Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-16
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA
LATE HAPPENINGS IN THE WIN
CHESTER SECTION.
Shenandoah Section Said to Be Fine
for Fruit Growing-0pportunity
for Farmers.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, September 10, 1906
The opinion Of the best-posted horti-
culturists In this country and the devel-
opments of the past twenty years point to
the Shenandoah valley OF Virginia the
finest fruit-sSowing section of the eastern
half of the United States. II not in the en-
tire country" SO said former State Senator
s. l.. Lupton OF Winchester today while
in conversation with The Star correspon-
dent In reference to fruit topics. Mr.. Lup-
ton formerly occupied q prominent posi-
ton in the government service at Wash
ington during the last democratic admins
tration and later as one OF the leading
members of tho Virginia senate as the
representative from Frederick and shen-
andoah counties. Mr. Lupton, who was
since resigned a position as purchasing
agent for the Panama canal commission.
with former headquarters at New Orleans.
is now the Washington representative Of
the United Fruit Company. He has been
here for the past two weeks on his vaca-
ton and has been looking after his extern
sive fruit interests. Mr.. Lupton Is one of
the best-posted men in the United States
on horticultural matters and frequently
addresses national and state gatherings on
subjects pertaining to fruit. His views.
therefore, are regarded as authoritative,
and a recent interview regarding prospects
for this season was widely published.
Continuing his conversation with The
Star correspondent. Mr.. Lupton said:
Soil, climate and location all combine 10
make the Frederick couaiy. Va, orchards
unusually productive and their products of
the finest quality. while nearness to the
best markets, such as Washington and
other nearby commercial centers. ought to
insure our fruit growers the best possible
returns. Virginia apples are now known
and appreciated In every market, and 1t
only remains for the people here to take
advantage of the reputation already made
by our fruit TO make continuously increas-
ing profits In the future. Within the next
decade Norfolk, Va, Is destined to become
a great exporting center. and this ought
to lower transportation rates to Europe
and bring the growers OF the Virginia val
ley into touch with new markets. The
south. too, Is beginning to learn that the
Virginia apple Is superior to the western
fruit, and southern buyers and consumers
are inauiring for our Virginia-grown fruit.
1t will not be long before Virginia apples
will be In demand in New Orleans for ex-
port to South and Central American ports
In exchange for bananas and pineapples.
Lupton. that 1t takes ten years for an
apple orchard to come into bearing on
profitable scale, it Is little short OF mar
velous that our fruit development has prac-
twenty years, and it is clearly apparent
that We have just begun. But now that
the growers are becoming acquainted with
the Importance Of the fruit-grOwlng indus
Try anu lI0 dpple III pdTIlCuldE, anu arc
adopting modern methods of cultivation
and marketing. I confidently look forward
to higher prices in the future than have
ever been received In the past
Freight trainmen on the Baltimore and
Ohio and the southern railroads in the
valley Of Virginia have been very much eX-
ercised this week on account OF the appear
ance Of q stranger being infected with
leprosy, who made his appearance In Win
chester on Thursday afternoon on a Balti-
more and Ohio railroad freight train. south
bound from Brunswick, Nd. where he
Is alleged to have been put of by some
one said to have been in the employ OF
West Virginia authorities. The man tai
lied with the description given OF George
Raschid, the noted Syrian leper, who was
In the Baltimore and Ohio railroads care
for many days in West Virginia. He had
every appearance of being a Syrian, and
and face and neck. His hair was long and
curly, like Raschid's. When the train ar
rived in Winchester several patrolmen of
the police force. who had been previously
informed. were at the railroad station to
prevent the leper alighting at this point
He was in an open box car, and the only
information obtainable from him was that
he was on his way to Richmond, Va. None
Of the policemen or railroaders went near
the foreigner, and he had unmolested sway
in the car.
comm!tte representing the 12sfh New
York regiment, which followed Sheridan
during the valley campaign In the civil
war, made a visit to the battlefield OF
tiations with ]. w. Rhodes for the sale
of suitable piece Of ground on which to
erect a monument, which Is to be memo
rial to Gen. Sheridan and the men under
him who participated In the battle of Ce-
dar creek. The site is near the famous
Shenandoah Valley pike and the monument
will be erected on an eminence within
few yards of the nearest point reached by
49, al
It is the intention Of the Sheridan vete
rams to have the monument unveiled with
imposing ceremonies, attended by many
distinguished veterans. on October 10. 1907.
the anniversary OF the battle OF Cedar
creek.
kilograms were received here yesterday
announcing the sudden death Of Mrs. Marie
Adah Savage. former wife Of Ralph Saw
age OF Winchester, which occurred late
Thursday night at q hospital in Baltimore.
where she had resided for the past few
and Mrs. Hattie Seabdght. Mrs. Savage
was in her thirtieth year. She was married
to Ralph Savage when eighteen years of age
and a few years late was divorced from
vorced again in 1905. Savage was a former
prominent whisky distiller and retailer here
and also at the head Of the Cuba Rica To-
bacco Company. which made an unsuccessfW
fight against the tobacco trust. 1t result
ing in his becoming bankrupt losing
large fortune, and with the second divorce
case still unsettled the case found its way
to the Supreme Court Of the United States,
where it was dismissed, the final result be-
ing in favor Of Mrs. Savage, who was
awarded valuable Winchester property and
the custody Of her child. Eulalia Savage.
over whom a great deal Of the case hinged.
1t is understood that her death was caused
principally by nervous troubles. Her re-
mains are to be buried in Mount Hebron
cemetery. Winchester, on Sunday. She was
before her marriage one of the bellies OF
this section and had host Of friends and
admirers.
While attempting to alight from. a long
railroad, bound for Mont Alto. on Thursday.
Chap Splawn, a colored youth employed
by the M. J. Grove Lime Company of
Stephens City. this county, fell from the