The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-01-01
CURRENT COMMENTS

Bonds drug store has sent out one of
the handsomest calendars OF the sea-
son.
Mrs. c. l.. Kalmbach is very i'll and
it is feared she cannot survive many
days.
Mr.. Geo. Freeman, ST., is critically
i'll at his home on Hanover St,
extended.
Mrs. w. G. Herndon, of Washington,
is guest of her sister, Mrs. W. J.
Chewing.
Mr.. John A. Gordon spent Christ
mas with his father, DR.. VIM. A. Cor
don, of the Wilderness.
Numbers of horses were thrown off
their feet Wednesday, the snow making
the streets very slippery.
Miss Annie Taylor Cole is spending a
few days in Washington before return
ing to school at Farmville.
Norris. headquarters for jewelry and
silverware.
Mr.. E. H. Randall and family. Of
Stafford county, have moved to this
city to reside for the winter.
The Norris Store pays the best price
for old gold and silver.
Ensign W. Taylor Smith and Midship-
man II. +. Knauss returned to duty on
u. S. S. warships Wednesday.
One lot of Mems 81 work pants only
69c. Boston Variety Store.
Mr.. R. L. Wood, of this city, has
been appointed Deputy State Councillor
]. o. L. A. NJ. for this district.
Ask your friends where they get ex-
pert watch repairing. They will say.
The Norris Store.
Mr.. Edgar Cannon and DR.. Ben NJ.
Rosebro, of Richmond. are here to
spend the holidays with relatives.
8 bars Circus soap 25c, 5 bars Acorn
soap l0c. Special bargains in shoes at
Boston Variety Store.
Big lot collar jabots and fancy goods
just received at Mrs. D. f. Smith &
Co.'S. Come early and get some Of these
stylish articles.
Misses Edith and Molly Maddox. of
Charlottesville. are spending the holt
days with the family Of Councilman A.
NJ. Garner.
We thank you and all of you for your
patronage and extend to you our best
wishes for happy and money making
New Year. c. W. Jones.
Mr.. W. NJ. Rice, Of Manassas, sue
ceeds Mr.. Barton Mason as drummer
for Smith-Coghill Shoe Co.. beginning
January LIST.
Mr.. W. T. Wheeler was the holder Of
the lucky time card and received three
silver dollars at the Boston Variety
Store Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. +. Griffin and
daughter, Mary Beulah, of Washing
ton, are guests of Councilman A. NJ.
Garner and family.
Lowery & Co. are offering very
special prices on cold weather com
modities, such as suits, coats. blankets
and winter millinery.
Miss Mary Mulcahany and Miss
Agnes Wells, Of Petersburg, are guests
of Miss Kathleen Dannehl on the Ma
tional Boulevard for the holidays.
Invest your Christmas money in jew
elry. You cannot put same TO better
advantage. 1t will be the reminder Of
the giver for years to come. Special
reduced prices in watches, diamonds,
jewelry now at S. S. Kaufman's, the
jeweler.
DR.. and Mrs. Theodore Hough, Of
University Of Virginia, spent Christ
mas here with their relatives, Miss
Jessie Hough, Mr.. and Mrs. J. F.
Brown.
Remember your friends this Christ
mas with a beautifully finished photo
graph of yourself or family. The Davis
Gallery is the place to have it made.
Don't delay.
Mrs. G. T. Downing, who was oper-
ated on for appendicitis at the Mary
Washington Hospital, is improving, and
her physician says she will be able 70
leave the hospital in two weeks.
Elegant suits, cloaks and furs; you
may have your choice Of them at cut
prices this week as we do not want TO
take them in our annual inventory.
The T. N. Brent Store.
Prof. Rankins, of Fredericksburg
College, is representing the college
at the Southern Educational Convention
at Raleigh, N. c. He was named as a
member of one of the prominent com
mittees.
We are going over our entire stoc <
sorting, getting out all remnants, odd
lots, goods that were slightly soiled
during the rush of Xmas business. In
a few days we will say something in
teresting TO you. c. w. Jones.
Lieut.. R. E. Goolrick. of the coast
artillery, who has been spending the
HOLIDAYS with his parents here, left
Wednesday for New York enroute to
San Francisco, to which station he has
been assigned.
BY investing your Christmas money
in a lasting piece of jewelry or silver
ware finely engraved, from the Norris
Store, you will have a constant remind
er of the giver.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Breckenridge
and Misses Cornelia and Helen Brack-
enridge. of Pittsburg. who have been
spending the holidays with Mr.. and
Mrs. W. H. Richards, left Wednes,
day for Washington, where they Will
spend a few days before returning
home.
When you buy "Gold Medal" flour
from w. L. Brannan you are buying II
from the mills agent; you therefore
save money. Sacks 42c., Sac, 81. 6S,
So 80 and barrels $685.. Gold Medal
-four is the best flour milled in America.
Try it and see for yourself.
Miss Courtney Crump, Of Richmond,
who has been a guest of Miss Flora
Mason. is now visiting friends at Cam
den" near Port Royal.
Mr.. Robert C. Taylor, of Pittsburg'
is visiting his parents here.
Mrs. A. P. Dempsey is visiting rela-
tives in Baltimore.