Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-01-06
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA.

WINCHESTER, Va. January o.
Hugh Mercer Patton. seventy-seven
crier of the United States courts In the
western district of Virginia. who died
in LynchburE hospital a few days
ago. was one of seven brothers who
served in the Confederate army. He
was member Of the stan of Gen. Cook
Gen. Lee at Appomattox.
William Taylor Wall. wealthy Win
chester business man, and Mrs. Mary
Virginia Lucas. widow of W. r. Lucas
Evans. this city, were married several
days ago in Washington. The bride
was formerly Miss Hawkins of Rappa-
hammock county. They will live at Ho-
tel Evans.
Mrs. Catherine Brill. sixty-two wears
old. member of a well known Frederick
county family. died at the home of her
son. John w. Brill. here, after a long
Illness.
A large addition, designed especially
for children. recently erected at Wins
chester Memorial Hospital has been
dedicated with special prayers and adj
dresses by the Rev. DIR. w. D. Smith of
Winchester and Rev. B. D. Chambers of
Wildwood. Va. The chifdren's depart
ment was built, equipped and furnished
by Mrs. Henry Brooke Gilpin of Scaleby
Manor. Clarke county. Va. at cost of
about $4,000. Other improvements
Mrs. Marie Won schlegeI, mother of
Max Won SchlegelI, publisher of the
Martinsburg CIV. ya.) Evening Journal.
died several days ago unexpectedly
while visiting friends at Pasadena
Cal. Her body was taken to her former
home place at Minneapolis for burial
Mrs. Mary Cain. sixty-two years old
wife of John F. Cain and member of
prominent Warren county family. is
dead at Swinley, Clarke county. after
a brief Illness. She leaves her husband
and seven children
Mrs. ]. Hampson Skinker of the old
Lord Fairfax estate at Greenway Court,
near White Post, has announced the
marriage of her daughter. Miss c.lo-
Ihilde skinker. to John Churchill
Dfgges of Warrenton, Va. on Decern
her ~. in New York city, where Mrs.
Sklnker is passing the winter
Game wardens in this section have
round that the recent intensely cold
weather played havoc with great num-
bers OF game birds. Partridges have
been found frozen to the ground in a
NUMBER OF places. At the suggestion of
the state game department, local war
dens have started a campaign an,nng
farmers and others living in rural dis
tricts to feed the birds during severe
weather
John Hiram Catlett of Brucetovp and
MISS Mabel Emmerson of New Market,
Va. were married while the latter was
visiting at the home of her sister. Mrs
Thomas Price, at Brucetown. Tbev
Will make their home at that place.
kensineton. Md. and for the past four
years pastor of Market Street Meth
diphtheria. - IA iioio
me Augusta county supervisors. in
session at stanton have voted Il oen
TO be spent for United States war savo
lngs stamps, which will be- distributed
among the teachers of the county. who
VIII sell them to their pupils The
te,loheY ~ 10 De refunded to the county
from the sale of the stamps.
winchester Lodge of EIks has die
piayap a service flag containing eleven
starS and 1t is expected that about tba+
many mere will be added by the latter
part OF next week. The Elks recently
bought the Fairfax Club nronart,
which was used as headquarters alter,
nately by Federal and Confederate sren
erals during the civil war
warrants which were to have been
served on many hunters, charged with
hunting rabbits while snow is on the
ground, have been withdrawn foJIowine
the receipt of an opinion from the office
OIL the state game commissioner in Rich
mond. The law. it is stated. provides
that a landowner may kill rabbits AT
any time of the year on his own land
snow or no snow, and that between
November l and February l there is
nothing in the general state law to pro-
hfbit hunter from hunting rabbits in
the snow.
Now that the Cumberland Valley rail-
road has greatly curtailed its passenger
train service between Winchester and
Md, new jitney lines are
being operated by individuals between
many of the towns.
After search lasting seven months
the Frederick county authorities have
succeeded in locating Morrison Newton
Williams of Stephens City. wanted on a |
charge of murderously assaulting
Shorty Vincent by fracturing his skull |
1t Stephens City on June s. The man |
was apprehended by means of decey |
etters at Reading. Pa.
Franklin H. Pierce, sixty-one years |
I'D, a native of Winchester, who had |
been employed for some time as a tool |
,harpener at coal mines in the Meyers
iale (Pa.) section. was killed by a |
freight train at Garrett few days ago.
according to messages received by rela-
ives here.
Howard B. Lockhart, for many years
In engineman on the Winchester-Bal
imore accommodation train of the Bal
imore and Ohio railroad. dropped dead
n his home in Baltimore several days |
lgo.
Officers of the Sunday schools of |
and Frederick county have
'eceived large numbers of letters from
soldiers at Camp Merritt, New Jersey,
them Tor BlItS received at |
Christmas. At first the letters were
,uzzling, as all the gifts made up by
ocal Sunday schools had been shipped |
O Camp Lee. at Petersburg. and Camp
at Admission. Ala, but one
etter that came yesterday from the
few Jersey camp stated that the ship
nent intended for Camp Lee had been
ent to Camp Merritt. evidently by mis-
AXE, but that the soldiers were none
he less apprectative.
Philip Klompus. prominent Hebrew
merchant, has been elected worshipful
master Of Winchester Hrami Lodge. No.
i. A. F. and A. NJ. He and other Of
lcers just elected were installed by
oast Master w. B.. Wagner.
Clarence L. Bohrer OF Cumberland,
i'd, and Miss Myra Lanham, daughter
Il Mr.. and Mrs. e. F.. Lanham. were
d ir1.fAA hs,rat II the home Of .f4aa h1.ida,a