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miSING AT HOME; ?GET HELP OF NEIGHBORS < ?v . Southern and Virginia .Manufacturers Some Interesting Lessons l*? He Learned. A TKKATISK O.N IH'HLICITY Vjeijis <?( a Noted Journal That Has Noi Ax to (irind in Matter?Hints and Suggestions to Manufacturers, j ?Some Letters Studied. At study of niit 11 v letters that h?vo ! been published in three or four recent iWWes1" of 'the Manufacturers' Record Av to what is being done 1 ? y the manu facturers of the .^outh through local exhibits and by advertising in the local and State papers to make known t?> local consumers the character and nature of tluir products will show that . y'mch remains to be done along these . Hues. Says the Record: 'At sonic points Qiere arc very good exhibits of local products, at some the manufacturers of the community Arc advertising to a degree In the local and State paper, but it seems to us that much more of t^its kind of business should be done." ' ? The Record then gives two cases in . {joint. far apart they are, and skips over trhe Richmond manufacturers' pcrma- ' Sent exhibit, w hlcli might well have j h'cen considered. It says: few weeks ago there was an ex- j iill.it at Burlington. N". of the va- : rious lines of manufactures turned out j in that town. We venture to say that comparatively few of the people of | rlie surrounding section had known the wide.variety of goods produced .it r.ur- i Hnprton. a moment's stop a few weeks j at" at Grillln, showed in tin- Moard of Trade room ari unusual diversity of manufactured products, especially of many lines of cotton goods; but the Record i? inclined to feel that very few <rf the people in *?ritlin not engaged i'u these factories, or of the people in the sorrounding country, fully under siahd the extent and the "variety of .S'rJttiirs industrial products. And what? v$;true of Rurlington and Critlin is true j Qt'"a very large part of the South." WAY Ttt DKVKIaUl* V\ ENTIIt SIAVI'K Vl'I'ltl'.Cl\TJON | ?Arguing from the above premises the [ ord makes it very plain that tin manufacturers of the So.ith should, through persistent advertising in the j looal nnrt State papers, develop an en- i thusiastk appreciation of the extent of-.local products and of the influence ] vcMlch these factories have upon the ?^?^lfare of the community. If the entire South fu 11 >" understood the value tu.w quantity and <|tiallty and variety nfirits manufactured products by a per sonal acquaintanceship in individual cotii muni ties and then the broader ac- I ot&intanceship with the whole South, I there would be created a spirit of en- ' th'ustasm and of hearty co-operation that would vastly inc.-- .ise the demand ?or the output of many 4i factory. tHV. CONSt MKH iHlWKII ?;"! THAI IV Ul(.HI- at ||(lMi: The South needs to develop its con stiWuric po*vpr Not until all of its pebpb arc utilizing the advantiiRcs and tiit- facilities of modern civilisation will this section develop ;\ wealth com- 1 H)Onsurat? with its advantages. The uneducated fanner wastes his time. ;\nd that moans a part of tin- auurre veate time of the community, and wastes the soil, ami that means the lessening of the productive power of the whole Soyth. In ulti vatlng his land with out-of-date implements instead of with 1 modtjrii, up-to-date equipment. If he! were .properly educated to he a con- , consumer of modern implements his wealth would lie increased, his soil j would l>e improved, ami he and his floridly would he larger consumers ol every variety of manufactured goods. ft But th" individual farmer, who ne.'ds thus to he elevated in the st ale of liv ing and consuming is typical of mil lions of people who. to their own ad-, vhntage an*', that ol their ruun'ry, would he greatly henelited I y devel oping this larger production and larg.er donsumpt ion. An Important way to help to hritiK this ahout is hy creating in every town auil city of the South a local atmos llhfre in favor ol such industries. This can he done o a ver> considerable extent hy proper recognition of tin value of -IV'"-.il jiVwspiipei advertising It woultf1, wV" believe, he profitable to ??very cnminunfty in the South "if ev;-ry business oi'K'anizat ion. hank and iniin ufHcturinit. as well ;>s letall inere:m tile establishments should liherally ad vertise in tin- local papers. There are here and th-r> soni? banks in the South (hat are carrying on an intelligent, vigorous campaign to educate the p?.