The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-24
GREENE, THE GEM
OF THE MOUNTAINS
Votes to Put Herself in Touch With
the Outside World.
FREE AS HER MOUNTAIN BREEZES
She Takes This Step the Bchest of
No Corporation, But for Her own
Ultimate Bcneht-Iiome Of Nat
ural Simmer Resorts.
FREEAS HER MOUNTAIN BREEZES

STANARDsVILLE. August p Special.
Monday the DIST Of August the night be-
fore the railroad election in Greene, was
She grand rally Of this county, as the
speakers. who had canvassod so closely
the different precincts in behalf Of the
railroad for the fifteen thousand dollar
lax 90 be voted on Tuesday. the 22d, con-
oentrlted their forces at Oak Grove
Hotel. and besides speech-making. treated
20 ice-crcam. lemonade. etc.
The county was well represented. there
being between lhrce and four hundred
people present. the fair sex. more beaud-
iul than The renowned Cleopatra OF old.
lent their charms 90 the cause that she
brave lords OF creation espoused. whilst
stNoly matrons chapcrorcd their lovely
Sharg.s and the older veterans worked in
behalf of the construction of The missing
link of the Seaboard Air Line as the Jaw
yers J. II, Bray r.. S. Thomas s. u. Set
Tie and tho experienced railroad mHn
Colonel A. q. Hartman. $50 fOrcibly and
ably presented the why's and whercforcs
railroad would pc Of SD vital impor
Fance 20 a county so rich I'm hidden treas
ures as the gallant urOstentadOus, brave
bttle county of Greene.
WISE PRECAUTIONS
As natural causes laid down i'm The
economy Of nature som times lead 40 un-
natural results. an especial police force
was ordered, but as everything passed
OF SO quietly and pcaccahly. mo- calling
down was necessary. due probably O. The
knowledge " being overlooked with so
much scrutiny by men capable Of keep
le Things straight.
The large, beautiful yard kept cool by
the magnificent forest trees and the orna-
mental shade trees. presented a lovely
pc,ure as The numerous Chinese lanterns
iit up the scene of humanity collected on
the green, with the poruco as rostrum
To- The speakers.
III Greene county comedies with the
demands Of the railroad, it will be a free
n>i ress.ou of "a free people believing II
tp Doe the ultimate good for the county.
as she bends her knee 10 no corporation
nor does she accept bribery at the hands
Of riches. and hoouicks no people. high
rich or grcit leaving that % her sistc-
counties. relieving an men 20 have been
born free and equal. with none heT supe-
rior as long as she hon0rably acquits her
self I'm the field polite.
A PICTURESQUE COUNTY.
Greene county formed from Orange I'm
the year 1s2S and named for General Ma
thaniel Greene IS one of the most pic
turcsque counties OF this old common
wealth made lovely by her high. deep
blue peaks. ecllpsing the biueucss of lhe
sky and her rapid torrents of her noun
tain streams draining her fertile valleys
and beauufying her broad acres until
mother nature almost made her the gar
den spot Of Virginia. Modern improve
ments would show TO the outside world
this lovely little county and these noble
people and bring them I'm contact with
more up-to-date living. but u would leave
her principles uusulied. as she is as
strong I'm her convictions Of right as the
stalwart mountains by which she is partly
surrounded.
There are two distinct watersheds I'm
this county. one bearing IT'S waters o.
the famous James whilst tho other car
ries its drainage 10 the deep waters Of the
Potomac. Its beautiful covcs. shut in by
the mountains. ARE naturally adapted 20
fruit growing and cattle grazing and it
can Vie with Alhemarie in The growth of
the far famed Al5emarle pippin
The summit of its mountains are
natural summer resorts. when made ac-
cessible by rapid transit. for people from
the lower lands as their height is sufh-
cient 90 insure pcUe tual cool breeze
from heaven throughout the hot season
and make one feel ike an eternal May
time.
Swift Run Gap IS the most noted of the
three Gaps. which cross the Blue Ridge n
Greene, being the one selected by the
knights OF the Golden Horseshoe. when
on their march or exploration. when the
red men inhabited these lovely wales IN
this their first trip from Tidewater
across the mountain. From whose
heights they drank 90 the beauty of their |
surroundings and of which they wrote a !
most graphic description on their return |
home. The other two gaps in Greene are |
simmons and PowelIs.
RICH IN RESOURCES.
These mountains are rich in mineral 1
resources and the outcroppngs are often |
found in line specimens of the different /
Vicns Of ore embedded i'm the upheavals /
OF this mountain formation Many OF
the useful metals undcyelopcd al present
VIII come 10 light in grading for a rail
way and all feel confident that the Sea
Board Air Line Will be richly repaid in
the wealth Of these mountains by sup
plying The missing link from Gord0nsviue
10 Elloton via Stanardsvlle.
Settled by people. who can trace their
ancestry back Co England. Scotland and
Ireland they are proud % their descent !
and acknowledge no people their superior
Ihey are thorough going Anglo-Saxons
and are noted FOR thcir hospitality gene
an injury, then YOU had better let them
alone, as they viii certainly not bother
you aud not even see YOU unless YOU
crosses their path and YOU had hetter moi
do that too often or YOU viii provoke them
60 night and that would bee useless unless
you think there is glory in defeat
They arc usually long-lved and wear
well. so don't think You can wear them
out by endurance or you VIII be mis-.
taken.
Mr. While Easiey. a young man. who
died with typhoid fever near Norto,evill.
was buried az his fathers. near Nor
louisville In this county to-day
The railroad election has been heard
from and the county voted the fifteen
thousand dollar tax asked by tho railroad
as an assurance that It would traverse
this county.
Graves-BIircoc.
ASHLAND VA Aro.,t..