Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-15
LAND-GRABBERS' ACT
THE FEELING AGAINST IT. IN THE
NORTHERN NECK.
Farm WORK SOMEWHAT BACKWARD.
A Preachers Fine Record fra Making
People Happy-Personni fo'"'s-
risbsnr Intcrcsts-Bad Condition
of the Roads-Briefs.

VA, January BL-tSpcSiahJ ~
CT the Northern Neck there IS s"oie
sentiment in favor OF holding mass
meetings for the purpose Of adopting
resolutions condemning the law known d.
the "land-grabbers' act =,
This IS the first winter in a number OF
vosrs when the middle Of January found
no farm-work Of any kind In progress,
Thu ground has been either TOO h"'O
frozen or too muddy TO admit OF pow
Ing. grubbing, or fencing, ana the conu'-
lion Of the roads has made It impoSslD''
for any heavy hauling 10 be done. .e
Indications are that farmers VIII nave -
40 much Of the winter work-buildius anu
rcnoirlng fences grubbng and cieHlne
.f,ew grounds" &c-in the spring
Rev. Il. J. wray, pastor OF tne M' ~,
dist churches here, made a RECORD Nile 20
year which his predecessors c"l'i,Ds 1917
10y ~ least During his first twelve
,nonths on the circuit he married FOUR
taen couplcs and assisted In periornins
tha ceremony for others. Consloellns 'lS
let mat many Of our people so TO WASH
trcton 10 enter the bonds OF holy "eu-
iock and that the other ministers ~
The other religious denominations are "
the bussess," too. Parson Nray oe
tainly beat tho average recoiu' aiIu
seems to have had more IMAM MS SN''0
OF the public patronage Ut .,,,,,-
uontaeue Baptist church, in this coun-
~ f. draped in mourning for the iato
Mrs Robinson Taylor. and the members
n, that church have resolved 10 hoiu
memorial services there four successive
SUNDAYS. Mrs Taylor having been lor
,ears the most useful and honored mem
her OF that congregation, ana. ihueeu, Vi
the Baptist denomination In KING George
News was received here yesterday th@'
the condition Of Captain Thomas NJ. rat
cllffe who went from his home IN inns
county. two weeks ago 10 SALISBURY Mu'
for medical treatment, is unimproved ana
that the venerable Captain is great sur
ferer. ....
DIR. Raymond Palmer, Of Lancaster
county. has gone TO Lexington Va, where
he Will hereafter reside and practice deh-
tistry.
The Weems Steamboat Company, Of
baltimore. will hereafter give the people
OF the lower Rappahannock four steamers
a week. instead Of two a week as mere
tofore.
Mr.. William Stone and Mr.. Jesse stone
OF Stafford have been visiting hnsiolK III
Lancaster county.
Mr.. George ". Grlgsley, Jr., Of this
county. IS spending some time WIN
friends in washington, D. {.
Mrs Willie ID. Dickinson and children,
of Essex county. are guests Of Mrs. Field
ing Lewis. Mrs Dicldnsons mother, IN
this neighborhood
Mr.. william Sorrell Of Washington, has
been the guest Of relatives here for the
past ten days.
Carpenters are at work on the mission
,hapel being erected by the Baptists at
bid Lambs .-reek church I'm this county.
Mr. Samuel Suttle son Of Supervisor X.
Y. Suttle. is critically i'll with typhoid
pneumonia at his home, I'm the lower part
81 King George, and his recovery Is now
regarded as very doubtful.
The public highways here being In
worse condition this winter than for many
,ears, our people realize more fully than
EVER the relations Of roads 20 the business
interests Of the county. When the roads
are in fair condition farm-teams can earn
enough during the winter months. by
hauling cord-wood, railroad ties, lumber
&c, to pay the cost Of their board during
the crop season. but now all the teams In
this section are idle, and, as a consequence
nearly all the labor is out of employ
ment-an because OF lack Of an AIDE
quate system Of working and keeping In
order the public roads.
MISS LsiAiill w AAAhAtN4Nf ~ NNI'N'NA 9rNfAr
lady OF Hanover county. has been visit
ing relatives and friends in King George.
An epidemic Of grip has kept the King
George doctors very busy for ten days
past.
The Misses Suttle whose illness with
scarlet-fever has been mentioned by the
press. are convalescent, and, IL Is thought,
will soon be out.
Mr.. Lewis ]. Billingsley, Of this neigh
borhood, who has been quite sick for ten
days, is sufficiently improved 10 be able
10 sit up in his room.
Mrs T. j. Wray. who has been spend
ing some weeks with Hnsfolk in Glouces-
ter, returned to her home the Methodist
parsonage. in this county. yesterday. Mrs
Wray is exceedingly popular here anC
was very much missed while absent from
the county.
Mr. Calvert Stuart. who spent tho holi
days with his mother and sisters a
Cedar Grove. this county, returned seve
raj days ago to Baltimore where he is il
business.
The wild geese and ducks suddenly dis
appeared from the creeks and marshe
OF the Potomac early this week, and bu
few have returned, or have been seen o
heard about their usual haunts since
an occurrence entirely uncommon, tina
cannot be accounted for by the huntsme
and old watermen.
Mr.. Thomas Peregoy and Miss Bessi
Shelton, both Of this county, were unite
in marriage at Potomac Baptist church a
O'clock Wednesday evening IN tn
presence of a number OF friends and rela
tives Rev. w. w. Owens performed N
ceremony, and Miss Mamie S. Roger
presided at the organ. The attendant
entered the church I'm the following ordel
Miss Jennie Henderson and Mr.. Benjami
Newton; Miss Tlossie Henderson and NJ
Frederick Shelton; Miss Agnes GarnC
and Air. Woodson jennings Miss MINI
Jones and Mr.. buck Cook; Miss I'LL
Henderson and Mr. John Burchell, the.
being followed by the bride and groom
elect, who were met at the altar by II
officiating clergyman.
The fishermen have had hard time
Il since last fan, and now they are
blue set Of men Tho fall fishery w;
very poor, and instead Of realizing profit
many of them lost money. and hopr
70 realize from winter FISH what they ha
lost. they began operations early IN D.
cember. and from that time TO this n
weather has been exceedingly unfavorab
TO their work.
THE LATE WILLIAM BLACK.
nj. IL.