-o uJb as to the reasons for the i-\istence 0$* banks. and enenu rat: inn them to a sd'Qdy of batiks and hank methods It takes both brains ami enertry to do this work properly The banks that are doing It show that tliej have the brains and the enorny. There are thou sands of banks throughout tin South that are not < olng it. There iii t- many manufa> turers throushovit the South that ought to adyertise v-ry heavily In a similar edu cational campaign in their local pa per. even if * hey do not secure direct a'rifl Immediate i.>u!t> The manul.ic turer of uki i< ult in a! implements ought to;, carry on an intelligent dlsrusslon through the advertising columns of the' 10.cal paper ol improvements ami meth ods of agriculture with special refer ence to his own particulai products TJU- manula tuie of cotton goods ought to intelligenth educate his com munity id the w ? ? i i. tnat hi.- mill is doing, to the kind of pr ?lint.- turned out', to the :? .1 vaii? ? :111 t?- mill mjjtloyt-R, and to other phages of his work the knowledgt <?r" which would 11.^nclit his busiiic.-.- 1 -1 ? ? 14to some e*{erit and very largely Indirectly b> broadening the knowledge .1 !iis com munity ao to w r;.it !;? is .n-mj. and ii. helping to build up Peal enthusiasm. I'Al'Kits iti: in no m:\m: , ?|ii.ii:i i s or < ii \hit\ ?iirid hi th-- stor> i n: ?*; 11 no :rom in 'Jiwtry to industry. Th??re is noi i sin gle industry lit the South that is not l?l a large extent dependent in one or another upon the work of tin local State in w . i |mi s The;, are the advocates of the .Vclfa'e nf th- eo in - muplty. They at* tin- exponents of it'. Ufo They voice its public sentinient. They at e ever lighting lot its upbuild ing-. Ami yet very many ol the in.-ti L(Itions who are sharing directly or in directly the guOd results ol tin- work <jf; these papers are content to be bene ficiaries without In let urn confe: nntr any benefits The Manufacturers lte< ol d would not nfiBS-est that any concern in any tow n if. to advertise purely on tin basis of ?'helpinx to support" the local paper. Tfiat Is a fa lea basis on which to do lilfKincss. liut we do assert that pun ly from the viewpoint of the kooiI that ooipes to the advertiser as weli to trie community, there nre ver\ few <$jicernH in the South, or few anywhere \1)y any other section of the country tliat ought not to be acltve, conspicuous advertisers in their local papers. This ? ijj* pre-eminently true throughout the .^oyth, and the manufacturers and the lixnkers and other Interests of this see tljjn will he advancing tlielr own wel ftcjre and Increasing their own pros perity when they look at it from this VtompQloft ajiU act accordingly. _ . v /i ~ Jk GREAT TEN-STORY APARTMENT Kiclum.nd isn't afraid. It docs business even in a dull time BUSINESS IMPROVING IN MANY FARTS OF DIXIE Vi'H Iniluhtricn t.oiiiic I p In Many Nee thins?Northern Miiucj lioiiiK Invented. HALTIMt il'K, I 'eccmlior ?Amonc the many Southern industrial and other iii vcdopntental enterprises reported in this week's Issue of iii.- Manufacturers' ltecord art- '.lit; followtnc: Hillside Cotton Mills, Lanranue, 'la., J ? ?ruanized with capital stork of KiOo, 000, and will erect and -equip plant for production of cotton specialties for ex port. will install steam plant, rope drive, spindles, looms, etc. I'.oard of I'orf Commissioners, Xi w ? ?! leans, l.a., let (.'Olitracl at $ 1 ,1128,44-1 to erect huildinKS fi>r cotton compress, together with sorting sheds, power house, Karate, ofth e and warehouses; ? combined area of all structures, 727,i'Ot> . square feet. Alpha I'ocahontas Coal Company, I.yiii lil'liiK, \'a., was incorporated ?with capital .stock of j 1oon to develop <oal properties