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NEWS OF LEESBURG.
Death Of Nicholas Hampton-Social
Notes and General News.

Sqc. lI' Cores pondcneC OF The star.
IEESBURG Va. September II. 1907
Nj. Nicholas Harpt-r. a prominent cit
i2eu Of PurceryiiI', Louloun county, died
last night NJ his homo in shat place, aged
about for,y-fve years Death was due 10
typhoid fever. Mr. Hampton had been twice
married. his first wife being Miss S ockg
OF ,his county. and L.- second wife, who
survives him. was Miss Hesser, also OF
:a's cnunjy. lie leaves several children.
T!.- L. -buy,; El.dge Club was entertained
hon. or Market street. I.Nesburc. THE
s'csts " the ,lub were: Miss Frances
wtadon Of Wa>hingtor. Miss Stribling of
Virginia Miss Mamie Grayson IF Frederick
CITY Nd. Mrs. Heath BrosiUs Of Washing
ton Mrs. George Il. RosZcl Of Baltimore,
Md Misses Mary Clarke and Blanche Nor
ton aud Mrs G. Shirley Carter, jr., of Lees
burg Tie members playing We're: Misses
Isadcrc and Ethel Pike. Miss Cora LutZ
Miss Anna Sheppard, Miss Rebecca Hari-
ron Miss Mary Arthur Fendan, Miss Maria
Harrison. Miss Violet Alexander. Mrs. VII
liam A. MetzSer. Mrs. Harry I. Harrison
and Mrs. White. The top score was made
by Mis- Cora LutZ.
NJ and Mrs. John II. Alexander Of Lees
burg have announced the engagement OF
their niece Mary Rogers Alexander. TO Mr..
Harry Lee Campbell Of Goldneld. New.
formerly OF Wheeling, w. Va The mar
YIaEe VIII occur at the home of the brides
uncle in ISesbuTS Wednesday, October %.
Miss Alexander is n daughter of the late
wiE?m IL. Alexander. n prominent lawyer
o. Winchester, Va.
Alss Frances WsajoE OF Washington.
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FALLS CHURCH NEWS.
Several Residents Will Migrate to
Golden Gate.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
FALLS CHURCH, Va, September -, 1907.
George w. Hawxhurst, ]. H. MARI and
Mrs. Nettie Thompson. delegates to the
Grand Lodge of Good Templars from Pho
neer Lodge, No. /. will leave Monday night
to attend the annual session of that body in
Norfolk commencing Tuesday morning At
the meeting of Pioneer Lodge rAesday
night Mr.. MARI was recommended to the
Grand Lodge for appointment as lodge dep
uty vice Milton NJ. Thorne, who has de-
clined the appointment.
Rev. G. S. Somerville, rector of the old
Falls Episcopal Church, who has been abb
sent for a month, will occupy the pulpit
Sunday morning.
M. E. Church and family have returned
from Bluemont, Va.
c. c. Walters has decided to make Cali
fornia his future home and will leave for
that state with his family October /. w.
E Parker and his hister. residents of the
town for many years. will emigrate to the
Golden Gate state at the same time.
Miss Sara Thorne has returned from a
visit to relatives in New Jersey.
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.Witckcraft Of. Mary Webster.

There used to be witches up in this coun-
try, but none have been seen here lately.
l believe the last case known was at Old
Hadley, few miles up the river, when in
Hadley, few miles up the river, where in
upon her neighbors and their cattle and did
q great deal of mischief. The chronicles
which report her trial show that cows on
their way home from pasture would stop
in front of her house and stand there trem-
bling, to the terror of the children who
drove them, until she allowed them to pass
on. A load of hay was upset by her and
restored to its normal position without help
from human hands, according to the tesu-
mony of the driver. One day when she
entered the door of a neighbours house
the baby was lifted three feet from the
cradle by an unseen power and hung sus-
hen flew down the chimney and dropped
into a pot of boiling water, and various
other strange things happened under her
influence She was the cause of an cpl
demic among sheep and chickens. and final
ly exasperated citizens appealed to Philip
Church, "a man for devotion, sanctity
gravity and all that was honest, exceeding
exemplary" who arrested her and "haled
her down to Boston," where she was tried
acquitted from lack of evidence and return
ed to Old Hadley in vindictive DISPOSE
her accuser with an hideous witchcraft.'
