The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-28
THE Old Timer
TAI Ks AGAIN
A Ride DoWa the T.urbul=nt and
Story Roanoke.
OLD TOWN .REJUVEN Ed.
The Mayor of Isoyksvilc Has Stopped
Coo k Fighting, and Now
Matches the Trains on the
Seabourd lar Line.
OLD TOWN REJUV ENATED.
(spccial Dispatch to The Times.)


NEcKLENBURG, VA, october 81
tie,nan, Il rode down the turbulent and
stony Roanoke from Haskerts Ferry, by
the country road, to tie Meherr.n.
Being ex otiicio a farmer, l too.s great
pains to look carefully over the crop
prospects on my journey. ! found the
general outlook very unPromsns.
few fields of eariy-ptanted corn promise
q good medium yield, but all the late
planting is very poor-some fields will
yield scarcely any grain and but little
forage. The tobacco crop is mostly o.
stinsy growth, and will never be cured
20 the satisfaction Of the owners.
TIE cotton is decidedly poor, and can
not yield, generally, half d crop lii the
Fam neishborhood, where there are
amongst the best and most progressive
agrculturists in Mecklcnburg county. the
crops all show marked evidences of coed
t;th and good providence, but they. Ike
the rest. cannot make crops in defiance
of d drought almost unprecedented.
A GOOD FIELD.
Yet, on one fed. owned by Mr.. Curran,
which l judge he had previously treated
with pea culture, was a fair yield OF corn,
city of Forksville. since the advent of
the Virginia and North Carolina extension
OF the Seaboard Air Line. has become
reiurenated; not to the extent. However.
formerly hers. IN the 'halcyon days of
:s1aestr,te rIa;hora 49,, +;,
eyed man of f,s re;o1,lorh0nd and 1,,niai
,i;aaa,1 a. ,.', - -, 80. go.
Forksviile was an attraction on each Sat
urday afternoon for all the sportsmen.
Tom Suckett. who was n lyor of South
,,,,,;+ ~ I,,o1 49,, =; va 80 -, CO.
Gabt;,,o 80 ~ ,:,a;,i ~ po,,
Io,,er &C - - -, 70 ;, 80 49,,
Wai,s,,in, frao,anti,. hrn,;y,,. ol-er e,ma
cocks ana oenaraiir +on1, 5l,c,, Win IN,
tln gSi1e;l,s of Tr1a c.4,e-1I sT1r;;Yey reigh
bors.
ALL IS CHANGED
Now all IS changed tn Navnr Of The /
city is YOUR Uncle Pnilip Henry Hubbard
who. while having. and owning 10 to the
soft Impeachment Of sporting blood
takes no time to devote to such pastimes.
Formerly he would play an occasional
game of loo, and later 1o-cent poker,
but, the surveyors circied around Forks
vile, and had no idea OF running the road
tina way. but they reckcned without their
host for your Uncle tackled Mr.. Scott.
and his arguments cater taxing nm by
Forksviile) prevailed, and siRce the road
was completed by that city, your
cncle mas gwen no tile 10 any
N.hu Oh s'ott, nllt - an l.iti iii9tcal ~ Ign
u ne oealoa ~ Al LIZ ae.s
tes.s.sils " tiis ioau tooh d 70. ~
So - - - a.
S.op9eu a. L o. hs s' ~. On t"n
oic!e fniii2 stooa ~ ieeetEe ',sni, "nu
Msieoiiieu tHeiii ~ ms " -,
speseii stei s''s5 oue Wen - In
ono , f-s lts'i e ii7 i01 Wiz, !'e oa
t,e winter oL our uiScoa.e.tt iiiao. ~
ous sat'.tael ~ .hts ,U " ~ soa;,n
~ wy pi e,.os' ''.u iIe.i ~
became 50 very intense ma. ne lo.es VIZ
the name OF torNsFl''e 1of the depot ana
caiied II skelton: -, M
hEEIS LAB.
Your Uncle Philip keeps tab Oh each
passin5 train, and knows how many
coaches the passenger trans have and
how many box-cars the freight pulls, and
II he has friend visiting him he takes
him out whenever train passes TO help
him enjoy the sight. Such feeling of
propIietorshlp mas the worthy M"Eor maj
ne VIII at any time leave nome ana flde
the twenty-five mics through the country
TO Boydton to try to induce Judge HON
to open road to facilitate the delivery
the Judge has decided dislike Tor the