The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-04
CURRENT COMMENTS.
NEWS or FRrDeHcksovso AND VICINITY
Gathered Here and There BY The Free
Lance Reporters

'-''' > TO Nile trui2f. NHt
Ia the city saturday
Miss Jennie Maitland leit for Washing
ton Monday ON q brief visit
Miss Mollie j. BIauton. Of Caroline. is
visiting Niss BERTHE Burru-s.
Mr.. Rufus b Merchant. IF Washington.
spent sunday with his family.
Mr.. T.. ID. Conway. wife and daugh-
Z ter. spent Monday in Washington.
MIR j. +. Ennis has returned from a
N'sit To relatives ina Bowling Green.
MIR r. }. Smith. OF the Smith-Coehnl
Shoe Co.. has gone on u trip To Boston.
Mrs Charles Herudon and daughter.
Miss Lucy lserndon. are on trip North.
MIR W. !. X Barrett. wife and children.
OF Baltimore, are the guests Of relatives
here.
Mrs. A. Z. Chichester il visiting her
daughter. Mrs. Jno. T.. Lewis. Of Rethes-
ia. Maryland.
Mrs Annie Roberts. Of Richmond. who
has been whiting Miss Alice g. Cole. re-
turned home saturday.
Mr. f. b. Whitehousc. Of the smith
Coghll Shoe Co. ia on business trip
through the Northern Neck.
Mr.. Andrew sale. of Spotsylauia coun-
~. killed a hawk last week which meas
ured - inches from tip to tip.
Mr. and Mrs Herbert Leonard Fowler.
Of Wilmington. y. c.. were the guests OF
Miss BERTHE Burruss last week.
Miss Elsie Chew. oiSewickly. Pa. is the
guest Of the family OF Mr.. j. Arthur Tay-
lor' cashier of the National Bank.
Mr.. G. N. Botts. who has been visiting
IN this county. has returned TO his home
m fredericksburg Orange Observer.
Young Gordon Hicks. who was bitten
by rahii dog several weeks ago. is bet
ser and II Is thought he will get well.
Mes-rs. John n. Wauacs. Gordon Wal
lace and Capt Clarke. of Richmond. spent
Sunday here with Mrs. BETTE Gordon
Wallace.
Mrs Judge a. a Wallace. who has
been spending some time with her mar
ents in Stafford. Lit Monday forh.rhome
in Texas
Judge james ". Morton and state
senator Geo. = Shackelford have formed
"a co-partnership at Orange for the prac
tice of law.
The regular meeting Of ths Mary Wash
ington Hospital Association will De held
at Mrs. y. ". Flcmings' this (Tucsday)
morning at 10.
Miss Julia Nagruder. who's spent Satur-
day aud Sunday ut " Boscobel" with Mr.
ana Mrs e.. III. liurkamp. left for Wash
ngton Monday.
Saturday at a. IN. the Feast Of All
saints Mass was celebrated at ~. Marv's
Catholic church Rev. Father Coleman
conducted the service
Nou should have a first class Photo
graph OF yourself. The fredericksburg
Davis Photograph Gallery il prepared
To- make any size or STYLE you may de-
sire
The japanese wedding will be given
Tor the bentit of the Hospital and retrrsh-
ments sold ON Friday. Nov. Z. "Nistle-
toe Bough Pc has been postponed till Nov.
2lst.
Rev DIR. J. $ Dill filed his pulpit nj
the Baptist church Sunday, alter "A visit
OF two weeks TO kirkwood. Ga. DR.
Iichenor, his father-in-law. hs still alive
but sinking.
Mr.. Charles T. Mallam. who served as
Mayor Of this city for one year and near
~ three months. having been appointed
bv Gen. Schofeld on April 2Sth. 1866.
died last week at Hampton Va.
The young son OF Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Erickson died Friday night Of pneumo-
MIA, aged seventeen months. The funeral
took place Sunday afternoon aud the in
terment was made in the City Cemetery.
Always a complete assortment of the
best of every thing in the drug lire at
Halls Drug Store. also hair brushes
toilet soap. elegant perfumery. fine sta
tionery and toilet goods. Hawkes. cele-
brated spectacles always please.
Miss Elizabeth Ruth Stiff, ofOak Grove.
Nestmorelanu county, aad Mr.. Creed Mi
near, OF West Virginia, will be married
Nov. 10th at ST Peters chruch at Oak
Grove. The bride elect is the daughter of
Mr.. W. ". Stiff. Of Westmoreland. and
sister of DR.. !. p. Stiff, of this city.
Bowling Green Baptistchurch has elect
ed the following delegates to the General
Association, which meets in Norfolk: DR.
John Pollard. Dr. :. T Dickinson. DIR. {.
;. Webb, DR. + T.. Butler. Messrs. W. W
Gresham, NJ q. Garrett, J. J. Williams
and W. b Covington.
Mise Emma Baseler, very competent
and experienced Dress Maker, has charge
OF the Ready Made" Department AT
{. W. Jones Ladies' Tailor made suits.
separate skirts, Box Coats, Monte Carlo"
Coats. Everything new is to be found at
c. W. Jones Cash store.
MIR. W. II Merchant. formerly Of this
city is i'll at Cape Charles, where he has
resided for some months MIR +. W
Stearns, his brother-iD-law. left Sunday
for Cape Charles and will bring Mr.. Mer-
chant here il his condition viii admit of
his being moved lie was somewhat i'm
proved Sunday night