Shortly after her return Deacon Smith
began to be very valitudinarious, and
after wonderful manifestations in the sick
room died, and his body was found full of
holes that seemed to be made with avis
The de tails of his sickness and death are
related with comments in the chronicles Of
the parish
The night Deacon Smith died a number
of younN men dragged the witch from her
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Virginia Sociabilities.
al CORRESPONDENCE Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
WARRENTON, Va, September II, 1907.
Mrs. Z. Lowell Johns and Mr. John B.
Minor of Richmond, Va, were married at
the home of the bride in Warrenton, at 4
o'clock Tuesday afternoon, September 10,
Rev William II. Laird of the Episcopal
Church officiating.
Owing to the recent death of the bride's
father, the marriage was a quiet one, only
the relatives of the couple and few friends
being present.
The bride, gowned in beautiful dress of
white chiffon crepe de chine and carrying
a white prayer book. entered the room
with her cousin Judge Carter Scott of
Richmond. DR.. Charles r. Darlington of
Richmond was best man. There were no
other attendants.
The bride is the Gaughte~ of the late Col
John Scott of Virginia, and the groom is
the son of the late john f. Minor of the
University of Virginia.
Those present from a distance were Mr.
and Mrs. Raleigh c. Mi or. Mrs. john vii
son and Miss Mary Minor of the University
of Virginia Mr.. L. Il. Catlett OF Staunton,
Va. and Mr. T. E Thomas of Richmond.
Mr.. and NJ s. Minor left on the 6:l5 pm
train for trip to Canada.
Recent social events include Mrs. James
X MadduX's tea Sunday afternoon, Miss
Mrs Semmes' card party Monday night
Miss Garsts tea Tuesday afternoon and
Mrs f. A Cooper's tea at her beautiful
country home. "Wavcrly," Tuesday, to Mrs.
Carter Scott of Richmond, Va.
Mrs. S. "A. Appleton gave a card party
Tuesday night.
Mrs Gaines-Sniith gave a bridge party
Wednesday night in honor of her friend
Mrs Walter H. Robertson of Chicago, who
is or a visit to Warrenton.
At a card party given at Mrs F. r. w
Barke-'s, the engagement of Miss Kitty
Maddux OF Oak HILL" Marshall. Va, to
Mr. Evan War;ieid Hook of Baltimore
city was announced the wedding TO take
place on the 2fti. of October
Mrs. Warden Of Washington is visiting
Miss Frank Moore.
Miss Lucy Chslm of Baltimore is visiting
Mrs. Albert Fletcher, j..
Miss Lizzie pouton. formerly of Warren
ton but now CO San Antonio, Tex, is hcre
visiting Mrs. D. +. Wood.
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NEWS OF VIENNA.
Reception to Daughters Of American
observation-disclosures Items.

Special Correspondence OF The Star
VIENNA, Va, September u, 1907.
Mrs. William Smoot, assisted by Mrs.
Childs and Miss Childs of PHILADELPHIA and
the Misses Smoot of langley, entertained
the ladies of the Fairfax County CHAPTER.
Daughters of the American Revolution. at
her home at Langley last Saturday after
noon. This is the mansion in which Dollie
Madison was received in 1914, when she fed
from the White House carrying with her
the Declaration of Independence and other
valuable papers, and from one of The win
dows of which President Madison beheld
the glow of the burning National Capitol.
The old house was also ie Headquarters
Of Gen. Mcclellan during the civil war.
