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It salejt and brs-t
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MFC. CO.,
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Jly installing :ny system of Lightning
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Richmond, Va.
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plate Blackboards. School Bookeuscs,
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tljards ar.d all articles needed In
EChools and colleges.
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No, IS South Math Street,
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tl. Our prices arc ronsisten:
nith the f rade of work wt
[rodiice, tiom the highest
class of booklets to the sim?
ple job, to all of which we
r.ive our best efforts.
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? ? ; MUTUAL BUILDING
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j The coming Industrial and manutac
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j Manufacturers' Agents and Wholesale
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Capital. 160.000.00 Surplus and Pro?
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Resources over Hilf Million Dollars.
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MOTOR C.VK I'On SOUTHBIUV n.Ml.WAV.
TUc nbovc Illustration slion.* the latent type of jxa*-cleetrle enr built for
Ibe Southern llnllwny. These cum, ublch ore capable of n speed of sixty
mile* nn hour. welKl? from forty to llft> . eoell, necordlus to length nnd
enlai. and about Of. per cent, ?f tbelr weight reut? ou the driving wheels.
i? iL imllented by the nnmo "gns-clcctrlc.M the power which moves one of
ihlk. vehicles la 'electricity generated by mean;, of u gn?ulene euKlne. The
these x ebU* c, , thc frill,< cu,i. und In about twclv fet lon?. The earn
^??^mP?J^*Xl1y "..nslrnoled, und nre furnished comfortably and com.
n^.etv The I? tin* U .operier nnd the venlllntlnn excellent. The picture
pletetj.. in? . i, |n about to benln n trip.
represents ;'"'*" ' . ..^?^ then likely that one of these enra will be run
It is snld IMI n ?? , |1(.riu?,s as far southward iih Moseloy Junction,
from Itlchmond to linn Air, mm i
In I'owhntnn county._-.
POSSIBILITIES FOR
WAGE EARNERS
(Continued from first pago).
Tho negro has been found to bo tin
eultabl? for factory work in the South.
The native white "help has also
been very irregular and entirely un?
skilled and Inexperienced. In mining
operations, both classes of labor have
to he thoroughly trained. The native
white labor In mills and mines, as
well as the negro, has also been ac?
customed to low standards of life.
Against these conditions, the employer
in the Southern States lias had to
struggle and to attempt* by welfare
I work, industrial and general oduca
I tlon, to develop hlgner standards of
living tond efficiency. Aa efficiency
I has become manliest hlgner money
I wages have been paid,
i I'lisaf tnfnctor.v Conditions Elsewhere.
By way of contracts, one of tho most
. .surprising developments of recent In?
dustrial Investigations by the federal
goverment has been the condition ot
affairs existing in industries and in?
dustrial centres of the North and oth?
er sections.
The great majority ot Industrial
workers in the North and .Middle West
have been round to i ; of lower stand*
nrda of living and more subservient
than the Wage-camera of the South?
ern States. The class hi workmen re?
ferred to are the Southern and East?
ern Europeans, who constitute more
I htm three-ilf tils Of the employes of
mines and manuliiciurlng establish?
ments In New Kngland and the .Middle
States. They have alsplacod tho
t American workmen because their low
standards of living enable them to ac?
cept lower wages, and because they
are willing through their ignornnce.
1 and desire to earn as much as possible
within a short time to accept any con?
ditions of employment.
The condition of women and child
labor In the silk mills of New Jersey,
and the anthracite coal regions, in tne
tobacco and cigar factories of Pitts
burg and other Industrial centres, and
in New York, Rhode Island, and Now
Hampshire, and Connecticut cotton
and woolen nulls, has, with the ex?
ception of ahorter hours, oeen found
to be no better than In the Southern
States. In some, localities it Is worse.
The publishing of Information rela
I tlve to hours of work In the Bothle
i hem and other ateel plants of Penn
I sylvania, where the majority of em
j ployes work twelve hours each day
for aeven duya a week find no South?
ern parallel. Nothing In the South
has been found, which could In any
way approach the congestion and bad
living and housing conditions in Iron
and steel and other Industrial locall
Ities of the North and West.
The Company Stores.
