Yankee Editors Reconcile South Tour Arrives in Danville 1871
One hundred years ago tomorrow sixty one Yankee newspaper editors arrived in Danville on a reconciliation tour to study tobacco and the South praising Virginia and the South. The visit followed Elmira and Harrisburg segments and included tours of Monticello, University of Virginia, and Page’s Tobacco Exchange. The reception featured speeches by Danville officials and others, tobacco sales, and a promise of immigration, with later editorials in Northern papers praising the South and cooperation between regions.
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John IV
Brubaker
Danville
Virginia
South
New York
Pennsylvania
Elmira
N. Y
Nelson H. Hotchkiss
Richmond and
York River
Chesapeake and Ohio
Hotchkiss
N. J. Watkins
Watkins
Lillian Craig
Aft Elmira
Harrisburg
Pato Beltimore
Baltimore
Maryland
State of Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
Yorktown
Virginia Peninsula
Richmond
Williamsburg
Hallywood
Oakwood
Petersburg
Grant
Charlottesville
Piedmont
Monticello
University of Virginia
Staunton
Nelson Hotchkiss
Sutherlin
Union
A. O. Bunnell
Dansville ‘Advertiser
John H. Selkrey
Ithaca “Journal
S. H. Parker
Ithaca “Gazette
Chimborazo Hospital
Libby
Nollywood Cemetery
Zetelle
Delmonico’s
Keiley
Gilbert C. Walker
Henry Wells
Tip
Buffalo
Rochester
Scranton
Philadelphia
Boston
Fours
J A Bolling Funeral Riles Slated Today
Funeral services for John Albert Bolling 84 of Chatham will be held today at 3 p.m. at Springfield Church with Elder K Tench officiating. Interment follows at Gretna Burial Park. Born August 17 1886 in Pittsylvania County he was a retired farmer and a member of Springfield Primitive Baptist church. Surviving wife Minerva Ross Bolling two foster sons Junior Bolling Percy Fox and three foster daughters Docie Earles Dorothy Fraser Elizabeth Taylor. two sisters Rosa Molley Sallie Bramfield. Advised at Colbert Funeral Home in Gretna and family will be at residence.
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John Albert Bolling
Chatham Rt. 1
Springfield Church
K. Tench
Gretna
Mr. Bolling
J. J. Bolling
Martha George Bolling
Pittsylvania County
Springfield Primitive Baptist Church
Minerva Ross Bolling
Chatham
Junior Bolling
Greta
Percy Fox
Allavista
Docie Earles
Dorothy Fraser
Brookneal
Elizabeth Taylor
Norfolkk
Rosa Molley
Dey Fork
Sallie Bramfield
Gret Na
Tour of State's Covered Bridges Weekend Set
Virginia hosts a two day covered bridge tour June 12 13 with six bridges on a George to Covington caravan. Humpback Bridge near Covington will cap the route as a festival site co sponsored by SCBA and Covington BPWC with displays crafts and 19th century attire. Governor Holton designates the weekend as Covered Bridge Weekend and urges preservation while local clubs welcome participants and visitors.
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Virginia
Sjon
Humpbaack
Association
SCBA
Kanawha Turnpike
Humpback Bridge
United States
Rockville
Indiana
Covington Business and Professional Women’s Club
Holton
Iit
Vinton ‘County
Ohio
Stuart
jSmaith River
Woolwine
Lillie i Lackey
Jerolyn DePlazes
Newport
Newport House
Giles County
Covington
SCRA
Georgia
Smith River
Covington Chamber of Commerce
R H Williams Dies At 59 In Nursing Home
Ryan Hughes Williams 59 of Whitmell died yesterday in Roman Eagle Memorial Home after declining health since 1942. Born Danville July 12 1911 he married Bernice Collins Williams on December 22 1954 and worked 11 years at Dan River Inc before retiring for health reasons. He is survived by his wife Mrs Lucy G Williams a sister and three brothers. Funeral service will be held tomorrow at 2 pm at Moffett Memorial Baptist Church conducted by Dr Victor E Mantiply and Elder Raymond Payne. The remains are at Swicegood Funeral Home with visiting hours tonight 7 to 9 and at the residence in Whitmell at other times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy G. Williams
Danville
William Henry Williams
Bernice Collins Williams
Ezra H. Williams
Kinsport
Tenn
Moffett Memorial Baptist Church
Victor E. Mantiply
Raymond Payne
Swicegood Funeral Home
Whitmell
O Bailey Funeral Rites Slated Today
Funeral services for Sherrill Overby Bailey of High Point North Carolina will be conducted today at 4 p.m. at Sechrest Funeral Home Gretna. Graveside rites will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. in Gretna Cemetery Park. Mr Bailey, a former resident of Gretna, died Friday in High Point and was born in Pittsylvania County. He was the husband of Louisa Bailey and survived by two sons John Bailey of California and William Bailey of Chapel Hill North Carolina, and a sister Addie Bailey Rover Crewse.
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Gretna
Sherrill Overby Bailey
High Point
N.C
Sechrest
Louisa, Szedbetter Bailey
John Bailey
California
William Bailey
Chapel Hit
N. C
Addie Bailey Rover Crewse
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Yankee Editors
State Line
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Ku Klux Klan
Reidsville
Greensboro
Dan Valley
Dan River
Zebulon B. Vance
Paxton House
Main St
Main
City Hall
State Agricultural Society of Virginia
Recorder
Cole
Thomas P. Atkinson
T .H. C. Grasty
Danville Register
Abner Anderson
State Senate
Joseph
Capital City
Major W. T. Sutherlin
Virginian
J. A. Bolling
Colbert Tuneral
Gravna
Sinking Creek
Bettys
Bridge Association
Gallup Road
Cary
North
Carolina
Meems Bottom
Shenandoah County
Mount Jackson
Patrick County
Biedler Farm
Rockingham County
Market
Tenth Legion
Dan River Mills
Alleghany County
Marysville
Campbell County
Southern Covered Bridge Association
U.S. 60
Virginia Department of Highways
R. H. Williams
Nursing Home
Ryan Hughes Williams
Roman Eagle Memorial Home
O. Bailey
Nationwide Insurance CO
Jack Smith
Spring St
Dial
Auto
Homeowners
Health & Life Ins
Mt. Cross Road
Wayne Ashworth
Marshall Ready-Mix CO
Danville, Ya
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