The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-01
SoTrowAY COUNTY.
No n.,IrroxrE. August 80. 1881.

r{tofs blSPo'e" .s..,,1n,is,~ "a
~ 80 OF >our wiosiy-clfcusa.'"g auu
r'os.,s ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS paper
segs's Ike 70 Know what IS goiug on ~ lnis
pg-.Uake little town, wnicn now ess
wiae snnfehcs, twenty stores Two OF tnree
tTee s@ l,rce and doino bne euSineSs), TWO
q ii,~ wsTehouscs, several prizing es'ao-
ioos.., steam Saw.mslS TWO OF three
kSn.S ana wsgonInanHfactories. We
dirFs, ilaorishing bank, which Is a
ls'e' .nveaience 10 The people, It's capital
greN an 900 and large steam bark,
toous t.nd cr,s, mill, with two sets OF run
sa'nN, mic. sh are kept constantly at work,
r'rjs ,nr about i75 bushels OF corn daily.
Iii i great desidcratNn this un-
1hN sa,t,d dry spell. customers coming
p'o,T miles OF. Six or seven years
ist'S ,o.i OF the ground occupied
ssV .ao.e buRdiBes was IN cuitiys.
g rben. too, we have here some
ron. .,sincss.,pen. who arc constantly alive
g'ea o ~. i Going On--eyer on the qgi vire.
gentlemen have made some lucky
Ioesss .,.,oy lie last ten days 10 their pur-
bas =, Drain. -four. ana tobacco. 0cca-
ehsssss nov take bold of railroad stocks
hon' 's,,sIsciory profits. Now and then
W.. - made at pe Ter bonds, ~ which
eisa 80 been chances for speculation.
I II ,rs, not ncglecl to tell Joke or two
-, nopular and enierprIsing young
o IVA res.aing near this place, who a year
lN N-a,,s sra concluded TO take a chance at
o. 49, Having quietly gathered together
.,rnlus funds they secretly moved of
sIp,.snond. arriving at the s.. James Hotel
w~tsp II, There they shut themselves
-. !, their room, not venturing 10 be seen,
~. ,be object 81 their visit 10 the city be
IND out and p,eler bonds 20 up. At
i,.Ioek next morning, so the story goes,
-, we're al The Office Of a broker-snd
'ss,e they waited, heaping abuse upon this
,.,r,sni dealer in stocks for not coming TO
IA, business. For two hours they fingered
,,hst oficp door. TIL Mr.. - arrived.
p,sipg asked for a very private interview,
NV we're iaken 10 the brokers' private
80. where their business was told.
@Wby.D saSs The broker. "you are young.
az friend | knew your fathers aud liked
,s;m; take nay adyiee--let ptelers alone
NV panvilie railroad stocks, worth 40 TO.
J,y Il will shortly be So" One OF the
s,seal.,ols was about to take the kind
brokers' advice, when the other asked
Kim "ATe you going 10 give up certain
fhlrg on ltticiN Auu ~ lLSt "iJhbcu bOuu'
boleer deceive your" (Tbe broker having
re,irtd Iust then.) "Dou't lei him fool
ron. Why, he is now loaded down with
D,nville stock, aud wants to she'll out on
"a Don't trust him" The lallef's COUP
eel preysiled, and when the banker re-
,urn.d 10 bis Office he found the two iaIm-
ers determined to buy peelers. And they
aid bur cutie heavily on margin. BY the
time they got home peelers were dropping
and Dsnvlle booming; and peelefs went
down TO % when the one who hsd been
Disposed 10 take the brokers' advice sold
ont ats considerable loss. The other beld
On iiil there was reaction, and came out
shout eyen. Tbeir friends are now con-
,snlly amused when these gentlemen re-
tOrl Oh each otber-the one claiming he lost
sIorluue by not buying Danvilie stock, the
other congratulsting himself that be bad
not been 20 scsred a. to sell out at %
uh5n be had bought at 80. So you
observe, Messrs. Editors. speculation
& not confined 10 the cities. We have
bulls and bears, TOO, in the country.
Yet we are by no means losing our interest
10 toe great canvass that Is now going on.
We are 10 the biack-belt" district, 1t Is
irOe. and Mahoue, be it said TO our sorrow,
b. msoy followers, white and black, here;
bot in the coming election he, we do not be-
heYe, will have a. many here as he had last
iIll. Daniel, Barbour. and Mckinney !
Wat q noble. splendid triumyiratei Such
= Coalition Is the one the true men OF South
side ike. and we will rally 10 them with all
our strength, with all our heart, aud all our
zeal. But let not the Conservative Execu-
tive Committee forget US because we are
bow under dark cloud--negroes and white
'olks banding together. Let Daniel and
Barbour. 700, come and let US bear them
here at Beilefonte. We will give them
ro6d from Nottowsy, Brunswick, and Lu-
ienburg, and Meeklenburg, too. AS for
Phil. Mckinney, be Is The idol of Southslde
'irginia. SOUTHsIDE.