A hand book of Virginia . 044. Houston, the county seat, is situated on Banister river, and on the Lynchburgand Durham division of the Norfolk and Western railway. It is a thriving townof over seven hundred inhabitants, surrounded by a fertile section of the contains two flouring mills; also, numerous churches, schools, a high school, twobanks, a newspaper, and a lodge of Masons. South Boston, a town of considerable importance, the largest in the county,containing a population of 3,000, is situated in the southern part of the countyon the Richmond and Danville, and Norfolk and Wester
A hand book of Virginia . 044. Houston, the county seat, is situated on Banister river, and on the Lynchburgand Durham division of the Norfolk and Western railway. It is a thriving townof over seven hundred inhabitants, surrounded by a fertile section of the contains two flouring mills; also, numerous churches, schools, a high school, twobanks, a newspaper, and a lodge of Masons. South Boston, a town of considerable importance, the largest in the county,containing a population of 3,000, is situated in the southern part of the countyon the Richmond and Danville, and Norfolk and Western railroads, 109 milesfrom Richmond, in what is known as the bright tobacco belt of Virginia. It iswell drained, healthful, and has good water and a fine system of water works,an electric plant, excellent graded schools, numerous churches, two newspapers,and four banks, with a combined capital and surplus of $290, It is rapidlygrowing as a tobacco center, ranking second in the leaf tobacco markets of the State, *%(. 143 sales amounting last year to sixteen million pounds. Besides its large establish-ments for the manufacturing of tobacco, several large stemmeries and prizeries,with improved machinery, have been erected of late years. In addition to all enumerated, this progressive town can make the followingexhibit of progress since 1901: A cotton mill, lumber mill, foundry, wagon factorylounge factory, broom factory, table factory, show case factory, a handsome newhotel, sixty-four new dwellings, a fine Masonic temple, two large buggy factories,and an electric power plant on Dan river for manufactories, etc. These enterprises,in connection with those already in operation, such as wagon works, woolenmills, furniture factory, etc., make a town of considerable importance. The townis fast recovering from the great fire of 1906, and will be built better than before. Other towns are: Clover, population, 400; Scottsburg and Virgilina, population,200, each having a bank. The la
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