Evening star., 1912-11-17
FINE CORN RAISED Z
BY CULPEPER BOYS
Birds Are Scarce and Hunting
Season in County Will Be
Disappointment. q
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
| CTLPBPER, Va. November 16. 1912.
j. Garnett Bruce and the forty mem-
bers of his Boys Corn Club held a meet
| ing at the courthouse in Culpeper this
morning. Each member brought the re-
port OF his crop for the past season and
the ten best ears he had raised. The
corn shown was unusually fine. and in
] every way superior to that shown last
year. Short addresses were made by Mr..
Bruce. superintendent of schools; James
NJ Beckham and several prominent
farmers.
Rev. Everett Meade of Pohick is TO hold
a mission at St Marks Chapel In
Rixeyyile. which, beginning Monday, will
| continue throughout the week. This old
church is where Gov. Spotswood used 10
| worship and possesses a most interesting
history. During the civil war the church
furniture was destroyed. but that has
been restored and the Old church still
stands as stanch and strong as when il
was built in 1851.
| The hunting season, which began No
vember /, Will prove disappointment to
| the sportsmen who have been looking for
ward to II. Birds are said to be very
scarce, owing, it is thought. to the long
continued cold of last January and Feb
ruary, and the fiocks of wild turkeys.
which formerly abounded in almost every
! body of woods. have almost entirely dis
appeared. Rabbits are fairy plentiful
and fat.
Homeland" Is Sold.
| DIR. Ernest Lester Jones has sold his
| fine estate, Homeland with the Monu-
mental Four Mills. which goes with II, To
Charles King Lenning Tor S21.Uo. Prior
| to Dr. Jones purchase of Homeland, IL
had been owned for several years by
George Washington Post
The local chapter of W. c. r L., assist
ed by the various Sunday schools of the
| town, held rally al the Methodist
Church in honor OF Temperance day. An
/ recitations had been arranged. and snort
addresses were made by Rev. Mr. Pleas
ants and Rev. DIR. r.. W. Winfrey.
| The funeral of John w. Green was he'll
| from the Catholic Church here Sunaas,
| Rev. Father Grove OF Charlottesville con
| ducting the services Mr.. Green WAS
born and raised in Culpcpper. Dut Tor tIc
| last six seven years had maze nIs
home on his farm in Chesterfield coGa..
He was a son of the late MAJ. Janl,s
| Green. who was the owner ana fGuna>i
of the Culpeper Exponent, ana nephew
of Judge William Green. distinguished
iurist of Richmond. He Is survived by
four sisters and one brother.
Miss Crimora Yancey Payne and Doug
las Thrift of Madison were married in
Christ Church. Brandy station, Wc:!nes-
day, Rev. Frank Burks performing the
ceremony. Mrs. Tuney Ratrie "A sister
of the bride. was matron of honor, and
John Thrift of Washington was best
man.
Leaves Sick Bed to Vote.
Roy Carter of Orange who had been
confined to the house for ten days and
was threatened with pneumonia got out
of bed on election morning. and. with a
! temperature of 1o1, walked a distance Of
ha.f mile to the polls to vote for Presi-
| dent Taft. Mr. Carter then walked back
| to his home and returned to bed, where
he has been ever since. A curious coin
| cidence was when the sick man arrived
at the polls and was about to cast his
vote Rev Robert Carter tno relation),
put one on top Of it for Wilson.
4 telegram was received by Mrs. John
y. Holtzman of culpeper. telling of the
death of her brother. Herbert " Har-
Iis. in Los Angeles. Cal. where he had
been making his home for some years
He was a son of the late DIR. Alec Har-
ris. well known physician of this
county.
| An early morning marriage was that
of Miss Mary Alice Johnson, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Johnson and
Stephen Jerome Sprague. which took
place at the home of the bride i'm Cul-
peper at o'clock Wednesday Rev.
in the presence of the immediate re a
tives and a few friends Mr.. and Mrs
Sprague left afterward for Waynesburg
Pa, where they will make their home