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THE FARMVILLE HERALD.
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Prince Edward County Directory.
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ut.
?uiiiissiall I,
nt Ililli
i; M. Hulton, j. \t. \ ?
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W. ' H. I
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tl- C FRANKLIN.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
PAM l'I. IN iii V. VA.
\p|...iuiit|.i\. Prince I
Rli'l < I '
A. 0. WATKINS.
R H. V.
WATKINS tf WATKINS,
AHORNEYS AT LAW,?
V IKMVILLK, VA.
Iward, rum*
?
m..ntl.
ali.iii pal.I '
rupli'.s.
W HODGES MANN. J M- CRUTE,
Ka'
MANN &. CRUTE,
Att' t Liw.
Will i
C P. VANDERSLICE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Will |
'.'SI..
PARMVILLE, VA.
i< SWING.
" ??
ATTI 11 IMA M LAW,
Creen Bay, Frince Edward CouDty, Ya.
wm ha .ml ad
It
im
en
nil
cn
j Ul
Ii
( ] H. BLISS,
ION KER,
KMl.MV II.I.K. VA.
in tin*, iimi adjoining
J R. SPENCER, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
? i'ii. i ibst* i ?
? ?piniif. "piinii ami Tl
m usia'
'
^| M.MARTIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Rlcbmoud, Va., Farmville, Va.
Will I j Mon
day.
lt
Vii
Ko,
amt
Salt
Jes
-int
ol'
I- I
Wu
('nil
\yHITE A CO.,
DRUGS,
Medicines and
Druggists' Sundries, DA
PARMVILLK, V \.
Good Judgment
Would tliiiati* that you buy
JEWELRY,
WATCHES,
SILVER WARE
tai -nih. ,,f an old established snd
RELIABLE HOUSE.
Bitch Ls tis
E. WILTSE,
PARMVILLE, V \.
Gi
PLANTERS' BANK,
FARMVILLE, VA.
R;x PAI Ll PT, - - - 'Nm
? ? I. '...,? e.
Capital paid up, $50,000. Surplus $30,000
DIRECTORS:
h, h. BARROW, K. M. BDRTOH,
a. A C. M. WALKBR,
I. I" A VIS,
ikini.; basin,
*
? -.1,1 ..ti nil prim 'ipi,!.-.'
wtinit. n
ins 111
public
Ital*, (
tn. ll!.
Wei
our lin
boase
iiny lu
I'M I.
PLO! I
unit
IHK M
A
I . sk cy latin
FRI: E.
_I DR i' ra woolley to.
Allanls, Ga I
market
cannot
.mi; I
Lazy Liver
?'I htiTa br,;, tronlil'd a ur?*at deal
*?*? "?? ?' DStip*
' "" I ' ? al \t.ii claim
il trial,
? ber sappi. ..
?
?
J. A SMITH
as-iuehanna Are , Philadelphia, l's
CANDY
CATHARTIC
? *??. ^mr w>**? i r-ir-irs i is^,
TS/.OI MASH PIOlSTtSID
CURE CONSTIPATION. ...
1 .mt*, ,..m,.lair.... UmtntL !S?? trwl. nt
wn.Tfl.B8n B
nu iu*OAb . .in
IT IS RIDKUOl'S
l"i any man lo claim lo nuke iimn
?y by sell lng ni a Iimm. Ii i- sirnple to
?av it, ami irimple tn -wallow it. if
In- fiiiTin-i raised only one main for
rain planted tie would atarve.
[f the merchant sells his Roods dollar
ol'il,.liar, al the prire lie bough! them,
ie i- ont iii lime, laboi ami expense
We Mosl Live,
nd st. live by om profits, bul we
? .n't prey on the public. Our prices
IO
ACTUALLY LOWER
tau tlif muan bragged up below r.-i
ol nther-i
(.< m ?!> (ini IDS
>\ I HAVETO HE SOLI) BELOW
< <?-i m (jet LIU <>K IT I KM.
Our Goods are Good.
pays us to haudle them aud yon to
iy. We dou't have to trifle our buy*
teri flee our sales; hui
ti fains! prices. We don't
? ssil any oue to buy. !f oue Will
? i look at tinni tliey will u- sura i"
buy them.
emember the Place,
Mr. VERSER'SOLDSTAND,
xl K.orto ll. K. Wair- Hardware
Store, Karmville, Vs.
aders of Fashion and Low
I lill -stork Consists "I
it'-, Voil I h's aud i:,.\- Heady Made
Clothing.
