Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-12-11

nouncement this week.
Attention is called to INCH. Hol
days advertisement of his line
slippers for xmas presents.
The Fireman 8 Relief Bill WAS d
feated in the Senate this week by
vote of II to IA.
Rev. A. R. d. Hancher will preac
at Pleasant View church next Sunda
at 8 O'Clock p. m
Kavanaugh and Smyth want..you tt
examine their line Of liquors befor
making purchase.
Murray is back at his studio. Ne'
ideas, new styles. Let US make you
portrait-nOthiug nicer.
Messrs. E r. Whitelaw & Co. o
Highland, drove flock of 1000 tur
keys to Ssaunton this week.
Judge Wood of Roanoke, has order
cd a local option election in that city
fixing the date for December 31st.
Rev. C. 8. Myers of Annex. ha
closed a protracted meeting that be hat
been conducting at Mt Zion churcl
near Moffatt's Creek.
Mr.. Heiskel Argenbright spsnt day
last week hunting in the Deerfielt
nelghborhood The result was SO birds
and wild turkey.
At the session of the Masonic Grand
Lodge in Richmo nd last week Mr.. W..
B. McChesney was elected grand junior
deacon.
In the circuit court the trustees of
the Greenville Baptist church were
authorized to sell DR.. B. b McCutchan
lot in that town for $500
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw es.
Inmates that it will cost 1924, 502, 146 to
run the government the next fiscal
year.
A little BOY reared in the home of
Mr. Ed. Demastus near Spottswood,
WAS kicked by a horse Friday and
killed.
Among the District Deputy Grand
Masters appointed at the recent session
of the Masonic Grand Lodge, were John
T. Smith of Waynesboro. and Joun y
Jordan of Clifton Forge.
Hon. A. G.. Braxton has received an
invitation to read a paper at the an
nual meeting of the New York State
Bar Association, which meets in Albany
>on January 10 20.
The friends of Mr.. Frank Wead
will be glad to know that he has en-
tirely recovered from the operation
performed on him and is able to re-
sumo his duties at the Western State
Hospital.
A Mr. Long who is employed by Cleek
& Dickson at Stokesville, had the mis-,
fortune to cut his foot badly on Tues
day while splitting hickory wood. The
foot may have to be amputated.
Our guarantee of excellence. Any
picture from my studio proving de-
fective or faulty will be replaced free
Of charge. All new stock-new styles.
H. D. Murray.
The suit of j. B. Lackey against the
Valley Railway has been compromise d
Mr.. Lackey receiving 81 900 damages.
The suit is the result of bad culvert
of the railroad which passes through
Mr.. Lackey's truck garden.
Mr.. David B. Lavell of Roanoke,
father of MIR. John D. Lavell of this
city, died at his home in that city on
Thursday of last week, aged about rs
years. Mr.. Lavell had been living in
Roanoke for the past % years.
The stable Of Mr.. J. E WhitmOre, |
near Thornrose cemetery, was destroy |
ed by fire Tuesday night about 8
o'clock. A horse and COW in the stable
were gotten out, but everything else
was destroyed.
IS. M. Boiling of Bedford county,
was elected superintendent of the PEN
itentiary by the board of that insti-
tuition Tuesday, }. in place of Geo. M.
Helms, the superintendent for the
past two terms.
RI. Prince who is in jail here charg-
ed with forgery wrote letter to his |
father stating that he c0nlG escape If
be had u small saw and $25 in money. |
The authorities got the letter and |
Prince will find it hard to get out now.
Marlinton Nv. Va.) Messenger: Pat
Gay is at present shipping from this
point two or three carloads of sheep |
each week. So far this season he has |
shipped 4 500 head bought principally |
from Pocahontas farmers and shipped |
to Baltimore markets.
In the circuit court this week the
case of Geo. w. Peace vs.. Jas. II.
Woodward, receiver for the City Street
Car Co., was concluded, and verdict
of $500 rendered in Mr.. Peaco's favor.
The case of Mrs. Mary E. Crop against
the same company was settled out of
court.
An excellent entertainment was CIV
en- on Thanksgiving eve by the pupils
of the graded school at Moffatt's Greek.
which is under the proficient manage
William county, and Miss Bessie Sur
Der of this city.
Among the recent graduates at the
Duusmore Business College are Guy
F. Dunlap of Zetta; Clarence E Smith
of Clifton Forge; Nelson H. Good