Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-29

and selling it while there was a deed Of
trust on the machine.
The fruit growers of Hampshire coun-
ty w Va, expect to ship over 1000 car
loads of peaches this summer. and the
railroads are arranging to run special
trains during the shipping season.
Ashes Lost in Transit.
The remains Of r. Lawrence Clark,
member OF an old Virginia family. who
died recently in San Francisco, were Gre
mated and placed in the hands OF an
express company for shipment to Win
chester, but they have been lost. Strict
search has been made for the box con-
tanning MS ashes, but they cannot be
found in any OF the express ohces. MT.
Clark served in tue I'd Virginia Regiment
during the Cuban war, and later he saw
active service in the Philippine Islands.
Hawthorne, one OF the oldest suburban
estates near Winchester, which until a
wear ago was owned by Stuart H. Ed
munds of Washington, has been sold to
Dr. Emmert e. Stuart formerly or clarke
county, but now of Pittsburg, who Will
occupy it after June l.
Steps have been taken at Front Royal,
Warren county, for the enlargement Of
the Front Royal College. a new institu-
ton, which has had an unprecedented
growth since its establishment. year
ago Some OF the wealthiest men of that
section are financing the institution.
s. c. Stickley Of Augusta county was
arrested in Staunton a few days ago,
charged with causing horse to run
off by lying a tin can to its tail. lie
was fined in the police court.
While a street carnival was being un-
loaded at the railroad station In Charles
Town this week a number OF negroes
became engaged in a quarrel, and one
man armed with Winchester repeating
rife opened fire and shot another, prob
| tailed TO await hearings. Old residents
declared there was more shooting than
| an any time since the civil war
Mrs. Sarah Cover. an aged fortune tell
| err living near Martinsburg, was struck
| by a fast train on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad a few days ago and was
severely. but not fatally, injured, al
| though ,rainmen who ran to her side ex-
pected to ind her dead. She was taken
| to hospital for treatment.
Program for Baptists.
\ large program has been arranged
| for the annual meeting of the Shenan-
doah Baptist Association, which will be
held in Front Royal, Va, June s, and
TO- The opening sermon will be preached
by .,ev William II. Carter of the First
Baptist Church OF Winchester.
Rev. Peter Miller has returned to his
home at Rio, Hampshire county, W. Va.
after attending the meeting of the Po'
tomac Synod of the Lutheran Church, al
New Market. Va, having preached going
and returning, the entire distance OF
forty-fve miles across the mountains
Dir. Miller, who is now eiglty-three years
old, serves four churches in the noun
Jams OF West Virginia. and. although tn.
| snow was two feet deep for weeks las
winter. he never missed an appointment.
Official figures given out this week b.
the Virginia Horticultural Society poin
to large crops of all kinds of fruit. ant
it states that the apple crop will no.
only be large, but of excellent quality
About 70 per cent of a full crop will bt
harvested, and il is stated that in Fred
erick county more apples will be gather
ed than in all the other counties of ths
lower Shenandoah valley.