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IX.
WATER POWER.
A man of large business affairs in the county, quite familiar with the conditions, states that Halifax County is the best watered county in Virginia and has more unde- veloped water power than any other county in the State. "For instance," says this gentleman, "there are the Hyco
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Falls, eight miles east of South Boston on Dan River, where 6,500 horse power can be developed. Three miles across, northeast, there are the Talley Falls where the river Staunton descends 18 feet in about two miles. The Brookneal water power is good for 5,000 horse power. and the MeIver Falls, seven miles above Brookneal come down 18 feet in less than two miles. Besides these great powers, the Banister and the Hyco, with their tributaries furnish many smaller ones. And at the present time the only development on anything like a large scale is found at South Boston (South Boston Electric and Power Com- pany), and at Houston (Banister-Dan Mills Company). The county of Halifax, instead of being left behind in the industrial race. is going to be right in the front. The county is built that way."
The Dan River has not yet been mapped by the United States hydrographers, but the charts here given for the Staunton River (Roanoke Basin) will substantiate the claims made above, if there could be any doubt about them. It should be added that the fall of the Dan River in the five miles above its first junction with the Staun- ton must be quite forty feet.
"In most cases where there is a power site on Staunton River, there is suitable rock for masonry, and the bed of the river is suitable for foundations. From Clarksville to Randolph, as will be seen, the section is 25 miles long. Fall from Randolph about 49 feet, average about 2 feet per mile. The width varies from 300 to 600 feet, banks low, bottomof river bowlders and rock, valley & to 1 mile wide. The large falls in this stretch is Talley's, near Abbyville, about S miles above Clarksville. The total fall is some 18 feet in a distance of 21 miles. Remainder of a comparatively uniform slope, with an occasional fall of a foot or two.
"The section from Randolph to Brookneal is in lengthabout 32 miles. Total fall from Brookneal 48 feet, average per mile 1.5, width about 100 feet, banks high, bottom bowld- ers and rock. Neither falls nor ripples of any extent. Just above Brook- neal there is a fall of 18 feet in 13 miles. From Green Hill Ferry to Brookneal, a distance of S miles, there is a fall of 64 feet."*
In this day of vast pro- jects, it is very comforta- ble for a county to know that great water powers are on two sides of it; in its southeastern district ; and that throughout its extent water powers are found on a lesser but en- tirely practicable scale.
*Hydrography of Virginia. N. C. Grover and R. H. Bolster (Geological Survey of Virginia) 1906. p. 166. Hydrographic Stations were established at South Boston and at Randolph, Aug. 27, 1900.
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X.
SUGGESTIONS.
It is believed that this handbook will be read by many people who may become interested in Halifax County as a section in which to live and be prosperous. The exact value of advice is questionable, but the adviser may at least be tolerated if he is sincere and not a fanatic. It is the object of this short chapter to offer a few intelligent suggestions.
Our country as a whole, thanks to democracy, is more or less homogeneous. But there must exist in every section of it certain local peculiarities. For example, there are in the United States many different ways of calling cows. On coming into a new region it is certainly well to observe keenly-lands, people, manners, customs, everything. Every community has its long established customs, the result of the commonsense of its people acting and re-acting upon the conditions around them. The experience of a man's neighborhood is very valuable to him. Observe, and digest the facts that come in your way:
In order that you may be able to see beyond the horizon in your business and get the best from the experience of many people, subscribe for some good agricultural paper. No apology is offered for advising every settler in Halifax County to take the Southern Planter. We listen to a wise man talk and we are helped by what he says. How can we fail to be helped by following the wise remarks of many successful fariners? Suppose you read in such a paper but one paragraph a year that points the way to reducing expenses or saving trouble or increasing profits-you have been paid for the outlay. It is very likely you will find a paragraph or a page or an advertisement of that
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sort in every month's issue of a good agricultural paper which makes a specialty of the business of your section. Just as with manners and customs, so with farming opera- tions in a new region-Go Slow. Keep the brain busy. You will find great assistance to brain work in the South- ern Planter and in the Bulletins of the Agricultural depart- ments both at Washington and at Richmond .* A short list of useful Bulletins is given below. These reports are prepared solely to assist the farmer in his work and are sent on application to the Secretary of Agriculture at Washington-
U. S. Department of Agriculture:
Farmers' Bulletin No. 126. Practical Suggestions for Farm Buildings.