in I'o<-a hon I as lield. Southern I'acifn Terminal Company, (Galveston, Texas, will huild concrete; lircproof Kt'ain eleva.tor of aliout l,00i>, on" bushels' capacity. Carduer Mining Company, Creons- | horo, N. <'., was Incorporated with cap ital s! ??ck of $IOtl,IM)fl .IcIYerson Mosaic Kloorititr and Koof iliK Tile Company, I :i l m I np ha in. Ala., will or^ani'/. ' with capital stock of ?.">0, ??"u and huild plant for mantifacturinK ornamental lloor and roofing tile, etc. Salon. Smokeless t'oal i'ompany, Ala hen, \V. Va., orwani'/fil to < 1? velop 7"? acres of coal hurls, will Install elect ri- . cal equipment, and contemplates dally' output of I,<>00 tons. Pal ling .Mining Oiimpanv, Ir.corpo-j rated with $10<\o0o capital stock and organized with 'I' A. Kindred, presi dent, C.alVestoll, Te\., to develop K'dd dVposits in Aikansas company incr- ' porj'ted w 11ii capital stock of sflO.ot'O to develop lead deposits about ciyht miles from ICtunct, Texas. iinidli > l.ead and Zinc Company, S. M. I5ra?ib*y. president. Moteh* ad. K\ , wili build '.'"o-ton concent rat itm plant lit Chit wood, Mo. will install two 110 liorsepower Mas engines and I L'.~> horse, pow <t s: eain t'oi h r. Soldier Ci;.y Asphalt t'onipiiiiy, Sol di.-i. K v., was incorporated with capi tal stock of jr.:,. to establish asphalt re tin mi.' plant. /.eiub i StoNc Company, Wichita Kails, Texas, mua nr/.ed with ono capital stock to imild plant to manu I'aetU: ? nas- Ilea t i l:ji stoves. W I.. Koidyi-e, formerly of Webster Woulci. Mills Company, Webster, \V Va., is re port **d as oi'Kani/.ini; comnatis t.nil'i woolen mill to cost S'Ja.OOti. Klliior Mining Company, Kansas <'lty. Mo., was incorporated w i11i capital stoei. of >2..,!???<? to develop lead a lid zinc <i< posits. Kcliancc Textib and live Works, < 'ovinutoii, K> , will ? \pend S2",onn to Sl'.*i,00<' to enlarge dvciliK and llliisli Inu piam. I lii' Most N?rtlierl> Katilw>i>. At < nt .lint; to tin K.IIniiii monthly. ill. mi -t lie: tie i n r.il i Knl In tin- win : ! i- t,i !>? s t r s t \ ii ti I I'll il niie tile oio'Iti. ? ns.-.l liflni: ?'!'?' 'I'l' it it*! tlnir IM1 I'l .untiio; limn .i li> .ir<eel.-, tri-' |.i.tin 'I'll ? ? >i.? sl tiifii 11'rit ? -iiterin-l.-.' Is lei-.'iI ed Ii.MF I'll I'll- I''.I IN 111 1.11 pill III). 111..' llf 111' i.ii'i:- - t ii. thai lull I hei ll leiiin- il i 'I'll. lillltlllllK I.t III. ;m. '.??! ]. .till Mil*. ,i K"Ve! 11 III. ' 11 | II. 1 I. .'"tlnK ll'llll ? 0. "I'll. . I,..Mil. I. - T lrietitli.II ..I till- <.nil iv i - t'l.i' : lif n'.? l.aplaini riillv.iy i . \j I In l.rlnr nr. (i.tin tli? nr. l Arc ill lr..n iiiln. > 'ii t lil- ? .inn 11 v pr...lit. eil I.!'.. t.ni.. ..f lri.it THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTHERN STATES \ iruinln's lnrri'iiNr in Oiip Vi'iir Was Nenrl.v l-'oiir Million DnUiirN. Ac-eordinp to tljjur-.-s produced by the Manui;u turcrs' Kecord, the South is* now waininif mure wealth from titoj mineral industry than did t lio whole! countrj twenty years nno. In 1 n!*3 the value of the mineral out-' put of the I'nited States was about' 5 mtii.linn. Last y,nr the Smith pro duced to the value of nearly $472,<um?,- i and .showed !i much .creator rate! of increase over I012 than did the rest <>; the count ry. ('ompari.sun of produc ; lull iiy Staii-s ill I!'12 and 1!'1is made ! in tl><- fiillowinc laid'-: Alahama . .$ 3 -I. ?! ?iO,r> 4 r? $ DO.fi II ,9S3 Ark insas .. i;.7M\7t>0 S,7 1 dstricl of States. 1 ;? 1I ;< 1 2 Columbia. 2l'5,fv2 300.330 I**l? > J .da .... I 0.."iiis,o 1 ij 14*. 2" 2.."'.i -I Ceoruia ... i 7 ho Kentucky .. 2ii,K4 r>,f(7'.i I 7 7,:?o Louisiana .. 1 ,u 1 1 .si's l r,,;{;,7,s4 1 Maryland .. i I,723 IO.Sal.fi71 Mississippi, 1,1 4 3.4 72 1,2 IL',.".2S Missouri ... ."i-Miu 1 ,oss , :t;t 1?,r>r<0 Nor th 0 Carolina, 73,3iis.!i23 t Oklahoma.. mi. 1 CN,,S2" a3,fi1 1,1 31) , Sou t h Carolina, I.I'M.l.'iO 1,?!(?('.,{?S9 Tennessee.. 21,0a2,'.l31 l'J,!l'!2,l!09 Texas ;{1 .'i'P'i.'.i 1 ii 22,7:?7,01 Virginia ... 