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mont Hardware Company, of which he is president. This com])any located at No. 554 Craghead street, is strictly wholesale, hand- ling hardware and agricultural implements, both lines being complete and comprehen- sive. The territory covered is in Virginia. North and South Carolina, their salesman covering this area closely. Mr. Traylor, the efficient head of this prosperous concern, is also i)resident of the Phoenix Loan and Sav- ings Comi)any. a position he hasheld fortwen- ty-five years, and is interested in the cotton mills and other Danville enterprises of im- l)ortance. He is wise, capable, executive, modern and progressive, honorable and up- right, highly regarded by all who know the man and his principles. Mr. Traylor is prominent in the Masonic order, belonging to lodge, chapter and commandery, was a member of the Grand Commandery of Vir- ginia, Knights Templar, and in 1910 was elected grand commander of the state. He attends the Episcopal church of which his wife is a communicant ; is a member of the Merriewold Country Club, and in politics a Democrat.

Mr. Traykjr married, October 15. 1885. at Williamsburg. Virginia, Virginia Elenor Southall, daughter of Tyler Southall, of Washington, D. C, at whose death she be- came the ward of her uncle, Travis M. Southall. of Williamsburg, a Confederate veteran of the Second Virginia Cavalry.

Hugh Henry Trout, M. D. There is no j)rofession or line of business which calls for greater self-sacrifice and more devoted attention than the medical profession, and the successful physician and surgeon is he who, through love for his fellow-men, gives his time and attention to the relief of human suffering. Dr. Hugh Henry Trout, of Roa- noke, Virginia, is one of the ablest repre- sentatives of this noble calling, and it is to be hoped that the work which he has com- menced so gloriously will be continued for many years.

Dr. Trout was born in Staunton. Augusta county. \'irginia. June 8. 1878, and. while he has already accomplished excellent results, is still at the commencement of his career as medical records go. His early education was acquired in the public schools of Staun- ton City, after which he became a student at the Episcopal High School of Richmond. Virginia, and was graduated from this in-

stitution. After a complete course in the academic department of the University of X^irginia. he entered the medical department of the same university and was graduated from this in the class of 1902 with the de- gree of Doctor of Medicine. He served one year as interne at the Union Protestant In- firmary, and then became the resident phy- sician at St. Joseph's Hospital, in Rich- mond. Virginia. He remained there until 1905, in which year he was appointed as- sistant in the dispensary of the Johns Hop- kins Hospital, and after the experience gained there he came to Roanoke, and in the course of time established the Jefiferson Sur- gical Hospital, which is known far and wide. Dr. Trout has gained a reputation throughout the South as one of the coming men in surgery and his skill in this depart- ment is regarded with admiration by his col- leagues. Since the establishment of the Jef- ferson Surgical Hospital, it has been neces- sary for Dr. Trout to erect a number of ad- ditions to the main buildings, and to add to the medical staff, which now comprises four specialists, and a large staff of general medical practitioners and trained nurses. Dr. Trout has made a specialty of surgical work, in which he has attained a degree 01 excellence remarkable in a man of his years. His connection with medical organizations of varied character is a large one, and among them are the following: Roanoke Academy of Medicine, Southwestern Virginia Medi- cal Society, Virginia State Medical Asso- ciation, American Medical Association, Southern Association of Surgeons, Ameri- can Association of Surgeons and the Ameri- can Clinical Congress.

Dr. Trout married, and has a fine resi- dence at Hollins, a beautiful suburb of Roa- noke. Dr. Trout has contributed a number of articles to medical journals, which have been regarded with the highest interest by the profession. He is constantly engaged in research work along professional lines, and is devoted to his profession with his entire might.

Judge John Garnett Dew. The Dew fam- ily is of Maryland origin, but has resided for so many generations in Virginia that it has become entirely identified with the his- tory and traditions of that state, and is re- lated through many intermarriages with many of the proudest Virginian names. It