The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-30
THE METROPOLIS
OF MECKLENBURG
Chase City One Of the
Live Towns Of the
State Of Virginia.
STRONG BANKING
INSTITUTIONS
Home OF Various. MANUFACTURES
Wagon and Furniture Factories
Employ Many Hands-Wide- 4
Awake Commercial Or Il
ganization-New +
Enterprises.

snecial from a Staff Correspondence.
CHASE CITY. VA. June 29.-The
OF iIecllenburg county, one
4 the largest and richest counties In
lie state. is. comparatively speaMS Mn, K
new town. Years ago. In fact way
.onder fore de war there was a cross
,cnds village about where Chase city
SOW stands. 1t was called Chrlstlans-s
lille. and consisted Of two stores. sew
raj whiskey shops, a blacksmith shop
md a tavern. There was a race-track
nearby. and in old times so much I
,orse-r racing. gambling and whiskey
Thinking were carried on the religious
n inclined people who lived in this
5art Of Mecklenburg dubbed the place
.Sodom City" But TINT was q long I
time ago. About the year 1870 Messrs.
George a. Endly and John -. Boyd,{I
from Ohio, settled here and bought a [
large tract Of land. There was lot
Of Yankee-Western push In these two
gentlemen, and they commenced to
make things move. In 1873 they had q
town Incorporated and named IT ChasoS
city. in honor Of Hon. Salmon p. Chase.
a distinguished citizen Of Ohio. Who
had served as chief justice or the Z.
United States. Energetic and progress
sive young men We're induced to lo-}
cate here, and ere long the new town
commenced to boom IN. q quiet way.
The building Of the railroad IRONY
Keysvillc to $Clarksville and thence on
to Durham, Of course. added to tho
Importance of the town, but Its real
life was then and is now, the splendld
back country which surrounds u.
Good Town Government.
The portions Of Mecklenburg and
Lunenburg counties. which trade al
,.,I,, N1yytt y, "a 90 a
rich in lumber, agricultural products;
especially tobacco, corn and wheat;
IN minerals and in mineral waters.
Chase City soon became the metropolis
end the lumber centre for the rich
back. country within circle Of twenty
five miles around. as
From the very beginning the town
government has been in the hands OF
the very best citizens, who have the
best interest Of the community at
heart. and in the bright lexicon Of
the youthful metropolis there has been
no such word as graft.
Chase City had the negro problem
to deal with IN It's early life. and so
when the town was laid off and in-8
corporated the lines We're run with q
view to keeping the municipal govern
nlent entirely In the hands of white
men. Therefore tho lines are a little
zig-zag, and the true population does
not show up ip the census report. All
of the town people are not, strictly
speaking, within the corporate limits,
but that will be changed by and by,
for there Is going to be annexation up
this way before many moro moons.
Were it effective now Chase City would
have between 1900 and $500 inhabi-i
tants. It Is a moral, church- going. lib
erty loving population, and here are
to be found as active and energetic q.
nP l,i,s ha
up with anywhere in the South. They
have made It, with very little help,
from the outside. manufacturing
centre, splendid tobacco market, and
mercantile centre that will compare
favorably5 with any town IN Virginia.
Among the forty-odd stores here there
are soma that would do credit to Broad
Street in Richmond. and all OF the
merchants are prosperous.
General business.
1t is perhaps, q fact that Chase City
sells more farming implements and
agricultural machinery than all the
balance of the county OF Mecklenburg
combined An immense business In this
| line is done here, and this speaks we'll
for the, up-to-date condition OF the
rich farming country surrounding, and
1t Is. indeed. up-to-date,
The leading religious denominations
are represented. uilu pctiutitat SiiuiShSA
| stand ON every hill
The famous Mecklenburg Mineral
Springs. to which people come from
| all parts of the country to find relief
| by the use of the lithia and calcium
waters. are located here. and the mag.
| rifcent hotel and sanatorlum Is an
! Tournament to the town.
| Good schools. both public and prt-
vnte. afford superior educational facili-
A ties and the moral sentiment OF tho
i town supports all good things and
4 frowns upon evil in whatever shape
I II may come 1t Is hardly necessary
to add that Chase City is dry town.
i II has been dry for years and will ever
i remain so. AS long as the present sem
timent prevails even a dispensary to
4 help pave the rather muddy-austy
streets cannot get foothold. OF
i course. the blind tiger turks about
to some extent, but that animals claws
are kept better clipped hete than In
any dry community have yet visited
in Virginia, That Is perhaps, because
4 the animal finds so few customers in
4 and about Chase City.
i The Ranking Facilities
The three banks located here do the
4 banking business. not only for the
II town but for 81 large section of coun-
A try surrounding They are all strong
4 financially, and especially strong In
u the matter of management. The Bank
4 OF Mecklenburg, which was establish
ed at Boydton. the county seat, In 1874
A sthe Oldest banking institution in the
county. A branch was established here
"A several years ago, and has prospered
4 from the Very day.nf It's opening. Its
b paid in capital As only $4,000. but 1,
ihas a cash surplus OF $4,000. The
i deposits amount TO $4,000. and the
4 loans to $4,000, Tha total assets. In.
Guiding Its two banking houses, foot
I Up si2l.00o The officers arc g. j
Faulkner president; II. w, overly
cashier at Beydtoh;g,CI. Haskins, Jr,
cash!assa at Chase City # *
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