The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-28
URGES BOYCOTT
OF STATE FAIR
Anti-Saloon League Superinten-
dent Condemn Sale Of
Liquor on Grounds.


annual meeting Of the AnAi-Saboo0
League Of lancaster. held here recent.
~. the following omcers were elected
for the ensuing year: Rev. C. A. Hall.
president: Captain Joseph r. Bsllow&
George r Mckinney and = L Bass.
vice presidents; Arthur Hutchinson.
secretary and treasurer. Resolutions
were adopted urging the Virginia
members OF Congress to support the
bill to prohibit the shipment OF intoxi-
eating liquors unto dry territory. COM
mending the State leagues efforts to
secure from the General Assembly an
act to permit tho people to vote ON the
question Of State wide prohibition. and
urging the members OF the orEAniza.
tton, unless there 10 some good reason
to the contrary. to vote for prohibition
candidates ''for county. State and gen.
eral ohioes." In the course Of his
speech delivered before the Lancaster
meeting. the Rev. J. d. McAlister. the
superintendent Of the state league. Sc
verely arraigned the managers Of the
State Fair for allowing liquor to be
sold on the grounds. and urged tho
members Of the league to boycott the
fair as long as the practice 10 con-
ttnued.
During the past week Bauman Lodge
of Masons. ut Sharp's Wharf. on the
Rappahannock River. was visited by
Most Worshipful w. l. Andrews. grand
master Of Masons In Virginia: Right
Worshipful p. X. Bauman. deputy
grand master: District Deputy Grand
Masters Clarence R Howard, W. J
Phillips and Charles Field. Eminent
Commander James Shelley, worshtpful
r. w. Galt and . number Of other
prominent Masonic, who were royalty
entertained At q banv1uet given by the
members Of the lodge. assisted by the
ladies OF the community. A number
Of women accompanied tho visiting
Masons and enjoyed the banquet witch
them. The evening was spent In list
ening to addresses on FreemaSonry and
in pleasant social intercourse. The
visitors were charmed with their trip
down the Rappahannock and their stay
at Sharps.
One day last week Mitchell jackson.
colored boy. aged about fourteen
years. while engaged In working In
a canning factory near Warsaw. fell
|. into a kettle Of boiling water. and,
though rescued at once by Julian Short,
was SO badly scalded that he died early
the next morning.
As the menhaden fishing season
draws to a close the managers Of the
various concerns are beginning to cash
up accounts to see how they stand.
In spite of the scarcity OF fish. the
enforced idleness Of many Of the hands
and the low price Of fish scrap and oil,
it Is the opinion Of some Of the fac
tory owners that most of the COM
panies engaged in this business will
come out ahead At the end Of the sea-
son. They say that the phenomenal
success OF the two or three years pre-
ceding this one had led all those en-
gagged in this industry to expect con-
tinuance Of good fortune. and that they
are naturally inclined to exagEerate
the disasters OF a lean year in the
business 1t Is announced that num-
Der Of these concerns have already de-
clared comfortable dividends on this
years operations.
The school fair that has been going
on at Crbanna, in Middlesex County.
since Thursday came to an end yes
terday. The exhibits of literary. agri-
cultural and domestic work by the
public school children Of the county
were highly creditable to pupils and
teachers. Large crowds attended every
day. The school fair Of Lancaster will
begin next Friday at the Chesapeake
Fair Grounds. near Kilmarnock.
Jeter Jones. a well-known colored
man. died at his home. near the Ian
caster Roller Mills. yesterday. at a
good old age. He was known far and
wide as the most successful black bass
fisherman in Lancaster. He was an
uncompromisin8 enemy Of all sump-
tuary laws. especially those intended
TO forbid the sale Of Intoxicating
liquors. and so vigorous were his preju-
dices on this subject that he used to
tell how he had prayed to the Lord not
to let any dry man catch any Ash out
of the great millpond near his house,
and he frequently boosted that his
prayer had been heard and answered.
There are persons here who say tina,
they once saw an antisaloon orator fish
nearly all day in that pond without
getting a ni5b1e and that 1t was not
until Uncle" Jeter Jones was induced
to relent that the luckless fisherman
caught two or three small fish under
the old mans direction.
The disease known as black tongue,
of stomatitis, continues to kill fine
dogs in this section. and occasionally
one hears Of the death Of a COW from
IL. The only remedy that has proved
esficacious here is a big dose OF Aiph-
theria antitoxin. Ex-SheriN James \
ChowninR cured one Of his fine setter
dogs after the disease had reached an
advanced stage by giving him 5.eeo
units OF antitoxin. Dr. Phillips. an
eminent physician OF Baltimore. who
I. an old sportsman and has made
study OF the disease. declares II tr be
a phase Of diphtheria-
The autumn session OF tn: Kappa
tsIrock Valley Conversation OF the
t,:s. opal Churches was he:1 dur:1s.
Inc rsst week In ST Johns C7U-cS nj
warsaw. Among those In arc mi C'ce
wsre the Rev. r 8. Htsinser, the new
l. e.. cted rector OF the chu:ch: Rev.
II a Barber. D. D.. Of Freder;cksbHrS
Rev 3. g ware, Of Port Royal: Rev.
William " Meade. Of Tsppahannock;
Rev II = osburn. Of Essex: Rev. c.
McI.arep Brydon. Of King George; Rev.
!. r Combs. Of lancaster; Rev. Ben.
tamtn Dennis Of F1eeton: Rev. W. Z:
Alien. Of westmcreiand: Rev. Everard
Meade. D n. Of Fairfax: Rev Il. Il
Goodwin. Of Icudoun, and NJ. VIII
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