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MUST FOLLOW THE WAR
Virginia's Limited Kxperlments Have
Not Solved the CJooil I toads
Problem.
LKSSONS THU WAIt HAS TALtilH
Views of One Who lias Investipateil
CJovernment-Hnilt ltonds in
water Virginia?Conrrele Highway
Is Costly, but Cheaper in Kml.
< ino of tlio '.asting 1 oyso 11 fads
brought out by the war is that uucks
arc 1 iy essentia. to I'l
of .ours, th- iivcssitj of good loans
is ..l?\ 1 us l!i Virginia there ate said
to o,. :> ? ? miles r. unnni.rt.u.l '^ads.
?i ml it is a w ll-knowi; !.??-? tU.lt > M
itinians oavc at hand everything with
which :?/ build good higawa>s. l hal
Virginia is going f spei.d ?? ureal_ ileal
of m.'iiej In th- ii?? fuime ?'> U';V '
bllild.Ug g 'v.- without *a> l '
t litre i.- n?? considerable diieilhb on
as to the. ehara- ter an>l stjlc iin I
highways to he built next.
A Kichmoml man who takes ureal in-;
teres: in a;gh way making. as well as.
in other matters looking to ""'.'V*'
va nee me lit th. ? ^d i ommonw e.ulh *
beat iut? rests, and w no his been v ~;
ill" l lie ^ VI 1? Jo o t of ? 1* til ro hiKh\N!i>
building a* treat deal ofearnest
in a .short talk With a 1 lines-1 'ispatch
wrinr. t-..- m .-trout; i or concrete;
road i
is i \ i\\ KS'ri(i.\'rt>H
mi: I'll KM-: vr mtl vtiox
'?T -e'policy of building with ?ravel i
or i.;t umineus-l'oiind i o.o.s should ho
?ibnndoncd. .is they require a large
v, :i--\ outlaw ami are m good condi- .
.. 'v a portion of th.. period be
Jw" ? ? ,e lim. s of r. pair. The build- .
inu o [?(?.ids involving excessive main*
t.-nan.-t < xpensc is an economic olun
der. . |
"It is significant to note that the
new i :i.-. i-in-t ion is with more perma
r.< nt materials. A largo milt-age of
cot creti* roads has leen built m our ;
war .1 t vit.-. ami they are indestrucr
ftl.;,- when properly built. One of the
most not ii'le tests pavements have
l.een put to has beon in Newport News,
where tremendous war tratlic has
ruined brick asphalt block, sheet as
phalt. hituniinou.- macadam and water
bourfi :inti the one |?iiv?ri!U*nt j
whicli has withstood the terrillc maul- ;
ing of a: my trucks, tractors anu can
i.on is the modern concrete road, built ,
lv tife government engineers. It is
of ni.ie-:nch thickness. proportioned
one p...: com. nt, one and one-hall i
parts sand and three parts gravel oi i
crushed stone, with proper attention to I
drainage.
"The plain lesson before us Is to
bulid permanently. It is a policy that
satislles the man who foots the bill: ;
in fact, it Is a blunder to bu'.lil in any
other way."
J?AM)-C"LA\ m,i:.M> imiovkh
A I)IS.HAIi FA1I.IIIK
Virginia has spent a good deal of
mune> in the last few years building |
highways, or more properly speaking,
perhaps, in experimenting with the en
terprise. In the lirst place there was
more good roads enthusiasm than there
was good roads mom v and in the ef
fort to make limited cash .-go over ?
manv miles a great deal of good money
was'pra -tically wasted n building in
ferior highways that in '.he very na
ture of the case had no lasting quali
ties.
In some parts of the Stale the peo
ple thought they had struck a happy ,
medium in the sand-clay blend and
miles of that kind of road were built, i
They were all right for n year or I wo
and might have been all right for sev
eral more winters if they had been
kept in proper repair anil the spi t log
drag had been made to do its perfect ,
work aft>-r the rainfalls of spring and
autumn, but after the roads were made,
there was no money left for repairs
and too soon the sand-clay blends were
as bad as the old mud paths, their pre
decessors
qiestiox or run iioi ii
WITI1 TIIE PF.OlM.i:
In other parts of the State, hero and
there the macadam was tried and. of
course, at greater expenses. They
have lasted very much longer than the
sand-clay roads, but it has been dein- 1
ohm rated that the macadam, too, re
ipiires constant repair work, and with
out it thi-y are. not to be called per
manent roads.
