Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-15
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Williamson. daughter of Mr.. and MIS-.
NJ White Williamson. prominent famiiles
IF New Market, Shenandoah county,
u,ere married early Wednesday morning
at the home of the brides parents. the
ceremony being performed by Bishop
Robert A Gibson of the Protestant Epls-
coma, diocese of Virginia. After wed
ding breakfast the young couple le1t TOT
Washington Atlantic city ana Ne" orh:
The Rockingham district conference or
the Southern Methodist Church' wnleh
has been in session this week at Brldse-
water has adjourned to meet next year
AT Elkton At the close of the session
q dinner for 100 guests was given by
S. G. Dinkel and speeches were mace ps
q number of visiting ministers. Kew. -.
II. Kern of Staunton, Va. was toast
William Frank Nicholas. Harrison
burg business man, and Miss berhlce
Levin Moore. daughter OF MI. John ".
Moore of Lacey Springs. Va, were mar
ried Wednesday at noon at the prloe
home bv Rev G. B. Fadely of Singers
Glen. The bride and groom left In the
afternoon for Washington. Niagara rams
and other points on wedding trip.
Fewer Apples But Better.
I Well Informed fruit growers stated to-
day that the apple crop of FREDERICK
county this year will amount to DIT least
$1,000 barrels. which Is falling OH, out
they declare the quality will be the pest
in many years and that the apples VIII
command high prices. Already many OF
the leading growers have formed d COM
bination to sell no fruit until September
1, and that sealed bids will be received
up to that time. A number of extensive
buyers from New York have arrived here
during the week. and will make this city
their headquarters until the apple season
is over. Many of the Frederick county
apples will be bought for the European
markets.
Moist Powell of Dean. Ohio, and Miss
Blanche A. Powell of Dayton, Ohio,
were granted marriage license at the
county clerks office here this week.
They are family connections. Miss
Powell came here recently, with her
mother. Mrs. Frank Powell. to visit
friends. and was followed by her kins-
man. who pressed his suit. with the
result that it was decided to be married
at once and spend the honeymoon with
friends in the Shenandoah valley.
There is no truth in that story said
Wilfred Smith. an Austrian, yesterday,
when shown q Virginia newspaper con-
tanning an account of his being killed
in an automobile accident near Wood
stock last Saturday evening. Smith was
employed chauffeur for William Ian
ahan a well known horseman and mo-
torist of Baltimore and was motoring
alone from Staunton to Winchester
when a rear wheel flew off, hurting the
machine, ninety horsepower Stearns
car-thrOugh a board fence and into Il
cornfield. where it turned turtle. Smith
managed to crawl from the wreck.
bleeding and dazed. and friends brought
him to the Winchester Memorial Hos
pital in another car for treatment. He
lis recovering. The touring car was
complete wreck. 1t was valued at 81 900
and partly insured.
George w. Grim Dead.
George w. Grim. for many years a
prominent Winchester business man
and leading fireman. died after lin
gering illness of dropsy and heart dis
ease, aged sixty-nine years. He was
married twice and is survived by his
second wife and six sisters. among the
latter being Mrs. John Campbell of
Washington. He was a member of the
knights of Pythias and took a promi-
nent part in the Charley Rouss fire
company.
The Cumberland Valley railroad Of
ficials have announced their intention
of installing individual drinking cups
on all passenger trains.
Col John S. Mosby. the noted con-
federate commander. now of Washing
ton, has accepted an invitation to at
tend the Berryville horse show as the
guest of the association. The show will
be held August II. Is and 10. and 1T
was stated today that the entries are
far in excess of those of last year. -
is the only three-day horse show now
in Virginia.