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VIRGINIA LKAHMNG THINGS
Pacts and Figures That Arc Well
Worth the Study and I,ong Con
sider/it ion of Kvery Farmer Header
of This Paper.
The Manufacturers' Record of this
week tells vs a wonderful story about
the grain results in the South and the
prospect on ahead. Among many other
things, !t says:
The grain crop of the South this
year will exceed in value by several
hundred million dollars the total of
the most valuable cotton crop ever pro
duced by this section
The remarkable fa t Is due to an in
crease in grain production throughout
the South. w!:t -h \\:1! demonstrate what
this section > capable of doing in the
development of diversified farming.
According to the forecast of grain pr o
duction for the country, based on con
ditions Jul} 1. the production of grain
in the Southern States for this year will
he* 1.54". ' . ? ?" bushels. or a run <>f
2S6.000.00" biislul-- over last year. It
to the flgur-'s ? v< - ?ng ? !u at. corn
and oats we pre v a id th. rice crop
of 30,000.<> 0 bushels, the total train
for the South this year will be
000,00? t'liv 'is and as this year's rice
crop i"N et - by ?*.0?"?.?t01> btishels last
year's. we would have a total increase
of grain it: this section of 292,000,000
bushels.
This phenomenal situation is all the
more impressive when taken in connec- ?
tion with the grain crop of the entire
country.
The estimated yield for the country1
for the year, including rice, is 5.41 4.ooo.
000 bushels, o] an increase of 4',to,fn>r',- ?
000 busluds over 1914. Out of this
total gain, ' ? 2.. "? i' bushels, or nearly
6 per cent. Is due to the increase in the
South. The gain in this section will
be nearly 23 per cent over last year,
as compared with only 51? per cent
for the balance of the country. The
actual gain in the South is 94.000,000
bushels greater than the increase in
the balance of the I'nited Slates.
These figures . re wonderfully signifi
cant of the agricultural possibilities
of the South, and this increase in grain,
?which typifies the increase in food
stuffs generally, will lamely offset the
adverse situation in cotton. In the
South corn commands a much higher
figure than in the West, running often
from Jft t<? 1'it cents a bushel more than
"Western prices. < ?n tins basis, there
fore. it is safe t.> estimate tliat the
grain crops of the South i\ill represent
a gain of at least ?2*>0,i>00,000 over
last year's figures
Tilt Kurt* n* 'I'liey Are.
The pain by States shows a splendid
steady expansion throughout the entire
South, and for wheat, corn and oats
combined is as follows:
Increase
' Over 1914.
States. Btishels.
Alabama 16.905.000
Arkansas 23,591.000
Florida 109.000
Georgia IS,701,00ft
Kentucky 22.375,000
1-ouiMa na 1C.24S.OOO
Maryland 1,000
Mississippi 1 9,91 4.tt00
Missouri 2t?,169,000
?Vorth Carolina 503.000
Oklahoma . 40.46S,'ano
South Carolina S,7X2^000
Tennessee 14.$S6,000
Texas 5S.695.000
Virginia IS,243,000
West Virginia 3,M 3,000
Total increase 2S6,021,000
fotal increa.-e in rice. . .. 6,00<>,ft00
Total increase of g ra in .. 292,021,000 j
? Decrease
All tin1 stair- l.i>i in nn Ini-rfii*!",
Every u th> exception of
Maryland, whose wheat crop short,
jharfs in Jr.;- ,?!? ;??-?.?<??! srrain prelec
tion A .it , : t a B;i;n of !.earl>
)l:7,000,000 bushels; Arkansas, 23,500,000
hu she; s *? i--; ? * T" !?sh ?*I - .
Lcu:.-:ar.:, : ???'? ? l.-j Missl*
j>!pp. r. . r irj South
Carolina, 1 " bushels: Virginia, j'
1?. 2.' ? - ? - w '?.? 'ti 'v -.s ironi".*
p> .the front w th r. gajh *5 ^SOO.OOO
- ?. ? . ? l" +.*
- Eve.-; business interest n the South j,
k . '' ? ' : ? ' ? - . c e f
?:.? ? :>- - ? ; The South
e . - ? ? ? * r.o r. t o
ie ? a:- ? ? ? . jM ha1. *
t ? ? ? 1 fr -
tedl' ttes opjior-;
U..' ? ? ' . !
