Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-05-20


Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Griffith are reioic-
Ing over the arrival of fine baby girl.
Miss Pearl Dix left this week for an
indefinite stay with relatives at Molusk.
Yacht Aquila, of New York, har-
bored here from Saturday until Monday
Police steamers Rappshannock and
Accomac were in Carriers Creek the past
week.
Epworih League Social will meet to-
night friday at home of Mrs. o. c..
Messick.
Mrs. Kate James returned from Balti-
more hospital last Friday much improved
In health.
Miss Orah Lee Doggett, OF Weems, was
the guest of Miss Inez Calls day or so
this week.
Mrs. ]. B. Smith has been lame and
suffering considerably since Wednesday
from stepping on nail
Fresh Pork and Beef will be found at Mes
sick, Long & Co.'s every Saturday.
Among the recent sick, now improv.
ing, we note Mrs. William burlington,
Clifford Kirkmyer and E. w. Long.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A.(Haydon and Viola
Hayden, returned home Sunday, after
spending some time in Bluff Point.
The ladies OF the Baptist church here
will hold a strawberry social at the
Chapel on Saturday evening, June 4tb
/. Mrs. c. B. Church and daughter, little
Miss Josephine, left Friday last for q
visit to relatives and friends in Crisfield,
hid.
The Chesapeake Academy boys and
the White Chapel nine will play ball at
honaskon tomorrow Saturday after
noon.
A. Jack Brent is In Northumberland
this week In the interests of the VIRGINIA
CITIZEN and the Northern Neck Mutual
Fire Association.
captain" Lee Simmons, in command
OF Dameron's launch, on Saturday after
noon took party of young people to
UrbanEa and "Rosegill."
Capt. G. b. Riggin and family arrived
here Wednesday TO make their future
home. We welcome the return from
Baltimore of the Captain and his family.
Mrs. w. ID. Fearing, daughter and
little son, of Manteo, N. c., arrived here
Sunday morning to visit Mrs. Fearing's
father, Rev. J. ~. Anderson. aud other
relatives.
Painter b. s. Hammonds is at Otto
man painting for Gresham & Chiffon.
3. IL. Griffith and Charlie Calls are doing
the same for w. A. Dameron's home at
Weems.
Masters Francis and George Rowe.
sons of j. p. Rowe, OF Fredericksburg.
accompanied their uncle, A. p. Rowe,
on visit to Irvington Saturday and Sun
day last.
Tom Hall returned last week from a
visit to Norfolk. Mrs. Hall and children,
who had been spending some time in
Middlesex county, returned home at the
same time.
Mr. aud Mrs. II. w. Middleton, Of Fred
ericksourg. are with us again, the latter
Tor The summer. We hope they will
carry out their idea of erecting a cottage
In Irvington.
Don't forget about our fine line of Mattings
Rugs, Oiicloth, Iaces, Ribbons and Dry Goods.
AkssIcK. LONG Y Co., Irvington Va.
Rev. j. Nj. Anderson and Capt. Jno.
w. Hundley left Monday to attend Dis.
trict Conference of Rappahannock dis
trict NJ. L. Church South, in session in
Bowling Green this week.
Children's Day exercises will be held
at the Baptist church here Oh the fifth
Sunday night in this month. The Metho-
dists will have Children's Day services
in their church the second Sunday night
In June.
Frank Wilshin, who has been In Nor
folk the past two months attending TO
some contract work, spent a few DAYS
the past week with his family here. Jno.
Folliard. Mrs. Wilshin's brother. WAS
also here.
The CITIZEN returns thanks 10 8.
Roland Hall, OF the International Cor
respcndence Schools. Scranton, Pa, for
handsomely bound copy of"Mechanics'
Pocket Memoranda" a book of manifold
useful information.
Prof 8. 4. Oden has moved from the
old Jett home, recently purchased by
Capt. G. b. Riggin, to the home of Mrs.
Jeneriva Thomas IN West Irvington. Mr..
and Mrs. Oden are this week In Freder-
icksburg snd Wheaton.
Banie Miller brought over a party of
ten or twelve from Middlesex in his
launch Sunday who spent the day with
Mr.. and Mrs. X. F. Garner and Mrs.
Jeneriva Thomas. Will Dunleyy. of
that county, was also here on his launch
Misses Edith Miller aud Grace Lee
spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss
Grace Cottingham at her home at Otto
man. They were accompanied on their
return Sunday afternoon by party OF
ten or twelve from Ottoman and Millen-
beck.
Some visitors seen here recently: W.
+. Davis, j. Ed. Somers, Urbane Bush
w. j. Cornelius, AlVah ID. James, Miss
BETTE Currell, Mr.. and Mrs. T. A.
'Treakle, Joe James, E. B. Squires, Viii
and Frank Mullen, Mrs. j. F. Bellows