1 7,1 7 s..".mi 1 -l.tHt.'i.s 1 2 West i Virginia, i t i23,M7,.si2 Tutal. . J 4 71,'.i2S.lor, * > 4'>1.?:M,.M9 l"niti-d States . . .S-2.1'?::,7"!?.::ss $1 ,'.?lS,474,24It The inereas?e in the Smith in 1013 over 1 !? 1 2 was from $ }i?l,fi3 >,s IS' to $471, t?2S. 1 Or., or by $7n,2t?3,2*?;, equal to 17.n per cent, while the increase in the rest ? if the country was from ? 1 ,M fi.s3!',430 in .ii,i;::i.Mi,2Mi. or by ^i i i71.? ei|ual only to 7.."i per cent. The Kt'eut increases in the South were- $20,."i l.fil?0 in <. >1; la iioma, largely because of jie trideunf; $!'.?,71?2..S21 in West Virginia, ^i. cause 11f coal: in Texas, liccanse .if petroleum, and $ri,fir>3,!*s7 in Louisiana. because of petroleum. Penn sylvania, with its anthracite and bitu minous coal leads all the States, with a valu of {r.or.,1 i-.C,7r.l<. lint West Vir ginia ranked second, with a value of ? 1 13,l'.4<?.t;33, while idilnhoma moved from ninth to sixth phlee anions the States. ?.ltlC.\Ti:i( A I.HKItTA. New Timn Tluil Keeps Uiulil nil (.rowillK. New KiitiTpriM-f. Sprhiuhnc t'p. A 1.1! KltTA . V A . I >??? ??mlii'r W.-Tlic Allierta Sal- :i in I i:\ili.niK' Stable* < 'mil pini> hap thi- v -i-li iiiiplli'd tin a ? liaiti-i fur uriMiil .? i ii.it i11 enK?K" In * he tmyniK ami HelllnK t hm" ami illllt?M al tills pine*. The Incorporators .tie i: l: Alienmiliy. presl ? i.'iit Wi: lain A. Ili-iiluefnrtii. secretary anil treasurer: A. K llrnw-ler. manager. The ,111 Still I;:-1 I I Jilt .1 Is $::?:> 1: It. Ainu t I ?i \. ill this place, pnrcliaseil a I?it from !'? Alberta I If vein pllle lit Cnl pora t lull this v i? i? l\ f.n lln- piirpn; " of erecting :f llnuritiR ? , 11 hi I I mill llpiii- 'lie Miuiie. I'a|i.ieity nf ill will In- lO Parrels per ilay. This ? n;. i pri-e 1- niie licit tli- environment lias foniil upon tin- people, and no doubt wl*l? lirnv- tn !??? i paylnK one. as there If much ?i i mi >;fii?vii throimlimit llie eimiity and \ 11 11 :i Ii:.; i iiinpetii.n fnij;)ii rail's from the \\ ? si mi in-h ?rii in Tin i ii.pjei ii rs nf several oilier entor prc ? ii - linihini: In till- town (or Inea tlni.s. innl il ?ii.\\ I ? ii ? K - as If early In the r.i . i j v ii will In- bitastluK of "CJre.ite.r n , Runs ' 0 ~/\ KING & WRIGHT CO Sl^nw *1 Distributor* for Va. and Mil. BULU TRACTOR utill) 10. Main St., Hirliinonil, V Mail Coupon for Special Offer Finn so send me your dc srrij?tivfi catalogues and Special Oiler. Name l?. C) Agents Wanted. ThtE COTTON MAN'S HOPE: SOMETHING THAT IS DOING Siiiiic 'I'lilriKN That 11?? 1 ji and Some 'Mint l)<> Not?There's* Vet Hope. The following is from the Cincinnati ICmiuirer: Cialvc-xtoii reports that one steamship i company has arranged for sixty-four vessels to tarry cotton out of that port (luring the months of December and January. The destination!) of these vessels aro given as follows: for l.iverpool, ei(;h teen; Manchester, eight. Havre, eight; ? letioa, twelve; < iotheiihurg, six; t'tiris tiana, om:; Barcelona, six; Japan, three; ' Kussta, two. This is encouraging as far as it noes,' and the cargoes going out will bring some tlnancial relief to the merchants and hankers of the South through the payments made to them by the plant ers from the very small amounts of , motley they receive from the crop that I thus noes to the world's market. The ; agriculturists of the South, of all our cultivators, are the only ones that are not enjoying prosperity. If the planters of the South had re- I ceived the consideration at the hands of (lie Keileral administration which they merited, and which the entire country would have been benefited l>y, and would have applauded, the cotton cargoes would have left our ports in even greater numbers, and the cotton tliey carried would have brought fully per cent more lo the men who pro- ; dneed it It is'the producers of the cotton who have to bear this burden of the ex tremely low prices. These producers . are honest men, and they, as far as possible and as quickly as possible, cancel any indebtedness they may owe to their local merchants and hankers when they receive the money from their crops, however empty handed they may remain after doing this. \Vc sincerely regret that the