SHOES
Man, Woman ami Child. Ladies
Gent**' Kuruishlug doods, Trunks.
, ? -. Watches ami
elrj .Inti.,. la ami .Mn*
I Iustruments, Hat-, ( ap* ami
.Noli, m-.
WK MAKE BPEC1 V LT I ES
Ladies' Heady-M ls, auch
ailor*Made OikmIs, Skirt-, Waists,
ippem, Esncy Underakirta anti
. of all descriptions.
Yours foi busim
M. S. FELDMAN
KARMVILLE, VA
xt door to ll. E. Wall- lliinl
ULETT SON & CO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
oceries, Hardware 4c.
tne attention of their friends and tit.
loch el rs, i s -
! \KHW.\KK
loch <?! Har/,
lorn, <??
Lime, Plasl
lilian. .
tr, pia i .I- i"
? -. sslio
in town and In m.tn.' linea sa low sa
load oi iii it superior PI EDMON i
WHITE ROCK FAMILY
th, EVER) BARREL nl?
il I- (JUARA*! itt i- lu GIVE - \ f
TION.
nave In ? oar i<?i"i of
litchell Wagon*
..-..it tm lit.'
lng boaghl rn
,i tn yon Ml il- lust
om- tm UM
,. boyla id -'?<? '( ut
, in both OOODH and PR1
Paulett. Sod & Co.
'BINTI NU
--i.N \i:i.i: PRJ
\l HERALD OKKI CE
in
ll!
oi
ll
of
M
. r
th
I
'n
loi
in
"t!
Ila
pll
bei
I
iii.
lt
ISSI
?'
up
dri.
a if
me
ntl
"1
san1
"}
half
?'.
son
M lal
late
"Il
Isn't
?'\\
Sort!
wiih
on!, i
just
up ti
thal
their
mit ti
"Ol
"Wi
?Ti
Mrs
band
tr;i.'ti'
wm ii
Mal
sn id t
tl.P v\
hr. B
saying.
multi :
could
lu cam
"I tl
office |
"Wi
the .!<
ru-nn, a
WV. st
"Oh.
w'tb a
THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPER.
tlie ol,l country weekly?hoar dearly I
-
city dally I quick turn
id ii- quail ?
ali.
A hoary-bt sdi ?] editor1 pride;
' I hui,.- ,.f locals In ss hi. li ail 1
of kinsman and
Ttn bli
and i
?
Its crude correspondent ?
caper;
It*, triti ly ? ,1 jny_
Tiny all may lie found in the countrj
? r?
..tis- paper I rea I
-W. li.
I THE POSTMISTRESS
AT DOWNINGVILLE \
By Hnydr-n Corruth
'."a." .'.
DOWNINGVILLE ss
?
<i half mile frmn thc tannery to the
bau mill, iukI with mily Mattering
.
? o church)
establish a center. Llkew
? ?
ile number of J
ill. fl?
oss past ma - "i' public
inoccupied
tt ndury between tbe build li
Evei
mis from
louse, with a corner <>f Squire Pom*
ruy \s wood-lot coming up almost to Its
?ack door, as il !?
lucb ii a.-. a town at all.
Hut. aller all, if tl
?
s the cit. i ,.f Hoss ningTille," ll
hically, it
lated, hut in ma ?
wnli ird lit
? is hotly h;itl tocomi then
rn- the mall, anti there Wfl
o tu! ,-. here everj body hail
r? po for anything. Hut I
? the post
.-taut postmaster could un mi ll tea*
. to think -mn, ?
tat the folks who got the .
Mr. Blodgetl was tbe postmaster, but
? ran the \ lllage gris! mill is hid. \s it-,
a everj tbl
ni sell
grea! length. So i*
ia! practically the t ntfre worfc i
ssas
abel Loomis, mTio lived with her t
u quarter of a mile up the road on
e uncertain edge of the til
The work of thc office, altbo
rbaps hard in ol sas cer
.?tii g, and the hours Miro
In the morning 1
Ding, usually. Vacal
fest, ant! the sslarj WSS
OUgbj hut Mal.
1 ?? did the tvork to the
*t of her ability.
beautiful i
?; .-lie hail joel flulsbed ['Utting up
? titi mail, and the hoy who carried
ti) the station liutl departe
a or thr. Inn! ns let I ?
