Evening star., 1914-08-09
HostiIities There Likely to Cur
tail Market for Immense
Apple Crop.
EXPERTS WITH RIFLE
COMPETE FOR PRIZES
Residents Of Winchester and Nearby
Points Are Among Those Ma
rooned Abroad.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

WINCHESTER, Va, August S.-While
the Virginia apple crop this fall promises
to be the l.-rgest in recent years, great
many commercial orchardmen who have
succeeded, after much hard work, In es-
tablishing a reputation for their fruit in
foreign countries fear the present Euro
pean war will have bad effect upon the
apple market Some of the Frederick
county growers last year sold York I'M
perial fruit in Great Britain. it is claim
ed. several weeks ahead Of any others
from the United States, and only re-
Gently several British firms had repre-
sentatives here looking over the situa-
ton. News has since been received,
however. that the prospect of obtaining
high prices for fancy Virginia fruit abroad
this fall are not SO bright.
A carefully compiled list of the growers
of apples and peaches in the two Vir-
ginias and Maryland, together with the
names Of the large Eastern dealers and
widely by the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road. These lists are eagerly sought
by growers and buyers alike.
A large number of fruit men of Abe
marie county met few days ago at
Charlottesville and organized local
according to the government standard,
and each member signed a paper indi-
eating his willingness to comply with the
rules and regulations in order to get the
union label.
Henry n. richards. the special revenue
ofncer. who committed suicide Wednes-
day by shooting himself through the
brain with pistol at the home of Mrs.
Charles f. Frazier, in Harrisonburg,
where he boarded, is believed to have
been mentally deranged because Of Ill
health. although 1t has been reported
that he also had financial troubles. A let
ter. couched in affectionate language
written by his wife at her home in Front
| Royal. was found In his coat pocket
Richards. who belonged to a prominent
W arren county family, left no writing or
anything else to indicate the direct
cause OF the suicide. His funeral took
place yesterday at Front Royal.
Marksmen Compete for Prizes.
Expert marksmen from various cities
and towns of Virginia, Maryland, West
virginia. and other states competed for
handsome cash and gold medal
prizes offered during the second
annual tournament of the Win
chester Gun Club this week, and
| number of professionals shot for target
oy spectators. and the several events ex-
cited great interest. R. A. Hall Of Staun-
ton made the highest average, breaking
!3' out OF 100 targets. w. D. Runnels Of
w. 5. Jones of Roanoke had 1872 to his
credit. Others making good records were
Dr. L. G. Richards of Roanoke, 131: A.
NJ Shepherd of Roanoke 125. and Harry
q; Thatcher and Robert T. Jones Of
Winchester, 120 and 11S. respectively
The body of James j. Lumley, con-
struction foreman Of the Northern Vir-
ginia Power Company OF Winchester, who
was killed by electricity while at work
was inferred at Durham, N c., where he
was born and reared. He had had sew
eral narrow escapes from the same fate
in recent years, and once was severely
injured when a Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road passenger train was wrecked and
rolled down an embankment near Wades-
Vile station.
Homer Hill Emmett of Hanging Rock.
w. Va. and Miss Roena Riley of Au-
gusta. w. Va. eluded the homefolk the
other day and started in an automobile
for Winchester to be married, but the
car broke down in the West Virginia
mountains. and they were almost caught
by their pursuers. The latter, however
were unable to overtake the lovers and
they were married here by Rev. Roy
Schmucker just in time to board an even
ing train for Washington and other east
ern cities.
The presence of his mother has had
nluc1 to do with the recovery Of ten
year-old James Johnson of Mount Jack
son, who was badly injured recently
when run over by a large automobii.
while he was coasting down hill near
his home in small exress wagon. He
was severly cut and bruised and inter
nally injured, and little hope was ener-
tanned for his recovery when he was
brought to Winchester Memorial Hospi-
tai He will prObably be able to leave
for home in day or two.