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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-26

incidents and Events al Home ana NEARBY
Personal Mention. Etc.
Mr. Henry MYERS, of near Oakland,
has been granted pension of IS per
month.
Wanted at Dixon & Kelso 100 bush
els buckwheat. Will pay SO cash or
zoe cash 3S-2t
Today being Thanksgiving day all
the stores. banks, and the postof1ice
were closed.
John O. Michaels, who spent a
month in the South, returned to Oak
land last Friday.
r. Frank Browning, of the b. Il O..
orps of tiremen, is home on a vaca-
stion for few days.
FRS. W. d. Dixon and children have
NJ o Ohio, where they will visit
req es few weeks.
Mr. Richard T. Lowndes, of Clarks-
burg, was in Oakland last Saturday
evening for a few hours.
Prof. A. W, Dewitt has gone down
to his home at Frostburg to spend
Thanksgiving with his family.
Phineas Snyder has been appointed
postmaster at the Red House to sue
coed his brother, Peter F. Snyder,
who has resigned.
|, DR.. Henry w. McComas returned to
Oakland yesterday morning from a
weeks visit to New York city and
other points east.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-26
ROAD PETlTl0N,

Notice is hereby given chat 81 days after
the first publication hereof the undersigned
viii petition the County Commissioners OF
Garrett county to appoint viewers to view
ana examine proposed new county road in
Election district No. 8, said road to begin at
Cuppett y Lytes store at Sang Run River
Bridge and running down the river through
p iaIS ot 'e fI{sn9 eS H. Ffie Tb
lOugh Manor Mining Co.. John Friend
Thomas rhayer of :. f. Cuppett and TO in
tersect the Friendsville and Oakland road at
or near Elder Hill School House. a distance
of five miles, more or less.
/. l.. SAVAGE.
AND OTHERS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-26
ROAD PETITION.

e Notice is hereby given that thirty DAYS
signed VIII petition the County Commits
sloners OF Garrett county to appoint vie weTs
low. TO view and examine proposed new county
begin at point on the FriendSvilie opG
ihdhgWood road near the end of the lane
Ieadlng to Blooming Rose church ana run
nIilg tnfougl the lands of Jeremiah. Albert
anu Moan trazee, Mary Ellen and Samuel
lowing, G. v. Dixon, c. n. Friend. Allen
IueatS, Jeremiah Casteel, r. s. Hubbard. i
VI W Mccullough, Truman Root, BENJAMIN
the Friendsville and oakland road at ''i nI
four miles more or less. '''i''o Vi
HENRY KRUG,
5. A. KENDALL,
RUSSELL S. HUBBARD.
ALLEN TEETS.
JEREMIAH CASTEEL.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-26

