Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-18
THEY AR DISGUSI''E|D!
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tS1se GEORGE FOLKS Look IN
VAN ron PROSPERITY
!, NOW THEY ARE BRIsTLlNG MAD

NOW THEY ARE BRlsTL ] MAD
RepubI,cans Promised Them Much
in the wny of Good Things. mt
Hope. have Not Been Reniised-
poor FnciIi,ic. for shipment
CONFORM. KING GEORGE COUNTY.
VA. JANUARY 17-(spccial.)- Lots OF iu-
raj citizens are fairly bristling with DIS
appointment and disgust With them. pa
.ience has ceased 10 be virtue helF
grievance is no longer secret OF their
own bosons. 1t seems that seevrai years
ase certain political campaigners promised
that IL Mr.. Mckinley was elected TO the
y Presidency the whole country Wou!d De
treated to a wave OF pfospeIi.s - a.,,
prosperity as was never before I knoMii,
sLs.a thai the working people 1sa., .
s,snefed t,y y,overty-would feast from
sf,ilI dinner pails''-that is. fare suIp.u.
pcsly every day Ike ancient plses. aal,s
promise and voted for the man whose
election would be followed by such pros pros,
pe-iiy as the country needed. men. Wiz
becoming patience ane va" a.-,er rl' nai
these people waited for the wave OF pros
perity'' 10 roll in. Along towards l.,g
closing days Of 1891. as they Isao aito
ing people were suddenly, confronted. they
saw by considerable advance N Inc
price Of everything thev had 10 BUY
{ boYgs shoes. groceries. etc. while the prod
.ets Of their labo-s remained at the same
low prices Manifesting some niue spii. Pr.
OF disappointment and d.s sa, dscisra
the wave of prosperity was. almost
In sight" and would arrive ths '1sA'
THE BURDEN OF THEIR SONG;
They make long story snort by de,
ciaring now that at the close OF l9os ano
for WIZ: they bought than at any time
since soon after the war between tne
States. while wages and the prodnct:s, or
labor remain at TIE old prices Ald tneg
contend that not only has the full dinner
pail. failed TO InaterialiZe. but the work
ing people" iii some parts OF the county
are shiSering with cold-well nigh freezing
to deatl1-for want of fuel.
The people do not deny that lncreaseu
prosperity has found Its way to those
whom they toyln the favored few"-those
already blessed with an abundance OF ms
worlds goods, but they show that. as
rule, the conditions and opportunities Oh
The working people are worse under the
present administration than Tor many
from their labor, While it costs more
money o run the average working rflan,s
amily twelve months than il did under
any previous administration.
The facts and figures Oh this subject are
handled in a very intelligent and COIL
vincing manner. and many OF our peo-
pie who voted for Mckinley declare that
they will never cast another vote with the
Republican party.
iii is certainly trEe that the country
people have had to pay higher priceN
To-. their supplies since some time i'll
1901 than for many years, and it is equally
trr~ sat they are receiving no more for
'hsA products than formerly, with the
si5as,e exception that some of them took
advantage of certain local conditions the
past fall and sold their grain at slightly
poor SHIPPING FACILITIES.
FOR the first time in Inany&years the
chipping and travelling facilities on the
Potomac are very poor just now. There
SIS hui one steamer plying between this
section and Washington, and this boat
makes some OF her trips in the night
h,.ae. SO that good deal of travelling and
chipping have TO be done on Sunday.
E;nce the river boats passed TO the owner
snip and control Of one company. there
has been no opposition. or competition. on
This route. and the facilities and accom-
inoGations have been unsatisfactory some
Tine
some nf orr citizens of means are PLAN
Ming 10 have a good deal of building done
MS year. and have ordered lumber and
OTTER material for the purpose. Several
handsome residences viii be erected as
carly in the year as possible. and num-
ber4c of the thrifty farmers of the county
certesrpate building large barns and sta
bles. This means that 1.aS will be a busy
year with The carpenters here.
Senator ". p. BarksGale's Euhernaterial
aspirations have been discussed with
avidity by prominent Democrats of this
Sen3
addressed the people of King George dur
ing the Montaguc-Hoge Eubernatorial con
test. and his manner of handling politi-
clans and issues was so S-tferent from
what our people had been accustomed to.
that he Won the admiration Of the Demo-
Gratis.
CONCERNING TIE SICK.
There has been a good deal of sickness
IN this county for ten days past With
an epidemic of whooping-cough and Sc
4 we're colas-alias .grip"-and some cases
of pneumonia the two physicians In the
county have been hard-worked men since
Christmas
Fewer wild turkeys have been killed in
King George this winter. so far, than
in any season for number of years.
Early last fail these popular birds were
plendfully in some parts OF the county.
but IL seems that they suddenly. and
almost mysteriously, disappeared by the
last of November.
Rev. John R. Thomas has been recalled
to the pastorate OF Potomac Baptist
church. near here.
Mr.. c. B. Arnold has returned to his
home in this county. after a brief bust
ness trip to the National Capital City.
Captain Henry Endsor, of ibis neigh
borhood who has been Very sick for some
time. has sufficiently recovered TO be out
arain:
Mr. John Thomas. who has been visit
ING his parents in this county since
Christmas, has returned to his home in
Washington.
Miss Tines Sterhens of washington. is
on a visit to her mother near lgo. this
county .s:f
All. Clarence w. Marshall of the Dis
trict of Columbia. spent few DAYS of this
week with relatives in the upper part of
King George.
Mr.. Wallace Sale. who has been spend
S,g several weeks at his home in this
county. has returned to Union Fork
Aca.'emy. where be is a student.