plant - j ers of the South failed to receive from j the l-'edoral administration the flnan- > cial assistance in way of loans that ; would have enabled them to have paid the merchants and bankers as much ! indebtedness as they are now able to i do, and avoided the sacrifice of the crop at the extremely low prices that i have been and are prevailing. The mn/uifsicturers, the bankers, the j merchant's of the South would all have I been gainers li\ llio planters receiving! that aid, and bv the increase in their , money income by a greater price fori their cotton. I Outlook Is Promising?Now Apart ? meiit II(tilho Already Ar ranged For. COHNKK (>r FIFTH AND WHACK Wlde-Awake Heal Ivsfato Agency Forms Syndicate That Will Make Great Downtown Apartment House. Work to HckIu Immediately. The* records in the olllee of the Bulld iiik Inspector of tin* city of Richmond, ami some facts from these records, which have already been iiubllshed In Tin; Times-1 djjpatch, sci'in to indicate that Richmond people who have some money to tlioir credit in bank and some others who have :i way of raising money, even in what certain pessi mists consider a dull time, have de cided that the pood year 1'Jlii, soon to dawn. Is. or will be, the best time for building operations that Richmond has Known for many years past. The indications are that I ho year which is soon to be with us will be something of a record-bivaker in the matter of ; building and rebuilding. TIIK. Win AM) WllliltKI'OIIlO OK IT A I.I. j 1 !i the lirst place, Uichmond. by tli<? annexation proposition, has enlarged right much, and nobody denies that there will be a great deal t?f residential , building In the localities that were formerly suburbs, but which are now parts of i?renter Richmond, with all of tin- city advantages. In the si-cuml place, there are lots of money-holders and money-lenders who have taken decided interest In the idea that the Industrial Section has bi t n setting forth that "now is the time to build." Now that there has been a lull in other j kinds of Investments, now that build- I ing material 'an be had for less money than formerly; now that many nie chanies and laborers are out of work' and are hunting for Jobs, and now that the great companies which ileal in the things that go into bulldlni: operations are anxious to sell .stuff for houses of all the kinds known in the catalogue, watch stuffs can be made cheaper than they could have been made several years ago, say ten or a dozen, capita lists are ready to invest more money in building operations than they were in the days when the slock exchanges were open and booming right along somk Tiinr<;iU's <;\Tiii;itr.? i-Koit Tin-: itKcoitns The records show that the applica tions for building permits were larger, very much larger, in the month now near to a close than they were in the corresponding month of last year The applicants for these permits will not commence operations until some tinii in tise early days of the new year. but there is no doubt that they mean busi ness, and that when Ihey do coalmen-:'' ? business they will make things bum for the whole year. The Kielunond pessimist. and he is much in the mi nority, has had ills day; the Richmond optomist is now in the saddle, and the Richmond optomist. in the main, is a house buiider. What else is he here for? The writer hears of something under a dozen contracts on the larger order, and s>;vera 1 doz< n on the smaller orib r, that have already been made for build ing operations, to be commenced in the early days of the new year, and these will mean better times for Rich mond and more work for Richmond niLwh.'iMii'u 4 u - ? ..... Qvuu .vitr 11* I i> t nan , have been known for at least three J years past. There may he some gush and some exaggeration in some of these ; reports, but It is not likely. Tl :.