Farmers' Bulletin No. 150. Clearing New Land. Farmers' Bulletin No. 192. Barnyard Manure.
Farmers' Bulletin No. 44. Commercial Fertilizers, Composition and Use.
Farmers' Bulletin No. 199. Corn Growing. Farmers' Bulletin No. 81. Corn Culture in the South. Farmers' Bulletin No. 100. Hog Raising in the South. Farmers' Bulletin No. 272. A Successful Hog and Seed Corn Farm.
*Halifax county lies between two Experiment Stations -- the one at Chatham, Pittsylvania County, and the other at Saxe, Charlotte Coun- ty. The Station at Chatham devotes its attention to tobacco; that at Saxe to the best methods for the general farmer. Every courtesy is extended the visitor and a great deal may be learned by a personal ex- amination of what is being done at these stations. In the County of Halifax (at Hyco, Black Walnut District) is found the largest tobacco seed farm in the world, where 100 bushels of tobacco seed are produced a year. The product goes to Australia, Italy, South America, Canada- wherever tobacco is grown in this country or abroad.
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Farmers' Bulletin No. 82. The Culture of Tobacco. Farmers' Bulletin No. 71. Some Essentials in Beef Production.
Farmers' Bulletin No. 141. Poultry Raising on the Farm.
Farmers' Bulletin No. 161. Practical Suggestions for Fruit Growers.
North Carolina Dept. of Agriculture. ( Raleigh, N. C. ): Alfalfa Growing.
To this list must be added one other title: Civil Govern- ment of Virginia. By William F. Fox, Superintendent of Schools, Richmond, Va. Published by Richardson, Smith & Co., New York and Chicago. [Price 50 cents.] Especially Chapters VIII and IX, on County and Dis- triet organization. It is a good thing to understand thor- oughly the government of the county in which you live.
Pardon so many suggestions. The average farmer knows about these things. It is the hundredth man who is the target of these remarks. When you have once got settled and have begun operations, you will find it well to make a rough map of your place, sufficient to show the distribution of your fields and woodland, and the acreage of each division of the place. By this method you will be able to know accurately what goes into each field (eulti- vation, manure, etc.,) and what comes off of each field. This manner of handling a place is essential for economy and the most intelligent application of your capital. You will do well, that is, to keep a farm book, charging up everything in its proper place-a new book for each farm year so that there may be a complete record of what has
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been done in the way of rotations and results. It has been said that the man who knows what he is doing is generally doing pretty well.
In conclusion, another list is given. These men know what they are doing, and they will be very pleased, (the writer is sure) to answer letters of inquiry. After you have settled near them, they will be among your best possible advisers :---
A. J. Green, Alton.
J. F. Davis, Birch.
Thos. B. Clark, Clarkton. Edward Butts, Clover.
J. H. Walton. Clover.
E. R. Monroe, Crystal Hill. Theodore Frederickson, Clover.
S. S. Brandon, Delila.
W. H. Edmunds, Houston.
W. C. Slate, Hyco.
R. H. Walton, R. F. D. No. 1, Ingram, Va. Dr. S. T. A. Kent, Ingram. W. C. Carrington, Mayo. R. C. Dodd, Meadsville. Stephen Ferguson, Mead- sville.
W. Banks Wilkins, Mt. Car- mel.
W. H. Dorin, Mt. Laurel. C. W. Roller, Mt. Laurel. T. S. Wilson, News Ferry.
R. G. D. Pottage, News Ferry.
J. II. Boelte, News Ferry.
L. W. Rice, Paces.
D. Overby. Red Bank.
G. T. Dodson, R. F. D., Republican Grove.
J. E. Thomas, Republicau Grove.
S. S. Wyatt, Republican Grove.
H. J. McCormick, Scotts- burg.
D. B. Easley. Scottsburg.
J. A. Anderson, South Bos- ton, R. F. D.
John Cramer, South Bos- ton, R. F. D.
A. E. Wilkins, Turbeville.
A. A. Owen, Turbeville.
J. M. Trby, Vernon Hill.
T. J. Mc Dowell, Vernon Hill. Elliott Bros., Virgilina.
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It is the object of this handbook to furnish information. If in general so much has been accomplished, it now only remains to supply certain statistical data in regard to the county of Halifax and to give a brief statement concerning its history.