1t Is expected that Miss Ida S. Dove for
merly principal of the public school at
Bethesda Nd, will have charge of the pub
TIC school at Vienna, assisted by Miss Geor-
gia Mexican. Schools will open the 2Sd in
slant "
r. Walton Moore has returned to his
home at Fairfax after an extended trip
through the western and northwestern
states.
DIR. Paul Richmond, having sold his prop
erty here, Is arranging to remove to Wash
ington. Mrs Richmond and children. who
have been sojourning at Atlantic City will
return next week and the family will AT
once return to the city for the winter.
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the supreme court through Henry ]. Gold
smith OF No. q Park Row. to recover $3.50
coo from his son-in-law, owen De Witt. for
the alleged alienation of the affections OF
his, Weber's, wife, Emma, and Mr.. De
Wits mother-in-law Mr. and Mrs. De
Witt and Mrs. Weber are said to be living
at No. 425 Oxford street. Rochester. n. Y.
The house is said to have been bought with
the money of Mrs. Weber, who is reported
to be worth about $500 COO
Mr. and Mrs. Weber were married in 1884,
in this city. II is alleged in the complaint
that the defendant prior to June. 1908, has
"enticed the wife of the plaintiff, whereby
her affection was alienated and the plain
tiff has wholly lost the comfort, society and
assistance of his WIFE" and that the plain
tiff has suffered distress to the extent Of
$3.50, 600.
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Inspection Date Set.

Over the protest OF counsel for the state
of North Carolina, in the rate case being
heard by Standing Master Montgomery, as
the representative OF Judge Pritchard of
the United States circuit court, next
Wednesday was fixed as the day to begin
the examination os books of the Southern
railway.
Judge Montgomery declined to modify his
ruling. and the formal order issued yes
terdey provides that the complainant pro-
duce before him at the Office of A. H.
rlant, controller of the railway, 'all
books. papers and documents pertinent to,
and bearing upon the issues raised in this
proceeding" to be opened to the inspection
of the defense under the supervision of the
standing master: the books. papers and
documents to be in the custody of the con-
troller or "otber officer whose business 1t
Is to keep the books"
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u. c.. and Miss Stirling of Virginia are
the guests of Mrs. B. V. White of this
town.
Miss Mamie Grayson of Frederick CITY,
Md, is visiting relatives in Ieesburg
Mss Winifrcd Fegan, who has been visit
ing Miss Bertha Perry of this place has
returned to her home in Washington
Mrs. Clement Howard and family, who
have been spending some time at Spring
wood the hC.hc Of Mr. and Mrs. s. s.
LutZ near here. have returned to their
home in Washington.
Paymaster George Pigman, U.S.N., who
has also been visiting at "Sprngwood," has
returned to Washington.
Miss Frances NARROW is making an ex-
tended visit TO Mrs John Dale of Bellefonte
Pa.
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satonic. the Merrimack and other New
England rivers. The fishing season opened
on the first of May and for a week or ten
days after that date the farms were de-
serted by all but the women folks, who did
the milking and other chores while the
men were off catching a supply of fish to
be sailed for the winter.
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James Powell colored. fourteen years old.
was struck and killed by an express train
yesterday morning at the John Baker
quarry, near Sparks Station, Nd, on the
Northern Central railway.
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SUES HIS SON-IN-LAW.
Plaintiff Asks $3.50, 900 for Alicna-
ton Of wife's Affections.

NEW YORK, September 12-John +.
