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MRS. MASON PASSES AWAY
Sueeumbs to the Wound Accidentally
Inflicted a Few Days Ago.

Mrs. Lucy Mason, wife Of Mr. John +.
Mason. who was accidentally shot by
Rev. Decatur Edwards, died at her home
on the Boulevard Wednesday evening,
aged 5G years Funeral services were
held from the Presby ;erian church Friday
at4p m. Rev. DR.. J. W. Rosebro con
Quoted the services.
The pail bearers were; Actiye-Messrs.
W. +. Bell. John II Robinson. W. II.
Richards, Jr.. Capt W. f. Coates, } +.
Undertake, Z. A. Brule, Geo Freeman,
Jr AID Henry Dannehl HonoraIy-W.
II. Richards. Sr., Dr. +. Tompkins, DR..
A. G.. Doggett aud J W Adams. The
interment was in the City Cemetery.
The deceased is survived by her hus
band AID thrt4 children, Mrs. John
Genther. Mrs. W. =. Johnson end Miss
Carrie Mason. all of this city, aud her
adopted child, Miss Jessie Boyer Her
five brothers are Messrs. Luther Wright
Robert Wright, Alfred Wright, Thomas
Wright, Of this city, and Mr.. John
Wright, at sea.
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UNITED SONS OF CONFEOER-
ATEVETERANS' REUNION.

fredericksburg Young Ladies Ap-
pointed Sponsor and Maid OF
Honor.
Col. W. W. Sale. commander OF the
Virginia Division, T. s. G, Y has ep-
pointed Miss Mercer Forbes Crntehheld,
sponsor, and Miss Susie Mallory Bradley,
maid Il honor, from the Fret Congress
sional district, to the Uuiten Sons of Con
federate Veterans reunion, which takes
pl .ce in Lynehburg on September I, ;,
9. Both OF the young ladies have signi-
fed their acceptance OF the honor.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-06-25

The Mccall Patterns are the only pat
terms made with perforation. showing
the exact hastings and sewing lines and
the seam allowance, without waste OF
material. No other pattern has this ies
ture. For sale at Lowery's. Fashion
sheets free.
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office.

There will be q meeting OF the coDgfe
CATION of the Falmouth, Virginia, Union
church. at I O'Clock Sunday afternoon
June 28th, 1904, fourth Sunday, foI
the purpose of electing five (5) trustees
Those interested will please attend the
meeting,
Peter Hewitt,
Supt. Falmouth Union Sunday School
j22-s4l2
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The City Mission was very successful
in their lawn party Tuesday night, reali-
ling the net sum Of SIS. The managers
desire to thank the public for it's generous
donations in contributing to this sue
cess, aud any one who has not contrib
uted aud desires TO do so will please
send it to Mrs. j B. Ficklen, President,
or Miss Anne Myer, Treasurer.
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Did Not Compete.

The sorreI gelding. Richmond Roy,
owned by Rev, D. b.. Coleman, did not
compete 10 the Jour glasses in which he
was entered at the Horse Show, az the
owner was disappointed in securing p
rider for the horse.
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MEDAL AWARDED.

Given by the Late Judge James 3
Sener in Honor of Judge Hol-
eombe.
The gold medal given by the late Judge
James B. Sener In honor OF Judge Hol
combe in the Department OF Law at the
University of Virginia. was won by Mr.
Frank Walker Smith, Of Birmingham
Ala. who accomplished q most admira
BILE piece of work, The other two medsls
I'm medicine and mathematics, through
some misundersts udiUg on the part oil
the professor 10 charge OF these courses
were not competed for this year, but will
he next,
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Death of a Child .

Ellis Hunter kaufman, son OF Mr. and
Mrs. Jeter C. kaufman, OF Portsmouth
died Wednesday. aged two years and
six months. Mrs kaufman, before heI
marriage, was Mise Blanche Freeman, o
this city.
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ParaIyxed ,

Mrs. William l.. Childress, Of Mine Run,
Orange county, was stricken with paral-
ysis Tuesday evening and her condition
il critical This IL the second stroke
ia the past three years.
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Fourth Of July Excursion Rates,
Gaaaan fQOA

Round trip tickets to Richmond,
Washington and local points on sale
July Cd, Sd and 4th. Final limit for
return, July sth. Continuous pas
sage in each direction. G. G. Cox,
Agent. Ii siS,21 ,39
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SIS Reward

for return OF small sorrel mare, which
strayed from fredericksburg Wednesday
morning: last seen on plank road toward
Charlottesville. Shod all around smooth
toes. white streak down face, four years
old. Il. s. Dickson, owner, Fredericks-
burr.
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Flske University School, Nashville
Tenn, June 27-JuIy 20, 1904.

