The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-11
INNOCENT GAMES
TO Be PERMITTED
But There Will Be No "Out-and-
Out Gambling at Win
chester.
SUGAR FAMINE THREATENS
Housewives OF the Valley Angry
at Interference With Their
Canning.
SUGAR FAMINE THREATENS
Special to The Times-Dispatch. !


though At was Sunday, there was much
activity to-day on the Winchester Fair
Grounds. where the forty-second an
nual exhibition of the Shenandoah VAL
ley Agricultural Society will be held
this week. beginning Tuesday and n
tinuing until Friday evening. The d.
rectors have increased the premiums
"A all departments this year. and as a
result there will be more exhibits than
heretofore Racing purses have also
been increased to about $4,000, and
horses have been entered In the va
rious events from Virginia, West Vir-
sinia. Maryland, Pennsylvania. 0eor-
gta. South Carolina and the District of
Columbia. Several days ago some peo-
pie got busy with the Mayor and Chief
OF Police and requested the authorities
to permit no games of chance on the
grounds during the fair and 1t was
stated last evening after meeting OK
the board of directors that no out-and-
out gambling devices will be permitted,
but that little and innocent games will
not be molested For many years the
men as we'll as men, and the booths OF
the fakirs have been among the CHIEF
drawing cards OF the fair
AT the ffth annual meeting OF tho
Anti Saloon League OF Frederick coun-
~ held day or two ago at the
Friends Westinghouse at Hopewell,
c. S. Clevenger was reelected presi-
don't. and nearly all other officers were
! reelected Resolutions were adopted,
Endorsing Statewide prohibition, II
in Congress to regulate interstate
| shipments OF liquor. larger education
In the church and school of the effect
of alcohol on the human 1ystem, and
! finally strong protest to President
Taft against the national government
through Cabinet officers or other Fed
eral officials. taking any part In the
annual convention of the Brewers AS
soc'a alton in Chicago next month.
j. j. HagGerty, who went from Win
chester several years ago to make his
headquarters in Hagcrstown, Md, was
one OF the most pic lresque dele
gates" to the hobo convention in
Washington last week. and while usu-
ally conservative in his views he rose
regularly ito protest" ut everything
the Socialists tried to have passed. He
was appointed timekeeper TO call time
on all the speakers. but invaria bly,
called time on all except himself He
asked that his name be recorded in
the minutes as the royal duke" and
this was done. Haggerty came to the
defense OF Roosevelt as the greatest
censure the ex-President.
The Wildwood Improvement Associa-
| ton has been organized for the pur-
pose OF giving that historic village OF
Clarke county thorough house-clean-
Ing The officers are Mrs. Hugh Mel
son. president; Mrs. Henry B. Gilpin.
vice president, and Mrs Graham +.
Blandy secretary and treasurer Mill
wood Is full and running over with
history and historical associations. but
many of the progressive people of that
section are of the opinion that these
are not enough. and In order that the
town may be kept clean and attrac-
tive at all times. a fund is being
raised to employ one or more men to
be on the job every day In the year.
According to wholesalers, a sugar
famine is imminent in Winchester.
Early last week the price went from
to cents pound. and yesterday
| an advance OF another cent was made,
and there Is practically no sugar in
the Wholesale warehouses. The Job
bers say 1t is hard to get at any price.
Many housewives who are preserving
and canning at this time declare it is
an outrage. and the sugar trust Is
coming In for all manner OF criticism.
An automobile driven by w. l.
Black. OF Halltown, Jefferson county,
w. Va. crashed through the guard rail
on bridge near that place @ fewdays
ago, and the machine plunged into a
stream below. carrying with it all
the four occupants. including ]. S.
Jones. a travelling salesman of Weston,
w. Va, who wa seriously Injured.
1t is believed, however. that he Will
recover.
Apple OF the Valley" a catchy song,
breathing all the fragrance and lus-
ciousness of the fruit which has made
the Valley of the Shenandoah almost
as famous as Milwaukee, has recent
ly been written by Miss Agnes Bell and
Miss Mary Rieman Hack. of Winches-
ter. who arc receiving the cc5amenda-
ton OF some of the most noted musical
men, who are giving them their heart
lest encouragement and support The
song is being played and sung on the
piers at Atlantic City. and has made
chit there.
, The marriage of Miss Lula Mae
Grim. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ.
Grim, of Winchester. to Lorenzo Jack-
son williams. formerly OF Shenandoah
county. was solemnized n few evenings
since at the home of the brides par
ents, Rev C. D. Taylor, pastor of Mar
ket Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
| officiating.
Cornelius Gibbons. son of C. NJ. Glib
bons. the well-known Republican poll
tician of Virginia, died of tuberculosis
several days ago in Baltimore, where
he had been living for the past ten
years, He was forty-two years old.
His remains were Inferred In Mount
Hebron Cemetery, this city.
A largely attended meeting Of the
Berkeley County horticultural Society
was held at 1nwood. w. Va, on Fri
day. and the principal address was
made by S. L. Lupton, OF Wincheste
! president of the Eastern Fruit Grow
ers' Association. recommendation