Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-29
PERSONAL MENTION.

PERSONAL MENTION.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. P. Tams has re
turned from visit to New York.
Judge Holt has returned from brief
visit to Coyington.
Mrs. A. G. Fifer was called to Hamp
ton this week by the illness of her sis
ter
Mrs. T. J. Anderson has returned tG
Norfolk, after visit at the home o.
her father, S. f. Wi-eman.
Mrs. Maggie Mish and Miss Antha
Mish of Middlebrook, are both confined
with spell of typhoid fever.
Mrs. Osburn of Mt. Jackson, is Wis
itIng her daughter, Mrs. G. Frank
Rosen, at Middlebrook.
Mrs. F. II. Crawford is visiting hel
brother, Mr.. Eugene z. Sulnmerson,
in New York.
Mrs. Jas. E. Hill of Brockton, Mass,
who has been visiting relatives in the
county, has gone to Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. A. Young OF
Kentucky, are here visiting Mr..
Young's mother.
Mrs. Jos. b. Woodward is in Wash
ington, visiting Mr.. and Mrs. A. w.
Woodward.
Mrs. Sidney Alexander of Charlotte,
N. c., is visiting Mrs. Alex. F. Robert
son.
Mrs. Grace Leucker has been visiting
her parents, DR.. and Mrs. Thomas at
Steele's Tavern.
Rev. Geo. w. Slower was called to
Spring Creek this week by the extreme
illness of his brother, Mr.. D. 8. Slower.
Mr.. Herbert Wyle, who has been ill
with fever for about six weeks, was
able to be out the first of the week.
Hon. Carter Glass of Lynchburg, de-
Evered two addresses here on Monday.
One in Assembly Hall at noon, and
one in city court room at night.
Mrs. Gilmer Weston and her little
sen, who have been visiting relatives
here, left this week for their home in
Clarksburg, w. Va.
Mrs. ]. 7. Hicks, who has been WIS.,
iting Mrs. G. H. Vinton, returned to
her home at North Mountain on We'd
nesday.
Mr.. Samuel Whitmore, who has been
in Guthrie, Oklahoma, and who has
been visiting his mother, has gone to
AsheviIle, N. c., where he will reside
in future.
The Women's Missionary Union the
Presbyterian Synod of Virginia, will
tlold their meeting here next week in
the Second Presbyterian church. The
delegates will arrive Tuesday.
The friends of DIR. G.. w. Rodgers
will be glad to learn that he and his
family have arrived safely in Phoenix,
Arizona, and that the doctor stood the
trip well.
DR.. q. T. Lewis has contracted with
Mr.. G. W. Fretwell to erect new bust
Dess house on North Central Avenue.
The building will be situated between
the Y. NJ. c. A., and DR.. Lewis resi-
dence and will contain two store-rooms.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Todd and Miss
Elizabeth Todd Of near Mt Scion, at
tended the wedding of Mr.. Gordon L.
Todd and Miss Adalena Pettus Rixey,
which took place in Charlottesville on
Tuesday evening.
Last Saturday Mr.. w. G. Craig, the
well known stockman of Deerfield,
shipped from Millboro to the New
York markets 1000 lambs, which
brought the highest market price, Z
cents per pound.
Mrs. A. d. r. Hancher, Mrs. Chas.
Curry, Mrs. G. B. Crawford, Mrs. P.
A. Ross and Miss Emma Prufer have
been attending the annual convention
of the Kings Daughters and Sons in
Hampton.
Mayor H. II. Wayt and MI. G. E.
Ashburner, city manager, will 60 to
Columbus, Ohio, to address a meeting
of the Board of Commerce on Nov. 10
and II, to explain the plan adopted for
the management of the affairs of Staun-
ton.
The Bank of Riverheads at Green
Vile, is having plans drawn by Eut-
sler Bros. of Grottoes for new build
ing, and it is understood it contem-
plates a solid concrete structure % by 40
feet, and the equipment will be the
most modern.
Friday afternoon the big barn of Mr..
w. G. McComb on Christians Creek,
caught fire from spark from an engine
and was destroyed with nearly it's en-
tire contents, including tons of hay,
hundreds of bushels Of wheat, and a
large amount of farming utensils.
Messrs. w. b. McChesney, J. H.
Price, G. w. Wiseman, w. I'll. White
sell, w. Arthur Wilson, w. E. Trib-
bett and Col. VIM. J. Perry attended
the meeting of the grand chapter of
Royal Arch Masons in Richmond this
week.
The girls building of the Presby-
terrain Orphans Home at T,vnchhurv