Malu 1 waj aurprisi
i appear nt the general delli
Why, good morning;, Mai".'.'" she
. mi 1'en't looking for n,e mi
ly, were you, now? Well, I'd
iiniii foi ,
'.ll I timi:
p In. Didn't know bul I might hsve
.stal or something frmn her. telling
to ttair till i ?
to, there isn't anything foi
in tai Mabel.
Aili, I didn't knott, you kino
t tell, lint I BOppOaV this
for youf"
s'o. I've been up on hour mid a
'on don't tell me! Well, I think
? ? git u]' too corly, that's
t 1 think. Beens ns if Bli
it dir out ai
illy nu you hate to si
nt night."
?? comes In at noon, yon know, snd
?; quite nubile. 1 ben, tbe work
hard."
'di, lt mni not behsrd, bal [should
that lt's Wi ai ii,g, If I'm n
? ! pounding them
that thing, and filling out I
rs and tearing them off Mi
so, and fixing ti
?
a this window for thia hoi.
hotly iiiui tin- oilier bo,!_s thal want
li tura, and forty other tl.
litre 'twould just pester tht life
f me !n no time at all."
). I don't mind it," returned Habel,
fully.
L-ll, I n.nd be |
i going on
ICUrsion next sveek?"
ii afraid I can't gt t sway," an?
ti the giri.
on waa rummaging lt
hag. a: .idis
d.
-rna as If Blodgetl ought to pay
?bl said.
es flushed. She had not
hut she could BO! sffl
coralon, whntei
he bad told th- Th In
? thal aba might ru?
the of
?
nt; but die
IC sin
link b<
? t tlie
pa] ?.," ? nd.
ll, nint be l ? tbal light,"
ison, moling toward
aor. "Hut I
ntl his nilli pays him right I
I'd like, la ?
thank yon." answered slabel,
rather sad smile, a* lin
i
t
t
i
v
?
tl
ii
M
tl
?I
1"
ll
tl
..
M.
1
mi
h\S
ttl
tbl
rr.u
Mi,
he
it's
Up!
"J
Still
M
to I
Ullin
to ht
"V
than
rulei
"N
ter ii
If he
conn
tl.-uh
by .-(
pie."
?'1 i
Tito It
"Larg
Smith
"ie
(ni pi
ia con
nnd ti?
bs, bri
ia pit! I
Do yo
toll Vt
back i
you bl
Mab.
'
worth
thal le
?
trry I'
lott ll.
mi tra
?
"I ea
paid.
%. ry re
i
In her
k. but Ihi
"I'm afr..
for nu- i h
hat ruefully. . Mr.
lay hi re thal daj if I
him, bul I .
'
ut.tr that's tuitsble. I arish i
earn n
Bul then sta
? >r th. bot
? ?
?
gel tl..
'
In r ii
them ai ahe bad ?
nnd it made bi r a li:
?
? il thought ii. Bbc ts ,
of tin
Tail.
(Mil. 1 '
of moi thi i
'
la lamil] li
Her mot!
lelp ki
. able
I, had
I .
icrself.
Win ; ?'lui:
work which prest
.! had been with thi d
ion to keep her j onnger bi
had given np < vea hi r mu
? much, lt
? l.-r, perhaps, thal
?? thought hon little Of Illl
, tish "li tia
It uns a little after ll
c ail
tin .
illvery, that be ??
?
lack of In
?
iw ami
"ls thei i M. Pi
iii. nnd Mabel bad placed it In the
fe which stood Inti ?
?Ted him in the ai'. ol,ci. he
it in ned:
Thal li
?
The ru . Ton in
nv," u:
?, I had forgotten. '
ger here, bul I >
taking out a number
? latter
? brough thi
'M. I' M
?
very import li the
rain."
lui Ic
on Mr
igett, the postmaster, bi
? nnlng
it thc* man. Twlei Tig up
he miinioss he bad gladc< d i
ihler al the door. She hu.
?i duty to t
?lld fully t
it belongi tl io him; bul
in Identification "f whi?
test Li ''er of prob
ri-elf and her employer.