The gentleman Interviewed, above
has investigated the roads the govern
ment engineers have put through in
Tidewater Virginia and after noting1
the hard service to which they were
put he has reached the conclusion that
it ,-s a h.i.rt'ier to build any leading
thoroughfare in Virginia of anything
less durable than concrete construc
t Ion.
i ?f course it would be well enough,
if a county has its main market high
way made of con -rote, to build con
necting lines Af.- macadam and even of
sand-, .av bVjnf.J?y!-the war has taueht
lis that t.htV* * !i.-rot e highway Is the
cheaper in the l'.iig: run. Virginians
are srtudylng th>- hirhwav question as
they never studied it before.
WOMENFOLKS AT WORK
In \ urleult oral I'lirsiiits, at the liar
and I llsfwlirrr?"Madr In Amer
ica" Movement On,
Tli.- statistics show thfit women Ir.w
> > r> ir.'l judir. ^ in the I'lilted States
now t> t V v . r, ov r and they are
i Hi! a-c.-.toing.
The Oil\ oi-.-upaI Ions open to woin
II) a . en'urj ago w-.-re te.ii'hing school,
dress,i iltiiiu aiol keeping bouse it is
far il-.ff. - .nt now. ;*!i.l the world is
1...H ? '
? r trie d ffer.-iK
?mi. mllli'-n eigii? hundred thousand
wo:im :. anow ?? agag.-.l in agricul
tural and ii.. -ying pursuits in this
count ry, and il ! sa I that TTiOjlOO of
Hi. r> to-day und.-r twentv-one !
v.. rs .f ,.f?
Womo ? ? ..t; Jurie.- Ti v..me parts
of i'k - ma and in f:..n I'ranclsco
worn, n mi ' ?> ! ting iti ' ? su\.eri'?r
courts <?! thai have !?> ? ('(anted
p.ini.- ill to U:..t while i.s'.eui'iK to
tin 11 .a! pro. eedc. -
A e:i. - i.f ni< . t'i x.- called Made
in Atli. ? ??a \Y. ek." : . neing pr ?.rm t?-d
thr-'Ughout 'h>- I * ii i 11 ? i Stalis by the
W o 111 e; ' - nat'.onal eonili lee <. f the
A ii ? ? r:> j'I In.-f.-n ? Society. The object
Jl, iiti: e!y .dust i ... 1.
When M s t?.ii.--? ? ? Ininn, of Paris,
(uit. le.'eiveii ii.r graduation diploma
: t th. Urantfoi.i general hospltbl rhe
r?cei%ed a In '| ,i.t of $ lOl.'.l'i'O from ail
aunt, who had 'tonic it a condition in
5 ? r will that the legatee .should be
come a coin p. 'i tr. r. ir.se.
FORESTER CONVENTION
.Meettnis of Interrsl to somliern riinxtnl
I'lnilin lie Held In .lackhoil
\ 11le I in* Week.
JA' KSONVIU.K. l-'LA Oee.-inber
2S. ? I' is now settled that there will
lo- a large atte-ndan e upon the tni'-r.
jug here next w. k of the Southern
Kore.*ti rs. Colon, i II S i"Sraves, of
tbe l.'niteft S I'r- I' r.- ? Servi.. will
be tile prebidii *? oilir 1 represen
tatives ate expected fr, ;? i i! the
Southern Sta'e- e ..-: i.f ?? . M -sissippi
River, and will include Stalb foresters,
foresters from . 'in .v*:?>ri;?1 institu
tion- prominent I'm-.: > rmen atnl others
interehie l .11 th- : 'lhj>- ?! f.i on*
.Ne: \ a t ion and pro:
The firft day's s-msImis a.'.I be ,? f a
professional nature, -i.i .. nd day'-t
Fessions Will bt: Open, Wh.'e "II t ?:
third day there will l.e ,1 lie ,j trip.
