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FARM LABORISSCARCE

Annual Sprlng Exodus of Ne-groes Has Begun in Klng

George County.(Speclal to The Tlmfi-DI-p-tch.)

IIEATHSVIl-LE, VA., March 21.-Thelocal electlon to be held here next fall

ls recelvlng a great deal of attentlon Justnow. In aplte ot tho fact that the tlmofor electlon ls ho far off the subject la

belng pretty warmly dlscusaed, and, usstated ln thla corrospondenee some tlmongo, asplrants for tho varlous ofllces tohe nilcd hy eloctlon this comlng fall arenot few hy any meani). Some of the inost

promlnent men Inthla county wlll be can¬didates for Bomo of the offlces, and theydo not lntend to keop it a secrct untlltlio campalgn opens, but wlll announcothelr candldacy early this sprlng.Soveral popular Domocrats have tholr

eyes on tho ofllce of tho Commonwealth'sAttorney, and wlll' ln the near futuroJnfonn tho voters that thoy wlll bo candl-dnles. Indicatlons show that thoro wllliilso be a rod-hot flght for tho Sheriff's(itllce, and as for tho numerous dlstrlct

oillces.Just leo of the ponco, supervlsorsniiil ovorsor of the poor.A largo number of tho young colored

women and men aro leavlng the Northern,\*eck ench week to work |n tho Northern3tates, and the homo supply wlll be muchVss nnd tho demand much greater thanever beforo, and about nothlng ls theromore uncortalnty at thla tlme than aboutthe help ln tho home and on the farm.A potltlon has beon preaented to Judge

Beale, requestlng hlm to order a local.-iptlon electlon for Marshall Dlstrlct,Hichmond county.lloni Hoyd T. Smlth, after 'a weclt's

itay nt tho natlon's capltal, has returnedhome.Mr. \V. C. Snow^Is In Baltlmoro.Tho parsonnge at Farnham, Klchmond

county, was tho. scene of a very prottywoddlng 011 Thursday, when Miss CarrleH'arrlson hecame tho brlde ot ClarenceDawson. Bov. Rlchard Edwnrds wastho oflloiatlnjj mlnlster. Both are fromRlchmond county.Mlss Rdnn M'ell nnd Mrs. Julla Dlck-

prson, of Farnham, are vlsltlng frlondsli^AVnshlngton.Mlss Vlola Wllliams, of Beedvlllo, I3

Hpondlng this weok In Bnltimore.Mrs. I.ews Courtney nnd daughtor, Mlss

Faiinlo, aro guests at tho home of Mr.A. K. C'rnlln.

Tho Washlngton Farm Near Fredericks¬burg.

I-.MItor of tho Tlmes-Dlspatcli:Slr,.ln a recent communlcatlon ln

your puper, ontltled "Tho blrthplnco ofCenrgo Washlngton.wrltten by Mr.(ioorge W. Bealo, ho sald that "Mr.Washlngton (fathor of Georgo) had beenln tho hahlt of removlng hls famlly du¬ring a portlon of each year to a homewhlch ho had estuhllshed In Stnftordcounty near FTedericksbtirg called "Trnv-olers Uost". wna not Mr. Bealo mls-tuken and was It not "Forry Fnrm,"opposlte Fredorloktiburg ln Staffordcounty thnt Augustlno Washlngtonowned anrl whore ho dlod.and not Trav¬elers Rost, whlch Colonel Bnrgess BullInherltod from hls grandfnthor, MnjorJiimos Bnll ln 1751, and held untll somo-timo lator tlian 17S0?

