The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-30
WARRENTON IS
A UNIQUE: Town.
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Has Welded Influence Far Be-
You'd It's Numerical u.
Strength.
is PROUD or ITS ISOLATION
The Leisure Class Seek Domicile
There and Build Resi-
dcnces.
is PROUD or ITS ISOLATION

$yvARRENTON, FAUQU1ER CO., vA.,
Juno 29.-Therc is much that Is striking
and some things that arc unique in Viz
ginia towns to be found in the old town
d of 1Varrenton. Proud OF her past and the
past OF Fauquier county, Warrenton is
equally proud OF tho present. Her ambi-
thong for the future are, chiefly that she
may be as she is and has been. The visi-
tor who has partaken OF Warrcnton hos
pitality and learned OF the galaxy OF
great sons whose memories arc 30 jcal-
ously cherished by the Fauquler men
OF to-day, cannot conceive of lofticr
hope for tho town OF the present
There arc about eighteen hundred peo-
pie In Warrcnton. It is uncomfortable that
this litt1etoWn OF less than two thousand
souls should have ever exercised such a
potent Influence In Virginia affairs, to-.
tally dsproportionate to its numerical
strength and It's financial Importance.
Yet there is not a county in Virginia
which has welded a greater Influence
than Fauquler, nor a town whose citizens
have come. so nearly dominating political
councils as Warrcnton. What otner4 town
can boast OF such a. list OF leading spirits
In public affairs: Extra Billy Smith,
General Eppa Hunton, William H Payne
James v. Brooke, b. Howard Shackelford,
Robert Taylor Scott, Captain Aleck. D.
Payne Captain Hugh r. Gordon. Colonel
Tom Smith, and many others? With the
exception OF Colonel Smith. all these
4 giants are dead or removed elsewhere,
John Randolph Tucker one of the ablest
men Virginia has had in public life. re-
sided in Fauquier at one period. and
may be added to the list have given
Unswerving.
Though Fauquicr has not 80 many
prominent men now as she had twenty
five or thirty years ago, it is noticeable
that many OF her people are to-day ex-
$5 actly az they were then, their views on
public questions unchanged and their
devotion to Virginia and her institutions
as unswerving. rs.
8s.ss Warrcnton is Inclined to glory IN her
isolation, II such 1t may be termed. inc
town Is less than two hours from wash
ington, but 1t is nine miles from here.
where one changes from the ma man N me u
the Southern at 4 Calverton to the little
two-car train that has to make twelve or
thirteen trips day. Schedules. II Moth
ing else. would prevent government ems
sploycs in washington making their homes
in this city. They cannot live here ana
DO at their desks at . o'clock IN the
morning.
The result is that. while great MANI.
people have bought homes an Fauquler
in the past five years, they have pe pes
almost entirely .of- the leisure ella SIS. q 8
h. matter az facts a man has TO be well
to-do In order to purchase land In sFau
nuier. IA hundred ! dollars an acre is
looked upon as a fair price for land IN
the vicinity OF NNarrenton. Nine tnon-
sand dollars we're paid for lot of TWEEN
5aty-fiye acres come time ago, and the same
was given later for a lot q six acres
unimproved. suppose there IS no sec
ton OF Virginia in which such prices
obtain. $5 4as5.i.
AZ Tho assessment Of real estate this year
as going to show a remarkable Increase
over the valuation OF 1900. The books
Fare not all in yet, but the assessment
shows an Increase in Leo District OF
$4,000, and in Cedar Run District '.4e
increase Is 10000. These are small IS
tricts. 1t is estimated the increase will
amount to quarter OF a million IN the
county.
Prosperity Evident.
n Tho prosperity Of the town and county
are apparent everywhere. The people
are said ito owe very little money, the
crops have been good every year for some
time back, cattle-and Fauquier Is a great
cattle country-have been selling we'll.
and horses are in demand at good prices.
Ga l knew 1t was question of but a short
time until should begin talking horses.
Warrenton is unquestionably the "horsl-
est town in Virginia, and, unless some
@o OF the towns OF Kentucky. have more
II horse lovers there is none In the United
States In which the sway Of the equine
I king is so nearly undlsputed The darby
who brought my baggage from the sta
d ton to the Warren Green Hotel. was en-
gagged in hot argument with fellow
citizen OF African descent over the re-
% lative merits of two local horses when
II arrived. Two men seated in the hotel
& office were talking horses and when
strollcd out Into the old-fashioned stone
tagged porch, found three or four
citizens seated, enjoying the cooling
breeze, and, especially, a conversation In
which horses was the solitary topic. And
then Harry Payne. son of the late Gen.
g William II. Payne. appeared and a
+ minute later, James K, Maddux, posi-
Il bly, the best known horse man In Yir-
ginia. came up, and in a few minutes ]
had accepted nm Invitation to drive out t
Lection Fill. his farm near town, where
he raises those jumpers that have made
him and his stables famous among horse
G fanclers all over the United States.
Horse Raising.
si Mr. Naddux7 mas 3 over 4n1tyt Heau u OF
horses on his ive-hundred-a estate
and nearly every one Is n thoroughbred
Several OF them were put over the hur'
dies while was there. and their per-
formances were excellent st, Nicholas
Black Lady. Dolphin, Anna Bruce ant
Miss Cartoon were the performers. Mr.
Payne, who drove mo out to the farm
{ agreed with me that 81, Nicholas was thu
star, but Mr.. Maddux, sportsman like
anti n a
4 Nor would Mrs, M adj ux, who came d WI
to see the jumpers put through ftheil
PAGES. Mrs. sNaddux Is remembered b,
Richmond people as the lady rider .Wllt
took sosmany prizes In the first horse
show held there four years ago. sh'
does not ride at any more shows, nor d.
she and her husbend exhibit any longer
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