Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-01
Friday. January |, 1909.
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mrs. n. Il. Cook and little son ar
here from Richmond visiting relatives
Mr.. John w. Cline has gone to Roam
oke to visit his daughter
Miss Annie Mills spent the holiday
with her brother al Rapidan.
Mr.. Frank Yost of New York, spen
Christmas here with his parents.
Miss Margaret Fallon of Roanoke
was at home for the holidays.
Mr.. Frank L. Bashaw of Craigsville
was visitor here on Tuesday.
Mrs WIN. A. Pratt is in Roanok G
visiting her sister, Mrs. W. r. Staples
Mr.. w. Edward Black burn and wifi,
OF Charlottesville, visited his parents
here this week.
Mr.. w. NJ. Simpson is visiting hi.
daughter, Mrs. F. B. Hoover, in Roam
oke.
Mr.. T. K. Musick, principal of the
Greenville Graded school, spent the
holidays in eastern Virginia.
Mr.. w. Z. Harris OF Sabot Hill, Va,
was in the city this week, guest al
the Virginia Hotel.
Miss Margaret Ryan is home from
her school near Lexington for the hoIi.
days.
Prof. Ballard Smith fthe McDonogh
School, Maryland, is spending his vaca-
ton at his old home in Greenyille.
Messrs. Frazier and Purviance Tams
spent the holidays here with their pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Tams.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Gooch of Roanoke,
spent the holidays with Capt and Mrs
G. G. Gooch.
Messrs. John Larew and Ira Kerr of
Greenville, are home from the V. p. 1.
for the holidays.
Mr.. Walser Roberts and Miss Sadie
Watkins were united in marriage at
Basic City on the 9th inst.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph 8. Cochran were
in Richmond this week, visiting Mrs.
Cochran's parents.
Miss Auretia Zirkle has been spend
ing the holidays with friends in Balti-
more.
Mr.. 7. S. Wright of the Allegheny
News, Clifton Forge, spent Christmas
at his old home in Staunton.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Lewis Bumgardner
of Beckley, w. Va, have been visiting
Mr.. Bumgardner's parents.
Mrs. d. Glenn Ruckman of Long
Glade, has gone to South Carolina to
visit her mother.
Mrs. A. +. Kerr and son, Townley,
OF Greenville, are visiting their old
home at Millboro.
Prof j. q. Dunsmore attended the
annual convention of the Commercial
Teachers National Federation at Indi-
annapolis, Ind, this week.
Mr. w. b. Whitlocll of Fire Creek,
w. Va, has returned home, after
spending Christmas with his parents
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. s. Woodhouse and
son, Arthur, have returned from spend
ing Christmas with their daughter in
Washington.
Mr.. E. j. Warren of Richmond, af-
ter spending part of the holidays with
Capt. and Nm. Y. ID. Ransom, has re-
turned home
Mr.. 4. b. Crawford of Harrisonburg,
spent Christmas in Richmond with his
wife who had been spending some time
There with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Taylor OF Rich
mond, have returned home after spend
ing Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs ID.
Il. Taylor.
Miss Victoria Mccoy who teaches
The Slower school near Middlebrook, is
pending the holidays at her home III
Louisa county.
Mr.. Thomas Fraser a student at
1ampden Sidney College, is spending
Ills holiday with his parents, Rev. and
Mrs. A. NJ. Fraser.
Mrs. John Houtf of Penrose, who I'M
cerwent serious operation at the Uni
Versity hospital, Charlottesville, has
improved SO much that it is thought
she will be able to come home Sunday.
Lee Staples, we'll known young
8 man OF Craigsville, attempted suicide
~ shooting Saturday. Disappoint-
lnent in love is the cause attributed for
the rash act.
The L. S. Government has selected
ihe White lot, opposite the Ann Smith
academy lot, for the new $4,000 post
et1iee in Lexington. The purchase
price was $500.
Judge Hart, at Nashville, Tenn, has
denied bail to Duncan B. Cooper, Robin
J. Cooper, and John d. Sharp, the men
charged with the murder of former
Senator Carmack.
Miss Mary Guy, member of the
MARION. Va. Female Colleue f.cnlfv