Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-11-27
Mrs. E. NJ. Conner of the county, is

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listing friends in Lexington.
Mrs. John NJ. Hardy is very i'll at hel
h )me on North Lewis street.
Mr.. Edgar NJ. Funkhouser and brio q
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. James
HI. Woodward yesterday.
Miss Mary Berkeley is visiting in
Newport News and attending the edu-
cational association.
Mrs. j. Newton Wilson of Bridge
water, after spending some time with
relatives at Swoope, has returned home.
Miss Nettie Powell spent Thanks
giving with Miss Jarman in Charlottes-
vile.
Capt. Thos. ID. Ransom and Miss
Margaret Ransom have returned from a
trip to Washington.
Quite number of convicts have been
added to the working force on the
Churchville pike.
Mr.. Hartman j. Lushbaugh, former
well known builder and contractor,
celebrated his seth birthday on We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. l.. Weller have re-
turned to Staunton from Fishersville,
and are now at Mrs. NJ. S. Weller's on
KalOrama street.
DIR. A. +. Kerr of Greenville, has re-
turned from Charlottesville with Mr..
c. G. Armstrong, who was operated on
at the University Hospital His friends
will be glad TO know he is much bene-
fitted by the operation.
The friends of Mrs. Robert f. Black
ley, who was operated on Saturday at
the Kings Daughters hospital for APP
pendicitis, will be glad to know that
she stood the operation well and Is now
getting along nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. JAS r. Taylor, IT,,
have returned from Washington, whe e
Mr.. Taylor had his eyes treated by a
specialist. His friends will be glad to
learn that he seems benefited by the
treatment.
Messrs. Edward Echols, Gilpin Will
son, j. Marshall Mcclure, and w. W.,
Hugh B. and Arch. A. Sproul have
been spending several days at Nimrod
Hall in Bath county on hunt. Mr..
Arch. A. Sproul of New York, has been
here on visit to his brothers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdinand Loeb and
Mr.. Adolph Loeb have gone to Phila-
delphia to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Leo Loeb, who died unexpectedly on
Wednesday. She was So years old, and
was well known here where she often
visited.
Miss Jessie Miller of Fort Defiance,
who has been visiting her sister in
Greensboro, n. c., was married on
Wednesday last to Mr.. Jos. G. Conner
of South River. Mr.. H. Worth Coin
er, cousin of the groom, was best
man. After an extended tour north,
Mr.. and Mrs. Conner will make their
home on Long Meadows.
The annual sermon before the Staun-
ton Knights of Pythias was delivered
Sunday afternoon by Rev. c. o. Wood
ward of Clifton Forge, at the Second
Presbyterian church, before large audi
ence The list of dead of the lodge was
read by the secretary and many names
at one time prominent in this city were
recalled.
Earl, the 11-year-old son of Jacob M.
Jones, of Annex, while applying the
brake to a wagon heavily loaded with
cordwood, as it descended hill, lost
his hold and fell in front of the rear
wheel, which passed over the entire
length of his body, crushing his collar
bone, breast and several ribs. His con-
dition is serious.
The Staunton Dispatch and News,
owned by Mr.. G. r. Caldwell, was last
week sold to Messrs. Stuart Olivier and
Herbert Wyle, who announce that they
will conduct a strictly independent
paper. Mr.. Wyle was for some time
connected with the paper under its old
management, but more recently with
Mr.. Olivier on the Munsey chain of
papers. He will have personal charge
of the paper here
DR.. William Henry Ruffner, found
er virtually of the public school sys-
tenn in Virginia and first superinten-
dent of public instruction in the State
died on Wednesday at the home of his
son-in-law, DR.. r. +. Campbell, in
Asheville, N. c., of old age. He was
born in Lexington, Va, February IL,
1924, and his funeral will take place
there this afternoon.
The announcement is made of the
approaching marriage on Dec. I'd Of Rev.
Abner G. Hopkins, pastor of the Buena
Vista Presbyterian church, and Miss
Ethel Booker, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Marshall a. Booker of Hampton, Va.
Mr.. Booker is well known here, where
he was at one time engaged in bust
ness, and his daughter is a most capti-
waiting young lady and has host OF
friends on the eastern shore. Mr.. Hop
kins is one of the best known Presby-
terrain minister in Virginia.
M'Clung--Kerr.
An event of peculiar interest to Ash
land society occurred at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. James G. Hughes, cou.