Tho company store and company
j houee system, which has hoen so ex?
tensively criticized In tho South, has
: been shown to be extensively In opera?
tion In Weatern Pennaylvania and In
oter middle StattB and In certain New
England toxtllo end other manufactur
I ing centrea. The conditions in Weat
I ern Pennaylvania do not obtain in the
j South. The average wage-earner In
j tho mining and coke producing terrl
. tory in Western Pennsylvania la
j practically without hope of ever own
! Ing a home, and his tenure of work is
' dependent in many casea on spending
i-_
his earnings at the company ~tore. No
such conditions prevail In tho South.
On the other hand, It has been shown
thnt a much more extensive system of
paternalism, or company house, hoard?
ing nouscB and welfare Institutions
formerly was In operation In New
England cotton and ?wool mill townB
than now is found In the. South, and
that these conditions have only dis?
appeared In New England because of
tho displacement of the native Ameri?
can mill operative by the Immigrunt
from Southern and Eastern Europe. It
Is also now conceded that these con?
ditions in the South hnvc besn adopted
for the snme reasons that femerly led
to their establishment In New England
I ?the foundation of entirely new in?
dustrial communities has made it
necessary for employers to provide
housing and other factllles for those
j wage-earners, and welfare work has
I been entered Into in order to develop
a stable and ctitclcnt labor force.
Possibilities In the South.
The most striking fact, nowevcr.
which has come to light as the re?
sult of live years exhaustive and
sclentitic investigation, has been tho
possibilities In i lie South for tho
thrifty and Intelligent waKe-earners.
, The reason these opportunities have
; not so far been grasped by the South
| ern industrial worker Is that they
I have not been apprech ted by them or
; have been too thriftless to take ad
I vantage of them. The Industrious and
I ambitious native American or older
? Immigrant wage-earner of tho North
i or West would be qillck t? realize and
: seize upon the possluTilties of the
situation.
The first thing that impresses the
j Impartial observer in contrasting con
' dltious In the South und other seo
j tlons. Is the better housing and living
conditions offered by the Southern
I States. industrial localities in the
I Middle and New England States are,
I as a rule, eitles of considerable size.
The working population is. housed in
block houses or In tenements contaln
. Ins i? m nirnum of four families.
! Rents are high and apartments are
usually crowded Into orSfer to reduce
this necessary Item of expenditure. In
tho South the conditions, as a rule, are
entirely different. Southern manu?
facturing cities and towns ore newer
and smaller and land is much cheaper.
Manufacturing establishments are
usually located In the outskirts of the
cities and towns, where large land
areas are. available, ana in providing
housing facilities for employes space
. Is allotcd to each house sufficient for
! a dower und vegetable garden, for
I keeping poultry, and a stable for o
J cow or horse. The renls for such
I houses are low and they aro planned
I for only one family. Orten employes
I are permitted to purchase '.heir homes
by means of monthly payments.
Where no such policy Is followed by
the manufacturing company, other
houses and lands are available at a
cost within reach of the wage-earner,
and on terms adapted to his earnings.
I As has already been pointed out. these
j opportunities have existed for many
years In the South, but the average
i Southern wage-earner recruited from
] tho remote agricultural and mountaln
i OU8 class have not developod tho thrift
and energy to take advantage of them.
I Ambitious American or English, Irish.
Scotch, and German wage-earners
would quickly grasp these opportuni?
ties. It Is also true that farming land
Is as cheap and as available In the
South as In any other section of the
'country. The wage-earner from other
: section.-, of the United States or from
Cotton Must Have PJant Food,
and this p/ant food must be the right kind. The very elements which
the Cotton Plants need?Phosphoric Acid, Nitrogen and Potash?axe in
Virginia-Carolina
High-Grade
Fertilizers
Cotton Plants must be supplied with all needed elements of plant
food as growth unfolds wants. These Fertilizers should be put in thu
ground before planting, of course, and frequent applications of Virginia
Carolina Fertilizers or Top Dresser should be mt?do during the growing
period of the plants. Thus, when the plants grow stronger?demanding
more food?the food is right there in the soil, ready to be taken up and
used by the plants.
. Write now for a free copy of our 1912 FARMERS' YEAR BOOK.
SALES OFFICES
Richmond, Vo. Charleston, S. C.
Norfolk, Va. Baltimore, Md.
Atlanta, Ca. Columbus, Ga.
Savannah, Ga. Montgomery, Ala.
