The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-23
YORK j. RIVER !. T: R
OYSTERME:N'.
All Are Much Stirred UP Over
Oyster Legislation.
POOR WATERMELON CROP
.AsProposed Stage Line from Lee Hal
or williamsburg to Yorktown-Much
Freight Goes from Lee Hall
to Yorktown Already. 4,
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YORKTOWN, VA, August AL
the tongmen are extremely anxious Z
learn the condition OF the public seed
beds In James River. With good strlk
comes good times for the oystermen, AM
corresponding depression il the vlval%e b
scarce.
All those In any way connected wit
the oyster trade are watching for result
In oyster legislation during the next 81
sion OF tho General Assembly, and thu
are very careful to withhold their 81
port from any legislative candidate, v
they have reason TO believe Is IN |
manner favora BILE to the Jordan bill. ny /
bers and numbers of the tongmcn arei'
4 cidedly dubious and even gloomy Or
this now famous measure, and are on
heard to complain bitterly OF what ~ |
believe pra ctlcal ann, hIlat.cn OF their Va
ton. They view the matter from TAO
and butter standpoint, serious engh
to even threaten their very exlstts.
They will 80 to work this season tn
heavy hearts, not Knowing whetheIpy
/. the time another twelve months ias
passed, they Will be able to put pa IT
4 tongs overheard or not. Discomfort. ub-
ducd excitement, with very little fal IN
the happy ending Of their troublest the
Virginia oystermen can only say Mat
q will re harvest be Fl WYE
n WATERMELONS FAIL. i
The watermelon crop OF both York md
Gloucester counties has been a pronounce
failure this season. While the acreage
has been fully up to the average, the
yield has been quite poor. due 10 tlt-
tcrrent conditions OF the growing peiod
The prices realized have been dIsappdnt
ingly low. making the crop returns Ter,
satisfactory. The fruit has been ,sera
small and inferior, way below the aver g
product of the nelghborhood,
There Is proposition afoot to con
meet Lee Hall or Williamsburg, on IN
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. with YORK
town by stage route. TITS learned TIM
several Richmond business men are IT
terested In tho scheme. and that the raj
road people have been asked to investiga
the matter, They are believed to !
somewhat partial to tho l.'nn OUT sces
to favor the location of Wtlliamspul
rather than Lee Hall, owing TO- inc Z
perior business opportunities to 10 q
tained there. An enormous freight traffi
heavy line of passess4r service, ana
large amount OF express matter ~
handled at Leo Hall. billed to YorktoW'
as we'll as the principal mail supply r
the east Instead of the Peninsula, an
both @ Gloucester and Mathews couhtle'
The matter Is one of great lmportan9
and developments are anSiously awalY
as ia the probable outcome, since
Yorktown, jamestown and Old III
Railroad has been 80 slow IN matct
king, the hope Is expressed here,sI
with the establishment Of the stage ~
II may act as an incentive to the ~
corporation when the avallabllltlesp
thoroughly demonstrated.
., TEACHERS ARE MAD.
The late school examinat, ons for tea
& arc a much discussed topic just att.
eht and some of those who went tlSIn
the ordeal are blazing mad at the ~
/ Out OF dozen applicants whose4jNs
came before the superintendent, ~,
turned five third grade certlflcathhlI
seven rejection blanks, Not a slnfms.
grade or even second grade pave
apparent.
Mr., Nv, =. cioff1gon has held f,as'-
Il ton of county chairman for tWe w,
secutiye years, and has JUST berotlms
mated for new term by the neAsnas
tive committee of tho county.h nus
been a member of that comnf ION, HonT
tinuously for thirty-three ye toui
teen as a district represent a, anu
nineteen as Its executive, Aoiusoi,
Is q widely known man, mYMe,ottsau
by his associates. and great Kn Ill.,. Z,
4 by all He has never been t, III f,,,n5
far county office and has