Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-04-17
RICHMOND COUNTY.
DOWNINGS.

this week for planting corn. Wheat is
looking fine, as is also German clover.
George H. Smith, of White Stone,
was in this section recently on business.
Mrs. X. w. Hanks has just returned
from Baltimore with her spring milli-
merry.
Ashby Lyell, of Richmond, has been
visiting his friends around here. He has
accepted position as clerk with r. A
Omohundro, at Colonial Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Revere, of Lively,
visited their daughter, Mrs. j. c.
Bryant, Sunday before last.
G. w. Barrack has been little in
disposed the past week.
Mrs. John Batsley, of Fairport, visited
her mother, Mrs. Virginia Hanks, some
few weeks ago.
Mr.. Wright, of Richmond, has been
in this section making contracts with
parties for poplar and gum wood.
E. G. Booker is having his dwelling
painted. G. Mercy, of HeathsviIle, is
doing the work.
Add Lewis has corn up about two
inches high.
j. P. Lewis expects to open his store
for business by the first of May.
Mrs. James L. Motley visited her
brother, Harry Leonard, in Philadelphia,
recently.
Mrs. Mary Hall visited friends at
Lyells last week.
Rev. Robt. Williamson has been on
the sick list, but is improving at this
time.
B. H. Balderson had fine patch of
Irish potatoes damaged by the recent
frost.
I. d. Ficklin has been canvassing our
section with that popular weed that two
thirds of our citizens use.
The prospects for peaches and cher,
ries, which were looking so we'll with
bloom few weeks ago, am afraid
are not so encouraging now.
Quantities of tomato seed have been
sown for the canneries.
John w. Welch visited his mother in
Northumberland county last Sunday
week.
r. L. Saunders seems to improve
daily. He has been sick for several
months.
F. G. Landlord was in Philadelphia
and other cities last week on business.
He reports that he found times dull in
his travel.
The picnic at Sion House school last
Friday week was very successful. All
seemed to enjoy themselves.
The bad holes in the road need a
little dirt in them. Kindly spare little
chance and do it.
The Baltimore steamers have been
landing fertilizer at Wheaton and
Sharps for the past two weeks for
truckers in this section.
l. G. Hinton and wife, of Lara, visited
friends in this section recently.
Mrs. James r. Webb, of Kilmarnock,
visited her step-mother, Mrs. r. p.
Bryant, recently. 49,
The humps are still lingering in some
of the families.
We were visited by an old fashioned
electric storm one night last week,
Mrs. Leonard, of Philadelphia, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. James l..
Motley.
w. G. Luttrell has contracted with the
excelsior men to cut large quantity of
wood this summer.
A moving picture exhibition was
given at Farnham hall last week. -
Robert Hall, of Warsaw, gave a
lecture on Peru and Panama at Sion
House last Friday night. .
Several from this locality attended
Heathsville court Monday.
w. E. Wright's children have the
whooping cough.
Rev. S. p. DeVault has ITO chickens
big enough to ship.
The prices of spring lambs keep up
on the market.
Capt. John Allison has been quite
sick. DIR. G. B. Harrison has been at
tending him.
Hawks are very bad among poultry.
l saw in the Southern Planter recently
a preparation to destroy the destruc-
tive bird by using it in corn dough and
feeding it to young chickens, and when
the hawk captures the chicken and eats
him he will be poisoned. REPORTER.