Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-08

Miss Estelle Hartman has returne,
to Charlottesville, after a visit to he
sister, Mrs. w. H. Barkman.
Mr.. f. A. Hyde of Stuart's Draft, ha
returned home from a visit to Mr..
Frank Wilson.
| Mrs. Harry Frazier, who spent SOM
time here with her daughter, Mrs. A
E. Miller, has gone to Richmond TO
the remainder of the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Ware and Mr.. H
G. Eichelberger attended the joint
meeting of the Virginia and North
Carolina hotel association in Richmond
this week.
1t will surely interest our subserib-
ers TO read the advertisement of Swink
& Diamond in this issue. They are
selling large, new stock at prices that
will surprise you. For partial list of
what they are offering read their adj.
| Ten additional conyicts arrived We'd
nesday TO work on the Churchville
road. There are now Is men at work
in the rock quarrles, and when spring
opens there will be plenty of crushed
rock fob the road bed.
Messrs. w. C. Marshall and John A.
Glenn, two of the members of the city
council from the second ward have re-
signed from that body, owing to the
vice-president of the council, and both
have made excellent mem bers.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Jordan of New
York, are spending the winter in Char
lottesville. Mr.. Jordan is engaged in
business at Olive Bridge, n. Y, and
the works have closed for the winter.
Mr.. Jordan was here for several days
visiting his sister, Mrs. John B. Hoge
The four-year-old daughter of Mr.. M.
T. Pilson, of near Craigsville, died
early Tuesday, after "a brief illness
from pneumonia, contracted Christ
mas Day. The funeral took place
Wednesday morning at Bethel church
at II O'Clock.
Hon. J. s. Craig and wife and Miss
Mary Kemper of Cold Sulphur, have
been spending several days in the city.
1t will be gratifying to Mr.. Craig's
many friends to know that they expect
to spend the rest of the winter in Staun-
ton, and will be guests al the Hotel
Augusta.
Messrs. J. A. Fauver, WA. McComb,
M. f. Gilkesen, w. w. Sproul and w.
E. Tribbett attended the annual meet
ing of the State Horticultural Society
which has been in session at Lynch
burg. Several of them have apples on
exhibition.
We have received card from Mr.. J.
G. Houff who is spending some time
in the west 1t is dated January 3rd
from Wingate, Ind, and he says the
country is fine, the weather pleasant,
and that there has been no snow this
wiuter. He also says the farmers are
blowing and getting ready for their
spring crops. We hope his visit will
be pleasant and profitable.
The well known dry goods firm of
Shreckhise & Bear, was dissolved on
the first inst, Mr.. F. R. Bear retiring
from the firm. Mr.. j. p. ShreckhiSe
will continue the business under the
firm name of Shreckhise Il Co. All of
the old clerks will be retained by the
new company, and the public will re-
ceive the same courteous attention rs
in the past.
Through the influence of Maj. f. III.
Smith, Supt. of the Stanton schools
the teachers of the city will receive a
treat in having lecture or forestry by
Mr.. Enos A. Mills, of the Forestry
Service at Washington. Maj. Smith
asks that all teachers and the public
of both city and county attend this lee
ture, which will be given in the coun-
ty building at p. m. on Thursday,
Jan. 14th.
Miss Sadie E. Couttes, daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Couttes of Cliff
tou Forge, was married on Thursday
night of last week to Mr.. Walter f.
Vasseur of Charlottesville, Rev. L. H.
Paul of the Presbyterian church officiat-
ing. Mrs. Couttes, mother of the BRIDE,
is well known in Staunton, being pres
ident of the Rsbekah Assembly 1. O..
0. +. of Virginia.
Traffic on the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway, on the Hinton division, was
practically suspended Saturday On &C
count of an east-bound freight train be-
ing wrecked six miles east of Coving-
ton early that morning. About thir-
teen cars of coal were ditched. The
wreck was caused by defective brake
beam. Passengers on the east-bound
through train No. 4 were transferred
with some delay. No one was hurt.
Two Killed IN Wreck.
The engineer and fireman of train