Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-05
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CHASE CITY TOBACCO MARKET.
4 Week Of Unusual Activity-A Crop
Easily Teslizcd Upon.
lcore.nonaence Of tne Rlelmond DIspatch.l


Correspondence Of tho Richmond Dlspatchl
CHAsI CRY. Va, October 4. 1890.
This has been a week Of unusual activity
in tLe tobacco trade. Notwithstanding the
fains and mud, farmers from tins and tho
adjoining counties came long distances 10
market their crops. 10 - the earliest SEA
son for such large sales ever known. Tho
production Of bright tobacco has revolu-
touiZed the old customs OF selling crops.
In former timos IL required about year 10
realize on crop of tobacco after cured;
Now II can be planted IN Nav or june ana
be ready for man ket by Soptembo or OctO-
her There is no crop upon which farmer
can realize 80 early and sell so advantage
ously. Hence lands hitherto considered
uuproductiye and almost yaiuoless ~ tins
eecton. but now fOupd 20 be adapted 70
the cultivation Of brights, sell readily at
good prices.
INFLUX OF SETTLERS.
The influx Of North Carolina settlers
from the golden tobacco belt OF that State,
induced TO come TO this county on ac-
count Of cheapuess of lands, have greatly
enlightened and stimulated our own peo-
pie To make something that Will pay and
abandon the old ruts followed by their
fathers for nearly a century. l VIII cite
one instance. In few miles of this place
a gentleman Of the old Virginia school
owned a farm Of more than 400 acres with
Good improvements. He abandoned At "a
few wears ago and came here 70 keep
hotel because he could not make q living
on il. Probably at auction the land would
have sold for four or five dollars per acre
M that time on long credit. About two
wears ago he traded 1t 20 live North Caro-
lima man. This week here the North Caro-
huiap had on this market some OF the hnest
brIrht tobacco and considers ms iarm
worth twenty dollars per acre If he wished
20 sell. Many instances Of this kind could
be given.
ANOTHER CASE.
Abut EIGHT years ago William Finch. n
colored man, bought 100 acres of land IN
mile of this town for 1850. ilo has closed
a sale 90 some North Carolinians this week
of his land al = 300. Now the old man
IL troubled more than ever as To what uls-
position no will make of his money. 1t IS
more than he ever dreamed of, no says,
since the days of slavery.
THE SCHOOLS.
All Of our public schools are now in
operation and the attendance was never
larger Thewhite school population of this
county il 8.3O5: colored. 1871 white te-
males. ,G06; cOlored females, 3,7SO-an
excess OF the colored female element of
2l74. Those thousands of negro children
the white taxpayers or this county are
giving equal privileges with the whites.
ls 10 not an enormlty of injustice? And
Accord ne 10 the above figures will not the
disparity continue to lncreaseI The ne
gro is unusually prolific. / saw two old
colored women this week asserting to-
hacco in prizery here and Que informed
me she was the mother of twenty children
aud the other of thirteen living children.
And their descendants doubtless number
hundreds.
CIGARETTE BOYCOTT.
The first boycott OF the users of cigar
cites noticed az our county courthouse.
A prominent merchant advertises for q
salesman, but distinctly states that any
smoker of cigarette need not apply.
The Southside Male Academy here Is
now in successful operation. Rev. J. II.
Newhill, principal, has adopted a hand
some uniform for the students and en-
rared the services Of Captain Frank H..
Roberts. a graduate Of Blacksburg, 10
dnll them. He is an accomplished officer.
The weather is now bright and pleasant
and no damage reported Of laud or crops
by the recent heavy aud continuous rains.
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