The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-07

acre than he ever gathered from his
North Carolina acres
Just across the fine sand-clay blend
road from tho cotton fields stopped
upon the farm of man who banks
very largely on grasses and grain.
SAW where he had just cut alfalfa,
clover and timothy that nettcd him L,
most profitable hay crop in spite of the
drought. and he figured out consider
able profits on the hay alone. to say
nothing of the cattle and hogs still.
grazing on the grasses that are left.
and down I'm the fairgrounds he showed
~. prospect for corn that was al
together cheering. And then his or
cnUiu--Dut that IL another subject.
MECKLENBUHG BECOMING
FAMOUS FOR BLIGHT TOBACCO
In this region the old-time farmers
Used to bank entirely on the dark
shipping tobaccos. and Chase City.
where they marketed their product,
was known only as Il dark tobacco
market. Within the past five years
the farmers have learned that this
land hereabOuts is DIS we'll and even
better adapted TO tho growth of tho
bright tobaccos. and two years ago
they got to growing the brights pretty
much altogether. and the Hue curing
became the order of the day. Thus, in
II short while Chase City became a
bright tobacco market. The leaf to-
Dacco selling year. Just closed, saw the
complete change. For the year the
loose leaf sales on the Chase CITY mar
Kct amounted to very nearly 5000 900
POUNDS. ana 30 per cent OF IT was Of
the bright grades. and the average
price was on par with that paid on
inc Dhnville and South Boston mar
kets. This bright tobacco business has
grown 10 such proportions that a wide
awake warehouse firm has found II
necessary TO build an entirely nc,v
warehouse FOR the sale of bright to-
bacco and the work is being pushed
forward so as to have the house ready
ior inc opening Of the business In Au-
gust. IT Is a brick ana concrete build
ing. extending over the half of an On
Tire block. ana when completed Will
ne the largest bright tobacco ware
mouse in Virginia. outside of Dauyille
ana South Boston.
me discovery OF the fact that Meek
,tn"nre county lands can bring the
,,t, ''p'icSos Tor Hue curing just as
"cli as can the lands Of that region
70 long regarded as the only brigb,
,Vn"cco belt. has attracted the attcn
'''h VI 'hc people of the old belt and
Eouhs farmers from Pittsylvania, Hall
iaN ana other Virginia counties in the
on pf1Hht belt ana from Caswell.
Rockingham and other counties g.,
investing in these lands Tho re,so,
IS that the big profits in cultivating
the brishts for the past few years
have caused the lands which produce
them in the old belt to increase In
value and In price to such an extent
that the young fellows. who have been
making good on rented lands, find il
difficult and I'm many cases Impossible
to buy them. They are coming down
hero and buying the cheaper and
equally as good lands. and on them are
making the briEhts just as we'll as
they made them on the rented lands
ana their fathcrs' lands in the old
bright belt The Chase City people are
encouraging these young fellows TO
come h!thcr. and are Offering all kinds
OF Inducements in the way of cheaper
lands. good roads. "a superior market
and banking facilities and all other
kinds OF Inducements.
Yes this section Of Meokleuburg
County offers superior Inducements T.
the younG fellows from everywhere
Inducements OF the kind ! have been
talking about. but the greater induce
incnts stu may he summed up In the
mere mention OF them, to wit: good
reads. good schools. good churches and
many Of them. No district OF any
county In the state has better roads
than the Chase City district of Neck
ienburg County: no district in the
state has better schools. and no dis
trict IN this or any other State has
better and more town. village and
country churches. And, might add
though IL Is not necessary. for every
body knows II. there is no healthier
country In the world than the hills and
valleys OF Mecklcnburg County.
The cattle. stock and dairy interests
OF the county and OF Chase City dis
trict will form the subject OF another
letter on the advantages and charms of
Mecklenburg County