INQTJIBKH.A dlHtlngulshe.il friend of ours answers

this quory ns follows:.Mr. Bealo ls mlstaklng ln namlng

W'nshlngtnn House opposlln Frederlcks-hiirg "Triurolers Kest." Tho farm uponwhlch Augustlno Wnshlngton dled |n174*1.umi whloh ho devlsed to hls son,Ceorgo wos ln what Is now Staffordbut wns thnn Klng Georgo county, onihe northern shoro of tho BiippahanockImniedlutely opposlte to tho Fredericks¬burg wliurves. Tlio Northern Necktrnveler pursuod a hlghway crosslng thorivnr nt Fredericksburg. Tho "Wunhlng-'tou fnrm Iny upon both sldes of thisru.'iil tn the Forry extondlng somo dls-t'un'eo up tho rlvcr. perhups us fnr us thoiHii'thrrn nluitment of the rallroad brldgoincludlng u smnll fnrm owned by JamesIng of tho brklgn on tho Forvoy of tliehiet csutury. e

Sfii'Oral mllos below thn forry wns qnestato whlch 1 havo peisonully known forsovoral yenrs as "Travelers Best". When1 Crsi romombor lt was the rosldeneo of,}Obq fi Olfty ** *-V?a2.'"-y Sgotch gent}Q-

man who llved upon what was probablyoriglnally a part of "Travelers Rest" Ina house known as Eastwood about amlle or two from tho rtvor.In the orlglnal orgonlzatlon of the coun-

,/os' o^f- ,Startord and Klng George theywere hoth bounded on tha east by West-moreland county.Stafford extendlngwestward along the Potomac and KlngGoorge westward along the Rappahan-ock. TheGoneral Assembly ln 1770 changedtho, boundary llnes.maklng tho lowerpart of tho countles the county of KlngGeorgo and tho western part the countyof tafford. The eostern boundary ofStafford on the Rappahanock was Mud¬dy Creek.and Immedlately west upon therlver was tho Snowden estate uponwhlch my mothor was born.ond whlchmy grandmothcr Inherlted from hor fa¬ther Capt. Thomas Cusson. After' hermarrlage lt wos the home of herselfnnd husband, Wllllam Alexander whowas born on tho upper Potornac nearthc present clty of Alexandrla. A slnglofnrm.owned when I flrst rcmomber byMr. John Strother and after her death byhor brother George F. Strother Inter-vened by Snowden nnd Travelers Restand tho western boundary of TravelersBest was at lcast three or four mllesbelow' tho Washlngton farm. ln myboyhood tho Wnshlngton farm was ownedhy a Baptlst preacher thu Rov. ThomasTeadale. I remember when Howe or hlsrcprcHentatlvo -vlslted Fredericksburg andgatnerod matcrlal for his Hlstory ofVlrglnla whlch was publlshed ln lS4,*i. andI have no doubt read his statement asfound on pago 4S2 was as nccurate ascould'have been mnde then from all ac-cesslve aources of informatlon.

R .IL.BhrB. R. H.

BIG T. P. A. EDITIONON MAY 6TH NEXT

Tho speclal T. P. A. edltlon of TheTlmes-Dlspatch, whlch wlll be lssuedMay 6th, wlll bo one of the most wldolyread papers ever prlntod ln Rlchmond.Tho followlng resolutlons brlng clearly

beforo the publlc tho character and scopoof the publlcatlon:Whereas, Post "A," (Rlchmond) Vlr¬

glnla Dlvlslon, Travelers' Protective Ajj-soclatlon of Amerlca, wlll publlsh a"Speclal T. P. A. Edltlon" of Tho Timos-Dispatch on May 6, 1(103, this Issue oftho ,,paper belng the work of T. P. A.men rini for tho benefit of tho commer¬clal Interests of Rlchmond, andWhereas, an extra largo edltlon of Tho

"Tlmes-Dlspatch" wlll he publlshed andthoroughly clrculated throughout the en-tire United States, through the medlum ofthe varlous posts ond the Natlonal Con¬ventlon. whlch will bo hold nt Indlanapo-11s, Ind., therefore be ltResolvod, That the Advertlslng Com¬

mlttee of the Rlchmond Chnmber of Ccim-mcrce endorse this "Spoclal T. P. A.Edltlon" of "The Tlmes-Dlspatch" as anagency whlch may be used to good ail-vantage in advertlslng Richmond and allIts commerclal Interests, and, further,commends to the mnnufacturer, whole-saler and merchant, in whatever llne, lnRlchmond, this excellent medlum ofadvertlslng for thelr favorablo conaidera-tlon.

