Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-10-08
The Occasion is Now Offered for
First Time For Persons With
Moderate Means to Get
Hold Of Bluegrass Land.

The announcement of the sale al
auction of the large bluegrass farm oi
Il. Thompson, which has been fixed fol
October 18th, has created general
interest all over this county, and else.
where. Inquiries received from West
Virginia end adjoining counties to
Tazcwell indicate widespread inter
est In the event. One reason of this
unusual interest is due to the fact
largely, that this is the first attempt
made In this county to divide large
farm into small farms and sell at pub
lie auction, the sale of The Buston
farm being perhaps the first, which
was sale oftown lots, instead of
farms. And so, in fact, this is the
first venture of this kind in this coun-
ty. and everybody is watching with
interest. This plan of disposing of
large boundaries of land is common,
however, in many sections of South
west Virginia, and becoming more
and more popular all the time.
For further information than is con-
taincd in the advertising matter dis
tributed, this article is written.
The farm, as shown by a careful
survey, shown on the blueprints, con-
tains SSH acres. For the first time.
perhaps, Mr.. Thompson knows the ex-
act number Of acres in his farm. Like
other Tazewell citizens, perhaps, he
didn't know how ricn he was. The
farm has been divided into twelve
tracts, the lines running generally
north and south. In size the tracts
number from Ala acres to 134.76
acres, the largest. In between these
numbers there are ten nice little
farms, all of them less than 100
acres. A number of these tracts front
on the main Macadam road. There is
water on nearly all the tracts. Like
all Tazewell lands, this farm is not all
level. Much of it is, and every foot
of it is fine bluegrass land. Fine crops
OF grain are grown on it every year.
No effort is made here or in the any
of the advertising matter sent out to
color the picture" There is no need
to. The farm speaks for itself. Taze-
well bluegrass land needs no boosting.
1t breaches its own language. It's pro-
duct is its eulogy.
ONE FARM OR MORE.
Of course, purchasers can buy as
many of these tracts as they choose
to, but it is expected and hoped, that
here as elsewhere these sales have
taken place, the purchasers will be
real settlers and home builders. The
country needs badly more small farm
ers.
THE RAILROAD PROJECT.
AS stated in last issue of this paper,
a railroad survey has been recently
made through the farm, or a part of
1T, and along the public road which
divides this farm. into two main sec
tions. This road is surveyed from
Princeton, w. Va, into the coal and
timber fields of Buchanan county,
and Kentucky, to unite, it is thought,
with the c., G. & o. on the Kentucky
border. This branch line is being sur
veyed by the Virginian, and a reasona-
BILE supposition is that it will be built.
Should this be the case the value of
this land to be sold next Tuesday, the
18th, will be greatly enhanced in val
ue, and will prove to be paying in
vestment for the purchasers.
There is already talk of the loca-
tion of town on or near this farm.
in case the railroad is built. There
could not be found a more suitable
or commendable site, and the predic-
tion may be realized.
THE SULPHUR SPRING.
On this farm is located a once IA
nous sulphur spring, once favorite
resort. The older citizens of Tazewell
remember when this spring was a pop
ular resort for invalids as we'll as for
people seeking recreation. The springs
were known then as the Major Boyle
Springs. The new railroad survey
is laid near this old site, and whether
the road is built or not built this
spring site can be made again popu-
lar and valuable as a resort. 1t is
only, as is also the entire farm, fif-
teen minutes run by automobile, from
Tazewell, and the depot at North
Tazewell. These facts are given, not
to boom unduly the auction sale next
Tuesday, but for the information of
those who may be interested in this
fine opportunity to purchase a nice
home in Tazewell
SPECIAL NOTICE.