We are one day late this week in
issuing our paper owing to circum-
stances over which we had no con
troll. We will get matters straighten-
ed out after a while and resume pub
LEGATION of the paper on Thursday
morning as heretofore.
Roy Hamil came home from his
work at Blaine, w. Va. yesterday to
spend today with his parents Mr.. and
Mrs NJ. r. Hamill, in Oakland.
Mr. Frank L. Wheeler, formerly
telegraph operator in Oakland but
now holding a like position in Pitts
burg, was here Monday as the guest
of his aunt, Mrs. D. H. Loar.
WANTED-A party to take charge
of a boarding house in a lumber camp
boarding from twenty to thirty men.
Apply to Garrett Lumber Co.,
Friendsyille
Mrs. Austin Brown and daughter
Miss Dora, who attended the wedding
of Mrs Browns cousin at New Stan
ton, Pa. returned to Oakland Satur-
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs ! O Brownino. ar
rived in Oakland this morning and
will spend their honeymoon here as
/ the guests of Mr.. BrOwning's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Browning.
John Daniel ia oqart who was with
/ the Piedmont Candy Companv q
connie of works as % travaIin,, solo.
man. has RESIGNED his nosition and l.
now in the employ of w. G. Fine-
baUgh, Esq, in Oakland.
Rev. !. Fl Hathaway tho avaro,o
list who conducted revival services in
| st. Paurs NJ. f.. church for = connie of
weeks left on Friday for Thomas w
Va, where he will ENGAGE in similar
work
Mrs, Beneden and little CON fyardo
who have been at Mrs Tovans+aip,s
BOARDING housa dpring tha sn,pmor
and fall months. left this morning for
their home at Cameron whore after
spending a fe ~ weeks thev will 90 +o
South Carolina for the winter.
Rev. Vim n Osmond who v,as rao
tor of St. Matthew's p r cburcb
here for three wears. removing from
here TO Auburn Maine hos occon+od
a call to Hensbaw Memorial church
Baltimore. and will take formal
charge of his new field nayt sunday
morning.
Miss Grace Loar. of Oakland who
has been visiting her brothers and
other relatives in this citv for savaral
weeks mast left Saturday for CON
nellsyille Pa where she will no tho
guest of her friend Mrs q Fatty for
a few DAYS before retnrning homo
Grafton Sen+ineI
W. ,h,;oh +,;o o,- o.o.
',;1 800 ~" ' %nl, .
1,. '
The statements reflect credit upon
the management of both banks and
the community at large.
The winter schedule on tho Rol+i
more and Ohio went into atrect loo+
Sunday morning Tho +ino If nm
ming all trains with the excantion If
esat honnd accommodation No 70 no
main the Same as formarIv Tbo oo
commodatio,, NOW COOS a+ 2 90 ;,.s+ood
of ! 10 u m
NJ. ,., WILL.
49, 'i'N' i,''o' ""0 nos w
. aoNt,s f',u,,;stial. atonn 49, '' n"ss.. u
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-26
COMMISSIONERS MEETING

OFFICE OF THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR GARRETT Co.
OAKLAND, MD, October Is, 1903.
The Board of County Commissioners for
garrett county will meet at their office in
Oakland on
Tuesday, December /, 1908,
to transact any business that may be brought
before it,
By order of the Board
A. G. ROSS. Clerk.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-26
CHRISTIAN ORENDORF,
ROAD PETITION.

Notice is hereby given that thirty days
after the first publication hereof, the under
ers of Garrett county to appoint viewers to
view and examine proposed county road
in Election District No. Ii, said road to begin
FaZenbaker's, and running through the
lands of the Georges Greek Coal and Iron
Co, A. j. Michael, Magruder Bros, Robert
Russells heirs, Noah Neat and others, and to
intersect the Barton road at or near the Al
legany county line, a distance of about three
miles.
STEPHEN A. MAGRUDER,
PETER +. MICHAEL,
ARCHIBALD RUSSELL.
36-5t ALBAN FAZENBAKER
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no. 5oZS.

DEPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
n FIRST NATIONAL BANK or OAK
LAND, AT OAK LAND, IN THE STATE OF
MARY LAND. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSI-
NESS. Nov. T.. 1903:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-26
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

This is to give notice. that the subscriber.
of Garrett county, hath obtained from the
Orphans Court of Garrett county, Mary
land, Letters of Testamentary on the per
sOnal estate of
CHRISTIAN ORENDORF.
late Of Garrett county, deceased. All
persons having claims against the deceased
are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with
the vouchers THEORETICALLY authenticated to
the subscriber, on or before the 18th dav OF
May next; they may otherwise by law be
excluded from all benefit of said estate. All
persons knowing themselves Indebted TO
said estate are requested to make immediate
payment.
Given under my hand this 10th day of No
Vember, 1903.
JACOB s. MILLER
Executor,
GrantSyille Md
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-26
LOCAL AND OTHER WISE

Incidents and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention. Etc.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-10
FOUR THOUSAND
FOR A PENNY

Every penny invested in a
Tee.Deo Want Ad. places that
want adj. before four thousand
intelligent and WELT cd 0
eyes. Of course one cent
will not pay for the whole
want adj; nor is four thou
sand the whole number Of
readers, but that's the ratio.
The want ad. will cost 25c,
and
One Hundred Thousand
pairs of eyes will read it. The
Tim Q s-Dis pa tch has the
widest circulation of any pa
per in Virginia, and that's
one reason why lie cd g @
Want Ads pay better than
any others. Another reason
is the intelligent class of
readers who read the Tee
Dee. OF course you know
Tee-Dee means
TINlES-DISPATCtI.
Phone the Want Ad, Man.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-10
DEAD IN HIS ROOT
Samuel LumIey. Of Raleigh. Found
Dead in Greensboro.
(specIal to The mes-Dispatch.)

