Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-03
ABOUT HENRY COUNTY AND
!, ITS LATE DEVELOPMENT
County Long Famous for It's Spleen
did Tobacco-Known Wherever
Chewers Chew.
sLART1Nsv1LLE, CHIEF TOWN
Great Leaf Tobacco Market--Other
Towns and Villages in Henry
COunty-Brilliant Outlook and
Fine Prospects Are On Ahead.

Henry County. one among the richest
OF the 100 subdivisions of Virginia.
probably gets in the limelight far
away from home little oftener than
any of Its neighbors. Wherever in this
broad land there are tobacco chcwers,
and they are in every nook and corner
OF the same, people know about and
talk about the famous Henry County
chewing tobacco. The time was when
the county manufactured Il great deal
more of the famous weed than il does
now. There are not as many factories
in Henry as there used to be. AS
matter OF fact there are none but the
famous weed. peculiar TO tho Henry
County soil, Is still probably grown. is
brought up by the manufacturers in
tobacco centres outside OF the good
county, some OF them outside of the
State Of Virginia. and made into the
famous chewing brands that are known
far away.
Henry County was cut off from Pitt
sylvanin away back yonder in Il dead
and buried century, and the slicinE was
done largely to perpctuatc the name
of Patrick Henry. as if the doings in
old st. Johns Church were not sufficient
to perpetuate that name through all
eternity. 1t joins the North Carolina
line, and that goes a great way In the
matter of making II great. The coupty
is very nearly square of eighteen
miles, and contains 425 square miles.
The average price of improved lands in
Henry is about $3.50 per Lcre. The
average assesse,. value. assessed for
taxation is s5.25 per acre. Quite n
difference, but the explanation will
come out I'm the political wash.
FACTS AND FIGURES
ABOUT THE COUNTY
The surface" quoting now. from
Commissioner Koiner lis undulating
and in parts. hilly and mountainous.
One-third of the land is in cultivation.
Soil n red clay and fertile. producing
n good crop of corn, oats. rye. wheat
and tobacco. The last is the staple
crop, over 100000 pounds of the finest
quality being raised annually. The
numerous tobacco curing barns scat
tered over sections of the county give
the appearance there of continuous
country village The varieties OF to-
bacco grown in Henry noted for
their superior quality, and quality con-
sidered, this is one of the finest tobacco
counties in America. The soil is well
adapted to the production of sweet po-
tatoes, which yield largely under good
cultivation.
Grass does we'll in this soil. and
numbers of horses. cattle and sheep OF
fine breeds are grown.
Fruits OF the usual kinds do we'll,
especially apples, peaches and grapes:
also, nectarines, apricots and figs have
been grown. Dairy and garden prod
ucts are varied and valuable.
The country is traversrd from north
to south and from east to west by Its
lines OF railway, the Danville and
Western and the Norfolk and Western,
which furnish ready means of commu
nication TO the markets, giving inn
petus to its agricultural trade.
Limestone. mica, asbestos. soap
stone and atlantic are found In paying
quantities, and the iron ore is mex
haustihle. There are also chnlyheate
and alum