WINNERS IN THESUNDAY TIMES-DISPATCH WANT COLUMN

PROVERB CONTESTAnother Contest To-Day.Seven Cash Prices.What is the

Proverb ? See Want Pages."No man can serve two mosters," waa

tho proverb used ln Inst Sunday's Tlmes-Dlspatch want eolumn proverb contest,nnd the seven prlzos wero awarded asfollows:First prlze, $2 ordor.Mrs. Yeager. No.

2210 Kost Broad, clty.Second prizo, $1 order.Mrs. Henry P.

Andorson, Box No. 155, East Badford.Vn.Thlrd prize, 50 cont order.Miss M. B.

Punn, No. 332 Hlnton Street, Petersburg,Va.Fourth prlze, 50 cent order.J. A. Cole-

mnn, Enonvlllo, VaFlfth prlze, 50 cont order.Mlss Nora

Conko,' Scottsville, Va.Slxth prlze, 50 cent order.Mlss Helen

Flournoy, Charlotte Courthouse, Va.Soventh prlze, 50 cent order.Mlss Mary

F. Wymnn, Scott3\'lllo, Va,Correct answers woro nlsrj recSIved

from tho following named contestnnts,vlz.:

RICHMONP. VA.,J. S. Rnow, Thomas Curtls,Mrs. 13, P. Mnnn, Thomas A. Murphy,

,si Nora Tholl. Mlss V, O. Baskett,Curtls Charlton. Mrs. J. G. Rlce.Dalsy Hnneook, Mrs. Wm. A. Street,B A. Wills, .Mrs. C. H. Talley,A. McWUllams, Miss R. T. Tnlloy,A. V. Peoch, 'Jhurles Paiirona,Mrs J. XV. Turner, D. U. Jolinston,Mlss Clevio Stngg, Mrs II Ij Wilklnson,Cllfton Denrhiirt, John B, Penrhart,Mary B. Pugh, R- Ij. Mllhan,Hoster C, Tnhb, Mlss N. I.. Brown,Thomas J. Carroll, Mlss Poulse Bragg,Mlss A. B. Buflln, Rmma Austln,Mlss B. A. Johnston.Mrs. W. XV. Turner,Mrs. 11. A. Talloy, IJora Pugh,Mlss Mnbel Cosb,y, ...rs. Oralntm,Mrs. N. B. Bond, Mrs. L. P, Itoane,Melvyn McKlnley, Mrs. A. JV Smlth,Davld Turner. 0, E. Babinoau,R. A. Plttmmer, Mra. W, H. Turner,Mlss B. R. Austln, M. E. Taylor,U, A. B. Mrs. M. XV, Olass,Ralolgh P. Glass.

NOTTOWAY, VA.V. B. Atklnson, 8. K. Atklnson,Ertw, S. Peane, Chnrlos F. Penno,Mlss M. Robertson, iJesslo Robertson.P, r,, Diutn, 0. II- Hardy,M. P, Atklnson. Mrs XV A Robertson,

HAMPPEN-SIPNEY, VA.W. B. Panghorno, Hunter Mann,J. M. flrahnm, R. C. Oraham,

PF, WITT, VA.J, O, Crawfnrd, Mrs. J. O, Crawford,A (i, Butterworth, lulla H Butterworth,

RELFIBI.D. VA.Mlss Pucy Macllne. -M'KK.NNBY. VA.

Cyrus Punn, Mnrlo M. Punn,1. (1. W'ooldrldge,

SOOTTSVH/L.B. VA.Junies F. (iarret, M. T. Heath.Lotlle Plits. Mli-s S. I.. Coolfei\V, Sjcott ijeath, Mjss M. A_. P.tt'C,

PETERSBURG, VA.£ G.-Strachan, R. A Plurnmer.J-fllo L Dunn, Mlss M. Ii. Diinn,B. G. Strachan, James S Rltchle,Mlsa L, O, Dabnoy*. Mrs. M. J, Dabnov,EHthor Dabney, Mlss Ruth Dabney,SSVANSBORO, VA.Mlss M. ti", Owens, Clalro Dorsot,

BL.ACICSTONE. VA.Mrs. C. B. Hnrdy.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA.Georglo Dunn.

