Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-05-25

| The May meeting of the Augustf
Local Union American Society oil
Equity will be held tomorrow, the
18th, at o clock All members should
make note of this change. The soci
ely is always glad to have the genera
lpublic ttend their meetings.
| Mr.. and Mis-. Meredith l.. Hcgshtad
II Middlebrook, announce the MARI
age of their sister, Maggie Tay lor, tt
Mr.. William Walker Turner, the cer'
nony TO take place at Bethel Presby
| Cerian church Oh Tuesday morning,
| June 9TH at | | o'clock,
Hiss Josephine Silling. daughter OF
Dir. l.. N. SiIling, was brought 10 the
| Kings Daughters hospital Wednesday
from her home in the county suffering
from appendicitis, and immediately
underwent An operation. Her father
IS also patient at the hospital, having
| recently been operated OH.
Mr. and MIS- David CARRIER of Way
nesboro, announce the marriage of
their daughter, Ehla, to MIR. Me. Ket
fauver of Norfolk. Oh June 9th, at the
home of the brides parents in Way
nesborO. Both formerly resided AT
5tuart's Draft where they have many
friends.
The many friends of Mr.. }. NJ. ii.
Randolph of Parnassus, will regret to
learn that he suffered a stroke of par
alysis Wednesday afternoon while en-
gagged in working on the books of Mr..
a. +. Berry at Spring Hill. MIR. Ran.
dolph was taken to his home where he
received every attention.
Tue President has appointed ex-
Gov. Andrew Jackson Montague, ole
of the delegates to the third Interna
tOnal Conference OF. American States,
to he held at Rio De ,Janeiro this sum-
mer. The delegation will leave this
country about July l. and be absent
about three months.
A t the Supreme Council of the Royal
Arcanum of the United States, in SEES
sIon at Old Point Comfort. this week.
Howard T.. Virgins was re- elected SUI
preme regent. All the other officers
were reelected. A resolution reaf-
Iirming the present rate of assessment
was adopted unanimously.
All of the candidates nominated by
the Democratic primary have filed no.
tice of their candidacy according to
aw. In the first ward there are three
candidates who also filed
notice, they are Rev. W. A. Black for
,he board of alderman, and Messrs ID. |
W. Jardine and q. f. IIOuseman for |
5he common council.
Mrs. William w. Speers announces |
1he marriage of her daughter. Sara
W herrie, Ito DIR. Robert Christian
craig, U. s. N, the ceremony to take
place Monday evening, June 18th, at 3
o'clock In Emmanuel Episcopal church,
Pennsylvania. The groom
s "A native of Staunton. and is grad-
late of the medical school of the Uni
versity of Virginia.
Mr.. John &. Fretwell for a numb Der
IF years one of StauntOn's best police
officers, has rendered his resignation
% take effect June /. He has taken a
position with the Stanton Mutual
Co. Officer A. B. Cline will
De promoted to the place OF assistant
hief. and the others moved up place.
Mr.. Nj. b. Sutton was elected a men,
Der of the force.
Mr.. Geo. Marshall Crawford of Fer
'ol, has closed a three years lease with
Mr.. w. H. Randolph of Millboro, by
which MIR. Crawford acquires for that
period the timber rights on tract en-
Dracing $4,000 acres of land. Extend
ng from MillbOrO to Griffith on both
sides of the e. u o. Ry. Mr.. Crawford
las gone to MillborO and expects to be-
gin arrangements at once from develop
ng the property.
Col. George Wayne Anderson has
issued orders that the 10th Regiment |
Virginia volunteers shall take part in |
the military manoeuvres to take place
under the direction of the United States |
this year to be held at |
Chickamauga, Tenn, some time in
August. Company K, the West Au-
gusta Guard, Captain Ii. G. Braxton
belongs to the 10th and
will be expected to participate.