The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-06
open COPPER mini
IN BUCKINGHAM.
A Shaft Being Sunk and smeIte
to Be Erected.
PHONE LINE TO COURTHOUSE
The County viii Likely Subscribe Four
thousand Dollars to Assist Chesa-
apeake and Ohio Railroad Build
aRridse at Wingina.
Especial Dispatch to The Times. !,

II
DELW9N. VA. juno 4-Or Monday the
Buckingham Telephone Company was or
gsnized and a charter applied for. X. :.
Ellis was made president and A. c. Oar
nett, Jr.. secretary and treasurer. The
company will build their first line from
Virginia to White Hall via. buckingham
Courthouse. Sufficient stock TOR this
has been subscribed and rs soon as tie
charter is apprved BY Judge Hundiey, Ills
line will be built.
2he Board Of Supervisors at their meet
ing Monday informally discussed tile
building of a bridge at Wfngina. The
bridge is estimated to cost $500, Of this
amount the county is asked to cnutrf-
butte $4,000, and the the c. & ,. railway
will give the balance and will Keep
the bridge in repair. The board ad5nnI n
ed until next Tuesday for ,inal action
upon the matter. The impression IS ttat
the board will vote the contrlouI'n asked
Tor.
Buckingham county is very mucr in
terested in the extension of the railroad
from Rosney to Farmville and J.anvllie.
The extension Of this road will be Of
great benefit to White Hall as 1T will
give those engaged in the tobacco BUSH
ness greater facilities for handling this
commodity, and 1t will place White Hail
in close touch with Farmville, Were the
bulk OF the Austrian and Italian orders
are found Buckingham grows tobacco
largely for those ord as. some
thing like seven million pounds being
raised in the county.
NEW POSTMASTER.
Mr.. E. d. Gregory assumed charge OF
the Postoff.ce here the first of the month
He has moved it near the depot into a
building where he proposes to carry a
general line of merchandise. M w A
Smith,. the efficient assistant postmaster
and clerk has been retained.
Miss Laura z. Gregory who inherited
q fortune left by her Western fiai,2" has
bought from Mr.. Hancock his beautiful
home and has moved into 1t with Ter in
valid mother.
Mr.. William P venable. of the Plant
ers Bank Farnnville, was In town last
week talking to our representative men
IN regard to establishing bank at White
Hall. Buckingham is one OF the lie"
counties in the State without bank,
and Il does seem there could not be
more inviting field for such an enter
prise Buckingham. with her slate quar-
lies mineral developments OF gold ana
copper, lumber business, growing tobacco
business at two points. agricultural re-
sources, and prosperous merchants all
over the county, ought indeed TO furnsh
a good business for a bank from the Gay
it is opened, and her people are more
inclined to patronize home developments.
Colonel Moore, representing the Virginia
and Duluth Development Company, Is
securing and closing options on a great
deal Of mineral land in the southern part
of the county in the vicinity of Anderson
Vile AS soon as this preliminary work
is completed developments on a large
scale are expected. It is rumored that
this company will build and equip a
railroad from White Hall to their prop
erty, q distance of nine miles.
OPEN COPPER MINE.
Messrs John Cowan & Co, of Balti-
more. are sinking the shaft deeper Ill
the Lightfoot mine near Arronia- At
lns w.ttIng they .laTe. sunk the shaft
eight feet and are much encouraged. as
thu quality Of the ore has improved and
the vein widened fourteen inches. 1t is
their purpose to erect a smelter at the
mine and reduce ore there.
The extreme dry weather is giving the
farmers much apprehension. Fertilizer
is in the ground. plants are grown
and they have been waiting patiently
for season for transplanting. Uniess it
rains soon. The tobacco crop IN Buck
ingham will be failure. Some farmers
are talking of putting the land rrs2al ed
for tobacco in corn. n
William Jomerson, an ex-convict, Is in
jail, committed for breaking II, the store
of Q. G. Lesueur at Alpha. He has con-
fessed.
The ladies Of the Parsonage s'n,'iety of
this place will have refreshments for
sale on Friday. June 9Th. The .;a'rt.'ds
will be used for furnishing the parson-
age.