The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-01
POLITICAL
BITTERNESS
No Appointment Yet for Com
monwealtl1's Attorney OF
Nottoway County.
FOR A BAPTIST SCHOOL
Farmers Are Curtailing the Area
81 Tobacco Planted---Talk OF
Railroad to Lunenburg.

Especial to Tho Times ispatcho
BLACKS TOME, VA, April o0.-No app
point,nent has yet been made BY 'uuse
Watson for commemorative Attorney
Of Nottoyay. although 1t is thought 1t
viii be done by Thursday Of next week.
az lCircui, Court convenes then and'there
are more matters requiring the atten-
ton OF tho state Attorney.
AS has been previously reported, the
Comfy COMMITTEES, by a vote of 10 out
~ IN declared VIM. II. Z, Lee TO have
4 been elected IN the recent primary, ana
i recommended his appointment to Judge
watson Mr.. T. freeman Eyes, the otn-
or candidate declined to submit his
y clair,s 10 the committee upon the ground
tbnt since 1G Of the committee had voted
FOR Mr.. Lee in the primary they were
mot a proper tribunal TO 81 IN the case.
The other IA members of the cominitte
who voted for MI. Epes. did not attend
the meeting Of the County COMMITTEE.
The committee Is composed of 80 mem
bers
This question of who should be Com
n,onwealths Attorney has caused more
ro1lt;cni feeling and bitterness than any
ming that has occurred here for some
,ime There has also been no little
amount OF personal bitterness ingendered,
resulting In slight personal encounters.
nv the conservative element the hope
IS entertained that when the appointment
IA made, It matters not who II may be,
the result will be accepted, and peace
will then reign In the county, which has
heretofore stood ever as solid pha-
Ialx.
BAPTIST FEMALE SCHOo OIL.
F,.>,1 hn y
Committee OF the Baptist Association of
the state, visited this place on Wcdnes-
day for the purpose OF examining the
location offered here for the establish-
ING of a female school by the association.
The proposed location is on an emf
nei!ce in the eastern portion of the town
lust beyond the corporate limits and
comprises ID acres OF land. streets arc
already laid out to this point. There Is
also an additional offer OF 5000 in
money.
The committee seerns more than favor
ably impressed, and the only thing fear
ed is that the association Is not In con-
dition to accept the offer for the lack of
the other funds necessary to put the
r,lan into execution. This condition It is
hoped may be relieved with the result
that Blackstone will soon have another
educational institution in addition to the
two. one male and the other female, al
4. ready established here.
CURTAIL TOBACCO.
:, Farmers In this section say they will
rot plant as much acreage in tobacco this
year as formerly The uncertainty Of
lator and the uncertainty of prices are
the chief causes, They will cndeavor to
produce q better grade by working less
acres and at cheaper cost. This, they
estimate, Will earn them more net pro-
fits, and with less debt.
Mr.. JOS NJ Hurt, cashier Of the CiEi-'
zen's Bank here. who has been undergo
ing treatment In Richmond, left Thurs
day night for Hot Springs Ark, where
he Will take a course Of treatment He
was accompanied by his physician, Dr..
". y. Atkins and by Mr.. Scott Erby, one
OF his associates in the bank. DR.. At
kins VIII return in a few days while
Mr.. Irhy will remain with Mr. Hurt
RAILROAD TALK.
There is revival ar railroad talk here
concerning the running of road from
this place into Lunenburs county The
Blackstone and Southern, upon whci1
quite a considerable amount of work was
done last year. was to have been sold
about a month ago, but was stopped on
the day Of salcLby an. injunction from
the United STATES Court 1t still remains
in that condition,
+ 1t Is thought, however that parties who
have large timber holdings In Lunerburg,
together with others here will proceed to
build road In different route from
that of the Blackstone and Southern 1t
is said they have already secured the
services Of an engineer to make the sur
vey, ana estimate for this, and that this
will be done In short while
1t Is hard to estimate the amount OF
timber on this route, awaiting some
means of transportation, BY. some 1t is Y
thought three hundred million feet a
fair estimate.