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.)
GREENSBORO, N. c.. Oct s.-When
the chambermafd Of the Raspberry board
ing house went into room 90 this morning
she found the occupant, Samuel 1umley,
of Raleigh. lying with his clothes and
shoes on face downward across the bed.
Failing to awake him. the proprietor
was called, and the discovery was made
that the young man was stone dead.
Tho young man came from Raleigh
three days ago, with a letter Of recon-.
mendation to the Bell Telephone Com
pany, Work was promised him next
week. Being apparently very much dis
concerted at not getting his job at once.
he began drinking. It Is supposed that
he came In late, threw himself across
tho bed to go to sleep. and slept the
sleep of death.
Coroner Turner viewed the body, but
deemed an inquest unnecessary. He
pronounced death to be due to smoth-
ering, with q possibility of heart trouble.
No answer has yet been received to
kilograms sent to the dead mans family
In Raleigh as to the disposition OF tho
remains. He has brother there, Mr..
lack Lumley. we'll known oornposNor.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-10
ARGUMENT HEARD
IN HAYWOOD TRIAL
Speeches Are Acrimonious on
Both Sides-Pleas Made
for Self-Defense.
(By Associated Press.)

RALEIGH, N. c.. October s.-The first
day of argument In the trial of Ernest
Haywood for the murder OF Ludlow Skin
ner was consumed in three speeches.
James II. Pou spoke for three hours for
the defense. He denounced the conduct
of the case by the State as venomous
and filthy. Ills plea for Haywood was
self-defense; that Skinner met him, was
armed, struck him. jumped away, tried
to get out his pistol. which caught IN MS
pocket, and was shot by Haywood, who
got out his pistol first.
Senator John Z. Woodland. of wilson.
for the prosecution, asked verdict OF
murder in the second degree. saying that
even IL there was blow, that Skinner
then walked away, and that then Hay
wood shot without any need In turn
he made a hot reply to Pou, saying that
his den,inciation of the prosecution was
nc more than was expected, as all knew
him; that his methods were nsinuation
and theatrical. He spoke for three and a
half hours.
Colonel ]. c. L. Harris, Of Raleigh,
began his argument for the defense, but
had not concluded when court adjourned.
He urged self-defense and spoke in vim
dlcation of the assailed character of Hol-
cout and Schmidt. principal witnesses for
the Defense
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-10
BRIDGE IS
NOW A WRECK
One Being Built Over Staun.
ton River COllapses.
-
THE STRUCTURE WRECKED
j. c. Reed, Who Was Shot by Negro In
Quarrel as 10 Who Should Fish at
Certain Hole In River, Dies
of His Injuries.
THE STRUCTURE WRECKED
tsneeial to The Tlmes.plspateh.,

Especial to The Times ispatch.)
LYNCHBURG, VA, Oct. D.-One hum
d.ed and eighty-four feet of the bridge
that is being constructed over Stanton
River between Campbell and Pittsyl-
vanta counties. collapsed yesterday morn
Ing and fell distance Of forty feet. It
Ia now a mass Of wrcckage. ALI the
frame work, braces. scaffolding and sub
structure were also wrecked. Tho bridge
Is being built under contract by the
Cincinnati Bridge Company.
]. C. Reed, who was shot on Tuesday
bv a negro named Robert Leyson, died
last night. Reed and Leyson quarreled
as to who should fish In certain spot
In James River and Leyson shot Reed
four times, once entirely through the
abdomen. Reed came here from North
Carolina and has been running poultry
farm. He Is said to have belonged to
a prominent North Carolina family. Ley
son Is in jail.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-10
BUFFALO ARRIVES
AT POINT COMFORT
Vanguard Of Training Ship
Squadron Which is to AS.
semblelnH Hampton Roads
Especial to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.>


