Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-04-10
PERSONAL MENTION.

business Saturday.
Mr.. Frank Wood of Crimora, has re-
turned from Charlottesville, where he
had his eyes treated by DIR. Hedges.
Mrs. Edward Echols and children
have gone to Louisville, KY, on visit
to relatives.
Mr.. Frank l.. Slblett and wife were
up from Harrisonburg this week, hav-
ing come up in their automobile.
The many friends of Capt G. G. Goo oh
viii be glad to know thatshe has so far
recovered from his recent severe illness
as to able to gosabout the house
This week the town of West Point,
Va, voted 'wet", while Culpeper and
Stonewall district in shenandoah
county voted ''dry."
Miss Edna Crum of near Church
Vile, was called home from Lynchburg
last week ON account of the failing
health of her health.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller of Augusta
Springs, were in the city last week
shopping and paid our office pleasant
call.
Hon. s. H. Walker and wife were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. James II.
Woodward this week, en-route home
Mr.. and Mrs. Isadore Barth of Kan
sas City, Mo-, are here visiting Mr.. and
Mrs l.. G. Strauss and other friends
and relatives.
Mrs. McH. Holiday underwent an
operation at the Kings Daughters hos
pital Sunday night. She is out of dam
ger and recovering nicely.
Mr.. Robert H. Kyle of Jersey City,
N. j., stopped over here day or two
this week visiting his brother, Mr.. NJ.
f. Kyle. Mr.. Kyle was on his way to
Kentucky on business.
Howard Wilson, Esq, of Snyder,
whose arm was seriously hurt by re-
factory horse short time ago, has
been able to come to town, but is not
yet able to use his arm.
Mr.. J. r. Weaver, a prominent Roam
oke Merchant, has been elected Exalted
Ruler of the Elks lodge of that city.
Mr.. Weaver was formerly a resident of
this city, where he has many friends.
Mr.. J. III. Whitmore for some time
with the J. NJ. SPOTS Grocery Co., has
resigned his position, and will leave
shortly for st. Charles, Mo-, where he
will make his home.
Holmes Conrad of Winchester, has
withdrawn from the case of Va. VS.. W.
Va, and Attorney-General Anderson
has substituted Mr.. Randolph Harri-
son of Lynchburg TO take his place.
Vandals have destroyed the young
orchard of G. William Snider, near
Lexington, cutting down the entire
nine acres of fruit trees, apple and
peach, mum bering nearly 1000.
Misses Etfie and Emma Fauver spent
Saturday and Sunday a, Mr.. }. {.
Roots, near Bridgewater, where Miss
Ruby Amos is teaching the Bell-Dudley
school.
Fairfield correspondent of the Rock
bridge News: Messrs. is. A. Arehart and
C. A. Richie while working in the
woods few days backscut tree which
contained eleven opossums. They say
things looked lively for awhile.
Miss Halle See, daughter of Mr.. p.
HI. See of near Ft. Defiance, was ope-
rated Oh for appendicitis by DR.. w. f.
Whitmorc at the Kings Daughters
hospital on Sunday. She is getting
along very nicely.
Mrs. r. i. Dull has returned to
Craigsville from Mint Spring, where
she had been called by the serious i'll
ness of her father, Mr.. J. H. Garrison.
He is improving slowly. His son from
Texas, who had been home, has gone
back
Rev. j. w. West, for more than six
years field-secretary of the Virginia
anti-saloon League, has resigned that
position and will leave Virginia May l,
He will take up his work elsewhere.
Rev. ]. d. McAllister, of Wytheville,
will be the successor to Mr.. West.
Rev. G. B. Fadeley, the popular pas
tor of the United Brethren church a.
Churchville, who was sent by confer
enceto Singers Glenn, in Rockingham,
had sale of his personal property
Monday, conducted by auctioneer J. G.
Houff. Mr.. Fadeley leaves this week
for his new charge.
The many friends and patrons of Mt.
Elliott Springs will be glad to learn
that Mr.. H. G. Eichelberger will have
charge there this season. Mr.. Eichel-
berger and his wife are very popular
with the patrons of that place, and
have been identified with springs for a
number Of years.
Mr.. A. +. Houff and wife of Clifton
Forge, having spent few days with
M. J. G. HOuff of Staunton, formerly
of near Waynesboro, have gone on a
pleasure trip to Norfolk, Old Point, and
other places. They were accompanied
by Miss May Houf, daughter of Mr.. J.
G. Houff.
Waynesboro Virginian: Mr.. f. F.
Freed, one of our progressive young
farmers, of the Meadows, has just con
summated the sale of his recent valua
BILE patent on manure spreaders, to ,