Topi s other than tho><- ni?-ut >:i. i in y
be discuss* 1, for instance, v. ,>od-p lip
product on ?n the Sciiilh.
A number of subje-ts ttre to ?,.?
sidered with refere nce t ? oas: . ? : a
conditions. \n-.ot.g' then: are ? i: i -
road Fire I'rotef tion," * Kot *?. !r,v. -
tljratlons," "fublleity and iM ic. .
"Forestry an-1 the Forest indu-tr ? '
"Cut-Ov-r I.and Utilization and .?
Forest Policy," and "A Forestry < ? :?
for Southern States."
Tkf Tlmew-lHupntcli prints tnor'
llasntfied ad\ertisir.g tlian any other
Richmond newtmaper. When you nee<j
Bomethtng quickly use * Times-IMs
pttch Want Ad. rhor.e Iiandolph 1.
VIEWS AND NEAR VIEWS;
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
I'otnto Kloiir Mill* Wanted in* Virgin
'l\7r'"?r'1 " "??"K~0 rchnrd
?!? r?ii? Oklnlioiuu.
WovcrnnuMit experts liave shown that
Potato Hour runs " corn higher 1..
rood value than wheat Hour. it is
not a substitute r?.p wheat Hour, hut
a valuable supplement to it. It prob
price alTiiV>..N w 1'1 ' omnmnd a higher
i-? ^./crn' pK;,fl?rvmi?z
^c^ot^rs^^UoT'votttto
'I'hoiv art' a'Hiiit 750 forms of ro
dents inii ibst||,K lh,. mited States, ami
end 'fir '"SS,lhCy iu r,'"(1
i. ihi ? i ops Is estimated at Jr.o .
ls "*??? vss>? *-WhSa'
?|iistd i>> tats, ground mice and the'
I: '' "V"1 ,no systematic yon era I effort
lias eyr been put forth for their de
.sti uctioii. A government report Just
made public tells the storv or how
than 3.800.000 acres of gUern-!
!.f !r-iiVi i lViL> boi'n frcod recently j
i.!.-!lloK-s ??>' poisoning. One man j
poisoned approximately ?,ooi? prairie '
'i n v ;l\u. ,smt>,e ,lu-v ? 3-0-acro Held ;
.i- " Ar,7-?"?. 1.6-H of the ani
. V i? in ?lie open, while i
the lost died iii their holes. The total
expense of tJtis* ton-hour campaign
$?7" ?l^^l'wilers amounted to
It is more than probable that the i
? neap method used in Arizona on the
"l10, would clean out all of
the rats and ground mice in Virginia.!
I'own in Mississippi they havo had !
an Orcha rd I'lamlng Week," and.
fiom all accounts, it was a big sue-j
ooss. I wenty-iive carloads of fruit !
!>;!":* , Wordered for distribution i
."id painting- in the early part of this
month, (.real interest was awakened '
is: 1 mi it growing and all uf the iwon- j
.y-nve carloads of young tro. s wore!
t.ilton and the most of them planted 1
in that week and the balance have
before now I..--en stuck in the ground
l.vcrv variety of fruit and mit that
can be grown in the State was ineluded
In the lot. this "Orchard riantingj
Week was hut the first step in Mis
sissippi s permanent plana for greater
Mint and nut growing and greater'
o*mi t>roduetion, and the horticultural
exports expect that at least l.ooo or
chards will he planted before thev '
??"*t throuKli with the cnui[iai^n. ,\t I
any rate they are going to see to it
that at least one good-sized orchard '
is set out in every supervisor's dis
trict of each of tli.- eighty-two conn- !
ties or the State. This is ;i hint worth
consideration in \ irginia.
