The Roanoke times. [volume], June 28, 1891, Page 6, Image 6

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flOANOKE THE MAGIC CITY.
The Story of Its Growth Boiled
Down.
What Koanokc Has Dono und What Six
Is Still Doing*-Notwithstanding the
Close Money Market 810,000,000 in Im?
provement* Already 1" < Sight?The
I'opulation, Industries ami Advant?
ages of the Wonder of the Valley.
Roanoko bas a population of over22,
000. Its citizens arc from nearly ovory
State in tho Union. Eight years ago it
had 000 people. Its growth at present
Is on a more solid basis and more rapid
fcha?n over before in its history.
Roanoko is located at tho junction of
the Shenandoah and Roanoko valleys.
Its altitudo is 907 feet and it is sur?
rounded by a rich agricultural and min?
eral country.
Roanoko is distant just eight hours'
ride from Washington and Norfolk, nine !
from Baltimore, twelve from Fhiladcl- '
phi a, and foifrtocn from New York. It
Is situated at the junction of tho Sben- |
andoah Valley and Norfolk and West?
ern railroads, bath trunk lines, and is
easily reached from any section of tho
country.
Tho Roanoko and Southern railroad
is now being built to this place from 1
Winston, N. C, and will open up the j
trade of tho Carolinas to this section!
next fall. Tho Valley branch of tho
Baltimore and Ohio runs to Lexington,
forty miles distant, and a road filling
the connecting link will ho constructed j
to Roanoko in a short timo.
The growth of tho city dates from I
1S82, when the headquarters of the Nor- j
folk and Western were removed hero i
from Lynchburg, tho Shenandoah Val- ;
ley road was completed, and tho Roan- j
oko Machine Works, employing at pre?
sent 1,700 hands, was established. Since
then millions of dollars have llowed j
into tho city in tho establishment of
manufactures and other business e nter?
prises.
Coal and iron and tho rich agricultu?
ral lands of the section have contribu?
ted to the growth.
Roanoko bas sixty-fivo miles of streets
ftnd eight miles of street railway inside
the corporate limits. A dummy lino
extends to Vinton, a distauco of two
miles east, and to Salem, six miles
west. Throughout the city electricity,
in a short time, will take tho place of
horses as motive power.
Tho water works are sufiicient to fur?
nish a city of r.o,000 inhabitants. The
supply comes from a pure, cold spring
that gushes from the side of Mill Mouu- |
tain, and is without equal in any city
in tho country. It is undoubtedly a I
opeciftc lor many forms of kidney dis?
ease.
Light is furnished by the Gas Com
pany and the Electric Light and Motor i
Power Company.
Tho property valuation, according to
tho assessment of this year, is nearly
80,000,000, be sides the railroad property
and the Roanoko Machine Works. The
increase in tho value of realty was
about 85,000,000 over the previous
assessment of four years ago: but pres?
ent values are many millions In excess i
of thoso given.
There are fourHno hotrds?Hotel Roa?
noko, the Ponce do Leon, the Continen?
tal, and Hotel Felix?besides a number
of smaller ones. All of them are
crowded and constantly turning away
guests.
Roanoko is well supplied with
BANKING FACILITIES.
Tho First National Rank has a cap?
ital of 8100,000, with a surplus . of |
9100,000; tho (National Exchange
Bank a capital of 8100,000; the Citizens'
National Hank a capital of 8100,000; the
Commercial National Hank a capital of t
?100,000; the Roanoko Trust, Loan and j
Safe Deposit Company a capital of !
62.10,000; the Traders" Loan. Trust and1
Deposit Company a capital of SI00,000; I
j ?iho Fidelity Loan and Trust Company a
capital of 8200,000; and several private
banking concerns transact a large finan?
cial business
The Roanoko Machine Works, with a
capital of 85,000,000, pays out 805,000
per month in wages to employes. About
&T>,000,000 a year is paid in the citv for
??vages.
