Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-05-30
Personals and Briefs.

Mrs, Thornton Whalmg mas gone 10
Louisville, Ky, to spend the summer.
DR.. and Mrs. R. J. McBry de and Mrs.
W. A. Anderson are the Episcopal
Council in Lynchburg,
Mr.. R. L. Parrish, of Ocvington, at
tended the funeral of Mrs. Il. st.
George Tucker Saturday.
Mrs, r. L. Northern is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Neptune Buekner, at
Asheville, N. @.
Mrs. Whaling, who has been tie
guest Of her son, Rev. Thcrton Whal ng,
has returned to Ter nome in Ro noke.
Sundays Richmond Times: Mrs.
Susan Pendleton Lee, OF Lexingt u,
Va, is at Mrs. Duval's, No. 3O1 East
Franklin street,
Mr.. Edwin Miley, who has been the
guest of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M.
Miley returned Tuesday to Norfolk,
where he is en- gagged in business.
Mrs. T. j. Jackson, who has been the
guest of Mrs. Arnold, has gone TO
Sara ogs, New York, to spend the
summer.
Mrs. W. O. Stuart, Miss Nettie Stuart
aud Miss Joe Allan Attended the con.
nencement exercises Of Mary Baldwin
seminary at Stanton.
There will be q s.irswberry fete on
Mrs. Thompson's lawn, at timber
Ridge. Friday, June 1st,. from A to 10
O'Clock p. m. Proc eds for the church.
D. Hemphill delivered the bacca-
laureate sermon at the Mary Baldwin
Seminary, Staunton, DR.. HemphilI is
. brother Of Mrs. Thornton Whaling Of
this place. h,
The Baltimore News learns that o
Baltimore millionaire isnegotiating for
the purchase of the Natural Bridge,
also that there is prospect OF the
property passing into the possession CT
Northern capitalists.
Mrs. A. B. B. Harris, Miss Louise
harris aud Mater David Bullock
Harris. Mrs. Anna d. Taylor and Miss
Willie Taylor, Of Bristol, Ienu., are
visiting Mrs. John A. Thompson at
Timber Ridge.
Among the trained nurses who will
graduate ct the training school Of the
Old Dominion Hospital, Richmond, at
the commencement on June 4, we
notice the name of Miss L. V. Moore,
Of Lexington.
Sundays Richmond Times; Mrs
Henry Alexander White, of Lexington,
who is visiting her parents, Judge and
Mrs. Beverly r: Wexford, will leave
the city on Friday and will sail with
her husband, DR.. White, for Paris Oh
June End. DR.. White, who is a we'll
known historian, will attend the Con
grsss of History, to be held during thu
Paris Exposition.
Clifton Forge Review : Rev. E. W
McCorkle, of this place, a delegate t.
the General Assembly at Atlanta, Ga.
on last Sunday preached at the SeconC
Baptist church in that city. Th
assignment was made by committe
on Baptist supply which filled the pul
pits Of nearly all the churches in tn
city with the more prominent preacher
Of the assembly. The assignment c
DR.. McCorkIe to preach on this occs
SION was a merited distinction.
The Musical Courier OF New Yor
city of the 18th instant IN its report {
the students concert given annual
. BY Professor M. l. S,herhey befor
large audiences OF we'll known mu ,icI
folk has the following to say o; Mi
Baker whose m other before marriae
was Miss Rachel Jordan OF Licking Of
"Aary Jordan Baker, petite, shy an
wset, set the audience aAame wi
enthusiasm, so effective waa her singip
50 sympathetic was her app earauc
She was interrupted with applaus
which was SO astonishing to her tn
she didn't know what to do. She
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