Columbia, S. C. Memphis, Term.
Durham, N. C. ShrcTcport, La.
Alexwidils, Vs. Wlnslca-Salem, N.C.
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INTEREST
PAID ON
SAVINGS
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Capital and Surplus, $250,
Resources, - - $1,750,000
Personal and Business Accounts Solicited
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President. Vice-President. Cashier.
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abroad, after a period of years of I
service In Southern mince or manu?
facturing plante, would ho able to pay
for enough land to make him an In?
dependent small former. Just as wna
formerly done by the wago-earner In
the Western States. The thrifty in?
dustrial worker in the Northern States
hua no such opportunity, but If he
migrates to the South he Wi see the
opportunity and take odvant *c of It.
As to netter Wages.
With the migration or development
of a more efficient class of wage-earn?
ers in the South money wage? may
also be expected to advance. The
money wages In the Southern mlncB
and mills, as already pointed out. havo
hitherto been but a pecuniary expres?
sion of the comparatively lower pro?
ductiveness of the Southern workmen.
From the standpoint of organized
action the wngo-oarner in the South
hue also a better opportunity than in
the North. In the basic Industries 'of
the Northern States th - trndo unions
have been, within recent years, weak?
ened or disrupted. Fall itlver is the
only textile city In New England
which has nny labor organization.
They havo alao disappeared from tho
Iron and stcoi plants and othor in?
dustrial establishments In the North.
Their demoralization has boon
chiefly duo to the competition of the
I Southern and Eastern European, and
\ the constantly growing alien InllUX
I will prevent effective organisation ill
I tho future. As a consequence, the
Southern States should oflfor a more
I attractive field of endeavor to the
I trade-unionist.
School, librnry and church facilities,
as woll as hospitals and other wclfaro
institutions have alao been established
and developed In Southern. Industrial
CO litres to a point whore there arc op
| portunitles equal to those In oiner sec?
tions of the country. Amusements of
the same kind and variety as are
I found In Industrial localities of other
' parts of the United States ero avail?
able. .
.Vutfw orf ..y Concloalons.
? T'te important conclusion of tho
I whole matter Is, first, that a compara
I live study of Industrial conditions un
I der the auspices of the national gov
i eminent has shown mat wages and
conditions of employment and the llv
i lng conditions of wage-earners in the
South compare favorably with other
j sections of tho country anil In some
respects are better; second, that tho
,opportunities offered by the South to a
j Ihr'fly ami ambltlotiB class of In?
dustrial workers arc unerjualod by
; any otlier part of the United States,
with this official sanction back of
i t\ em, tho Southern people should ace
to It that tho proper class of wago
earners are attracted to the southern
States.
THE GREAT SOUTH
Among the Northern and Western
j newspapers that are lending a helping
hand to the Vnovemont to turn the tide
of Immigration towards the vacant
lands of the South Is the Chicago
Record-Herald. Her is an editorial
on the subject from that paper:
In a letter to the Manufacturers'
Record, R. C. Cool, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, of Soulhport,
N. C, says that various estimates
I place the uncultlvatea land in the
South at from 300,000.000 to 460,000,000
acres. These lands, ho aaya, would
support at least 30.000,000 people, and
tho lands now under cultivation, "II
properly handled and worked to one
half capacity," would support "another
10,000,000 more than at present." In
transforming the natural resources
and farm produce Into finished pro?
ducts and transporting them to the
markets of the world Mr. Cool sees
support for another 30.000,000. and he
announces: "Seventy million people, or
20.000.000 families, have Jobs waiting
for thorn in the South."
That should sount'. encouraging to
those who view with depression each
winter tho bread lines in our great
Northern cities and aak how tho con?
gestion ot tho poor in slums Is to bo
prevented. There Is room lor all those
and many more in the South, according
to Mr. Cool's figures?the United btates
Is not yet ovorpopulated. But how to
get the out-of-works Into the South or
any othor thinly populateu part of the
country Is quite another question.
Many families of single mm, now
merely existing In poverty In Northern
cities, might do well on small farms.
