Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-09-30
Personals

Miss Sallie Qulsenoerry IS VISIT
ing Mrs. F. E. Finks at Hot
Springs.
Hon. II. st. George Tucker is in
Southwest Virginia making things
lively in political way.
Mr.. and Mrs. James W, Gleason
of Clifton Forge are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas S. Winfield.
Mrs, j. Ed. Deaver and Miss
Ruth Beaver are In Bedford City
visiting Mrs. Horace V.Wilkerson.
Mrs. Lawrence Embree is attend
ing the Virginia State Convention
of the w. C. 7. U. in session this
week in Roanoke.
Amhest New Era: Mrs. ). q.
Warner who has been visiting her
old home near Mt. MOriah, has re-
turned to her home In Lexington.
Miss Virginia M. Long who has
been visiting Mrs. j. r. Long on
jackson avenue for the past week,
left today for her home in Lees
burg.
Mrs. Robert W. Brown has re-
turned to her home In Lynchburg
after spending two weeks with
Mr.. and Mrs. j. W, Brown at East
Lexington, She was accompanied
home by Mr.. Willie Brown.
Professor Ebert w. Ct. Boogher,
efter spending several weeks IN
Lexington with his sister, Mrs. w.
Harry Agnor, left Monday for At
lanta, Ca, to resume his duties as
professor in the department OF
English In Georgia School of Tech
nolOgy.
Harrisonburg Daily News: Rev.
w. Upper Wingfeld, pastor OF
the Harrisonburg Baptist church,
has received unanimous call from
the Baptist church at Buena Vista,
which has been vacant since last
spring, following the resignation
CT Rev. W. S. Royal. q
Lieutenant Arthur M. Shipp,
who graduated from the V. M. L.
in the class of 1897, has been pro-
noted to be captain and assigned
to the Stn Infantry, stationed at
Monterey, Angel Island, California.
He has been stationed at Honolulu
as a member of the Doth Infantry.
Messrs. Mason C. Deaver and
James 2. Alexander, clerks IL the
Lexington postoffice, have received
their commissions of appointments
as member of the board Of civil
service examiners for the Fourth
U. S. Civil Service district, to con-
duct civil service examinations.
Mr.. Beaver is made secretary OF
the board.
Captain Arthur Griffith Camp
bell of the V. NJ. l., and Mr.. Al
bert Sidney johnson Tucker have
received their commissions as Sec
ond lieutenants in the United
States Army, the former assigned
to the coast artillery and the lat
ter to the infantry. The commits
sions have the autograph sigma
lures of President Roosevelt and
Secretary of War Luxe E. Wright.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles B. Ander-
son and their two children Of La
Canada, California, are in Lexing-
ton visiting Mr.. R. S. Anderson,
their uncle. Mr.. Anderson is the
son of former Mayor James ID. An
derson, ard he is off on a vacation
of several months, a portion OF
which be is spending amid the
scenes of his childhood. He is
secretary OF several large oil COM
panies in California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luclan Boggan of
Tupelo, Miss, have issued invita-
.ions to the marriage OF their
daughter, Miss Geneva, to Mr..
william Clemmer Flrebaugh OF
Beckley, W. Va. The ceremony
will take place at "Boggan
Heights, the home of the bride,
on Wednesday afternoon, October
IA, 1908, ct 5 O'Clock. Mr.. Fire
baugh is a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert D. Firebaugh of near Ce-
dar Grove. Fer some years he
held a position in the First Nation
al Bank of Lexington, and now If
cashier of bank at Beckley, w.
Va.
Rev. Charles Manly, d. D., de-
livered the memorial address Sun
day morning last in the Baptist
church at Stanton on the occasion
of dwelling a handsome mura
tablet in honor of the late Rev
DIR. Charles Broadman Taylor,
former pastor of that church, whom
DR.. Manly succeeded. OF DR.
Manly's address the Staunton Lead
er says: Rev. DR.. Charles Manly
Of Lexington delivered the me
merial address. DR.. Manly's dis
course was a beautiful tribute tt
the life, character and works O
the late missionary and was full
of lofty sentiment.
Pretty Morning Marriage TO-DAY
A quiet but pretty marriage tool
place this morn ing at the home o