.Some of the important
JUAN U PA L 11 KING I'I. A NTS
wo as follows:
Roanoko Machine Works.85,000,000
West End ^ron Co. 500,000
Crozor Steel and.Iron Co. 500,000
American Bridge Works. 300,000
Itiife's Hydraulic Engine
Works. 50,000
Roanoko Canning Factory.... 50,000
Roanoko Rolling Mills. 300,000
Roanoko Spike Factory. 50,0Uu
Roanoke Iron Co., (consisting
of a 200-ton Furnace, Muck
Bar Mill and Plato Mill_ 500,000
Roanoko Brewery. 75,000
Bridgewater Carriage Com?
pany, of Roanoke. 75,000
Gainbill Flouring Mill Co. 50,000
Roanoko Milling Company. ... 35 000
Roanoko Gas and Water Co... 350,000
.Roanoko Electric Light Co... 50,000
P. L. Terry Milling Co. 35,000
Diamond lco Co. 55,000
Roanoko Ice Co. 35,000
West End Brick and Tilo
Works. 20,000
Adams Bros. & Payne Brick
Co. 25,000
Five planing mills. 100,000
'Two tobacco factories. 50,000
Two cigar factories. 5,(Kb
Ono mattress factory. 25 000
Cold storago company. 50,000 ;
Norwich Lock Manufactur?
ing Co. 350,000
JDuvall Engine Works. 00,000
Virginia Blanket Mills Co. 50,000
JRoanoke Glass Factory,. 40,000
DEVELOPM ENT COM PA NIKS.
"Somoof tho most important com panics
<drnanized for the development of Kuan
oko and this section arc:
Roanoko Development Co.81,100,000
Virginia Development Co. 5,000,000
Buona Vista Land Co. 300,000 [
112 Land Companies,. 7,000,000
This list is in no Ben.se a complete i
l ine. It is given to show tho diversity '
yiit Industries in Rqanoke. Scores of ]
Enterprises, employing capital of from
85,000 to 5f2.V"?(>, arc omitted for lack- of
>spaco. Numerous enterprises, with
hundreds of employes and capital n ck
oncd by tho hundred thousand, are
?negotiating for a foothold in this South*
western Golconaa. ana aro coming
monthly, weekly, almo.-t daily.
companies organized ix 1890.
During 1S90 132 companies wcro or?
ganized in Roanoke, with an agirregato
minimum capital of 810,240,300. Thoso
companies aro briolly summarized ho
low:
Soventy-fivo land and real estato in?
vestment companies, with an aggregate
capital of 85,804,300.
Two cigaretto machino companies,
aggregate capital of 8400,000.
One grocery and milling company,
capital 875,000.
Ono coupling company, capital 8100,
000.
Ono slicor manufacturing company,
$30,000.
Ono paper hag manufacturing com?
pany, 5100.000.
Fivo marhlo companies with an ag?
gregate capital of S220.000.
Ono bridge and iron company, author?
ized capital, 8500.000.
Two power companies, aggregate
capital, 825,000.
Two paving companies, 820,000.
One street railway company, S15.000.
One engine company, 8150,000.
One cold storage company, ?50.000.
Two banking companies, S150.ti00.
Four loan, trust and finance compa?
nies, 8200.000.
Academy of Music Company. S150.000.
One steam emerator company. 5250,
0C0.
One drug company, 84,500.
Three oil companies, S92.000.
One browing company, 875,000.
Five coal, coke and iron companies,
8740,000.
Ten building companies, with capital
aggregating 81,330,000.
For the year 1890 tho charter books
show that forty-nino charters were
granted, with an aggregate minimum
capital of SI,721.250.
The increaso in the number of char?
ters in 1800 over 18S9 will be seen to bo
eighty-three, and tho increaso in tho
minimum capita 188,525,050.
real ESTATE transfers.
The real estato transactions last year
amounted to 817.C07,900 from 5,103
transfers.
For 18S9 the real estato transactions
amounted to about S7,000,000 from
about 3,000. real estato transfers, so
that the increaso in Roanokc's real es?
tate transfers during 1890 over 1889
was approximately 810,000,000, and the
increaso in tho number of deeds, 2,000.
The building operations in Roanoke
in 1S90 amounted to over 82,000.000.
