The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-05-30
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EDWARD JETER. REPORTER.

Major J. G. Green, of Wytheville, spent
Friday.night at Hotel Salem.
n The commissioners of election of Roa.
noke county met yesterday in the clerks
Office to canvass the returns and certify
the results to the county clerk, upon
which the county court clerk will issue
certificates of election to the following
named persons: Supervisor for Gave
Spring district, j. S. Woodruff; for Big
Lick district, w. p. Moomaw; for Ca
tawba district, G. w. Lewis; fol Salem
district, VIM. II. Barnett. Justices of
the peace for Cave Spring district, w. II.
IL. Richardson, j. +. Haley, w. c. Leslie.
Constable, ID. Il. Blackwell. Overseer of
the poor, Paterson Coon. Vote on the
constitutional con mention 104, against
3lS. justices of the Peace for Big Lick
district, Giles Gum; w. G. Wood, II. II.
Powell. Constable n w. Via Over
seer of the poor, S. +. Thrasher. For
convention, 81; against, 1O1 Catawba
district, Justices of the peace, II. H. Brill
hardt, W. w. Brand. Jno. n. Smith.
Constable. w. p. Scott. Overseer of the
poor, j. w. Damewood For convention,
u; against, 126. Salem district, Justices
of the peace, j. w. Camper, WIN. NJ Bar
nitz, f. a. Bishop. Constable e. r. Car
ter. Overseer of the poor, j. B. F'rier.
For convention, 149; against convention.
Ali.
The graded school commencement exer-
cises will be held this week in the Town
Hall commencing Monday night and clos
ing Tuesday night. The medals, which
have not as yet been awarded, will he
presented Tuesday night by the following
we'll known gentlemen: The IIanghorn
medal by DIR. l.. A. Fox; the Chalmers
medal, by DR.. Oscar Wiley; the Lyceum
medal by Il. w. Kline; the Thomson
medal by G. D. DENT; the Times Register
scholarship medal, by Prof. c. b. Gamma
day, of Roanoke College
Friday while on their way to Fort
Lewis Church, the horses attached to the
carriage of Mr.. and Mrs Charles Chap.
man became unmanageable and Mrs
Chapman jumped from the vehicle, badly
spraining one of her ankles.
A marriage license was issued yester
day from the clerks office to Abraham
Christian Peters and Laura H. Heller.
Julian Barksdale Of Roanoke. spent
Friday with his friend Professor rhpps
Miller, ut the home of VIM Tinsley In
West Salem.
Jno. T. Martin and family, of Bnch
anan, are in attendance at the institute
of the Valley Baptist Association and
while here have been the guests of MI.
and Mrs. Black Whitescarver.
T. /. Preston has rented the Crabtree
property on Market street to G. w.
Price, of Franklin county, who will per-
manently locate here about the middle of
August. Mr.. Price, who has now two
sons attending Roanoke College. comes
here for the purpose of educating his
children.
Miss Reba Bridges after spending the
night with the family of Rev H. c. V.
Campbell at the mense, left yesterday ut
midday for Hampden Sydney College,
where she goes to attend the commence.
ment exercises of that Institution.
A party of Roanoke College students
and young ladies of the city left early yes
terday morning for a days outing on
McAfee's Knob, situated OIL Catawb.
There will be no service this morning
at the Lutheran Church as DR.. Painter is
away and DR.. Fox breaches to-day in the
Second Presbyterian Church in Roanoke.
Rev. VIM. Lunsford, of Roanoke, will
preach this morning ut IL O'Clock in the
Salem Baptist Church, and DR. j. b. Tav-
Tor will occupy Mr.. Lunsford's pulpit at
the East Roanoke Baptist Church. Rev
Clarence b. Strouse will preach this af
ternoon at $3.50 O'Clock il the Allan Block.
Regular services at the Episcopal, Pres
byterian and Methodist Churches.
Col. a. NJ. Bowman, of the Virginia
land exchange spent Fridav..at Max Mead
ows, Wythe county, where he went on
business
George Seldom Bowman, of this place,
has just received scholarship at the
school of law and political science in Col