Weber. said TO be a :oTrlcr hotel proprietor
in Westchester county. as~brought suit in
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C96S.-One Of the most charming of recent
designs for separate waist IS here
sketchcd. Simple graceful and almost uni
versaliy becoming. ii is Il model which will
infaiihly commend itself to the woman IT
refined tastes. The picturesque effect nf
the deep. square yoke and full front por-
ton is greatly enhanced by the tucked
trimming lands, to which the mandarin
sleeves are attached These accessories
may, however, be omitted II desired, and
the plain development substituted. The
sleeves most effective when made :
pictured. but they may If necessary. bc
made fun length for cool-weather wear
Silk wolfe Of the new fcelle or string color
was used for modelling the waist. with pale
blue tucked chiffon for the yoke and filvt
lace and small gilt buttons for garniiurc,
but foulard. orcpon or any flexible material
would develop equally well with all-D"Cr
lace for the collar and yoke. For tho me
dunn size three yards of 21-inch goods viii
be needed with threc-Quarters Of n yard
of IS-inch material for the collar aud ynil...
69GS-Six sizes. 80 to ~ inches bust
mea sure.
The price OF this pattern is 10 cents.
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The number Of Mount Holyoke alumnae
who are among the faculties of secondary
and public schools and private seminaries
for girls is very large. More than thirty
are employed in newspaper offices edit
ors, reporters proofreaders and secretaries
Several are readers and. critics for publica-
ton houses. Two are employed in scien-
tifc laboratories, and at least one Mount
Holyoke graduate is a civil engineer en-
gagged in designing and building bridges.
She is undoubtedly the only woman who
has adOpted that profession.
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New Pleasure Craft.

Among the ten or twelve new pleasure
craft which will be added to the fleet in
service on the Potomac about this city
during the coming summer is "a power
launch which Messrs. William Garner and
Charles Sanford are having built. The
launch is to be forty feet long and will
have beam Of eleven feet. and will be
one of the handsomest vessels of her class
in service on the river. Her interior fin
ishing will be in hard woods, which will
be polished to bring out the colors, and
she will be equipped with all modern yacht
fittings. Forward she will have a rOomY
plot house. so arranged that 1t can be
transformed into coy state room for
two persons. Amidships will be a state
room and living room. and aft the galley
and engine room will be located. The boat
will have sleeping room aboard for about
eight persons. but can readily carry twice
that number on a short run down the river.
The launch will be equipped with a sixteen
horsepower gasoline engine, and her own
ers expect her to be speedy boat. She
is being built at 10th and F streets south
west under the supervision of her owners,
and she will go into service early in the
coming boating season
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HleXanOria Society
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. March 2, 1907.
Miss Cora Cochran entertained at bridge
Monday afternoon in honor of her guest,
Mrs. E. ]. v. Huiginn of Beverly. Mass.
Miss Cochran's guests were Mrs. Henry
Fairfax Robertson, Mrs. Clarence Chand-
lee Leadbeater, Mrs Thomas w. Robinson.
Mrs. George Uhler, Mrs. William ]. Boothe,
Mrs. Carroll w. Ashby, Miss Loula Smoot,
Miss Marie Waite. Miss Eliza Uhler and
Mrs. Samuel G. Brent.
Wednesday afternoon Miss Loula Smoot
entertained the Eight-hand Euchre Club
at her home 3O1 South Asaph street.
Those present were: Mrs. Richard E. Ac-
ton, Mrs. Kosciusko Kemper, Mrs. Harry
Demarest. Mrs. Robert Wheat, Mrs. Isaac
Gregg. Miss Cora Smoot, Miss Ella Rose
Smoot, Miss Sallie Kemper, Miss Mamie
Agnew, Miss Marie Waite Miss Anita
Robbins, Miss Carrie Wise, Miss Ida Nc
Laughlin and Miss Mary Thomson. The
prizes were won by Mrs. Kemper and Miss
Mclaughlin.
The wedding is just announced of Miss
Villa Anna Reppert of Culpeper and Mr..
Harry D. Kirk of this city. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. s. r. White at
Rockville, Md, on the 23d of last Septem-
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Richmond Society
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
RICHMOND Va, March ., 1907.
