The Richmond Virginian., July 30, 1910, CITY EDITION, THE PROGRESS SECTION, Page 2, Image 12

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hot been active in promoting the j
i"» welfare
The new school. which I* a brick
concrete structure of attractive
ign. I* equipped w Ith a eommo
• auditorium hav in* a seating c.v
«lty of 400. A smaller school is
>w In course of erection in another
lion of the town to accommodate
rapidly increasing population,
ire is also a school for colored pu
th.
is
*S1>.
■ h",jl popuin
At present
of the place
IJghtcd by Ulcvi r'.< I
The town Is lighted bj in, it
imiehcd by the South Host on •
Ught and Power t'ompanv, "huh
furnishes power for several of*
'the manufacturing plants
a? South Host on ha* an unusually st
PPMurtlv* residential section, each h„ni,
vlng large, spacious yards, and in
Instance-* gardens from which
lire obtained vegetable* and other
111* edihles. Practically all the well
to-do eltlsen* own automobiles and
fnarn of them maintain carriage in
addition to th* ir machines.
The rltmate of the place is ideal
%nd makes it especially attractive ns
' a Summer resort. The water is
Strongly impregnated with llth'n.
Jrhleh Is said to possess health-giving
qualities equal t < that of other sprlngs
thal have been exploited more ex
tensively.
The place has one hotel, a hand-1
jgome franc building with spacious
lawn and comfortable veranda* It
|;'*• known as The Garland anil does a
thriving business.
Corn Next to Tobacco.
|. Neat to tobacco, com is grown most
intensively in the country around
« South Boston
Farmers arc resorting more than ■
PfVcr lb Intensified methods and nls*
| psrtng fertiliaers as they ne'er did be
fore They realise that the soil must
E faeslve some nourishment in return 1
if for what it gives out.
One farmer, who Is combining
r~theory with prartiee. raised ihlrt>-*lx
| barrel* of corn on an acre of land
laat year, and he expect* to make
•ven a better record this year. He
1* a man of liberal college education,
■ but ha* practical ideas with all his
learning.
|| Com club* are growing rapidly In
i. favor throughout the country district,
j*t least a dosen having sprung Into
j-axlatence within the last two or three
years. Boys Who comprise the mem
bership of the clubs win bring their
product* to the fair to he held in
South Boston this fall, at which time
pPrises will bo awarded the most suc
j «gasful growers.
South !to*ton Is Pry.
t
South Boston 1* located In the
} southern part of Halifax county, not
far from the North Caroline line.
r Danville, which is itR strongest (>right
pttobacro rival, Is situated thirty-one
mile* away, while Lynchburg, one of
the largest handler* of dark tobacco,
I* Just a litle more than an hour’s
ride on the railroad.
South Boston is a dry town, and
i in the opinion of Its leading citizens
,yj< I" likely to retoiatn dry. Air. K. S
Barbour, one of the leading citizens,
igressivv and aggressive, has ren
»red especially active service toward
le cause of prohibition. 'The women
|§if the place have also been cxeep
ially energetic in promoting the
■cause
Under the provisions of a special
^legislative act. the voters of the place
dll have an opportunity next Deeem
>r to decide whether the dispensary
Lem shall displace prohibition
New Bank to Open,
sclal to The Richmond Virginian.)
STANARDKVIl.LK, VA.. July 30.—
*The Bank of Greene, which will open
about August 15, will occupy the office
the county treasurer. \V. B. Cole,
r„ who will move his office Into the
tjakey block, where Postmaster Ivy
Itckers dispensed Uncle Sam’s patron
before he moved into the Kims
fcElhro building.
THE GARLAND HOTEL, SOUTH BOSTON
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HUGE INCREASE
ID CORN CROP
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Ktvporls from South Show Many
Morn Acres Planted This
Year.
T E X X ESS E E IS I. E AI )E R
Every State in Section Shows Pro
nounced Gain Over 1 !>08
and 100!).
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
ATLANTA, i!A July no.— With
277,000 acres planted in > orn this
year, being an Increase of 1,526,000
over 1909 and 2,776,000 acres over
1908, the farmers of Virginia. North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Kentuek, Tennessee, Alabama and
Mississippi are furnishing very sub
stantial proor of the fart that the
South is constantly devoting more at
tention to raising its own foo I sup
plies, These figures are from tic- last
report of the Iiure.au of Statistics of
| the Cited States Department of Ag
riculture The acreage in corn for
the three years In these States is
shown In the following table:
States.
Virginia . . 1
North Carolina . ;
South Cnndina .. . ;
Georgia .
Kentucky .. 1
i Tennessee .. - ..... i
I Alabama .. »••..!
i Mississippi .
Total .1
The table lndlcntcs that each State |
show ed an increase over 1908 In 1909 j
land an Increase over 1909 In 1910.