A novel movement for development
work has been started in Tulsa, nkla..
and although plans are not complete,
an outline of them is possible. The
. tea is to form an investment and de
velopment corporation with l.ibertv
bond owners as the chief stockholders, 1
money invested being the interest
on tli- bonds. It is said that when
they wind up bond buying with the;
. ,.?r.y" ''Oll'l issue, the eity will have j
.1 total of fully 530,000.000 <if these!
s?r>urities. and it is remarked that tiie ?
earning capacity of this amount would i
i?e sullicient to linance a corporation
o. considerable size, allowance being 1
inndo, of course, for bond owners who
may sell their bonds. j
The lulsa Chamber of Commerce J
n.is taken hold of the matter and a
committee from that body is working
on the scheme. However, thev will
not limit the stock subscriptions t.,
holders of Liberty bonds, but bonds ;
are to he the foundation of the source
from which merit or ions enterprises
lacking enough capital should be able '
to obtain it on locating In that citv 1
Richmond and other Virginia towns '
where Liberty bonds are as thick as
hops arc not above taking hints from
far away Oklahoma.
SOME FACTS FROM AFAR
.Note* nnd Comment* on I nilun t rin I
ICITorl In l.nml.i Knr Jfe
Jiinil tlii' Sent*.
It is estimated that there are 200 - i
000 square miles of coal fields in China. !
I-our factories in Denmark are now I
manulacl iiriug binder twine from'
paper, an industry that the war forced '
on that country.
Holland's mines are now said to be I
coa' ul the ra'e of about I
.To", i tHns,;i v?ar, the largest pro
?Juttion ever known there.
0 Ji?frlr.i<:ti.lima Ul? "''loping of wool. I
, njf to the war. have given a great
in pet us to wool-growing in Japan,
i.arge areas of new land have been I
1 ui iiiidii cultivation in Norwav dur
ing the war. This year the govern- i
mi nt has spent $7,000,000 to aid agri- !
culture and increase crops. j
A rich deposit of asphalt has been
discovered in tho Philippines, located I
so near the water's edge that no in I
land transportation whatever is neoe.xl i
Promised''' Induction 'is
hiuiHI-pr ?ii? f'h?i "^"""tage In imported
liandKoi. hiefs, the only factory of th-it 1
ui''"im I'll11!! "f ''"' "'a- nns had'to spr.,".,i 1
500 doze,/a dayP,U '? ,MW l? H
Seaweed offers a proline source of '
fuel oil when present supplies areer I
rnglish ,u-7,7,r'"nK X? :ul <!l,thusiasllo i
i- i New i far. Wilkin* '
^z.L,?iu"is- >???1
ii tl,,: owners. They havo Ir.i
C f-CVelV;;Hl.sf?(r, n"w l,l,"dirtg to
?? contractor. of this city.!
Vl/u".v'!v,,,!r ( "Paclly ?f >nijHt
f ' iio., .1,' ; i
ts: ?
ay,.,. a:
FREE TO \
ASTHMA SUFFERERS
A lloinr r?rf Thnf A,,y??e Van i
I \\ illinni UlHromforC or
l-o?* of Jiinc,
,I'ha)'e.a Xuw Method that cures!
Asthma, mid we want you to try it *.t '
our expense No matter whether your
rase is of long ,a,.ding or recent de
velopment. whether it i., ?re6(Jll\ as
Li I0"" ,or ' I'ronic Asthma, !
should send for a free trial df ;
rnethod. No matter in what climate you ;
live, no matter what your age or or
cupatloii, if you are troubled w , I
P^i;:Ur n'tth?d r?l'?ve you ,
W? especially want to send It to
those apparently hopeless eases, whe e i
f1 f,t f'halers. douches, op u?
i',-;- ;;r i
ami all t'h all wheezing.
r.egieot ' ,lH lo" I'nportnnt to j
1,, i .'A ?'!t ,,ny- Write now and !
" meMiod at once Heicl
I?o it'to-dny. Uni'ly "'aU <;"w''0" below. |
iMtni; asthma < oi |.()\
!? IIONTIKU A ST IIM V fi i>
13-1 T vi-.. ;* ' Hoorn
IfutTalo', ii. 'y."a -Sttt..
ml fit,; i, tJ?l or your method to:
i
WAR-TIME PROSPERITY
Kli'/nbrtli City County Will Keep 1
Full Hum] Drawn in the War I
ShuHlm-; and Dealing.
