Evening star., 1921-09-11
CULPEPER.

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Especial Mfrs. John W. Yowell was
hostess at a. porch party on Thurs
ds,.,n day morning given IN honor Si.a o. ner r
and Mrs. r. F. Henderson Of Cam
den, N, j., who are spending the sum
nser here with their mother, Mrs.
Emma Scott. =
Arecent rally of the thirteen agri-
cultural clubs among the school boys
Mt Pony. with County Agent Bernard
Williams in charge Of the program.
Among the prizes awarded was one
for the best organization, won by the
Lfgnum High School. Another. for
by Everett Kilby. Miss Mary Jones
Of Lignum and Miss Elizabeth Spill
man of Culpeper received the prize
for the best club song. which they
had written in conjunction. A picnic
The Cuipepsr High School opened
Thursday for the fall and winter
term. with Prof. r. r. Tolbert Begin
ming his third year as. principal, and
Miss Ruth Campbell as assistant
principal. They will be assisted by
Pulliam. Miss Blanche Leavell. Miss
Alice Nottingham, Miss Lucy Noting
ham. Miss Edna Hutcherson. Miss
Mary Hart Willis. Miss Harriette
Kelly. Miss Kate Winfrey, Miss Susan
Stringfeflow, Mrs, Elizabeth New
bricks. all of Culpeper; Miss Bertha
Pfeifer Of -Pennsyivania, Miss Porter
Hatcher of Orange. Miss Ida May
Dinges of Middletown, Loudoun coun-
ty. and Miss Mary Scaler of Towano,
Mrs. J. M. Forsythe died of acute
appendicitis in a Charlottesville hos
pital, succumbing before an operation
could be performed. The body was
brought to her home here for burial.
the funeral taking place Wednesday,
with interment in Fairview cemetery.
Rev. r.. L. Finch conducted the
services.
AS a result of an operation per-
formed several weeks ago.. Mrs.
Rufus Carpenter died at a Charlottes-
vile hospital. The body was brought
here and taken to her home in
took place Mrs. Carpenter was the
eldest daughter of the late Capt.
Joseph d. and Pamela Yancey Brown.
and the widow Of Rufus T. Carpen-
ter. prominently known in this Sc; sec
ton. She is survived by five chill
dren.
A meeting of the culpeper Chapter,
United Daughters of the Confederacy.
was held at the home Of Mrs. Charles
b. Williams, and report OF work
BY the president. Miss Adella Vowel.
Mrs. William Petty and Mrs. c. B.
Williams were elected delegates ia
the annual state convention. which
will meet in Richmond in October and
Miss Celeste Rixey was appointed
delegate to represent the Junior
Chapter.
Mrs. Mollie E. Cave, widow of w. ].
Cave, for years the county treasurer
of Madison county, died at her home
in Madison on Tuesday. after very
sons and daughters. among them be-
ing Mrs. James Hay, wife OF judge
of the Court of Claims, Washington.
Sheriff Nash has received telegram
from the authorities in Cleveland
Ohio. announcing the arrest there OF
Dave Thompson, who Is accused of the
murder of Lonnie Lucas. colored, al
Brandy Station, in July. Thompson
had money on deposit in bank in
caused by a draft drawn by him on
the bank in Chester. the officials of
which had been notified to be on the
watch.
B. H. Smith. formerly Of Winchester
who has been making his home in
Madison Courthouse for the past SIX
years. died at the Hunton House on
Saturday. after an illness of three
days: The body was taken to Winches-
ter for burial.
Rev. Henry Lewis Quarles and Mrs
Quarles will celebrate the fiftieth an
niversary of their marriage on Mon
day, at their home here, and will
mark the day by having a family re.
union. Several members of the family
from Chicago and West Virginia have
already arrived.