The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-03

EDWARD JETER, REPORTER.

"A
quate to accommodate the parents and
friends of the many pupils. The exer-
cises of the evening were opened with
prayer by DR.. j. b. Taylor, of the Baptist
Church. The following young lady grad
yates then read essays: Grace AnSoinette
Frantz. subject, Hidden Treasures;"
Rose Olive Wall. "Lights and Shadows;"
Helen Mae Agnew, "The Rise and Fall of
Nations;" Mary Ernma Gravely, "Honor
and Shame from no Conditions Rise, Act
Well Your Part, there all the Honor
Lies" Minnie Olive Hess, ''The Rose
BUSH" Lille Harrison Holmes, "Music's
Golden Tongue;" India Mand Cannaday,
'Valedictory. The able papers OF the
young latier evinced careful and thorough
preparation, and they were the recipients
of many beautiful floral designs.
The j. A. Thompson primary scholar.
ship medal was presented to lit Miss
Alice Brown by Mr.. G. d. Denit; the
Times Register scholarship medal, which
is given IN the grammar grades, was won
by Miss Ella Billiard and presented by
Prof. @. B. Cannaday; the L. II. Chal-
mers medal, which is given In the high
school department, was awarded to Miss
Bessie Frantz and delivered by DIR. o
Wiley; the j. G. Langhorne English medal
was presented to Miss Olive Hess by DIR.
L A. Fox.
The following is Il list of the pupils who
received honors:
FIRST HONORS.
Senior Class--hile Holmes, India Can
ahay, Olive Hess.
ntermedate-LauraP Price.
Junior-Claudine Ferguson, Bessie
Frantz.
Third Grammar-Ella Bullard, Mary
Barnett, Nellie White. Marion Zirkle,
Lizzie Painter, Lucy Thomson, Minnie
Thomson.
Second Grammar Lucy Leftwich.
Spotte Mcdowell, Clyde Beerbower, Wal
Ter Hardy. Mary Cannaday
First Grammar-Ada Bear, Annie
Grove, Mabel Sizer, Lucy Mcdowell,
Margaret Armstrong ,Winfree Carter.
Fourth Prinisry-Lacy Hardy, Charlie
Couch, Laura Whitescarver, Hannah
Webb, Harry Maury, Rosa Bowe.
Third Primary-Roxie billiard, Alice
Brown, Addie Wickham, Mary Thacker,
Annie Renalds, Wythe Peytcn, Edward
Murray.
Second Primary-James Armstrong,
Florence Whitescarver, Pattie Mae Dun.
can, Nettie ARner, Robert Linkous, Grace
Goodwin. Herbert Lee.
First Primary-Paul Davis, Joseph
Butler, Ethel Gravely, Ruth Kizer.
SECOND HONORS.
Seniors-Mary Gravely.
Juniors-Beulah Finke, Jeanette
White
Third Grammar-Maude Barnett,
blanche Johnson, Mary Preston, John
Grove.
Second Grammar-Gates MoTett, Berte
Reynolds.
First Grammar-Sallie johnson, Mary
Bowles, Henrie Webb, India Shortt, Roy
all Cannaday, Mary Trenor, Thad. Can
nadav.
Fourth Prinary-Edward McCauley.
Heleue Renalds, Randolph Wilson, Mable
Agner, Efie Dame, Blanche Folkes. Nor
ma Littrell, Betsey Lemon, Willie b.
Tinsley, John Moffett.
Third Primary-Fannie Jones, Rebecca
Branfeld, Rsxfnrd Johnson, Walter Hood,
Charlie Barnett, Ira Hess, Annie McCon-
key, Eleanor Jamison.
Second primary-Sadie Bowles, Mamie
Ballard, Virgie Bow les, Mary WIckham,
Lille Martin, Willie .Whitesell, Grover
Mercer, Iris Sizer, Mary Oakley, Eugenia
Griffin, Maurice Brown, Roxie Young.
Ray Deaton, Fred Stoutnmire, Ernest
Mercer, Charlie Snead.
The past session has been notably sue.
his able corps OF assistants have proven
themselves teachers of--high merit. We
wish teachers and pupils pleasant vaca
ton.
F. Christian, who wa. fatally injured
in the Charlottesville fire Monday, was a
former resident OF Salem, he having come
here during the boom. While here he
was at the head OF planning establish
ment, was Il member Of the Odd Fellows
lodge and property holder. When he
left here for Charlottesville he was sue
ceeded in business by the McConkey Bros
j. G. Ligon and his neice, Mrs. Il. Lacy
Hoge, attended yesterday the Hollins
commencement.
DIR. Lewis Pedigo, resident physician at
the Allegheny Springs, was in the CITY
yesterday.
Yesterday was very quiet day in sa-
lem. The city looked deserted, as a great
many of our people, ms is their usual ems
tom each year, attended the commences.
ment exercises of Hollins Institute.
Judge Henry e. Blair returned yester-
day from Botetourt county where he has
been holding court.
Will Wolfenden left Tuesday evening
for'a busi-ess trip to Richmond.
AIR. Frank billiard, of Bristol, Tenn.
accompanied by his cousin, Miss Leila
House, of Burkettsville, Md, arrived in
Salem yesterday and are the guests of ".
b. billiard and familY at their home on
COLLEGE avenue.
ELECTRIC BITTERS.
Electric Bitters is medicine suited for
any season. but perhaps more generally
needed when the languid. exhausted fool