The progress of Roanoke in 1890 may bo
summarized as follows:
In buildings.5 2,000.000
Real estato transactions.... 17,000,000
Companies organized . 11,000,000
Increase in realty values ac?
cording to assessment on
taxation. 5,000,000
Total. 835.000,000
The population increased 0,000.
The improvements in sight for 1S91
are summarized as follows:
New buildings.8 3,000,000
New industries secured. 1,000,000
Improvement of industries
established and construc?
tion of industries formerly
secured.'. 300.000
City improvements. 500,oo0
Railroad improvements. 3,000,0( 0
Land companies organized... 2,200,000
Total.81O.OOO.0C0
There are four public schools in the
city?three for whites, with eighteen
teachers, and one colored school, with
Bvo teachers.
Public school buildings to cost?75,000
will be erected this year.
Congress lias appropriated 875,000 for
the erection of a public postotlicc build?
ing.
Roanoke will soon be a city of
churches. The Southern Methodists,
Presbyterians and Catholics all have
handsome brick houses of worship. The
Methodist Episcopal and Christians
have neat churches.
The Baptists aro erecting two fine
brick churches, one to cost 818,000 and
tho other 825.OtO. The Lutherans are
erecting a magnificent stone church
to cost not less than 850,000. The
Episcopalians arc erecting a 840,000
stone church ami rectory. The South?
ern Methodists will erect this year ono
800,000 church, ono to cost 810,000, and
one neat frame structure. The Gorman
Reformed Church will erect a house of
worship, and tho Presbytorlans will
build a SI0,000 church.
Roanoke has a well organized fire do
partment of 160 members. The ci:y
has recently awarded the contract for
the Game well firo alarm telegraph.
The department now has ono line
building and another is soon to be
erected. All of tho three cam panics
are supplied with modern equipments.
Employes for tho Hardware riant.
The Shelf Hardware Company is
actively pushing toward an early erec?
tion of its plant in Roanoke. As an
earnest of this Tin: Times is authorized
to receive applications for employment
from brass molders, bench molders,
polishers; buffers, machinists and lock
fitters. These applications should give
references and state previous experi?
ence. In some branches of the industry
raw employes may become experts in a
few weeks or months, and earn largo
wages as piece workmen.' Address all
applications to "Hardware," care The
Roakokk Times
Specimen Chsch.
S. H. Clifford, New Cassoll, Wis., was
troubled with neuralgia and rheu
inatism, his stomach was disordered, his
liver was a (Tec ted to an alarming degreo,
appetite fell away, and he was terribly
n duced in tlesh and strength. Three
bottles of Electric Bitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd, llarrisburg, 111.,
had a running sore on his leg of
eight years' standing. Used three bot?
tles of Electric Ritters and seven boxes
of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and his leg
is sound and well. John Speaker, Ca
tawba, O., had live largo fever sores on
his leg, doctors said he was incurable.
Ono bottle of Electric Hitters and one
box Bucklen's Arnica Salvo cured him
entirely. Sold by Rudwell, Christian &
Barbeo's drug store.
liiicklen'h Arn ten Salve.
The best salvo in tho world for cuts,
bruise?, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, ohilbalns,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi?
tively cures piles, or no pay required.
It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac?
tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. For sale by I lud weil, Christian
A: Harboe] tu.tb.sat
In order that the public mnv navo l\t!l
opportunity to luddro ol tin. r'.ls of'j'i-.o
Tun? s' '<peclul telcirruph'.c .?( rvice. and en
The Times na a newspr.por, It will be sent
free to any ?iddwss not ulreadyonour
bookaforono wecic.
SUICIDE BROUGHT FAME.
A London Taper Tolls How Tom Thumb
Made III* lilt.
The beginning of Tom Thumb's ca?
reer of almost unexampled prospcrity
was not without vicissitudes, says tho
London Telegraph, in its Itanium obit?
uary. He made his first bow some five
and-forty years ago at tho Princess'
theater, in Oxford street, but the pa?
trons of a houso then dedicated to tho
performance of English and foreign
opera could see nothing worthy of ap?
plause in the clumsy antics of a diminu?
tive brat dressed up as a caricature of
the great Napoleon.