\-STOII V A I'A ItTM KM' not sr. to ?.o i r Perhaps the biggest building propo- j sition that has yet gotten on the rec ord, and one which comes to the man of news in something of a confidential way, will be tlie erection of a mag nificent ten-story apartment house on the southwest corner of Fifth and i .race Streets. This southwest corner j of Fifth and (.race Streets lias some thing of a history. it was formerly ' the home of i?r. ICdward McCSulre, and as nuch it was wej) known to all of the people of Richmond, that is. all of the obl-timers, who went to his i house ami office for medical advice. The corner property lias been bought by a syndicate, which proposes to ercet . there a ten-story apartment house that ? shall be tireprooi and modern :n .ill respects. Apartment houses have be come very prominent, and. it may be said, very profitable in Richmond. However, the most of the apartment houses so far built have been away ; up town, and there seems to l?e a de- j ?nand for one nearer down town. This syndicate proposes to supply that de- j flciency. i A VOt Xfi MAX CIIIIKS TO Till: KitOXT Tup arrangement to supply this de- ] flciency has been pulled through by i one of the livest and most ef'.lelent of the younger real estate agencies, the! one operated ami conducted by Mor- I ton <1. Thalhimer, with headquarters j in the First National Mank Ruilding. Mr. '1 halhimcr is a wideawake young (Continued on Third i'age.) KKNBRIDGE, VA. 1.1." XKX I! CHG CO!)XTV. lianlting facilities?first-class schools?handsome and lovely homes? splendid churches?good hotels. Fine JiriKht Tobacco Market. L&rgest town on great Virginian Railway between Suffolk and Koanoke. 1(AW M A TKU I A LS l-OIt FACTOHJIOS Aid. AKOUND. The ideal location for spoke and handle factories, furniture factories, barrel, stave and box factories? indeed, for anything that is made of wood. Also for brick-making, milling, fruit arid vegetable canning, tanning and leather making, tobacco manu facturing, granite and stone work., etc., etc. For information as to advantages, sites, etc., address Kenbridge Business Men's Association \V. S, Irb.v, President. Curl T. Iti|?tierger, Sre'j-Trens. Montague Manufacturing Co. Lt'MItEU AND MILL WORK. IJroad Street and Belt Line, Richmond, Virginia. Shipments made anywhere. Yards and Factory covering six acres. Ouv New Telephone Nun.hers: Boulevard 400 and 401. VIEWS AND NEAR VIEWS; HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS MY FUAXK S. WOODSON, luduntrlnl Kill for. TbIn column In uprn to contribu te? uliu have noihc thin* to nay of ? n?iKK?'.itlvp mi Inrr, nml wlio nrr w 1111 ii k (o luakr hint* ciuil iukkcn tloni look Ink to tin* better dovefop mrnt of the icood old States of Vlr Klnla. H'wt Vlrulnln nml North < nr.,Ilim, un,| n|lo t,Iln i?,|,| f|lr|r NiiKKt'itloiir. iIoitii In nuy one Ihnuv to from mo to 200 nurdN. Such cotu iiiunlt'ii tloun, nddrcMsol to tlic In iliiMtrlul ICditor, will receive proinut attention. Kevlcw nml Outlook. It. O. Dun & Co. makes special re port lo the Industrial Section as fol lows: There seems to he hut little channe i in the local industrial situation, nnd activity is: largely conllned to cert-iin linos which have been benefited l.v on I or.s received from abroad. .Several <>t the principal plants here that have been idle or operating on short time for some months past are reported to he preparing for tli?? receipt of new business. l:ec?nt rate increases uiv.-n he hasten, railroads has brightened the outlook considerably. Wholesale business during the past week has been ol small volume, though visiting merchants have placed some orders. . \ cry lew local salesmen are in their territories at present, and the week has'been largely devoted to annual ? <? k taking. Most concerns have taken advantage of the opportunity for an unusually large Christmas va"- I cation this year. .No material increase in commercial activity i.s expected i until after the first ?.f the year. Col-: lections continue slow Bright. warm weather has been fa-' vorable t?. holiday business In retail lines. am. a number of principal storm ? ??port larger sabs than expected, i>i some instances gains being made over s. msoii The apparent trend. Jiow awards purchasing ol cheaper Tim demand for funds iocallv is small and the linaiiclal situation i? ' .omparativelv easy. ltw||Hc..ut.,M at the local reserve bank are thus f.r around J 1.000,00a and there ,?s to "? no tendency on the part ol district banks to mal.e heavy demands .... th. institution Uiehmond clearances tor the week e,H"n? Hecember I'., amount-I i.a V. compared with $ld.lf,y .! 