acre. and grow clover eighty
nine inches tall?
1t is hard to keep up with per-
sonal mention. II should have been
stated in last weeks Herald that Mr..
Pettigrew. of Florence. s. c., was
at Mrs. Wade's as well as the Mad
am and the baby.
Mr.. o. l.. West presented to the
editor of the Herald a tomato
weighing 80 ounces Contest open
to all tomato growers. This is a
monster, and if you can beat it get
the hustle on.
For some weeks Rev. w. T. Green
has been doing the work, of all the
local pastors, the others preferring
to take their vacations in July. Mr..
Green will now have his, and the
hope is that it may be genuinely re-
freshing and enjoyable.
The managers of the Fair are bu-
sy with the work of preparation, but
they rely upon others to furnish the
exhibits Are you saving the best
of your fruit. vegetables, grasses
grains and such like? Time flies
and the gates will soon open. The
best of all is the demand this time
A Missouri COW gave 1914 lbs
of milk from January l TO July J.
The Missouri mule will have to take
a back seat in favor of the Missouri
COW. Look well to your laurels, ye
dairymen of Cumberland, Bucking-
hon, and prince Edward