The '?general" was a complcto fiasco
on tho stage of tho Princess. The show
was transferred to tho Egyptian hall,
aud there, by what appeared to be a
stroke of ill luck, but which practically
turned out tobe an extremely fortunate
contingency for the dwarf, ho unwit?
tingly came in collision with the bravo
but hapless English paiutor llaydon.
The huge picturos of this ill-under?
stood artist were being exhibited in
one section of the hall, and attracting
only a few shillings, while the "gener?
al" in another part of the building was
drawing a hundred pounds a day. Short?
ly afterward llaydon, in a phroxysm of
insanity, engendered by sheer despair,
destroyed himself.
According to tho fitness of things,
this lamentable catastrophe should have
been the ruin of Humum aud his exhi?
bition. In the newspapers of the time
be was held up to execration as a "Yan?
kee showman" witli "yawning pock?
ets," and the diminutive urchin whoso
popularity had maddened the poor
painter was denounced as "a disgusting
dwarf." The takings at tho turnstiles,
nevertheless, increased daily, and Tom
Thumb only suspended his crowded se?
ances in Piccadilly to make a trium?
phant tour in the provinces, and an
equally remunerative Continental
round.
GOLD-INCASED BODIES.
How Dr. Variot V.lectroplates tho Hon?
ored Dead.
Dr. Variot, one of the most distin?
guished physicians of the Paris hospi?
tals, makes a striking propostion for
the transformation of human bodies into
indestructible mummies by means of a
process of electroplating. l!y this means
the entire form is surrounded by an en?
velope of metal which preserves each
feature in tho semblance of life, says
the Scientific American.
The process is somewhat complicated
in practice although simple in princi?
ple. Tho. skin of the cadaver is first
painted or sprayed with a solution of
nitrate of silver, which turns the skin
an opaque black. The body is then
placed under a bell receiver in a partial
vacuum, into which vapor of white
phosphorus dissolved in blsulphatc of
carbon is allowed to enter. This re?
duces the nitrate of silver and leaves
the skin a grayish white, like a plaster
east.
The next step is the application of
the metallic coating. The frame sup?
porting the body is immersed in a bath
of .sulphato of uppper, electrical con?
nection having been made with the top
of the skull, the bottoms of the feet, tho
hands and several other portions of tho
body and limbs.
Dr. Variot uses three small Chaudron
thermo-electric batteries to supply tho
necessary current, the passage of which
causes the uninterrupted deposition of
the metal. A continuous layer is soon
formed over the body, and the metallic
skin may be matte of any thickness de?
sired, but a coating of one-twenty-fifth
to one-fiftieth of an inch is sufficient to
resist blows and shocks and still pre?
serve the features in every delicate de?
tail.
REDUCED ROYALTY.
Ills <^ruco Kinds tho ('curt Not Insensible
to the Claims of Nobility,
lie was not exactly a fashion plate.
His coat was apparently a creation
dating back to the early thirties. It
was gracefully fringed, says the Chica?
go News, about the cults and bottom,
and, as to patch.es, outshone that of the
historical Sam Patch. His trousers
were sadly abbreviated, and his shoes
were a dilapidated memory. His hat
was the original of a popular song, and
his hair and beard were ubuormally de?
veloped.
"This is an outrage. These here
Americans ain't got no respect for roy?
alty," be was saying, as a burly police
officer led him into the central station.
"He was drunk an' disorderly, ser?
geant," said the oilicer. "I found him
sleeping behind a dry goods box in an
alley. When I pinched him he cussed
me awful, and raid he owned the alley.
So I lining him in."
"Is that true?" asked the sergeant.
"No, sir. It is a prevarication. A
long chain of < ircumstnnces has brought
me to my present condition. Now that
fate has tbrowod me here, I shall be
compelled to reveal the secret of my
birth. Do you foiler me?"
"Reveal ahead."
"I am n lloosinn noble?a dooko. I
wr.z warned by nihilists to leave my
ancestors' acres and bio ine hence. So
I hied. I am at present expecting a re?
mittance from Roo&iu. When it comes,
if you want a thousand or so, captain,
jest come around. Now, sir, I demand
to be released."