I- ????? r.? r . " f wh?at,
Cor: ?. ?* ?- -.th -vas
ftOO.OOO bushels com pa red with this |
vr; ? - ' ' 4 ? y,\ :\e
tr,?. - t ; . ? ? ? -ar
O'v ? , . r . ; -w..;e
V. < jr.-,- " ? .? ??? ?. rtnri
Tf-' 1 !? th ? r\ y ow.ntr of .
vt it i - f r. ? : f.or
, Evi'n these figures can easily be!
fiou: V ? ? ? v. ? . ;t giVee. '
ns eh< ? . ? ? ???:.? ? i
? t v- .? ? . v. r ? ? . ? - ;
?iult
<Jf the foodstuffs needed for man and
iyeast
' Hut loo". ? ? . ? > . ? ? ?
who!f <r ? ? ?; ? X
lias a p a 1: i : ? ? - ? v, ? . ?? :n- !
darit erf r ? : ? <? ? ? , w.th
the ; : ??!!... ? : ? i ;??.
grow :nc .: . - ?. ? > t <?
rlally decrease the expected corn pro- j
ductiori, t h i > ?<?.?. ? w i.i largely
excee'i in value 110,000,000,000, The I
indicatior = <-f 1 . t Agr -
cultur.nl 1 ? ? !-???? ' * ; i r,l
increas-' r ? ? ? ?- < ? }?: ,? t:?.?
72.000.0fif' ??,.?. ? ? ? no. (.'in
bushels. i't ? ? t>-t i f
barley. 1S.0 1 - . <f rb'e.
6,000.000 1 t; .-i ? -i ? . lip'j ich on '
grain pro<iuri i. ? i t - estimate
of the Agricultural department for !
corn, with t; . ? 'hat it
is too early >'-t for f;.;.! figures, are;
as follows;
I'M -In.- final yield, j
f.-re.-ast
I-1 "Is K\,s?ieis.
Winter wh^at 6.?><"! rr,o
Spring vsh'-it <;.? f., ni.
Corn '.'.i ? 4. ???>?,
Oatr. .. . . 1,:.. ? : : i . .< ? r>
I$arley . . . i' ? ?'? . ? ?? ? ?
Rice '? .4 ?? ".000
TAtr?l 414.'" '? '????> 4. t <.<.r,
r'. T With nn indicated wheat yield of
iM.hOO.Of'O > ? ? I. v. ?:!? li m:> \ t.. l .iir
Wea11 ? : 1" j" -? !? ? ' ?
larp<-'l t?> i..-ttei ??! > I ?: l f i K
IV heat ;? ro . t h an nvirati' ? i?-as?
?k#r tii?* entM< tounlrv on .lulv l nf t
fraction .?-? ? t, in ??< cents |,?-> i. ?. i
hlpiiet r>: <? ? wheat than on ').<?
nit me da t ? '.4, it ;.?? >|Uit<- to
count on ti:<- ? > ir'p wheat crop lnrgf*
ll'y ex''*?-d'f.; 'of,0.00' What t).?
i ftuctua' on ? durli'.t' totn
jljiff tw. 'It... i' :s not poss;l)l<
\to forecaM (?-. i< >son of the utuer
. , thinner, of war. 1? m ? that every buslie
(of viii<-?t ?*?!!' Ie ., ?..-?! f/,r <io:n'-nt1<
,?i'nd foreign ;: it a vr-ry profit
,^V>ic r" <? tr.c larn.'.r, a<J!iiitF <.f i.
quetllon,
WONDERFUL PROGRESS IS
MADE IN TELEPHONING
Richmond Among First Cities in the'
Country to Install ail
Rxrlmnge.
FIKST BUILT HERE IN 187?
Promoters Had Dilllculty in Con- |
vinrinp Prospective Subscribers of
Its Feasibility?Three Exchanges
Xow Handle 100,000 ('alls Daily, j
A s Richmond was the first citv in the
l
country to have established a street
car line system, so was she among the '
first to have a telephone exchange. .
The first telephone exchange was es- J
tabllshed in 1S79, thirty-six years ago.
