The Washington herald., 1908-08-13
SPECIAL 20 Tie Washington Herald.

80 0~~o-S--.s 1L-Q Representative 4. G
Carlln, Of Alexandria and Senator. Thom
as s Martin also spoke in the afternoon
Driving into PurceIIvfue this rnornirs
from Bluemont over the fine hard red
Virginia road were many oId-timers. and
as one passed the 1.1le OF day with rbos.
IN slower vehicles. the rejoinder was.
Wen so-loug: see you at the busr
meeting"
This annual holiday and outing. usel
now n the cause Of temperance and for
evangelical purposes. is an outs-ovth
q a meeting At PU-celviUe. thirty-on5
years ago, OF the Good TempIars. The
leaders OF the organization then were
instrumental IN making the meeting an
annual one The organizers were d ]
Hoge. who has been president Of the as
sociauon for nineteen years: c. c. Gsve--
who has been secretary for twenty-eighr
years, Dr. L s stone. Of vvashf7rro7
and Represeutatives Thomas T. TavIo-.
Joseph H Jewett. s-d z. I. Bsr3e4t -5s
latter three now dead. The president and
secretary are assisted by J z Rinker.
g W Bowers. J. A VausickIer. J. Ar
thur Otiey. A g. Davis. n 3. Young.
and B O. Compiler
Picturesque Village.
ParceLville is not a large town. None
OF the towns in this section OF VirgirIa
are The country is one OF the richest To
be found, agriculturaIly. II IS a country
OF prosperous farms and sturdy weIi-ro-
dc farmers. tail. alert looking men. with
clear eyes and power
Their farms are the gardens On mis-
most beautiful landscape. f~sneed sbo,r
with The glory OF the eternal hills that
carry the eye -6s-f-Ir upward 10 re
blue sky Il is q country that f-1D~sssas
one with the majesty of lis beauty in
eites e1deavCr- and inspires WORK. so
that one does not wonder thar there are
% De seen 10 tunbIH-dcwn houses no
--i-hept farms. no G--ifiress nor sIove--
mess aIr solid prosperity They viii -aTT
you. j you inquire. that TIE farmers Of
--'Iloun County deposit annually be-
tween two and three million dollars.
History Of Association.
The bush meeting was designed as an
Organization 20 work for the rau-a Of /
te-nperaIce and prohibition. Ten wears
ego the evangelical feature was as5a5 I
and the time Of the melting extended 10 I
eisht days. Now the programme IS well Z
understood and organized
The first Gzv IS SUNDAY school 0av-- -r.,
second and third days are given uD 10 -r,a +
cause Of prohibition; the first ha1f Of -b.
Fourth day is devoted 20 the W C. z. T. .
and then 20 the end OF the sixth ,5=v -r.
bush meeting resolves itself into a r,s-er
meeting with noted dlvines from AN -va-
The country taking part For the last
TWO years the seventh day has been de-.
voted 10 the Y n c. A and the eighth.
the closing day is given up TO PATRON,
Day
Patriotic Day IS evidently the most
popular day. though year by year rra
meetings are growing more popular. Ta=-
year Il was estimated that at least - 90
people attended the meetings This wear
the number VIII run 10 s5.t-5 and ro-5ay
there were al least 400 people on he
grounds.
From north. south. east. and west they
ONE rom the towns near by from the
-o5olni1g Counties from Maryland ana
rom west Virginia There drove = To- ]
-0s LaIilllles from BlueU0lr Leeshu-g.
Round Hi. Hiusbaro. NT6drabn-1
AIountsvi--e. WiacEeste-. Ha-r--= E-----
ASaourn. Sterling. Fields Church. and
--1-$ olAer places all TO meet in thar
grove Just south Of PErceIIvi-Ie. surround
20 ny oak trees-a natural a1npitheater
.HaI could not have been better designed 3
.o- such a purpose.
Like "A County Fair. T
The meetings have been held in an oD- [
ong hall erected for the pu-Dosa
Around these are booths OF the sort
Usually associated with a country fair =
5es-des the veuders OF peanuts and sod u
water We're the stands Of the --4l-a-s p
y agricultural implements. showing on r
L-elr wares, drills. p,ows. ha-vesters. &c. Y
2 al The glory NJ bright red paint
Inc -a- was filed TO its capacity To-
y ana the grounds outside were s.
--lolse1 with young and old ia horfdry n
ress. and It was no idle b1ss- 80 u
T''- swanson said that Virginia had ne ri
--St oelGIlt-l women 5n the world m
AZ SUN a spot, on such dav. the h
- elrSs arm the supporting c----h. the c'
ENG steps, bore wide significance
was eEn-rently fitting that these should d
g present on Patriotic Dav.~
~ vas 10 o'clock when the exercises d
=. = lec N me big pavilion The Wash
-s-'n oTcHeS-ra was there. under the
irectio1 Of NJ Arthur : yy-rr--,--r, s
no played The Palms" as a corre-
DO and won large applause. W
southern Girls Recitation. II
Then the Patriotic note was started ~, y
-iss Evelyn Lewis. OF Atlanta Ca 70
o'ed eiocutionist. who. with flag in hand ot
scited: % %
5-ies 2 banner tha- saesus s7-e-s 10 the b-eszs n
is vision 1f glory % SCI. 0s' ~
iiIllg out IKE s-a- oer the waste of tbs .-z. In
As II 1oa's o'e- The land Of the free --
aiFe.s the white for the pure and the bae for the
Ike ne promise af God thar We see. p
ID .,sTe called from tie garden Of heavens deeD
he ssas for cur own zu1r-deliz
=. LioeIry's birth ms flag was uzf-rlsa. o.
aTlia--ris grew rale AZ the si-it VI
2 s.le knew j. must cne Gav efss 1s,-z -, .z -s =,
Anl oec11le young giant q might -
F-l176us Unusa-'tzls The uatchward q 7.s-4. 30
hat lred or fathers of ycre. m
p az Ll1sr-ys czH they rise in thai- rsig5. WI
Il ne sh1cz Cf the canuou's wild - II
tl7-t11s CHum-oh. long nav It stand -LH
/ tower of strength IN orr csase- an
: nay We forever. Ni-h one heart and hand sa
@-- % I1r on lag and orr laws Ia
By the time the vast audience had in
he'd applaUding sentiments so nearly 3,
cord with its own. the carriage contain So
3 Gov Swanson drove Up. He was es-
rted 70 the platform ard INTRODUCED nv nu
esideut Hoge as the first governor Of 7
rginia who has ever graced 5his as .ie'
nbly by his presence mo
ne governor Of Virginia was in fna -
m. and the theme of the 6av v-az - -
Sc 70 his heart that he was more tba7 ~
lally eloquent IN HIS Intro5vc+io- -
ss1osne Hoge had credited him with 50 IL