Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-14
WHITES ARE CUT OFF,
MANY WORTHY KING GEORGIANs
WILL BE DIsFRANCH1sED.
COUNTRY NEGROES VERY SORE
Tried to Register, But DON'T Know
What the General Assembly Is
Native BIRDS Rcturning-Jailed
for Shooting Horse.

e CONFORM, KING GEORGE COUNTY,
tration books of this county have been
open since Friday, the. 5th instant, but
up to this time only a few voters have
applied for registration under the new
Constitution. The work has advanced far
enough, however, to demonstrate that a
good many King Georgians will be dis
franchised-a number of good, true white
Democrats as we'll as unworthy colored
men.
Some of the best white Democrats here
do not pay State taxes amounting to one
dollar; they are neither soldiers nor the
sons of soldiers; they can neither read
nor explain a selected CLAUSE Of the Con
-stitution. and therefore cannot register.
This, added to the fact that a good many
do not know that they must apply for
registration, while a large number will
NOT apply because they fear that the eek
animation will subject them to en1bar ass-
nent and modification of feelings, will
leave a comparatively small number of
white voters on the registration books of
King George.
THE NEGROES VERY SORE.
OF the number OF colored voters who
have so far applied for registra ton here.
only about one in twenty have registered.
But few of them can tell what the Cen
eral Assembly is. The first colored man
who applied for registration a the Court.
house precinct told the registrars, in an
swer to a question, that the General AS
semb1y meant '.the people what makes
the laws of the United States
The colored people are terribly disap-
pointed and sore over. their failure to
register. and complain bitterly about be-
ing deprived" of their rights as citi-
.zens,' etc. One prominent colored man,
who owns real estate and pays sufficient
State taxes to ensure his franchise, says
that he does not want to register and
vote if the other colored men OF the coun-
ty cannot have the same privilege.
NATIVE BIRDS RETURNING.
A great many of our native and popular
birds, which have been conspicuous by
their absence since the last of July, are
becoming more plentiful each day, and
their familiar songs may be heard from
morning till night. Thousands OF them
are gathering to their southern homes for
the winter. and. after the latter part of
October they will not be seen or heard
mere again until next March and April,
when they will return to build nests and
raise families before they go north for the
month OF August.
It is reported from many parts Of this
and neighboring counties that nearly all
the winesap apples have fallen from the
trees, and that no one will have fruit the
coming winter, except a few "fogies,
who have clung to such old-time varieties
as the Timber Twig,' and Father
Abram" apples. There is less fruit, espe-
cially in the drought stricken districts,
than for many years, and the meag
quantities that remain on the trees are
very Indifferent and insipid
"A HORSE CAUSED FAMILY DISCORD.
Henry Kenzey is serving a Ssix-months'
term in the King George jail for shooting
horse belonging to his brother-in-laW,
Warner Hall, and he must also paya fine
OF, s25 for the same offence, before he can
be a free man again. Halls horse had
for some time been manifesting fond
ness for. and 3feasting on. the growing
corn Of Kenzey, and much eloquent per-
suasion having failed to induce his broth.
er-in-law to keep his quadruped In the
pasture or stable. Kenzey resorted to an
overloaded shotgun. and, in the heat8of
passion pointed the firearm SO that it
destroyed the animal and got him &(ken-
rcy) in Jail, besides relieving him of lots
OF money, The recent records Of our
courts show that younE Commemorative
Rose is ma kim the iaw-breaking#
element have "a mighty Il ard time of it,
The long-continue dIousht has made
IL impossible for8 the forest farmers of
this county to do any allowing. brother
summer and fall plough hing. and conse-
~ fl1ysno wheat a nd ga s can ha seeded