Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-13
PERSONAL MENTION.

Miss Mary Yost sailed last wee
from Montreal for tour of Europe.
Mr. Z. L. Branaman of Moscow, VS.
among the visitors here Monday
Mr.. John P. East, of New York, ha
been spending some days with rels
tives here.
Mrs. b. M. Weller and Miss Paulin
Weller have returned from visit t
friends in Ohio.
Mrs. Robert H. Kyle and Miss Julie
Kyle, of New Jersey, are on a visit t.
relatives here.
Mrs. w. M. Simpson is in Roanoke
visiting her daughter, Mrs. E. B
Hoover.
Mrs. J. w. Keller is in Charlottes
Vile visiting her sister, who IS on tn,
sick list.
MI. ID. w. Hilleary, of Charlottes
Vile, spent Sunday here with his
brother, Mr.. w. M. Hilleary.
Miss E. NJ. Taliaferro of Mofatt,s
Creek, was one of the visitors to the
city on Saturday.
Miss Fannie CARRIER Of Waynesboro,
has been visiting her brother, Mr.. G..
Frank CARRIER
Mrs, Bear and son, of Fredericks-
burg, are visiting Mrs Bears old home
at Churchville
Mr.. Albert Shultz of the Beverly
Manufacturing Co., is home from an
extended business trip.
The city has begun the laying of an
asphalt pavement from Central avenue
to Gypsy Hill park.
Mrs. J. P. Shreckhise and her dauga-
ter, Miss Mary, are spending scsne
time with Mrs. w. H. Henderson, at
Swoope.
Mrs. H. R. Perry and Miss. Susie
Perry have gone to the Seattle EXPOSE
ton and will also visit California be-
fore returning home.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Larner and lit
tie daughter left Monday for Monterey,
where they will spend the remainder
of the summer
Mr.. and Mr.. Randolph Harrison and
children, OF Lynchburg, who have
been spending some time with Mr..
Harrisons father, have. retrned home.
MI. X. }. Kennedy spent Sunday at
Mt Elliott with Rey. G. w. Slower,
VINO IS there for his health, having
been on the sick list for some weeks.
Highland Recorder: Mr.. Jacob Hev-
ener has sold his fine farm near Staun-
ton, and we are informed, will return
TO Crabeot. tom, at least for while.
Mrs. j rank B. Yates and children,
OF Little Rock, Ark, are spending the
SUM. mer with relatives here and ia the
county.
Capt. Chas. Shuey left Monday to
attend the annual encampment of Mis-
sissippi troops. He goes on the invi-
tation Of the adjutant general.
Mrs. J. G. Minor, of Bridgewater,
suffered stroke of paralysis last Thurs
day and her condition is very serious.
She is one of the best known women of
that place and is the wife of Dr. Minor.
Rev. G. o. Woodward, the popular
pastor of the Christian church at Cliff
ton Forge, opened the local option cam
paign here last Thursday and Friday
nights for the Drys.
Rev. ]. n. Vandeventer of Old Stone
church, has returned from Beverly, w.
Va, where he was called by the seri-
Gus illness of his brother, who is still
critically ill.
The State Military Board came up
Friday to inspect the proposed site for
the permanent military camp at Gosh
en-. They returned to Richmond Satur-
day and will make their report later.
This is the first time this site has been
inspected.
Rev. r. E. Steele has resigned his
passionate at New Monmouth Presbyte-
rian church in Rockbridge, and pro-
vided Lexington Presbytery releases
him, he will accept call to Spencer,
n. G.. He is now absent in West Vir-
ginia.
The meeting of the Augusta Sunday
School Association which is to meet in
the new Calvary Methodist church at
Stuart's Draft, has had the time of
meeting changed to August 1896. An
excellent program has been arranged
for the occasion.
Mr.. E. T. Miller, who was arrested
here last week charged with the lar
ceny of typewriter in Lynch burg,
was on Saturday acquitted of the
charge brought against him in that
city, and he returned here at once,
where he and his wife have been liv-
ing.
Maj. Samuel w. Paxton, we'll
known citizen of Rockbridge, died sud-
denly Thursday morning at his home
on South River, aged IS years. His
wife was Miss Sallie Kerr of this coun-
ty, who survives him with two sons,
Walter A. of Bluefield, w. Va, and
Earl K. Paxton of Rock bridge.
D0rh1e Weddinp