Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15
VALLEY Of VIRGINIA
River Holds Bodies of Preach
er and Intended Wife.
WOMEN PICKING APPLES
Unable to Hire Enough Men to
Harvest the Crop.
MAKE STUDY OF THE CROW
Farmers Club Members Will Help
Department Of Agriculture.
Bears Are Plentiful.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, October IA. 1911.
Hope has practically been abandoned OF
an early recovery Of the bodies of Rev.
E.. B. Druen, the Presbyterian Church
minister, and Miss Sallie Shannon. both
of Springfield, Hampshire county, w. Va.
who were drowned last Sunday after
noon in the South branch of the Potomac
river while driving to Three Churches to
attend services. Friends of the couple
have been dragging the river all week.
but no trace Of the bodies has been found.
A. C.. Shannon of Winchester, cousin
of the young woman, stated that the
South branch Is a very dangerous stream
to ford, and that there are many treach-
erous undercurrents. 1t is generally sup
posed that the minister and young woman
were swept many miles down the stream
| by one of these currents. Rev. Mr..
Druen, who was thirty years old and a
native of Richmond, and Miss Shannon
were to have been married this fall She
was a daughter of Mrs. Edith shannon
and the late William B. Shannon, was
twenty years old and very popular among
a wide circle of family connections and
friends.
Wife Wants His Job.
Former State Senator George B. Kee-
cell of Rockingham county. who has been
in many political struggles in years gone
by, Is now having the fight of his life
for reelection to the Office of county
treasurer. He Is the regular democratic
nominee, and his friends declare he is
certain to win. He Is opposed by Thomas
l.. Williamson, an Independent democrat;
p. w. Reherd. a republican. and by Paul
Rinehart, an Independent, who is con-
Quoting a spectacular campaign.
Rinehart Is postmaster at Lacey
Springs. and so sure is his wife Of his
election that she has already applied to
the Post Office Department at Washing
ton for the position of postmaster when
her husband becomes custodian of the
county's finances at a salary and commits
sion Of 50. 600 a year. The Harrisonburg
newspapers have been engaged in a fight
for several months, and frOnt-page edi-
torials. making accusations and breathing
defiance. are published daily In order to
let their various positions" be known.
Senator Swanson Representative James
Hay and Speaker Richard E. Byrd are
to speak at Harrisonburg Monday In the
interests of Treasurer keezell
Leslie D. Kline Of VaucluSe, this county
who is a member of the board of d.
rectors of the Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute at Blacksburg, and who was re-
Gently named as member OF the COM
mittee to make an inquiry concerning
certain charges about to be preferred
against President Paul Barringer of that
institution relating to his administration
of affairs. declined to speak publicly
of the matter when his attention was
called to 1t this week, leaving the infer
ence that little. if anything, will be done
until the board holds q meeting next
month. few nights ago the students of
the institute held a meeting and de-
nounced the charges brought against
President Barringer. 1t will be recalled
that charges of similar character were
preferred against him last year, but by
majority vote the board OF visitors de-
cided to retain the president.
Plan to Study the Crow.
The Mutual Farmers Club of Frederick
county is to assist the Agricultural De-
partment at Washington in ascertaining
the status of the crow-whether that bird
is of benefit or not to the farmer. At
the clubs last meeting Lewis Pidgeon
reported that the department had in
formed him that a bulletin was being
prepared, and that the assistance of local