The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-06
CURRENT COMMENTS.
NEWS OF FREDERICKSBURG AND VICINITY
G~ihered Here aud There BY The Fre'
Lance Reporters


Miss Annie Fleming Is visiting friends in
Buffalo, n. \.
Mrs. G. II Howard left for Alexandria
Friday, where che will spend the winter.
A very pleasant and happy Christmas
TO everybody is the wish Of G.. W.
Jones.
Miss Carrie Pickett Moore. of Bon Air.
IL the guest of the family of Mr.. W. +.
Bradley.
DIR. r. b. Carmichael has returned to
Washington, after n vieit 20 his father
and sisters here.
Mr. Paul Kars;eD, Jr.. has accepted
position with the Conway, Gordon x
Garnett National Bank.
Miss Frances Perry, who has been the
guest of Miss Annie Fleming. has return
ed to Richmond.
Miss Louise Pequet Du Belief, who has
been quite sick at the Mary Washington
Hospital, il improving.
Mr. Clarence L. Pratt. OF King George.
has returned from Fauquier, where he
went to zee his best girl.
Mrs c. f Dickinson and son have re-
turned from Richmond, where they spent
nc Christmas holidays.
Mr.. NJ. G. Latimer. of Baltimore, who
has been spending the holidays with rel
atives here, has returned home.
Licensed TO marry in Washington:
Robert Il. Clark. OF Port Royal, and
Eva |. Turner, OF Brandyw me.
Mr. Edgar Cannon has returned 10
Hampden-Sidney College, after a very
pleasant visit to relatives here.
Mr.. G. T. Greenlaw, formerly of this
city, has been elected secretary OF the Jol-
~ Fat Mems Club OF Washington.
Mr. Robert Beale, who has been spend
ing the holidays with relatives i'm this
city. has returned to the University Of
Virginia.
Miss Mamie Amber has returned to
Hannah Moore Academy in Maryland
otter spending the holidays at her home
here.
Week of Prayer Services commenced st
the Christian church, Monday night.
Tuesday night they will be held at st.
Georges church.
MIR. Charles 5. Bradley arrived here
from Staunton today and will remain
with his relatives until Jan 10th, when
he will 20 To Baltimore.
Mr. John l.. Pratt. son OF Mr.. Alexand-
er Pratt. of King George, has returned
TO Charlottesville, TO resume his studies
at the University Of Virginia.
Miss Bessie W Poindexter, OF Laplats.
Md, who has spent the holidays here
with her grandmother, Mrs. BETTE Cor
don Wallace, has returned home.
Mr. and Mre John y. Stearns, OF New
York. who have been visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. W. c. Stearns, at Federal Hill, on
Hanover street. have returned home.
There will be an important meeting of
the Mary Washington Hospital Associa-
ton held Tuesday morning. at 1 l clock,
at the residence Of Mrs w H. Richards
| Mr. and Mrs. c. l.. Conway and daueh-
ter, OF Franklin, Va. after spending the
holidays here with Mr.. Jas T. Layton
and family, have returned TO their home
Evangelist Geo. A. Mills has received a
handsome pedestal. on which the Bible
will rest in the Peoples Mission Building.
donated by Rev. J. T.. Stump, of Alexan-
dria
David Ennis. through mistake, gave
his 3 year old son a dose OF Mexican
white oil linimeat. 1t threw him in agony.
The doctor was sent for ct once He is
now our OF danger.
Miss Fannie Gayle, who spent the holi.
days with the family of her father Mr.. T
Il. Gayle, in Spotsylvania, has returned
to Fauquier county, where she is teach
ing near Warrenton.
A license to marry has been issued il
Washington TO Mr.. John w. Davis, o
that city, and Mrs. Laura b. Higdon
Mrs Higdon is a daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Hicks, of this city.
Remember J our friends during Christmas
| Holidays with n handsomely finished
photograph of yourself. The Fredericks-
burg Davis Gallery is prepared to make
any style. size or finish you may desire.
Mr.. f. T. Baker having declined to serve
on the commission appointed to condemn
land for the opening of several new
streets, Judge " allace has appointed Mr.
John NJ. Griffin to ill the vacancy
To all we wish very happy Christ
mas, and thank you for your very lib
eral patronage in our effort to give you
the most modern and up-to-date dry
goods store in this section. {. W. Jones
Miss Edna Arnold did not srend the
mondays with her parents at Potomac
View" as was stated in a King Ksorge
letter, but was a guest at the home oil
Professor S. W. Somerville and family
in this city.
Misses Adra and Fannie Bradbury who
have been the guests OF Miss Fannie
Beale. have returned to their home, neal
} Nason's, Orange county. While here
they were the recipients OF much attention
from their many friends.
The officers Of the Weems Line have
changed around considerably. Capt
Hart has been taken of the steamer Es
sex and put on another route, Will,
Capt. Mason Gourley has been put il
command of the Essex.
, Miss Ethel Hurley, of Urbanna, was il
! the city Monday. the guest OF Mrs. f r
, Convey She was en- route to Blackston
College. Messrs. Henry Van Zandt and
Davis of Queen Anne county Md VIII,