The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-30
BOYS CORN CLUB
TO make EXHIBIT
Members Greatly Interested in
Preparing for State Fair-High
Prices for Chestnuts.
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Especial to The Times-DfspatchJ
Culpeper, Va. September 2s.--Ths
Boys Corn Club Of this county is re-
ported to be in q very lourishing con-
dition by the collaboration. Garnet'
Bruce. Seventy-hve members are en-.
rolled. and their crops this year arr
unusually fine Many of them have
made over l25 bushels on their allotted
acre. and all OF them are much inter.
ested in the exhibit being pre- pared ioi
the state Fair in october. The iafm
ers Of this section. while not nesIect'
ing the usual crops of corn. wheat. etc,
are awakening TO the possibilities OF
alfalfa under proper cultivation: iofty
demonstrations OF the latter aaS.Hs
been held in the county during the
past year.
The harvesting Of the chestnut crop.
which has Just begun in the upper part
Of this county and in Madison and rap
pahannock, is keeping pickers and ths
export merchants both busy. The nuts
are bringing, fancy prices on the
paid. This fancy price is due. 1t Is said
NOT so much to the prevalent high cost
of living, but TO the blight that has
destroyed so many OF the trees farther
north.
Rev. Stockton Cole. a Baptist minis
ter, who has charge of the churches
at New Salem and Gourdvine. In CuI,
pepper: Remington. In FauQuier. and
Washington. In Rapoahannoek. has
ferson Street Baptist Church. in Roa-
noke This Is a prominent churcn,
with a membership exceeding 500. put
il Is not known whether Mr.. Cole wiii
leave the Shilor Association. OF whlcn
he is a prominent member. He was
appointed at the last meeting OF that
body to preach the annual sermon pc
fore the next session when It meets
in Ruckersville next year. Mr.. Cole
formerly made his home in Culpeper,
where he was merchant oetose study
Justice Allen. Of Madison. who is
the keeper OF the record of vital sta
tistics within the Crigiersvilie votins
precinct, said this week that since the
on June ~. 1912, he had reported four
teen births and no deaths in his dis
trict.
Captain Robert R. Duncan. who died
Sunday at his home. near RiXeyville.
was buried the following day in the
Masonic Cemetery, just outside Gull
pepper. the funeral services being con-
Quoted by ~ Rev. Mr.. Clemens. OF the
Baptist Church at Jeffersonton. Cap,
tain Duncan was one OF the oldest and
and a large land owner. During the
war he commanded the Rappahannoek
Cavalry Company. part OF the sixth
Virginia Regiment. and his daring and
intrepid courage gained him the name
Of fighting Bob Duncan" by which
name he had always been known
among his old comrades. He lost an
arm in the battle Of Fishers Hill, but
only remained awaE from his com
mand long enough for the wound to
heal rejoining il then and continuing
fighting until Apponattox-
A remarkable example of longevity
is found in the person of Aunt Lucy
Fry, an aged negress now living IN
the town Of Culpeper. This remark
able old woman was born in the county
Of Orange in the year 1872. as records
still in possession Of the family to
whom she belonged will show. Forty
years before the beginning OF the civil
War she and three of her children were
the farm his descendants still own
near Culpeper. There she stayed until
the war was over, she, her husban nd
and one child being the only ones OF
the servants who did not refugee or
run away It is interesting to hear
the four years fighting. Of which she
saw a good deal, as Mr. Shadrack' 8
farm was part OF the battlefield In the
battle of Cedar Mountain. She is still
her youngest daughter. herself an
elderly woman, with the weekly wash
ing and doing other things about the
house. The only popularity about her
diet is that she has never touched
butter or milk since she was twelve
years old. The descendants Of her
first owners, the Bledsoe family. OF
Orange. still keep Aunt Lucy in re-
membrance, some of them occasionally
coming 10 see her at her little Abin
here
A Wilson -yarshaIl-Hay Democratic
Club was organized in Madison Court
house on Thursday, when addresses
were made by Colonel D. NJ. Pattie,
Representative James Hay and ". ".
Fields. of Madison Mills. About forty
expected that the number will be dou-
bled before the next meeting Colonel
D. n Pattie was elected president;
r. P. Smith, treasurer. and y. G. Payne.
speaking by the Hon. James Hay and
George l. Browning at Criglersvi!le
on Friday evening. in which issues OF
the campaign will be discussed.
The three-days' rain in the first Of
the week did considerable damage TO
overfowed It's banks and much river
bottom corn was swept away. At
Rapidan Station the water was backed
I'D to the stores at some distance from
the river. and at several villages along
the Hazel the residents moved their
household effects to places OF safety.
but the waters reoeded before much
serious damage was done The fall
pss.urage will be greatly benefited.
Rev. 4. J. Stirewal,. the Page County
Lutheran missionary, who was Ia this
section recently in the interest of a
Lutheran school at Kumamota. Japan.
and who preached In several churches
while here. has succeeded IN raisin z
the sum Of $780, that he Sc. out TO
raise in america, and returned TO
Japan las. week. Nj Stirewait was
well received In this community. and
a good sum OF money raised here for
the school
late Abner Allen, who for many years
was postmaster in Culpeper. and W.
T. Hawley. of Washington. were quiet
iy married in that city on Wednesday.
the Rev. Mr. Johnson. of the Nethodist
10 s..