The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-05
SPECIAL ASCENSION DAY
SERVICES AT CULPEPER
knights From Many Places Take
Pnrt in Exercises-Arr
for Memorial Day.

Especial to The Times Dispatchl
Culpeper. Va, May Especial Ascen
sion Day services by the Fairfax Com
mandery, No 25, of knights Templar
were held In the Culpeper Baptist
Church this afternoon, in the presenc @
of a large audience. The sermon az
preached by Sir II. L. Quarles, Of Ma
nassas. and Sir w. j. Phillips. of Fred :
ericksburg, was the soloist Many OF
the order from Orange Rappahannock
and other places attended the services,
and Rev. L. W. Winfrey, Rev Thoma
Hooper and Rev. r. +. Lumpkin were
some of the ministers who took part in
the services.
w. S. Chapman has been appointed
coroner for Culpeper County, TO serve
out the unexpired torn of DR.. Georg O
III. Sparks who was recently appointed
supervisor from Cedar Mountain Dis
trict. in place OF Atwell Somerville re-
signed
The Culpeper Chapter of Daughters
of the Confederacy. under whose au-
spices the Memorial Day exercises are
usually held. has announced that
through the good Offices OF Congress-
man c. &. Carlin the services of Hon.
j. G. Collier. member of Congress from
Mississippi, have been secured as
speaker on June ..
rian Church, preached special sermon
to odd Fellows this morning, in me-
moriam OF the ninety fourth anniyer-
sary of the founding of the Odd-Fel-
lows Lodge. The members Of the local
lodge attended in a body.
The members of the senior class Of
the Culpeper High School. who pre-
scented an attractive play, What Hap
peued to Braggs." here last week, pre-
sented the same play in Manassas last
night. Music was furnished by the
girls quartet of the Eastern College,
under the direction%of Miss Josephine
Mckee.
w. Andrew Vowel, who has for sew
eral years served as deputy to Clerk
Warren T.. Coons, and who left this
week for Bedford City, where he will
fill similar position, was present ed
by his brother odd Fellows upon the
evening of his departure with a valu-
able gold ring, symbolic of the frater-
rity. Postmaster L. l.. Whtestone, who
presented the gift in behalf Of the
lodge. made an eloquent speech.
Definite arrangements have been
made for the dedication of Walkers
Methodist Chapel at the morning SER
vice on the second Sunday in June.
This little church has become widely
known through Its misfortunes, having
been twice struck by lightning and
burned down, and much interest Is man
the people OF this and the adjoining
county. but by Methodists in general
throughout the State. a beautiful and
appropriate memorial window has been
placed in the church in memory of
tho late Colonel James w Walker. the
grandfather of Mrs. r. Lee Taliaferro.
Colonel Walker gave the ground for
the cemetery and donated the site for
| the first church. which WAS erected in
| the year 1859.
| Rev. Stockton Cole preached his fare
y ell sermon to crowded church In the
Remington Baptist Church last Sun
day. and Is preaching for the last time
at Now Salem, near Culpeper, to-day,
having accepted the call rendered him
| to the pastorate Of the Baptist Church
| in Charles Town, w. Va, and expecting
to leave for his new field this week
| His horse becoming frightened at an
automobile In Remington, Mr.. Kendric,
war veteran, aged eighty-fo,rr. was
thrown and hurt SO badly that he died
within the hour. lie had been living
with his daughter, Mrs. George Groves,
| in Fauqufcr.