Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-31
BERRyVULLE.
Politics Very LiveIy-The situa'ion-
personal Notes.

pERRYVILLE, VA, october So.-CSpe-
o,a1,-politics are lively in Clarke coun-
Nv now, and as election-day draws near
the interest In the result increases DO
far as the fight for the Governor Lieu
,orart-G Governor. and Attorney-Generai
% concerned. there is really no contest
worth mentioning here, as the county
Democratic by so large a majority tId'
the candidate of no other party ever mas
any hope of success. AS to the hSht De-
tween the two candidates for the House
NJ Delegates, there Is very diiereh'
storv IN tell. The candidates are MT.
s. Thomas, who represented the as
trict made up of this county. ana the
courtX of Warren in the last Legisla-
ture and who Is the nominee oil the
regularly held Democratic conVehtloi',
conposed of delegates from both Oh salu
counties. to succeed himself, ana MI
Iobn r Castleman, well-known farm
~ Of Clarke county, who has announced
himself as an Independent Democrati'
candidate. Ordinarily, in Clarke COUNT
NO ona has any chance OF defeating the
reo,,Iar nominee of the Democratic con-
vention. but under existing conditions
the contest is a very close one. inc
situation is briefly this: Before the CON
yention which nominated Mr.. Inomas'
Mr. A. c. Carson, OF Warren was on
active aspirant for the nomination. pu'
there being a split in the warren u ele-
gation-some of the delegates iaVorlns
HTr Waller-Carson could not muster
strength enough to succeed anu MI.
Thomas became the nominee. Ever since
then Carson and his friends have been
aore over his defeat. and have USED
Query effort to defeat Thomas. Add 10
this the facts that the personal popu7
iorItv NJ the two candidates Is about
oouaI that the Warren County E&ecu-
tive committee at recent meeting took
matters into their own hands, and' re-
pudiating the action OF the joint conVeh-
| lion of the two counties. declared
! NJ castleman TO be the regular nofni-
noe OF the Democratic party, and that
MANY persons are so Indifferent as TO
ne result that they will probably stay
awav from the polls, and q case Is pre-
sented which makes success on the part
| of the nominee OF the Democratic party
very doubtful. No apathy Is seem now
ever. among the leaders IN the party.
Speakers are appointed 10 aooIess mo
voters AT every voting precinct between
| now and cleCllOH-udyt
done that can be done TO bring clarke
into the ranks of those counties VINO
viii be counted in the Democratic col
umn on November "a.
Mr.. ID. Il. Meade, of this county but
who has lately moved to Texas 10 I'VE,
had a sale of his household effects and
! sar,, utensils. etc, on Wednesday, which
attracted persons from all parts OF the
county. and at which large prices were
paid for the goods sold.
Miss Lyle Tyler. of Richmond. VINO
has been visiting Miss May Wheat, re-
.,,r,ed on tuesday to her home. Miss
Tvler made a host Of friends during her
stav here. who regretted exceedingly to
Tho abundant rains Of the past week
have done a great deal OF good 10 tne
recently-seeded wheat-ields. which are
now heavily covered with a thick growth
Of wheat. The fall pastures were also
verv much helped by the rain.