Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-08-12

WIS in the city Tuesday.
Mr.. John A. Sproul of Clifton Forg
was down taking in the Horse SHOW
Prof. G. H. Friend was in the cit
this week.
Mrs. John l. Hoy and children AT
visiting relatives in Bluefield, W. Va.
Mr.. Harry H. Blease and son. Marion
have returned from Newberry, S. G
accompanied By Mrs. L. e. Williams.
Mr.. Powell X. Davis of Craigsville
was among the Horse Show visitors o.
Tuesday.
Mrs. W. e. Leonard of Churchville
visited her aunt, Mrs. J. N Wilson il
Bridgswater last week.
klMr. F. W. Hager has returned from
two months trip to Germany mucf
improved in health.
Mrs. Harry Gait and her little dangh
ters, Annie and Lizzie, have been visit
ing relatives in Clifton Forge.
MIR. G. D. CARRIER OF Stuart's Draft
WAS the guest of his brother, Mr.. }.
Frank CARRIER, during the Horse Show.
Capt. John W. Merritt, that veteran
Democrat of the Mint Spring neigh
borhood, WAS in the city Monday.
Mrs s. % Timberlake, Jr., has re
turned from an extended visit to her
old home near Chal les Town, w. Va.
Mr.. and Mis-. Fred F. Allen of Balti
more. have been the guests of Col. $.
Brown Allen for some days.
Mr.. James Lee and family OF Cralgs-
Vile, have been visiting relatives in
Buena Vista.
MIR. } b Wood, manager of the
Rockbridge Alum Springs, attended
the Horse Show.
Mr.. Geo. O. Green, editor of the
Clifton Forge Review, was in the city
Monday night.
Mr.. B. NJ. Cash of Steele's Tavern,
was down Monday taking in the Horse
Show.
Miss Sadie Norris of Charlottesville,
was the guest of the Misses Hutchinson
on Winthrop street this week.
Mr.. VIM. l. Mowry of South River,
has returned from Bolar Springs. and
was in the city on Tuesday.
DR.. Geo. S...Walker and wife, and
Miss Lucy Walker have returned from
a visit to Mr.. w. B. Walker and Mrs.
St. Clair in Southwest Virginia.
Mr.. A. G. McCune of the Fishersvllle
neighborhood, was among the visitors
to the Horse Show Tuesday, and a
pleasant caller at our office.
Prof. H. M. Chamberlayne left Wed |
nesday for Spout Spring, Appomattox
county, called there by the illness of
his little grandson.
Hall and Robert Mish of Middle
brook, have gone to the ST. Louis Ex-
position, and will also visit relatives in |
other parts of Missouri.
MIR. W. W. Gibbs. wife and son,
Wayt, and Mr.. Lister Merriken, left !
last week for st. Louis, where thew are
taking in the exposition.
The congregation of the Presbyte-
rian church at CovingtOn. has extend
ell call to Rev. Clyde Sheltman OF
Christiansbnrg to become their pastor.
Prof. James E. Winston of Waynes-
b,ro, Va, has been offered the chair OF
Latin and Greek in the Kentucky UNI |
versity, at Lexington.
Mr.. Thompson Paxton a prosperous |
and prominent farmer Of the Fairfield |
neighboThood, was among the visitors
to the Horse Show Tuesday.
Mrs. G. Marshall Crawford, and
daughter, Miss Bessie, of Ferrol, left |
Tuesday for scjourn at Virginia
Beach.
MIR. John Pandleton Kennedy, State
Librarian at Richmond, was the guest
OF Prof. VIM A. Bowles during the
Horse Show.
Mr.. Robert Il. Tillman of Greenville,
s g., former popular young Staun-
ton business man, has been visiting
his brother, Mr.. Ii. N. Tillman.
Prof. 1. S. Humbert, member of the
faculty al the State School for the
Deaf at Little Rock, Ark, is spending
a part of the vacation with his brother,
Mr.. W. H. Hnmbert of New Hope.
Mrs. Cox, wife of Rev. w. j. E. Cox,
u D., of Mobile, Ala, formerly the
p)pnlar pastor of the Staunton Baptist
church, is the guest of Mrs E. M. Har-
man.
Mr.. /. q. Morton, clerk in the office
of the General Manager of the New
port News ShipbuiIding Company, is
spending his vacation with his par
elts here.
Rev. DIR. VIM. N. Scott and daugh-
tiers, Misses Agnes and Mamie Brooke,
reached home Monday afternoon from
two months tour of Europe They
had most delightful trip and enjoyed
the best of health.
Mr.. Geo. M. Thacker, who resides
about two miles from The city, has re-
Gently purchased the j. A Glenn farm
two miles southwest of Stuart's Draft,
on the river, for "a $50. Mr.. Thacker
takes possession of his new home Jan
uary lat, 1905.
Mr. R. l.. Parrish, Jr., has been elect
ed president of the CovingtOn Nation
al Rank tn succead his father the late