Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-12-20
COUNTY.
OPENED UP FOR TRAVEL AND CON-
MERGE BY A. AND o. RAILROAD.
The Money Realized from Farms and For
es.s-Improvemsnt Of Lawrenceviilo--
Location of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch.l
LAwREvcEvuLE, VA, December i7-Be-
fore the construction Of tho Atlantic ana
Danv1lle railroad this county TO tho out
side world was almost tara incogHud.
Produce was carried by wagons fifty miles
10 Petersburg and travellers reached the
county-seat by uncertain and tedious
modes of conveyance. Now the railroad
from Portsmouth 10 Danyille passes
through the county from the eastern to its
western border, giving facilities for trans;
portation of produce and for travel aud
developing the resources OF helus ana
forests, and all along the line the changed
appearance of the country prOclaims au-
vancement and prosperity.
QUARTER or MILLION.
/ have been informed that tho products
Of the farms and forests, hitherto value
less because not marketable, since the ad-
vent Of the railroad have been utiIi1ed
and over q quarter Of q million or collars
reali,ed by their sale. villages nave
sprung no, new industries lnaugurated,
lads are more readily sold, crops diver
SIZED, population has increased, Demo,
cracy is triumphant, and now the OLD
county Of Brunswick is one OF the most
| prosperous aud inviting IN Southslde n
ginia.
WONDERFUL ADVANCEMENT.
This place, the county-seat. has wonder
| fully advanced. New buildings. improved
streets and walkways, fre5hly-pahted
houses and fences greet the eye IN every
direction. An eleganty-hnisbed and com,
modious hall for opera and musical ana
staoe performances has been butt. Al
ioining it IL the library-rOom, where all
the newspapers, magazines. ana literary
and scientific periodicals can be found ior
the entertainment and enlightenment OF
the public. This is supported by private
contributions and IL the pride OF tne lo"h'
RAILROAD SHOPS.
The railroad authorities have decided 20
locate here the shops OK the company.
| Excavations aud work on the building
| have already commenced About 23o
hands will he employed. This establish
| ment will give an increased impetus 10
| the progress of the town, and lot-oWnefs
are already medItatlng an advance IA
prices.
The situation Of the town is elevated,
| the surrounding country broken ana Wen
| drained, its healthfulness IS unsurpassed
and the clerk told me that malaria was en-
| tirely unknown.
The churches are Of the Episcopal and
Methodist denominations. The BaPtlsts
/ aud Presbyterians do not appear to nave
| gained "A foothold here The morals OF the
| town are exceptionally good. and SO TAR as
| intoxicating liquors are concerned tAe
| place IS as dry as the desert OF sahara
LAWYERS.
There are eight lawyers IN the county
| end one half of them bear the title OF Judge.
| They are Judges Hicks, Mallory, Buiord,
! and Turnbull. Il Is remarkable also that
! the iudge-elect, the clerk, and the sheriff
! of the county are named Iurnbuu. All OF
| them are the most courteous, popular,
| competent. and worthy officials.
! There IL wire-fence manuiactory mere,
| good hotels. and people with oid-fashloned
| Virginia hospitality.
| The county authorities have erected two
| iron bridges over the Meherrln rlyor-one
| at a cost Of 1000 and the other of SlO,Oll
/ | never passed over IN the country hand
/ somer or more substantial structure than
! the bridge | crossed erected by the canton
! COhio) Company on the Meherrln on the
/ Necklenburg and Brunswick road.
THE PRODUCTS.
Cotton and peanuts are principally Guilt
waited IN the county; tobacco also 70 a
! considerable extent, but not as much so "a
| in former wears. ] ne low price of cotton
| this fall has greatly discouraged producers,
! and another year more extended area
will be devoted 70 tobacco. The sou Is
adapted 70 bright tobacco and some plant
ers will endeayor % raise II IN localities
where indications are favorable tor It's Gull
| tlvatlOn.