Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-23
KNIGHTS TEMP[AR
HOSTS IN CULPEPER
More Than 200 Guests Pres
ent at Entertainment by
Fairfax Commandery.
WEDDING AT RAPIDAN
SEQUEL TO ROMANCE
Newly Married Couple Conducted
Courtship by Mail-Fish Placed
in Orange Farms.
Special Correspondence of The Star.


Special Correspondence of The Star
i CULPEPER. Va November % 1913
More than a hundred guests were pres
ent at an entertainment given by Fairfax
Commandery of knights Templar here
Friday night. with Eminent Sir w. W.
Field of Madison presiding Many other
members of the order from Richmond.
| Lynchburs. Fredericksburg and nearby
towns attended. some accompanied by la
dies. State Grand Commander Ogelsby of
| Lynchburg the guest of the evening.
and among those who made speeches were
Sir w. L. Andrews. whose subject was
The Knight of Gaiilee": Sir w s. Ben
ston. who spoke on Piedmont Va" and
Sir J. 6. Hankns of Richmond. whose
subject was 1.-THE Mystic Tie" Faith
and Hope and "Oh. My Redeemer'' were
sung by,S Sir w. J. Phillips of Frederic,s-
burg. The women the reception com
mittee included Mesdames f. II. Rouse,
! r. W. Payne, w. w. Grener and w. w
| Butzner Misses Lizzie Waite. Ruth Fray
/ Louise Fray. Mary Jones' jamie Jones'
Mary TripTett. Amelia Woods, Helen Phil
lips and Lily Woods. \ supper was serv-
| ed after the reception and prior to the
speeches
A marriage of more than local interest
was that of Miss Margaret Patton of
WestpOrt Pa, and Samuel Il. Ryan of
Rapidan in the Baptist Church at Rapi-
dan Monday evening. Rev. Beedles, pastor
of the church. officiating. The eldest son
of the groom was best man and the sister
| of the bride was matron of honor. Misses
Ryan and Belle Walker We're maids of
honor
| played by Miss Lutte Jacobs. After the
marriage the bridal party and friends
were entertained at supper at the home
of the newly married couple near Rapi-
dan. Mr.. and Mrs. Ryan had never met
| until a few days ago, their courtship hav
ing been conducted by correspondence.
Corn Club Prizes Awarded.
A meeting of the Culpeper Boys Corn
Club to exhibit this years crop and
awarding prizes was held here Saturday
| with, many representative farmers and
other business men present, we'll as
the thirty-three members of the club.
District agent w. c. Shackelford of Al
bermarle and A. E. Willis of F'oxs Neck
were the judges While the exhibits
We're good and some very fine. they did
| not. whole. rank up with that of
last year. owing to the protracted
drought during the summer months.
County Demonstration j. Garnett Bruce.
Mr.. Shackelford and Commonwealth At
| torney Edwin Gibson made addresses.
William F. Bolen, who won first place |
last year, was again champion of the
| club having made the largest yield on
his allotted acre. His number of bush |
els was 135. The next highest was IDS |
and 125. with several others around the |
| 100 mark.
The prize for the best in the ex
hibit was won by Master Raymond Cor
he
by Irvine Compton. There were numbers |
of other prizes also, many of them
being contributed by the business men
of Culpeper. Charles Tinsley of Crooked
Run made a special exhibit of Yellow
Dent corn. in addition to his regular eX-
hibt of ten ears of white corn
Rev. r. p. Lumpkin of the NJ. E. |
Church has been notified by the annual |
conference of that church that he will |
be returned to the Culpeper church. |
which he has served most acceptably |
during the past year.
Washingtonian Webs Culpeper Girl.
Miss Mary r. Wise. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. William Wise of Culpeper, and
George Marion Bladen of Washington.
were married Saturday at the home of
the brides uncle. Rev. r. P. Rixey. in
Fredericksburg, Rev. Rixey officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bladen will make their
home in Washington.
Among the thirty-one out of class
of siXty-eight who were successful In
passing the Virginia bar examination at
Richmond November was Herbert >. |
White son of Somerville ]. White of this |
county. Young White graduated from the
George Washington University law school
at Washington last June. Since that
time he has been engaged in business in
Norfolk, Va. where he expects to enter
the practice of law in the near future.
abs atnr nf Ilnt q h tCtsC of
the Confederacy held it's November meet |
ing Wednesday at the Old Manse. the
home of Mrs. George Browning. president
of the chapter. and had as its guest on
this occasion Mrs. r. G. Macon of
Orange who read number of delight
full wartime "reminiscences.
Mr.. and Mrs. Halves Lipscomb of Rich
mond, who have been spending the week
with Mrs. Fannie Yowell returned to
RichmonS Thursday accompanied by Miss
Fannie Louise Rixey and Miss Adella
Vowel. who will spend some time in
that city.
Hiss Jennie Silamon and William
Guam, both of Cupeper. were married
at the brides home Wednesday, Rev.
DR.. Winfrey of Culpeper Baptist Church
officiating. John Morton Reynolds of
Orange and Miss Mary Ruth Esteppe of
Mtchells, this county. also We're married
Wednesday. the ceremony being per-
| formed at Mitchells.
Fish have been sent out by the l.. S.
fish commission in Washington to three
persons i'm Orange recently. c. c. Tall
| aferro received black bass and rock
placed in ponds on Monroe Waugh's
| farm; DIR. c. H. Moncure received black
| bass and catfish, placed in ponds on the
| Burgess and Marshall farms. and II. c.
| Purdy received catfish, placed in Church
4 run.
| The two McNulty brothers from SYRIA
| cuse. y. V. travelling from their home
to San Francisco, Cal, in donkey cart
on wager were in Culpeper several
days ago en- route to Jacksonville. Fla.
| which they expect to reach about De-
! cember 20
Sober Peterborough.