. got lots I i
?ed letters rm less identlti
this, and al lal - " the
said. d the
o, I don't think I nm. A posxnias
: '.''?'
d. liters one to * ????rsOD
in hold bli
Mr. lllo.l | pnr
,r lb in ? ?? ld me to deli*
iden
tlon such as Mould I-e tal
at a bunk 1 I know that
vin a ouched for
. known to the bank pea
: i on
inn, ignoring a bal al i
Prom J ll
Mailed this ru
Isn't that right?"
s, but I can't let you 1
roper Identification." Mabel wai
man
I pointment
orry over tb
nging his true character I
;tl manner tt. re
:
ii know 1 ?
iib the <1> |
ny letter'.' You kiatt I al
ii Hie truth
ive DO ri^ht to mail."
i-l made do reply al all, bul held
1)1111(1 ..
I
bud lo
) I'm a
fae
rn bli
in. It la a matter of d
rimT du lt," ' Mabel
man by this Hr' vlng
d In '
erroush than
r li u moment, and ,
"(If
?
'.nilli. I'm
ri st i i h
"I'i!
I
|
1
"I'll
: that
'
jit for the
f you don't
"H. lei for yourself natl
tv h.'i I
? ?!."
Mab. "It
> a*tter
"I tiill h . ut. t],
and hurry
? r by
:
abe
Hog of re*
and
ju-t strm:.
:; to
istiinl i:
asp.
nf shut tilth a dull
. :.<'d the
i d uith
e other spun round the cuni!.
mb. Then the darkness beean
.ben d no ia
ird was ii con
led mni Then phe
' Imt she mus
il in th. | . lj mg on i
buting t.ibli. Or Tie vll
? r her,
I ett and
roted of peo
"you're go
all right now. You can go
ne In I' I'll gn along."
about tho i
it that
. ? hist I Ki '? ' a home
?t ts hie! ?? drove
in full
?
ell" ni re git. n with a
bad
IL be bsd
me ui the niau bad cu?
ll by run ni eld to
i! thal it no
ed he fa for running
lice of
? ai the
...
?
le of
i, who bsd srrested tbe men, lu?
ng tl
ter Mi ' waa bach In the
1 to ber tl ?
'
In the al ape of
n of
ma of
? In after i
io wouldn't
? ry kind," saitl Mabel, In
I
uldn't
u can
f/v.k
:!iclal
tt, re?
nton.
nifferonl Sureplng.
? r."
nally, nnd
1 rooms aa
NOT AN IDEAL TOWN.
I a, Ta., Has HiiniN \\ 1. leh Wa.ni.I
Make An> \l ht-iTniti n'a Hair
?in ml mi Kiiil.
re ls the
, ? here, ac
l only
e con
I from one place
ROAD REAR RENOVA, TA.
wait" in preference to con?
tinuing tb. there
The
il be a par
ae ago
riding
-m th. i in muddy wratber, so
d to etort- our a
hird of tbe season."?Good
GOOD ROADS NOTES
' Miss* rt 1 ? > rgan
zed li ads com
,milty In the state.
Dighways which are rendered Im
i.ary rains?nnd there
re lunn\ of tin in are not fit to be
ailed ri
, n of Bucyrus, O., have
lied for tbe purpose of adopt*
ai of improving tbe roads
ty.
Narrow tires and mud roods should
[i. i (lily Ik- SCI . hand, as it
en, "glimmeilng tbrm I*
f things that were."
The Mercantile club of Wyandotte
i.an., recently passed resolu
snd uiii
ork for th.- fume at this session of
? ntl Baplds (Mich.) Ii, raM,
ry pertinently observes ti
>ard of ? ty cou hi con?
tently take a hand in the good ronda
it.
? mploy
nt of prisoners in building i
idatJoB
of petty
?
inlty.
. hicngo,
ii, h bai for se
tion, have prnctl
o for thc present
! tight agni aggnge
* and . r efforta to a move
g by county-jail inmates
ndert Itei li :',! Ids county,
Y. Tl: npleln
unties,
[thin ls In aucct
ce of els or elglit
. thc Juli.
* illM', Of
t Yoi?'?
. .
t ls |laV inty ha*
OOO, and t Im
Ho 0d
ol
STA
Iii.ail 11 ra I unite That Drains.
DC nut: - et of road
that In prairie soil a
? ,r ll months
.?in of I i'ound
g grass aeed
ac drainage.
? perform the
ik* protected
? tion of the narrow wagon
p turn ls always!n bet
ght portions
ls do rot follow
? form
length
the front and rear axle* of
tvould
for roads, considering;
than any other
v.
lliirnliiK of Mark Soils.
that muck
refill drain
? |] unproductive, Ihe fer
for plants \
I and in Bu*
?