110 'be preceding week. lelf'iol U<"k S 0in, rl"^? "? the local bar tobacco market did not t..t;,l ?10,e hat. ..mi,oii(i poUI?,.Mf ;(n(I OWJ||B ,u u '??< k of competitive bidding on the part of the large,- buyers, pries made a lurther recession, average f,,r ,h? k being a little more than .1 cents !l V"!""' ^ ''??'n?e> closed for the holidays ..ii December 1 \ and will not reop.-n until .January I The total vol ume i.r business transacted since the "ginning of the sens'.n approximates I 'on rids; last years sales for tin- same period aggrcgati .1 a little more than f.,Oo<?,uO(? pounds. Tobiicco Markets Cloned. From time immemorial it has been th.- custom t.. dose th ? tobacco mar kets In Virginia and North Carolina Hunnit all ol tin* Christmas w* ok ami several days at each end of the'same. In the cities the people take holiday only one day. and in the metropolitan newspaper oilices there is n<* holiday at all; but the good country people have never gotten out of the habit of tak ing a whole week off?-and a mighty goo.) habit .It is! As the tobacco mar kets are entirely dependent upon the whims of the country people, the ware housemen have to do as those whims suggest. It would be a good thin* If those country whims could have a lit tle more influence on the banks, the stores and the newspaper offices of the cities. Anyhow, there will be no more loose-leaf tobacco sales until away after Christinas?say about January 5. A !?*iirmcr Who Need* to Kenil More. A Krunswiek County farmer writes the Industrial l-.Mitor: "Why don't you have more to say about the good roads In Virginia, especially in Brunswick, l.unenburg, Mecklenburg and Notto way Counties. They are the bluest advertisement Virginia lias ever had." In reply, it may be well enough to ask this Brunswick County farmer why 4\c does not read more closely the Itich niond Times-Dispa tch ? If he would do so. he would not ask such a ques tion, for well enough he would know that tlieie never passes a day that the great daily does not boost the good roads proposition, {{specially does the (I'ontlnued on Third I'agc.) IIVIREINIA FARM SHOW f BEING MADE IN CHICAGO Chesapeake and Ohio Telling People of Northwest of Greatness of Old Dominion. lll'ltKAU OI<' 10X111 HITS TALKS Attractive Display of Good Things That Grow in liest Climate in the World?Eloquent Lecturers Have Charge. What Is perhaps the only Virginia farm exhibit ever seen In Chicago ban been established there by the Chesa peake ami Ohio Katlroad Company, ami it may lie made a permanent show. Certain it is.tint it will l?e kept there several months, tine who has seen It ??escribes it an a most elaborate- -ex hibit composed of grains in the sheath, all kinds of grasses. peanuts (showing how they grow), tobacco, corn atid many other things, including a most attractive display of several varieties of Virginia apples. Th? show Is at tracting a great iJeal or attention front Illinois and Wisconsin homeseekcrs who have their eyes turned toward old VlrKinla. The show Is being kept open every day am) In the evenings, and Is In charge of competent young men, who know how to deliver lectures of the good old State of Virginia. The Chicago Itccord speaks of the show and the "showmen" as follows:.' "Knthuslastlc over the big crops of alfalfa and corn in Virginia. George \V. Stevens, president of tiie Chesa peake arid Ohio Kailway Company and K. T. Crawley, industrial agent "of the same, have been in Chicago for sev eral days establishing a permanent bureau of exhibits t<i Illustrate the farming possibilities of tiie Smith. "A vigorous policy has been adopted by>the company to g< t new settlers and build up agrliultural Interests iu the more sparsely settled sections Hi roue !i which the Chesapeake and Ohio run.?. "The articles on display include al