NEWPORT NEWS. VA. Oct. s,-The
training ship Buffalo arrived at OLD
point Comfort to-day from New iork.
1t is thought that she Is the vanguard
of the training ship squadron, when ~
to assemble In Hampton Roads under
command Of Rear Admiral Wise Tor
winter practice. The Minneapolis VIII DC
the flagship Of the squadron. She ana
the other vessels are expected TO arrive
I" II was stated at Hampton to-day that
the question Of reducing the Soldiers
Horae there on account Of the inability
Of the Home managers and the officers
of the normal school to get together IN
regard to the rental value Of certain
lands owned by the school and leased 10
the Home, had been loft In the hands OF
General steele. member OF the Board
of Managers OF the Home corporation,
He Will make personal examination
into the merits of the case, and II ne
decides that the rental demanded by the
school is exorbitant the Home at Hamp-
Ton undoubtedly will be reduced 10 a
sIze consistent with the amount or lana
owned by the government
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-10
UNIVERSITY BOARD
Visitors Will Meet on Thursday Next
Presidency May Come UP.
Especial to The Times Dlspatch.)

Especial TO The Times Dlspatcn.)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, Oct. o.
The Board Of Visitors OF the University
OF Virginia will meet in regular session
at that institution on Thursday of next
week. october 18th. 1t Is not known
whether the presidency question VIII
come up for discussion or not.
Mr.. Thomas II. Skinker, prominent
attorney of st. Louis, will appear befol
the board, on behalf OF the ST. Louis
alumni of the University Of Virginia. to
urge the Importance Of the University
making a suitable exhibit at the exposi,
ton, which will commemorate one or.
the great moves Of Thomas Jefferson, ana
to bring before the public his University
as the greatest achievement In his career,
and in this way to further advance Its
interest, not only locally but throughout
the entire world which will soon visit St.
Louis during the time of the cxposi'
ton.
The st. Louis alumni express the hope
that the University will see fit to ru-
operate with the jamestown Exposition
Company, and the Virginia State Associn-
ton of st. Louis to either build a re-
production of Monticello within the fair
grounds, or to furnish and equip one OF
the rooms IN this building and mako 1t
tn. headquarters of the visiting alumni,
and also exhibit there, not only the plans
and models of the buildings and grounds
of the University. hut also to advertise
the wide scope of this institution in ed
vocational matters
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-10

pany has purchased from Messrs. M. G.
Willis, L. .. Cole. a. p. Rowe and tho
heirs of the late Hon. II. r. Crismond,
the local telephone line here, known as
the Kappa hammock, fredericksburg and
Piedmont Telephone Company, and WILL
az soon as the work can be done, bring
in their system and introduce the long
distance telephone, connecting with all
the outside points and the cities on the
long distance lines.
In Caroline Circuit Court. at Bowling
Green, this week, Judge j. p. Mason pre-
siding, forty-two chancery orders were
entered and fourteen divorce cases were
on tho docket. OF the latter eleven were
granted, two continued and one refused
Messrs. A, Randolph Howard and Judge
A. T. Embrey have been elected vestry-
men Of st. Georges Episcopal Church
here to fiji vacancies occasioned by the
resignations Of Messrs. A. D. Tapscott
and Walter c. Stearns. The former has
moved to Newport News, and the latter
is absent from the city great deal.
Mr. Charles A. Waugh, q prominent
railroad contractor. has purchased the
splendid property in Orange county. near
Everona, known as the Sterne farm, for
$500.
Cards have been received here for the
marriage of Miss Margaret Kate Buck,
daughter of Mr. Irving Buck. formerly
OF the Northern Neck, now Of Baltimore,
to Mr.. Charles Clinton Cross, the cerc-
mony to take place at the home OF the
BRIDE on West Lexington Street, Balti-
more, on Tuesday evening. October 10th,
at o'clock A reception will follow the
ceremony.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-10
BoTEToURT FAIR
Good Crowd Despite Weather; Exhibits
Of an Excellent Character.


