The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-23
'BOYK|NS AND ITS
| COMMUTE ! FAIR.
|A Splendid Town in
Southampton That
Has Great Future.
COTTON WEALTH.;
PEANUT CULTURE
Town With Wide Awake Mer-
chants, Good Banking Facili-
ties, First-class Schools.
Many Churches-Miles Of
Good Sidewalks Fine
Back Country.
Back Country.
BY FRANK s. WOoDsur,s
Indllstrial Editor.

BY FRANK $. wOopsur,
Industrial Editor.
Boykins Va, October 22.-Boykins
Is in Southampton county, In the very
best part Of this very fine old county,
near to where the great surveyor.
Byrd, drew .Ae imaginary line which
still separates Southampton county, in
Virginia, from Northampton county, in
North Carolina. Boykins Is In that
part OF the old State where the birds
sing the sweetest, the fish bite the
oftenest..the corn grows the quickest.
the bees make honey the sweetest, the
cotton blooms the soonest, .le peanuts
grow the bestest, the fruits come the
earliest the girls are the prettiest,
and the folks act the whitest"
At least that Is the way citizen
OF the town expressed the thing to me
| this morning when I asked him to tell
| me Just how and where the town is
situated
This citizen may have been a little
overenthusiastic, but like man who
talks In superlatives about his own
town. even If he does slightly stretch
the blanket, and listened to this
/ fellow with a great deal OF interest.
/ OF course some of his crude superla-
| tives will bear trimming. fortthere are
some other mighty good towns In old
i Virginia ready to take issue with Boy
4 kins along these lines, but after spend
ing whole day and more here I ain
inclined to think tbs old fellows
eulogium does not require any great
amount Of trimming-not moro than
from to 20 per cent, and In some
points not at all: for instance. about
\ the peanuts and the cotton.
Unique Exposition.
Boykins is going to have fair
next week. a one-day3 fair. to be pulled
4 of next Thursday, the 27th. and 1t is
going to be something unique In the
way OF fair. Il have been talking
4 recently about county fairs, and 4 hope
4 the dayeis not far distant when every
4 county in the State will have fair.
Il an agricultural and general Develop
q, ment fair a thing that will bring the
4 people OF the county together to swap
news and to compare notes on the
8 general subject of development, on
n good roads on agricultural advance
ment, on agricultural pro gress. on in--.8
u dustrial y development, on educational
II progress. and on all other subjects OF
n general good to the people. and all
! to the end that the folks may get
!. better acquainted with each other anu
know each other better and get more
sociable and all that kind OF thing.
Some counties are 50 divided by
II Nv oJo dAAA 04NSl 6C4lStT dn0
otherwise that they ought to have
4 more than one annual fair. South
4 ampton Is one Of such counties. It is
4 big county. and through Its broad
I acres there are now running four
4 trunk lines Of railway and two or three
Z! little branch roads. These lines diviue
4 the county up into several departments
4 OF interest. and maybe it would be a
q good thing II there were about three.
II different fairs in Southampton.
One OF Them Mt Boykins.
Boykins, that ls, several OF Its more
4 enterprising citizens have decided to
set pace this year. and they have
term Community fair" and have
4 gotten up an exhibition here for next
4 week that will show to the homo peo-
Il pie what great things are being don .
!, in that part Of the county and nearby
counties that recognize Boykins as q.
Z sort Of Community capital" This So. 49,
ritory. Of which Boykins Is the cap
/ Sital. Is not confined entirely to the
4 south part Of Southampton county. but
Il extends into Greenesville. Nansemonu
Il and Isle OF Wight counties. In Virginia,
or parts thereof. and also into North
j, ampton. Halifax. Hertford and Berthe
J. counties In North Carolina.
OF course, this Community fair Is
Z but starter looking to greater things
a that may next year and the years
a to follow grow into great agricul-
tnral and Industrial exposition here ar1
Boykins that will every year show
to tAe people here and the visitors
!, that will be attracted what fine things
this section can do. So far the wild e
Il awake men who put this "commun:ty
fair" on Its feet are greatly encour-
aged by the home people to a limi. 6
a extent. and by the nearby neighbors
\ to an enthusiastic extent, and already
). plans are on foot to make 1t a per-
manent fair and much bigger thing
d than It can hope to be for the first
II ear. i n
Things That Are In Sight.
!. But 1t isn't going to be any small
~ potatoes this year. It Is true that the
premium list Is not Of anything like
such proportions as similar lists that
!, have been ofrared by. larger concerns.a