Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-04
BOYDS AND VICINITY.
Fruit Trees Destroyed by Rabbits
Sunday School Election-Briefs.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
BOYD'S, Nd, April 3, 1905.
Many Of the young orchards in all sec
lions Of this county have withered look,
and inspection shows that several thousand
or more fruit trees have been badly injured
by rabbits Many of the trees are dead.
During the winter, which was SO hard on
game, rabbits could find no food and many
starved to death. Those that kept alive
did so by foraging upon young and tender
trees in the orchards, eating off the bark
around the bottoms of the trees and as
high up as they could reach. Mr.. Thomas
Pyles, a prominent farmer near Bealls-
vile. will lose his entire orchard of over
200 trees, and Harvey White loses many
that were in his nursery near Poolesville.
Mr.. Schaeffer. near Seneca, also suffered
heavily.
Mr.. James w. Reid, prominent resident
of Martinsburg, this county, and for years
postmaster there, died Saturday after a
short illness, In his sfxtieth year His wife
survives him. His remains were today In
tered In Monocacy cemetery at Beallsville.
Funeral services were held in the Meth
odist Church at Poolesville. Rev. Robert
Lee McNair of Rockville Presbyterian
Church officiating.
Mr.. Howe Totten returned yesterday from
Brooklyn, N. Y, where he had been with
his champion dog. Tristan II, Great Dane.
which he entered in a prize show. Tristan
won second prize in an open class for
Harlequins, open class for all colors and
reserve in winners class. Mr.. Totten will
probably this summer erect larger kennel
here. He has now some fine pups. recently
arrived. by champion Tristan II.
The Sunday school OF the Presbyterian
Church here yesterday organized, with
very large attendance. Mr.. George Z.
Smith was made superintendent; G. A.
Duvall assistant Superintendent; Edward
D. Lewis. secretary: J. Waiter Norris, as
fro
Mrs George F. Pollock, organist. and Mrs:
George C. Smith, assistant. The hours of
service each Sunday will be at o'clock in
the afternoon The Christian Endeavor So
ciety opened last night for its first session
this spring. with a large number present.
As an evidence OF the popularity and the
reception given The Sunday Star here yes
terday, and since its entrance into seven.
day paper. out OF a large bundle receiver
here its agent disposed of every copy In
ten minutes and as many more were asked
for. The agent has asked for 80 per cent
increase for future Sundays. The Sunday
magazine feature. besides the clean county
and state news given, Is big attraction
with the people in the county.
Mr. George Norfolk, who was killed in
Locust Point yards a few days ago. as
stated in The Star, was Inferred IN Bait
and others attended his funeral. Every
railroad man on this system and the old
main line who could be let off by the Of
fcials of the road attended Mr. NortoiK
was a Mason. member of the Jr. Q. U. A
NJ and belonged to the Order of Railway
Conductors. Six of his railroad friends
acted as pallbearers.
Fire broke out from sparks from ran
road engine east OF Germantown yesterday
and burned over a hundred acres of land
and destroyed several wood sheds In IT'S
path, filled with straw and other products.
fast that it was with trouble they could be
extingufshed,