Evening star., 1914-04-19
FRUIT PROSPECTS
PLEASE GROWERS
Conditions in Frederick County
in Striking Contrast to
One Year Ago.
100000 INSURANCE FOR
CHAS. MULLIKIN'S WIDOW
New Building for National Gene
terry at Winchester-To Resume
Work on Shenandoah Pike.
Special Correspondence Of Tie Star.

Special Correspondence Of Tie Star.
| WINCH HESTER, Va, April 49, 1914.
| Prominent fruit growers of Frederick
| county who We're in town this afternoon
| recalled that it was just one year ago.
| April IS, 1918, when the apple crop of
| the county was reduced I5 per cent by
| a severe frost. which killed millions of
| buds which would have developed into
| fruit worth anywhere from $3.50 to 50
| a barrel. but today there was much jubi-
| lation among the horticultuHsts over
| what appears to be a complete reversal
| of weather conditions. When the killing
| frost came last year every apple tree
| in the county was in full bloom, but
| today no bloom is to be seen, as the sea-
| son is two or three weeks behind that
of 1913 Even should there be a heavy
frost during the next week or two, eA-
perts say it would have no serious erect
on the trees.
Frederick county, which is now the
banner apple county of the state, last
year shipped to American and European
markets more than 10000 barrels. or
nearly one-fourth the entire output of
mated that this years production IN
Frederick county will probably approach.
if not come up to, 100000 barrels All
the buds are in very healthy condltlon
and thousands of trees which have oeen
bearing small quantities of fruit for sew
eral years will this summer and fall yleld
apples in great numbers.
The will of the late Charles Mullikin OF
Washington and MillWood. Clarke coun-
tx. Va, who died recently from the eff
eects of a stroke of paralysis suffered
on Baltimore and Ohio train. has been
admitted to record in the circuit court
at BerryvilIe, Clarke county. He left all
his estate to his widow. 1t consists man
which has been paid to Mrs. Mullikin
by New York company
Forest Service Examiner Dies.
Alfred T Hamilton. examiner OF sur
vevs of the United States forest service
who had been on duty in the Virginia
and West Virginia areas, with headquar-
ters at Woodstock. since last spring, dieG
suddenly this week at Thorn Bottom
Hardy county. w. Va. from heart dis
ease He appeared to be in good heaith
when he left his wife and little boy at
a hotel in Edinburg Few days peiore
He was a graduate of Princeton Cniver-
sity, and was student there Wnen
President Wilson was at the head of the
institution.
Miss Margaret T. Fagan, eighty-three
years old, who died this week at the
home of her nephew. George w. i1alnes,
in Winchester although a native OF
penns ylvania, was an ardent Confederate
synpathiZer during the civil war She
was in her younger days a woman oi
great physical strength, and on one oc-
casion when a Pennsylvania came INTO
her house and ordered her to prepare
dinner for him. Miss Pagan seized the
man ard gave him sound beatns. she
grabbed a butcher knife to use on the
intruder, but he managed TO slip out
She leaves two sisters, one oil Whom Is
Mrs E. A. OConnor wife of capt. ste
phen O'Connor. L. 5. A, now under
medical treatment in Washington nos
pita1. =.
John B. Earman and Miss Ethel NJ.
EarTnan of Rockingham county and JACK
p. Vernon of the same county and MISS
Geneva F. Canaan of Orkney Springs, Va
eft iuietIy a few days ago ior w asniiis-
ton where they were marrled lnursuas.
The couples have since reluiieu " "
plore forgiveness. \.
Work has been resumed on the new NJ
p. Church South at Stephens City. Fred
erick county, of which Rev. A. hhoA IS
pastor. The corner stone will be laid
May with Masonic ceremonies, followed
by an address by Rev. DR.. Hammond OF
Luray Va. The church Will cost ABOUT
14.0oO exclusive of furnishings.
Instead of spending large sum OF
money on badly needed repairs at the
lodge of the national cemetery in " IN
chester. it is expected the government
will In the near future erect a new bulld-
ing for the superintendent. Capt. f. NJ
Davis. and change the location from Ma
,ional avenue to East Piccadilly street.
which will make it more convenient Tor
visitors large numbers of whom Visit the
cemetery.
Rev. Harry G. Spencer and FAMILY, VINO
came this week from kensington, Nd,
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members of Market street NJ. +. Church,
of which he is now pastor, having suc-
ceeded Rev c. D. Taylor, who goes to a
church in Anne Arundel county. Md.
Dinner was waiting when the new pastor
and his family reached the parsonage
Will Direct Summer Normal.
Julian A. Burrus, principal of the Har-
rjsonburg State Normal School, has been
| designated by the Virginia board of edu-
| cation to have charge of the summer ses-
sion of that institution, which will open
| June Is and continue about five weeks.
| The faculty will be much larger than
| heretofore and the attendance will proba-
bly, be second only to that at the. Univer-
| sity of Virginia's summer school for
| teachers.
l
| of the Brethren for the northern district
| of Virginia. held at Greenmount, Rock
| ingham county, reports were received
showing that some of the members Of the
| church have violated the rule prohibiting
| the wearing of neckties and other things
| regarded as ornamentations Before ex-
peIling such members it was decided to
| appoint a committee to call upon the Of
| tenders and demonstrate with them.
| Rev j. c. Miller of Timberville and
Rev. p S. Thomas of Harrisonburg were
elected delegates to the general confer
ence. which meets this summer in
Seattle. Wash. Large delegations will
go from Virginia.
| The Shenandoah Valley Turnpike Com
pany, which manages the historic high
| way between Winchester and Staunton.
| this week awarded additional contracts
| for the resurfacing of forty remaining
| miles of roadway with dustless bitumi-
| nous binders, and the work is now in
progress south Of Winchester. Over fifty
miles have already been covered since
| last summer.
| The board of directors of the Win
chester fair have approved plans drawn
by a Washington architect for the erec-
ton of several new buildings. to take the
place of those demolished by the grea,
hurricane which swept Winchester
March > The main exhibition hall will
be much larger than the old building
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