XI.
STATISTICS.
Halifax county belongs in the 6th Congressional District, (Carter Glass, Lynchburg, Virginia, Representative in Congress); the 6th Judicial Circuit; and the 21st Senato- rial District, (H. O. Kern, Sutherlin, Virginia, State Sena- tor), of the State of Virginia. Among the thirty-nine Senatorial Districts of Virginia, Halifax and Rockingham are the only counties which form of themselves Senatorial Districts. The representatives from Halifax in the House of Delegates of Virginia for the term ending in January, 1906, were J. A. Glenn, South Boston, and M. B. Booker, South Boston.
By the U. S. Census of 1900 the population of Halifax was 37,197. In population the county stands third among the counties of Virginia, exclusive of the cities. Although third in population, the criminal charge account of Halifax for the past year has been the 16th from the top of the list. For the year ending September 30, 1906, warrants for free school purposes to the amount of $20,740.07 were drawn on the State Treasury by the county of Halifax, and only two counties can show a larger figure for that item. With not a city within its limits, the assessed valuation of personal property for Halifax the past fiscal year stood 9th in the list for the counties of the state. And as showing the business activity of the county, the tax on deeds, etc., in the county of Halifax amounted to more, during the past fiscal year, than in any other county
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in Virginia. Halifax stood second in the amount of capital of incorporated joint stock companies,-after Henrico county.
AGRICULTURE.
By the census of 1900, Halifax, Pittsylvania, Fauquier, Loudoun, Caroline and Accomac counties report nearly 1-7 of the total acreage in corn for the State of Virginia. Halifax, Bedford, Franklin and Pittsylvania report 1-5 of the total acreage devoted to oats. Halifax, Pittsylvania, and Mecklenburg counties contributed 34.7 per cent of the total acreage for tobacco in Virginia. The value of the farm property operated by colored farmers in Virginia was 7. 6 per cent of the total value for the State.
STATISTICS FOR HALIFAX COUNTY FROM U. S. CENSUS, 1900, ARE AS FOLLOWS :
Number of Farms.
Acres in Farms.
Values of Farm Property.
Total.
With Bulld-
ings.
Total.
Improved.
Land and
ments (ex-
ings).
Buildings
4,092
3,899
492,103
239,614
$2,322,810
$1,100,000
Values of Farin Property.
Expenditures.
Implements
Machinery.
Live Stock.
Gross Income (not fed to live stock).
and
Labor.
Fertilizers.
$174,180
$564,189
$1,778,983
$197,000
$131,700
Improve-
cept build-
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The State Auditors Report 1906, supplies the follow- ing figures for Halifax:
LIVE STOCK.
Horses, Mules, Asses and Jennets.
Cattle.
Hogs.
Sheep.
Goats.
1
6,569
8,740
9,132
1,335
86
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ASSESSED VALUATIONS.
A. Personal Property .*
White $2,010,923
Colored. 157,340
Total $2,168,263
B. Real Property .--- Land and buildings, town lots and buildings.
White (322,070 acres). $3,455,064
Colored (34,163 acres) 255,239
Total.
$3,710,303 [State Auditors' Report, 1906.]
BANKS.
CAPITAL
DEPOSITS.
A. Planters & Merchants
Bank, South Boston.
$100,000
$383,900
B. Bank of South Boston. . . .
50,000
275,000
C. South Boston Savings Bank
10,000
75,000
D. First National Bank, South Boston.
25,000
235,000
*There were taxed in the county of Halifax during the past year 2,537 sewing machines valued at 826,686. The sewing machine is a consider- able factor in domestic life. Only two counties in Virginia can show more sewing machines than Halifax.
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E. Boston National Bank,
South Boston (organized in 1906)
50,000
52,600
F. Bank of Halifax, Houston ..
13,000
88,400
G. Peoples Bank, Houston. . .
11,100
163,000
H. Bank of Virgilina.
10,000
65,000
I. Bank of Clover (organized, 1905).
10,000
20,000
J. Bank of Scottsburg (organ- ized, 1906)
10,000
7,800
Total
$289,000
$1,365,700
[January, 1907, Bank Statements.]
