Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-20
LEXINGTON NOTES.


| Interesting ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF
Numerous bryan Clubs.
LEXINGTON. VA. September l9.-(Spe-
cial.)-Miss Conway, Of Rapidan. Va. is
the guest Of Miss Ruth Anderson.
DR.. James r. Jordan, Of Montgomery,
Ala. is visiting his mother, Mrs. Martha
| Jordan
| Miss Louise Brockenbrough has gone to
| Washington city, where she will attend
| school
| Mr.. Henry II. McCorkle has gone to
| New York city, where he will locate
permanently. He will associate himself
with his brother, Mr.. Walter l.. McCorkle.
in the practice of law at No. Wall street.
Mr.. Thomas Williamson. of the Danville
Military Institute, was here this week
visiting friends.
! Mr.. w. T.. Faison. of North Carolina,
Solicitor Of the State Department, at
Washington city, IL here visiting his
Alma Mater. He graduated at the Vir-
ginia Military Institute In 1873
Major Harry L. Biscoe, of Washington
city, and Colonel Percy G.. Halves, Of
Richmond, were here this week, and
entered sons at tho Virginia Military In
stitute. Major Biscoe is president OF the
Virginia Democratic Association Of the
District OF Columbia.
Mr.. John w. Moore, assistant book
keeper and cashier Of the First National
Bank. has resigned for the purpose OF
studying medicine. He has gone to New
York city to enter Bellevue Medical Col
lege Mr.. Howard Barclay succeeds him.
Misses Alice and Julia Wilson. OF Fair
field, are visiting friends in Charlottes-
vile.
Lieutenant Newton Kirkpatrick, who
has been spending the summer with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. ID. Kirkpatrick.
OF Monmouth, this county, has gone to
Fort Bayard, N. NJ, to enter upon his
duties as second lieutenant Of the First
United States Cavalry.
The Lexington public schools opened
formally Monday. with a large attend
ance At the white school, 275 pupils re-
ported, which was twenty-five more than
at the opening last session. and there
have been daily additions since. There
are now fifty pupils in the High-School
department, some OF them from other
counties.
The number OF cadets at the Virginia
Military Institute is not as large as last
year, but new cadets are reporting slowly
BY the 1st of October II is thought that
tho number will reach last years mark.
The new cadets are large, anu present
quito fine appearance.
At Washington and Lee University
there is a decrease OF fifty or seventy-five
over last year. However. the outlook is
encouraging.
The county schools will open October
18th.
At Buffalo Forge, this county, a. Bryan
Sewall- Flood, club has been organized,
with the following officers: President. G..
w. Efnger; Presldents-A. A. Wal
lace, B. F. Miller and John A McCorkle;
Secretary, C.. A. Cummings. At the or
ganization forty-five members were en>
rolled.
At Alone, this county. a Bryan-Sewall-
Flood club has been organized. The off,
GERS are: Daniel Teaford president; j. T.
McGuffin and f.. Il. Beard, vice-presi-
dents; Charles Lindsay, secretary and
treasurer
A contractor, representing large
bridge building company, of Canton, o.,
who has been experimenting the con-
struction Of a bridge over Buffalo creek.
says that he will support the Chicago
ticket, although he has always been
voting the Republican ticket heretofore.
He also says that there is al large num-
Der OF employees of the same company
who will support Bryan and Sewall at the
coming election. He has made the above
statement on number of occasions.