Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-21
AFTER Old REWARD.
YORK FOX HUNTERS GETTING
READY ron SPORT.
GETTING
THRIFTY CLASS OF NEGROES
Many York and sIouce.ter Black.
buying Small rnrm.-The James,
sonn Electric Railway scheme No,
Abandoned.
Abandoned.
YORKTOWN. VA. September 1s.-tspe

YORKTOWN, VA, September ls.--(Spe-
cial.)-And now the season fast approaches
when fox-hunstng viii again come to the
front as the ideal sport. With the advent
OF cool weather. "oid reynard" will have
to redouble his natural cunning to escape
hound. who has just arisen and shaken
eae accumulated lot Of feas from his
skinny sides, and who now shifts the air
with delight at the prospect OF coming
chase. AnG, well may the hound delight
Tor the chase is kingiy sport alike for
nan, woman and beast we'll.
THRIFTY NEGROES.
The negroes OF this vicinity, and more
especially those of York and Gloucester
counties, deserve q great deal of praise
and encouragement for their thrift and
industry. The darkies' idea here is to buy
3 small place on which to build neat
little house and settle down TO the bust
ness OF life, the making OF home. Nine
times out of ten it is he who goes into
the forest. fells the trees. Grubs the
stumps and tills the new soil rather than
his white neighbor. The negro never be
comes an extensive land-nolder, as he is
entirely satisfied with small strip, five
or ten acres. but that must needs be on
the public highway. As 4 rule. the negroes
hereabouts follow the oyster trade. or
work as stevedores during the seasonal
months in nearby cities, and raise corn
and q few trucks on their little places
during the summer Our colored people
are Of a better and more respectable
class than is generally found in rura1
communities and make law-abiding citi-
tens. AS upholders OF the law they are
unique. and it is well-known here that
negro criminal gets far less charity,
from one of his own race who may be on
the jury trying him. than from the white
man.
The negroes, by the way, grumbling
considerably at the new registration lay
ing particular streets on what they term
the hardships OF the educational clause
One of the prominent members of the
race is reported to have subscribed to tn.
fund being raised to fight the new Con-
stitution.
THAT JAMESTOWN RAILWAY.
The affairs Of the jamestown and Old
Point railroad Company are in a coma
tose condition. but not dead by any means.
During a recent interview with a gen
tlernau of this vicinity in close touch with
the railroad people, it was learned that
they viii certainly build the line, as it is
pre-eminently necessary to the coming
great centennial at Jamestown in 1907
MIR. S. r. Scharf. of Cappabosic, has
just launched a new vessel, a gasoline
propelled boat, to be used in dredging the
oysters on his extensive beds. She is of
500 bushels capacity as deck load and viii
be fitted with a 3s-horse power engine
She has been christened the Helen" The
hull was built from native material OBJ
tatned in Gloucester county, and was
constructed near his home by jayne
Brothers, a ship-building firm Of that
locality. The vessel will be towed down
to NJ c. Richards marine railway. just
below Gloucester Poin:. to have the ma
chinery installed.
A FINE YORKTOWN DOG. -.
Uncle Sam IL. an English pointer OF
famous pedigree, raised by Mr. ]. S. Den
enfield Of this place has Just been heard
from in far distant Aslatic clines. Sam
was bought by Captain a. G. Brcnner. OF
the British army, stationed at the time
at Toronto Canada. From there he was
ordered TO the mother country whence
his command vas assigned to Asiatic
duty at Jubalpohe India. Captain Bren-
ner writes that quail are exceedingly
abundant in that country, and his dog is
keeping up the record Of his ancestry 81
one of the finest strains of, blood known
to the sporting public. a half-brother
Of this famous dog, a 4-months-old pup.
was won Thursday in a rattle by Mr. w
a Wright of Tappahannocl1, Va
Mr.. j. W. Rogers and Mr. Charles
Gallagher. Jr- went on a hunt for sora
n few days ago. in the '.Toa's Marshes
and Goodvyn's, but did not see a single
feather of the 'ttcothsome bird" The
sora is a stranger to this immediate
vicinity, and is seldom found here at all
Failing in their search for game the
gentlemen turned their attention to I5is-
catorial diversions and were rewarded by
fine string of finnr beauties Their
catch included forty or fifty exception
alv fine trout.
The Nelson District School Board con-
Teres here on the 18th instan,, to appoint
teachers for this district. There is quite
fight on between the patrons of the
Halstead's Point School. Some of them
wish the school consolidated with the
Warwick School at the same place, where
Miss Hicks, a recent normal graduate.
has been appointed for the term
STORE BEING ERECTED.
Mr.. John S. Denenfvilie, merchant of