The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-10-07
CURRENT COMMENTS.
NEWS OF FREDERICKSBURG AND VICINITY
0stnereJ Here aud There BY The Free
Lance Reporters.

City taxes are due Pay now. ten Der
cent can he saved
Miss Mary Conway Moncure is in Wash
ington visiting relatives.
Mis- Saliic Montgomery will give mus
lc lessons at her home on Main ST
Miss Lillian Montague i-iu Washington
with friends to spend the week
Don't forget To- attend lIirsh's openinr,
Tuesday aud Wednesday. oct. : and
\ cornerstone has been presented fo,.
The new Mission building by Messrs
Itartright Davis.
: 4 writer in the Dispatch of SurCay al .
vocatcs Gen. Fitz Lee for the Democrat
nomination Tor President in 1901.
Tuesday night. from = To 10 O'Clock
viii be the great time az &. ". Jones
opening then ALI DAY Wednesday.
Mr. Frank C. Pratt. sou OF Mr.. Alexap.
der Pratt has gone TO- Black sburg TO nj
tend the military school the present SEES
sion
Mrs J. %. Walker and son. John. and
Miss Lille Tyson Are visiting relatives in
I fredericksburg and Stafford -Southsile
Sentinel
4 meeting of the Mary Washington
+ Hospital Association viii be held az the
/ Council Chamber this Tuesday mornins
at 1920
Miss Sophia Pickett. who has been the
guest of the family of MIR. O.. " Shepherd
/ Tor several weeks. has returned to her
home in Norfolk
/ Lots of people cannot get of durini,
| the day. 50 Jones greatest time will 3.
/ Tuesday night. so all may come to Tia,
/ big opening
/ Mrs. 4 VI. pavutcv lcit Saturday for
her home in Chicago after spending the
summer with the family Of Mr.. John "
4 Hull. in stafford
/ Opening of TALL millinery Mt Mrs D. L.
Smith n Cos. Tuesday and Wednesday
+ oct It'll and Sth Public cordially in
vited To- attend.
The Rappahaunocb Electric Light and
Power Company have put in the Overall
Factory of Revere y Evans three-hor-..
power Westinghouse electric motor.
Wanted To rent or scll-the new house
ut the corner of Main aud Amelia SIS
Apply To or address. DIR H. VI. d. Martin
+ or The Free Lance
Monroe Dohson died at the home of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Dobson.
ON the Boulevard. Sunday. of typhoid
lever. aged - years. His remains will
be taken 60 stafford this morning for in
terment
You should have "A first class Photo
graph of yourself. The fredericksburg
Davis Photograph Gallery l. prepared
70 make any size or style you may De
sire
Miss Maggie Maddox. of Fauquier. who
fell in the icc house nj the home OF Mr..
Alex Pratt. in King George. last week. j.
rapidly improving and will bc out in
about two weeks.
Miss Hattie Brockenbrough. of Rich.
mond county. il visiting relatives in Rich
mond. after a pleasant visit 10 the family
Of Mr.. ID. II. Knox here. From Richmond
she goes to Stafford to teach school
Rev. r. II. Barber. Of Trinity Church.
delivered a sermon Sunday on The Rise
of the Episcopal Church" lie will de-
liver "a lecture each sunday in this month
on prominent questions fchurch history
Arthur. the 9-months-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Willard Layton. died here at
the home of his parents. Saturday night
Funeral services were held from the home
yesterday at > p. m. Rev. DR.. J : Dill
officiating.
Mrs Bette Manning died suddenly at
her home in King George Friday night
aged % She was in tine health up to ten
hours before her death but was seized
with severe hemorrhoges from the lungs
after retiring
Mr. W. l.. Watson, wife and daughter
have returned from Philadelphia and
New York Mr.. Watson says he purchas-
ed the most select stock OF goods for
Amas which he has ever handled and
they are pretty and useful
Always a complete assortment Of the
best of everything in the drug lie at
Halls Drug Store, also hair brushes.
toilet soap, elegant periumery, fine sta
tionery and toilet goods. Hawkes. cele-
brated spectacles always please.
One mare, one two and hall wear old
FLY and one two year old colt belong
ing to the estate of John Hayden were
sold at public auction Saturday. They
brought $50, SO, and $50 respectively
and were purchased by Mr. T. J. Hayden
The Stevensburg Baptist Church is en-.
deavoring to get pastor and the Rev.
Mr.. Reams has signifed his willingness
To accept a call provided they give him "a
living salary. They are still gettirg
out ties in the Neck and the Frederisks,
burg Excelsior Mill is paying 50 so a ton
for pine logs to make excelsior -Culpeper
Exponent
Little Miss Sallie Skinker Waller. the
little baby daughter Of Mr. and Mrs Mer-
Ger Waller was at home" to her friends
/ Sept 9th. Mrs Salhe Wiekliff Wal
/ Ter after pleasant visit to Bethel is Wis
Z iting her son ID. Mercer Waller at Broad
/ Run. . Miss Marion Waller and her
sister Miss Pickett, who were visiting
Col. Robt Stribling at Markham. were
called home suddenly to the bed side of
their sister. Mrs r c. L. Moncure. who il
extremely i'll with typhoid iever.-Broad
Ron Corr. Warrenton True Index.
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