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Mother of Drowned Woman in
Critical Condition-Glidden
Tour to Pass Winchester.
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WlncheSter, Va, October 15.---MrS
Edith Shannon. the widowed mother
of Miss Sallie shannon, who was
| drowned along with her hance Rev. L.
Is. Druen, the Presbyterian minister
i formerly of Richmond, while fording
the South Branch of the Potomac River
+; near Springfield. w. Va, week ago
to-day while en- route to Three
Churches to attend services, is in a pre-
| carious condition at her home at
Springfield, and 1t is feared she will not
recover The mother and daughter
were very devoted. The former
health has not been good for a long
time, and when the news came that
her daughter had been swept down to
| death by one of the treacherous un-
dercurrents OF the river Mrs Shannon
was overcome. and she is now a nerv-
GUS wreck. Over 200 men have been
| dragging the Iaver and using dyna-
mite for several days In the hope OF
| recovering the bodies, but UP to this
time the remains of Miss Shannon and
Rev. Druen have not been taken from
the watery grave.
Judge r. w. Harrison, in the Fred.
erick county Circuit Court, has signed
decree awarding an absolute divorce
Landau, thus marking the close of one
OF the most sensational divorce suits
ever hlled in the local courts. Lam
dau was pressman from New York
and was employed here. His Wife
brought sensational charges against
him. and he filed cross-bill, which
was not pressed.
Lloyd L. Verhees. thirty-one years
DID, OF Brunswick. Md, who had been
unable to do active work since being
In several wrecks several years ago
was riding on a Baltimore and Ohio
freight train a day or two ago. when
ne fell off between Brunswick and
knoxville, Md. and was ground to pieces
waiter Earl Sibert and Miss Edna Es,
telle Massie. members OF we'll known
frederick county families, were mar
ried here Thursday evening at the par
sonage of the First Baptist Church by
Kew w. FL. Carter and left for Kerns-
town. where Il large reception was
heid at the home of her brother. Dud-
| ley Massie
The annual meeting of the Shenan-
doah Sunday School Institute Is 10 be
held on Thursday in Zion Protestant
Episcopal Church. au Charleston. w.
va, and the principal speakers will be
| Observation-Disclosures w. l.. Gravatt. of
west Virginia; Rev. w. ID. Smith, of
| niHchester; REV. John Poyntz Tyler.
Oh Hagerstown' Md, and Rev W. p.
Chrisman, of Moundsville, w. Va.
Members of the Glidden party, now
en- route from New York to Jackson
vile over the National Highway map
PEG out several years ago by New York
| ana Atlanta papers, will reach Wiz
| chester and vicinity Just In time to see
the great annual apple harvest at its
he'sht' Winchester will be the noon
stop for Monday. and the Business
| Mems Association and others have ar
ranged to pilot the motorists through
the apple belt of Frederick county, in
which about 100000 barrels of apples
are now being picked and packed for
| the domestic and foreign markets
Mrs. William :. Love, wife of D1.
Love- OF Winchester, and daughter of
the late Charles james Faulkner. of
Martinsburg, W. Va, has been re- elect,
ed president of General Turner Chap
! ter. Daughters of the Contederacy. in
this city. and all other officers were
| Reelected Mrs. Love Is a sister of
Mrs Virginia Faulkner McSherry, OF
Martlnsburg. who has been president
general of the United Daughters of the
| Coniederacy for the past two wears,
ana VINO VIII retire at the annual meet
OF that body in Richmond next month
| MIS- Love VIII attend the meeting and
| viii be the CUES; OF her sister. Mrs
Thomas :. Bocock, while in Richmond
Although the open season for quail.
pheasants, turkeys and similar game
nlrds does not begin until the lst or
| November in Frederick county, II is
reported that large numbers of sucr
game have been slaughtered and
smuggled out of the county TO the city
| markets. There has been little IL any
activity upon the part OF game wardens
UP to this time, but 1t is expected that
they VIII be ordered to enforce inc law
| before the season opens. The laws are
| very stringent in many respects as a
result OF wholesale slaughter in recent
years, and local merchants are even
prohibited from selling game EXCEPT
| squirrels and rabbits
Robert Lindamood who served in
the ''Stonewall' Brigade, Confederate
army, during the Civil War, died OK
! paralysis several days ago at Stephens
CITY, this county He was born in
Shenandoah county seventy four years
! ago, ana Is survived by his widow. tw,
daughters. one son and two brothers.
At his own request. his funeral services
were very plain and simple and no
flowers We're placed on his grave
General Turne, Ashby Camu. Con
federate Veterans. OF Winchester, is I'm
possession of the historic cedar chest
owned by James NJ. Mason of Winches-
ter who was one Of the commissions. -
sent to arouse public sentiment there
IN favor of the South. The chest con
tanned the documents of Commissioners
Mason and Slide!l, and it was taken
iarcibly along with the commissioners
from the British steamer Trent
when the commissioners were released
me chest was returned to MIR. Mason
VINO brought 1t to Winchester His
daughter. Miss virginia Mason, pre-
scented u TO Rev. Coupland r. Page. OF
Winchester and he in turn has placed
IT among other relics of much value
IN the hall of Ashby Camp.
KILLS WIFE; WOUNDS
HER MAN COMPANION