Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-05
THE NORTHERN NECK
,,,r SMALL OYSTERS IN MATTHIAS
POINT REACH.
SPECIAL LEGISLATION is WANTED.
rropspIant Them So That They
NAV Grow-The Apple interes'-No'
pleased With the W'n'S"'
sonnI Notes.
sonnI Notes

.,voPN KING GEORGE COUNTY
november 4-(spccial)-The oyster
... ~ the Potomac river, in the 're"cn
Matthias Point and Immediately
,..olen This county and Charles county,
,.. have been attracting The nouoe oi
.....,.,,n and oystermcn FOR some S'1's
asa II has been hoped from year
that the tiny oysters on 'hese
lively large beds would ATTAIN
..o,t growth TO be "eatchaoie
..rsotable. But this hope has not
-..uzed and now the subject u
..-r general interest ana NVeS po.
among the citizens aions u'e
t. both Virginia and MaFyiahu'
D.ou discovered, and made peD',c
.u that the oysters on the peu9
,.....Ion are no larger now thah 'ney
some years ago, ana tha'' o"ine
freshness" of the water IN tnal
rv tnov can never attain 10 lhe
vhich the statutes prcscrioes th,,
..efers must attain 70 before lhey
,. taken from the water ana iial N0',' 49,
-no law that prohibits the calc.lie 49,
marketing of oysters unoeI +pc re-
..rlhea Dimensions also iorDios w
,...,'.l and trauspianting OF Them lsnCo'
,b,so bods OF the King GEORGE nc
$50, ,fotl,ias Point nearly up ~ -
-.--+,-,,~ point IAeht-House "io Va -,
,-.rro whatever. and undeI Ia an
,.,... ..,,d e+atutcs can never EiVlN
INCOME 10 oNstcrmcn OF 40'~
commonwealth. a.. ce,.rol As
-, of both states Will be asheu
....,.,, puuoerously-sig petitions the
80 9tnter 10 pass special acts 10
.--c, 4he transferring of the lutte oysters
,-.., these beds 10 salt water WheIc
"- win grow To the prescribed SIZE ana
-..,r.e a source ~ revenue. At is ledi ieu
Ella, The legislative candidates mere
..I Do Charles county, Md, are acqu"'n1
v..r these facts and are IN ilh sym
~ with the proposition &c enact
.s.4 law on the subject. Persons Ia
,or with the situation have called az
.-ron TO the fact that the oysters III
,..r.-to-, are In danger OF beng Destroyer
o-v ffrne bv a heavy fIeshet down the
r.-orac. and argue that FOR that reason
...ra they should be transferred 10 some
..ce az safety.
Many " the farmers and fruit-sio"eis
e This section are not at all enlhusiasuc
,..r the wiuosap apple since their Or
cards have matured and they have
lll opportunity 20 test the seFeIai va
-.res Of winter apples. The Winesap Is
.aaut.ful fruit, and grows 10 maghl-
rf size and shape-all that can De oe-
r-el so far as these qualities are con
..rued-but they almost invafiaDly ran
rom the trees long before gathering ana
.rarkoung time. They begin 10 ran ear!
IA September ard continue until the trees
.re bare. early in October-so early IN
liza season as this they cannot be utilized.
en- are not worth enough I'm market at
TAT time Of the year TO JUSTIFY haullhs
and shipping. and If put away FL th"'
fIme for winter USE they VIII not Keep
even through the first part OF winter.
Tallen fruit viii not keep well, no mat
ter when packed away) 1T was beleVeu
Tor some years, and is stin held by some
that the premature falling Of those apples
vas due 70 insect IN the trees, ana inc
hone was entertained that this evil could
ie romeGied by a general spraying or
Inc trees in sprlngtme with some lnsecu-
c.de-an expensive operation at best But
ia the minds Of many, this insect
taeory has been exploded this fan by
-he fact that in 81 number Of orchards
composed of winesap. imbertwig, Father
Abrams. and other varieties Of APP
, i.es. az of the winesaps fell from
lIe trees while the other varieties have
manned through tho recent storms, and
enc stl on the trees II seems hardly
.robabie that the insect would invade
.. orchard and infect the winesap-trees
s.l excuse the hmbertwis. Father
loram. etc. especially when the eek
clse4" trees are scattered throughout the
orchard. and only a few yards distant
from tho wineeaps.
Politics have been more quiet here this
week than at any time since the lst Of
September While the status IS, perhaps,
unchanged, the masses seem 10 have
grown suddenly tired Of politics. and for
week past the subject has been scarce
d mentioned, except now and then by a
candidate. or by some local politician
who "whoops" for the candidate that
eves him the ''mostest" OF course, the
indicates have not stopped work, and
tho remaining few DAYS before the cleo
ton viii be mainly devoted TO the i'm
rtant work Of arranging forces. etc,
+lr olcctiOn-day. Each candidate must
I-cesslfily have trained and trusted
workers al every voting precinct and an
-Ntla' 10 report from one voting place
f1 another during the day, when it Us
necessary for the precinct workers 10
Aear directly from each other as "thc
cay wears away"
Mr. Alvin T. Murphy a former King
Georgian. who has been merchandising
ln washington, ID. O., for some six or
eiehl years past has returned to this
county anu opened "a general store at
La Grange, where hc did business prior
L. moving 10 the national capital CITY.
Mr. IT, D. Harris. OF this nlaco ian I'm
cellar no his dwelling some doys 400
and received wounds from which ~ ~
since been quite sick. and il is fcarl6 ~
h injuries are internal and serions
o. tiI5. W. j.. Dickinson, OF Essex cano
ir this week and visited her mother and
sisters i'm King George. her native counf,,
AIR. Albert SmOot. son of Colonel WI
l4m SmoOt. Of Alexandra, has been
spending some days with Mr. Fitz Jones
aad family, near Hampstead. in this
county
Mrs. Ada S. Robb who spent the sum-
rer and early fan at popular resorts I'm
dmOnt. Va. has returned to her cle-
gant home, in King George
Ars. Kalc Rose mother Of Common
vealh's Attorney W. A. Rose Of this
county. has returned homo from visit
g. relatives in WestmOrelaud.
Late reports from distant points along
tne Potomac show last Tuesdays north
EAST gale TO have been one Of unusual
teri'y. Navigation was considers hiv
.h.ndorod, and In some places suspended,
iIr ten or twelve hours. ln- h-a,s D.Jw
sraa- as s~'-