Mr. jefferson Levy of New York and the
owner of Monticello, Virginia, the former
home of Thomas Jefferson. and his sister,
Mrs Carl Won Mayhoff who were in Wash
ington for the marriage Of Miss Fleming
to the Nicaraguan minister, Wednesday
last came to Richmond Thursday, to be
guests of Gov and Mrs. Swanson at the
executive mansion. Mr.. Levy usually
spends his summers at Monticello, and the
governor and Mrs. Swanson have. more
than once, been members of the delight
full house parties which he has come to
give annually.
Several announcements of Easter we'd
dings are enlivening the Lenten quiet now
pi evaiing in Richmond. Colonel and Mrs.
Alexander Sidney Buford have announced
the engagement of their daughter Mary to
Mr. Frederick w. Noting of this city. The
wedding will be celebrated the first week
in April. Miss Buford is a most popular
girl and an acknowledged leader In Rich
mond society. She Is fond of outdoor
sports, and rides with the Deep Run Hunt
Club Mr.. Noting belongs to the social
and sporting clubs of Richmond, and 10
prominently connected with the banking
interests of the city.
The building erected by the Virginia di-
vision United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy, at jamestown exposition, will be enc
tirely finished by March A. Mrs. w. r.
McKenney of Petersburg, Va, president
of the Virginia division; Mrs. Norman V.
Randolph of Richmond president of the
Richmond chapter. and Mrs. Frank An
thony Wake of Norfolk are ladies promi-
nently identified with the building. Mrs.
williams of Louisville KY, will be per-
manentIy in charge at the house, and the
Virginia Daughters will be its hostesses.
Miss Edmo Lee of Fredericksburg. Va.
who has been spending the winter with
her brother, Lieut.. Lee, in Cuba, and has
thoroughly enjoyed United States army post
life in a foreign country, has returned 10
Virginia. Miss Elizabeth Brander of Rich
mond, who accompanied Miss Lee to Cuba,
where her brother Is also stationed Will re-
main south until after Easter. Miss Fannie
Bennett Lewis of this city, who has been
at Matanzas, Cuba, for some months as
the guest of Lieutenant and Mrs. Samuel
c. Talbot, is now visiting friends in Ha-
vana, Cuba.
Mrs Herbert Claiborne wilkins of Wash-
ington, d. c., is spending some time with
Mrs e w. Gee at 416 East Grace street.
Mrs Robert Millington Blankenship has
been enjoying a visit to friends at Milton.
Mass, where snow In abundance renders
sleigh riding an everyday amusement
Mr. and Mrs Thomas Nelson Carter VIII
leave early in the spring to spend soma
months abroad.
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Work for Revenue Gutter Vessels.

The revenue cutter Dexter. at New Lon
DON Conn. has been sent orders from the
revenue cutter service bureau in this city
to sail for the Island of Nantucket to aid
the residents of that place. who are in
danger of having their communications
with the mainland interrupted by big fields
of drift ice which are coming down the
coast. If conditions are as reported, the
captain of the cutter has instructions to
bring provisions and mail from the main
land to the island, so that there will be
10 suffering among the islanders before
the ice is out of the way and the regular
steamer lines can resume service.
The cutter Mohawk at New York. has
been o,Gered to sail for a point about a
hundred mics south of Sandy Hook, in the
vicinity of Ocean City, N. j., to blow up
sunken schooner which is reported to be
menacing the safety of vessels sailing up
AMI down the coast.
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some Of her friends at her home. 1115 10th
street northwest, Monday night. Dancing
and games were enjoyed until a late hour
A special feature Of the evening was the
donkey game In which Miss Elsie Hop
kins won the first prize, and Miss Nina
Thomas won the booty prize. lemon
Among those present were Misses Grace
and Nina Thomas, Helen and Una Gal
loway. Christie Fesler. Elsie Hopkins and
Virginia Crawford. and Messrs. William C.
Isel, George l. Helmuth. Frank Steele, j.
J. Mawhinnie, A. Blaylock and George
Hutton and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry c. Pierce.
thai left last Monday for two weeks
trip to Philadelphia, New York and Provi-
dence, r. /.
