The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-10
Al, E, NJ
ISAAC CANNADAY, REPORTER.

Mrs. L. H. Cooper. who has been visit.
ing her father, Judge WIN. Barnitz, on
! College avenue, left yesterday for her
home at Coaldale, w. Va.
Hrof c. B. Cunnaday was in Roanok G
Z yesterday.
AT the Democratic caucus hello in Rich
lnond OH Monday night last. Judge w.
w. Motif was renominated fol Judge of
Roanoke county.
Miss Earman, who has been visiting
Mise IDez Shipman. left Tuesday Tor
Roanoke.
j. Maness, of Pulaski, was exhibiting
here yesterday au invention of his called
the s'lightning grass seed sower." Theap-
paratus is very simple, yet performs q
great amount of work.
large nun Der of Floyd county
wagons passed through the city yesterday
going to Roanoke with their produce.
Misses G1sta and Juna Chapman, of
Glenvar, were shopping in the city yester
day.
Mrs Archie Phlegar and daughter,
Mary, of Christiansburg, are visiting at
Col. ID G. S;hanks.
Hor. John II. Siler, of Berkeley Springs,
w. Va. WHO has been visiting his daugh-
ter, Mrs. II. c. V. Campbell, left We'd
nesday for his home.
William Wolfenden, who took the
agency for Monarch bicycles in Virginia,
expects to go on the road in a few days
with his samples
At the electric light plant the old
boiler used formerly for the pump en-
2ine, is being torn out.
G. D. DENT, editor of the Times. Regis
ter, returned yesterday from Richmond.
Munsey Cassell, OF Rocky Mount. is
visiting his friend J. p. Booth, OF Jack
son Beel &; Co. s dry goods house.
w. r. Whitescarvcr, treasurer of the
Baptist Orphunage, retui ne6 yesterday
from Richmond.
Last night at Hotel Duval the Knights
of Pythias gave their annual supper at
which Grand Chancellor of Virginia, II.
NJ. Darnall, of Roanoke. spoke,
Ed Barntz, brother of DR.. D. G.. Bar
nitz, hus recently taken charge of the
postoffice Mt Elkhorn, w. Va.
Lucian H. Cooke and J. NJ. Gamhill, of
Roanoke, were in town yesterday.
billiard &,,Persinger are having the east
side Of their drug store painted and
pointed.
NJ. +. Huff, the veteran auctioncer
sold yesterday nj Fort Lewis for II. J..
Sheppard, a lot of personal property and
grain. Germ brought 3S 4 cents.
The Salem Machine Works, which have
been shut down for day or so. while
new engine was being put in will resume
work to-day.
Salem people are anXiously awaiting
for Wednesday, December 10, when they
will have an opportunity to see at the
Roanoke Academy OF Music, Chas. Gales
s'Twelve Temptations the largest trav-
cling extravaganza on the road. We un-
derstand this company carries nearly 100
people, mostly pretty girls. This show
is unQuestionably the largest ever visited
Roanoke, and we will predict large
crowd from Salem.
j. E. Hess, conductor on The Chesa-
peake and Ohio railroad. is visiting his
brother, A. l.. Hess. on Craig avenue.
A. l.. Hess has in his possession some
interesting relics consisting of the brass
buttons worn on the uniform of his great
grandfather who was sergeant in the war
of 1919.
Alfred Peel returned yesterday from
New York.
The Methodist parsonage is receiving
new coat of paint
The Y. NJ. G. ~. Hall at.Roanoke Col
lege, which has been under repairs since
the beginning of the session, is now rap.
idly approaching completion. The hall