ESPECIAL to The Times Dispatch.)
FINCASTLE, VA. Oct. 9,-The Bote-
tourt Agricultural and Mechanical Fair
opened on Tuesday, the 9Th, and notwith-
STANDING the rain which came down IN
showers on Wednesday. and in torrents
Wednesday night, rendering the roads un-
comfortable to drive over. the number OF
persons on tho grounds to-day. is csti-
mated at over 1000.
In the ladies' department. while the ex-
hibit is not as elaborate as in some for
mer years, 1t is fully equal in quality and
style, and is magnificent display OF the
handwork Of woman.
The exhibit Of preserved and canned
fruits is splendid ono.
In the AGRICULTURAL hall saw twelve
or fifteen lots of corn of different va
rieties as fine as can be raised in the
world, Two lots of yellow corn demand
ed special attention on account OF the
length of ears, and the compactness with
which they were filled. The ears of white
corn were most excellent in quality and
measured from twelve to eighteen inches
in length, and some Of it was four In
ches In diameter.
A number Of specimens Of wheat. oats
and grass seed were on exhibition and
received MUCH attention by those who
knew a good article when they saw It.
Onions. beans and tomatoes were IN
abundance. Some Of the latter We're the
largest ever saw. All kinds OF wege-
tables were piled on the tables,and shelves
and were conspicuous for size and quail
ty Several lots of fine celery. parsnips,
turnips and some mammoth size Irish
and sweet potatoes deserve special men
ton.
Some twenty or thirty lots, with per-
haps as many varieties, were SO arranged
as to be seen to the very. best advantage,
and presented splendid and attractive
spectacle.
The number of different kinds Of stock,
falls considerably behind former years.
But what is on the ground is good. A
sheep in one of the pens which weighed
three hundred and fifty pounds.
In lot of pumpkins applied the meas
ure to one, and found it to be fifty-four
inches in circumference. or eighteen
inches in diameter.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-10
POSTOFFlCE ROBBED
Thieves Garry of amps and Other
Supplies from Landmark.

SupEIIsS iTOIIi 1a'o''o ~
Especial to Tho Tfmes-Dispatch)
LEEsBURG. VA. October o.-The post
Office at Landmark. small village near
the Fauauler line, and about fourteen
miles from Leesburg, was broken into ana
robbed last night Of stamps and other
postoffice supplies to the amount OF *ao
or $50. The entrance was effected about
2 o'clock at night. Suspicion points to
a person seen in the neighborhood several
days previous. Mr.. Henry Shakelford, the
postmaster, notified all the authorizes
OF the surrounding towns to keep a
watch for the offender.
Cards are out for the marriage OF MISS
Edna May Gillette. daughter OF Mr. ana
Mrs. S. E. Gillette. Of Herndon, Va, ana
Mr.. D. C. Mahoney. OF New Market, va
The ceremony will take place OCTOBER
2,st. at 4 O'Clock, in st. Timothy's Epis-
copal Church, Herndon, Va.
Tho quarterly meeting Of tho Or'noao4
Friends will convene at Lincoln, TINS
county. Saturday, October 10th. and con-
tinue for three days. This meets at LIN
coin hiennially. and at Ashton, Md, on
alternate years. DR.. Richard IA. Thomas
and other ministers will be present. Or.
THOMAS will deliver his Illustrated Zee
ture on the History and Principles OF the
Society OF Friends.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-10
Coming to Horse-Show.
(Special to The Times Dlspatch.)

