The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-10
PR0SP ECTS in.
LUNE B. |. ) |.
Corn Crop Planted and To-
bacco Plants Being Stuck.
a NEW RELIGIOUS PAPER
a NEW RELIGIOUS PAPER
An Interesting Suit Between sawmill
Men and the Owner Of Fish Pond.
Lunenburg County Court to
Pass on Whiskey Licenses.
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MEHERRIN, VA. May s.-The bulk OF
.ba corn crop mas been planted through
,,,is section. The recent fair weather
has been very favorable for the farmer.
and he has been working long hours III
order to catch up with his work. a
large crop has been seeded by the average
farmer and with a good seasonaple year,
a rich harvest is expected to be reaped.
Preparation for the tobacco crop IS beins
,1,ade AZ fast as possible. In order to be
rssdy FOR the plants when they are fully
crown and as result tho farmers are
making the hills as fast as possible.
During the next season IT IS quite eVl-
ent'tthat many thousand plants VIII be
,.sI,Ick.', The guano delivery Is about over
and Judging from the amount that has
iacn handled at this point, there VIII ne
M short crops planted, notwithstanding
t1,ore of this fertilizer is being used on
corn and other crops than ever before
NEW RELIGIOUS PAPER
A new paper has sprung 'h.1 },, eh's hears
she name Of 1.-The Witness Of Prophecy,
md is published by u religious society,
ma hulk of whose members RESIDE N tne
North. Rev. Otto Van Iech VINO IS the
n,,bllsher of Die Erute Sichel. Geril'nh
publication is the editor aha p aens nre
dnvoted to religious affairs printed IN
4 English. and altogether It IS NICE Gteall
neat. Several hundred subscribers nave
alroadv been entered upon the supscIlp-
t,cn books and the success OF tue pup'l-
10 tlon Is very assured
sAW-DUsT5 AND FISH, b
very interesting suit was pelns ~, ~,
.o1ad In this county a few weeks ago, BY
Mr "a, Blankenship who owns tne
wcII-known knights and Tugges MIL
nond about six miles east OF inns ppm pInt'
hguiinst Messrs w, H. Crawford y 20,
who own and operate a staVe th ts!aV..
about three miles from his pona, oFa"-
ford g. Co.'s factory was situated "
ptream that emptied into the pond, ana he
used this stream to run the saW-dust
from his factory and 1t was washed into
the pond where Is was claimed py me
owner that no was raising fish ana TINS
saw-dust destroyed them. A controversy
arose among the owners OF both the lisl'
nc nd and factory, and was growing very
warm when the factory men employed
= man to rol the dust away Instead OF
using water,
Monday next Is Lunenbnrg County
Court Several important cases Will come
up for trial, among them will be the Com
monwealth vs. Slaughter for shooting his
friend several weeks ago. This case was
pcstponed at the last term OF the Court.
ready for trial during this term Of the
Court. IT Is expected also that the sa-
loon men here will make an effort to Sc
cure license during this term. The saloons
at this point have been closed for the past
Weekss1ut none of their stock has been
shipped back to the jobbens, and this will
he kept over several days longer until
the County Judge renders his decision In
REGARD to the llcense,
The effects of the whiskey sold few
days before the doors We're closed, has
not entirely died out yet. but as soon as