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In the New YORK rorers for s'cri
time past the following advertisement
has appeared:
Coco farms in the Sunny South on
instalneats
Grand opening of Relgatc, the % nee
acre Agricultural Colony IN virginia.
Soil suitable for grain. grass. tobacco
and truck Some Of the farms wiki
buildings and improvements: n.ntr3
covered with wood. Price, $50 pes acre
and upwards; terms. $40 down and 81
or more per week. Personally CON
Quoted tours 10 Reigate. leaving Sc%
York November 18th. via Ola Doininion
steamship and Atlantic and DauV.Ac
railroad. Round trip, 5000. = thorough
~ delightful trip promised To al. Don't
fail to attend and secure tue first pick
of locations. Virginia is holdIn.; out ii,:r
arms to worthy settlers. aui nowhere
Will they he more kindly received.
TIE PLAN UNFoLDno.
The above effort on Il grand scale tn
bring Il desirable clnsa Of imwi grants
to Virginia is fully explained ~ tFje r.
lowing letter, which has naan receiver
by the Commissioner OF Agriculture CT
Virginia from well known Phi,adei-
phiu rCnl estate agent:
Philadelphia, Pa. Nov 6, 1926.
Colonel Thomas Whitehead, Commits
sioner of Agriculture. Richmond
":
Dear Sir-Tt has been more than a
year since | received your Hand Cock
on Virginia, the reading Of which start
ed me to thinking Of colonization in
the Old Dominion on the same plan
have followed in New Jersey The ilcn
gradually developed, receiving addi-
tional sustcnGnCc from the articles in
llchmond newspapers, expressing the
wish That large quantities Of dcsira BILE
az
cided TO try the experiment. and only
within the last few days have my
plans been perfected for opening up a
2o.0Oo-acre block In Grrrnsvile and
BrunSwick counties. in SouihaiGe Viz
ginia
This land is we'll located near Law
renceville. 80 miles west OF Norfolk,
and 60 miles south of your city. Some
OF the farms arc improved. and the
balance of the land is covered with
wood.
My method Of procedure is to acquire
a tract. have 1t surveyed. blocked Into
fnrAs of FIVE. ten and twenty acres
streets and lines cut through From
the engincer's tracings, have maps
engraved. and sell from the maps /
also have conductors, who wilI take Wis
itors to the land nnd ShnU IT, Thrr 7
advertise and sell on instruments Of So
or $40 down, and 81 or more per week.
There Is also provision in my agree
u,
time they cannot keep up their weekly
payments they can hold on to their
land ny paying interest on the balance
que until able to resume on the princi-
pal. have found my plan Of work
ucccssful-thorouehly so. The hest
proof is that last ycar sold i7i7
farms. This year I will. perhaps. do as
We, IN spite of the recent depression of
business
THRIVING COLONIES.
MY colonies in South Jersey are thriv-
Ing and growing more populuus week Nv
week. Thousands of acres which two
years ago We're totally uniuhnbitn1 !, "a
now occupied by thrifty truc..ers au,
poultcrcrs. Railroad facilities arc
at their doors. public schools have heen
established. churches built. stores OMEN
ed. mills ercctcd-all by the settlers
future.
believe results quite az satisfactory
can he obtained in Virginia. The trend
be southwark.
Advices from my London uflce lead
English settlers for the virginia colorv
wll De quite as large as the com, .bu-
tons from the New York bran Il or
the home office In Philadaiphia.
MY nrst step toward openios This col
ony VIII &c to have an OK .,nr,i)n from
New York via the Old Doninion ste:'m.
snip to Norfolk, and then by Atlantic
and Danville railroad to the scene ~
operations. This will be largely adver-
USED In Sundays New yor; nn;crs
and will leave New York Noycn,l ar
!Sth Thereafter excursions -.il run
iortnighty from New York ami phiia-
delphia alternatly.
nave taken the liberty of writing
you thus iengthily under the impression
mat you would wish to be ad,,isn1 nC
any bona flde steps taken on a lurga
scale to build up the waste .,laues''
In your State
Among Our Cotton Mcn.