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GARLAND HOTEL,
South Boston, Va.
A hotel of rare quiet and charm.
The most central spot in South
Boston.
At the Garland Hotel you will
realize every ideal of hotel life.
You’ll get comfort, good service,
and courteous treatment.
American Plan
$2, $2.50 and $3 Per Day
G. E. FAULKNER,
Proprietor.
Harris’ Anti-Dyspeptic Water.
Wanted, everybody suffering with Stomach, Intestinal
and Kidney trouble to come to Shepherd’s old stand,
405 East Broad Street, and try Harris’ Anti-Dyspeptic,
| the great stomach Water, free.
J. A. MORRIS & CO., Distributors.
OFFICE: 211 NORTH SIXTH STREET.
The condition of thin year’* crop as
reported by. tho department shows
the State* of the South leading the
country, Mississippi being first, Ala
bama second and Georgia third.
Ttitnk Sign Iloprfnt.
This great Increase in the acreage
devoted to corn is considered one of
the most hopeful rlgns In tho South
to-day. In a letter to the directors
of the Southern Hallway Company,
President Finley called particular at
tention to these figures and said:
"The Increase In the acreage of
corn, accomplished, as it is, by a
quite general adoption of Improved
cultural methods, is ono of the most
encouraging features of Southern ag
rlcuitural progress. It Is one of the
results of a general movement!
throughout tho South in the direction
of diversified agriculture—a move
ment which we are endeavoring to
encourage and assist us, far as we can
properly do so."
As the farmers of the South In
crease their yield of corn, they will
save enofmous sums which they have
been spending In the west for food
products end will consequently them- j
selves realise more from cotton und
other market crops. Economic au
thorities agree In declaring the AmiT- j
lean corn crop the basis of the coun- 1
try's prosperity since In such a large
measure the production of other crops
us well as the park supply depends
upon it, and a greater yield of corn
In the South consequently means a
greater share of prosperity for this
section.
!«<>$.
,925,000
1.787.000
!,073,000
1.300.000
1.366.000
1.350.000
1.050.000
!,650,000
13,601,000
1909.
2.040.000
2.898.000
2.218.000
4.400.000
3.568.000
3.576.000
3.233.000
2.810.000
24,742,000
1910.
2.142.000 j
3.072.000 j
2.418.000
4.632.000
3.639.000 !
3.718.000 [
3.624.000
3.132.000
26,277,000
industrial notes
FROM WYTHEVILLE j
(.Special to Tha Htchmond Virginian.)
WYTHEVILEE, VA.. July 30.—Mr.
C. M. Trlnkle has begun the erection
of a splendid up-to-date brick resi
dence .on Church street. The Wythe
vllle Manufacturing Company has the
contract.
Mr. M. L. Harrison has purchased
a part of the S. F. Ewald square on
Lawyer’s Hill, and will begin soon
the erection of a nice home. The 'ot
lx 125 feet front on Union street and
runs back 360 feet to Washington
street. The price paid was $2,000.
Mrs. Constance Blair has sold her
farm four miles east of Wythevllle to |
her sister-in-law, Mrs. David S. Blair,
for $12,000 cash.
The Hew Mr. Tracker, a well known
Presbyterian evangelist, will conduct
a union service at tho Methodist
church In this place, beginning Sun
day morning.
NEW SCHOOL MADE
BETTER THAN OLD
; Work Beinfr Puahod on Build
ing at Roodvillo Which Will
Soon Be Completed.
; (Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
REEDVUXE, VA„ July 30.—Work
on the new public high school building ;
at this place bun been begun and is i
being rapidly pushed forward in order I
| to have the building ready for occu
pancy by the fall, thereby making no
Interruption In the work of the regu
| lar school year. This building is to !
replace the one that was destroyed by
, lire on Sunday, June 19, 1910.
The amount of insurance recovered
has been supplemented by many large
subscriptions of former patrons and
j friends, and a large modern building
is now in course of construction. Pro
fessor W. W. Barnhart, of New Hope,
is the present principal.
OFFICIALLY INFORMED
OF SEBRELL VERDICT.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
i Eggleston and Secretary Slenrnes, of
the Board of Education, have been ofB
j dally informed of the vindication of
j John N. Sebrell, Sr., of Southampton
county, on charges of mlsfeasunce and
malfeasance In office. Mr. Sebrell is
the clerk of the school board of Jeru
salem district in Southampton. He was
accused of refusing to allow his supe
riors to audit ills books and of dis
criminating against children of his
f political opponents and in fayor of
those of his friends.
As was printed in The Virginian on
; Wednesday, the investigators found
■ Mr. Sebretl hag been maligned, uml
the accountant reported that the clerk's
| books were in perfect condition.
Dr. Evans to Preach Here.
