Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-09
MISKIMON.
BURK.

We are sorry to report Mrs. Mamie
Gill on the sick list. Her daughter,
Mrs. G. H. Smith, of Taft. is visiting
her.
Miss Evelyn Cockrell is on an ex-
tended visit to friends at Wicomico.
Rev. ". f. Dunaway spent Satur-
day night at the hospitable home of
Mr.. and Mrs. K. J. Marsh. DIR. Duna-
away filed his pulpit Sunday morning
at Providence much to the delight of
his many friends and members, the
first time he has been able to preach
here this year. He looks thin but says
he is feeling quite well.
Capt. L. w. Webb and bride of New
York, while on their wedding tour, are
spending some time here visiting the
Captains many relatives in this section.
Oscar Flynt and sister, of Blackwells
Wharf, visited their aunt. Mrs. T. E.
Norman, Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Samuel Ward, of
Heathsville, visited the lady's mother,
Mrs. Andrew Rice, Sunday.
Mrs. Tom Norman and Miss Edna
Beane visited the formers daughter,
Mrs. John Bell, near Gulicks Corner,
one day last week.
Julian Cockrell conducted the services
Of the 3. Y. P. u. last Sunday night
and did it well. The meeting was also
quite well attended. And just here
would like to impress upon the minds of
the young people the Importance of at
tending these meetings and of taking q
part in them If you want to grow re-
ligiously. i know of no better work
for you to engage in, and know of nc
better place for you to spend your Sun
day evenings The meetings and the
church want you, and need your help
and you certainly need the help of these
meetings and the church God has giver
us these blessed opportunities so let us
not throw them away. for we will soor
have to give an account of our steward
ship here. Meeting again next Sunday
night. u AND l.
Miss Irene Morrison, of Ophelia,
visited Miss Rennie Pitman last week
Mrs. Belle Forester visited Mrs. r.
j. Forester on Monday of last week.
Wayland j. Marsh inspected severa
farms recently with view to buying
We hope he will succeed in finding on,
that suits, as he will doubtless make ,
success at farming.
The road leading to SIMPSONS Wharf
is kept in excellent repair. 1t is work eS
by Mr.. Perciful. We hope our Miskimor
roads will not be neglected much longer
as they are getting "rutty'.
Mr.. Headley, working for G.. H
Smith, finished saving the timber on>J
b. Marsh's land Saturday. Mr.. Marsl
will not permit the land thus cleared
(about 100 acres and very hilly) to tax,
up in bushes again, but is clearing i
for pasture. The view held by som,
that the only way to protect our forest
areas is to cheaper timber is hereb,
disproveD. Mr.. Marsh holds (and h,
has discriminating mind in compare
tive values) that his billy land will pa!
better in pasture than in GROWN,
timber at present or prospective prices
Farming for Profit by Edw. A
| Nye in last CITIZEN was interesting
Prof. Massey in recent paper tells o
two men in Kent county Md, who mad
a million dollars each by buying farm
and having them cultivated on shares
The writer personally knows a gentle
men in st. Mary's county. Md, (Franl
AbelD who has amassed several hundre
thousand in the same way. 1t is re
ported here that resident of lowe
Lancaster realized $500 per acre fror
same land at White Stone. 1t woul
seem that farming can be made to pay