The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-05
PERSONS couNrY sEAr-
IoI Pounds of Person County Tobacco
Brought IOl Dollars,

Brought lol Dollars,
Roxboro, n. c., April H. CspcciaD-
Roxboro, the county seat, live,
progressive and wide-awake town Of
1900
The territory of Person was en-
braced in Orange county, which was
set apart in 1857 During the Reyolu-
ton, 1777, Orange was cut into two
parts, and the Northern portion was
called Caswell county being named for
Richard Caswell, North CaroIina's
first Governor Then Caswell was di-
vided and Person county was then
formed in 1901. Person county re-
ceiyed it's name from General Thomas
Person, Of Granville county, a man who
figured largely in the Revolution, and
was member of nearly every Proyin-
cial Congress that met in North Caro-
lima, and was a representative in Lcgis-
lature long after the war. A ball at
the University is named after him.
Samuel Dickens, James Cochran.
members OF Congress; Hon. j. o.. A.
williamson, t. S. Consul; Judge u. G..
Reade, Of Supreme COmt:Geu Henry
Atkinson, hero OF Black Hawk war;
MOntford McGehce, Board Of Arricul-
ture; Bishop Robert Paine; John w.
Cunningham; Col. c. S. Wiustead, Ex-
President State Senate. were natives OF
Person county; and Richard Stanford,
member Congress, resided here.
The early settlers at the county
seat were Scotch, from the town of
RoXburgh, and they named the place
i'm memory of their old home. The
town moved slowly along until new life
was infused by the building Of the
Lynchburg and Durham Railroad a
branch of the n q W., and to-day is
recognized for and wide as q tobacco
market, selling annually nearly five
million pounds Of leaf The grade
sold on this market is Of acknowledged
superiority. To give some idea of
what some Of our farmers can do, we
reprint an article taken from The
Courier, of February 5th, 1896:
fO1 pounds for $1O1! 1Ot pounds of
bright Person county tobacco brings
l0l dollars.
Frequently you win see q pound or
two of extra bright, yellow tobacco sell
for one dollar a pound, but when it
comes to pile containing over a hun
dred pounds selling for S1.00 a pound
or 81 cents an ounce, it beats the re-
cord so far as we know That is just
what MessrS Parker Perkins and
James Robinson received last Friday.
Mr. Perkins always raises fine tobac-
co-having sold a load in RoXboro
short time ago that averaged over
$40 a hundred for the entire load-but
this was his best,
As a tobacco market, we are con-
yined that Roxboro is second TO none.
In fact, in many respects it is the best
town i'm North Carolina. With so
many good farmers, farmers in the
true sense of the word there is no rea-
son why it should not rapidly grow
into comfortable little city. The
percentage Of good farmers in Person
is very large, but not as large as it
should be, for with land that win raise
tobacco that sells on the warehouse
floor in open competition for 81 q
pound there is no excuse for our people
not being the most independent and
happiest people on the earth.
WIN SuGn IL country lIlbubdAV I'D
and backing RoXboro, can you doubt
her future? All we need just now is
capital The moneyed men here have
done well, but the one thing needful is
factories. If we would grow and pros
per as town we must have factories.
Manufacturing enterprises viii help
the country as well as the town. Can't
we induce some outside capital to come
in and join us. If we will hold out the
proper inducements it can be secured.
Let our Board of Trade look around
and see what they can do. Only few
days ago we heard of a concern that
wanted to locate stemmery in this
State Why not in RoXboro? Invite
them here, and when they come don't
brighten them with the prices you put
IN your dirt.
RoXboro is a substantial town, num-
oering 1900 souls in her corporate linn
It's. Her business houses are a credit
TO the town, nealy all being of brick.
Our City Fathers, being alive to every
interest Of the town, have recently
the street leading to the
lepot; taxes are low and a hOspitable
Welcome awaits any who are seeking
i've town to locate in.
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