?r. T arning baa
on. The burning
n 12 to 16
avail*
?
? tbodaof pi ?
?
Stale Aid In Mlnnrinla.
'or rood I now
r the new
l lu
Hie N
LADI
LV
IJ
I rea
mii :
- \
Where
frlendi
?toes ii
Ol m .
Waga
tar ir
I
Midi Int
ii;
-
WEAB
RESISTERS
Tba neatest, most irraceftil shoes
iiiiiii.' for women's wear are "Waar
? rd."
It isn't necessary to make a shoe
I sjaraaap la resist wear.
"Wear Resisters'" streiu-tli I* flue to
u-'-oT nutt*.rial-, ttoiiest tsurkitmioinp.
ll trittt.-titlou tu tin IJNBMm ss Ure
Um ssiar comes.
. Mad- i'-,-iia|H * I,, i ? cvers-foot.and
- 'o -int .-M i) n.nto.
Look fur "I...stitt ? aa
evei v BBMM you
buy.
B LEWIS CO.,
Boston, Mut.
? Wear ResUtx-ni" for salo by
A. E. CRALLE.
Smithdeal Practical Business College,
Richmond. Ya. Jk.
The Oldest Business Colleqe
rs, ita I aa si Ul Usa OM
'.aiiini,ia. Uraod New Building. K.r*i i.i
st a it-imiidiiiK ui Virginia; second la ths
nulli.
Olsrl) iin.l pructl
ii: four are authors of valuable booka.
? loni** ure en . ? men
: iii) have confidence In the InsUtu
on.
(.luces in two .las ? wara ot
re I ii- -i lulen i-. Only two ol the sis could
? liiu,i. Neither of the two bad n
writing ic-*,tn-. No
S nd ma,Ucl,nu. I'as .'lint alghl
lor pill lieu.a
G. M. SMITHDEAL.
!'ri-i,|<iil.
"I , a.llni; Bu .III of the
.lulim. Uudetphia uumofjrwplur.
The areal anoesai of the Bmlthdcal Ool?
ra ts due lo honest work and tin- dean la*
? instructors nike In tbe pupil-. -
I iHiptUeA.
?Prof Hm I tnd ai is a deadly enemy of nil
iiiailniial sliamfand RU|>*urflclal methods
lea, lilli. I .!</?, .Moline, III.
ou'II Need Us
When You Want
Clothing.
We sell clothes thal make s our neigh*
Iml ask "ts lure did fOU (el tl" in '.'
ooh like ia ss nil thc nine. We
make a special!) of Btrouse Brothers
iaiim . , the sci> baal ia
.allis.
OUR SHOES
io ansni i.a*-. .1 iii quality and stj le.
An examination of our stock will con?
on Hun uar nu ti- shoes made
ij Klee a- Hutchins, snd lad
loiin Kells, are superior In every
.oas to iiiinf roods oostlssj sam*
Wi save a aosasaata i.<>r
PLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
(OTioNH, ii \ rs, c itfaa, OBtrn
it;m**t!i\(; 0O0D8, kVOM, a kt
siii'Ai;i
Richardson k Cralle,
KAK.MVII.I.K, VA.
NOTICE!
ive inns,d from loy i.IT si.uni ncno- lu
' iioit.t-itiiii' glen Hearse ai al
to Cn Hore,
tOCh Ullin
lielnli. ol
ES DRESS GOODS, NOTIONS, ftc.
m orated
iRULB BRAND OP BHOl
? : and nus- UM tum
OUGLAS SHOES.
fieel fully a-k for a cunt i iiiui nee of Unit
patronagi '" iwtodbre gi voa sss,
L. J. VERSER,
I \ KM Vi U.K. VA.
Have Completed
and now occupy
fEW AMI 00MMOOKWI MTOKK.
I-AKMVU.I.K. VA.,
be mni to -? a snd serve ear
i and the pul,nc. Wa aimil ear ry la
rat Shelf Ita ni iran'?,
Sash, El iuds ami I Innis,
?a uml Carriage Material,
St mt etta Inr ll at/nits,
u/tural liiiplriiirnts, I'luirs.
Castings, ,i <.
,i stock of Buggies, Murrey, nnd Road
landllna onlj the manufaetun
..ultu.ml tu give
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avail, Robertson I Co.

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