One fare plus Doc for the round trip.
Tickets sold to teachers holding eerti6-
Gates June %, % and q, final limit IN
days from date Of sale, with privilege
OF extension upon deposit OF ticket with
Joint Agent and payment of Zee OF soc.
e. {. Cox Agent.
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No Glass esVFisss Paint Made
will wear ss long az levoe's, No Others
are as heavy bodied, he9ause Devoe's
weigh 4 to ounces moro to the pint.
Sold by ], Willard Adams.
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200 900 Pounds OF Wool Wanted

will pay the highest cash price for
wool delivered at the mill during the
coming season. See me before making
sale John C. Melville, Manager Of the
Melville Wooden Mills Co., Fredericks-
burg, Va. mchS.6m
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Miners Wanted

Steady Employment will he given
to 20 machine men ion air drills at
$1.35, and 10 100 lahorers at 81 90, un-
derground, at the Arminius Mines,
near Mineral, Va, a9S-w6m
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KING ARTHUR 10.
Dark Bay. rs Hands. 1850 lbs. B,
IonqfelioW.

Dam Belle knight, by KnighthOod, by
Imported Knight of st. George. This
grand thoroughbred stallion will make
the season Of 1904 at Boscobel Farm
Terms. $500 the season. Book is now
oman III
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CONNECTIONS al Fredericksburg with K.s
p. r. r., and Weems Steamboat 20. Az
Orange with Southern K X and Chesapeake q
Ohio r. X.
The only line so the Charlottesville and
wilderness Battlenelds
Eastern Standard Time. Daily eIeeptSun'
day W. II. RICHARDS. Gen. Manager
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WAN Ed

1000 tons Leaf Sumac, for which
the highest cash price will be paid
We are headquarters for Leather,
Rubber and Cotton Stitched Betting.
John 4. Hurkamp Co.,
Fredericksburg, Va.
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not be better tier il he had some love in his