1,AWRENCEvILLE. VA. Oct. 81
From ali reports our town and county
will be we'll represented at the Horse
Commonwealth's Attorney p. p, Bu-
ford and Treasurer IT, B. Lewis have re-
turned from quite an extended business
trip South, going as far as Galveston
Politics are quiet; only two candidates
for county offices having any opp%oslton;;
M Charles Turmbn 5he of the
nue. nue. in District No. !. Is opposed by Mr..
i. II. Fillmore. In District No. 9 for the
same office. Mr.. r. 9. Mosely, who at
From advices received from a MAJORS
ty of the precincts In the county, 1t y
county this fall win not exceed two
hundred very much.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-10
FlsT-FIdHT ON STREET
Proprietor of White Elephant Saloon
Engages Mr.. Murphy.

(special to The Times-Dlspatch)
SALISBURY. N. c., Oct. Ex-senator Lee
S. Overman and Congressman Theo. Il.
Illuttz left Salisbury last night for Chi
cago, where they will join the company
OF gentlemen invited by w. r. Hearst,
of tho New York American, for an ex-
tended tour of the Southwest, including
New Mexico. Mr.. Whitehead kluttz
will join the party in Chicago.
p. w. Brown, proprietor OF the White
Elephant saloon, of this place, and John
A. Murphy also of this city, had fist
fight on the streets here yesterday. The
truoble grew out of discussion con-
corning the coming prohibition election.
and was the fret fight Of the campaign.
Each Of the combatants have been cited
to trial. A
At tho Session of Concord Presbytery,
hold in Mcdowell county this week, Rev.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-10
VIRGINIANS OFF
TO MEET MIDDIES
especial to The Times Dispatch.)

Especial to The Times-Dispatch)
CHARLOTTESVILE, VA. October o..
AS a result of the showing made IN recent
practice, Vrgnia's lineup against the
naval cadets tomorrow will be materially
changed
Captain Johnson will fill his old position
ut left tackle, and Wall. who put up such
q rafting game In the contest win the
carlisle indians last fall, will be found
AT right half. Conner, the 247 pound CEN
tor. was left at home because of an In
jured shoulder.
A goodly crowd was at the station to-
night to give the players hearty send
of. A squad of rooters accompanied the
team.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-10
Mattox-Davidson.
Especial to The Times-Dlspatc

Especial to The Times-Dlspatch.)
VAsHTI, VA. October 9.-Miss Leila
Davidson was united In marriage TO Mr.
Edward Mattox Wednesday at the home
Of the BRIDE near here.
The bride Is the only daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs Babe Davidson, and s an &C
complished and refined young lady.
The groom Is prominent farmer OF
the Union Hall community. in FRANKLIN
county. Quite number Of guests were
present. and after partaking OF a dell
cious dinner the couple left for their home
near Union Hail.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-10
BLACKSMITH KILLED
Two Clrcusmen Get In Fight Which
Ends Fatally.

(speclal to The Tlmes-Dlspatch)
KINSTON, n. c., October 0,-Job Dea-
yer, blacksmith. OF this place, was
killed this afternoon by two canvas men
at sig, sautelle's circus. which was gly-
Ing performance in this city to-day.
peavey, who weighs POO pounds. was
drunk at tho time and raised fuss with
one OF the canvas men, whom he out
60 severely 1t Is impossible for him TO
recover.
The other canvas man. seeing his CONF
rade In danger, walked up behind Deayer
and struck him across the head with u
role about six feet long, knocking him
down, and then jumping on top of him
and smuggling him several times over tho
head.
No arrests have been made as yet,
Deayer leaves a wife and several chill
dren.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-10
THE FIRST BAG OF
NEW PEANUT CROP
Arrived in Suffolk and Sold
for 3 Ia Cents--The
Crop is Short.
(special to Tho -plspatch,)

Especial to Tho Tlmes-llspatcn,)
SUFFOLK VA, Oct. D,-The FIRST bag
of new peanuts was received in the Sui
folk peanut market to-day They were
we'll cured and weighed SO pounds, and
sold for Ia cents,
John King, president OF one of the
largest local factories, said to-nEht that
tho yield as a whole would be only 80
per cent, of last years, bat the duality
is good, The short crop was caused
by cool. wet juno,
There. Is no old stock in the farmers
hands, and the factories will sell all
their cleaned goods before the new sea-
son Is fairly launched