The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-09
BLACKSTONE TO 81
RAILROAD CENTER.
Two New Lines 3 ing Surveyed
TO That Little CITY.
ONE QUESTION OF INTEREST
The Line 10 Chase City SURVEYED. but
Without charter-The Blackstone
and Southern Has Charter
and is Just Begun.
ONE QUESTION OF INTEREST
The Line,o Chase City Surveyed. bu,
lsperIal pislu1ch 10 Ihe Ilmes.


4 BLACKSTONE. VA, November 81
i Railroad IS all that is heard here now.
/, and one has TO listen to it every day In
4 every corner. The staid business men
I leave the PAGES of business 10 gather
in groups and discuss the all-apsorping
4 subject OF how Blackstone Will soon be
4 hub with the new roads sradlatlng In
\ the different directions
i The preliminary line for the Blackstone
/ and Chase City was completed tits week
4 and the estimates are now being made
1 up Thus far no charter has been secured
\ for this road. but one will be.as soon as
4 the Legislature meets.
4 BLACKSTONE AND SOUTHERN.
! The survey for the Blackstone ana
4 Southern. Which VIII run to Mckinney
i to connect with the Sea board Air Line.
/ was b gun on Wednesday. of this week
/ under the superr sion OF Mi w &. Land
as engineer In charge. "A charter was
secured for this road two years ago and
there is every guarantee now that II VIII
I be built right away. as the necessary
funds have been promised by reliable
parties
( As an evidence of how little interest
was taken in the recent election nearly
every day some person is met who dld
not know that an election mad neen held,
and seemed surprise when informed that
it was over
It is hard to Keep up with The new
buildings being erected here. Even the
reporters, who are supposed TO be in
formed on all such matters, so to bed
al night and wake up in Tie moving TO
see the frame of a new house where the
night fefore was only a va cant5lot.
81 NEW PARSONAGE
{ The 'ates; of these Is the new Ba ptist
parsonage which is being erected in rear
se.c = H~.N-s ri.
parsonage IN the western port IN IF the
town. which was recently sold ~ Mr.
Albert Jones. The lot they are nov build
ing on5is a part of the church lot winch
Is very large and nicely situated. The
new building viii front on Oak street.
while the church is on Main.
The new store house beng erected by
III L. Jackson is progressing, yr.y Nicely /
and is already leased by Mr.. L. L. Car
ter as a furniture store. JACKSON is #,De
ofRthe most prominent colo.ad ,rci. I'M
this section Of the State. and .wns iGnch
valuable property tereand in the county. ];
Last year he erected for h IS own occn- j
In town.
Blackstone as it saw the annual a,sc-i
ton sale of#Io;s by the land computes
here. Much property was q spossd CT. i
and the prices generally very good. The
siNO& IlGSlieGtiNtsl tNs i5ilt udGS St3p q IiIp Il
an Impetus 10 the desire to .ciut.e ,.al.i
estate.
IgipI Els. a AUXILIARY.
The Ladies' Auxiliary ofs&tI,e Episcopal I
Church served dinner to the pubic in tnesI
Old Robinson Hotel and realized t;iIt, q /
neat sum. This is their usual custom, on /
such occasions and is looked torw;l.d to /
with much5Dseasure.
Dark tobacco s rather slow in ..:l1g /
marketed this Year. The reason for this I
sstllsi the farmers. We're late In dong ther
fall seeding. ard recently there has been
no good seasons for stlipninga the Weed I
ready for market. This Will cause heavier
sal S ter on, when all viii come in a I
rush.
!. The horse market which has fast be-
come one of the leading industries here.
has opened up for the season. with6a I
Of two car loads received Last i.
season about five hundred were handled |.
here They &are purchased in tie western i
part OF tbs State and In East fepnessee.
Much giatification is felt at the rapid Il
of Master Joe lrby. who has
f,e@n seriously Ill for several weeks.
4 Mrs. Lucy HarCs and daughter. Miss
Matte, left on Tuesday for visit Of
s vera! months to the four sons of Mrs.
Hardy, who reside in and near Columbus.
Miss.
FIGHTING IN PHILIPPINES.
A letter received here from MIR r. II.
Mann who is serving in the United states
army in the Philippines, tells OF q big
fight. in which portion of his regim snt
was engaged some time since Mr.. Mann Il
is the nephew of Judge ". Il. Mann. or +
Not'owav.
No;tnway has another representative In II
the Philippines in the person of Mr..
Branch Epas, who is one Of the Govern
n,e.' scaool teachers in those islands.
Miss Martha Epes of Nottoway 4 Court
7orse. was the guest of Mrs p. r. Epes
FOR. few days this week on her way to 4
L.ard visited Mrs. Smithson in C.ewe this
week.
narr. age of her bros her. Mr.. Crawiey
Iones. in Norfolk on Thursday.
GREATLY IN PROVED FACILITIES
B FoRREaCHlNG TtxAs AND CAL
4 !FORNlA.
On November IS 1862, the Southern ]