not be better II he had some love In nh. his
hearth
II would not say nay to that. BY my
hilt! ! shall never be said to be traitor
to the little king Let man love the
sex. Pasques Dieu! they are made to be
loved, les 3petites, from whlmple down TO
shoes string! 4 am fright glad, mon gar
con, to sec that the good monks nave
trained thee so wisely and so well,
Nay, 4 meant not worldly love, put
rather, that his heart should soften TO- To-
wards those who have wronged him.
THE archer shook his head, "a man
+ should love those of his own breed SAD
4 he. t"But It Is not nature that an Eng
slish-born man should love a Scot or a
Frenchman. Ma fol! you have not seen
q drove of Nithsdale raiders on their Gal:
&loway nags or you would not speak OF
lovinr hem. I would as soon take Be-
elzebub himselfto my arms. fear, mon
gar, that they have taught thee but
badly at Beaulieu. for surely bishop
knows moro Of what Is right ana what
"a III than an abbot can do, and mysell
With these very eyes saw the Bishop OF
1inroIn hew into a Scottish hobeler with
y battle-axe, which was a passing stranSe
4wavFof showing him that he9loved him
'Al)eyne scarce saw his way to argue IN
the face OF so decided an opinion on inc
part OLA high dgnitary Of tho lcn,rch'
'nYou have borne arms asalhst lHe oco's,
then r. no asked. ss5
"yVhy man, + first loosed STRING IN bat
lie when ]. was but a lad, younger ny TWO
years than you, at Neyille's Gross, unaer
the Lord Mowbray. Later r served under
the Warden of Berwick. that very John
Conennd OF whom our friend spake' ing
Same who held the King OF Scots 70 ran
som. Ma fol! 1t Is rough soldlerine. ana
a good school for one VINO Wou!u aea'H
to be hardy and war wise. IA
IT have heard that the Scots are good
mon OF war" said Horde John,
"Tor axeman and for spearmen nave
not seen their match, the archsr an
swered. r,rhey, can travel, VOC. WIN Das
OF meal and gr.diron SUNG 10 tMe!, MY, N.Y.
belt, SO tina 1t is III to follow tnelis' s's.e
are scant crops and few beeyes N me
hnrderIand. where man must reap his
Grain with sickle In one hst and q brown
Xiii in the other, On the other hand, they
are the sorrlestR archers that have eyer
seen and cannot SO muyh as aim WIFI
,Se q rbnlest t, to say nought OF the long
how Auuin, they are mostly poor folk,
even the mobiles among them, so that
there are few who can buy as good
brlgandine of cha!n-mail as that WhlcA 4. =
am wearing, and It Is ~ for mem ~
stand up against cur own Kn.s ,l. w., W.
carry the price of five Scotch taFEnS ulo'
their chest and shoulders. Man for MAJ
With equal weapons, they are as WORTHY
and valiant men AS could be Iounu ~ ti p
whole Of Chrlstendom.' 7
| "And the French?'' asked Alleyne, 70
whom tho archer's light gossip llad ~.
the relish hat the words OF the man OF
! acton have for the recluse' 9.
.'rhe Frenc h are also very worthy NEIL
We have had great good fortune -.
| France. and II hath led toflnueA Popa9'se
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49,. ,, os ,,r,oLon c,oyed red and
amot, ,,,I,,st 19tl,a black ne.tvn soil. and
= n,,,enly doe who grazed among them
= ,,er write frGnt and her great
amast,a,inn evns tcrnrds thc wayfarcrs.
Ama",,n na,ed = IN ADMIRATION al the supple
Aleyhe saztu ~ an,. IN MI the archrr
Gnnors nlavad With his culver, And his
nwes ,l,sinned win tho fell instinct which
,,rres n man Ia slaughter.
.Srate De,i" he erowled ,5"werc this
+ no 20 ~ avon8 C:u,enne we should have
= fresh h,unch for our none meat. Law
~ M In VI. have n mind 10 loose q bolt
=, h Ia - - ,1,.73 T
~ ,.ou,a break yonr slave across my
Ernao trstl" tcrled Iohn. LAYING his great
10 ~ 5,,,,on tho how i"yyhat! man. I am
5forest horn and I Know what comes OF
r. IN ar own township Of FJordle two
hava last their ewes and one his skin
~ ~, go. ln,a uhnn T hrsts saw YOU but
s,no q ~ r have 'conceiyed over much
rasord fnr vo, IA wish to see the YER
,.,9i.. t,,ve, ot work upon YOU.
~ lie nv trade 10 risk my skim
r,u,,,.a ,ho'a rcher. hit none the less no
s ,hrns, MS nniver over his hin again and
49, ,,,s fa.ce ~ ,he west lgr3
AZ ,ho, odvanccd the nath still tended
unwa rdss running from heath into copses
~ hol,,, and fyew, and so back into heath
ogain r. was toyful TO hear the merry
Whistle ~ blackbirds as they darted from
nno Quinn of creenery to the other, Now
and ngain q neaiv amber-colored stream
r,nn,od n cross their wny. with ferny DYER
,rnu,n hanks where the blue kinghsher
Git,ed h,sI,v' from side to side. or the
'ra,, ard nensive heron. swollen with
tro,,t and dignity, stood ankle-deep among
,t ~ ai,a rba,ier,np inys and loud
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CHESTNUT HILL AND
HIGHLAND PARK

