Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-06-01

Forbes while in Staunton called at til
Is SPECTATOR Office.
J. VIM. Crawford and Miss Etfie
y Sheets were married near Mt Sidne
last Thursday.
e Greenlee D. Letcher, of Lexington
was in the city this week attendin
circuit court.
Mrs. ]. e. Gale, of MiddlebroOk. hs
returned from Johns Hopkins Hosp
q tai much improved in health
James T. Watson and Miss Ami
/, N. Bum, a youthful coupe, wei
married at Waynsshoro yesterday. .
t The storm Monday evening destroy
/ ed The hay shed of Blackwo0d Pattel
son, and partly demolished the bari
of j. T. Bocock in the county.
The Ladies Aid Society of Olive
Presbyterian church will give Il straw
berry festival tomorrow, Friday, fror
5 to 10 p. m.
Lieut.. F. E. Harris, of the ThiI
Artillery, U. S. A., has opened a re
cruiting Office in this city for the pul
pose of enlisting men in the regula
army.
At Port Repu bile, Rockingham
county, last week, Georg May wa
!, caught in the machinery OF mill ant
terribly crushed. He is brother o
| Mrs. j. R. Gregory OF this city.
On last Friday fire destroyed tn,
dwelling on the farm occupied by L
l.. Harm an about miles from tow
on the pike. The origin of the fire il
unknown. Partly insured.
| AS we go to press we learn that the
condition of James NJ. Lickliter, who
was taken i'll last Saturday, while iI
the country, is about the same and
that there has been no change tor the
better.
Cards have been issued announcing
the marriage of Miss Charlotte Deming
to Hon. John B. Finley, son of DR.. g..
W. Finley, Of this county, the happy
event to take place at Parkersburg,
W. Va, next Wednesday, the 7th.
j. H. Siple and wife are visiting rela-
tiyes in Augusta county this week
Jno. w. Hiser and wife are in Angus
ia county this week visiting G. A.
Hiser, who moved there about two
years ago.-Franklin wv. Va.) Re
view.
The ladies of Shendun have leased
Weyer's Cave for the 4th Of July.
They want to raise money with which
to pay off the debt on the Presbyterian
church. Particulars will be given in
a later issue.
The colored public school of this city
came to close Tuesday with appro-
pirate exercises in the school building.
Several of the pupils were awarded for
distinctions won in the various branch
es.
The hustling livery firm of Messr-
smith & Hartman have received two
handsome new vehicles with rubber
tires. One is Berlin coach and the
other Landon and can be lighted
with acetyline gas.
Rev. T. L. Hannah, of Mississippi,
and Walter Langtry, of Missouri, who
have been attending the General AS.
sembly in Richmond, stopped off here
on their return to visit friends and rel
atives. The former was the guest of
DR.. Fraser, and the latter of Ii A. s.
Hamilton.
Mrs. Margaret E. Mish, of Middle
brook, has issued cards announcing
the approaching marriage of her daugh-
ter, Miss Mary A. Mish to J. Frank
Tannehill, Sr, of this city The cere-
mony will take place on the 18th inst,
at 80 P. NJ. at Bethel church, Mid
dlebrook. The prospective bride and
groom are we'll known and very popu
lar.
Theodore F. Shuey, the efficient |
steno grapher of the United States
Senate, will sail in day or two for
London, accompanied by his wife and
two daughters. They will spend a Il,
month in London and then go to Paris,
where Mrs. Shuey and her daughters
will remain for year or more. Mr.. |
Shuey will return in the Fall.
The commencement exercises of the |
Mary Baldwin Seminary were held |
the first of this week and were fully |
up to the expectations of the friends |
of that school. The pupils and teach
ers have returned to their homes to |
enjoy the vacation, except those who |
graduated and there were several of
this latter class.
On account Of the annual session of
the Biblical Assembly at Charlotte, N.
c., the Southern Ry. will sell tickets |
from all points on its line to Charlotte
and return at rate of one first class |
fare for the round trip. Tickets on |
sale June Is, 10, 20, 81, final limit |
July 1.
d. W. Faidley, aged Y years. died in |
this city last Tuesday. His remains |
were taken to Bridgewater for inter-
ment. Mr.. Faidley was held in high |
esteem by large number of friends. |
He is survived by three daughters. R. |
2. Furry, of Bridgewater, is brother
in law of the deceased.
The baccalaureate sermon to the |
Mary Baldwin Seminary WAS preached |
at II o'clock last Sunday morning in |
the First Presbyterian church by the |
Rev. Donald Guthrie, pastor of the
Second Presbyterian church at Rich |
mond. A large congregation was pres |
emit and gave close attention to the able
DISCOURSE.
On account of the meeting of the |
Southern Students Conference and
Young Women 8 Christian Association |
Cow entiOn at Asheville. N. c., June |
1921, the Southern Ry. will sell tick
cts from all points on its line to Ashe- |
vile and return at rate of one first
class fare for the round trip. Tickets |
on sale June 10, IA, Is, 16; final limit |
June 30.
DIR. M. E. Broadus, pastor Of the
Bristol Baptist Church, spent last Sun
day in Stanton and on that morning
the pulpit of the Baptist |
Church At n light be filled the pulpit |
of the Waynesboro Baptist Church,
DR.. Broadus is travelling throughout
Virginia in the interest of the Baptist |
School for young ladies at Bristol and |
has so far accomplished great good. |
His sermon here in the morning was
one of great power and was much en-
joyed by those who heard it.
Captain Henry W. Holt, a promi- !
nent member of the bar of this cit-. ,,
has informed his friends that be Wi.