Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-05-15

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Greenville section this week.
Capt Harry N. Cootes of the U s
Army, spent several days with friends
here, leaving Monday for Chicago.
Rev. II. g. Dui}ose. Chinese mission
airy, delivered an address at Old StOn,
church, Fort Defiance this morning at
II o'clock.
Mr.. J. r. Hidy of Charlottesville
was at his old home in Craigsville this
week, greeting OLD friends AMI attend
Ing to some business matters
H. E. Wiseman, of Moscow, Va.
passed through this city yesterday. on
his way home from Bristol. Tenn,
where he underwent a successful opera
ton for appendicitis.
Mr.. S. T. Snead of South River, left
Wednesday for Lynchburg, where he
enters the Piedmont Business College.
Mr.. Snead was in the city last Friday
on business.
Mr.. and Mrs + G.. PendletOn have
returned from their winter home at
Palm Beach and have occupied their
country seat at Augusta Springs for
the summer.
The University College of Medicine
Richmond, have closed an unusually
prosperous session with commence
ment exercises, which took place yes
terGay evening in the Academy of
Music, Richmond, before a large ALL
dience of educators and professional
people.
On Saturday the State Senate by a
vote of % to 10 concnrred IN the House
resolution removing e. J. Campbell,
as judge of the county court of Am
herst. Judge Campbell will take the
matter to the Court of Appeals as soCn
as the records can be made up.
Mr.. d OConnelI, of White Sulphur |
Springs, w. Va advertises this week
for Is portable saw mills. This is
splendid opportunity for saw mill mar.
Mr.. O'Connell is conducting large :
numbering operation and can give
lucrative employment to these mills and
a large force OF men.
Miss Nettie Baker, private secretary
to the president of the Pennsylvania
railroad, is chaperonlng n party OF
tourists through the west for that road
and is being assisted by Miss l.ucy4
Cooke who goes as stenographer. This
lsamarked compliment to two of Staun-
toms Young ladies Miss Margaret
Foster of this city, will join the tour.
lists at Harrisburg, Pa.
In speaking of Gen. John Echols,
whose portrait was presented to Lee
Camp of Richmond Friday night, one
of the veterans said: General Echols
was one of the most distinguished and
prominent sons of the Old Dominion,
and was one of that great quartette OF
Virginians that Augusta furnished to
history, John B. Bald win, Hugh Shelf
lCys hlGAhhuCl II. Ii. otooi GNU ccHh
Echols. and all Richmond people will
doubtless be glad to pay honor to the
memory of such man."
The fifty eighth annual commence
ment exercises OF The Mary Baldwin
Seminary will begin next Saturday.
23rd inst, with the art exhibition
L. I . 4
to 10 o. m. Baccalaureate Sermon
Sunday, oath at II O'Clock a. m. by
Rev. Francis r. l'eattie, d. d., of
Louisville, Ky. The annual concert
will be given Monday evening at
O'Clock and the distribution of honOrs
and closing exercises Tuesday morning
at 10 o'clock, in the Seminary Chapel.
A letter has been received from Rev.
Randolph McKim, ID. D., rector of
Epiphany Church, Washington, ac-
. cepting an invitation to deliver the an
nual address on June 9th, Confederate
Memorial Day. DR.. McKim served
with Maryland regiment in the army
of Northern Virginia during the war,
and is known in Stanton through his
marriage to Miss Phillips, daughter OF
DIR. Phillips, late Principal of the Vir-
ginia Female Institute. He is an ex-
ceedingly able divine and preacher of
distinction.
Yesterday morning quite large rep
l,l, ~ A IN
Church came with Miss Annie Tabb
to No. train ON the G and 0. to see
her of, for Johannesburg, South Africa.
where she goes to visit his brother, a
prosperous citizen of that far off land,
after many years Of separation. Miss
Tabb will take Cunard steamer at
New York Saturday. 1t was a fearful
group that took leave of her at the sta
tion as she started on hep long journey
of five weeks.
Following the recent application and
election of Capt. John L. Bird, of Will
Evansville to membership i'll Stonewall
Jackson Camp, this city, is that of for
mer Augusta county man, Mr.. e. G.
BroWnlee, we'll to do lumber mer-
chant OF Philadelphia. Mr.. Brownlee is
of the numerous family Of that name III
Augusta and as a boy at the age OF IA
wears, enlisted in McClanahan's Bat
terry, where he served till discharged
at Lynchburg on the day OF Gen. Lees
surrender. His election to member
ship in Stonewall Camp will doubtless
be as unanimous as was that OF Capt.
Bird.
Killed by Falling Tree.