Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-30
THE MAIL 0UTRAGES.
.,ov ruE NORTHERN NECK
PEOPLE SUFFER.
IN uspsRDOSABLs DISCRIMINATION,
a. s-Ncn-tre Forced TO
pafronizc Northern ttttes In Pref
.o,cc TO Richnond-The Good
Hosas QucStion-Briefs.
correspondence of the Dispatchl

ample. so far as the number OF post
.a.os and the frequency Of the mails
.ra concerned, bat there Is a defect IN
a. schedule elsewhere which causes very
.oroas inconvenience to the businessmen
.a several counties Of the Neck. The
Offices here are supplied daily by the
.1ate from Fredericksburg TO this place
esd on down. Mail matter for the North
Ell Neck leaves Fredericksburg early in
taa morning, before The southern mails
arrive there. and, therefore. the news
papers. important letters. etc. have 10
isnain IN that city about twenty-four
aoaIs 20 come down the next day. For
example. the mail matter from Richmond
sad other points south which arrives In
Friday morning. soon
after the departure Of the Northern Neck
mail. must stay there until Saturday
morning. AID that which reaches ed
ricksbusg Saturday morning cann9t start
0r fhe Northern Neck until the following
Monday. So that sometimes newspapers
a.a nearly three days old when they
re. CD King George. the upper county OK
-1e Neck. 10 has happened that important
received here. after being In Fredericks-
b.re com Saturday until Monday and.
from tae same cause. pressing business
interests nave suffered. Newspapers pub
l... 1th OF Fredericksburg are handi-
capped. ana newspapers representatives
l... ..r placed az serious DISADVANTAGE.
Recently representative OF Richmond
..t -anFassed the businessmen here for
descriptions 10 his paper. and ne was
'co tlat their preference was for a Rich
uoul paper but as IL could not reacn
lem until twenty-four hours after the
northern papers. published the same day.
rived here. they were forced 10 patrO-
re the latter. Some time ago a North
,-n Neck gentleman was in Washington.
and on the morning when he was 20 take
o. Potomac steamer fOr his home he en-
dcavored 20 buy a Virginia paper of that
aattS and after visiting several places and
laiAng a number OF newspaper boys he
was informed that the Richmond papers
hadn't come in yet" Not long ago a
professional man here ordered from Rich
m0nd "a small package, TO come by mail,
which was needed very much on Saturday
evening following. The order was prompt
~ filed and the package reached
Fredericksburg Gin ample time" 10 be
too late go come down by that days mail,
and could not come until the following
MONDAY. Since then the same man has
had 60 order the same kind of articles
from come northern city in order 10 re-
ceive DO IN time 10 be Of use. 1t is not
only very inconvenient. but II Is a hard
ship for the people here 10 be thus de-
prived OF the privilege Of business rela-
tions with Richmond and other points
South. A good deal OF business I'm the
country is transacted by special engage
ments. and when mail matter. upon which
The fulhlment Of ap engagement depends
~ any use. some one suffers the loss of
time and money. as well as a mortihca-
ton of feelings and humiliation.
The country people have never been so
thoroughly aroused on the subject Of
good roads as they are just now. Those
who have hitherto been cOnspicuously
different on the subject are now among
ra leading advocates Of the immediate
alorl lion Of some new and adequate sys-
tenn Of road-making and road-repairing.
4 number Of prominent citizens of West
moreland recently assembled and adopt
ed strong and practical resolutions de-
Wanding q better system and pledging
their support and cooperation. For more
than @ month past the public highways
in many places have been impossible in
vehicles. and almost so on horseback,
and. with this experience, the whole peo-
rie are unwilling 10 trust longer 10 the
sun and winds of summer 10 repair and
keep in order the roads. upon which so
many interests depend.
From the early spring Of 1925 to several
months ago the supply Of horses through
Out this section was so far in excess OF
the demand that the prices ranged from
oil H.
months past good horses have been in
.a.rly brisk demand, and now the prices
urr0ximate those Of ten years ago. The
class OF horses that sold for so TO $50
-wo years ago now sell for $50 to $50. and
fra SIS plugs" have advanced 70 SIS and
SD The surplus stock of animals rushed
from the large cities 10 the rural dis
f-icts when electricity &c. supplanted
t.cir services TO street cars and other
poscs. has about played out" and a
better grade of stock Is wanted. Many
farmers Who havA found cOlt-raising un-
profitable for some years. will turn their
at,enton 10 il again this spring, with a
view To- breeding draft horses.
The damages done by the ice 10 Sun S
wharf. near here. have been repaired
and a large business I'm the way Of ship
lg produce and landing merchandise is
going on at that landing.
strenuous efforts will be made again
t.s spring 20 develop Somerset Beach.
ihe new summer resort on the Potomac,
Dob this county Work on the cottages,
NC.. will be resumed about the first Of
rrxt month. The Spanish American war
.0 paralyzed business in 1898 that this
new resort did not make the progress last
season that was expected, but IL is said
Aat the prospects are favorable now for
b.. coming into prominence this year
Notwithstanding the backward spring
and the cold water. which has been kept
resh" by frequent heavy rains, het-
rrgs are coming up the Rappahannock
ed Potomac in large schools" Those
eHeht the past few days were unusually
at and large. and, like the other varie-
t 1f fine fish just now they command
..l.1us prices at the nshing-shores.
H r. Grymess Alto grist-mill, the
s in the county. which has been
and badly disabled for some time,
f repaired. and has resumed ope-
If0r.
l.r Henry Radcliffe. who has been quite
. since some time IN = bruary, has suiii-
nty recovered as to be out again
Miss Lola Dent prominent and pcpu-
Jar young lady o. this county. has accept
81 "a position 10 teach IN the family OF
Dr. Harmonson. in Accomac, and LEFT
some days ago for her new home. She
VIII be- greatly missed By hosts OF friends
IN King George.
The young clover is looking quite vigor-
o1s this week. and the prospects for
good hay-crOp are said 20 be more prom
ing than was anticipated a week or tee
days ago
n Is reported that the Methodist Dis
frict Conference. % Doc held al Trinity
church. King George Courthouse. ia May,
w.u be postponed 10 some time in the
c.Iruroor Cor The reason that an cfaccor q =