Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-27
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his second wife. His body was inferred
at Jenkinsville.
The one hundred and twentieth semi
annual meeting of the Valley Convoca-
ton, which embraces all the Protestant
Episcopal churches of the Shenandoah
valley was held this week in St
Rockingham county, and was largely at
tended by ministers and laymen. One of
the features of the meeting was the ded1-
cation of another new schoolhouse. MAX
vision of the rector. Rev. Josiah r.
Ellis, whose principal work is done
among the mountain people. By his eff
forts the st. Stephens parish now owns
more than 5000 worth of mission and
school buildings in that locality. The
church was built a few years ago by w.
H. Baker of Winchester in memory of
his wife. the late Mrs Emma CHM Baker.
evangelist, has begun his work in the
Page and Rockingham county mountain
sections.
r Model School Buildings.
Prof. w. H. Heck of the University OF
Virginia, who was in Winchester re-
Gently and inspected several new school
buildings in Ere derrick county, which have
been built according to the general plans
adopted not long ago by the state board
of eduaction. has announced that he will
make a campaign all over the state for
the purpose of arOusing greater interest
in sanitation, not only in the buildings.
but on the grounds. He will use several
of the Frederick county schools as IL
Illustrations of what he considers model
buildings and surroundings.
The town of HarrisOnburg emerged one
day this week from more political debates
and stump speeches than history IN that
section records. What was to have been
a joint debate between John T. Harris,
democrat, and George n. Earman. re-
publican nominee for Congress, resolved
itself into free-for-an discussion: Henry
c. Stuart. democratic aspirant for gov
ernor. spoke to large crowd In the
courthouse, ard as soon as he finished
Representative James Hay, democrat, of
flayed the republicans and the bull moose
element. He was followed in turn by
District Elector A. G. Weaver. demo-
crat of Front Royal. and while demo-
Garrison. the socialist candidate for Con-
gress, drew crowd when he spoke
from the courthouse steps While the
speaking was in progress the Acker-
ing and decided upon course of cam
paign. and the usual monthly horse sale
was held in the public square
In a letter to a friend here Walter
Whateley of Crozet, secretary of the IT.
ginia Horticultural Society, who keeps
in close touch with market conditions.
states that there has been marked
change in the attitude of buyers and spec
ulators handling the crop of winter APP
pies. which seems to have eliminated
in a deadlock between the growers and
buyers. 1t is pointed out. however, that
the growers are not suffering, as the
great increase in colo storage facliitles
in this section enables them to store their
fruit until December and January, when
there is a ready market for it. Hundreds
of men owning large commercial orchards
are this year marketing their own fruit
for the first time. and some handsome
returns have been received from No.
York Imperial apples shipped direct to
Liverpool. H. F. Byrd of Winchester,
who shipped several carloads early this
month to England. has been advised that
the entire shipment has Melted him $3.1o
a BARREL whereas local dealers have been
offering no more than S1.15 a barrel on
the cars here. Prof. George Shepard of
Winchester received $312 net a barrel
for York Imperial apples he shipped to
England early in September Melvin
Green, Thomas w. Steck. John S. Wiss-
Ter and other exporters of Frederick
county have received IS and $3.50 for
their York Imperials in England. 1t was
stated today, however, that these prices
will not be duplicated abroad again this
year. as large shipments of York I'M
perials are now being made from New
York state and NOVA Scotia.
Alexander Il. Conrad, a native Of JEFF
ferson county, w. Va, who was fireman
on one of the first trains which ran over
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad from
Harpers Ferry to Lexington. died In his
seventy-first year, at Harrisonburg.
this week, after an illness of
fifteen months He was an engineer for
more than thirty-three years. He served
in the Confederate army. and WAS present
when Gen. Turner Ashby fell MORALLY
wounded at Cross Keys. in June, 1862
He Leaves q. large, family. connection. >.
The work Of making the final survey