Evening star., 1909-09-12
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA
News Happenings of Interest
in Winchester Section.
FAIR A BIG SUCCESS
Display One of Finest Ever Seen
in the Valley.
GIRL KILLS BIG REPTILE
Boldly Dispatches a Six-Foot Snake
That Attacked Her-Larrick-
Gouchenow Wedding.
KILLS BIG REPTILE

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, September IL, 1909.
The fortieth annual exhibition of the
Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society,
| which has been in progress since the
early part of the week on the Winchester
| fair grounds. came to an end yesterday
with large live stock sale.
| The fair was considered one of the
best held in recent years, the display
| in the ladies' department being particu-
! larly creditable and above the average
seen at county fairs. The fair was at
tended by large crowds of people from
all sections of the Cumberland and Shen-
andoah valleys, as we'll Frederick and
adjoining counties in Virginia and West
Virginia.
! The racing events Wednesday and
Thursday were exciting. and many fast
horses were seen on the track. including
a number from Washington and vicinity.
| Clyde w. James and Morton Davis, the
men recently arrested here, charged with
opening accounts with large mercantile
| spiracy to defraud through the United
States mails. were taken to Birmingham,
| Ala. this week by Deputy United States
| Marshal Rogers of Staunton, Va, for
trial before the federal court for the
northern district of Alabama The men
are alleged to have operated extensively
| with headquarters at Gadsden. Ala, and
other places in the south, and they were
caught here recently by federal officers
while conducting an establishment known
as the winchester Dry Goods Company
Incorporated. The federal authorities
claim to have strong evidence against
/ the men. James wife and child have
gone to the home of her people near
/ c. ic cod to he
single man. He is gray-haired and
nearly blind.
| Mrs Ada Capper. wife of Ira Capper.
| freight agent of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad died in Winchester Memorial
| Hospital Thursday after several weeks
/ illness. Her husband. one daughter and
/ a sister survive.
Blown Up With Dynamite.
| Beverley n Lockhart. one of the most
prominent residents and landowners OF
the western section of Frederick county,
narrowly escaped being blown to atoms
| a few days ago, when several sticks Of
dynamite exploded prematurely. He was
preparing to blast rock and was ram
ming dynamite in the hole when it sud-
denly went off. hurting him across the
quarry and tearing off portions of both
| hands His eyes and face were cut but
| ii was stated today that his eyesight
had not been destroyed.
| Miss Florence Rutherford. daughter of
Al. G. Rutherford. living near town,
killed a six-foot black and white snake
yesterday with broom handle. She
stepped on the snake in dark hallway
and the reptile was about to attack her
when she grabbed up a broom and dealt
i a blow which broke the snakes back.
Miss rutherford went about her house
hold duties as if nothing had happened
and did not faint.
The marriage of Miss Mary Bird Lar
rick. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. James
I. Larrick of Middletown, this county. to
Joseph Henry Gouchenour, formerly of
| Luray, Va, but now also of Middletown,
| took place in the Southern Methodist
! Church at that place at l O'Clock Wednes-
| day afternoon. and was attended by IA
large number of friends and family con-
nections from this and other states. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. William
/ Bird of Anacostia, d. c., uncle of the
bride, assisted by Rev. James F. Stump
pastor of the church The maid of honor
was Miss Hattie Nixon Of Middletown.
and the bridesmaids were Misses Helen
/ Bird of Anacostia, D. c.: Belle Faulkner
of Winchester. Lucille Faulkner. Grace
| Cline and Julia Owings of Middletown
| The best man was Warren Fanks of Luz
ray and the ushers were Z. c. Hoffman OF
Baltimore. Robert Lee Gray, jr.. of Win
chester, Fred ]. Larrick Howard Owinss,
Abby Rhodes and Wilfred Peery of Mid
dletoWn. Miss Matte Pearson played
| the WPuQlnS music. lie cnuTcn Was
handsomely decorated in golden rod. cut
flowers and plants. A large reception
followed the wedding at the home of the
brides parents, and later In the after
noon the bride and groom left on an eN-
| tended tour. They will live in Middle
town. where Mr.. Gouchenour is engaged
| in business.
| John Franklin Bell. leading and
| wealthy farmer of Clarke county, died
this week, after an illness of complica
l tion nf diseases
] He was a native of that county, and dur
| ing the civil war he served i'm the Confed-
crate army member of Company G,
18th Virginia regiment. His widow, Mrs.
Mary Virginia Eaton Bell, three sons
and five daughters survive.
/ Jacob /. Gruver and wife of Reliance,
Warren county. celebrated their tiftieth
wedding anniversary this week with a
large family reunion. at which many
guests We're present, including one OF
their sons, j. S. Gruver of Washington.
They have six children living. seventeen
grandchildren and four great-grandchil-
dren. They were married in Pennsyl-
vania, but have been living in Virginia
many years.