Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-19

made n good trade. Messrs. Easlcy 4
owen have recently bought q lot on Main
street. 40 BY 500 feet. re- Sfo per frsut foot,
end are building uponit large thfee-story
brick building Tor a store. An adjoining
lot Is held 1T SEQ per foot; while building
lots for residences. In eligible locates,
command easily 81 900, and canuo. always
be lad at that
The management Of the Richmond and
Dnnyille road are alive 20 toe demands OF
trade here. and are preparing for biz
Improvement OF their property at the
GeIot. They propose 70 build ut once q
large brick addition TO the present freight
dcp0t. twill be one hundred feet long
and located TO the south G and adjoining
the present ono, while on the north side a
receptIon-room will be built, and on the
opposite side OF the street and still further
Forth on the same line q depot exclusively
for fertilizers and all the facilities provided
for handling that iargely-increaSing trade.
These Improvements viii, It Is expected.
lie completed by the FIRST OF the eomlSg
year.
Another important enterprise here e the
South Boston Female Institute, an advances
classical school, under Baptist patronage.
The large and handsome two-story build.
Ing Is rapidly approaching complexion. ana
VIII be opened September LIST. Mrs N. A.
Lacy, the widow OF the late Rev. John
Henry Lacy. who was for many years a
Chinese missionary, is the principal ana
will have an efficient corps Of lazy teachers.
The enterprise promises 10 be very sue
cossfIll.
A good feature about this young town,
well calculated 10 correct the prevailing
immoral tendencies OF npdly-growing
towns, ia The interest shown in church lni-
Ir0vcncntl. There Is a new and very neat
fiick Baptist church recently finished. a
large and handsome frame Methodist
church almost completed and already oc-
cup,ed in the basement, while the demands
CT The Prcsbyterians have cutgrOwn The ac-
commodluoUs furnished bythcir old build
ing. and they are preparing to build 4
$4,000 new one. Tue Presbyterian con-
grecation is miuisiered 20 by Rev. j. H..
Davis, the Baptist by Rev. j. W. Mercer.
and the Methodist by Rev. j. Il. Wagner.
The several denominations work tsgcther
very tremendously In union prayer-mect-
ing on alternate weeks, there * preach
inc in Que church OF the other every sun
day.
south Boston baS another advantage Of
when many lafGcf towns canhoL bOAHt-
a good local paper, Nor does it monopo-
lie this luxury, but shares the HGlita1
KCcOrd with The whole OF the great cOua-
~. The Record is an unusually good,
e'ght-page county paper, newsy and en-
teIprisng, and well appreciated aud pa
ilonized, and the editor, Mr.. j. \. Phillips,
is ore Of the yoUnge.t in The State, being
only twcnty-fOur years old.
The Halifax Confederate veterans are ar
ranging for another ro1nion nc the court
house on the 18th August, with speaking
End big dinner. The companies which
will come together this time are Fl0urnoy's
(JuGge II. W., the Secretary OF the COM
monwealth). Gnd Grammar's Or. John, "
Halifax Courthouse. MuiOr John w.
Daniel and Judge Flournoy have promised
to give the old boys speech apiece, and
they are anticipating a very pleasant affair
ana large crowd. N0X.