The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17
FIRST CORN
I. PLANTING.
.AttontlOnsof Southslde Farm.
ers Now Turning to This.
HAVOC FOLLOWS STORM or m
The + elephons Zines In the County
Were Damaged Somewhat Sew
raiimportant Gases on Docket
II Of the County Court. AZ

E MpHpRR1N. VA. April lo,corts
planting t,As begun Ia this section. The
| f,rst seeding was done this week. % Tar
as known. and the attention Of the ,a
merous farmers Eis IT present BENT M tn!s
| direction. Preparations are being made
| for larger crops OF this produce than
heretotore. aud the idea OF the average
farmer at present is to make corn to
| sell instead OF having 1t to buy. It 10 a
/ we'll .known fact that the stock OF the
average farm or through this scope Of
country suffers for the want OF grain.
| and as a result the country Is filed up
with poor stock. The people, It seems.
are growing more and more Interested
along this line, and with the Idea OF
| raising more stock, come natural one
| to raise more grain It Is an easy matter
for strangers to come to this section and
| tell who has the good farms and raises
| The bulk OF the grain b. the numerous
teams that are driven here and there.
| Whenever there Is q poor team the first
utterance OF the stranger Is that the
| owner OF that pair has his grain to buy.
| When on the other hand a fine pair Is
| driven up no will say at once that the
| owner OF those has corn to sell and as
| a matter Of fact, everyone agrees with
him. II 81 ~ Is Al III
1.-THE butcher Is gradually falling In the
same line. Whenever he wants fat beef,
| pork or mutton he will always go to the
man who ralses plenty OF grain to ind
Them, and as q result this class OF farm
ers always find ready lt sales for their 'tE.
stock at good prices The farmers are
somewhat behind hand at present. on
account OF 80 much wet weather OF late,
but with a few weeks Of good weather.
1T Is thought that they can get well up
in all OF their farm work. The scarcity.
OF labor. will hinder them much. but #
is quite evident that they will overcome
this BY working overtime.
During storm that visited this sec.
ton one night this week. lightning
struck the telephone wire that connects
the country home Of the late Dr. q E..
SEdwards. and the brick store Of Mr..
e. w. Dickerson, and followed the wire
into the latter.s storehouse, tore away a
small portion OF the ceiling and small
| IRE was started Mr.. Dickerson,S who
had been in his bed on the second floor,
| only short TINA heard the noise and
| imm ediately went down and e1tinguished
lit before It had made any Roadway. A
| small da mage to the handles of his saws,
| and few more articles being burnt or
| splintered and but for his timely appear
ance his fine structure would have been
entirely destroyed .tt
! Several important cases were docketed
for this term Of the county court. which
commenced on Monday last. The most
| important was that OF Slaughter, charged
with the murder OF his close friend
which happened near the Brunswick line
a few weeks ago. He was irs 2 ediately
arrested and lodged in JAIL. and on Mon
| day last he was indicted by the grand
| Jury, and Immediately his counsel had
i him brought in the courtroom where he
made a motion before the county Judge
to have him bailed until the trial could
be gone into. This was refused by re-
quest OF Commonwealths Attorney w.
H. Perry. until he could get more wit
nesses in the case, and this was post
poned until Monday next, when the wit
nesses will be introduced and arguments
heard. 8 & III n l S
4GIt Is quite evident that feelings against
the prisoner have subsidized very much
and that he Will get off with a light SEN
] tence. II any. It Is also understood that
| his plea will be self-defence M, q
Another interesting case was Al that
against negro OF about twenty-one
years of age charged with entering the
storehouse,of Wall & Hamilton at Whit
| tettes Mill and taking goods and money
| EtherefrOm. THIS deed " was committed
several months ago. Strong counsel has
been engaged on both sides and great
light will be had. It seems that the Com
monwealth has very strong case
against the negro. and It Is quite evident
THAT he will 60 down to the pen for sew
5eral years s y al 9f
Several other cases OF less Importance
will be. heard, and court will be In ses-
sion the best part OF next week.
Several applications for liquor license
were filed and held upsuntil a few days
Rlater by the Judge, when Y he Will take
them up for inspection. al
Il Easter was unusually quiet In this SEQ
( tion on account OF rain. The ball which
was to have taken place at Linden was
abandoned late Monday evening. whom
/ the rain began to fall In torrents, and the
day was spent more quietly than here
| tofore. 5s h.
Miss Ethel Arvtne OF the State Normal
/ School, accompanied by two Of her
schoolmates, Misses Homes and Paulette,
spent Easter at her home near this
place Ii
llinath, Va, are tho guests Of Mrs. NJ G.
Price e..
Mrs. Julian Price and two children, OF
| Greensboro, n c., Is spending few
| weeks as the guest OF her people. f
Miss Elsie NJ, Baker returned from
aRichmond last week, where she was un-
der treatment Mt the sheltering Arms.
She is much improved. and 1t Is! hoped
| that she will soon BIO entirely recovered.
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