CHURCHES .*
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Churches.
Pastors.
Aaron's Creek
J. K. Faulkner
Arbor
W. W. Reynolds
Beth Car
J. M. Luck
Bethel
J. A. Beam
Black Walnut
W. W. Reynolds
Catawba
B. D. Thames
Childrey
J. H. Bass
Crystal Hill
J. M. Luck
Clover
T. H. Binford
Clover Bottom
J. W. Barbour
Cross Roads
W. T. Creath
Dan River
(. A. Woodson
Ellis Creek
C. 1. Woodson
*It is to be regretted that, although every effort was made to secure the figures, no reports could be had showing the sextus of the colored churches of the county.
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Churches.
Pastors. T. H. Binford
Fork
Grace
Halifax
B. D. Thames
High View
H. G. Crews C. A Woodson
Hunting Creek
Millstone
W. T. Creath
North Fork
Wm. M.Hudson
Republican Grove
W. T. Creath
Rodgers Chapel
H. G. Crews
Scottsburg
J. M. Luck
South Boston
P. A. Anthony
Winn's Creek
J. H. Bass
Number Churches, 25. Total Membership .... 3666
[Minutes, Dan River Baptist Assn'., 1906.]
CHRISTIAN CHURCH .*
Ingram Church, Ingram. 80
Pleasant Grove Church, News Ferry 220
Union Church. Virgilina. 162
Number Churches, 3. Membership. 462
A fourth church is contemplated near Nathalie.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Antrim Parish.
St. John's Church, Houston. 145
St. John's Chapel, near Houston
Roanoke Parish.
St. Thomas's Church, Clarkton. 32
Christ Church, Mt. Laurel. 23
St. Lukes Church, Clover. 58
*Statistics furnished by the Rev. Mr. Newman, Virgilina.
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Randolph Parish.
Trinity Church, South Boston 10S
Grace Church, News Ferry. 49
Number Churches, 7. Membership .. 417 [Report, 1906 Council, Diocese of Southern Virginia.] METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH [SOUTH.]* Halifax Circuit .- Rev. B. E. Ledbetter, Meadsville.
Union Church, near. .News Ferry.
Asbury Church, near. Vernon Hill.
Mc Kendree Church, near . Meadsville.
Republican Grove Church, near. . Republican Grove.
Clover Bottom Church, near Republican Grove.
Cedar Forest Church, near Pittsylvania-Halifax line.
Number Churches, 6. Membership,. 473
East Halifax Circuit-Rev. J. T. Moore, Clover.
Clover Church. Clover. Mt. Laurel Church Mt. Laurel.
Scottsburg Church. Scottsburg.
Concord Church. Crystal Hill.
Number Churches, 4. Membership. 301
South Halifax Circuit-Rev. W. T. A. Haynes, Mt. Carmel Olive Branch Church, near. Mt. Carmel.
Cedar Grove Church. near Residence.
Calvary Church, near. Delila.
Harmony Church, near. Harmony.
Number Churches, 4. Membership .. 413 Hyco Circuit- Rev. B. S. Herrink, Virgilina. Virgilina Church. Virgilina.
*Statistics furnished by the Rev. W. T. A. Haynes, Mt. Carmel.
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Mt. Canaan Church. Virgilina.
Shady Grove Church, near Hyco.
Cherry Hill Church, near . Cluster Springs.
Number Churches, 4. Membership .. 411
South Boston and Houston Circuit-Rev. W. T. Williams, South Boston.
Main St. Church. South Boston.
Cotton Mill District Church. South Boston.
Houston Church Houston.
Number Churches, 3. Membership .. 348
Total No. Churches .. .. 21 Total Membership .. 1946 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH [SOUTH.]*
Providence Church, [organized, 1831].
(Large Sunday School.) 27
Mercy Seat Church, Sutherlin [organized, 1837] 92
(Large Sunday School.)
Spring Hill Church, Cluster Springs [organized 1838]. . 38
(Good Sunday School.)
South Boston Church, [organized, 1842.]. (Large Sunday School.)
190
Mt. Carmel Church, Turbeville, [organized, 1867.]. 65
(Sunday School.)
Oak Level Church, Stebbins, [organized, 18S0]. 83
(Good Sunday School.)