MAW ADVAXT.XCiKS IX COl'NTY |
Government Took Advantage of Lo- |
cation and Kstnblislied Plants That '
May Ho Converted Into Peace- '
Time Industries.
i
Klixabctli City Comity is next to the I
smallest county in Virginia. Its form i
is nearly a square of seven miles on 1
each side ami it lias an area, all told, j
of Inn a fraction over lll'ty square:
miles. Kvery square foot of ilie land
above water is rich, and fully three- >
fourths of the area outside of llamp- >
ion used to be in cultivation, but that |
cannot lie said to be the fact since |
the war came, for t'nele Sam lias ?ne j
down there and scattered his aviation !
camps ai.fi training grounds, his lios- ;
Idtals. his marine reservations and his I
soldier camps, t?? say nothing of his )
st ?rage warehouses and ammunition j
depots, over so much of the Jitile
county as to make it doubtful if one- i
half of the land last year was planted
to the usual crops.
SO >1K A I) VA NT A < i KS
OK 'I'll 10 COUNTY :
The usual crops are corn, wheat, oats .
and potatoes. Much trucking is done, j
or used to be done, in the county, and;
the fruits there, especially the smaller,
fruits and berries, are plentiful and |
the growing of the same is profitable.
Rack from Hampton niucli attention is)
given to poultry-raising. but the poo-|
pie do not take much interest in stock- |
raising', con fin Ins their work in this
line to only what Is necessary for
dairying purposes and that for home
supply.
The nay, Hampton Roads and all of
the creeks and other streams enipty
im; into the. same, being tilled with
fi.-h, crabs and oysters, and all of the
very linest quality, the leading indus
try of the county, including Hampton.
H the catching, packing and shipping
of these. A great deal of money is in
vested in this industry and it affords
profitable, employment to a large nu-n
iier of the county's inhabitants.
<;ooi> ClilMATK AM) St I * I'', It 11 lit
Tit A N S l'O ItTA Tt O \ l-'ACtl.ITIKS
The climate is excellent and the
11? *.? 11111 of the people of the county i?
above the average. The transportation
facilities are all that could be asked.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
gives an outlet to ltiehmond and to
the West, and the electric railways
furnish quick tiansportation pretty
much all over the lower peninsula,
while, the county being almost sur
rounded by navigable waters, the peo
ple have no trouble shipping to any
point in the known world and no trou
ble in getting anywhere tliey want
to go.
Because of this most favorable lo
cation there is daily coiumunh-ation'hy
steamers with Norfolk, Richmond.
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia
ami New York, while the big boats of
the New York, Philadelphia and Nor
folk Railway keep them in double
daily touch with that line of railway.
'l'!?us it happens that IClizabeth City
County industries and farming ami
trucking interests have all the mar
kets of the world right at their door,
as it were.
WAII TIMi: IMtOSI'KItITY
TO III-: IIA 111-: I'ICllMA.NIOXT
No county in Virginia or anywhere
else has profited more by the war than
Kllzahcth City County. This war, like
all the others this country was ever
involved in, drew a great many people
from all quarters of the giobe to the
county, and they have sounded its fame
all over creation. The war has also
started numerous industries within the
county, not all of tliein being coulitied
to Hampton, and but few if any of
them expecting to be permanent, but
merely to last through war time.-1.
However, the newcomers, who are.
or were, interested in these war time
industries, have become much inter
ested in Klizabeth f'lty County and
Hampton, and the probability is that
u majority of them will becoino per
manent citizens unci permanent man
agers of big Industries.
The home people art* determined that
the prosperity which war has brough'
shall be permanent, if tho trick can tie
worked, unci already there are move
ments on foot, some of which have
practically materialized, to convert
these war time and governmental in
dustries into peace time plants and
Kct the whole county, especially Hamp
ton, Into the profitable business of con
\>rting swords into plowshares, and
all tho like of that.
There seems indeed to be a bright
future fir lOli/.abeth City County, and
the probability Is that in a few years
it will rank anions the richest and
busiest counties in all of Virginia.
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
Items of Interest A limit Uiim.v People ,
iu Vurloun I'nrtn of 'I'liln
liuwy .Nillion.
A dental department has been added !
to an animal hospital iu Itoslon.
Kour-llt'ths of the imports of Hon- '
duras are from the United States and i
the business is yet on the increase.
In American shipyards. It is said, J
labor represents < 70 per cent of the1
cost of an ordinary vessel's construe- :
lion.
