The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-15
SAL Z. NJ
EDWARD JErER. REPORTER.

Miss Mollie Lemon, one of the princi.
pals of Salem Graded School, has gone on
visit to frieEds at Mace, Botetourt
county.
Rev. w. L. Lemon and wife, of Col
umbus, Ohio, have gone on visit to
friends in Bedford county.
Tomorrow is court day. a mass meet
ing will be held at. - o'clock to select
delegates to the legislative convention
which convenes in Salem September 8,
1897
Wickham Renshaw, who has been Wis
fting the family of Rector e. W. Hub
bard, left yesterday for his home in
Clarke county, Va.
Mrs. v. I. Miller, of Buena Vista, is
visiting at Mrs. VIM. McCauley's on East
Main street.
Miss Belle Dillow, who has been visit
ing the family of j. A. Moore in West
Salem, returned yesterday to Roanoke
City.
jackson Beale, the popular Main street
merchant, left yesterday for his home in
Scottsville.
Mrs Lula Bowers left yesterday for
visit to her brother, the Rev. Geo. L.
Brown, at his home in Bridgewater,
Rockingham county. She was accompa
MED by her brother, j. r. &. Brown, Sr.
Miss Mary Booth returned from a
pleasant visit to her old home in Frank
lin county.
Dame Rumor is responsible for the re-
rort that certain young woman who
lives on Main street, will in short time
wed Il former Salem young man,a and that
they will later make their hcme in dis
tant State.
The young men of the city gave another
delightful german on Friday night in the
club room on College avenue These
dances are very pleasant and entirely in
formal.
Misses Oracle Grayhill, Hortense Bur
ton and Hattie Simmons. three charming
ladies of Botetourt county, are visiting
at Mrs. B. w. Logan's in West Salem.
Wni. H Terry. formerly merchant of
Salem, now prosperous wholesale drug
gist of Norfolk, Va. was in the city Fri
day shaking hands with old friends.
Luther Huffman and A. c. Bear left
yesterday for the Bear Lithia Springs,
where the former goes on a visit.
Isam Brown, colored. was tried yester-
day afternoon in Mayor Younger's court
charged with selling whiskey without a
license His case was conducted by At
orney Simpson and he was acquitted of
the charge.
Prof. VIM. b. Atwood, of the V. p. l.,
delivered an interesting address Friday
night ut the courthouse on the origin and
life of san Jose scale. He explained its
discovery for the first tlme..at San Jose
California, and said that it was first in
troduced intoVirginia mt Charlottesville,
supposed to have been brought there on
some nursery stock imported from New
Jersey. He also spoke of its wonderful
spread, including its deathly march in
many places in Virginia.
Jacob S. Baer was elected chairman Of
the meeting and committee composed
of the following well-krown gentlemen
were appointed to confer with and try to
interest the board of supervisors of Roa-
noke county to the end that they appro-
pirate some money with which TO fight the
insect in this county: Col. A. NJ. Bow
man, Robert Logan Walter Watson, w.
II. Ruthr'uff and w. r. Whitescarver.
A committee WAS appointed to confer
with the fruit farmers of this section in
reference to organizing an association for
the determination of the-pests. Iohn H.
Palmer, John A. Francis, A. NJ. Bow
man. and Jas. G. NYertz were appointed
on this committee. On motion OF Colonel
Bowman vote of thanks was rendered
to Professor Atwood for this address.
Major Robert Page. of Lynchburg,
well-known here, was in the city Thurs
day. He was much pleased with the