Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15
FARMS NEAR CULPEPER
PASS INTO NEW HANDS
Horse Show to Be Held July 4
and 5 Promises Good
Attractions.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

CULPEPER. Va. June IA. 1913
Several Culpeper county farms have
changed hands during the past week
among them being that Of d. r. Kite
near Stevensburg, which was purchased
by J. H. McDevitt of Monroe county, w.
Va. This farm contains more than 800
acres and is in a high state of cultiva-
ton. The new owner will not take pos
session until October. Fred Whaling.
who for several years has been a resident
of Culpeper. coming here from Romney.
w. Va, also sold his farm, known local
ly as the Ellenger farm. to DR.. Douglas
of Warrenton. This is fine river bot
the late Representative John F. Rixey.
The Culpeper Horse Show Association
announces nausually good prospects for a
fine show on July and >. Among the
horse lovers who are expected in Cul-
pepper then with their horses are Miss
Katherine Elkins, Arthur White, w. +.
Wilbur, Louis Keith. Julian Morris and
others More than $1,000 will be given
away in prizes.
News was received here this week Of
the death of Lee Pannill. for many years
sheriff of Orange county. at sanatorium
in Richmond where he had gone for
treatment The body was brought back
to his home. near True Blue, where the
funeral took place Wednesday. Mr.. Pan
mill is survived by his wife, who was
Miss Annie Pannill. and two children, a
son and daughter He was first cousin
of William Camp Pannill, who met death
by being thrown from his horse near
Culpeper six weeks ago.
Epidemic of Measles.
Several parts of the county have been
recently visited by an epidemic OF
measles which seem to be in an I'M
usually mild form. the persons sick not
being confined to bed more than day
or two In the family of Mrs. James
Green. who lives near Amissville, seven
persons were sick with the disease at
one time.
Large shipments of spring lambs are be-
ing made from Culpeper and other nearby
points by local dealers. Lucio w. Hill OF
Locust Dale shipped 3l5 last week, OF
which the average weight was eighty-one
pounds Another dealer shipped 600 about
the same time most of them coming from
Madison Mr.. Hill, who is interested In
fine stock of every sort is in charse OF
the Hereford sale which will be held at
the Orange county fair this fall. Secre-
tary Kinney of the American Hereford
Breeders Association will take charge of
the sale and Col. Fred Repper', Here
ford auctioneer will do the selling.
At a reunion of the Chelf family. held
recently at the home of the eldest broth
err. Charles Chelf in Culpeper, 1T was in
teresting to note that not one or the
brothers and sisters was missing, though
the host is eghty-four years old and the
Youngest member of the family Is sixty
five.
June Term of Court.
The regular term of June court begins
here Monday with several important
cases which have been remanded here for
a new trial by the supreme court, which
reversed the decision of the lower court.
Among them is the case of Williams agt.
Mitchells. in which parcel of land is in
yolved And another is the case of N. E.
r. Smith agt f. Jackson Eggborn, which
is known locally as the rock case" from
the fact that not the land. but quantity
Of rock on the land. valuable only since
the work of macadamizing the county
roads has begun, was the point at issue
Maj n F. Cheairs and his grand
daughter Miss Susie Hickey, of Waco.
Tex, arrived Monday for a visit to Mr.
and Mrs E. c. Johnson in Culpeper and
have been Joined since by their cousins,
Misses Madge and Roberta Hickey of
Knoxville, Tenn. This was something of
a journey for Maj. Cheairs, who recently
,aIohrat ted his Djnefy-fifth birthday