The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-08-26
visiting her friend. Miss Nellie

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No farmer of this section viii buy
a bale Of hay or a bushel Of corn
mex, season.
The managers Of the Fair are
meeting regularly and working ear
nestly. They need your assistance
il making ready the exhibits. In
fruits and vegetables, grains and
grasses the coming Fair should be
made memorable.
Parties in search Of lands have
been With US OF late. They may
go further, but they are sure 70 fare
worse. Eden was somewhere here
abouts. and though We grow some
thorns and briars the scent Of roses
fingers here yet"
Who said, "out-of-town" folks
could not win? Just look at Miss
Pattie Hubbard's and Miss Eulalia
Bradshaw's votes. Doesn't that
look as though they are pushing
others close for the lead? Just
watch for next weeks standing.
If you wish be impressed with
a striking contrast. walk down Main
street on Sunday morning and mark
its air OF restfulness and then on
Monday morning and witness the
rush. And yet the" Kings business
requires haste" as we'll as that OF
Caesar.
Loyalty is one Of the greatest
words OF our language. Are you 10y
al to your home or self unless you
take your local paper? Think it
over and decide TO be loyal" TO
your town. yourself and above all
to a contestant.
Judge Hundley is at home again.
''Not back from Elba," but back
from the White Sulphur. refresh
ed and ready for the work of the
courts which will begin in septem-
Der and with the court of Prince
The session of the Normal opens
on the 7th of September, Wednes-
day week. and while time is passing
all too rapidly, We rejoice that it
hastens the return Of those whose
presence 50 brightens life in Farm
vile.
When a child starts after any
thing he usually gets it. How about
little Irvine Watkins? He is a liv-
ing example of a live wire and
though little, he is going to make
you get your hurry boots" on to
get ahead OF him. Hurrah for you,
Irwin.
Does il pay to keep a COW
in town? YES" is the answer OF
one Of our fellow-townsmen, when
one COW supplies his own table
abundantly with rich milk and yell
low butter, and the sale of the
surplus more than paws for her keep
Mr.. T. H. Bruce was thoughtful
enough and generous enough to
leave at the Herald office on last
a basket of tomatoes of tn
'tip-top" kind. What would be
come of the town folks If the farm
ers were to forget them for just
one week?
Mrs. Anne Atkinson Burmeister
and her daughter. Wilhelmina, left
on Monday for New York. where
they took steamer on their return
trip to Dresden. Germany. Farmville
will miss their cherry presence and
the music made by the Mistress Of
the keys.
Hon. w. II. Ewing was in town on
and called at the Herald Of
flee to see his old friends. He is
looking well and hearty, and re-
ported the crops in his section as
doing we'll and promising. And eve
rybody was glad to grasp his hand
again.
If you were not satisfied with
last Saturday in Farmville it must
have been due to the fact that you
couldn't eat as many melons as you
wanted to. or didn't sell all the
goods you desired to, or else didn't
get just the bargains you were look
ing for. To avoid repetition Of the
last failure before leaving home con-
suit carefully the advertising col
umns of the Herald. The best al
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