Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17
Severe Damage to Crops as
the Result of Storms.
FRUIT SUFFERS FROM HAIL
Peach Crop in Some Sections Re-
ported a Complete Loss.
DEEDS GO BACK TO FAIRFAX
Historic Papers Found at Winches-
ter Courthouse, in Remarkable
State Of Preservation.
Special Correspondence Of the Star.

SpcCldI Correspondence or Inc St6F.
WINCHESTER, Va. J,fne II, 1911.
Following up the severe storms Of last
week in the upper Shenandoah valley, a
series of similar disturbances occurred in
this section of the valley this week, re-
sulting in great and irreparable damage
to many crops. The storm. which was
accompanied by hail. passed through the
southern portions Of Frederick and the
northern sections of Shenandoah coun-
ties, flooding lowlands. cutting off matur-
ing wheat and knocking much young fruit
from the trees.
J. II. Pifer, manager of the Strasburg
Orchard and Produce Company. one of
the largest concerns of the kind in this
section, said today that the peach crop.
which promised to be enormous, had been
utterly ruined. Similar reports come
from other reliable sources. In the great
err portion of Frederick county, however,
little damage was done by the hail. In
the vicinity of Stephens City the storm
was terrific. and the hail came down
with such force that a metal roof on a
barn resembled a large sieve after the
pelting.
Wants Officials to Quit.
A sensation was sprung at a meeting
VI tHc SiSII INCIOlHu i<cdsu III w
ter. when former Mayor r. T. Barton.
one of the best known lawyers of the
state, declared that if the present Off
Gals cannot enforce the laws on the
statute books they should be ousted and
others put in their places. He said the
affairs of municipalities should be run
by commission paid by the town.
George N. Garvin, well known grain
1ealer Of Boyce, Clarke county, who paid
the highest market nriCa for wheat la at
fall and winter. has been unable to dis
pose of 10000 bushels now on hand at a
profit, and will have to sell al great
loss.
operated upon for appendicitis at the
Winchester Memorial Hospital this week
Miss Stella Hicks, trained nurse, CON
tracted the same malady, and, although
In serious condition. Less than a year
ago she was i'll of typhoid fever nearly
four months.
Tavenner Thomas of Sharon. Pa. who
has been working as a civil engineer on
the Panama canal, was here this week
and paid $40 an acre for forty-one acres
of fruit land near Clearbrook. Frederick
| county. buying part of farm from Ed
ward Grant.
Historic Deeds Found.
Before the government pays for the
! 5000 or 5000 acres of land acquired for
an army remount station near Front
Royal, in Warren county, it will salts
lfy itself that all the titles are good, and
| in order to ascertain this District At
torney Gillespie has employed a firm of
lawyers to examine and get certified
comics of the deeds back as far as the
time of Lord Fairfax. by whom all the
northern neck of Virginia was owned.
The deeds were found yesterday in the
clerks Office in Winchester, wonderfully
well preserved
tainted on Railroad Tracks.
Painting, it Is supposed, or overcome
by the heat several days ago, Albert
Halterman. a farmer living near Moore
field, w. Va, fell across the tracks OF
the Hampshire Southern railroad and
was run over and killed before the en-
gineman could stop the train.
Relatives of the late Edward 4. Col
ston, a well-to-do farmer OF Jefferson
county, have been unable to break his
will and as a result the Richmond tNao
College, a Baptist institution, will re-
ceive about $1,000 for scholarships and
other purposes. The court. however, set
aside a clause of the will leaving $1,000
for q new Baptist church at Summit
Point and $1,000 for the support of the
pastor owing to the indefiniteness and
uncertainty Of the objects to be bene-
flied thereby.
w. II. Malone, a travelling salesman for
a shoe concern, who had driven from
Charles Town to KabletOwn to get orders
from a customer, was held up while re-
turning at night by masked men. who
took $2S and ring. The authorities
have no clue upon which to work.
Mosby Ranger Dead.
William Hefin. who was with Col John
S. Mosby and his rangers in all their
daring exploits during the civil war, died
this week in Winchester from a compli-
cation of diseases. aged sixty-six years.
He leaves his wife, five daughters and
one brother. His remains were inferred
., Front Royal. near which he was born
and reared.
John Boyd Fries. son of the late J. b.
Fries of Frederick county, who kill
ed by lightning while blowing the farm
of his uncle, G. H. Yeakley. near Win
chester, was the third member of that
family to die suddenly within three
| and an aunt. Mrs Eta Melester.
The premium list of the Berryvllle
horse show is now in course OF prepara-
ton, and 1t was announced today by the
secretary. Charles Mullikin that all the
| first. or cash. prizes had been ma
terially increased. Mr.. Mulikin. who is
president OF the Virginia Association and
secretary of the National Capital horse
show. stated that the prospects for this
years show at Berryville are exception
ally bright and that many horses will
| be entered from Washington. Baltimore
and New York, in addition to the best
show horses Of Virginia The show will
be held August %. % and "a, 1t being
the only three-day show In the state
A Law and Order League has been or
Eanized at Charles Town. the seat of JEFF
| ferson county. W. Va, for the purpose
| of seeing that the laws are enforced
after the saloons close July /. The
county court recently refused licenses to
all who had made application.
Flying Expensive.
Clifford 3 Harmon who Is the dean of