The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-04
GREAT APPLE CROP
AND HIGH PRICES
Valley OF Virginia Has One OF
Most Prosperous Seasons
in History.
GRUEsoME Joke TELEGRAM
Mistaken Sense OF Huuor
Has Very Unpleasant
Results.

Winchester Va, September 3.-Ac-
cording to conservative estimates given
out by the Farmers and Merchants Ma
tional Bank of Winchester. which has
been gathering detailed statistics for
several weeks. the fall and winter
apple crop of Frederick county, which
Is now the principal Industry in this
section OF the lover Shenandoah Val
ley viii be at least 10000 barrels this
year. The bank has a list OF 252 indi-
Nlduals VINO are engaged in fruit
growing in Frederick county and
nearly all have reported some of
those on the list Will have no apples
Tor sale this year, as their orchards
are too Young to bear fruit in paving
quantities The crop OF 1911 viii be
no larger than that OF last year. hut
me quality of the fruit Is pronounced
10 be exceptionally fine, and as r.-
suit there mas been a considera Bile ad-
vance in the prices for first ana sec
ond grade apples
Ordinary varieties, such as York I'm.
ioriais ana Ben Davises. are bringing
IS and over delivered on the cars,
while Newtown pippins. Gr!mes's Gold
en- ana other fancy brands will COM
mand from 81 to S4.5O on the cars mere
The rams of the past week have thor
oUga!y soaked the ground and now
fruit dealers are much elated declar-
ing that the apples will mature much
better than aad been anticipated, when
ShinSs appeared n little gloomy during
the Ions drought
blade Joke OF Deatb.
Walter Is gone. (Slgned) Bill"
This was the telegram received here
several days ago by the family OF
Charles Athey from Philadelphia, ana
il was taken for granted that his SON
;n-law. Walter c. Hurdle, monotype
operator. of Philadelphia. had passed
away. and that William Martin,
reighhor and intimate friend, had no
tilted rela lives here of the sad event
Nr. Athey a t once sent n telegram 10
his daughter, Mrs Hurdle, who was
visiting relatives in Scottdale. Pa. an
ncnncng the death % her husband,
and the news was so shocking that she
swooned and had to have medical at
tention With her sister Miss virginia
Athey. she started SHR SHRSHRRRR
but in the meantime the Atheys here
received a message from Hurdles
father to the effect that the hrst tele-
gram was d Joke. When Mrs. Hurdle
reached Harper's Ferry she was hand
ed another telegram from her father
that her husband was not dead and
instead of continuing on TO Philadel-
phia she came to Winchester, and is
now at the home of her parents, where,
according no member OF the family
she intends to remain.
William Wright a former Winches-
ter l!veryman, horse trainer and a
Grand Army of the Republic veteran,
was caught in the act of selling LIQUOR
in stable this week by officers, who
We're peep'ng through knot holes. and
when arraigned in Police Court on
six charges he entered a plea OF guilty.
He was given thirty days in jail, fined
$50 on each charge and required To
give $500 bond in each instance.
The Winchester Inn property, sit.
uated in the fashionable west end sec
tion of Winchester, was sold privately
last week by the owners, Major Holmes
Conrad and James 3. Russell, to S
B. Perkins. of Washington. who has
been in charge ofsthe hotel for the
past year. The hotel was built about
twenty years ago at cost of 500,
600 by the Equity Improvement Cor
pany, and it is said Mr.. Perkins paid
$4,000 for the place.
Held on Forgery Charge.
Lewis F. Maloney. travelling sales
man for Baltimore shot company,
has been held here for the grand jury
on the charge OF forging the name of
Scott Grant"a wealthy Frederick coun-
~ farmer and stockman, TO a check for
s165, which he deposited in the Middle
town State Bank under the name of
James a. Lanahan, q fictitious name
he is alleged to have employed for
the occasion Maloney denied all
knowledge OF the check, hut Cashier
Coffman. OF the Middletown bank. cana
here and positively Identified Maloney
and the circumstances surrounding the
depositing of the check in that bank
A Baltimore and Ohio Railroad en-.