The Misses SWEET entertained at a recita-
ton and sul Der party in their apartment
in the Rochambeau, Wednesday evening
in hon?r of his. Edward Halloween ana the
Misses Hallowell of Boston. Miss Lucia
SWEET recited very amusing Irish mono
logue, "A Seaside Romance" Covers We're
laid for twenty in the beautiful dining
room. where the supper tables were very
prettily arranged
The Seminoles held their regular meet
ing last Monday evening at the residence
of the president, c. L. Bell, 1251 9th street
northwest After completing arrangements
for dance an enjoyable evening was spent
in dancing, piano and vocal selections.
Light refreshments were served.
Miss Vivian B. Hohmann of Johnstown,
Pa, was entertained at box party at
the New National last Friday evening by
her former schoolmate. Miss +. Viola
Fowler.
| A few of the relatives and friends of Mr..
and Mrs. f. Dwight Clapp remembered
their forty-seventh wedding anniversary
| last Thursday evening by calling in body
| and surprising them at their home. So
| 9th street Mr.. z. Dwight Clapp of Massa-
| chusetts and Miss Emma Edmonston of
Washington were married Tuesday, Feb
ruary %, 1860, in the NJ. f. Church South
! this city by the Rev. j. c. Proctor The
! church stood on the ground now occupied
| by the synagogue on Sth street OF the
union were born Carrie Annette, who died
| March 6, 1899; Arthur Wellington, who died
May II, 1865; Enoch Spooner, who died
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Hosting Machine Sunk.

The hoisting machine owned by Little
field, Alvord Co., which was being used
to raise a cargo Of granite curbing for the
District from the schooner s. B. Hubbard
at the wharf, foot of 9th street, sprang
aleak last night and sank at her mornings
alongside the vessel, in twelve or fifteen
feet of water. She is lying close against
the pier and is not in the way of vessels
coming in or going out of the harbor. Yes
terday morning the schooner was moved
from the 9th street wharf to the American
Ice Company pier at the foot Of 9th street,
and will there complete the unloading of
the remainder of her cargo. The sunken
holster will be raised at once and will be
taken to q marine railway for such repair
work as may be necessary.
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Government Exhibits at jamestown

Big and little boxes and packages filled
with the exhibits which the different gov
eminent departments will have in the in
structive exhibit at the Jamestown exposi-
ton being shipped from this city al
most daily on the steamers of the Norfolk
and Washington line. They are taken to
Norfolk and from there transferred to the
government building on the exposition
grounds. to be arranged and marked by the
opening of the big show. The museum In
the Post Office Department has been
stripped of many Of its most interesting
exhibits. showing odd things sent through
the mails methods of handling mails In
various countries, the letter carrier service
and the like, to form part of the depart
ments exhibit at jamestown. The other
departments are sending material to swell
the exhibit, and the government building
at the exposition will be filled with hun
dreds of interesting objects from this city.
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PINEHURsT SEASON.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
PINEHURST, N. c., March .. 1907
A wealth of novel and attractive favors
made Tuesdays cotillon q maze of bright
color wonderful to behold, twenty-five
couples participating. and company OF
onlookers which taxed the capacity OF the
Carolina's music hall enjoying the fun.
Program Of figures included numerous
froIics among them the chariot race. which
made a hit at the last german. and spoon
and egg race. In which everybody was
thankful that the eggs were tennis balls.
M. Thomas II. Bauchle. Jr., Of New York
led stag Refreshments were served at In
Permission. .,
meal and afternoon tea draws together
daily congeniai groups Of women.
Prominent among late arrivals IL John
Philip Sousa. who returns for the second
visit of the season. soon to be Joined by.
Mrs. 6ousa and her two daughters.
Mr.. Levi Woodbury. Of Washington has
Joined Mrs. Woodbury.. and both will ~.
main throughout the season.