Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-09-17
Personal.


=. is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
W. r. Wilbourn.
If Miss Sheppie Shannon has gone t.
Roanoke where she expects to atten
'' a business college.
Miss Elizabeth Mahoney, who spen
the summer at Goshen, is visiting
/ Miss Bessie Adair.
Col. H. G. Ford has returned to the
y Virginia Military Institute to assume
his duties as professor.
Mr.. Harry Thompson spent last
, week in Fluvanna county, visiting
his brother, Mr. J. A. Thompson.
Mr.. j. Med. Adair has gone to
New York and other northern cities
to purchase fall and winter goods
> Staunton Argus w. A. Glasgow,
Esq, was down from Lexington last
week visitsng Justice Joe Glasgow,
his son.
Mr.. J. Randolph Tucker will leave
Saturday for Harvard University,
where he will pursue post graduate
course in law.
Mrs William Embrys Davis of
Jellico, Tenn, is visiting her parents,
Major and Mrs. Finley w. Houston
at "Clifton."
Col. J. s. A. Johnson of the Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacks
burg, spent several days this week
in Lexington.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Veitch, who
have been visiting Colonel and Mrs.
j. ID. II. Ross, have returned to their
home near Louisville, KY.
Mrs. VIM. NJ. Dunlap and daughter,
Miss Nellie Dunlap of Roanoke, will
spend the winter in Lexington as
guests of Mrs. j. H. Leech
Hon. Geo. A. Revercomb of Allie
ghany county, was declared to be the |
choice for Congress of Botetourt Re-
publicans at mass meeting today.
Mr. A. g. Robinson has accepted
"a position as bookkeeper for lumber
concern in Atlanta, Ga, and will
leave tomorrow for his new home.
Mrs. f. H. Barclay, who has been
making her home in st. Louis with
her daughter, Mrs. Carl Scholz, is
now in Lexington visiting relatives.
Mr.. R. E. Hutton is in Lewisburg,
w. Va, where he has secured the
contract for placing electric lights in
the Lewisburg Female Institute, Rev
R. l.. Telford, president.
Mr. r. Barclay Poague left Tues
day for Port Gibson, Miss, where he
will serve the coming session as
instructor and commandment in the
Chamberlain Hunt Military Academy.
Mr.. w. G. Mcdowell, who is super
the erection of the Lewis
burg Female Institute, at Lewisburg,
w. Va, arrived in Lexington Satur-
day on a visit to his family, and
returned Monday.
Leesburg Mirror: Rev. j. II. Light
Of Lexington, has been visiting his
Leesburg friends this week. On
Sunday night he occupied the pulpit
1T the Methodist church, preaching
L most excellent sermon to large
md attentive congregation.
Mr.. Duncan Clinch Hayward, who
has been nominated by the Democrats
rs governor for South Carolina, is
IN alumnus of Washington and Lee
University, and in 1886 married Miss
Nary Z. Campbell of Lexington. and |
laughter of the late A. ID. Campbell
Rev. DR.. and Mrs. H. A. White,
.fter spending a week in Lexington G
rom their summer vacation, left last Y
week for Columbia, S. c., where Dr.
White will assume his duties as pro-
essor in the Columbia Presbyterian :,
theological Seminary. In addition :
0 his professorship in the Seminary,
)r. White expects to devote consid- u
rable of his time to literary work. T.
General Fitzhugh Lee has been -
hosen as the president of the James -
own Exposition Company. The =,
election of Fitzhugh Lee brings this =
reat project in safety through a -
cry critical period. He is as popular
the nation as any man of G,
ne times, having wide acquaintance -,
18th the most distinguished figures -
1 American political, official and -,
Military life, and arouses the people
} enthusiasm wherever he goes. ,
General Fitzhugh Lee is the best -
nOwn living representative of the =
ees.
Brigadier General John A. Webb, =,
the First Mississippi Brigade OF /,
nited Confederate Veterans, called ~
THE GAZETTE office Thursday 80
e is at present located in Jackson, -,
ISIS, as secretary of the Mississippi
Commission. He is brother -
Mr.. James II. Webb of Mechanics :.
lie, and for a number of years +;
'eviOus to the war was q valued
ERIK of the late David l.. Hopkins in sa
s mercantile establishment. In the tn
vii War he was member of the CT