Subscribers then were doubtful, for the i
telephone was a now and strange in
vention. It was hard to persuade the]
would-be subscriber that he could talk 1
with a friend or a business acquaint- [
mice more than a mile away. But
there was the demonstration. He
could hear his friend speaking, and. in
anxious moments, there was the voice
of his wife or his mother, tolling him
that things were well.
it ?as a venture in Richmond, and
like many other ventures first placed
here, it proved successful. Thirty years
asn, when the telephone was first
started, one talked with another tot
over only a short distance. To-day,
such ha\e been the improvements, one
111:1 \ sit in a telephone exchange in
Richmond and converse with a friend
i:i San Francisco. That was demon
strated only a feu days ami, when
(lovcrnor .Stuart received messages by
lone-distance telephone from Rich
mond, and when he plainly heard a
sweet-voiced woman singing to him!
across more than 3.000 miles of wire, j
Richmond has always been to the'
fore in adopting new ideas and in
making use of new Inventions. When
the telephone was first placed in ser
vice. when it was seen that it would ;
be of an importance equal to that of .
the cable which Cyrus \V. Field |
stretched across the bottom of the At- !
lantlc between the Fnited States and :
Kngland. peoplf took hold of the idea
, and welcomed it as a new. though un
| tried, agent of communication.
j O.VK OF FIRST CITIES
TO 11 A V K KXCHAN?K|
Other inventions had seen their first
! trial in Richmond, and Richmond was
: on.* of the first cities of the country
1 to have a telephone exchange. It was
! marvelous that one could talk to
j another more than a mile away. It
j was a miracle ti nt a slender wire
I could carry a message across a stretch
| of country. The invention was proven.
; What was at first a luxury for the
I few soon became a necessity for the
I many. No one could be without his
' telephone. The telephone became a
j fixture. Kverybody needed it, so the
little com pa n> which came to Rich
' mond so many years ago began to
j expand, knowing that its confide/ice
j in a new id en of communication was
1 not misplaced.
j Then came til** establishment of the
?list telephone exchange. It was in
stalled in 1S7!>. with a few subscrib
ers. connected with each other by wires
stretched across house tops. To-day
the wires are run along poles or
stretched beneath the ground, and one
may talk with his friend across the
breadth of a continent, and it is prom
ised that soon one may talk across the
seas, that in the n?>t far distant future
the r. will not h- even the necessitj ?f
wires
II.WK SVSTr.M VOW
which is rxsrnp.issKn
The telephone company and the peo
ple of Richmond have worked together
until they have developed .1 system that
is nowhere surpassed < >n January 1,
JS00, there were 70S telephones in Rich
mond and its suburbs. On January 1,
1300, when everybody bep.tn to use the
telephone, there were 1.017 phones in
service, and ten years later the num
ber had increased to 11,,r.r?4_ To-day.
thirty-six years after the first exchange
was installed. there are 20,'<00 tele
phones in Richmond and the near-lying
.-uhu rbs.
<?ne may gain m idea of the develop
ment ?>f the telephone service from the
fact that on January 1. 100>\ the Ches
apeake arid Potomac Company handled
about I.VOi'O call? a day. while at this
rising of the sun it will have handled:
about 16*"'.00" calls a day. per cent 1
of whivh :iive to go through a second
opera tar, ? ?:i account of the calls being
switched from one exchange to another, i
This means that in every twenty-foui
hour? ' r,"'0 people are ptit into com- ,
rnuni-;:t!o:: with each other by tele- j
phone.
? tl * ompany ? >perated only
one ex rhange in Richmond, bill on July
?i f f -it vt.-ar t.he Monroe fnow Ran- !
? ; exchange was put into opera-1
? 1 r. The Boulevard exchange In the |
We.-t K: d was put into service on No
verr: her 'i ?. 1 'i 1 -4
It ha* be?n figured out by the com
pany that by two switchboards
will be required to serve the West
Knd, and the new Boulevard building
has been so designed that additional
Maries an t e added and t> at sufficient
room '-an made for an additional
switohboat d
INC Itr.VSK M VI tl I: It <>??? (ll'I'.HATORS
\\l> I .VSTA 1.1. NEW r.XCllA.VGE
In 10f" only twenty-five operators
w-re ne< ? .-??ary to sw:t n the ??all", but
to-da;. t requires 7operators and
supervisors to furnish the satisfactory
? wlii. v tli>- Itu hinond people
? r.'iw r ? <-ejvintr. The Houlevard I'.x
change * s the ? up-t"-da>e in the
? ? : pan;, ?s< t-? r it-TV. <*?111 > the l.?t?-st
? 1 the most ?.pprove?| apparatus has
been installed, . r.| t|,e CM hanire
? omplete every detail. Kvery com
fort and convenience are provided for
the operators and every car* is ex
? ?n i-t-d j?s to the:i welfare and safety.
