Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-21
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA
LIVE NEWS NOTES FROM THE
VALE OF SHENANDOAH.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

| WINCHESTER. Va, July 20. 1907.
| The valley of Virginia being principally
| an agricultural region. not only farmers
but city and town and village residents as
| well are interested In the outcome of the
| wheat crop. the last of which was har-
| vested today, with few exceptions. and
according to Observation-Disclosures reports re-
ceived here this morning from all sections
| of the Shenandoah valley. it is stated that
the crop this year is generally believed to
be better than for number Of years past,
| notwithstanding the late spring. The wheat
| Is of excellent quality and the grain is well
| formed. Local showers during the nights
| at intervals, followed by warm weather
| during the day, have had the effect Of caus-
| ing the corn to grow rapidly, while huck-
| sters can be seen every morning selling
garden vegetables and roasting ears of
| the finest quality. Altogether the season
| promises to be the most profitable the
| farmer has enjoyed in the past ten years.
and later there will be an enormous
| apple crop to harvest.
| case of long standing is about to be dis
| posed of by decree entered in the circuit
| court of Jefferson county. w. Va. for the
| sale OF the real estate of former Sheriff j.
| Garland Hurst of that county. but the de-
| PENDANTS are given until August 8 to make
| arrangements to satisfy the unsecured cred
| ltors. the claims of whom amount to over
$4,000 If nothing is done before that date
Mr.. Hursts farms and residence on Shenan-
doah street In Harpers Ferry, will be sold
| by order Of the court.
John w. Miller. an expert driller of Fall
| ing Waters. Berkeley county, W. Va. while
at work in quarry belonging to the Bes-
semer Company. near Martinsburg. this
week week. t was fatally injured by a mass of
stone falling upon him. He was thirty
| two years old. and leaves a wife and two
young children
While endeavoring to board a Norfolk
and Western railway passenger train at
R1pOn, Jefferson county w Va a dave
since. William Jackson. a young colored
man of that place, fell and was crushed to
death. He lived. however, until the Charles
Town Hospital was reached.
Bridge contractors from many sections
have been examining the ground this week
preparatory to bidding the new steel
river near Shepherdstown. w. Va. by the
Norfolk and Western railway. The bridge
is to be over 100 feet above the water, and
as all legal questions have been adjusted
the construction work will be started as
soon as the contract is awarded. which will
likely be done by August l.
A mad-dog scare at HedgeSvlle was ac-
centuated this week when DR.. S. A. Gray
bill. well-known dentist, was bitten by
horse supposed to be mad. The animal
died in agony the following day, but Dr.
Graybi!l, having had the injury cauterized
by applying piece of hot iron. is thought
to be out of danger. A number of mad
dogs have been run down and killed, but
the villagers are still alarmed.
Drawing his pay and deciding to quit the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad service. Rich
ard Riley, whose home was at Harpers
Ferry, found lying along the railroad
tracks early the other morning with both
legs cut off, and he died shortly after be-
Ing discovered. He was twentyeight years
old and leaves his mother at Harpers Ferry.
The movement to erect bridge across
the Potomac river at Williamsport is being
pushed rapidly, and $40,OO0-half of the
amount needed-has been subscribed by
wealthy parties owning property and busi-
ness enterprises at that point. The bridge
is to be 1000 feet long and fifty-five feet
above the water.
Rev. T. T. Tabb of Nashville, Tenn, who
has many family connections in Virginia
and West Virginia. has sailed from Seattle
for Japan, where he will be professor of
English in the government university. He
Is a graduate of Vanderbilt University Of
Nashville.
AS many Of the counties and districts in
the Shenandoah valley are dry" COM
munities, 1t Is stated that this section will
send a large delegation to the twelfth an
nual convention of the American Anti
Saloon League which is to be held in Nor
folk from September 16 to 10.
Harry Stewart, young farmer OF this
county. who was recently convicted of
having assaulted a domestic in his home,
has been pardoned by Gov. Swanson upon
the strong recommendation of Judge T. w.
Harrison, ommonwealth's Attorney j. NJ.
Steck and several hundred county citizens.
He was sentenced to one year in jail and
has served six months. He has a wife and
six children.
Charles Mullikin, owner of the historic
Pagebook estate near Boyce. Clarke
county, and of the best-known horse
men in Virginia. being ex-president of the
Virginia Horse Show Association, was called
to ST. Louis this week account of the
death of his mother, Mrs. Louise Knapp
Mulikin WhitemOre, who died at her resi-
dence in that city, after long illness of
anemia. aged &C years. She was member
Of one of the oldest and most prominent
families OF st. Louis. Her first husband was
the late Napoleon Mullikn, and some years
after his death she was married to Mr..
Whitemore, who survives her. together
with the son by the first marriage.
In the tenth senatorial district of Vir-
ginia, which includes Winchester and Fred
erick and Shenandoah counties. it cost for
mer City Solicitor Robert NJ. Ward of Win
chester $Ss9.51 to secure the democratic
nomination for senator from this district,
and ex-Judge Frank S. Tavenner of Wood
stock. who was seeking denomination ex-
pended $571 %. Practically all the money
spent by both candidates for news
paper and card advertising, hotel bills and
travelling expenses. There viola
ton of the Barksdae pure election law.
Each candidate spent more in the cam
paign than one years work in the general
assembly would pay them. Down in south
west Virginia Dr. r. S. Powell-the "Uncle
Sam of the House"-pad only SIP 30 to be
renomnated. and $40 of that amount was
for the assessment levied by the executive
committee. Mr.. Wards nomination is
equivalent to election.
The Winchester common council at a spe-
cal meeting this week inaugurated pre-
liminary steps looking to vast improve
ments such as a modern sewerage system,
better sidewalks, more paved streets,
Strengthening the town run which flows
under and across the business section of
the city, and many other municipal i'm
provements, for which bonds will have to
be issued.
pretty home wedding took place
Wednesday afternoon at the residence Of
X AT MrVicar "A WGl-kQOWQ virginia
authoress, when her niece, Miss Minnie An
derson. an attractive and popular young
lady became the bride of Mr.. Frank Stump
of East Radford. Va. Miss Laura Fansler
was maid of honor, Miss Elsie Maphis
flower girl, and Mr.. Emmert Roberts of
East Radford was best man. Rev. DR.. ].
II. Lacy, pastor of the Presbyterian Church
in Winchester officiated, and after buffet
luncheon the bride and groom left on
tour following which they will reside in
East Radford, where Mr.. Stump is promi-
nently engaged in business
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