Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1923, Page 14

LEESBURG, VA. LEBSBJRG, Va., July 7 ¢ al).- Work on the new post office here will soon begin. Algernon Blalr, the low- est bldder, will be in Leesburg about the middle of July and will start imme- diately thereafter on the construction of the building. It is probable that it will be ready for occupancy by January 1. This new bullding will be a delightful acquisition to the -' eral new public bulldings already erected. Wednesday night fire destroyed the garage of W. W. Chamblin. Two & tomobiles, one belopging to Mr. Chamblin’ and the other to Albert White, were also destroyed. A qu tity of furniture stored in the loft of the building was completely burne It is thought by some that the DI originated from a spark from fir works being put off near the place earlier in the night, while otl think it could not have’ originated that way. Nelther of the cars was insured. Basket Plenle. The annual W. C. T. U. basket pic- nio will be held on the Bush meeting grounds July 20 and prom to be an occasion of unusual interest. A grand gold and a silver medal con- test will be held. Mrs. Lilllan Shepperd, corresponding secretary of the State W. C. T. U., and Mrs. Eliza- beth R. Strickier, treasurer, Will be present. Every Sunday school in the county 1s expected to take part. For some time the town water sup- ply has been cut off guring the nights in order that the pumping station could In a measure keep a sufficient Quantity in the tank for the regular use and for emergency purposes. = The committee recently appointed by the town council is still working and hopes that another source of supply can be found to augment that now being used. The second of the open-air services for the summer season will be held on the courthouse lawn in Leesburg Sunday evening., At this time Rev. Cary Montague of the Episcopal Church will preach the sermon. His subject will be “The Business Woman of the New Testament.” Speclal mu- sic will be rendered. Historical Meeting. The United Daughters of the Con- federacy held a historical meeting in the parlor of the Leesburg Inn on ¥riday evening. The subject for the evening was the Confederate navy. Those taking part were Mrs. Martin, Mrs. R. L. Preston and Mlss Ada Beuchler. Music for the occasion Was furnished by Mrs. Arthur Jen- ins. . KI¥ac” McDanlel, a Loudoun County l.eague star, has joined the Hagers- town club of the Blue Ridge League. He will be given a chance In the out- fleld. For the past several seasons he has played with the Purcellville team, where he has earned a reputa- tion of a heavy hitter, fast flelder, good base runner and a throwing arm that is true and strong. VIENNA. VIENNA, Va., July 7 (Special).— Willlam E. Dunford, a well known member of the Virginia bar and an assistant of Wayne B. Wheeler, gen® eral counsel for the Anti-Saloon League of America, addressed t congregation of the Vienna Presb: terian Church last Sunday on the su ject of the enforcement of the eigh! eenth amendment. An enrollment of new members for the Anti-Saloon League of Virginia was taken by M Taylor Deming Shears. Rev. W. J. Ceelvs of Washington will occupy the pulpit of the Presbyterian Church tomorrow in the absence of the pastor. :lev. Louis C. Walnwright, who was called to New York on ac- count of the serious illness of Mrs. Wainwright's mother, Mrs. Gulden. Masonic Delegates. Cornelius M. Money was sent as delegate from Vienna Councll, O. F. A. M. to the Natlonal Council recent- y held at Burlington, Vt. James L. Wilmeth of Washington, former director of the bureau of engraving and printing and long a resident and property owner here, also an honor- ary member of the Vienna Council, 0. V. A. has been made national secreia the organization. This 18 the highest paid office in that or- der. The third annual celebration of the Vienna fire department was held July 4 on the school grounds adjoining the new municipal building, on Centre street. Both base ball games, played by the Vienna A. C. against the Ken- tlworth A. C. of Washington, resulted in extra nning contests, the latter team winning the first game in eleven innings, 9 to 7, and the second game being called with the score tled at 6 to 6. An Interesting feature of the day was the athletic contests under the direction of Raymond C. Yost and J. B. Sellers. Winners of Contests. The winners