"All right. We've got apartments
for royalty downstairs. Good-by, duke.
We'll watch for your remittance."
A Long Silence.
Tho spire of St. Helen's church, in i
the Isle of Wight, which was built in ?
tho beginning of the last century and
shortly afterward struck by lightning, |
had, as was supposed, the large bell of
its chime cracked, as the tone was very
much inn filed. The. other day a church
warden happened to be in the belfry,
and through curiosity examined the
boll. Ho found that there was not a
.?rack in it, but n piece of wood broken
from tho wheel wns pressing against
j tho edge and stopping the vibration. ;
; This being tvni >VC(1, the bell, after
: being mufllod for one hundred and <
seventy years, rang out inarrHy to the
I astonisbrnont of tho inhabitants o? the '
I town. i
AMONG THE LODGES.
Tho feast of St. John, tho Baptist, tho
great Masonic Jay throughout the coun?
try, was duly celebrated in Roanoko
last Wednesday night. Tho ofllcors of
both Lakoland and Ploasants Lodges
were installed, after which refreshments
worn served in tho elegant dining room
adjoining tho lodge. Nearly a hundred
Masons were present on tho occasion.
Tho ceremonies were condusted by
Worshipful II. N. Claxton, district
deputy grand master.
***
Tho Phytbians elected a good team
of officers on Thursday night. Tho
business was soon over in order to allow
all members to attond tho lawn party
given by tho Uniformed Rank.
**-*
Hiawatha Tribe, No. 00, Improved Or?
der of Red Men, will elect olllcers on
Monday night. Thoro aro a host of can?
didates in nomination, and tho contest
will doubtless bo pretty warm.
***
Tho Knights of tho Golden Eaglo will
elect officers on Tuesday night.
***
The Masons will not turn out on the
Fourth of July. Tho invitation from
the committco was received Wednesday
night. Mr. Clarton decided that no
6uch invitations ould be accopted, as
it was contrary to laws and ancient
usages of Masonry. It is probable, kov\
tver, that tho Knights Templar will
turn out, as they aro not restricted. If
they decide to do so they will mako an
elegant show, and. being mounted, will
lend an air of brilliant pageantry to the
occasion.
? ? ?**
August Bening, R. II. Wright, Henry
Neal, R. A. Camper and O. W. Chenault,
all members of tho Magic City Encamp?
ment, No. 33 Odd, Fellows, visited
Salem on Friday night and assisted the
members of the new encampment at
that place to confer the degrees. The
encampment is of the higher degrees of
Odd Fellowship and is growing with re?
markable activivity throughtout the
State.
An activo effort is being made to
establish a council of the Junjor Order
of American Mechanics at Vinton. A
public meeting was recently hold there,
and the principles of the order were ex?
pounded by the Roanoke brethren.
?<*
A "list is being circulated in East
Roanoko to secure charter members
with which to start a new Knights of
Pythias lodge in that section. Already
a large number of names havo been
secured.
St. Alban's Hall in Richmond is a
great Masonic center. For years it has
lien the headquarters cf Masonry, and
among the archives of the order in tho
building maybe found relics of Masonry
used when it was first established in
this country. The Richmond Dispatch
briefly described tho mot-ting there on
St. .John's Day as follows: "There were
five Masonic lodges in session at St. Al?
ban's Hall last night. These were Nos.
'.), 10, 11,30 and 81. Tho third and
fourth in this list installed olllcers and
tho others held informal St John's Day
meetings. After tho business of tho
evening all of the members of the craft
adjourned to the banquet hall on the
second floor, where covers were laid for
300 and a splendid supper was served.
Mr. C. A. Rawson, of Richmond, State
councillor, and George E. Howard, of
Washington, State vice-counocllor of
the Junior Order United American
Mechanics, have been paying official
visits to Richmond and Manchester
councils.
*?*
The Grand Mastor Mason of Virginia
can make a Mason at sight. An inquisi?
tive uninitiato having seen this prero?
gative laid down in the by-laws wanted
to know from a prominent Mason the
other day how this could bo done. Tho
ceremony was described as being very
unique and startling, and the gentle?
man now says he would rather take his
chances in the lodge.