The world's eoffce crop is put down ,
at about SOU,000 tons, of which the
United States consumed fully otiCfthird. !
The United Slates' annual produe- ,
tion of sulphur in a dozen years has,
increased from a few more than 300
tons t?> more than 2a0,000 tons.
Nearly twenty States of tlie Union '
have what are called bird sanctuaries
or laws for the protection of hugra- :
toi*>" birds on their long {lights in '
setiich of feeding places.
1'iieate. New York has a school bud
fret for ti>e present municipal year'
which carries a total of $ 15,turn.000, of
which ?3,000.000 re|iresents salray in
creases and bonuses for teachers. Tile
appropriation tops the record in tne !
metropolis.
Tampa. Kla.. according to tin; census
of 1910, had a population of ;i".7S2. It
is the metropolis of the west coast of !
Southern Klorida. The chief business
is tobacco manufacturing, the city con- ;
t.lining more than luo cigar factories.)
I'hosphatc is shipped in large quanti
ties. also fruit ami vegetables for the
Northern markets.
WORK ON THE CAPE FEAR
OliNtruci Inn* to Navigation to lie Ite
mo\cd?KIkIi t-Koot t'liiinnrl
Coining in tlie lOnd.
1WVKTTi:V!M.i:. N. i\. December L's.
?The inland waterways division of
the United States Wat Department has,
according to information received hero
this week, assured Senator Sitnmonds,
of this State, that the obstructions
Impeding navigation on the Cape Fear
itiver. between this city and Wilming
ton. will lie removed by dredging.
It in further stated that this work
will be continued for keeping a clear
channel until tho permanent improve
ment of the river, designed to provide
a minimum depth of eight feet, can
be made.
There has recently been complaint on
the part of business men both here
and in Wilmington that the improve
ment was not being carried out in ac
cordance with the original plans.
Hence this report is received hero with
much Interest.
Work* MnKInc Additions.
liVN'CIIIil'IKi. VA? December 2S.?
The Lynchburg Glass Works, which re
cently increased its capital stock from
$;>00,000 to 5150,000 for the purpose of
enlarging the plant, has let the con
tract for the erection of an addition
to the pSar.t to be used s??Sely for the.
purpose of mant.factoring glass food
container*-. The capacity will be three
carloads of goods per day.
llentlnp; I'lant to lie ftrliiillf.
FORTRIJS.S MONROh:, VA.. December
CS.?Commander Macklin, of the Hamil
ton Roads navy base, announces that
the Navy Department plans to rebuild
ii once the steam-heating plant at the
Norfolk Navy-Yard, which was recently
(I imatred by lire, the loss exceeding
JCu.00.1.
Department Store A d vert lilntc was
heavier in The Times-Dispatch in No
vember. 1918, than In November, 1017.
Times-Dispatch advertising produces
results.
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES
ALL OVER SOUTHLAND
Xcw KntcrprtMrx That Wore Held Hack .
by Wnr Sow Spring ? I'
In Dixie.
A farmers' co-'operatlve creamery lias
been incorporated to do business sit J
Camden, S. C.
h\ C. Doss and T. J. Davis, of At
lanta, Ga., have purchased 5.000 acres i
of land near Valdostn, In that State.
u.mI will eonvcrt it Into a. cuttle ranch.
They are now i> I acinar wire fence
about 3,000 acres of it.
Chicago parlies with ample means
are arranging a town site ami will lay
off farms near Tampa. Kla. They have
acquired about 13,000 acres t?? be cut
up into fat ins of from ten to forty
acres each.
The llodges Holler Works, at Mobile,
Ala., recently destroyed by lire, are
to be rebuilt and enlarged.
< \ M. Hlfoer and associates have pur
chased the necessary property at
Crystal Springs. Miss., to establish a
bin cotton ginning plant and oil mill.
The Navy Department has closed a
big contract fur the orectlon of a
marine hospital, with all of the appur
tenances. at New Orleans, l*u. Tim
whole work is to cost $-50,000.
