Evening star., 1918-03-31
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA.

WINCHESTER, March 30.-Strong op-
position is developing among 1ruit
growers of the Winchester apple pelt
to a resolution passed by the eastern
Fruit Growers Association at its an
nual convention last week in Martins
burg, w. Va This resolution advo-
Gates the passage by Congress OF
drastic grading and packing law
Such a bill was to have been oHered
in the Virginia legislature recently.
Opposition was too strong. and it was
not even presented.
The proposed bill, it is stated. would
leave discretionary with the ofhc1als Oh
the Department of Agriculture as to
the percentage Of color that Will oe
permitted in the several grades. AS
matter of fact, it is pointed out. II
would be next to impossible to enforce
the provisions of the bill.
1t is claimed that it would be neces-
sary to examine each apple by hand,
which few, if any, growers would care
to undertake The fruit growers OF
this section. who produce more than
one-third of yirginia's crop, will pro-
test against the proposed legislation.
Relatives and friends of the Virginia
soldiers at the officers training camp.
Camp Lee, Petersburg. Va, plan trip
to that cantonment on April s. Fam
ily day" will be celebrated with special
exhibition drills in close order bayonet
and grenade work by candidate omcers:
The training camp will close on April
20. According to a letter from the
camp today, no intfmation mas oeen
given as to who will be commissioned.
Sixty-f1ve men Of winchester, nearly
all below or above the draft age, have
passed the physical examinations ana
have been accepted for membership IN
the local unit of the state volunteers 8
The state volunteers are now oelng or.
the places of the old militia companies
transferred to the federal service Lo-
gan r. Fay. secretary OF the local ex-
emption board, is captain OF the VIM
chester company
ist. who made many trips into Ger,
many as a special investigator TOT Lo.o
Northcliffe, and author OF a war DOOR
THE Land of Deepening Shadow. De
liyered a war lecture here tonight un-
der the direction of the Handley
Foundation.
Baker Of Winchester, has broken INTO
the Army, after three unsuccessful at
r1nmp nTaetical training with the Engineer
Corps at Camp Grant. Rockford. III
lust twenty-one years OF age. ne was
turned down repeatedly on acG1uhi Thn last ct
time he applied in Washington that
discrepancy was waved. His elder
brother, II. S. Baker. jr. is with the
Washington and Lee University ampu-
Increased levies for school purposes
we're made by the Frederick county
supervisors this week. These are IN
addition to increased state levies made
shown that most of the county teachers
received about $50 month salary.
Many improvements will be made to
buildings and number of new scnool-
houses are to be erected.
The stockholders OF the Salley 1urn-
pike Company are soon to hold meet
ing to vote on the question OF turning
the famous highway between w lnches-
ter and Staunton over TO the state. a
bill providing for the transfer. passed
by the legislature, has been signed by
the governor. The supervisors of
Augusta county. however. have adopted
resolutions opposing the transfer but
it is thought majority of stockholders
will favor the plan. If it goes through
the road will be maintained by FEDERAL
and state funds. and all tollgates abol-
ished Under the new state highway
system five important trunk roads are
to converge at Winchester. one OF the
most important being that to be con-
structed from Washington through
Fairfax. Lopdoun and Clarke counties.
and connecting here with the Shenan
doah valley pike.
Bernard Groves of Winchester who
enlisted in the Washington ambulance
company recruited by DR.. Devereux OF
Washington. was in Paris during two
air raids recently. according to q letter
received by his mother Mrs. Georgie
Groves Yesterday. The young man
told of climbing a tree and rescuing
an aviator whose legs and arms had
BODY badly cut and bruised by falling
with his machine. Many such incidents
occur daily. he said.
Local draft boards have summoned the,
first contingents of the next draft to re-
port for duty. The first to leave this
section will go from Winchester on April
2 to Camp Lee. Va. A numbe. Of young
men who could probably be exempted or
tural grounds have waived that right and
will go to camp when called.
Private Jack HUFF. who enlisted be-
fore the border trouble. in Company 1,
I'd Virginia Regiment (now the 116th In
fantry), in Winchester. has been dishon-
bly, discharged from the service at
Camp Mcclellan, Admission, Ala, required
10 forfeit all pay ard allowances and sem
fenced to serve five years in the Fort
Ieavenworth penitentiarv. afte~ being
convicted Of desertion. Huff, who lived al
tTpperville. Loudoun county. was recently
serving "a sentence for being, absent
without leave ard made his escape. He
was captured about a week ago.
A large mansion on the old s;i,eehan
colonial place. near. Berryvi.ie. built more
than 100 years ago. was destroyed by
fire a few days since. caused. it is said
by a defective flue. Elias Broy. the ten
ant. saved most Of his personal effects.
The property was owned for many years
by the late Gen. Thurman.
The remains of Mrs. Ann Bailey Bran
son. eighty-nine years old. who died early
last Sunday morning at the home of her
son. William B. Branson. in Washington,
were brought to the historic Hopeweil
Meeting House and inferred She was
formerly Miss Bailey of Kenneth Square,
Philadelphia. and belonged to a promi-
nent family OF Friends. Her husband
David w. Branson. died some years ago.
She leaves one son with whom she lived
In Waahingtou.