FORKVIDLE, VAJ. N. Dau'ls, P. h. Htibbnrd,

NEW B10RNE, N. C.BoboiL S. Carraway.NEW CANTON, VA.

Miss J,ottlo M. Pltts,Mlss Annlo Bhodes,Mlss Phob. Mnble, Mlss Mnblo PIttsCARTERSVn.LE, VA.Mr_, J. H. Rhodes,PROSPEOT, VA.

Mrs. Thomas Cocks, Mary Crew,TjINDSAY,'' VA.

Mrs. C, F. Johnston,NORFODK. VA.J. II. Gregory.

SMYTH COUNTY, VA.W. A. Scott, Rov. I,,evl Brown,Mlss Olilo Wassurh,

ENONVIL/I.E, VA.Mrs. Early Coloman.Mrs P. Coloman,Blancho Coloman, Llllan Coleman,J, Leo Coloman, Frank R, C'olemnn,

ASHLAND, VA,S. J. Hall. ..

DINVYtlDDIE, VA,Alma Harrls, Laura Harrls,T. ju, Netherlands, John G. NeblottMary Bblsseau,

FIvUVANNA, VA.Mastor Paul E. Haden

WAI,DROP, VA,E. J1. Mlohlo,

SEVEN ISLANDS, VA.T. S, Tutwllor, I.oona C, Tutwllor,Mrs. C. E. Tutwller,Another provcrb contest wlll bo found

ln to-dny's witnf cnlumns, Tho pron'oi«h Iseomposod of elghtoon lotters, whlch nrescattered throughout the llttlo ads. Intho want pugos. Sovon prlzes wlll benwardod tho' wlnnors.Seo tho niunos of tho wlnners nnd

thoso desru'vlng speclul men tlon In Th«Timos-Plspatch wunt coliinin. f'artooncontest In nnotho colunin.

Jf you nro seokiiiy success. ndvertl_oln Tho Tlnii's-nisputch wnnt eojiimns.Tho llttlo ads. aro r.enu by over 100,000roudors dally, who aro ovor nnxlous tosupply thelr wants. und thelr wunls wlllhe suppllod by Hupplylng your wnntsthrough tho grentcst wnnt uuppllrr luthe ontlro South. Jf vou arn noi_ nn ud-vortlser, bo a, roadQr, Vou slicm'tf bebotlj, '

FIGURE OFTHEVIRGIN

One of Life Size for the NowCathedral Hore.

BE OF CARRARA MARBLE

Tho Modolllng Hns Just Boen Com-j pleted In Boston by Snmuol J.

Kltson, the FamousSculptor.

Samuol J. Kltson, the famous sculptorof Boston, has Just comploted the mod¬olllng of a notablo llfo-slze fltfure of thoVlrgln, to bo cut lt) Carrara marblo forthe new Sacrod Henrt Cathedral now bo¬ing eroctod ln this clty. This Is the flrstono of b!x flg-urea whlch Mr. Kltson hasbeon commissloncd to make for this greatcathedral, and thoy liavo all beon donatedby Mrs. Thomaa F. Ryan, of Flfti) Ave-nuo, Now York oity. Mrn. Ryan ls thewlfe of tho multl-mllllonalro street rail¬way magn.ato.

BEAUTIFUL CONCEPTION.'This fltatuo, whlch Sculptor Kltson hos

Just comploted, doplcts tho Vlrgln as"Our Lady of Lourdes," and the sculp-tor'd conceptlon Is beautiful. Thero ls asplrit of sanctlty about the flguro whlchls dlfllcult to descrrbo.n splrltual feollngIn tho altltudo, ln the faeo and flgtirethroughout, whlch could only be caughtby one deeply Imbued wlth tho motlveond Blgniflpanco of tho subject. The foceIs llfted ln devout appeal, and tho cx-

STATUE OF THE VIRGIN.

pression has ln It somethlng that cononly bo called dlvlhe.Thore ls the qulet beauty of repose nnd

confldence ln that face, too.This looks slmpln enoun'i, but lt ls a

dlfllcult poso to model whoro the noekIi; naturally thrown Into so much proml-nence. But the nrtlst appears to Iwvobeon little trmihled by this problom, forho hns emphaslr.ed both the poso of thehead and neck and the expresslon by thomanner In whlch tho drapery is arranged'over nnd behind both.Tho drapery on thn whole flguro hnngs

slmply In long llnes and folds, whlch fol-low the poso and enhanoo tho artlstlcfoellng of tho entlro deslgn.