in the various contests were as follows: Foot race—Boys twelve to fifteen, Joseph Etter; boys under twelve, Elliot Frenzel; base | ball throw, Aubrey Phillips; centl- | pede race. team of Leonard Frenzel, Aubrey Phillips, Goebel, and_ Bob TEtter; high jump, Dale Goebel; broad | jump. Marvin Brown of Idylwood, and | the Marble handicap, team of Nolan Follen and Russell Wyncoop. At midday a chicken dinner was served in the dining' hall of the new municipal bullding, the proceeds of which went for the benefit of the volunteer fire department. The baby show resulted in Herbert Colver, the son of J. C. Colver, being nwarded the first prize for the best baby boy “under one year; Marle Beckner. best baby girl under one year; best boy, one to two years, was won'by son of Mr. Kenyon of Omk. ton, and best girl, one to two years, by Margaret Fritter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Friiter. i Musio ‘was_furnished Myer, Brass Band. y;‘(u,llob¥orthdbln!:&l; ed by the Oliver Brothers: Orchestra of Fairfax. for_the winning numper tig SraWing a sufficient be disposed FAIRFAX. FAIRFAX, Va., July 7 AL, el mekied b uoReld o fixed to begin Xovembirs'l.n'on"na'?; end December 21, both inclusive. R. A Long resigneé and Victor B, Wheelor was Meecomoer Close’ Popes Head T ing close Pope's Head run .t for_a period of two Vears AnNE Difficult, Snakes' Den ‘and Aceotiny runs, no action was taken. T lution was passed requesting state highway commission to adve: tise for bids for the building of the road from Difficult run to Dranscsville and the road from Herndon to Mock Corner, on the Leesburg. pike. The report ‘of the state accountant as to the accounts of the county cleri: which found the accbunts correct, was received and accepted and or: dered filed. A number of accounts were examined and found correct and ordered paid. of Washin, y furm of Harrs ~ Scout Troop No, 70, ‘x;ueknumwdoul?t the = T e, near Oakton. The b - five In number, are underthe super. e 3 dleton, their "scout- rs. Frank Page is enlar her house and has built an -aanln‘:.n:mah :izl:af:n“ln six rooms, a pantry.and ‘Water Supply Low. Owing to the lack of rain for past few months, the water -upb!y"l': Fairfax is running extremely low, and serious alarm is being felt in many settions of the county. As a general rule, the dry season d not come until August, but up to the present time ‘only about half the usual amount of rain has fallen. Owing to, this scarcity, the work on. the Little river pike has béen temporarily. -suspended, since the contractdrs are not able to get water'to mix th run, from which the contracto; been getting water, has gone the other small streams nearby are either dry or so low as to render them unfit for use, - It may be nece -u.ran it is said, to lay pipes_to Aedcotink run, a distance of about five mil \Brederiek . Richardson, clerk of the court, has issued marriage llcenses as follows: Georgia Bloxton and W. A. Hunt le L. Day end W. H. Twining, Margaret Con- ners and H. H. Follen. During June sixteen marriage licenses were fs- sued, thirteen to white and three to Olies Margaret Magari d G. Lo a5 garet Magarity and G. Gheen of McLean, came to Fairfax &nd, having procured a_marriage license, were married by Rev. A. L. Harnsberger, pastor of Fairfax Meth- odist Church. The bride the daughter of. James L. Magarity and the bridegroom the son of Thomas Gheen. 'he couple will reside at McLean. Religious Lecture. The In tional Bible Association will give a religlous lecture in the town hall tomorrow at 3 pm. A, L. Smith of Washington will be the speaker and will take for his sub- ect, “Millions Now Living Will Never le. Frederick W. Richardson, who re- cently purchased the Myers property, has finished modernizing the house and will occupy it with his family within the next few days. Miss Margaret Moore and Miss Hannah “Keith of Fairfax, sailed from New York Monday. They will visip “Mrs. Carlos Drake, sister of Miss Keith, and will tour France. John W. Rust is building an addi- tion to his home which will contain two rooms and & bath, and {s also, having a rear porch erected. The; work is under the supervision of H. T. Curtis of Oakton. | WARRENTON. WARRENTON, Va., July 7 (Spe- clal).