Mrs. John Tyler and son have returned
after spending the. past several weeks
with relatives in Woodstock. Va. ,
{ Mr. Richard Sale, Jr.. returned to MS
days in Washing ton and Alexandria.
Mrs. Howle and children. OF New Jer-
sey, are visiting the formers mother, MRS.
NV.$B. Qulnby, Of Chestnut Hill. and Mrs.
q. W.WIngtield, Of Highland.
Misses Louise Rennie and Annie Carlton
left yesterday to spent several days IN
tAmelih county. " !.
the guest of her sister. Mrs. s. w.
Marshall. q VA
terrain church held Its regular monthly
meeting. yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock
IN the lecture room of the church.
4 Master John MdCourt left Sunday Tor
with his COUSIN Master Frank Llvesay.
z Mr. and Mrs. John Todd. OF stanton,
Rev. j. b.. Askew, Of Highland Park
church, left this week for Bruins wick
county, to assist Rev. William EBoggs IN
Il series OF protracted meetings.
Mrs. y. X Vaughan has returned. al
ter spending some time with relative In
Prince Edward county. al
Miss Carrie Todd, who spent some time
in st. Louis, has returned home.
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/ CHAPTER y1I1-continued.

And why the Scots, my pretty lads!
we have seen French and Spanish gallcys
no further away than Southampton, put
doubt that 1t Will he some time before
the Scots find their Waytto these parts.
"Our. business is with the Scots quoth
the elder; for it was the Scots VINO cut
OFF daddy's string fingers and his thumbs"
fave. lads, 1t was that" said deep
voice from behind Alleync's shoulder,
! looking round, the wayfarcrs saw n
gaunt big -boned man, with sunken checks
and a sallow face, who had come UP be-
hind them. He held up his two hands as
he spoke, and showed that the thumbs
and two first fingers had been torn away
from each of them.
MA fol, camarade!" cried Aylward,
WHO hath served thee In so shameful a
fashion,"
I'll Is easy 10 see friend, that you were
born far from the marches OF Scotland.
ouoth the stranger with bitter smlle.
''North OF Humber there Is no man VINO
would not know the handl"ork OF Devil
Douglas. the black Lord James.
and how fell you into his hands"'
asked John,
| u am a man OF the north country, from
the town OF Beverly and the wapentake
| Of Holderness," he answered There
was a day when from Trent TO Tweed,
| there was no better lnarksman than Robin
|
| me. as he hath left many another poor
| border archer with no grip for bill or
bow. Yet the king hath given me liv-
| ing here in the southlands, and please
| God these two lads OF mine VIII pay OF
| a debt that hath been owing over long
! " hat is the price Of daddy's thumbs
! bbys2"
Twenty Scottish lives" they answered
| together
"And for the hnsers?'
Half a score.'
When they ran bend my war-bow and
bring down a squirrel al a hundred PAGES,
j send them to take service under Johnny
Copeland, the Lord Of thu Marches and
Governor Of Carlisle By my soul!
would give the rest Of my fingers TO see
the Douglas within arrowhigEt Of them
May you live to see ~, Guolh me
bowman, "And bark We mes enfants,
take an old soldiers rede and lay your
bodies to the bow. drawing from hip and
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BARTON HEIGHTS.

Mrs. E. P, Goodwin, OF Hinton, ". Va,
s ,t the g yest OF M ,n 3 folsom. /.
v Mfs hf Ss Boyee p Ta cupeper
Miss Bertha Knapp has returned home.
after pleasant visit to rela tives In In
dl Mr 3!bor,es Movers Who has been
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Deitrick Schwartz.
has left for his home, in York county
Mrs ! Robert Marshall Of Mount Car j,
mel, KY, is the guest Of Mrs. G. 3.
Donald Miller, who has been visiting
In charlottesville. has returned home
Miss Ka,e Slim has returned from
land City. ana Louisville.
The social and business meeting Of
the Epworth League Of the Barton
the home hon Of Mrs. Fred. S. Jones. 4
Miss Ethel Scott has left for Varina to
! take charge of the Town Hall School, u
Miss Emma Hopkins has, returned to
Miss NIollle Duval. who has been visit
ing in Goochland, has returned home.
Mr.. Evans, OF Coaldale, who has been
Mrs. N. b. croxton son and daughter
have left for st. Louis sftt! 3
Miss Mary Ramsey, of Norfolk, Is the
guest of Miss JAMIE Smith. IN
Miss America Seay has returned to her
home, in Fluvanna county, after a de-
lightfu visit to her aunt, Mrs. Charles
Miss Mary McKenney, Of Petersburg. is
the guest Of MIS-. ~ B. Woo d ! !
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. John
T.. Harding. have left for their home, in
Mrs. 6. IS Taylor and family. who have
been spending the summer with relatives
at Charlottesville. have returned home.
l. d .
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thigh as much as from arm. learn also.