'? >il th-1 ? >., -hange buildings, rooms
a I ? ; .?<.%? e.l fi.f 1 he op< I Stfil s who
work late a? night. and -all vigilant'*
Of the home Is exercised over them.
I he trouble department" is motor
ized I he < "tnpar.v ha?j seven automo
biles, five motorcycles and three, bi
evdes, us'-rj jn making repairs about.
the city. Twenty year* ago the com
?continued on Kighth rage )
TOO MUCH COTTON GROWN;
MORE THAN WORLD NEEDS
The I'oily of Overdoing n liood Thing?
(ictlliiK Time ii? Learn
Sense.
Tempted 1 y th?? big prices of the j>r??
ceding t!\r- or six years. which ought to
have entlched all of tin* farmers of the
Soutii who were thrifty . noush to raise
their own foodstuffs, tic .? se< tlon pro
duced in I'.'ll a fiit i on : ??;>, including
linteis, i.f practically 17'^r.noo hales. 1
or, to he exact, 16,926,3!M fiOO-pound I
bales This ? .vreeded t lie lf*lS crop by ;
nearly ,(?iu hales. It wa: l,i;:;i.oab
bales laru. i tlian t'lie hitherto r<- onl
br?;ikii q 'op t ) i This prndu t ion
was f tr Iw yoiul the world require
ments, ami a heavy decline in prices [
would have h< en inevitable oven had |
there ben r.o war.
loti???? t South persists in r lis-(
Irtg ? otton fa: beyond the world ? ne- !
cessities. so lone will us throwers hn
forced to nc o;>r unprofitable prices in
every yoai extiaordinartly high pro- >
duclion. In view of the fact that it i
was known even as far back as early i
last winter by intelligent men every
where t } i:?? t;.c c-op would run from i
1 t<? 17 0" ijifi" f>:iles, it was!
worse than folly for the South to have!
committed the blunder of putting as i
much lard to . otton as h did this year. I
Kvery cotton grower, every country]
merchant arid ?very banker knew the
situation fu:!v, and to have planted for
another fairly lat?e crop has only in
tensified t t;e situation
We of th? South have ourselves to
blame f : having n. ?[<? cotton on hand
and in sight in the fb ld than the world
requires, and as iiard as it may be (or
the Individual grower, the merchant and
the banker, and all other business in
terests connected with cotton, we have
to face th?- situation that we have too
much cotton. Hut there is no use in
hysterics. With the increasing ware,
house facilities that have be.cn provid
ed, the ease in financial circles as
mail ^t t ? f- mtetisre . losenesfc in finances
last y?-:ir, II lid w it h tile co-op(TI\tton of
:r.< l-Vdfi ii lleserve I'.oaril, there is no
reason why the South, if it is wisely
ituided, should not handle its crop far
ni 'te advantageously than it did last
year's. It cannot throw this crop on
the market without breaking prices,
but it can meet the situation, carry the
crop over, or audi portion of it as may
r.ot be salable at a fair figure, and
await the inevitable time when the
world will need all the cotton that we
ate storing up, and need it at high
prices. Moreover, the South can more
nearly live at home by reason of its im
mense grain crop than at any time
i pJnco 1 ^65. #
Do Not Wait Until Sept. 1st
If you are going to move give us your order NOW.
Will store or pack and ship your household goods direct
to your residence in any large city.
Will clean,.disinfect, and guarantee your rugs against
g moths if stored with us.
Will store your silver
and other valuables.
W. Fred Richardson, Inc. g
Fireproof Storage. /
Main & Hflvidere Sfrecis. 4
Randolph Sift. ^
TELEPHONE SERVICE IN GREATER RICHMOND
STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN |
WHEN THE HONK IT HONKS
\utoiiinhllc CnrelraancKJi ne*pon?ll?le
for >1 orr Deaths Thnu Hnilnv;
\ iM-iil filth?Sin tint leu Talk.
:
A wonderful official report comes ;
from the headquarters of the. South-I
em Railway. According to this report i
more than 16.500,000 passengers?a !
number greater than the combined
population of Virginia, North Carolina. 1
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabarrn. 1
Tennessee and Kentucky?were trans- j
ported by tho Southern Railway rittr- ;
ing the year ended June 30, with onl> i
one fital Injury to a passenger while |
on a train, and that one was standing 1
on a car platform in direct violation i
of the company's rules. Of this gicati
number of passengers, not one was '
killed in a train accident. N
Thi* record was shown in the official 1
figure^ given out by the officials of the
road, indicating the high degree of
safety that has been attained in the
I handling of passenger, trains.
