Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-09
LEESBURG.


Special Correspondence of The star.
LEE,SBURG. Va, May s.-The prize
list for the fourteenth annual exhi-
bition of the horse and colt show of
Loudoun county. which is to be held
here Wednesday and Thursday. June Q
and 10. has been issued by the score
| tary. W. f. Garrett, and contains a
large number OF attractive classes
There arc many special prizes offered
il, the forty hunter and harness class
es. an! the officers are making prepa
rations for one of tho largest exhibit
tons ever held here.
Work has been started on the cree
tion Of new building for the Pur-
cellvlIc National Bank. the original
bank having been burned several
months ago The building viii he
twenty mine feet wide and sixty five
feet long. and Will have a large num-
her of modern ronNenienceS and i'm
provements.
The plans of !. r. Crawford have
been accepted for new high school
building at LeeshurS. and il is thought
that he building Will he completed
by december. 1t will contain eleven
clasSro"nls. with a capacity Of 42O pn-
pits. auditorium, with seating "a :
parity OF 500. laboratory. domestic
science manual training. principal $
office. teachers rest rooms. boys and
other appointments.
Tho body of Levi Mossburg Who
died at the home of his brother. Cliff
ton MosshnrE. in Hamilton. I.outinnn
county. Wednesday, was inferred in
Union cemetery. Leeshurg. Yesterday
afternoon. Services We're conducted
hy Rev. r l.. Eutslcr Mr.. Mossburg
was thirty-three years old and un-
married lie is survived by two sis
tiers. Mrs. Frank Scala of Clarendon.
Va. and Mrs. James MerrIman OF
Brunswick. and three brothers. William
Mosshure Of Washington. ID. G.. and
John and Clifton Mosshurg of this
county.
Funeral services for Mrs Susan
Purcell. widow of +. T. Purcell. will
take place sunday afternoon. with
burial al Lincoln. The death of Mrs.
Purcell was due to paralysis and the
intirmities of age she formerly lived
at Purcellvile, hut for the past two
years had resided at Taylors Mill,
where her death occurred.
James Henry Pearson. farmer re
siding on the place of Milton +. Allies.
near here. died yesterday near Dranes-
VILE Va after a short illness. from
erysipelas lie was sixty five years
old. and is survived by widow, three
sons aud one daughter. lnter1nent VIII
he at Dranesville tomorrow in the
family burrinS ground.
NJ Il meeting of the Loudoun county
democratic committee. held III Lees
burg Friday. Harry T. Harrison was
elected chairman. to succeed himself.
and John T. !iourihane was made sec
rotary and treasurer. y. Janney Pur-
cell of HillSboro was selected by the
committee to fill the uneNplred term
of r. II. Nandevanter. deceased.
Announcements has been made that
the election for mayor. councllmen ana
recorder of Leesburg will be held Tues
day. June :. 1t is said there VIII De
a warm contest for councilmen.
NJ he lxae
announced his withdrawal from the
race for representative IN the state
legislature Mr.. Gray finds that busl-
ness reasons prevent his becoming
candidate.
Preparations are being made for
Confederate Memorial day exercises IN
I.eesburg Thursday, May -. There VIII
he speaking at the courthouse by a
prominent orator and music by the
Confederate choir. Following the exer-
cises the veterans. sons OF veterans
Daughters of the Confederacy and
school children will march to the
the Confederate dead.
The Middleburg aud Piedmont Hunt
clubs have elected NJ. G. Richardson
and Joseph B. Thomas co-masters Of
foxhounds.
Alexander Humphrey of Louisville:
Ky, has purchased from the heirs of
the late John p. de Butts their farm
near Welbourn- 1t contains a colonial
dwelling.
Henry d. Whitfield. an architect of
New York. has purchased l24 acres of
land near Midd1eburg from G. ]. Hart
ley for s6,21I. He will erect summer
home on the land.
Mrs Theodore Milton of Washing
ton has leased. the. Denonet cottage at
Bluemont for the summer months.
The Auction Bridge Club was enter
tanned Friday afternoon by Miss
Leonora Preston at Meadowbrook
farm. The guests of the club were
Mesda mes Cyrus de Coster. Charles F.
Harrison. Hartley Trundle, Julia Heit-
man and Miss Eliza beth Davis. The
Lee Hempstone The members playing
were Misses Elizabeth and Lillian
White, Rebecca. Maria and Meta Har-
rison, Mary Conrad. Anne Macdonald.
Dore Pike, Violet Alexander, Mrs. Joel
Harris, Mrs. Harry Gibson and Mrs
Walter Harrison.