thigh as much MS from arm Learn ALSO,
q pray sou. TO shoot with a dropping
shaft; for though a bowman may at times
be called upon to shoot straight and fast,
yet It is more often that he has to do
with a town-Euard behind a wall, or an
aarbalcstier with his mantlet ra' sed, when
you cannot hope to- do him seattle unless
your shaft fall straight upon him from
the clouds. have not drawn string for
two weeks, but may DO able to show
ye how such shots should be made. He
loosened his long-bow, sung his culver
round TO tho front, and then glanced
keenly round for n fitting mark. There
was a yellow and withered stump some
way off, seen under the dropping branches
OF q lofty oak. The archer measured the
distance with his eye; and then, drawing
three shafts, he shot them OFF with such
speed that the first had not reached the
mark ere the last was on the string.
Each arrow passed high over the oak;
and, of the three, two stuck fair into the
stump; while tho third, caught in some
wandering puff of wind, was driven a
foot or two 10 one side.
Good" cried the north countryman.
"Hearken TO him, lads! He Is a master
bowman Your dad says amen TO every
word he says
"Ry my h!lt!" said Ayward, "if am
to preach on bowmanship, the whole long
day would scarce give me time for my
sermon. We have marksmen In the Com
pany who Will knotch with n shaft every
crevicc and joint Of a man-at-arm's har-
ness, from the clasp Of his basslnet to
the hinge OF his greave. but, with your
favor. friend, ] must gather my arrows
again, for while a shaft costs a penny n
poor man scarce leave them sticking IN
wayside stumps. We must, hen. on our
road again. and ! hope from my heart
that you may train these two young
goshawks here until they are ready for
cast even at such quarry as you
speak Of" I,
Leaving the thumbless archer and his
brood. the wayfarers struck through the
scattered hutS of Emery Down. and out
on to the broad rolling heath covered
deep In ferns and In heather. where
droYes o. the half-wlld black forest pigs
were roofing about amongst the hilioekF,
The woods about lhis point ran away 70
the left and the right, while the road
curves upwards and the wind sweeps
keenly oyer the swelling uplands, The
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and campfire talk, but l have ever no
Eticed that those who know ito most have
the least to say a bout 1t. ] have seen
Frenchmen fight both In open field, in
the lntaking and the defending OF towns
or castewicks,. In escalados. camisaa des.
might forays bushments. sallies. outfalls.
and knghty spear-runnings. Their
KIN ghts and squires, lad, are every whit
as good as ours, and l could pick out a
score of those who ride behind pu Cues
clin who would hold the lists with sharp
ened lances against the best meDfin the
army of England On the other hand,
their common folk are 80 crushed down
with gabclle.s and poll-tax, and every man
ner OF cursed tallnge. that the spirit mas
passed right out OF them It is a 1ool $
plan to teach man to be q cur IN peace,
and think that he will be a lion In war
FLEECE them like sheep, and sheep they
will remain. II the mobiles had not con-
quered the poor folk It Is like enough
that we should not have conquered the
nobles" @
8"Bux they must be sorry folk to bow
down to the rich In such a fashion" SAID
hig John. u am but poor commoner Q I
England myself, and yet know some
|thing Of charters, liberties. franchises,
usages privileges, customs, and the IKE.
liz these be broken, then all men know
that 1t Is 8timeNto buy arrow-heads.
faye, but the men OF the law are strong
| IN France as well as the men OF war. ~
| my hilt! i holdythat man has more 70
f, fear there from the ink-pot OF the one
| than from the iron Of the other, There Is
ever some cursed sheepskln In their
strong boxes to prove that the rich man
! should be richer and the poor man poorer,
| 1t would scarce pass In England, but they
are quiet folk over the wa ter.
And what other nations have you seen
lin your travels, good SIM asked Alleyno
Edricson. FIls young mind hungered FOR
pIain facts 81 life. after the long course
Of speculation and Of mysticism on which