In marked contrast are figures re
cently given out by President Fairfax
?
Harrison, of the Southern Railway,
showing that during the taran period
twelve persons riding in automohiles
were killed in accidents at public
highway crossings, every on? of which
accidents could have been prevented
had the driver of the car observed the
familiar warning, "Stop, Look, and
Listen."
3 ?DAYS' OUTING ?3
IN THE
BLUERIDGE
MOUNTAINS
ROUND TRIP FARES:
LYNCHBURG, - - $2.00
ROANOKE, - - - - $3.00
A special fast train will leave Byrd Street Station 11:30 A. M.
TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1915
VIA
Norfolk and Western Ry.
Returning, leaves Roanoke 1 P. M.; Lynchburg, 2:30 P. M., on
F'riday, July 23, 1915, stopping in both directions at Bedford, Mont
vale and Blue Ridge.
Through Coaches. No Crowding
Full information at company's office, 838 East Main Street.
C. H. BOSLEY, C. A. OVERTON, Jr.
District Passenger Agent. City Passenger Agent.
VIEWS AND NEAR VIEWS;
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
BY PRANK S. WOODSON.
Industrial Kdltor.
Thtn column In open to contribu
tor* who liivi lamrlhlBg to aa?- of
a anKRrntlvr nature, anil who are
Trillins make hints and laKKM
tlonn looking to the better develop
ment of the good old States of Vir
ginia, Went Virginia and North
Carolina, and who ran hold their
?uggeattonn down In any one Innue
to from ISO to 2fM) nnrdn. Such com
ninnlcatlona, nddrenned to the In
duntrlal Kdltor, will receive prompt
attention.
Review and Outlook.
H. G. Dun & t'o.'s speclul local report
lor the Industrial Section of The Tlmes
Dlspatch Is as follows:
The tone underlying business con
tinues cheerful, and the belief is pretty
general that the early fall will witness
a marked improvement. No new feat
ures have presented themselves the
past week to glvo tone to the market.
Local Jobbers are experiencing the
usual midsummer dullness; this, how- ,
ever. Ik not more in evidence than, is |
usunl during inventory period and va
cation season.
High temperatures have had a stim
ulating effect on retail trade; mer
chants of dry goods. clothing and other;
wearing apparel are doing well.
The lnbor situation continues to im
prove; skilled workmen are fairly well j
employed, and tho number of unem
ployed day laborers has diminished.
Canneries arc now in full operation nud i
have given employment to a large num
ber of women and children.
Richmond financial Institutions are
in a position to take care of local
needs and lend whatever assistance is
necessary further South. The regional
bank is proving its usefulness more and ,
inore. and the past month has b?:en one j
(>f the best since its organization; re-j
discounts last week with the Richmond ,
branch amounting to nearly $1,000,000 '
The week's cWarings with local banks |
amounted to $8,362,288.
Weather continues favorable for i
crops. Government reports show agrl- i
cultural conditions are good and most 1
crops compare favorably with a tcn
vear average. Corn acreage in Virginia j
is 2.152.000. and in North Carolina
3,033,000. Winter wheat, gives indica
tions of a 15.00O.0on bushel yield in
Virginia, and 11,300,000 in North Caro
lina. <
New York-Uappahnnnock l.lne.
The following Is taken bodily from
the West Point News:
While so many people are sitting
around discussing the European war
and tho last iJermati note, and all
those subjects, It certainly does our
heart good to sec tho people of West
Point and neighboring counties busy
about their own business and hustling
to further tho Interests of their own
section.
That many of our enterprising men
have turned th??ir attention to thw
long needede railway line to connect
the Rappahannock country with West
Point and the outside world Is one of
the best signs of the times.
To know that the business men of
(Continued on Eighth Page.)
Personally Conducted
Tours to the
California Expositions
Tho Norfolk and Western Railway
Is now prepared to offer the choice
of two methods of making the trip to
California and the Expositions this
summer.
They will sell tickets for indepen
dent trarel via any one of about fifty
different routes, or will arrange for
you to join a high-class, personally
conducted and chaperoned party.
The cost for Joining theBe attractive
tours will be very reasonable, and
will Include all necessary expenses of
tho entire trip, such aa railroad far?,
Pullman herth. meals, hotel accom
modations, alde-trlpp, transfers of
passengers and baggage, etc, etc.
