Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-23

| liquor in Winchester which has beer
dry" for several years, but, although
few Of those who testified protested to
know anything about such violations OF
| the law. 1t is expected, however that
several trials will be held during the
present term of the court.
| Battle With a Turtle.
Miss Minnie Brunk of Wengers Hill,
Rockingham county, had a desperate en-
counter with sixteen-pound turtle in
Linden creek several days ago, and al
though she kept the turtle from biting
her she was unable 10 get it out Of the
water unit! several men came. One of
| the men dealt The turtle blow on the
| head with ar AK. and that night q large
turtle soup party was held.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany closed a deal this week for fourteen
| acres Of solo limestone land near Weyers
| cave, for which they paid about 1928 an
acre, II being the intention to quarry the
| rock anG use it for new ballast on the
Shenandoah Valley division. 1t was an
nOunred here today at the division head
quarters that new eighty hve-pound rails
ale now being pu: in frc-li Harpers Ferry
| to Strasourg junction. and that the road
| bed Will also be greatly improved be-
tween IIa "ris onourg and Lexington.
Beginning at midnight Tuesday the pro-
visions Of the full-crew bill, which recent
| ly passed the Pennsylvania legislature,
went into effec1. aud the entire line Of
the Cumberland Valley from Harris
burg to Win hester is affected. but the
railroad company has petitioned he
courts for an injunction resrT aiming the
railroad commission from enforcing the
law. The act requires that all freight
trains Of more than thirty cars and pas
senger trains of more than four cars must
carry at least one extra brakeman. The
company claims that such III innCvatiCn
will cost it at least 100000 year.
Plenty of Fall Apples.
Several trainloads of summer apples
have been shipped from Winchester and
other points in Fcei.1 ick county this
week to Washington, Baltimore. Pitts
burg and nthsr markets by commission
merchants. The crop cf summer apples
will not be as large as that Ut last year.
of excellent quality 1t Is expected that
about 275.OOO barrels CT fall and winter
apples will be shi.,i.I from this county
Although the crop will not be ready for
picking until October, nI.e local firm has
already pousat one large orchard Of
Grimes golden apples and sold II again.
Mrs. M. A. Willis. living in the vicinity
of Canterbury, Frederick county, cele-
brated her eighty-first birthday anniver-
sary this week by walking two miles
from her own home to the home of her
daughter Mrs ]. c. Hale, where a large
family dinner was served in her honor.
Bronze Tablet Unveiled.
A handsome bronze tablet was unveiled
and dedicated yesterday afternoon in the
courthouse at Berryville, Clarke county,
to the memory of the late Maj. Samuel
]. C. Moore, who was judge Of the county
| court until that system Of courts was
abolished, some years ago. The princi-
pal address was made by Col. X. L. Bar
| ton of the Winchester bar. During the
exercises the roll of the Clarke Rifles,
c. S. A., which was commanded by Maj.
Moore during the civil war. was called.
but there were few responses, the vast
ma jority of the veterans having died In
recent years.
the peach growers of Hampshire and
other large peach growing counties of
the eastern panhandle of West Virginia
concerning ventilator cars sent into those
sections by the United States Express
Company in which to haul peaches to the
eastern and western markets, instead OF
providing refrigerator cars. The rail-
road company will not haul ventilator
cars on express trains, and 1t is eX-
pected that a formal complaint will be
made by the fruit men to the interstate
commerce commission.
Frank Higinbotham of West Browns
ville Pa, has bought an old JEFFERSON
county farm known as the Rau place,
between Harpers Ferry and Halltown,
for $4,000 1t contains about 200 acres
and most of It will be planted in fruit
His brother, Col. Samuel Higinbotham
already owns one of the largest estates
| in that county.
Elopers Are Arrested.
Turner Lockhart and Miss Viola
cooda ,neynharS of we'll known families
of the Capon Springs section of Hamp-
shire county, braved one of the most Sc
we're electrical and rain storms of re-
cent years one night this week and eloped
to winchester, but they were arrested
Just as they were about to board an early
train for Hagerstown. her father having
gotten into communication with the au-
thorities. The man and girl remained at
the police station until her father called.
Ia bought her a new hat in order to In