Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-04-20
Personal

today from trip to Richmond.
Mr.. Charles A. Lacy spent Sat-
urday in Lynchburg on business.
Mr.. w. S. Hopkins visited Rich
mond and Charlottesville last week
Miss Nellie Glasgow has returned
from visit to relatives in South
Carolina.
Mr.. Harry M. Quisenberry re-
turned to Lexington last night
from trip of two months to Cuba.
Mr.. j. H. Ettinger is in Rock
ingham county, called there by the
death of his mother, Mrs. Lucinda
Ettinger.
Hon. Marshall Mccormick of
Berryville, was in Lexington this
week in attendance upon the Cir
cult Court.
Richmond Times-Dispatch Mrs.
j. McD. Adair of Lexington, Va,
is here on visit to her sister, Mrs.
Harry c. Glenn.
Miss Mamie K.Sterrett of High
land county, and Miss Rispa
Dudley of Augusta county, are the
guests of Miss Bessie Sterrett at
Col Alto.
DR.. H. S. Myers of Atwood,
Amherst county, Va, was visitor
in Lexington Monday. He was
returning home after a visit Of
some weeks in Ohio.
Mr.. w. S. Masters is in Norfolk
attending the Grand Lodge meet
ing of the Royal Arcanum as the
representative of Natural Bridge
Council of Lexington.
Mr.. and Mrs. George j. Shields
of Roanoke, have returned to their
home after a visit to friends in
Rockbridge and to Mr.. and Mrs.
T. j. Rice in Lexington.
Mr.. G. A. Rhodes is in Baltimore
visiting his brother, Mr.. Clarence
Rhodes, who is a student at Johns
Hopkins University. Mr.. Rhodes
expects to purchase car load of
cattle while he is gone.
Lieutenant Godfrey l.. Garden
of the United States Navy, deliv-
cred an interesting illustrated lee
ture last evening at the University
chapel on st. Louis Exposition. A
large crowd was present.
Mr.. j. Luciau Hamilton, deputy
collector of Internal Revenue at
Lynchburg, is quite i'll at his home
at COllierstown. His daughter,
Mrs. Robert Wade of Lynchburg,
and brother, Mr.. W. c. Hamilton
of Clifton Forge, are at his bedside.
Rev. C. H. Buchanan, former
pastor of the Methodist church at
Buena Vista, accompanied by Mrs.
Buchanan and daughter, Miss
Pearl, passed through Lexington
last Thursday to his new charge
at Brucetown, Va.
Mr.. Harry Bayliss, express mes
senger on the Chesapeake u Ohio
between Richmond and Clifton
Forge, and Mr.. Macon f. Warner,
express messenger on the Southern
railroad between Washington and
Lynchburg, spenC Sunday in Lex
ington at their homes.
Rev. j. H. Light, Mrs. Light
and children left Lexington last
Thursday for Fredericksburg, their
new home. A number of friends
in the Methodist congregation were
at the depot to. bid their former
pastor goodbye, and to wish him
success in his new work.
Rev, j. o. Knott and Mrs. Knott
arrived in Lexington Friday after
noon. They were met at the train
by members of the Methodist con-
gregation and escorted to the par
sonage, where the ladies of the
Sewing Society had made ready
for a hearty reception, Mr.. Knott
occupied his pulpit Sunday morn
ing and evening.
Salem correspondence in Roa-
noke Press: Rev. j. o. Knott
moved his family yesterday to
Lexington, Va, where he has been
assigned as pastor of the Metho-
dist church. Ninety-nine per cent
of the people of Salem regret to
see him leave after years work
for the good of the churches and
community. The people are still
looking forward for the time when
he will finish his appointment as
pastor in the Salem Methodist
church.
Death of MIR. Wills i. Wills