Evening star., 1914-12-27
SETTLE GRIEVANCE
WITH B. { 0. ROAD
Business Men Of Winchester
and Charles Town Reach
an Agreement.
NO MORE TRAINS ARE
TO BE DISCONTINUED
Gables From Liverpool Report Break
in Apple Market-Postmaster
Sibert on Duty January /.
Special Correspondence of The Star.


| WINCHESTER, Va, December GO
| The business men of Winchester and
Charles Town buried the hatchet they
=. had sharpened for the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company this week, fol-
lowing conference here with General
Manager C. w. Galloway, at which the
entire railroad situation was gone over.
Mr.. Galloway promised that no more
trains will be taken off this division,
and stated that those that had been
| discontinued will be put on again when
business conditions generally improve.
The company also. agreed to run the
| Shenandoah specials, the trains carry
ing Royal Blue line equipment, through
from Baltimore and Washington to
Lexington, Va, without change, as
| heretofore, to become effective when
| other changes are made.
/ Much doubt is expressed as to wheth-
er Mrs. James b. Crowder of Covington,
Va Will insist upon second trial OF
her suit against the Valley Turnpike
Company Tor $4,000 damages because
OF the aeatn OF her husband, James B.
Crowder, who was killed the night of
June IL last, when his new automobile
was wrecked near Tenth Legion, Rock
lngham county, Va, while on the way
home from " ashington, where he had
purchased the car The case was tried
! at Harrisonburg recently and resulted
| in a hung jury. Mrs. Crowder has an
| other suit against the pike company,
claiming $1,oUO damages to the auto,
| mobile, and Miss Lucia Hudson of Cow
lnston, who was injured in the crash
Cable messages Te reeeived lei here se,eeo yester-
day from Liverpool tell of a general
break in the apple market in Great
Britain. The market broke a day or
two ago so cents from the prices that
had been prevailing, and it was stated
that further decline was expected at
any time rortunately for the growers
OF the Winchester section, they had
| very few apples on consignment in
England when the market declined.
Markers for Braddock Route.
| The Colonial Danes of Virginia have
| completed arrangements for the work
| or marking the route taken by Gen.
Braddock On his march from Winches-
| ter to Fort Duquesne, at Pittsburgh ana
Miss Katharine r. Glass, president of
Fort Loudoun Seminary of Winches-
| ter. mas been appointed as local COM
bronze tablet marker in this city,
There will be two other markers in
| Virginia, one at Alexandria and the
other at Aldie. and they will be un-
veled with appropriate exercises early
next spring. The Daughters of the
American Revolution have charge or
the work in Maryland.
| DR.. and Mrs. H. NJ. Duncan, who are
IN charge of the Strasburg hospital
have been patients this week in that
institution instead of attending to the
needs of others. for several nights ago
both fell headlong down a steep stair
way and were severely hurt. Mrs
Duncan started down first, carrying a
| lighted lamp, and when her husband
stepped upon his wife's skirt both
tum bled to the bottom. Their clothing
| caught fire, as did also the building,
but the flames were quickly put out.
Take Turns Carrying Coffin.
The death of George Baldwin. a
prominent farmer of Page county, was
followed by unusual difficulties in car
.rying the body to it's last resting place
on the. other side of the Blue Ridge
mountains in Rappahannock county, of
which he was native. The mountain
roads were completely blocked by
snow and trees that had been broken
| down by sleet, and dozen or more
men took turns at carrying the coffin
by a rugged and precipitous route over
| the top of the ridge. So broken down
| were the trees and underground with
| ice that the mourners had to go ahead
and open path for those who bore the
body. Owing to weather conditions, no
| funeral service was held
| The town of Harrisonburg now has a
| continuous electric light and power
ing been installed this week at the
| towns hydro-electric plant on the
| Shenandoah river, and either set of
machinery can be used at any time
| Winchester's new postmaster, ]. Will
| liam Sibert, will take charge about
January 1, succeeding the late Capt
George H. Kinzel, who died in October
| or just seven months after taking the
| Office.
DR.. c. A. Smith to Lecture.
DIR. c. Alphonso Smith of the faculty
of the University of Virginia, and for
merly the Roosevelt exchange profess
sor to Berlin. Germany, will lecture in
the Handley Memorial Library in Win
chester Monday night on american
Literature in Foreign Lands" The lee
ture will be one of the winter series
given bt- the library. The first was de-
| livered last week by DIR. James Howard
Gore of Washington.
The old Taylor Hotel property In
Winchester. one of the most historic
hostelries in the south, which was the
headquarters of the generals of both
! armies during the civil war. was yes.
terday bought from ]. G. McCrory O,
New York by Fred. H. liable of Wash.
ington. and his brother, Herman H
" +" iiieAeSeei, VINO Will tear II
down and erect on the site a large
business block. The Hables will have a
theater above the storerooms. They
already own and operate theaters in
Washington and several Virginia cities
Local committees have arranged for
the annual convention of the Virginia
State Horticultural Society here Janu-
ary 13 and IA, and one of the chief
features will be a large fruit show
principally of apples. Some of the en-.
tries are from the states of Oregon
and Washington.
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