Evening star., 1912-11-17

Virginia. which Is one OF the largest
bodies of the kind in the state 1neIe
are over ] $50 Baptist congregations wtSo-
in the bounds of the association, and the
membership is in excess of 150.0oo Inc
reports from various departments were OF
very encouraging and gratifying char-
acter.
Mrs. Bowling. wife of Thomas C. Bowl
ing. a prominent resident of Cnaries
Town. laid several diamond rings on q
washstand in the ladies room In Camden
station III Baltimore recently While she
washed her hands, and Went out. Ds-
covering her loss a few minutes later,
she rushed back. but the rings. valued at
more than 1.Gts. Lad been picked up
and carried off. Detectives have thus far
failed To trace the gems. one OF which
had been in her family for many genera
tions.
Mrs Elizabeth Arden. widow of Henry
Arden. u local florist, died in the Win
chester Memorial Hospital after brief
Illness ciehty-threc years old. She was
a native OF Woebly Hertfordshire, Eng
land, ANA had lived here many years
Her funeral took place this week from
the Church Of the Sacred Heart, inter
ment being III the Catholic cemetery.
Plans are being prepared for the erec-
tiou of number of fireproof colt stables
at the Front ROYAL remount station. Each
will have q capacity of sixty colts, and
the stables win cost $1,000. Work is be-
which viii cost the government about
$.i.Gac
Miss Ada ShowaIter, daughter of A. J.
ShGWaiter Of Rockingham county, who
came here several days ago to visit her
brother and sister-iu-law. Mr.. and Mrs.
Claude SaoUaiter. was Joined Thursday
by Dr. Richard Painter of Dayton Va,
and left the same day for Washington
where thcE were married. They have
since gone TO Hollendaie, Fla. where Dr.
= ct f,Irin no
winter seasGT.
The Potomac Valley Round Table held
one of the largest and most successful
meetings IN its history yesterday and to-
held 1t the Hill Top House on Bolivar
Heights. y large number OF prominent
educators made addresses, among them
icing y. L. Nonahan OF the bureau of
education Of Washington, who spoke on
american Rural Education.
Cast First Ballots Tor Brother.
Asbury Kern, son of Postmaster Bent
ley Kern o. Winchester, who has been
ienS5ur5, Wash, has Informed his friends
nere that at the last election he was
elected prosecuting attorney for kittitas
county o. the progressive republican
ticket, aus that his sisters. Misses Eliza
getn 2nG jesse Kern, VINO live with MIN
ana VINO arc registered voters OF tnat
state, cast tEelr lirst ballots for their
Dlot othtr.
After exhortmg members OF his con-
gresaJion TO lice from the wrath that Is
Certain 10 oTcItake sinners, keV. John 4.
johnson. Co!OFod preacher, Went home
Tie otaer night and ciubpeo his wife, VINO
IN III. n NAG ann arrested. The preacher
made several attempts to get away, but
ne was captured ana lined lie was a.so
told taat should cohp.ain be made again
he would be unfr0Cked and sent TO the
convict roaa ioT1c tor year.
James l.. SaN. branoN distil!er OF
county, was taken into Gus
tCdy q cay or two ago by a deputy
sheriff on q charge OF breaking down the
ooor At the home of Mrs Sarah Piner
and threatening 10 CUT her throat and
a,so THAT Of Mrs. Martha Eye. He was,
held tor tHial.
SPARKS from a chimney set fire to
house GA the Iatm of Char.es Carver,
several miles east OF Winchester, this
Week, ana the building and contents We're
destroyed. Occupants OF the
house were at the breakfast table when
the roof fe4 with crash, ana they es-
capped only with their lIves.
\ movement has been started by the
demo Gratis OF Winchester to hold mon-
s,eI' demonstration in the near future TO
celebrate the Wilson, Marshall victory.
and the matter has been laid before the
city executive committee. which, it is
expected vi 1 formulate the plans.
ttcports received this afternoon from
r etso lick and other counties o. the lower
cnCn&Hdoan valley state that the annual
turkey shipments viii begin early next
week, and that there will be an abund-
ince OF the III. Is this fail. in spite of
the feet that the wet weather of the
late spring caused many young turkeys
TO die. MI the leading commission deal
crs have arranged 10 ship several car
loads Day from Winchester and nearby
points to the eastern markets. Dea .ers
say the. Z i a greater demand for turkeys
about Christmas time than there is for
day, and that the demand
in that respect is growing larger each
year.
a large number of ministers OF the
Disciples Church in Virginia attended
their annual meeting he'd recently at
and one of the features Of
the convention was the celebra ton of
the twenty-ffth anniversary of the pas
torate of Rev. J. ID. Hamaker at that
place.