Evening star., 1912-09-15
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA
Shenandoah Valley Fair Is
Very Successful.
PASTORS DEATH ACCIDENT
Rev. S. H. Greene Now Believed to
Have Been Hurt in Runaway.
WIFE OF SENATOR INJURED
Mrs. Frank s. Tavenner Falls From
Automobile and Sustains
Bad Wound.
,ecial Correspondence Of TIE Sts,.

SPcC1oi Os0Ic0DOuUeUCo OF luS
WINCHESTER, Va. September IA, 1912.
The forty third annual exhibition of the
Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society,
which closed last evening on the Win
chester fair grounds after being in prog
| ress for four days, was in every detail
the most successful exhibition In the his
| tory of the association, which was one Of
the first to be organized in Virginia after
the civil war The fair board made large
increases this year in department pre-
miums and racing purses and obtained a
number Of high-class attractions. includ-
ing an aviation meet, and as a result the
gate receipts were more than doubled.
The greater portion of the balance in
the treasury. after paying all expenses.
will be devoted to making next years
| fair better and larger than the one just
closed.
The theory .that Rev. s. H Greene.
pastor Of the Blue Sulphur circuit OF the
Baltimore conference, Methodist Episco-
pal Church South, in Hampshire county.
| w. Va. was murdered late last Sunday
night after preaching at one of his ap-
has given way to the belief that his
| horse ran off and caused his death. This
information came here yesterday In let
ter from Mrs. Greene, who was i'll at the
time, ana VINO was unaDIe TO accompany
the body of her husband to his old home
place at Petersburg, Va. for interment.
Indications, 1t Is stated. point directly to
a case Of accidental death. Rev. Mr..
Greene. who had been in the ministry
made friends readily. and they declare
that the minister had no enemies. His
young widow was formerly Miss Virg1e
Hammond Of Romney, w. Va. When his
body was found Monday morning life had
M thoy oil
skull was badly fractured and there were
evidences that he had been dragged some
distance.
Mrs. Frank 6. Tavenner, wife Of the
state senator from Frederick and Shen-
| andoah counties. lies at her home at
Woodstock with her scalp torn from her
forehead to a place Just below one Of her
ears and suffering from numerous cuts
and bruises as a result of being injured
by stepping from an automobile before
It. stopped. Her niece. Miss Mary New
man, of Woodstock. also fell from the
running board Of the car and was Sc
charge Of the formers son, Frank Taven-
ner, jr., was on the way to the Win
chester fair, and near Middletown. this
county. Mrs. Tavenner dropped her hand
bag Although her son was in the act of
stopping the car. Mrs. Tavenner and Miss
Newman arghted before the car was ac-
tually stopped. and both fell to the
ground with great force. Mrs: Tavenner
was at once sent to Senator Tavenner at
Woodstock, and he left Immediately for
Middletown, but when three miles north
of Woodstock one wheel Of his automo-
bile collapsed. and he and James q. A.
Gravely, who was at the wheel, were
pitched out. but they escaped serious in
jury.
Killed by Electric Wire.
While in the yard feeding her chickens
a few days ago, Mrs. Porter. wife OF Rob-
ert Porter Of Riverton, Warren county,
burned through a small tree and broken
touched q live electric wire that had
in two. and was killed instantly. about
200 volts Of electricity passing through
her body. The only person witnessing the
tragedy was Mrs. Porters four-year-old
daughter. She heard her mother utter an
agonizing cry and saw her fall dead upon
the ground. Mrs. Porter was in q clump
Of bushes, chasing chickens out, at the
time and did not see the wire. which had
formerly been strung on a pole belonging
to the electric light company of that
place.
william H. Cox, a resident OF Clarke
county and a former postmaster Of Mill
wood. who retired apparently in good
health few nights ago. died suddenly
during the night. Heart disease is believed
to have been the cause, He was born In
Baltimore sixty-eight years ago, and in
addition to his widow. who was Miss
Margaret Nagle Of that city, he leaves
four daughters and two brothers.
The members of Troop B. 18th United
States Cavalry. who have been camping
this week on the Winchester fair
ground. where their drills and Roman
races were notable features during the
fair. left this morning for their home
station at Fort Myer. Va. The march,
however, will be made by easy stages
The week end is being spent In the
suburbs Of Berryv1lle, where a camp site
was obtained by Maj. Henry Carpenter
Of the Marine Corps. who lives at that
place, and on Monday the soldiers will
resume their march to Fort Myer. They
left the post early In August, and were
with the District of Columbia National
Guard at Harpers Ferry. They attended
the Leesburg fair before coming to Win
chester Capt H. D. Berkeley Is in COM
mand Of the troop.
William Trenary. the last member of
what was once an unusually large family,
died this week at his home, near Boyce,
Clarke county. seventy years old, death
being due to infirmities. The only sur
vivors Of the family are several nephews
and nieces. He was unmarried.
Balks on Flying on Unlucky Day.
Although Aviator William s. Luckey of
the Curtiss Exhibition Company Of New
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