The 101 Dorado Refilling Company la
'?roetliur a 5,000-barrcl oil rollnwry tit j
Kort Worth, Texas, which, with all ofj
the necessary machinery and ?-<|u11<- j
ment, vyill cost over Sl.noo.ooo,
The Haccoon Coal Company has b -en
incorporated at Chat tanooga, Tonn.,
with fBO.OOO capital stock to develop
coal lands Mi tho W.iuhatchie Valley.
The Florida Hrewing Company, of
Tampa, is converting Its immense
brewery at Tampa into a dehydrating
plant and sugar refinery.
The Tox-Homer Petroleum Company |
has been incorporated at Houston,!
Texas, with $100,000 capital siook.
The I-'arinnrs' Tobacco Warehouse1
Association has been chartered to build
and operate a leaf tobacco warehouse ,
at Timiuonsvllle, S. C.
ALL ABOUT IN VIRGINIA
llnnvlllp Tolincen I'oiicrru liiercniiCN
Capital to y-.'.nno.uoo?Industrial
?Noli'* Krom All Over Ntnlr.
The Hoard of Supervisors of l<ou- |
doiin County contemplate m iking ex
tensive public highway and bridge im
provements throughout that county the
coining year.
The Norfolk llarwood Lumber Com- i
pany has been incor|>orated with $o.
t'VO capital Mock. ?
The Newport News Bank and Trust
Company, lately chartered with
oi>0 capital stock has been organized hy
the election of 1'. C. Honnedict, presi
dent. and James 10. Wood, secretary.
Shanklc Urothers, of Jttistol. propose
the erection early the coming year of
a flouring mill and corn-meat mill in
that city.
The I'inehela Medicine Co* ..any. In
corporated at r.ristol. ha; elected C.
1'eVciv.il, of Portsmouth, io be presi
dent of tho company, and I.. K. I'ur
l>u>h, of Itoanoke, secretary.
John 10. Hughes Co , Inc., large
leaf tobacco dealers of Danville, have
Increased their capital stock from $!,
000,000 to "iOO.OoO.
The tSraham Manufacturing com
pany have commenced the erection of
their big mattress factory, recently
destroyed l\v lire.
S. A. ?<? S. Kord, of Campbell (boun
ty, are Installing a modern water t-y?*
tem on their model farm near Urook
neal.
Now Construe! Ion Company (Jets lltisy.
N'OKKOLK. V.V., December I'S.'-?The
Seaboard Construction Company, re
cently Incorporated with uoo capital
stock, has been organized, with 10. I..
Carretsoii, as president and general
manager, and Walter C. Hawles. sec
retary-treasurer. The company al
ready has contracts for the construc
tion of several miles of concrete roads
as well as bridges and a dock.
.New Industry (iocs lo Dfnlnn.
I > ION TON. N. C.. December 2K.?A new
industrial plant Is going up here. The
Chamberlain-tiarner < "r>? with author
ized capital set at $100,(UtO. liaH been
incorporate*! to build a plant here f->r
the manufacture of tireless cookers. It
is expected the plant will be complete.!
and put in operation by early spring
t itue.
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Our Auto Tops Are of the
Better Kind
They are pliable, serviceable and absolutely waterproof.
See us also for side curtains, upholstering work and first
class painting.
Our work will please you. Our prices are reasonable.
Coburn Motor Sales Corporation
(II. J. Raymond, Manager.)
Phone Randolph 1640.
1217 W. Broad St;
COAL SITUATION SEEMS
TO BE A LITTLE PUZZLING
I'U'Mty of I'nrI Tltnl \\ nn .Mined rt(
\\ nr-Tlme I ??i?lllu llrnlera
nt Sen.
According to last week's review of
tlic coal situation um found tn Mluck
Diamond. the leading coal ami fuel or
<tan iif tlu? country, It would !??? hard
lor a prophet to yee far Into tho future,
hut there seems to he held out very
little hope of cheaper fuel for some
time to come. The coal Journal sa>s:
"Two or three mighty Interesting
things appear In the national coal mar
ket thin week. 'The nioKt interesting of
these Is the fact that the market Is
almost identically in the position that
it occupied <at the end of Juno, 1 !?!??.
or Just before the ureal rise In prices
started. In the liast. the market Is
fairly steady at permitted figures.
Some believe the market Is going up.
