Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-05
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
About the Piu,yiVnnia sIines-Shipm pm nis
of RerrIec-Eocky Mount-rhe New Baptist

about the PiftsyiVnnia sIines-Shipmr ais
of Rerrlse-Eocky Mount-rhe New Baptist
Church.
(Couospopdcncc OF The Richmond D!sp1tch.l
SEPTEMBER 1, 1857.
Starting from DanyilIe at l0:30 4. VI. or
at . Z. u. you will by way Of Elba really.
| | beneye, Elbow arrive at Rocky Mount
by $50 =. n. The iron-mnCs along the
narrow gauge railway have been exhausted
| in some places, and have not been worked
for over a year, and on others the vein, Of
ore have run down 30 deep INTO the
grOuLd-sly, from seYenty-ilyc - one
luudrCd feet-that il does not now pay
10 Crl; them. In the mean time the capt
,alisis, who had leased the mineral proper
tics Of the lands for long terms OF years.
still hold their leases. 5ut several new
mircs OF baryteS have been opened, and
ten carloads are shipped pcr week, the
ground farytes to Sew York, tie uI.
ground directly 10 Lynchburg and thence
10 New York. Here you have on the way
side q saW-mil for the barrcl-,taycs, and
there arc piles OF the slaves viii h AL
together would equal three or lour times
the tize Of the Methodist parsonage in
DaEyillr. And near these are immense
pie, oi bark packed away in layers. some
OF the barytcs Wa At one time shipped IN
lateauX down Pig and down S,aIdtOn
rivers 10 the railroad depot.
He tine for tie shipment. OF berries
ha> moi CONE in, and perhaps The berry in
Gu>try has not been prosecuted quite -
vigorously ;his season. Last year the ship.
men;s over the PittSylyania aud Franklin
railway, 20 one II The agents informs me.
amounted to 10000 pounds.
Rocky Mount Is not q rocky mount, but
,n.ail mountains, Of several names. Grassy
His, Cooks Knob. a., .ge arounl and
shout il. and neat It is hill %. mount Oi
solid rock. The town consists Of two dis.
t.nct arts, the old town and the ncw town,
the litter having been bull MP since the
opening OF the railway. There are here two
t1hacco warehouses and ti-Ice orfOur tOJIc-
CO manufactures and Leaf dealcrs, aud thc
number Oi stores shows That country trade
must be profitable. The porter irOnithe new
hOlol makes mOIe noise tnan those in Lynch
burg. There WAS newspaper herc--thc
FTdnkl,a GGzeiiC-hut the last owner. Mr..
&. :. Davis, Of Utica. y. l., has gone back
home and left the material and GOODWILL
10 be sold. No liquor IS sold here by Ii
censc, and ain told that there a. not bar
room in the county, though men are some.
times seen rather t0p-heaVy here and there.
Tie Bapti,ts here have. under the lead
Of Rev. }. Lee Taylor, recently finished
and about paid for house Of worship. It
is frame building, neatly painted outside,
vanished iCSde. with plank ceiling; a
good array Of lamps, wCll-arlanged BIZ =
ii,try, handsome pulpit, sehs,, for ab01.
$50 cISOns, and the cost amounts 20 about
S2.1O0.
Rocky Mount has been town Of some
reputation. Here by one speech Mr.. Nas-
sew transferred two hundred votes: here
Colonel Cabell aud Mr.. J. Il. >toyall had
their last discussion. This was for time
tie home OF Moior Early, a distinguished
o(,car OF General TayloTs army IN the
Mr1Ican war, and hence be used to visit
the cour.-housCs OF the adjacent counties
and travel more widely.
Since tie troTblous period above referred
TO rot many events have eXcItcd more in
teiest in tins county than did The recent
session OF the Blue Ridge Association
Rev. J. l.. Taylor, president; MIR. N. r..
Lewis kept the records; Rev. Daniel q.
Taylor, OF Henry county, the father OF
four preachers, delivered the introductory
sermon. and from The text, Alexander
the Coppersmith did me Much Evil /;
The Lord Reward him According to
bis Works" There were present As
visitors Rev. w. r. l.. Smith, Captain
W. ?. Graves mayor of Danylle), Rev.
ssmuo Frank Taylor Columbus, No.,
Rev. T.. n. Sandcrson (recently from Mis-
souri). Rev. Pleasant Brown aged eighty
three years. several ministers from other
denominations. Rev. DR.. John Pollard.
Professor c. l.. Cooke, Rev. Z. b. CLANCY,
Rev. L. c. GoggIn, Rev. X. II. Taylor, Rev,
j. II. Harrison. The statistics showed that
the contributions had been small, though
they were much largerthan usual; that one
church had been organized at MartinsyiIle,
and about $500 subscribed for church
edifce there; that church edidcc (the one