#*#
Henry Neal has again been re-elected
noble grand of Mountain Dale Lodge,
No. lit, Odd Fellows. Mr. Neal is a
stirring Odd Fellow and attends the
lod^e regular.
The uniformed rank. Knights of
Pythias, will carry their now banner on
the Fourth of July. It cost them about
8150.
?>**
The Red Men of Hiawatha Tribe will
be presented with a beautiful new ban?
ner on the morning of July Fouth be?
fore the parade. It is a presentation of
tho ladies, and will bo carried in tho
parade on that day.
ADVERT!8KI) LETTERS.
GEXTLEMEX S LIST.
Annewigen, Mr. Kellogg, D. R.
Brann, J. A. Knight. B. B.
Baylor. W. Glenn Lankford, O. R.
Both, James Lovy, Ned
Boswell, R. H. Laner, U. B.
Brigg, Ohas. O. Leo, II. W.
Corkc. A. it. McCormack, D.
Cailahan, A. K. McBce, T. E.
Cabcll, C. I). Miller, F. L.
Davis, .lohn Moore, E. W.
Dean, M. L. Pearson, John R.
Floyd, Ed. Padgett, J. W.
Gamble, R. N. Posky. W. II.
Granbery, Clay Reydolds, W. H. II.
Gunter, IL H. Reed, Douglass
Gillard, S. G. Shaw, Albert
Guild, Willio Sanderson, W. W.
Glenn, T. G. Staples, W. iL
Huntloy, .lames Venable, Elick
Harris, W. C. Washington, Jeff
llensbard, Chas. M. West, Reuben
Haas, II. II. Wiley, B. E.
Irvin, .loo (2) Walton, Henry
Johnson. C. G. White, W. B.
LA PIKS1 IJST.
Addison, Mrs. W. King, Mrs. Alice
Banks, Annie Kail, Mrs. L. B.
Crawford, Mandy Saundors, Ada
Daser, Miss.l. Moss, Mrs. II. E.
Davis, Bertio Smith, Miss dano
Easter, Mrs. Guy Turner, Caroline
Fowkor, Mary T. Fowker, Phasont
Hondorson, Mary Thompson. Mary
Harper, Armanda Wllkorson, Lizzie
Halscy, Mary Wilkerson, Emma
lA'.TTKItS RETURNED FROM HOTEL
ItOAXOKE.
Brooks, W. E. Fritz, Win,
Cocl rah, T. .1. Mullownoy, A. R.
CorupO, R. ?'. Rogers, Win.
Deocrnam, M. F. Snoad, P. W.
D. rflingcr, J. M. Tilford, R. L.
Persons calling for tho above will
I lease say they were advertised- J
_SUMMER RESORTS.
-tTe elkton,
ELKTON, VIRGINIA.
Healthiest Place In the World.
Mountains, Valley, Rathing, Fishing
and Sailing. Tho celebrated
"ELK LITHIA WATER"
used at tho Hotol for all purposos. Sond
for rate book to tho managr-r. P. O.
Rox 20.
C. P. WALTERMIRE,
hinogl-lm_ELKTON, VA.
blue ridge SPRINGS71?.
The Popular Summer Resort.
Only 11 Miles East of Roanoke
On mountain summit, Norfolk and
Western railroad. Free use of
3L.ao:gre LHIeill,
Remote from noise and confusion, for
societies wishing to asscmblo in the
mountains of Virginia.
PHIL F. BROWN.
may22-tf
FOR FAMILY USE.
Tho purest and oldest liquors in
Roanoke,
CLOVER CLUB AND
Baltimore Club Whiskeys,
Analyzed by Frof. Aiken, of Maryland
University, and pronounced pure.
Oppenheim's Choice and Gib?
son Whiskeys,
and Ilennessy's French Hrandy, Im?
ported Fort Wino and Holland Gin,
solely for medical use. No Adulteration,
all puro and as represented.
Domestic Whiskeys, Brandies
and Wines.
The celebrated Adelina Patti Cigars,
10, 15, 20 and 25 cents.
