Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-30
CHARLOTTE.
THE NEW COUNTY, AGAIN.

r'oarsss OF the Movement Proceedings or
'he mass-meetina- The Crops-Deaih OF o
venerable Ciiizeu.
correspondence ofthe Richmond Dispatch. 7
COLES FERRY. Va, July 20.
The mass-meeting at Brook Neal,
campbell county, in the interest Of the
new county movement, was held, &C
coIuing to the programme, on Saturday.
There was very considerable interest
SHOWN, some us or 200 persons hav-
ing assembled from Charlotte, Camp
Dell, and Halifax. The meeting was
held IN Week.-Mrs. building, the large
store-house which it is proposed to con-
vert INTO a courthouse. II. W. Bur
gwln. Esq. Of Charlotte. was chosen
chairman. and Mr.. Wiugfeld, of Camp
bell, secretary. The line proposed BY
the ASpinwall meeting, as published in
the D,spGtch two weeks ago. was.
alter discussion adopted. AMI
committee appointed to raise money
TO employ a surveyor to survey the
route; also to engage counsel to pre-
sent the matter to the Legislature. The
followlng-hamed gentlemen constitute
the committee: j. NJ. Smith, Char
lotte; Messrs. Wingield and Terry, of
Campbell, and Walker. Of Halifax.
over 80 was raised on this ground.
As much of the proposed line will run
with County lines already established.
the cost OF survey will not be heavy.
The committee was also authorized.
if the area of the country taken in was
found to fall below the minimum pre-
scribed by law-G00 square miles
enough additional area should be in
cluded to bring it up to the legal re-
quirement as at present proposed. The
village Of Marysyille, in Campbell, is
left out of the new county, but there
were citizens in the meeting from that
place who wished il TO he included, and
that may be done hereafter.
DR.. Wickliile. Of Brook Neal. made
strong speech in favor of the move
ment. Another speaker was very earn
est in advocacy OF it, saying that now
they were forty miles from anywhere. -
A Mr. Price, from Halifax. on the OPP
peste side of the river. opposed the
scheme on the rather singular ground
that now he was so far from his
courthouse that he did not 90 there
more than once or twice in four years,
but if the new county was formed he
would be going to court every month.
1t was finally decided that another
masS-meeting should he held at the
same place in three weeks from that
day to receive the report Of the sur
yeyor and the committees appointed
and consider what further steps should
be taken. and the meeting adjourned
with much encouragement to the active
movers in the undertaking.
The rains have generally been very
seascnablc in this section. and with the
exception Of a few Sighted localities
the crops Of corn and tobacco are very
promising, and farmers are led to hope
for larger returns for their laborS than
have rewarded them for wears. 1t
seems reasonable to expect that the
shortneSs Of the wheat crop will he
compensated by the increase in the
oats, corn, and tobacco. The weather
for the last fortnight has been cXces-
siyely hot-equal to anything rcmem-
bercd here before.
The serious illness Of Mr. William
Il. Morton. Of thi, county, from gan
CREME. which was reported in this cor
reSpondencc ten day, ago. resulted IA
tally last week. Amputation Of his
leg, though accomplished successfully
by two skilful surgeons, failed to At
rest the painful disease, and the vene-
rable gentleman, after long struggle.
sank under it. He was buried at Roa-
noke church on Friday by Rev. X. G..
Reed, pastor of the Presbyterian church
at Charlotte Courthouse. Mr.. Morton
was in his seyenty-lifth year, and one
of the oldest ruling elders in the Pres
byterian Church IN this State.
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