Others see it at a standstill at best.
In the West, the market Is quiet,
with a large accumulation of coal at
the mines. In Illinois alone, there Is
on" track at the mines with close to
2.000 cars of coal unsold. In both re
spects, the situation is almost precisely
t; e same as-it was at the end of June,
Ij'lfl. Therefore, the fact of our par
ticipation In tr.f war has been removed
in so far as t ho supply of eoa 1 is Con
cerned and we are bael? to where we
started, with the exception that prices
are higher because wages and mine
supplies ure on the new level.
The second interesting thing Is that,
regardless of quantities of unsold coal
in almost every producing district
there has been no break below the per
mitted prices, except Jn a few, isolated
ease.-, hut principally among iIk? wir.fi
mjr mines In the Hasten Held. The
i < a son is quite obvious.0 The prices, ns
established, were Ittit a little above the
ci??H of production. That cost of pro
duction has been abnormally incrctsoii
by two advances in Wuges and steadv
advances In tint cost of mine supplied
Wages have not come down and ?!>?*?)
not likely to lor a while. The prices , .i*
mining supplies show a tendency ?,5
rise. litis nattirally keeps the inlcesj
y\.lso. milny mining companies er.,{
facing a need t? pUy a? enormous tax I
Hofoio Ihln lux WJfM tllM Hk.m !
with which to pay It lmu either lee,
spent or distributed. Tho onor-.t -
have to keep prices ,,1, to tliji ... "1
with which to pay their taxes. r,r>";
LUMBER RAILWAY SOLD !
Wnutniign and VndUin Hlver Hri??
91110,000?Will He Operated
In Milliliter Interest.
NOItTI I WI l7l< K.SHUHO. K f n <
(?ember 2X.?The Wautauga and'v.V
kin lilver llallroad lias been sold -.7
" ^ci'lver B sale and brought $ 1 Cm.oim,.,
i n (.mi t it> J t usi Company, of i?m
<? -Ity. la., was tli.) purchaser. Thi'v
company holds t lie securities of \ /
road and to realize on the same wit
pro lit a bio. 80m? Way 10 lnUke thtt U"\
The road runs from here to Darby
a distance o.* a fraction over twentv
? x miles. 11. traverses a splendid lum
ber road and was practically owned
by hu '.randin Dumber Company. That
company and the road went into the
hands of a receiver several months
ago. The sale of the road will doubt
less be confirmed.
It on n eke llrldge WorUa Del Contract
{ Kl.N'STii.V, N. C\, December 28. The
! Hoanoke Iron and Bridge Works of]
| Hoanoke, Vu.. have taken the contract!
! to construct the steel highway bridge.'
j with draw-span, across the Xcuse
i Itlvcr at Oak Hfdge. six miles above
| tills city. The bid of the ltounoke con
cern for the work was $20,000.,
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The New
There's high quality, luxury and beauty
in every detail of the Davis?the easi
est riding, easiest running car in its
class.
You rnust ride in the new Davis to
realize how much better It is than its
price. Delivery at once.
Essential 6
Rawiings Motors
urn \w iiy fc Hiii fiiiiyiiHMMn lyyuaijiimvmrni
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And one of the reasons why BUICK is
BEST is that the Buick Valve-In-Head
Motor is automatically lubricated
throughout. Pistons and bearings are
lubricated by a combined splash and
positive pump system, with an oil pres
sure gauge on the dash and a gauge on
the crank case.
The rocker arm shafts on top of the
motor are fitted with oil cups, from
which the oil passes into the center of
the hollow shafts. These hollow shafts
contain felt fibres, which are constantly
saturated with oil, the outer edge of
each hollow shaft being fitted with oil
wicks, through which the oil passes to
the push rods, insuring lubrication, and
eliminating wear and the resultant
noise.
One filling of the oil cups is enough for
a season.
A removable dustproof cover over the
top of the motor keeps the entire valve
mechanism always clean and free from
moisture, dust and foreign matter of
every description.
There are fifty-one major improve
ments in the Series H Buick. We will
gladly show you them.
Deliveries now.
D. STONE
MOTOR CO., Inc.
AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS,
Broad at Shafcr. ? ,
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