The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-05-15
CURRENT COMMENTS.
NEWS or FREDERICKSBURG AND VICINITY
Gathered Here and There By The Free
Lance Reporters.

Mrs. W. +. Coates. is visiting relatives
ia Danville.
Mr.. \. ID. Alexander has gone To Essex
county on business trip.
Commonwealth Attorney \. +. Embrey
was In Richmond Tuesday.
Miss Lou Stoll. of Baltimore is the
guest of her sister. Mrs. ". II. Brulle.
Rev. Walker J. Decker. ofOrange eoun-
~, was "A visitor To the city Tuesday.
Mr. 6. f. McCaIley. has resumed his
business trip, after a visit to his family
here
Mr. II. H. Perkins. Of King George.
was visitor at THE FREE Lance Office
Tuesday.
Major J. II. Biscoe, of Washington.
was the guest of Major W :. Embrey.
on Tuesday.
lfyou want the best and pretticst. get
FIRST choice of the new paresols, at G. W.
Jones. Cash Store
Wauted-To buy 3 hens with , broods
oi chickens Address giving price,-chick-
ems. care OF FREE LANCE
An interesting letter from DR.. Dnl.
written from Asheville. will be- found ON
the first page of this issue.
Miss Brockenbrough. OF Richmond
county. is visiting her relative Mrs. H. Il.
Montgomery, at her home on Main st.
Mr. George Warren. of New York. was
in the city this week enroute home. after
n pleasant visit to his parents in Orange
county.
The Spotsylvauia Telephone Company
X extending its line from Lewiston to
billiard r. and il is reported that line
viii be- run from Lew iston To Frederick =
Hall later
You should have n good Photograph
OF yourself. The Davis Photograph Gal
lery Ia prepared to make any style you
may desire
Mr.. L. Y. ID. Conway. is visiting his
daughter. Miss Vivian CONWAY. in Cham
bcrsburg. Pa. where she is a tearhcr in
Wilson College.
Rev. Thomas Wood and wife. Of Eli
cot City. Md, who have been visiting the
family of MIR. John E. Melville. returned
home yesterday.
Mrs. J. Edward Tylor and son. of Bal
timore, who have been the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. W. ID. Scott. parents of Mrs.
Tylor, have returned home.
Parasols. parasols parasols. white
parasols, white and black parnsols. chill
drcns parasols. Parasols Of all sorts. mt
c. ". Jones. Cash Store
Country merchants who can nav cash
will find it To their advantage TO buy nice
clean up-to-date dry goods from &. W
Jones No old STYLES here.
Mrs T.. 4. Solan has bought of Mr.. W.
l.. Brannan. lot No 10 on Hawk St.
near Washington. avenue. on which she
VIII build pretty residence
Col. Kenneth NJ Murrhison and wife.
of New York. are the CUES Is of their son.
in-law and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs Chas
II. llurkamp. at "Boscobel.'
The residence of Mr.. J. +. Coleman.
near MassapOnaX. was struck by light
ing Tuesday evening and the chmneys
were damaged. The building did not
catch on fire
Rev. Lewis Jones, of Philadelphia, will
preach at Oakland Baptist church. Wed
nesday May 2lst at 40, Z. NJ. meeting
in behalf of the mission work OF the W.
VI. L. Society. Public cordially invited
Samues Harris. "A respected colored
man of this city. died at his home near
Gunnery Spring. Monday. ofheart disease
lie was 90 years oil and leaves wild
ow and five children.
Barney L. Butler, colored boy, aged
- years. the youngest son of Mrs Alice
T.. Butler. died at his home. near Summit
Sunday He was n nephew of H. ID. Jack
son, employed by Mr.. r l.. Biscoe.
Rev DIR. J. $. Dill and Rev. DIR. r. $.
Runaway have returned from the South
ern Baptist Convention at Ashevile, and
both spoke at a meeting at the Baptist
church last night on the work of the Con-
vention.
Messrs W. l.. Doggett and brothers. of
Chicago, formerly residents of this city.
and brothers of DR.. A. c. Doggett. have
closed contracts in Chicago for buildings
on Wabash avenue, of that city, TO cost
SI2O, 900.
Capt Terence McCracken, left for VIII
hamburg yesterday to attend a meeting
of the board of the Eastern State Hospi-
tai, which will open bids for the erection
OF "a $50, 900 building to replace the one
lately burned
On the last page today the notice of
terms of county officers, as agreed upon
by the Revision Committee of the Con
stitutional Convention. and other infor-
nation concerning the work of that
committee, will be found
"The Eye Hawkes. Spectacles are used
by almost every one you see. try them
and you will find that they are superior
in every respect to what you have used.
Gold medal and diploma awarded All
eyes fitted without charge at Halls Drug
Store.
Rev. DR. r. S. Runaway, of this city will
preach at Bethel church, in Stafford
county, on Sunday next at IL O'Clock,
A. NJ. Rev. DIR. J 5 Dill, will preach the
same day at $50, u. NJ. Object of the
meeting is for Missions, the public cor.
daily invited.
Rev. Father De Myunck, in charge Of
the St Emma Industrial School, at
Belle Mead, Goochland county is now a
citizen of the United States having been
granted naturalization papers by Judge
j. Il. Mason. of the circuit court of this
city. Father De Myunck formerly resid-