Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-04-22

Miss Mary Bolts Berkeley Is visi1
ing relatives in Richmond.
Mr.. an Mrs. Thos. C. Bowling
Cbarlestown, w. Va, are visiting rels
tives here.
Miss Matte Young has returne
from visit to Lewisburg, VIVA. an
Cold Sulphur Springs.
Mrs. G. Marshall Crawford of Eel
rol, who has been quite sick for som
time, left this week for Baltimore.
Miss Rosa Kincaid of Bath county
who has been visiting here, has re
turned home.
Mrs. G. &. Gooch has been in Wash
ington this week attending meeting
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution.
Rev VIM G. White of Warm Springs
with his children, have been spending
the week with Rev. DIR. Finley a.
Thinking Spring.
Lexington Gazette: Miss Rispa bud
ley of Augusta. and Miss Mamie X
Sterrett of Highland, are the guests
of Miss Bessie Sterrett at Col Alto. ;
Rev. 8. A. Packer of Greenville
while on a visit to relatives in Bath
county, filled the pulpit at Shilo in
| that county. preaching a very able
| sermon.
Prof. WV. Robertson of Oklahoma,
is visiting his old friends in Staunton,
where for a number of years be was
the popular superintendent of public
schools. and later president OF the Wes-
leyan Female Institute.
The engine of freight train was de.
rallied Monday night on the Baltimore
and Ohio at Verona. (which caused a
delay of several hours between the
Northern and Southern passenger
trains from Staunton to Harrisonburg.
Inv ,tatiOns has been issued by Col aud
Mrs. John W. Hinsdale of Raleigh, N.
c., to the marriage of their daughter,
Miss Elizabeth Christophers, to DR..
John M. Winfree of Richmond, April
30th. Dr. Winfree is native of this
county, and son of the late Rev. J.
H. h. Winfree. for so long pastor of
Loeb Willow Presbyterian church.
The following were graduated from
the shorthand and typewriting depart
ment of Dunsmore's Business college
Monday: Misses Bessie Riley, city; Kate
city; Margaret McNeer,
Hinton, w. Va; Kate Drake, county
Lottie Tribbett, city; Ella Leech, Aid
erson, w. Va; Cornelia Mish. Green
vile and Lena Lowell, city. Mr.. Frank
Keller, Lowell. WA. was graduated
in the business department.
Miss. Virginia Dudley, of the Glade,
gave birthday party last Saturday
night to number of her young friends
Those present were Gertrude and Kat
lie Belle Robson, Priscilla and Emma
Moore, La Vata Root, Margaret Bell,
Carrie Snedegar, Bess Davies. Joseph
Moore, VIM. Hugh and Ed. Bell.
Charlie and Eugene Hanna, Chesley
Baxter, Rodney and Ed. Davies, and
Preston Todd.
Mr.. R. 8. Turks family have receiv-
ed so many expressions of sympathy
over the death of his brother. VIM. A.
Turk, that it will be impossible to ex-
press to such friends individually the
thanks of the family for these evidences
of friendship, so they take this mode
of in part at least acknowledging the
obligation they feel. The sadness that
has been cast over them has been soft
ened by those friendly evidences, as
nothing else can mitigate such sorrow.
Mr.. H. II. Harlow has brought in
the circuit court. two suits for dam
ages to stock and business grow.
ing out of the collapse last year
Of the Crowder bnilding on New Court
House street, of which Mr.. Harlow was
a tenant. Each suit is for $500, and
one is against Hon. Edward Echols,
owner of the adjoining property, and
the other against Messrs. Stewart &
Lambert, Mr.. Echols' contractors in
the construction of bis new building.