OPPENHEIM'S EXCHANGE,
Corner Third Avenue and Com me reo St.
junolO-lm
SPECIAL N?TIGE.
Iii the future we will be
found at 107 First street, Times
building, office formally occu?
pied by J. W. Neal, where we
will gladly welcome our many
patrons and friends.
NININGER & WIN FREE,
Real Estate Agents.
The Roanoke Development Com?
pany.
The Rridge water Carriage Works,with
an enlarged plant and increased capital,
will go at once upon tho property of the
Roanoko Development Company. No
section of tho United States of tho same
population is buying as many line car?
riages as Southwest Virginia. It is pre?
pared to furnish all kinds of vehicles.
Manufacturers of spokes, hubs and
wheels, springs, tires, axles and other
parts of carriages and wagons, will find
at Roanoke a center for their industries
for which a market of hundreds of miles
in extent is ready and active. The tim?
ber supply is inexhaustablo and of tho
best qualities. In tho same line har?
ness and leather manufacturers will
find markets which need no drumming.
Tho Roanoke Development Company
desires to negotiate with such industries.
For further particulars address
ARTHINGTON GILPIN,
General Manager Roanoko Develop?
ment Company, Roanoke, Va.
TOURNAMENT.
GRAND HANDICAP
Billiard Tournament
rice's billiard parlors
Commences April 27.
I A. EICE & CO.,
Proprietors.
mar22-ly
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sell to the consumer at wholesale prico.
Samples sont to all parts of tho United
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Tho prroatost offer over made. Tho I
weekly edition of Tao Times for one year I
and your choice <>i' ojther Dickens or I
HE GREATEST OFFER EVER
MADE !
THE WEEKLY TIMES
FOR ONE YEAR
?AND TUB?
WAVERLY NOVELS COMPLETE
FOR 82.00.
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BY JUNE 1ST.
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3. Kcnil worth,
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24. Count Robert of Paris
2r>. Surgeon's Daughter.
THESE NOVELS ARE HANDSCVE
12 MO. BOOKS. THE PRINT IS
GOOD. THE PAPER IS GOOD
AND THE ROOKS ARE
NEATLY ROUND.
TWENTY-FIVE NOVELS FOR THE
FORMER PRICE OF ONE.
WITHIN EASY REACH OF ALL.
WE WILL DELIVER THE SETS
FREE TO EACH SUBSCRIBER.
AGENTS WANTED AT EVERY POSTOFFICK
IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, ANI) SOUTII
EHN WEST VIRGINIA TO SECURE
SUBSCRIPTIONS.
TO EVERY PERSON SENDING US
FIVE NEW SUBSCRIBERS FOR
T11E Y\ E E K I. Y TI M ES AT ?1
EACH PER YEAR WITH?
OUT THE ROOKS. OR $3
EACH WITH THE ROOKS, WE
WILL SEND A SET OF ROOKS FREE.
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CAN HAVE THE BENEFIT OF 'I'llIS OF
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SEND US 82 TO I*AY UP AND
(I ET TUE BOOKS.
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82 TO RENEW AND GET THE BOOKS.
TERM!-' INVARIABLY CASH IN
ADVANCE.
All Remittances Should ue Made
l'a vahle to
THE ROANOKE TIMES PUB. CO.
THIS SPACE IS RESERVED
FOR ELLIS RROS., REAL ES?
TATE AGENTS, 112 JEFFER?
SON STREET.
THE ROANOKE DEVELOPMENT COM?
PANY.
Ono of tho valuable industries sec ired
by tho Roanoke Development Company
is tho Norwich Lock Manufacturing
Company, manufacturers of all fcbolf
Hard ware.for Ruilders' purposes. Their
goods aro known throughout tho entiro
country to ho first-class. It is Iho.'eforo
important that all industrial CO acorns
using this class of goods should know
that they can locate in Roanoko t > gri at
advantage. This is particularly appli?
cable to Door, .Sash and Blind Manu?
facturers, as woll as to many others.
I For particulars, address
ARTHIWGTON GILPIN,
General Manager Roanoke Develop.