The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-19
SAL. s, NJ
EDWARD JETER. REPORTER.

A telegram received late yesterday
evening by Mrs. j. b. Bransford stated
that her son Walter had died during FRI
day afternoon at Ocean Springs, Miss, of
yellow fever. During the yellow fever
periol of 1888 Mrs. Bransford lost her
husband, daughter, q sister and a bro
Their, all of whom were victims of the
dread disease. Young Bral sford was
buried yesterday morning.
Editor M. G. McClung returned yes
terday from hunting trip .on Catawba.
His hunting belt was adorned with nu-
merous squirrel tails, which it is pre-
sumed that he purchased at a fabulous
cost from Clay Chapman or some other
nilnrod of the far famed . Cntawba Val
ley.
Mrs. Lockwood, who has been visiting
the family of J. w. Hypes, returned yes
terday 20 her home in Bedford City
!. Mrs. Dora Anderson, of Pocahontas
who has been on visit to her mother,
Mrs. w. r. johnson, on Union street,
left last night for New York city
Edward w. James, a student of Ron
noke College during the session of '66,
81 and '6S. now of Norfolk, Va, is ~eg-
istered at Hotel Duval.
Miss Mar, BradfieId, who has been on
visit to her parents on Pennsylvania
Avenue, returned yesterday to Lynch
burg
Baker w. Armstrong, member Of the
firm of the Houston Drug Company,
who with his wife and children have been
visiting the Misses Nugent, has return
ed to Houston, Tex. His wife and chill
dren will remain several weeks longer
before returning to the land of the mag
nolia and the home of the hooking bird.
The L. F. billiard property, situated at
the foot of Elm street, next to the Nor
folk and Western tracks, WAS sold yester-
day by HansbrouGh g. Logan, commits
sioners, under deed of trust 1t was
purchased by u. T. Martin for the sum
of 1856
Miss Alice Fisher, of Lynchburg, is
visiting at Mrs. G. ID. Mahone's.
Miss Lois Lucille Landes ar rived in
winter here with ner parents on Academy
street.
H. was reported here yesterday by Bob
Lloyd that Friday evening two barrels of
unstamped whiskey were captured by
revenue officers at Cave Spring, said to
belong to James Owens and James Haw-
ley, distillers.
Evangelist ]. w. Hypes left yesterday
to institute series of RELIGIOUS meetings
ut Mt. Clivet in Bedford county.
To-mc rrow (Monday) w. Hugh Carter,
Herman Taylor and c.. f. Krkwood, of
Cave Spring, leave for Richmond where
they will attend to '97 and '0S session of
Richmond College.
Rev. Geo. Gordon Smead, after visit
of several weeks to his mother, brother
and sister here, leaves Tuesday for Lou
isvilie and Nashville, at which places he
VIII visit for II few days, after which he
will return to his passionate at Pine
Bluff, Ark.
There will be regular services this
morning at the Presbyterian and Metho-
dist Churches. G. r. Towson, secretary
of the Y. NJ. c. A. ut Norfolk, will oc
cupy the morning hour at the Baptist
Church with an address, and at night the
tev. Jos. Stras. of Roanoke, will adj
dress the Tyree Missionary Society. AT
the Lutheran Church G. X. Bell, of Get
tysburg College. will preach his farewell
sermon, and will leave next week to re-
sumo his theological course. AT IL.
O'Clock in the Episcopal Church, the Rev.
Geo. Gordon Smead will preach. There
will be no night service. Rev. Ernest
MeCauley, of Cedar Rapids, Ia. will
preach tonight at o'clock in the Luthe-
ran Church.
Colonel Joe Lane Stern, assistant in
spector general, and Gen. Charles j. An
dersop, adjntant general of Virginia,