—The Fauquier polo team de- feated a -United States Army team trom Camp Humphreys in a finely played game on the grounds at Wel- bourne, near Middleburg, Va. The game was the, first of a series of three. Players on:thé Fauquier team were William Hulbert, captain, pla; ing 4; A. C. Randolph, 1; Fred Hase- rick, 2, and B. D. Spilman, jr., 3. The score was 18 to 4 in favor of. Fau- quier. Mrs. J. H. Dorst entertained both teams at luncheon at her home | near Warrenton.. The. Fauquier team ! gave a luncheon at the Country Club, ‘Warrenton, in honor of the Army team, and the players.were aghin en- tertained at luncheon’ by Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Spilman, jr. A practice game was played by the second teams. . x Wins Both Ball Games. The local team was winner in-both the base ball games played on -the Fourth on the Marshall fair grounds, between the Marshall team and the Southern Railway team. For the first game the score was 4 to 1 and the second game, 20 to 12, in favor of | Marshall. H . D. Yates, -working a‘farm negr Warrenton, reports that while har- | vesting his wheat partridges were 80 |- numerous in the fleld that as the square of uncut grain grew small he was obliged to stop the reaper and send boys in to drive out the flocks of birds for fear of _injuring them. Though an old man, he says he never saw such a thing before. Mrs. Fannie Holt is spending the summer with her daughter, Mrs. Giles Bolen. near Markham, Va. ' Mrs. Holt, who Is related to the Marshall, Am! ler and_ Stribling familieg county, is the mother of Jack Holt, the famous movie actor, who born in Winchester, Va., but has 1i chiefly in the west. Before the days of his stardom Jack often spent his! summers with relatives at Markham | and rode in the old-fashioned tour-| nements for which this county is noted. Named Sanitary Engineer. L. M. Clarkson, former town man- ager of Warrenton, has been appoint- ed sanitary engineer for the state of | Georgia and will make his headquar- ters in Atlanta. Mre Clarkson and children will spend the summer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Watts, In Marshall, Va., before joining him there. The sitver tea and_book shower for the benefit of the Warrenton Li- | brary was successful. about $50 and | 200 volumes for the library being col- | lected. Mrs. W. C. Marshall was host- ess; the librarian, Miss Ida Evans, kept the gate, assisted by Miss Vir- ginia Barker and others. Miss Louise Cullen, Mrs. W. U. Parkinson and oth- ers assisted In serving tea. The en- tertainment was held on the lawn at Neptune Lodge, home of J. K. Maddux, and visitors were invited to go through the house, which is the old mansion of Gov. Smith, It was partly destroyed by fire two vears ago and has just been rebuilt and refurnished. Horse and Colt Show. The fourth annual horse and colt show at Middleburg will be held Fri- day, July 20. J. P. Tabb. Middleburg, is secretary. There will be twenty- two classes consisting of colts, hunt- polo ponies and children’s o mule flat race an dmule Liberal purses and val- uable plate are offeréd as prizes. | Camp Weston, a summer camp for girls conducted by Mrs. C, J. Nourse at Casanova, Va. opened for its sec- ond season this week with eighteen girls from several cities and states. | Those from Warrenton are Misses | Edith and Betty Nesbitt, Jes. and Willett Leach, Virginia Randolz.h and | Mae Ferneyhough. CULPEPER. CULPEPER, Va., July 7 (Special).— A unique and touching service was held in St. Stephe Episcopal Church here Sunday evening when all_the ministers of Culpeper gather- The Only Osp With Flap Attached. ““The Oap with the Fisp” 1s made-ezclusive- ly by Amerioan Dairy Supply Oo.,, Weshington, D.C. ALLJOBBERS. _ . _ . ° FOR RENT —in one of Washington's most growing sections.. - - : 2109 & 2113 -~ R. L Ave. NE. Suitable for tailor, lunch room and shoe store or good many other Enes of business. FRED D. GIESLER St. N.W. Mighty Good For ‘Why sufter?—this new formula drives headache away in double quick time. The name is Kamnex—take one tablet for headache—for - severe | pain anywhere, take two, lough in this country. Winfrey of the Culpeper Baptl Church, made by Rev. Thomas W. Hooper of ;{u HPn‘-byt-rnn Church and By invitation Dr. Lee then addressed the meeting, which was composed of r’enrelenuflvnl from every congrej tion, fashion of conditions and progress in China. During where he has uate courses at the unl Lee has been the means of influenc- It won't harm the most delicate because it is free fromr oplates, caffeine, acetanilid ‘and habit-forming drugs. It's new—your druggist may 30 tabe have to order it for you. lets, 50 cents. Peoples Drug Stores can always supply you. Ask for Kamnex - —Advertisement. THE SUNDAY STAR, ‘WASHINGTON ed to bld Godspeed to i)r. Claude M. Lee, ing nive persons to undertake mis- sion work in the China fleld. 