The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-03
ARE TURNING TO
STOCK RAISING.
Labor Has Become lncre'a as
4. ingly Scarce IN NOrthum-
berlland.
tspsctal 10 M mssAphpaten.)

HDATHsvTLID. VA. May 2-snce
labor has become 80 scarce In this section
tina batter class OF farmers arc beginning
to turn their attention to the ral sing OF
\ stock Those who have up to this timo
tried stock-ra1sinE, say that there arc
better profits received !, considering tho
labor employed, N than from Il any other
source. Stock 70 scarcsr thr on ghout ths
b Northern Neck Just now than 1t has been
Tor several years. but those who arc
thinking OF turning their tar1ns into such
an industry viii look In other directions
for source Of supply. a b sss ~ aig w
&y All kinds Of stock are Demanding 5000
prices and hogs arc especially high and
scarce, NJ A. few years ago nearly every
farm owned a nock OF sheep and It u
said that tho profits received were very
satisfactory, but lately the nocks have
been Decreasing, farmers claiming that II
IL Impossible to raise other ock IN tho
sans pasture with them ~ they erase
the land too close. A. result OF RAISING
stock. farms will be put In . much bet
ter oondltio Those who arc puvchas-
Ing stock are getting the improved Kind
and With large FIELDS OF grass It Is cyl
|,rdent that srocess will meet those who
nro engaging IN the ew tnd ustry.
h Tho new n.sf, steamer Potomac, built BY
tho y. j. Codd Company, OF Baltimore
has become one OF the three new fshlPs
steamers to be added this season 70 the
plant Of McNeale and McGill. at Reed
villa. Northumberland county. Beuows
nnd euuires recently caught quarter OF
million m enhnden. The fish are showing
I'D IN large numbers, but are very poor.
Nearly ali 81 the fish factories OF IAncas-
ter and Northumberland ara ready TO be-,
gin pera lions as soon as the alewives boz
como i.ttle moro plentiful.
A large sheepshead was caught IN
trap IN the Rappahannock River recent
", BY Leonard Payne, This Was never boz
fore heard OF In that section, for az q
usual thing they arc not seen IN those
waters before the last Of May. Many soft
crabs are being caught In the Potomac
and Rappahannook. they are bringing ss-
pecially good prices.
Joe Pearson, while operating mower
on the &'Islnnd" farm on saturday. was
accidentally shot In the loft arm. Flo was
carrying with him on tho seat OF the
mower a shotgun. which fell on and
discharged, the entire load passing
through the muscle Of his arm.
DR.. M, NJ. walker. OF Wsstmoroiand,
ana other points. to be absent for about
ten days. w vi
Mr., u, M. Omohundro and daughters,
Misses E3eHsie and Julietta, are spending
this wesk In Baltimore.
Afrs. G, u, Garner, Of Lew1setta, accom-
panied BY her two. daughters, Misses Cor
truie and Daisy, will leave in a few days
tor Washington en- route to the mountnans
OF Virginia, where they expect to spend
the summer. js y IS
Miss Mamie Rives, Of Gums Hill, Va.
who has bean the guost OF Rev. r, Mere
dlth for Some weeks, returned TO her
homo on Thursday,
Mr., Charles Atwtll son Of ex-Mnyor
s. b. Anvil, OF 1dnsale, will take tho
competitive examination for the purpose
OF selecting candidate for appointment
as 1nidshpman to the United States Ma
val Academy at Annapolis. In the city
Of fredericksburg on the 9th OF May
"A lodge Of the order Of the Coming
Men OF America" was organized here
recently. The following officers were
elected: President. M, W, Rowe; Woe
President q. 3, Hogan; Speaker, A ].
Bunt; Secretary and Treasurer, William
3D. Deale, Director, Alley Season; senti-
mol, Robert I3enle. This Is the first lodge
OF this order that has been organized in
the state, though It Is especially popular
In tho moro Southern States, 85 & +
Misses Louise and LILLIAN Anderson
and Miss jamie HAIL. who havp been y!s-
lttng tdendu in Washington, have re-
turned homo.
Mr.. =, q, Jones Of Atlanta, Ga. has
been spending some time here
Mr., J.. n. Anderson has been spending
soma tme visiting his sister, Mrs,
Charles Thomas, OF Merry Point, Lancas-
ter county. Il