falfa, corn, tobacco, cotton, w.heialt oats. fruits ami vegetables. There have lieen live crops <>f alfalfa out on Vi; vim.i farms this season, and sue ress uti (topt of \egrtublcs maturing nearly < v< ry month from April tu Ijo ? ember. "The record this year for truck is said to l>e phenomenal, and the yields of corn and alfalfa are also enormous Om of the <laim? male by the Chesa peake atid Ohio oill. lals is that Vir ginla beef cattle command the highest price of any that are taken to tho Kuglish r arkot. "Farming Interests are now helng pushed with great v ?'or ail over the South, Mr. Stevens .said, and he has found many persons in other parts of tin* country who are disposed to lo rate iri Virginia on account of the fine climate and i heap land In carrying out ills policy of build Inr up the farming interests along the line ('resident Stevens hap 'dt elded on a nutubi r of excursions from Chicago and othei cities iu the North Chenp I.iiihIn In Xlrglnln. "Now that there Is Mmiethlng of tide of emigration setting toward the South." said Mr Stevens, "tt is ex pected that the comparatively cheji lands in the better sections of Vii glnia will show a rapid advance in value Investors have aw assurance of safety and farmers who :/.jply In ?lustrv and Intelligence to their woi are reasonably. sure to realize thelf highest expectations, markets .inJ transportation facilities having greatly Improved within recent years. "The soil and climate of Virginln iro favorable to a great variety of prod nets, and all farm supplies are noted for their high quality. In the gener development of the Old Dominion it noted that the provincial citier are throwing rapidly, a fact which in special Interest to farmers who desire convenient markets for a great variety of products." The Industrial department of the Chesapeake and Ohio itailroad has is sued a booklet entitled "Country Life in Virginia," which is being distrib uted free. The exhibit is free and open every day and evening. The Chesapeake and Ohio Hailroad has recently opened Its new line front Chicago, directly from the Dearborn Station, to Virginia, running througl the heart of the State direct to Noi* folk. The show now being held under the direction of C .1. .lehne, trav eling industrial agent of the systeirf. HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT SUSSEX? Of course, Sussex County, down In the Peanut' Region of Old Virginia is meant. Climate salubrious; finest In the world, lioinp' free from extreme cold of North. and the extreme heat of the South, anil from the blizzards' of the West. Less than sixty miles from Atlantic Ocean. Finest timber, lands in Virginia. Finest farming lands, trucking lauds, being especial ly attractive. Have you heard of Wavrly, the largest town in the county, with two railway lines and competing freight rates? Sussex County, especially that part around Waverly. offers induce ments to intensive farmers. Waverly offers inducements to new enter prises. especially of Uie woodworking kind. For information, address ROBERT W.ARNOLD, Mayor and Chairman of Publicity Committee; H. A. ORAY, President Town Council. ALBERTA 9 THE DIAMOND STl'D IX THK SHIRT BOSOM OF VITU.INIA. Prize-Winning Bright Tobacco Belt TWO RAILROADS?COMPETITIVE FREIGHT RATES. TOBACCO MARKET. HEALTHFUL LOCATION. BOUNTIFUL CROPS. IDEAL, CLIMATE. UNBOUNDED OPPORTUNITIES. A MONUMENT TO THRIFT AND ENTERPRISE. For Information as to Industrial Sites, Farm Lands, etc., write to the ALBERTA DEVELOPMENT CO., C. S. BARROW, President. Alberta, Vu. J. E. CRAFTON, Jr., Vice-President D. T. KENNEDY, Secretary. Bright Tobacco Lands of Lunenburg County, in the New Bright Tobacco Belt ARE CHEAPER THAN IN THE OLD BELT. And they are just as good and a Utile better. The Bright Tobacco Market at Konbridge is full of buyers, and offers Big Inducements to Bright Tobacco Makers. The European War scare lias not hurt the Kenbridge market, or the Bright Tobacco'Lands of Lunenburg. For further information write to the ,. .r>( Virginian Realty Company, Inc. KENBRIDGE. VIRGINIA. CARL T. RIPBERGER, General Manager. ? "