Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-08
Jury AWARDS $1,000
IN SUIT FOR $4,000
F. 7. Valley of Rappahannock Suf-
fers Severely in Sundays
Storm.
Historic Virginia Homes and Giant
Oaks Are Injured by Wind.
Culpeper County Notes.

1.
y case attracting much attention. in
which the argument lasted four days. was
that OF William II. Snow. jr. against the
Southern railway before Judge Shackel-
ford. in the circuit court last week. The
plaatiff sued for $4,000 for personal in
Jurics received from the railway truck
breaking while he was pulling it along
the platform at Mitchells station. being
part OF his duties as depot agent at that
place. Many witnesses were examined
and it was proved that the plaintiff was
suffering from nervous affection, inca
pacitatlns him from earning his living.
The jury. however. did not think the al
legged injuries altogether responsible for
the nervous breakdown and a verdict
awarding $1,000 was given after a short
dcliberation- Appeal was noted
w. \. Glascock recently sold his house
and farm on the Sperryville turnpike near
Culpeper to =. c. F'ultZ of WytheviIle.
who will Immediately take possession.
This is one of the desirable small farms.
onl.- about sixty-four acres being in the
tract.
The Womans Missionary Society. the
Young Woman's Auxiliary and the Sun
beam Band of the Baptist Church recent
~ united in holding a jnbiate service
here in commemoration of the twenty
fifth anniversary of the organization OF
women's societies in this denomination
all over the south Mrs. Julian p. Thorn
as. corresponding secretary for the state.
and Miss Alice Taylor. leader of the Y.
W. A.. both of Richmond, were present
and made addresses. Miss Bette Jones.
local leader of the Y. w. A., and Mrs.
Lulu RiXey 'keyser. Shiloh association
president, We're among the other mission
AIRY workers present and seven country
churches Joined with the Culpeper church
in conducting the exercises. At night
there was q special program rendered by
the Sunbeam band.
F. G1ikeson Seriously Iii.
Frank NJ. Gilkeson was called to Staun-
ton SATURDAY by the serious illness of his
brother Fillmore Gilkeson, Il leading
fruit grower of Hillside, near Staunton.
His illness was of so critical nature
that his brother was not able to see him,
and Mr.. Gilkeson since returning to Gull
pepper has himself been very. i'll.
The most severe windstorm ever known
in the history of this country visited
this section last Sunda! night the storm
= o'clock, and the +. 7. valley of
Rappahannock suffered even more than
Culpeper county. Numbers of large barns
were demolished. houses We're unroofed
or blown over. and shade trees and TIM
Der leveled On. one side of a small
mountain above +. r. Baptist Church
there is not a tree left standing where
Sunday morning was large body of
timber. and in the grounds of J. James
Miller's home at Hawlin eighteen giant
oaks We're uprooted by the gale.
The historic Frank Thornton house, the
MI in ha n
Virginia, was unroofed and otherwise
injured, and on the Sham Plain farm. a
two-thousand-acre tract lying at the foot
of the Blue Ridge, the damage to build
inngs. fences and stock will reach thou
sands of dollars. In several cases fani-
lies escaped from the falling houses in
their nightciothes and suffered greatly
from cold before reaching places Of
refuge. but so far as can be learned
there were no deaths from the storm.
Telephone wires are down all over kap-
pahannock county and trees are in many
cases still obstructing the roads. though
the mails have come through since the
first two days following the storm.
Weeks Farm Sold at Auction.
Last Saturday the commissioners in
the suit of Weeks agt. Weeks sold at
public auction, in front of the courthouse
at Warrenton. the Weeks farm, near
New Baltimore, consisting of 125 acres
F. 8. Carter was the buyer. paying
$1,000.
The congregation of the Culpeper
Presbyterian Church recently pur-
chased the house on Jamesons Hill,
owned and occupied by Eugene c. john
son and family, for manse. the pastor
in future to reside in Culpeper instead of
Bealton, where he also has charge of a
church.
l. L. johnson and his daughter Miss
EstelIe, who have been in UniontoWn.
Pa, since the early tall, were in Gull
pepper for several days recently, Mr.
Johnson returning to Uniontown Monday
and Miss Johnson joining her sister, Mrs.
Jerome Sprague. in West Virginia.