The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-21
FLOYD COUNTY.


FLOYD COUNTY.
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Especial Correspondence OF the Dispa,ch.l
JACKSONVILLE, August rs, 1888.
At Bangs, on the Norfolk and Western
raiiroad, 30 miles from Richmond, your
rambler, In company with an entcrprislng
tourist OF Richmond, took an
open buggy via Christiansburg for Floyd
Courthouse. The distance Is twenty-five
miles over one Of the toughest mountain
roads in the wilds Of Southwest Virginia.
gradually ascending the mountain rs II
does from that point until reaching the
Courthouse, which Is $500 feet above tide
water, and on one OF the highest points in
the outlying backgrounds OF the Allie
rhanies, as called by Major Hotchkiss.
The scenery along the road is Wild and
picturesque. On reaching the top OF one
Of the many high points in the Allegheny
which YOU have to ascend, as far as the eye
can see are peaks OF the Allegheny and
Blue Ridge mountains, towering one above
the other.
THE WRONG ROAD.
After having travelled several miles on
the wrong road farmer was met who
pointed out the right one-the county
pike-and informed us that we were IN
that portion OF the mountains In which
vold was To be found, and explained that
the way the gold happened to be there was
from the effects OF "vol-ca-noic Interrupt
tion."
LOCATION.
Floyd Courthouse Is located near about
the centre of the county. The village is
also called jacksonville. The population
is small. There are several stores, three
county taverns, &c.
The population OF Floyd county is:
Whites, i1,9SO; colored, 1875. Males
twenty-one years Of age: Whites, 2.42l;
colored, 224. The products are wheat.
corn. barley, and rye. In the neighbor-
hood OF jacksonville, the centre and upper
portion OF the county, the lands are well
adapted for grazing purposes, and there
are large numbers OF fat cattle raised and
shipped TO market.
TOBACCO.
In the Roanoke hills and Little-riyer
valley tobacco is cultivated. The leaf is OF
superior quality, bright in color, and is
used principally as wrappers by the manu-
facturers in putting up high grades OF to-
bacco.
Considerable attention is given by the
farmers TO their apple-orchards, and one OF
the new industries that has sprung up in
the last few years Is the drying OF fruit,
which consists OF apples, blackberries,
whortleberrles, and raspberries. The ber-
ries grow wild, and are gathered by the
children.
HEAVY SHIPMENTS OF DRIED FRUIT.
Last season 10000 pounds of dried fruit
were shipped. The corn has been dam
aged considerably by the drought, and it is
thought that it will not yield more than
half a crop.
The County Court is held at Jackson
VILE, the county-seat, on Tuesday after the
second Monday in each month. Matthew
&. Dickerson is judge.
COURT-DAY.
Yesterday was court-day, and as early as
O'Clock in the morning crowds OF people
were seen coming in from every direction,
and by ~ O'Clock the streets, the stores,
hotels, and court-green were all crowded
with the yeomanry OF the county.
ACoALTrION MEETING.
In and around the courthouse observed |
groups OF men, some Of them white and a
lew blacks, in earnest conversation. i was |
told that they were principally Coalition |
After the adjournment of the
County Court the Coalltion-Republican
fled into the courthouse, led by S. Brown
Allen, State Auditor, and Winfield Scott,
Penitentiary Storekeeper. Allen spoke two
and half hours.
Amos Dickerson, who represented Floyd
in the Legislature and voted for a
negro man from Norfolk city for doorkeep-
err OF the House over Arthur Sullivan, of
Montgomery county, a one-legged Confed- |
srate soldier, Is the nominee OF the Coali |
ion-Republican party for the State Senate |
rom the district embracing the counties of
Carroll, Grayson, and Floyd.
DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION.
The Democrats held meeting and or
ganized by electing ex-Judge w. ID.
Vaughan county superintendent; William
T. Williams, secretary; William ii. Har-
man, treasurer; also, precinct committees
Tor the county, as follows:
Indan-Valley Precinct: Henry {. Hall
George Hambrick, Clay Strong,
William Hambrick, Ira Hall, Jacob Stump.
ter, /. T. Hall, A. ID. Burnett, and Henry
Showalter.
Hylton Precinct: George A. Willis
Peyton Wade, S. p. Willis,
John Cundiff, s. G. Cundiff, Jr., and Lewis
A. Martin.
Barringer Precinct: c. c. Weeks Chair
main). Jonas Hartman. John c. Willis, Jo-
seph Wade, Thomas Knowles.
Turtle-R Precinct: Asa Foster CHAIR
MANI, Robert Harvey, Thomas b. Kenne-
dy, John Kennedy, Wildly Via. Asa ID.
Short.
Harman's Precinct DIR. Z. j. Hoback
(chairman(, Franklin Hartman, Berdine
Dickerson, Abram Blackwell, Ed. Sweeney.
Jacksonville Precinct George Hitter
man (chairman), c. A..Howard, John Lee,
A. C. Barnett, Jordan Lee, Henry w. Ag-
new, +. w. Sewers. Levy Hylton, /. 4.
Robertson, Henry w. Williams, James K.
Dickerson.
Locust Grove Precinct Thomas X. De
Witt (chairman). John Wirts, Fleming
Pof. c. Z. Stevens, John Smith, Moses G.
Kelley, james GRAY.
Alum Ridge Precinct John Stuart (chair-
man), Charles Dobbings, James Stuart, GIRL
Sumner, Henry Booth.
Viewers Precinct John Weaver (chair-
MANI, c. ii. HUFF, Henry Dangeriield, James
NJ. Smith, Tazewell Walters.
The Democrats are aroused and eager for
the fight.
Delegates We're also appointed to the
Senatorial Convention which meets at Hills
Vile, Carroll county, on the 22d OF August.
AT the September court, Tuesday, 18th,
there will be magisterial district meetings
held for the purpose of selecting delegates
70 convention that will meet that day to
nominate candidate for the House OF
Delegates. Mr.. +. w. Edwards, former
sheriff, is spoken of as the candidate for
the House. ARAMINTA.
Editor Dispatch: About two or three
years ago there appeared In the columns of
your paper several drithmetical solutions
OF problem involving the principles OF