Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-08-28
LITTLE WICOMICO RIVER.

by the time this comes ont
the reading public mostly will have
seen "ulide's" answer to the article |
wrote IN a recent issue. At least. he
adyertises that he will reply, and |
presume he has done so. Owing to
the fact that live of the main mail
lines | am handicapped to some ex-
tent by having to mail the CITIZEN
letters before the weeks papers reach
me; that is if wish to have anv
article published the following week.
SO by having no comments 10 make
on "Glide's" reply in the News, the
CITIZEN readers may know that it is
not because | fear the columns will
be oyer-crowded this week. hut
because this is written two DAYS
before the Necs reaches me. Of
course cannot say what l shall
do, but it is quite possible that /
may have something to saw later.
But 1 am not presumptious enoug b
to say that his article "wiii be
answered just the same" as he saws
mine will be. There is not likely TO
be any "snap" or "ginger" i'm his
article, because he deals i'm quite a
different article. His assertion puts
me in mind of little story: ga
small boy had been dressed up, and
beribboned and perfumed to make
his first appearance before company.
He was so filled with his own impor-
lance that when he entered the room.
he advanced to the centre of the
room and advertised his presence by
saying' IF anybody smells q smell,
ats me'".
The Sunnybank Canning Co. have
begun operations, although but few
tomatoes are ripening as yet. This
company has put up a nice establish
ment on the bank of the river, and
the people on both sides have good
~ number of acres Of tomatoes
growing on contract for them. The
price agreed upon is twenty cents
per bushel, delivered.
1t begins to look as if there will
not be stick of amy kind of timber
left on either side of the river. The
sawmills and the getters of pilings
aud ties will about get everything.
At present there is lying in the
lower part of the river raft of eight
hundred pilings, aud there are about
eleven hundred more to come down.
Capt. Jim Crowther ia down super
intending getting the raft out and to
the tug, which is quite lob.
a. Alton NJ. p. church is about fin.
lsbed, except the seats, which cannot
DE gotten for several months. 1t is SAID
aud believed to be the most nicely
finished church in the county. While
the church is not large, the people
of Hacks Neck have every reason to
be gratitied with 1T in every partlcu-
lar. The contractor, w. S. Hastings.
evidently tried to surpass himself in
the work.
Prosperity must have struck this
this year, if we may
Judge by the amount of building
that is talked of. On the Hacks
Neck side Frank Haynie is adding to
aud rebuilding his dwelling. J.B.
of Heathsville, is doing
the work. just as soon as he gets
through there he is to begin on an
and porch for Il. w. Smith.
1t is probable that he will be busy
10 the neighborhood till Christmas
1t least.
There appears TO be a good deal of |
hustling by the different candidates
Tor Democratic nominations. l.. T. |
smith has his faithful followers
'training every nerve to counterfeit |
he great amount of dissatisfaction
With their candidate. Mr.. Smith
never has been strong in Fairfields. |
md in spite of the strongest efforts
It his staunch friends he has steadily
ost ground. On the contrary, @. S.
fowles, who since coming among us
has identified himself with the in |
erests of the people, has steadily
,ained friends, and is quite likely to
ecure many, if not all, of Fairfields'
delegates. He ia hustler and ia mt
resent hustling for all be is worth.
{ Is going to be the hottest fight
here hae been for vaara Mr. Saith