7 Students to Tour Europe. Prof. Roger Burch Weems, head of the modern language department of Woodberry Forest School, sailed this week for Europe, accompanied by sixteen students of the school, and with them will spend the summer vacation In touring the British Isles and the continent. At Graves mill, during the storm on Friday night, lightning killed four Rorses belonging to Mrs. Bettie Lil. lard, and the hall, which accompanied the ‘electrical storm, practically de- stroyed all the gardens in that vicin- ity. A large barn on the farm of Thomas Jones, néar Stevensburg, was destroyed by lightning, and at the same time, Maj. Head, a colored farmer. who lives near Crigleraville. who has for seventeen years A short ad- de by Rev. Dr. B. W. and .brief talks also were ov. J. [ammond, rector of St. Stephen's. and told in most lmuutf: his stay in Virginia, een taking post-grad- v ersity, Dr. GUARANTEED QUALITY AT The Secon eginning lost his team of three good horses all killed 'n the same manner. A notable event in social welfare work in the Blue Ridge mountains was the dedication of a community house at Yancey, which—with a hail -djollnln:—rul be used for fuutl?nu pictures, community sings ;‘f s, and which was named after Hen: Lyman of Charlottesville, prominent layman of the Episcopal Chureh. Miss Ruby Wine left this week for a six weeks' tour of the west, her ob- Jective point being Portland, Ore., ‘where she will attend the natlonal convention of business and profes- sional women to be held in that city on July 9 to 16 as a delegate, from }Jm ‘Woman's Club of Greensboro, ‘Immediately after the flnals at D. C, JULY 8, 1923—PART 1. entertained with rty, her guests bein, ‘all of New Orleans, Irene Jones of Vicksburg, Miss.; C.l‘gAnderlon and Margaret Brown of Richmond, Ste- phen Trabue of New Orleans and sev- eral of the younger memi crs of the school faculty. Qualifies as Admintstrator. At the Madison county clerk’s of- fice Tuesday W. E. Bohannon qualified administrator of the estate of the late Belvin P. Kite, which is valued at $15,000. The appralsers named are H. L. Rosser, E. Chapman, T. N. Shotwel), C. H. Seal and B. 8, Utz. A large family gathering and din- ner party was given by Mrs. F. N. Blankenbaker of Etlan in honor. of house Misges Jane Woodb Forest School Ml ey erry Forest S8chool Miss H-lonl the seventy-fifth birthday anniver- sary of her mother, Mrs. Brown. ten children, forty-nine and great-grandmother of elghteen. were present on this occasion. Announcement has been made that the Maury scholarship, given by the fourth district of the Virginia daivi- sion of United Daughters of the Con- federacy, has been given to Miss Moy- den E: Virtz, a student of Loudoun county. with ‘it a full course at the Fred- ericksburg Normal. A carload shipment of Guernsey | Rappahannock \ heifers and four pure bred Guernsey | large crowd was in attendance, in- , & county by Culpeper farmers, arrived | resenting various interests, in Culpsper this week. The purchas- ing done through County Agent Rernard P. Willlams of Culpeper and J. C. Miller and Monroe Farmer of Brandy Station. Statistics show tha Culpeper county ranks high in the number of herds of thoroughbred stock, and it is the exception to finc a dairy herd that is not headed by pure bred bull and where the major ity of the cows are not of the bes: pedigreed stock. I A meeting of the state highwas Bettie A, mother of the grandmother of Mrs. Brown s Many of her descendants This scholarship commission was held at the court- house of Washington, Rappahannoc) for the purpose of locating between Massle's Corner in the counties of and Fauquier. carries | county, | route 21, Guernseys Arrive. | and Warrenton, purchased from Loudoun | cluding a number of attorneys, rep CREDIT:—SERVICE—LOW PRICES AT 8 AM. 0 6 P.M. | The National Furniture Co. d Week of Bargains in “THE NATIONAL’S” July Clearance Sale With every purchase choice of our 42-piece set of Decorated Dinnerware, or a £6- plece set of Wm. A. 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