Meadsville Church, [organized, ISS7.]. 62
Number Churches, 7. Membership. 557
CROPS, ETC.
"Farm products are wheat, corn, rye, oats, hay, and tobacco. This county ranks sixth in the production of *Dates given here for the reason that material could not be secured in time for inclusion in the historical section. Statistics furnished by the Rev. T. S. Wilson, News Ferry.
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corn, and third in oats of the counties of the State. Fruits, vegetables and dairy produce are of importance and prove valuable with proper care and attention. The raising of fine stock, horses, cattle and sheep, is a source of profit, especially sheep raising, which is being conducted very successfully. Timber: hickory, oak, pine and poplar." [Commissioner of Agriculture, 1906.]
DISTANCES.
By rail from South Boston to-
Miles.
Hours.
Richmond, Va.
109
3.50
Lynchburg, Va.
63
2.50
Charlottesville, (University of Virginia) ..
123
4.45
Danville, Va
32
1.00
Norfolk, Va
180
7.30
Washington, D. C.
236
8.15
Philadelphia
11.00
New York.
14.00
ELEVATIONS.
Feet
Alton
800
Barksdale
354
Clover.
486
Denniston
640
Houston.
370
News Ferry
337
Scottsburg
339
South Boston
318
Virgilina
710
Wolf Trap.
574
Average of County. 600-700
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FREIGHT RATES. A .- SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
SOUTH BOSTON TO
Richmond.
Lynchburg.
Norfolk.
Per hundred in car load lots:
Hay
$0.10
$0.10
$0.15
Grain
0.10
0.10
0.15
Cattle per car of 20,000 ibs.
$22.00
$19.00
$22.00
(Rate on sheep and] hogs, same as cattle.)
Vegetables, per hundred in car load lots.
.35
.35
.50
Lumber per hundred car lots.
.08
.08
.10
Fertilizers per ton in car load lots. .
1.70
1.70
2.40
B .- NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILROAD.
BETWEEN SOUTH BOSTON AND
Hav, Per 100
Pounds.
Va. Pine Lum-
ber, Per 100
Pounds.
Other Lumber,
Per 100 Pounds
Horses and
Mules, Per Car,
20,000 Pounds.
Cattle, Per Car
Sheep, Per Car,
Single deck.
Sheep, Per Car,
Double Deck.
Lynchburg.
$00.10.
.6
.7
$23.75 $30.00 $18.20 $23.40
Richmond.
.10
.8
$27.50
Norfolk
15
.11
.15
$52.50 $35.00 $35.00 $45.00
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TO SOUTH BOSTON FROM
Fertilizer, car loads: Minimum 20,000 pounds.
Richmond
$1.70 per ton.
Norfolk .
$2.40 per ton.
Lynchburg.
$1.35 per ton'
LABOR.
Farm labor: $10 per monthon the average, and rations- twelve pounds of bacon and a bushel and a half of corn meal. Good farm hands can frequently be had for less.
Domestic Servants: $4.00 to 5.00 per month, and board.
LAWS.
A. Every male citizen of the United States, twenty-one years of age, who has been a resident of the State two years, of the county, city, or town one year, and of the precinct in which he offers to vote, thirty days, next pre- ceding the election in which he offers to vote, has been registered, and has paid his State poll taxes, shall be en- titled to vote for members of the General Assembly and all officers elected by the people.
B. For registration a person must own property upon which, for the year next preceding that in which he offers to register, state taxes have been paid aggregating at least one dollar; or, must be able to read any section of the Constitution submitted to him and give a reasonable explanation of the same; or, if unable to read such sec-
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tion, able to understand and give a reasonable explana- tion thereof when read to him by the officers of registra- tion.
C. The General Assembly may levy a tax on incomes in excess of six hundred dollars per annum.
D. Whenever a franchise tax shall be imposed upon a corporation doing business in this State, or whenever all the capital, however invested, of a corporation chartered under the laws of this State, shall be taxed, the shares of stock issued by any such corporation, shall not be further taxed.
E. The General Assembly shall levy a State capitation tax of, and not exceeding, one dollar and fifty cents per annum on every male resident of the State not less than twenty-one years of age; one third of which capitation tax shall be paid by the State into the treasury of the county in which it was collected. The other two-thirds to be applied exclusively in aid of the public free schools of the State.
