Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-08
OLD BUSH MEETINGu'
THOUSANDS GATHERING AT PuR.
CELLVILLE, VA.

Special Correspondence Of The star.
PURCELLVILLE. Va. August : lag
A crowd estimated at abou; a,,. ~
present at the Prohibit:o and Eva-.u..i.,,
Association meetings here ycstersI "a
greatest number being from the s,t.......,,i
ing country from fifteen or twent, t.r,s.
every conceivable kind OF Convcyarr,. ..,,.
used. The special trains from Wa ......,
and Alexandria also brought large. r-..p.f,
almost every town on the Inc OF t'... ,...h
contributing TO the throng This is a.. a
bush meeting OF Loudoun county With
was lnaugurated thirty years ago. AID "a.
now looked upon as the greatest ,4.rt in
Virginia by people who were bruug. ..,s
by their parents when the gatherir.g AZ.
known as the great watermelon i,..st =
Loudoun county"
Great changes have taken place .g Ttr,,t
years. There are sti,l merry-go- rounds -
places or amusement; and Waterm, Ion. "A
very hneSt; and good Virginia hoSu1ra. o., "a.
round In every home for miles an. !rJ
where old friends and relatives are Sum, n
ma a welcome. But disorder has r.g.n
place to almost perfect order. So ti.., ,., a.
1t would be unusual to have a disflr4 ..,.',
upon the grounds from the heguutra "a
the end of the meetings. and the old TIM
perance sermon morning. noon and ,4-lt
has given way to "A program both ru,rrt.,Ir-
ing ana instructive, but always preaching
prohibition as the great object of the meet
ings.
A new tabernacle has taken the place ~
the large tent which followed the open
grove OF early years, and yesterday .y,ry
seat was occupied at each meeting WIN
thousands We're entertained
Some of the Speakers.
The services yesterday began at %
O'Clock am. with praise service. TO- owed
by lectures by o. w. Stewart. Capt. lack
Crawford and Charles H. Jones. Music ,yss
furnished by the Temple Quartet of Bait.
more. and by Mrs. John Estell and Robert
S. Russell At 7:3O O'Clock IN the evening
a concert by the assembly talent WIS fol-
lowed by monologue medley 10y Capt Craw-
ford.
Great preparations are being made for
next Sunday. the big day of the meeting.
when 10000 people are expected, and Pur-
cellville is to lie given over to the visitors
The Purcellviie of thirty years ago could
not be recognized in the Purcellvlle of to-
day, so vast have been the improvements
but Purcellville hospitality, like virginia
hospitality, 1t is said, never changes.
game of base ball was PLAYED here in
the afternoon between Purcellvll and
Leesburg. The score was . to = IN favor OF
Leesburg. This places the Leesbuig and
Herndon clubs tie for first place ia the
Northern Virginia League.
young man named Downs, who came
here on the excursion train from Washing
ton in the morning. and. it Is suppos Il. got
en- the train at Sterling station, Just over
the line between Loudouu and Fairfax
counties jumped off the train as it was IT,
turning to the city last evening. The train
was going at full speed, but the Young
man did not hesitate to take the step 90 al
most certain death. II Is supposed that he
cesired to get off at that particular point,
rather than walk back from the station 20
his home 1t is not known how seriously
Downs was injured, but at last report he
was still unconscious. He is about ghteyn
years of age.