The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-19
DAMAGE GREATER
I HAN REPORTED.
Young Fruit Suffers Heavily
During Electrical and
Hail Storm.
ORCHARDS ARE STRIPPED
Many Fields Of Wheat and Young
Corn Are Practically
Ruined.
ORCHARDS ARE STRIPPED
Especial to The Times Dispatch. ]

~ winchester, va, June lS.--Alan ny
farmers who were in town yesterday
for the first time since the great cleo
trical and hail storm OF the early part
of the week declare that more dam
age was done by the hall to young
fruit than was at first reported. The
southern section of Frederick counties
suffered more than any other locali-
ties In the lower Shenandoah Valley,
and the storm was particularly severe
between Stephens City and Woodstock.
The lightning struck in many places,
but the worst damage was done by
the hall, which stripped some of the
orchards. Manager j. Fl. Pifer. OF the
Strasburg Orchard and Produce Com
pany, one of the largest concerns of
the kind in the vicinity of rasburg,
stated yesterday that their crop of
peaches Will be total failure. They
estimate their loss at $4,000. Simila
reports come from other fruit men OF
Frederick county. however. escaped
the halls damage, so far as fruit is
concerned. but II cut off many fields Of
wheat and young corn.
The trustees OF the Front Royal Mill
ing Company have sold. BY order OF the
court, the large -four mill at that
miller. of Mount Crawford. Va, for
$4,000 which Is said to be about half
Its actual value He intends to reopen
the mill It is stated in this connec-
tion that efforts will be made again to
indict Manager Wilbur Welhey, OF the
defunct company. on the charge of
transportation of funds
.
George n Garvin. we'll known
grain dealer of Boyce. Clarke county,
who bought large quantities of wheat
at the highest market prices during
the fall and winter. has about 10000
sushels stored in his elevator at that
place. and he stated day or two ago
that he feared he would lose heavily,
in view of the fact that the price con-
tinues to decline
Invitations have been Issued by John
A. Noel of Washington, for the mar
riage of his daughter, Miss Victoria
Viola Noel. to Daniel Walker Lupton
well-known young business man OF
Winchester. which is to take place at
o'clock on Wednesday evening, June
IS, in Douglas Memorial Church. WASH
ington. Miss Noel has been mem
Der of the faculty OF Fort Loudoun
Seminary in Winchester for several
years
Mrs. R. D. Hardesty, wife of
wealthy retired merchant OF Berry
Vile. who was stricken with paralysis
on Wednesday, died two days after
ward. at an advanced age She was
a prominent worker in the Baptist
Church of that place
Speaker Richard Evelyn Byrd. of
the Virginia House of Delegates. Is
here as chief counsel for the admins
traitor of Louis Grim. whose suit
against the local electric light com
pany for $4,000 damages Will be
taken up In the Circuit Court to-mor-
row morning. Young Grim was paint
Ing telephone pole box and In de-
seending the pole his foot caught on
an electric wire, killing him Instantly.
announcement was made yesterday
by Charles Mulliltin. secretary of the
Berryville Horse Show Society. that
the directors had decided to make ma
terial increases in all the cash prizes
offered during the society's next an
nual exhibition. which will be held
on It's grounds. near Berryville, on
august p, % and "a, He has already
received assurances that in addition
to many of, the best show horses In
'NSiHeo ShSSi ldTSe numbers
of such animals will be brought from
Washington. Baltimore. New York and
other sections. The Berryville show
Is the only three-day event on the
Virginia circuit.
Rev. Alfred D. Jones, d. D.. of Mont
gomery, W. Va, has been called to the
pastorate of the Presbyterian churches
at Kernstown, Vaucluse and Round
HILL. which have been vacant since the
death of Rev. Henry NJ White. D. d.
and 1t is believed that DR.. Jones will
accent Or. Jones is widely known In
Virginia, having at one time been the
synodical evangelist and also modera-
tor of the Virginia Synod. TIe has
nad successful pastorates at Golfers
town. Va. and Pulaski. Va.
Tavenner Thomas. young civil en-
ssineer. of Sharon, Pa, who has been
connected with the Panama Canal
work for several years. made a trim
TO Winchester several days ago and
before he left he closed deal for The
purchase of an apple orchard of forty
one acres for $500 an acre. He bought
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