Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-07-27
MECKLENBURG.
IAsp.Huxrx.s FROM THE OLD NORTH
srAsR.
What they say--Railroad Hstters--The tx
position Some Of the Products Of
the coanty.
tcotresooudonce 0, TIE Richmond nlspatch.l


CHAsE CRY, Va, July 20. 1883.
Light rains have somewhat revived yese-
t,,,op. The corn crop and gardens have, how.
ever, suffered severely from the excessive
drr SMELL. and IN some localities beyond The
point of resnsci,ati0n and production. To-
bacco. however, stands drought Amazingly,
aud its rceupfraiiye powers, even under
heayv devs. make IL grow and mature with
surpr!sine rspldiiy. Tbreshers report the
wheat yield at one hail the usual amount for
qusntity seeded
There have been many land prospcctors
10 this vicinity from North Carolina. They
are chiefly farmers and worklusmen, and
come from the golden tobacco belt 81 The
Old North state, where they say lands and
rents arc high. One man who works two
horses said he paid last yearSrent ont OF Fls
tobacco Zone fourth ~ the CROP about $500.
Here they think lands suitable for the pro.
ducuon OF bricai tobacco can be found. ADD
with their experience they can produce an
article that will command = high price.
These lands can be bought here ai from 90
10 IS per cent less per acre than 10 North
Carolina. Several have succeeded well IN this
county in the last two or three years.
There Il q large section OF country tribu-
tary 10 this market where bright tobacco has
been made, and its production Is Increasing
every yesr. The tobacco dealers intend
making ,his market specially attractive for
the sale OF bfights. II is proposed 10 erect
large warehouse with suitable light and other
conveniences for the display and sale OF taat
class OF tobacco.
The railroad 10 Oxford and thence 10 Dur.
ham, now in course Of construction, gives
us great facilities FOR communication with
the Carolina markets and businessmen.
The extension TO Durham win soon be com
pleted. as the grading has nearly all been
made ready for the Superstructure; and |
was informed yesterday that as soon as the
bridge Il built across Tar river, which Will
be by the middle Of August, trains can run
through 20 Durham.
our people had confidently expected 10
make an exhibit ri your Exposition and one
that wouldhsve been creditshe 20 the county.
A committee OF prominent citizens appointed
nj our last County Court for the purpose ap.
pcared before The Board Of supervisors this
week aud asked for an appropriation. The
vote stood four for and four against taking
action. The matter was then wi the County
Judge 10 Castillo deciding vote, and strangely
he did against any appropriation by the
comfy. Enierprisng and public'SptrIted
citizens however, have not rclnquished
their purpose, and are devisiDg other plans
for the accomplishment of an object that
would be OF countless value towards pro-
noting the msteflal Interests, attracting CAPT
tal and settlers, and developing the agrlcnliu-
raj. foresta. and mineral resources OF the
county.
This county contains 4i7.34 acres Of
land, OF which 10000 acres are improved;
and probably one bali OF thus quantity, now
put down Ms improved. has ceased 10 be cul-
iivatcd from want of labor and means, aud is
now growing UP in old-feld pines and
bushes. Gold has been mlued here, ana
there are good indications Of copper and
iron, Slate, whetstOnes, and pOrphyry arc
also al found here. The forests afford va
rious kind, Of oak, walnut, hickory, poplar,
heart-pne, dacwoOd. gum, locust, maple,
cedar, ash, beech, Ted-birch, sweet and black
gun, mulberry. and other valuable timbers.
Our situations equi distant from the Sea-coast
and the mountains. escaping the bleak, cold
winds oithe one and the miaSmatic influences
oi The other. The lands are rolling and with
innumerabe notwithstanding and not
sluggish streams in every section. Mineral
springs abound, health excellent, and nj
mOsphcre inyigcrating, aud DO prevailing
disease; soils varied and fertile. All fruits
not strictly tropical grow iuXuTiantly and
weld abundantlv But the great need is adj
ditional population. and with it energy,
brains. and capital. and to secure these We
should have place in your Exposition or be
Ielegated 10 the Old On-prOgressive. sleepy
condition Of the past
Virginia suffered by having no position at
The Centennial and States represented were
repaid many times for their trouble and
outlay. and a county with no exhibit or
place in your grand Exposition will miss a
golden opportunity which may not occur
again in half century. j.