he had been trained,
"I have seen the low countryman III
arms, and ] have nought to say q gainst
| him, Heavy and slow Is he by nature
and Is not to be brought into battle for
the sake OF a lady's eyelash or the twang
OF m!nstrel's string, like the hotter
blood of the south But ma fol! lay hand
| Of Bruges and out buzzes every stout
|}burgher, like bees from the tee-hole,
ready to lay on as though 1t were his one
business In life BY our lady! they have
| gho wn the French at Courtarai and else
| where that they are as deft In welding
stesl as In Welding IT. n,
| sa,tAnd the men OF Spain. RI "a 4 aS
5'~They, loo, are Very hardy soldiers, ne
more SO as for many hundred years they
have had to fight hard against the
cursed followers Of the black Mahound,
| who have pressed upon them from the
south, and still. as ! understand hold
1.-The fairor halfof the country.
| ---------"--- Il $3.50 3 ). y
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y ! ~ ! .s3 &
r tasi. Tie RE tug Will be used In towing
the fleet OF barges OF the Cedar WORKS
from Norfolk to this city:
Mrs. Charles Eacho. who was OPERATED
on several weeks ago at the Memorial
Hospital. was removed TO her home MON
day.
citizens OF Fulton. is quite III al his
residence. on State street.
has been the guest OF the Misses Grimes
4 of Denny street, returned home thls
week.
Messrs Peter G. Martin and J i + Ken
where they attended the annual ses-
sion OF the Eagles. si,
Mrs. Charles Smith. OF State street,
Air. John Riddle, well-known horse
man. who was injured in a fall in Bal
3tlmore recently. has returned to the city
a "A valua BILE horse OF William Jenkins'
OF Marion Hin. was struck by Chesa-
, rnnk. and Ohio engine Sunday aad Was
b a.iss Lillian c. Duke is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. Ohm Pease, Of Berkisy.
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"a delightful surprise party was given
Miss Tiorence Newsome at her home, a
evenings Miss N S,, recei NJ
gave theinS O hearty welcome The even.
ing was delightfully."- spent in games and
music. Refreshn,ents were served ,s ayr
were Misses Oteria White. Eettie Allen,
Edna Tringer Matte NubY. Annie Miner,
Goidle Atkinson. Alene Saunders. Maude
carrie Meade, Ruth Wiii1e. and Messrs.
Leslie Creery. Mitchell Willard, Lee
Bottoms, Roy. Harding, Royal Jones, VIII
Sidce. James Sanders, and several others.
The home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Jones, OF 416 Twenty-1fth street, was the
scene Of a merry gathering few even J ce n.
Elmo. celebrated his ninth birthday The
plrlor and dlning-room were beautifully
decorated With cut flowers. !
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Louis Il Ii. ei's' a''er s peasant Y's'
Miss Alice p. Gordon Is at home, after y !. e
Z in Orange county.
Miss Kate Dunkel has returned to the
city q t: having completed her course o.
Ex-Governor Fleming, OF Jacksonyille,
Florida. VII be the guest OF Miss s nan,
ME =. Jones, No 1oa East FranKhn
Miss Louie whitlock reached the city
Tuesday after a delightful summer IN
Europe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Razer Dulaney and Mr..
ana Mrs. Robert Lee. Jr.. will be the
guests Of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Car
ter. during the Richmond Horse Show.
Miss Ernie Thomas has returned home;
Louisa county.
Miss Annie white. who has been visit
Ing friends IN tho city for some weeks.
les Monday for her home In Caroline.
Miss Mary Titzhugh Ia the guest Of
Mrs. s. G. Daniel Daniel IN Fredericksburg
Miss Annie Stubs, who has been III
pital. left Monday for her home in VIII
Harrisburg.
Judge and Mrs. b. B. Wexford, who
have been spending the summer at their
country home, I'M Gloucester. nre the
guests OF their son. the Rev. e. r. Well
ford. in Newport port News.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas ]. Morecock, who
we're tho guests OF their daughter. Mrs.
q K. Lasslter. have returned to their
home, in Norfolk.
Mr.. Howard A. Raine hns returned to
his home IN Danville, after visit to
friends in this city.
Mr.. b. Edward Finnegan is visiting
relatives In Hampton.