F. Every householder or head of a family shall be entitled to hold exempt from levy, seizure, garnishment or sale under any execution his real and personal property to the value of not exceeding $2,000, to beselected by him- Provided, that such execution be not for the purchase of said property ; or for services rendered by a laboring person or mechanic; or for a lawful claim for taxes; or for rent. [Extracts from Constitution of the State of Virginia, 1902.]
NEWSPAPERS.
HOUSTON:
Halifax Record- Advertiser, B. E. Hedderly, Editor. SOUTH BOSTON:
Hulijar Gazette, W. W. Ward, Editor.
South Boston News, R. H. Beazley, Editor.
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POPULATION.
Banister District. 6,67S
Birch Creek District. 4,859
Black Walnut District 4,016
Meadsville District. 3,013
Mt. Carmel District. 2,486
Red Bank District 2,563
Roanoke District. 7,879
Staunton District. 5,703
Total
37,197
POST OFFICES.
OFFICE. DISTRICT.
OFFICE. DISTRICT.
Alchie, Meadsville
Hermosa, Staunton
Alton, Mt. Carmel
Houston, Banister
Basses, Birch
Hyco, Black Walnut
Birch, Birch
Ingram, Birch
Carrington, Roanoke
Jones, Banister
Christie, Black Walnut
Leda, Staunton
Clarkton, Staunton
Lennig, Staunton
Maxwelton, Roanoke
Mayo, Black Walnut Meadsville, Meadsville
Moffett, Red Bank
Mount Carmel, Mt. Carmel
Crystal Hill, Meadsville
Danripple, Black Walnut
Delila, Mt. Carmel
Denniston, Black Walnut Dryburg, Roanoke Elmo, Birch
Greendun, Birch
Harmony, Black Walnut
Mount Laurel, Roanoke Nathalie, Staunton Neathery, Banister News Ferry, Birch Noland, Roanoke Omega, Red Bank
Poolville, Red Bank
Clover, Roanoke
Cluster Springs, Black Walnut
Cody, Staunton
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OFFICE. DISTRICT. OFFICE. DISTRICT.
Ramble, Red Bank
Stovall, Staunton
Republican Grove, StauntonTurbeville, Mt. Carmel
Residence, Black Walnut
Vernon Hill, Birch
Scottsburg, Roanoke
Virgilina, Red Bank
Sinai, Banister
Volens, Staunton
South Boston, Banister
Watkins, Roanoke
Stebbins, Birch
Wolftrap, Banister
Rural Mail Delivery Offices.
NO. OF
POST OFFICE.
No. OF ROUTES.
POST OFFICE.
ROUTES.
Alton.
1
Nathalie.
1-2-3
Clarkton
1-2
News Ferry.
1-2
Clover
1
Paces.
1
Cody.
1
Republican Grove. 1
Crystal Hill
1
Scottsburg.
1-2
Houston
1-2-3
South Boston
1-2-3
Ingram
1
Vernon Hill.
1
Lennig.
1
Virgilina
1-2-3-4-5
Meadsville.
1
RAILROAD MILEAGE.
A. Southern Railway.
63
B. Norfolk and Western R. R. 39
Total 102
SCHOOLS.
A. Money available for schools in Halifax
County (Session, 1906-1907) . $46,918.94 [More than 15 per cent increase over the preceding year.] B. Seating capacity of schoolhouses: White. 4895
Colored . 3735
Miles
57
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C. Number of schools by districts.
Districts. White.
Colored
Banister.
9
9
Roanoke.
24
17
Staunton.
29
9
Meadsville
9
7
Birch Creek
18
12
Mt. Carmel.
8
3
Black Walnut.
11
11
Red Bank
10
3
Houston.
3
2
South Boston
9
3
Total
130
76
[State Superintendent of Public Instruction.]
TEMPERATURE, PRECIPITATION, ETC.
Mean temperature, Spring 56; Summer, 76; Autumn, 58; Winter, 39; Annual, 57. Highest temperature ever recorded 102 in July; Lowest temperature ever recorded 6 below zero in January. Average precipitation, Spring, 11.2 inches; Summer, 12 inches; Autumn, 10.1 inches; Winter, 10.7 inches; Annual 44 inches. Average monthly depth of snowfall during winter 4. 1 inches.
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