The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09
fine CROPS
in VIRGINIA.
Tic Chinook Wind of Prosperity.
Blows Gently i'll the Old
Dominion. II
NO ROOM FOR GRUMB J !. Il v
Tie Idle Reporter snotlered
Them All Down the Right Way
and They Are Thankful.

sa Especial to The Times-Dlspatch.)
1iOLLADAY, VA, Oct. 'S.--The year,
now In Its last quarter and rapidly draw
q Ing to n close, has been q very prosper
GUS one for the people Of this section.
1t has been many years since so large
crop ri corn was raised, and the filters
OF the soil were novcr happier or IN,
Better spirits The one cause OF conf
plant has been tho scarcity OF farm
labor, and the inposslbility OF securing
hands MT the season, when crops must
be gathered and saved, notwithstanding
q great advance III wages. The farmer
han long been noted as a chronic grum-
bier At least he has been regarded AZ
ono whose troubles could not be appeas.
ed ana In all fairness TO him II must
be conceded that he has lived UP 10 his
reputation until within t INC lust i've 1'
years. VI 5i5.
IL IS & n Il happy omen for the country
aien his grievances. real or Imaginary
have ceased to occupy his thoughts, and
when he looks forward hopefully and
+ confidently. That our farmers are now
in such q cheerful state OF mind Is In
dlcatcd by tho heavy increase In the
supply or fertilizers purchased for the
fail senson. and aso by decided en-
HIargement ofsthe acreage OF land seeded
to wheat and grass. Il
THE IDLE .REPORTER. f3
There ID another reason which the peo-5
pie OF Spottsylynn!a county have Tor.
4 feeling happy and contented. The Idle
Reporter has been III the county and IN
L his letters TO Tho Times-D Dispatch he has,
been saying many flattering things
i about them In that charming and win-3
ming style which characterizes his writ
NJ tt,uf an 10,
people or the Lewiston. Walters ana
Il I,artlow 5ncighborhoods are properly en-
EtItledfto lay claim TO the kind and com
plifrentary remarks OF the lido Reporter,
but he is az big hearted and generous
fellow and has taken all Spottsylvania
Y under his protecting caro- he writes
"Spottsylvenians,' and all spottsylvsa1n-
Sans take the nice thinEs ne says 20
themselves. This Is only at,lral and we
hope he will#not object. The IA q IS
nica taffy. sweet delightfully."- favored
and exceedingly agreeable to our appe-
& tiles. Our heads are swelled. ! t is true,
hut IL necessary we'll have new bands.
clnmred around them, and pray Tor
little more Ia ~ next summer. For. It's
size and population Lewiston snouid now
b, the hes known place In Virginia and
4 the only things that have been. told OF
II arc "a Cd and pleasant The Idle Re-
: porter has told OF its people. us FARMS,
Mis- fields, its woods, It's roads. It's churches,
It's stores. and It's homes. Its horses, It's
cattle, It's mules. Its dogs. Its yclio"
jackets. its horse-flles. and Its seed ticks.
and hundreds OF other things. and yet
ono puts down his latest contribution on
This SECTION with tho feeling that ne
Il has not begun to tell a3tyths OF what
he knows, and tina It he could continue
Z to write indefinitely. !, 5s
In recent letter to The I'm 6 . dis
patch he gave pen pictures OF n colofed
revival and a white folks all-dAs. meet
ing, which. for fidelity to life. sympa-'
,hetic lnterpret ia ton. accuracy Of outline
4 ana detail and ease and grace OF ex-a
s preston should make them classic
In these pictures he has made not
only Lewiston and spottsylyania. but the
whole State his debtor. i.
At the moment i am unable to recall
/ the name OF the eminent man OF letters
who declared that Easy writing -
y damned hard reading But surely the