Evening star., 1911-08-27


gOwned women, and there was much
entertaining, such as one may expect at
function of that character in Virginia.
Over 5000 was paid out in cash prizes,
and many ribbons. Charles Mullihn,
secretary Of the society, who Is also Sec
retary OF the National Capital Horse
Show anu president Of the Virginia as
sociation, stated today that the Berry
Vile show exceeded the expectations Of
the managers in every respect, and that
the best horses seen there in years were
exhibited.
Students Visit Battlefelds.
A number of students of the Catholic
University Of Washington have been
spending the past week In the Virginia
valley camping and going over the civil
war battlefields and other places of his
torical interest. They spent some time
this week in Winchester at Stonewall
JacksOn's headquarters, now occupied by
Rev. DIR. John p. Hyde.
After being In session nearly week
at Leaksville. Page county. the Cen
trail Valley Christian Church confer
ence has adjourned to meet next year
at Linville, Rockingham county, and
Rev. w. T. Walters of Winchester was
reelected president for the sixth time.
Rev. ]. L. Foster of Elon College, N c.,
made an address in which he told of
the progress Of prohibition in that
state, and he also took occasion to re-
Duke women who wear hobble skirts,
big hats and thin hosiery.
Another Mosby Man Gone.
N. M. Page. a native of Fauquier
county. who left home when a boy to
join the Mosby command in the Con-
federate army. died several days ago
Of paralysis at the home of his
brother. John B. Page, in Jefferson
county. w. Va, aged sixty-seven years
He leaves one brother and three sis
ters.
Capt J. r. Richards. a widely known
resident OF Warren county, who had
one OF his legs amputated about a year
ago on. account of gangrene. suffered
severely recently from the same COM
plant in his other leg. and 1t. too, was
cut on few days ago by number of
surgeons.
Although practically all the residents
OF Bridgewater, Rockingham county, have
been wagtng a war Of determination upon
blackbirds for the past two weeks or
more, 1t fs said there has been little, IL
any, thinning out Of the thousands of
birds Of that species, which make life
miserable when they flock to the trees
toward sunset. The birds appear to null
tfply as fast as they are killed, and, de-
making devices, as well as shotguns, have
been resorted to in order to rid the COM
munfty Of the blackbirds, they persist in
coming back at eventide.
Pressure on West Virginia.
1t was learned here today that the vir-
ginia debt commission will shortly take
drastic steps to force West Virginia to
settle the judgment rendered in favor of
Virginia in the old state debt case by
the United States Supreme Court re-
Gently. The court will be asked to find
a way by which West Virginia will be
required to settle the account. Maj.
Holmes Conrad Of Winchester is one of
Virgfnia's counsel. but he has declined to
make any statement for publication re-
garding the status Of the famous litiga-
ton.
While ]. r. johnson, Charleston CIV.
Va) banker, and several men were speed
ing down the Shenandoah valley late at
night this week en- route to the Berry
willie horse show their car crashed into
q thick stone wall near the Shenandoah
river bridge, in the vicinity of the
Fishers Hill battlefield, and the impact
was SO great that all the occupants were
hurled out headlong upon the road, and
the wrecked car rebounded and lodged
on the brink Of the river below. All
the men were badly cut and bruised and
daZeQ. Inc car was nduI6Q 10 WIN
chester, and johnson and his friends took
q train for Berryville.
The same night party OF motorists
from Staunton, Va, going at high speed
between this city and Martinsburg,
plowed through a fence near the ap-
Mill creek 'at Bunker Hill, tearing of
heavy boards and knocking down posts
that were planted three feet in the
grounds. They. too, plunged out head
long, escaping with numerous cuts and
bruises, and sent the car in for repairs
All Busy Gathering Peaches.
The peach-shipping season is now
at it's height in Hampshire county.
W. Va. and all the men and boys who
can be employed are busy gathering
the big crop and sending the thousands
OF crates to the eastern markets on
solid express trains. In numerous in
,s,n It has been sSa farms to nelp
with the work in order to dispose OF
the fruit quickly.
The Harrisonburg court day this
week. which is always known, too, as
crowd into the town. and while q
large number Of horses were sold to
Maryland and Virginia
buyers. the prices. as rule. were not
to those who had horses
to sell and many were taken back rc
the farms. About forty wagonloads
Of country watermelons we're sold on
the court square. and there were
number OF nights and numerous dis
orderlies in police court.
When j. T. Sturn was serving in
Company H, 14th West Virginia Reg;-
ment, during the civil war, bullet
struck him near the eye AMI another
buried itself In q tree near which he
was standing at Fishers Hill. He
marked the tree as he left, declaring
that he would return some dav and
get the bullet. This he aid several
days ago. having come from his pres
ent home In Kansas on q tour OF the
virginia valley battlehcl1s
The cornerstone OF the new South
ern Methodist Church. which is being
erected at Harrisonburg at a cost of
$50, 900, will be laid September by
william Baylor McChesncy of Staun-
tan, grand master OF Mas3ns In vir-
ginia. with the assistance Of the Grand
Lodge officers and escorted by the
knights TemplAr OF Harrisonbi,rG.