Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-12
vIRGINIAvs AT THE HOTELS.
The Number Yesterday Was Much
Greater Than Usuai-HOteI Notes.


While | am an Indanian." said Mr..
George s. Mcgee. Of Rushyile Ind, at
New Ford's last night Il spent ten years
in the Valley Of Virginia having
lived at Waynesboro' for about that
period going back to Indiana about the
1st Of last May. Imagine how l felt when
/ found | had 10 send my little chill
dren to school with negro boys and girls.
l had been down here in Virginia, and
found out a great deal about the negro
/ certainly don't want my children to go
TO school with them.
There has arisen a sentiment in Rush
VILE" Mr.. Mcgee continued, "in favor Of
separate schools 4 new school building
is TO be erected soon. and many Of the
whites want it TO be a building for color
ed pupils The negroes oppose the idea
almost unanimously"
Basic City is In a fair way to become
a good sized town" said gentleman re-
Gently from that place. at New Ford's
last night. "A short time ago a man
from High Point y. C., purchased the
desk factory erected az Basic IN the boom
days. and is now making furniture there,
working sixty men. He is making money.
Another firm has purchased the old car
works there. also erected I'm the days OF
the boom, ana will soon begin the manu-
facture OF corn husker, which, II f.
claimed, Will revolutiOnize corn-harvest-
Ing.
in Waynesboro', near by are many
evidences Of prosperity. This Is es-
~ HHENH Ia Il
a number OF residences being erected"
Although there were no excursion rates
I'm force from Halifax and Charlotte
counties to Richmond yesterday. an UNI
usually large number of persons from
those counties were at the hotels In
deed. the number Of visiting Nirginians In
the city yesterday from all parts Of the
State was much larger than usual. Fol
lowing are some Of them:
At New FOrds-L. L. Bays and w. NJ.
BAYS, Lebanon; ". a. Parsons, Ninita;
A. ]. Bell, Gotham; W. a. Worth Nor
folk; ID. b. HutchesOn, Charlotte county;
Martin Maria, Elkhorn, W. Va; X. {.
and Adrian II. Grieg Otterburn Springs;
II. r.. Noblin and j. w. Moseley, South
Boston; c. r. French, Houston; j. Her
bert Guthrie. South Boston; +. w. Allen,
Clover: 4. $ Priddy, KeysYlle; j. l.
PEBBLES Norfolk; Mrs. w. ID. Paxton ana
children. Chase city. Tyree Wright SOUTH
Boston: W. NJ. Nicholas. South Boston;
]. i. overly. South Boston; w. j. Col
lis. clover: j. W. Rutledge. Randolph; j.
c. Chandler. South Boston; j. GUNNER
field. ]. NJ. Darlington. a. II. vaughan
south Boston; Henry Edmunds, Chase
CITY: r. w. Lawson, South Boston; Mrs.
n. u. Hubbard Virginia; Miss Nate Earl
and r. A. Earl Houston; q. A. Waddeil'
Glover.
At Murphys-James II. Addick, Jr.'
Lynchburg; ]. NJ. Barker, Alton; charles
sbarp. Norfolk; A. II. Lindsay, Ports
mouth: c. II. Heater, Middleto%1; c. Z.
Brownley Portsmouth; Benjamin Wat
kins Leigh, Houston; j. A. iienn, Jr:'
and r.. J. Luck. South Boston; }. W.
Johnson. Houston; J. n. Dickens. Hous-
ton. r.,
Al the Lexington-B. T. Spencer, Fred
ericksbure; c. c. CLANCY, Birch; f. i.
Schodeld. Pittston; James 4. Fulton
staunton: Robert c. Wilkinson, Warm
Strings. r.. +. Gish, Newport News; w.
p. Rodwen, OakVile'