Rev. Hr. William E. Evans, formerly
rector of Monumental Episcopal
I church of this city, now rector of a
j church in Birmingham, Ala., will
1 preach at St. Paul's church here dur
! ing the month of August.
EAST END MEDICAL SOCIETY
ELECTS BROWN PRESIDENT.
_
j Officers of the East End Medical 8o
j clety have been elected as follows: Dr.
. Walter Brown, president; Dr. J. A.
j Lewis, vice-president; Dr. J. R, Qrlf
! fin, secretary; Dr. J. O. Dawson, as
I slstant secretary and treasurer; Dr.
I R. F. Tancll, chairman of the executive
I board. Other members of the exutive
j hoard are Dr. R, C. Brown and Dr. J.
[ A- Lewis.
MUST HOI THE
NWypLK
So Called White Oak Contains
Many Other Species of
Market Words.
RED OAK TS MIXED IN
Inroads of Civilization Have
Played Havoc With Seem
ingly Endless Supply.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 30.—It
will surprise most persons who know
something about oak to be told that
the so-called white onk timber of our
markets Is often a mixture not only
of various species of the white oak
group, but also of other species, such
as the red oak. This generally un
known fact is reported by the United
States Department of Agriculture,
which, as a part of Its forestry work,
is frequently called upon to pass Judg
ment upon the Identity of market
woods in dispute.
Foresters divide all the oaks into two
distinct groups—the white oak group
and the black oak group. One way of
dlstlnglshlng the two Is by the fact
that the black oaks requlr1 tw6 years
to innturc their acorns, while the white j
oaks take but one. The woods of the
two groups of ouks are also structur
ally different. The true white oak,
known to botanists as Crereus alba, is
merely one of the species which mak«
up the white oak group. Keel oak, on
the other hand, belongs to the black
oak group. Red oak has a number of
other common names, among them
mountain oak, black oak and Spanish
oak.
There is so much confusion In the
ordinary use of names of the ouks that
it is almost impossible to keep them j
straight without resorting to the scien
tific names, but the marketing of wood
of the black oak group as white oak Is
hardly fair to the consumer. Red oak,
for Instance, Is now much more abund
ant than white oak. grows faster and
Is ge nerally regarded as Inferior. The
two species often grow together and
occupy the same general region.
In the early days of Its abundance,
market white oak was derived almost ,
entirely, It Is safe to say, from Quer
cus alba, the true white oak. This
species combines approximately the
utmost strength and toughness of any
of the timber oaks, excepting possibly
I the Southern live oaw, which In the
colonial days was so highly prised for
shipbuilding that It war protected by
special laws. The Immense Inroads
made upon the then apparently inex
haustible white oak forests, which
stretched from the Atlantic seaboard
to about Missouri, gradually so re
duced the supply that the use of other
species became inevitable.
At the present time It la almost im- |
possible to obtain a consignment of
white oak that does not contain pieces
of some other species Of the white :
oak group those most used. In addi- .
tion to the true white oak, are bur l
oak, chestnut oak. chinquapin oak,
post oak, swamp w hite oak, cow oak, i
and overcup oak; 1 the black oak
group, Texas red oak, red oak and
spotted or water oak
Real white oak timber of number
one quality is very largely cut into
quarter-sawed boards, while a combi
nation of one or more white oaks and
red oak may constitute other cuts of
"white onk." In many markets the
term “cabinet wtdt* oak" is now un- I
derstood to include a mixture of white ;
oak and red oak, while it often sign!- !
lies red oak only.
The question, “What is white oak?" |
Is now coming up among consumers j
and manufacturers of commercial oak f
timber. The above-named white oaks j
are distinct but closely rotated species,
which together must be depended upon j
for the future supply. For the ordl- |
nary purposes for which irue white !
oak is used, practically all the trees j
of this group yield woods that can |
be Interchanged and will serve equally \
well.
COTTON MS MUCH
TO NATION'S COMMERCE
Sale of Southern Commodity
Does A Inch I owanl Swelling
Treasury Funds;
The South's rotten fields furnished
directly or Indirectly $5u4,500,000 of
the 11,710,100,000 of domestic mer
chandise exported from this country
In the fiscal yeui Just ended. Of the
$604,500,000 total, $450,400,000 rep
resented raw cotton, $20.000,000 cot
ton cloths, $10,300,000 oil cake and
meal and $14,800,000 cottonseed oil.
The total lncreasi hi the value of
domestic merchandise exported over
the fiscal year ended Jane 30, 1909,
was from $1,633,400,000 to $1,718,.
