The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-23
DANVLLE.

THE SHOOTING AT CASCADE-RETURN OF Mr..
HoLxEs-THE TOBACCO HOUSES AND THE
'HsNDs-THE PLANTERS AND THEIR BUsi-
NESS.
correspondence of the Richmond Dspa,ch.l
DECEMBER 81, 1880.
Parties from Cascsde say that Mr.. Elisha
Estes. who was shot some weeks ago by q
man named Anderson mot Alvcrson as 1t
was printedl. i recovering from his wounds.
Anderson ran of, add has not been heard of
since. The statement | get of that diff
cuuy Is that AldersOn and a brother OF
Elisha Estes (Dr. Esies) had rented some
land OF Mr.. Samuel p. Wilson, each having
separate fields for cultivation, and that
when Estes went upon the premises 10 see
10 the measuring of some corn for bis bro
Their, III Whose employ he was, ne went
over upon the premises Of Anderson, was
orGered away. refused 10 go. aud was shot.
The weapon used was a shot gun, which
was fired at short range, and IL was sup
posed at fret that Estes was MORALLY
wounded.
Rev. j. T.. l.. Holmes, with Mrs. Holmes,
has returned from the bridal tour, and
they are now soiourning with MIR. and
Mrs. G.. G.. Holland. Rooms have been
fitted up for them with exquisite taste at
the parsonage. and after the lst of January
they will move over and board with Mr. j.
G.. Miller, who is renting the parsonage.
Mr. Holmes preached the first sermons Of the
new volume Sunday morning and night,
aud was greeted with packed coDgrega-
lions.
MANY OF the tobacco. houses have closed,
and will remain closed till the 1st Of Janu-
airy. Captain Ferrsll. OF the Tobacco As
ISOLATION, tells me that the leaf.dealers have
recently had orders for old tobacco, and
have not been able TO ill them. Very few
OF the manufacturers do more during the
winter than ship what they have on hand.
conduct correspondence, buy up, and sort
over stock. The hands who are turned on
for the season seek other employment, some
acting Is wood-cutters, some as pOrters for
the merchants, some rs house-seryants,
some as rough carpenters. and some do no.
thing much. Others, who have been pru-
dent and economical, have something laid
up for the rainy day, and appear on the
streets well dressed aud looking comfort
able.
a. What are you paying for hands 7" /
asked on Saturday Of one OF the planters.
We paw from 800 and up, according to
character" said he. "and furnish houses.
fuel. and rations. But il takes so much
capital TO pay in money and buy seeds and
fertilizers that most OF Us pay in part Of the
crop" ind on inquiry that many OF the
planters are getting accommodations IN al.
yancemenis from the warehouses. "ln
fact" said one OF the warehousemeD, ave
are running some Of the plantations, the
crop being pledged for payment OF the adj
ylncemenls." "Do you lose muchf' said
]. mot very much," was the reply.
Many people are honest, and the revival
and enforcement OF the law as TO mortgages
OF crops makes others act squarely. Just
the other day one Of The parties who
bad got accommodations on mort
gage failed TO deliver according to
promise. He was prosecuted, and when
prosecuted seemed disposed 10 make a
light matter OF II. Presently he found that
the penalty In his case was nine and thirty,
and then be forked over, and begged to
have the prosecution stopped; which, OF
course, was DONE" "Weli. how do the
planters come outY" "Wby, a planter
never breaks. Some Of them do as did old
Mr.. Gaines, Of Charlotte county, according
TO his own jocular account Of himself. IL
they mske much. they consume 1t. III they
make little, they shrink up 10 1t. Others
put away good deal. Many OF them baye
deposits Ia the Danyille banks"
Preparations are being made all round
by the Sunday schools for the entertainment
OF the children at one time or another du-
ring Christmas. ALPHA.