Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-25
WANTED HER CAT RESCUED
General Manager of Staunton Has
Odd Task Set Him.
WOMAN HAS A LONG NAME
Forced to Refer to Family Bible Be-
fore Writing It in Fall-Ac-
cused Minister Quits.
pecjaI Correspordence OF The Star.

WINCHESTER, Va, September "A. 1910.
The forty-first annual exhibition of the
Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society
was held on the Winchester fair grounds
this week, and was the most successful
in many respects in the history OF the
association The attendance was the
largest since the death some years ago of
Charles Broadway Rouss. the blind mil
lionaire merchant of New York, whose
annual visits to Winchester at fair time
always attracted multitudes of people
eager 10 partake of his free dinners and
scramble for money which he threw
away lavishly.
Some of the most daring feats of horse
manship ever seen in the state were
executed by the soldiers of Troop {. 10Th
United States Cavalry, of Fort Myer,
under command of Capt. Warren Dean.
The racing events were unusually eN-
citing, the trotting record being lowered
two seconds by DR.. Chase, owned by
George L. Goouaker of Washington, VINO
won the free-for-all trottinS race In ~.
SideShow people and takers SWarmed the
grounds, and many society women clam
ored wildly for places around the wheels
or fortune and dice boxes some of whom
lost all the money they had with them
The fair closed yesterday, with large
sale OF livestock ana nOfSeS.
Lease on Winchester Inn.
The Winchester Inn, one Of the largest
hotels in the Virginia valley. which was
erected number of years ago py the
Equity Improvement Company, was leas-
ed yesterday by the present owners,
James b. Russell and Holmes Conrad,
to w. f. Perkins of Washington, who
hn rrn
hotel in situated in the fashionable resi-
Dental section of town.
\ large number of invitations have
been received in this section of the state
from the Daughters of the Confederacy
of Charleston, w. Va, to attend the UNI
yelling and dedication of the statue or
Gen. "Stonewall'' Jackson, which is TO
take place in the Capitol square at
Charleston September - with imposing
ceremonies. The statue was made by Sir
Moses Ezekiel, 2 Nirginian, who was
classmate OF Gen. Jackson at the Eir-
ginia Military Institute, and who has
been living in Rome for the past thirty
years The noted sculptor will be pres
ent at the dedication.
Large sums of money are being con-
tributed by residents of WinchesteA ana
Frederick counties to the s +. Latane
tuberculosis fund, with which to estaD-
lish camp and employ nurses to care
for INDECENT tuberculosis patients. The
camp will be in the nature OF memo
rial to. the late DIR. Latane, who was
working on such plan when killed re-
Gently in an automobile accident.
Job for General Manager.
c. +. Ashburner, the general manager
of Staunton. whose duties are constant
~ increasing. appeared in a new role
about o'clock the other morning, when
a neighbor called him over the tele-
phone and asked him to come to her back
yard and get her cat from between the
boards of a fence. While returning
from nocturnal visit the feline mao
caught it's tail between the boards. ana
Manager Ashburner had to put on gloves
in order to extricate the animal from its
position without being clawed.
Mrs. La Toilette. living at Capon
Springs w. Va. Is said u possess the
longest name of any person yet heard
of who lives outside the courts of Eu-
rope She signed it a few days ago, IN
full. as follows: Judith Rebecca Rache4
Amelia Rhoda Catherine Henrietta Null
len McIlwee La Toilette. While in the
act of writing her name. Mrs. La Fol
Iette forgot several and had to refer to
the family Bible.
]. Low Hartman. nephew of the late
E. H. Hartman of New York. who re-
Gently bought the Rosemont farm near
Berry vile. Clarke county. formerly owned
BY Charles E. Clapp of Washington. took
possession few days ago. He paid nearly
81 900 an acre for the estate. which is
one of the most noted country places In
Virginia On the farm is an oak tree
from which six Union soldiers were hanged
during the civil war by order of Col. John
S. Mosby, the Confederate guerrilla, In
retaliation for the killing by Federal
troops of number of his men In Front
Royal who were dragged through. the
streets.
Tpon being refused complete vindication
after suspension for three months on the
charge of INSTRUMENTATION by the West
Virginia conference of the Southern Meth
odist Church. Rev. d. l.. Reid, formerly
nounced his intention of quitting the min
fstry altogether and going on the lecture
platform.
Girl Saves Mans Life.
Ernest Rodeffer of Broadway Rocking
ham county, owes his life to pretty girl
Miss Ollie Toppin, of that neighborhood,
who dragged him from the Southern rail-
way track near the Broadway station the
other evening. AS he was crossing to join
her on the other side he slipped and fell,
and a freight train. which was backing.
was within a few inches of Rodefer' $
body when young Miss Toppin rushed for
ward and pulled him out of the way of
the car wheels
number of large deals in apples were
made during the week now closing. and
several of the largest orchards in Fred
erick county changed hands. the buyers
in most cases being New York and St.
Louis firms. Prices ranged from SEQ to
So and 1882 for No. fruit.
Another large deal in fruit land was
made this week in Hampshire county,
when the Miller Brothers sold an apple
orchard of over 800 acres for about $40
600 to the acShenandoah Fruit
Company.
Rev. Dr. l.. l.. Smith. WHO has been pas
tor of the Lutheran Church at S;rasburg,
Shena ndoah county. for the past twenty
eight years. and who is also superintend-
resigned his pastorate on account of III
health. He was president OF the Virginia
Synod for many years.
Peaches Are Plentiful.
Peaches are so plentiful in some sec
tions of the Shenandoah and Cumberland
valleys that growers are putting forth
no efforts 10 sell the fruit and much of
il Is being sold at prices offered by buy
ers who are willing TO take 1t away The
growers say the market has been over
stocked. and that after paying high trans
portation charges and commission 10
wholesale dealers in the cities there Is
nothing left for the producer.
On account Of low water in the Shen-
andoah river and their inability TO get
ccal for the auxiliary steam plant the
Winchester and Washington City Rail-
way Company has been unable to supply
the various towns in this section with
electric power from its Millville station
have no other power with which to op-
arafe machinery have bean hadiv erin