AYONDKRFIH, FACE.The hands nre brought upward" In

prayerfiil appoal and polnt upwnrd, oar-rying thn attenllon to that wonderfttlfaeo In a subtle ninnner, and leadlngone unconsclously to a contemplatlon ofthc rellgloiiH feellng wllh whlch that fncols Imbued.

It Is nll well dono, nnd tho modolllngof tho faeo, neck and hands Is oxqulslto.Tho drapory ls troated In a broudor mnn-nor. The sculptor has given form to thatvlslon of Bornadotte Soublrous, who, Inan ecstaUc moinent. saw the Vlrgln nonrtho little sprlng at Lourdes, whloh hasslnce become bo famous as a slirlne.Rlchmond's new cathedral wljl have

some splendld nrt work wlthln Its snnc-tvarv This is being done Jn tho splritwhich Is eeeltlng lu tho Cathollc Churchto mnke oach sacretl odlfteo chni-actoristloand to got ftwny from tho palntod "stock"flgures whlch for fo mnny yeara havobeen lmported from Franco, Itnly, andGermany.

_ wm HBrn ¦ __w__nnijMANUFACTUBER OF

Is ono of tho Greateat llenlern of tho Slckon Etirtli. Curos all Dls0»308 p»" n" Olmrge.1 cuio nll Ul-eusos that arn known to thuhuman mco oi no ohargo, no mattor whatyour dlseuse. slokiies.- or ufflktloii may bo.und restore .vou to porfeet ilealth. 1 cuiotho followlng dlsoases: Henrt niHeasti,('onsumiitlon. Bloo.l. Kl'lnci' Llvi-t". Blad¬der. .Strlctiiro. Plles n "inv forn). Vertlgo.Quinsy, Soro Thronl. l.unus. DyBPepBM,liidlgeHthin. ConstlnallOll. Uhoumutlsm lnany fuiin, Piiiiisuml Aohos Ot nny kjiul,C'plus, B-ouohlu Troubles, Soiv». bklnDb'wisps, all it.-lilnv sontiuttons. ull '.oimilucouiplulnts, I.a 1Grlppe,nQr I'liouinuiila;Ulcers. Ciirbuiicli's. Ituiu, Cancer. thvworsl forms wlthout the use or kn fo orhistr inif n s Ec'aenia, P-nples on faeo andlodv' 1)1uU-te- of Kldneys or Brlght'sDlsouse of iho Kldneys. 1 cure iinv dls-easo no inatter of what nnturo. All veu-nrent sii'i .>" .' "iwoiaitv. Metllclnn soutto nnv iiiilivs-* by exnress. For full p_>rtl-eiila .« soul a two-cont stitmn t,;r unswor,&«?& WM Oiroud Street. Rlchmond Va.

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Not Bybry ono you hear llVouo ditya u»lft>|n« ln u tiiieel nuuiner has a limtliig im-iH-ciimont ln hls speeuli, lt'* lu»t enrlnijcolds. fjQ i.ero nro a fow Hnoa to P.o»-tle Sprlng:Oh ouh. thou gontlo MpriiiKiAnd atilloh wlnter lift; ,,oii Lud, I'ni golng i" sneow a;;uln,Wlioro ls my iuiiidlion-lil.-r.'

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FROM DR. STRANGESt. Pnul's Rector Wrltes of Athens and

Hls Own lmproved Htalth.(Sitoclnl to Tlio Tlraog-DlipatchO

WVLM'INGTON, N. C, Maroh'_l.-Th«frllowlng extrnct from a recent lette<from Rov. Robert Straugo, D. IV, recto*of Sl. llnul's Eplscopal Church, Rldh«inond, to n friend ln this clty, wlll bo roaif.wlth much Interest by rcaders of Th