North or South, If properly started, but
I the start requires some capital, pluck
I and knowledge of farming. Perhaps no
, more practical or far-retching phi
I lanthropy could be devised than an or
| ganlzotloq for tho purpose of placing
i first In colonies and then on small
farms families and porsons showing a
reasonable promise of becoming self
supporting. Tho (laid s one for action
on a large scale to the Immense bene?
fit of the nation. ? '
TOBACCO SALES
FALL OFF SOME
Weather Conditions Not Favor?
able for Big Leaf Sales, but
Prices Maintained
?
I A told snap, and we have been hav- |
! ing. Just that ? hin? ever since before
j Christmas. Is supposed to make
I things dull for the loose leaf
i bacco bualnxse. However, In theo,
latter days thcro have come about
ways and means to bring the leaf In
marketable order regardless of the
weather. These ways and means were
taken advantage of the pust week to a
large extent by tobacco growers of
Virginia and North Carolina, and they
I took advantage also of the frozen
j roads to haul a good deal of the weed
J to the markets, notwithstanding the
I near-zero weather.
I Most of the markets had good sales,
and, In the main prices were very
I well . maintained, the manufacturers
and the leaf dealers realizing the fact
I that they must buy stock when stock
j was in Bight.
I Oh the Richmond market there was
decided activity all of the wuok, but'
the buyers regretted that the bulk of
the offerings was made up of tn?|
low grade Blocks. It would seem that
the growers of the sun-cured tobaccos
nad combined to market their lowest
/trades, and so the general average was
lonHlflernrdy below that of the previous
??eck, reaching only about JS.iO por
100. In the offerings, however, there
ft-erc some good slocks that brought
:he outside figures, and some piles
went as high as J CO. The piles that
/ear.hed this figure were good sun- i
-ured wrappers. There wer? some *
firings of sun-cured fillers that wont
is high as $11 per 100. Hut in the
.na'n the offerings were of the lower
grades and they ranged all the way
,'rom JS por 100 up to JS per 100. The
lotal sales of Ioobo leaf. Including
Bitrley offerings nmounted to about
ino.OOO pounds.
The package dealers had pretty fair
business, and several round lots of
i orib'hts changed bunds at sal? fac?
tory llgures. The dark stocks were a
little dull, but some fairly good sales
I were made.
Lyuchburg Tobacco Murket.
Lynohburg, Vu., February 3.?John D.
Oglesby. of the Lynchbur? Tobacco Ware?
house Company (Inc.), makes tho following
report of tobacco sold on - the Lynchburs
market:
Sold week ending Januarr 2?. l.lSa.'iOO
pounds; sold week ending February i, ;.?>.?..?!?;>
pounds; decrease this week, 400,300 pounds.
Sold from September 1, 1911. to February
2, lfl2, 9,821,200 pounds; sold from Septem?
ber l. 1910, to Fobruary 3, 19.1, 8,147.700
pounds; Increase for 1912. 1,173,000 pounds.
Taking into consideration ihe weather
conditions, receipts thin week wero good,
much of the offering", however, were com?
mon and medium grades, and such stock
showed slight weakness from last week's
prices. All other gradca hold about the
same. Leafy wrappers are strong at Quota
lions. A good season for hanrtl.ng tobacco
<? now needed before sales can be heavy.
Quotation*:
Lugs, common (damaged).../..% 1.00 % S c.OS
Lugs, common (sound). E.M U fi.35
Lug?, medium. 6.24 & 7.00
Luge, good. J.Q9 <?/ 7.75
Leaf, common.. 7.00 & 8.00
Lea', medium. 8.25 ? t.25
L-;af. good. 9.60 11.25
Leaf, fine. 1L60 *?P 14.00
Leaf, wrappers. 11.40 fl a.W
Petersburg Tobacco Market.
Petersburg. Va? February 3.?The market
has been very active this week with prices
on all grades well sustained. The average
dally prices were $0 to is.50 per 100 pounds.
Sales for tho week wore M7.63S pounds: for
the month of January, St?.UO pounds, und
for the season to dato, 2.5M.030 pounds. The
ruling prices of the weok were:
Common lugs.(?.75 3 % 7.75
?ood lugs. 8.00 tip 9.5a
Short leal. 7.80 ft, 9.&0
Medium shipping leaf. 10.50 @ 11.60
Oood shipping leaf. 12.60 <ft ls.so
Short wrappers. 11.00 ? lt.oo
Oood wrappora. 20.00 ? 15.00
Tho bBd condition of tho roads has for
several wecke kept down receipts. Over
two-thirds of the crop remains to be mar?
keted.