100,000, or $7 1,700,000. To that In
crease raw cotton contributed $33,
000,000, or nearly 47 per coat. This
Increase in raw cotton, despite a de
crease of more than 3,000,000 bales,
is the largest Increase In 50 of the
principal articles exported. Of those
50 articles. 29 showed increases, with
the exception of cotton, ranging from
'47,700,000 l'ur hoards and .plank* and
The Century
Manufacturing
Company
in addition to their regular line? of Linen Finish Waistings, White and Colored
Suitings, Galateas, Long Cloth, Cambrics, India Linons, etc., are offering
for Fall a new and very attractive line of Cotton Dress Goods, in mannish suiting
patterns and plain colors, both in mohair finish and soft wool effects.
These are splendid creations of Southern manufacturing genius.
The Boston
Manufacturing
Company
are showing their new line of Negligee Shirts, under the ticket of
\riRSINIAM
which for quality of material, full size, workmanship and finish are unexcelled for a
50 CENT RETAILER
Full lines of the above from both departments will be shown during August and
September at our sample rooms, Nos. 528 and 529 Broadway Central Hotel,
New York, by our representatives, Mr. Will Weil and Mr. Vance M." Weill. A
call from the trade ia solicited.
Stebbins, Lawson&Spragins Co.
Selling Agents,
SOUTH BOSTON, VIRGINIA.
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Planters and Merchants National Bank
South Boston, Virginia.
Capital,.- $100,000.00
Surplus & Undivided Profits, $ 55,000.00
Deposits, ------ $400,000.00
This Bank offers the greatest security to its depositors. It is the largest bank in this
section. Its management, is conservative but liberal. It is the bank for YOU to do busi
ness with, offering the greatest number of advantages.
We solicit the accounts of Individuals, Firms and Corporations, placing at their
disposal unsurpassed facilities. Giving our prompt and careful attention to all business
entrusted to us.
WE PAY 4 PER CENT. ON TIME DEPOSITS.
OFFICERS.
HENRY EASLEY, Pre». W. I. JORDAN, Vice-Pres., R. E. JORDAN, Cashier.
W. E. OWEN, Asst. Cashier. T. O. EASLEY, Asst. Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
HENRY EASLEY, R. W. WATKINS, J. W. EASLEY,
D. W. OWEN, W. I. JORDAN, W. E. OWEN.
$7,100,000 for loaf tobacco, to a few
hundred thousand dollars In other
items.
The direct and Indirect contribu
tions of the South to the export trade
of the country have, during the past
few years, averaged bet wen 38 and 40
per cent, of the total exports, and,
when are considered the contribu
tions of the South to the $88,700,000
of petroleum exports, $38,000,000 to- i
baoco, $38,800,000 boards and planks,!
$>8,800,000 bituminous coal, $11,200,-1
000 cattle, $0,000,000 sawed timber,
$8,800,000 resin, $8,800,006 spirits Of
turpentine. $8,700,000 fertilisers, $4,
800,000 staves and $444,700,000 ar
ticles not Included In the 80 principal
onea It Is likely that the total con
tributions of the South to the export
! trade were much above the average,
and that the outward movement of
merchandise through Southern ports
played a ironsiderable part In the re
storation of the figures of merchandise
exports toward the place they held In j
l$08i i
I INDUSTRIOUS PAUPER
SHOWN BY PICTURES.
Several interesting photograph* of
Frank Stearns, an afflicted pauper in
the I.nudoun county poorhouse, have
been received by Secretary J. T. Mas
tin. of the Board of Charities and Cor
rections. The photographs show the
unfortunate man, suffering from loco
motor ataxtn, and with but one arm.
working In his garden. He has been
given a little patch of lend near the
poorhouse building and tills the soil
assiduously and raises ^excellent crops
of vegetables despite his handicaps.
Mr. Mastin was Informed In a letter
that Stearns sold his produce last year
for *75 and has bright prospects of
almost doubling the sum this season.
Coming and Going.
Assistant Statistical Clerk D. Q.
Brldore* and Stenographer C D.
Wheatley, ’of the Corporation Com*
j mission, will leave Richmond for a
l two weeks' vacation Monday, the.
former going to Bremo and the latter
to Alexandria.___
► Brown as berries, happy and rugged,
as a result of their fortnight's recre
ation, Statistical Clerk E. E. Cone and
Assessment Clerk N. W. Atkinson re
turned to the Commission's offices
Saturday. Mr. Cone spent his vacation
with the folk at Bedford City, while
Mr. Atkinson luxuriated at Occuu
View.
OFFICERS FOR MEN'S BIBLE
CLAS8ES ARE ELECTED.
Officers of the Federation of Men's
Bible Classes of Richmond have been
elected as follows for the ensuing year:
Colonal Eugene C. Massle, president:
O. A. Hawkins, vice-president; N.
Courtlce Scott secretary; George W.
Watt, treasurer; James Lewis Ander
son. chairman of the finance commit
tee; T. A. Miller, chairman of the sta
tistical committee, and Frank B. Bates,
j chairman of the committee ou admit
i sion.
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