The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-12-13
HALIFAX COUNTY.

ALMOST CENTENAklAN-A SfLbNDip JUDAH
60 CROP; HOW IT Is CURED EXPERIMENT.
ING WITH COTTON--CHALMERs, OF MIssIs-
sIPpI--A PRESBYTERIAN REVIVAL.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.l
NEWS FERRY, VA, December IL, 1882.
Mrs. Sallie Bayne, avery aged lady, died
about three miles from this place on the LIST
instant. Had she lived until Christmas she
would have been one hundred years old.
She was the widow OF John Bayne. an old
! Revolutionary soldier, and had been draw
ing pension Of 80 per month, or s9G a
year, for about fifty years--nearly $4,000.
She had scarcely ever been sick during her
long life of three generations, and up to the
time of her last Illness was vigorous in
mind and body, and only lacked three days
OF living to the day when her annual
pension would have been again due.
The people in this section are in good
spirits on account Of the fine crops OF the
last season, and especially OF their staple,
tobacco. They say all the tobacco is good,
none really inferior, and that though so
far only, a. an average, the tail of the crop
has been marketed, il has brought as much
money into the county as the whole crop
did last year. Nearly all the tobacco
grown about here is Of fine quality and
very bright, and is sold for wrappers, the
light sandy soil being peculiarly adapted
TO that variety OF the article. Every barn
is fitted up with furnace (the process OF
curing by coal having been abandoned),
and presents to the traveller the singular
appearance Of great sheet-iron pipes, as
large rs the smoke-stack Of small steamer.
sticking through the top OF the shed at the
side OF the building.
Nobody recollects when frost was rs late,
and these who attempted it made fail
second crop from the suckers or sprouts.
from the stumps where the first plants were
cut OF, though as general thing they were
allowed TO grow, and whole fields OF suck
ers grew rs high sometimes as corn, and
were in bloom or seeding when the frost
blightcd IT, and now they are bllghted and
brown, presenting the appearance OF a
great destruction or waste OF the precious
weed. The dry leaves rattle in the Deem
Der wind.
A good many planters in this section eX-
perimented to considerable extent in cot
ton this year, but the result has not been
very satisfactory. They report that the
stalk grew large and tall enough, but when
frost came large proportion OF the bolls
were still unripe and comparatively a small
portion mature. The conclusion is that in
this latitude either they cannot plant early
enough or cold weather comes too soon ;
perhaps both causes combine against the
crop.
Mr.. Thomas Chalmers, good Democrat
and merchant Of this place, is cousin
OF General j. X. Chalmers, OF Mississippi.
He has been corresponding with the Gen
eral during the last campaign with regard
to his political position, and also recently
as to the contest with Manning. Mr..
Chalmers says that his cousin is just as
good a Democrat as he is; that he ran as an
independent candidate, and he is satisfied
that he will act and vote with the Demo
cratic party il he gets his seat, though he
will oppose Randall Tor the speakership,
but will favor Carlisle.
Rev. John ii. Davis, Of South Boston,
has been assisting the Rev. I. 5. Wilson,
pastor OF the Presbyterian church at Oak
Level, in very Interesting services OF ten
days. The result was revival in the con-
gregation, with thirteen professions and
nine additions to the church. The congre-
cations were large and attentive, and tho
preaching excellent. I. {. NJ.