The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-29
Especial 10 The mes-pispatch.l

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Winchester. Va. July 2S.-Commit-
! tees OF the Business Mems ASSOCIATION
I OF Winchester and Frederick county
are making final ARRANGEMENTS Tor the
annual meeting OF the Virginia state
! Farmers Institute. which VIII be held
in the city Hail auditorium IN VIM
chester on August ! and - and while
farm work and farm problems VIII
occupy the greater portion OF the time
OF the delegates ana other visitors.
thHre Will Ice social side To the meet
. inEs which is certain TO he attractive.
Tho local farmers and fruit growers
have arranged to entertain tho mem
bcrs of tho institute at luncheon on
T tho first day in tho hall OF the Charley
liouss Firc Company, and on the sec
ond and last day OF the meeting : l..
LuptOn. president ps tho Business Mems
Association. viii give a luncheon to
tho visitors 1t VIII be held in hts
orchard. near Winchester. and tho trip
viii be made in automobiles West
moreland Davis of Lecsburg who has
been president Of the society tor Il
number Of years. states that tho pro-
gram arranged for the Winchester
meeting is the most attractive he has
ever read and he is confident that the
convention VIII be largely attended. III
spite of tho fact that Winchester Is not
50 centrally located as many other
towns Of the state Expert demonstra-
tors of Virginia and other states are
Ia make addresses The feature OF the
second days program promises to he
viii tell of the progress Virginia has
made i'm agriculture i'm recent years.
Tho Frederic5sburg County Hor,i-
cultural Society has made arrange
ments to hold packing school in this
city during the week beginning Au-
gust % in tho warehouse OF the sprint
Produce Company, and 1t VIII be in
charge Of Claude Tompkins. or Lock
oort. y Y. and j ~ Steitz. Of Client.
y y who Will lie assisted by G. C..
Starcher. assistant horticulturist of the
Virginia Experiment station of Blacks
burg. Special attention is to he given
10 the proper sorting and packing of
apples. The Virginia Horticultural So
,iety Will pay half the cost and the
balance will be paid by the local So
ticty.
The treasurer OF Frederick county
has received from the Auditor or Pub
lie Accounts a check FOR s2.5o0. which
equipments for tho large Seventh con-
gressional District Agricultural High
school at Middletown. this county.
This amount is in addition to tho regu-
able the trustees to make II one of the
best equipped and most efficient
schools of tho kind in the state
Tho remains Of David Randolph
Meade. ,ho died suddenly carly last
week Mt Arselia y NJ where he had
been living number of years. werc
brought TO White Post Clarke county.
the home Of his ancestors. 4 few DAYS
ago and were Inferred I'm tho grave
yard adjoining Meade Memorial Pro-
tcstant Episcopal Church. Rev T. NJ.
Boyden. the rector. officiating Mr..
Meade was n son OF tho lato Richard
Washington Meade OF The Plains. Va.
and was marriod twice. His first wife
was Miss Louise Meade. or i'auquicr
county. and some years attrr her death
he married Miss Bettie Grown. daugh-
ter of John O. Grown. of Berryville.
who for many years editor and pub
lisner of the Clarke Courier. who is
also dead. Ton children survive. six by
his first wife and four by his second
marriage Mr.Meade was a lineal des-
condant Of the late Bishop Meade. Of
Virginia.
Tho adoption by the Senate OF the
House measure known as the Sulzer
apple bill VIII b. Of incstimablc benc
ut TO the fruit growers OF Frederick
county who sent large delegation to
Washington recently to urge it's pas
sage Tho local fruit men say the pill
viii have the effect OF making 1t easier
TO market their apples. as practically
all tho fruit shipped out Of Frederick
county after the law goes into effect
will bear stamp to the effect that
the fruit conforms in every way to the
specifications of the United states law.
Tho apple industry in Frederick coun-
ty is being developed now moro than
ever before. and within tho next year
thousands OF tre"e planted eight and
nine years ago arc expected to yield
in paying Quantities.
Tho remains Of Charles e. Hoover.
for many years superintendent of the
street water and sewer departments
Of Winchester. who passed away re-
Gently near baltimore where ne was
undergoing treatment for nervous
brcakdoi brought on by ovcrwork.
were inferred n few days ago In Mount
Hebron Cemetery with Masonic honors
by Winchester Hiram Lodge. No u.
4 r and A. NJ of which ho had been
member about forty five years Mr.
Hoover was also past eminent COM
mander OF knights Templar. n mem
Richmond: thirty-second degree Ma
son. and a member Of the Improved
order ~ Rcd Men For many years he
was sunday school teacher and class