Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-27
ropprR-prLLIxc IN KING GEORGE
Labor Scarce on Account OF the 'ro-
tracted Mectings-Persona'S

fracfed MectinEs-fefs"""
CONFORM. KING GEORGE COUNTY
VA. August 20 CspeciaI) -Fodder-p"'l-
ing was inaug,rated in earnest the hr5t
20 This week. and vast quantity or me
fodder has been saved since MONDAY
morning The TACT that 'protracted meet
ings" are stin In progress IN some sec
lions and The laborlng Glasses are III at
tendance upon them has worked no niue
,ncorvenience 10 many of the farmers
who have not been able 20 procure SUM
cient labor 20 harvest their ripe Iouoei, III
addition to the prOtractcd meetings, ~
Colored Baptist Association
we're held i'm this county this week. anu
this monopolized much OF the co'oLeu ~,
bor in half a dozen counties, Tor the OF
oonization attracted cOored folks from
many parts OK Virginia. and also rom
MARYLAND and a number OF cities swell
inc the crowd to something Ike 2,oN' IN
Guiding. Of course. a large percentage u
the labor needed in the corn-helas
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
porrJ-rtm Shiloh. Oakland, Montague
ovd potomac Baptist churches, IN TINS
countv have concluded their summer
nrotracted meetings and the meeting AZ
Ttetcber's chapel (AlethodisU IS no" III
nroerees. Rev. r. j. WTay, ue lastor,
{, beiug assisted by Rev. Mr. Joraeh' u
Rev 4 y. Lynn. Of Stafford, returned
horne to-day from Nestnoreland, "heto
he spent the week preaching Tor feV. ~
NJ connolly. at Oak-Grove Baptist church.
AIR LYNN will begin meetings to-morro"
morning on his charge, and VIII be en-
gagged al his several churches until aDo"'
Pev + w. r. McNiel, who has been
pastor OF Potomac Baptist church mere
since the spring Of 1880, when ne Wa q
student at Richmond College, cohclu u01
his pastorate and severed MS coi!'00''0.
with that church this week lie boeS
from here 10 Gord0nsville 10 accept
-.,,,orote there. Mr.. McNiel was very
much beloved by the King George P1opi9'
and his last sermon here, a Few Gays
soo was listened 70 by several hundred
people Of the various religious deAo'ilii'"-
tlOns.
Mr. p. y. Purks. bricklayer and plas-
tere- Of this place has been called 10
MARYLAND 10 do the masonry and plasler-
ing OF an immense hotel 10 be erected
Immediately az Chesapeake Beach, new
summer resort on the bay.
POLITICAL.
Mr.. Mcdonald Lees candidacy for mo
State senatorial nomination here IN lHe
Thirtv-sixth Senatorial District gives
new phase to Northern Neck polllcs.
Mr.. Lee Is a prominent. popular ana
good man. we'll qualified for the hlgh po-
sition to which he aspires, but MS eA-
trens anti-Tyler Views and course as an
editor will doubtless result IN MS oeleat
I'm the nominating convention. a caItlu'
canvass OF public sentiment shows thar
If TYLER has a strong hold anywhere IL l5
here in Dir. Lees district.
Since the storeh0use and stock OF mer-
chandise Of Dir. J. c. Nlnde, OF THIS co1h-
Is were destroyed by fire one hlsht ~
the carly part Of last week. the theory
Of incendiarism has steadily BaiieU
ground. A letter 10 the dispatch corte-
spondent, written from that heisnOoi-
hood states that suspicion points 10
ne~son near that place. and developments
are hourly expected. Air. Ninde > slo0N
OF goods were uninsured.
PERSONAL
Miss Kishpaugh. Of Fredericksburg, -,
4 guest OF friends near Garrsonyille, Ut
Stafford county. =.
Miss Julia Hansford, Of this county. Is
critically III at SnoWuth' INC hO1's " 49,
brother, m the lower part OK STAFFORD
Cards are out announcing that Miss a.
q Uatten and Or. W. i. Webb Will be
married at Reedvilie. Northumberland
county. on wednesday evening. Scpiem-
Der 9Th, at $50 o'clock. The ceremony
will take place in Liberty Methodist Pro-
testant church.
Mr.. L. n. Wolfe, OF King George Court
house. IS ARA nging 10 close his Wheel
wright and blacksmith business there for
tho purpose OF going in business at War
renton about tho LIST OF September
Miss Mamie Brewer. OF Stafford. IL
visiting friends In Lancaster county.
Mr. r. y. Hamilton. OF Washington,
visited friends here several days ago.
The condition OF Captain Bob Adams,
one OF the most popular men In TINS
county. has become so critical thaI MS
recovery Is not expected.