Danville Tobacon Report.
Danville. Va.. Fobruary 3.?The receipts
for tho week have been fairly large, triple
sales lasting about the noon hour each day.
The Quality of the offerings h?s boon good,
a iRrgcr proportion of wrappers eoatlauln?
to show up. n? also good elgaretto tobacco.
Prices are very stiff on all Krades offering,
and nre perhaps a hit higher than last week.
It Is more than nrobabl? that tho farmers
will take advantage of the present condi?
tions and market thn balance of tho crop
very rapidly whenever the weather will ad?
mit of IL
Tho sales to dato for thn past six months
foot up 23,334.727 pounds, which has brought
an average of $10.07. ?
The sales for the same period In tho 1910
crop were ?2,st>9,84? pounds, and the average
110.12.
Tho average for tho month of January,
1912, was 118,34. and for January, loll, was
110.68.
Redrled tobaccos hav? been a little quiet
tor tho past two weeks.
Rocky Mount Tobacco Murkpt.
I noeky Mount, X. ,C, February 3.?Receipts
for the week were vory^ good for tho time
of year, amounting to nfehrly 160,000 pounds.
innd the Quality fair, though not altogether
M good as .last week. PrlceB uro vary hl?b
J. S. Darling & Son,
PLANTERS AND PACKERS OF
Hampton Bar Oysters,
Capacity of Our riant,
10,000 tinllons Per Week!
HAMPTON. - - VlnOlMA.
SOUTH HILL, VA.
.MA-L'K I'HIICHKTT.
sou'ii inn, vs..
The Man Who Sells Farms
Sumo of the bt-it in Mecklenburg. th?
flnest farming county In tho Elaie. arc oa
my Hit.
WHITE KOR INFORMATION'.
The Bank of South Hill,
South Hill. Vs.
Sound, safe and conservative. 4 per
cent, paid on time deposits.
J. IL WALL President
TIIOS. A. BRYSON. Cashier.
South Hill Tobacco Market
As a BRIGHT TOBACCO MARKE!
South Hill Is third In slxo In Virginia
Four Iooec leaf warehouses. Full corps
of buyers. For Information address
TOBACCO BOARD OF TRADE,
J. E. BOYD. Secrotary.
a E. YANCEY. Pr?sident.
The Citizens Bank, Ina
South Hill, V*.
Surety?Conservatism?Coortesy.
Money to loan on approved security.
ff? pay 4 per cent, interest on tlm*
deposits, and allow Interest to ba com?
pounded every two months.
For Information About
Wide Awake South Hill
and the advantages of Mecklenburg
SOCTH HIM. BOARD OV TR A DR.
County, write to the
FARMING LANDS;
Virginia Farms
All sizes and descriptions. Genera!
Farms and Fruit Land. Excellent in?
vestments. Catalog on request
W. A. C. PETTIT,
Fredericks Hall. - - - Vlreinhi.
Farmvilie Manufacturing Co.
? G. M, HOBESON, Proprietor.
Manufacturers of
Lumber and Plow Handles
j Special at.tontlon given to orders
from country merchants.
Planters Bank
Of Farmvilie
Cnpltal and Surplus, - - $100,000.0(1
- Deposits by mall Invited.
?_WALICKR SCOTT. Cash lor.
oa most all of the medium to good gradof
Of tobacco, and tho market. closed Friday
very active. About 5.500.1W pounds ha\V
boen sold up to date, and It Is believed tlx
eales will reach tho 6,000,000 pounds murk
bei ore the market closes.
- The Cotton Movement.
Now Orleans, February 8.?la his Catesv
report colonel Henry Q. Hester. ieeretar>
of the Now Orleans Cotton Exchange, showi
I that tho amount of cotton brought into
I sight, during; 1<& days of the present seasor
waa 11,C56,$45 boles, an laortase over tin
! same period last year of I.63?.tM baler. Ttu
exports were G.RStf.TU bales, an 'Increase o
1,3V.4,240 bales. Tho takings wore, by North?
ern ?pinners.. 1,32.1,341 bales, a docrcasn a
ITC. 179 bales; by Southern spinners, l.S.tO.fiD
I bales, an Increase of 124.7IS hutss