These tours cover all the most at
tractive routes, going one way and
returning another. Including the
Grand Canyon of Arizona, the Royal
Gorge, the Yellowstone National
Park, the Canadian Rocky Moun
tains, ete. All arrangements will be
j made and carried out with a view to
relieving you of the trouble and
worry ordinarily met with In travel
ing. For full particulars call on or
write to C. H. BOSjLEY, District Pas
senger Agent, Richmond, Va.
BUSINESS GOING SLUG
Dull Times or What Not, the Good
Old Town on Seven Hills
Goes Right On.
FACTS FROM JUST ONE OFFICE
Nobody Ilns Any Right to Have tho
Blues?More Building Going On
Than a Year Ago?Indications
Point to Further increases.
| The building records show that
I moniJ la doing some stunts that may
surprise the average render. The truth
is that we have been talking hard timer
and depressed conditions so much with
in the past year that the average citi
zen has really come to believe that wo
indeed ar* having hard times in Rich
mond, and tnat the little old war over
yonder in Kurope is having some bad
effects tivtht here in little old. solid old
Richmond. That is not true. The offi
cial records show that Richmond is do
11m much more building now than it
was doitiK ?'* year ago, and the indica
tion* are that the bulldittK conditions
will show a decided Improvement over
even the present figures within the
next f?*w months.
This opinion is borno out in an in
terview a representative ? >f Th<? Times.
Dispatch had with Carneal .V Johnson,
a prominent firm of architects.
An architect's ofiice may be consid
ered a barometer in this respect. The
Times-Dispatch representative was in
formed that this office was exceedingly
busy on general work, and that tho
contracts for the building of many
houseH of one kind and another would
bo awarded shortly. Being urged for
particulars, a member of the firm eald
that Baldwin A: Brown will erect a six
story mill-constructed warehouse build
ing on their lot on Seventeenth Street,
to be used in conjunction with their
business. This building will be a mod
ern storage and warehouse building In
every particular, equipped strictly ac
cording to the fire under wrlterB' re
quirements.
t lll ltcll nril.DINOS AXD
SCHOOL. HIII.DINOS. TOO
The LeIgh Street Baptist Church will
shortly begin the ertotlon of their new
Sunday school room, to cost approxi
mately $25,000. This addition, when
completed, will afford the church the
most complete and modern arrange
ment, and will greatly facilitate the
carrying on of its work.
The School Hoard of the city^ of
Richmond will erect on I'ulton 11111 a
modern fireproof school building >-on
tait.ing twenty-four rlas* rooms and an
auditorium seatltiK 1,000 people T hi?:
building will oonform to the standard
| (Continued on Kighth Par"-.)
Richmond Lumber Co., Inc.
fourth. l?rt?een Decatur and Stixliteo.
LUMBER AND MILL WORK
ORIGINAL
Tanner Paint & Oil Co.
1117 and 1419 E. Main St.
Richmond. Ta.
OLD DOMINION INDUSTRIAL
CORPORATION
West Point, Virginia
All that Its name Implies. Doing: things for West Tolnt and *11 of a
Virginia.
DO YOU WANT PAYING LAND f
Write for booklet and general literature to the S
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OLD DOMINION lNDl'STRIAI. CORPORATION.
Went Point, \'n. (Tort Richmond). 4
Then Why Not
Waverly, Va
With Its banking facilities, modern schools, good churches, electric lights,
paved streets throughout tho town, mineral springs nearby. Two railroads
?competing freight rates. Finest climate In tho world.
Special, inducements offered to new enterprises, particularly of the
woodworking kind.
Small farms near town at reaaonablo prices. For Information address
RORERT W. ARNOLD.
Mayor and Chairman Publicity Committee.
II. A. Gray, President of Town Council.
Things Worth Knowing and
Things We Can Tell
VIRGINIAN-SKA HOARD RF.ALTY COMPANY,
OfTlceai Alhrrtn, Virginia.
Centor of th? bright tobacco belt. Center of best timber region of
Virginia.
FARM LANDS AND TIMRRR LANDS.
ALL KINDS OF AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL INDUCEMENTS.
Wrllft lift. WILLIAM A. It It 1DGEKORTII, Prcaldcnt.
J. E. CRAFTON, Jr.. Soorelnry nnd?Grnernl Manner,
Allicrtn, V
Irglnln.