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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-31

and who. az president of the Chamber
Of Commerce, has worked steadily and
earnestly for Rlchmonds good. strved
studiously 10 learn the needs and require
ments Of plant life, and adapt his pro-
ducts nearly thereto, and the result Is a
business that can be expressed. not by
The thousands Of tons, but by the tens
Of thousands.
NATIONAL TOBACCO FERTILIZER"
one OF the concerns leading brands Is
National Tobacco Fertilizer" an old
and reliable fertilizer. which has been
sold by them for many years to the most
successful growers Of highgrade tobacco.
Each year seems TO have added to its
hold on the confidence Of The farmer as a
most superior fertilizer for tobacco. Their
highest grade Of tobacco goods, and, per-
haps. the highest IN the market is Capt
tai Tobacco Fertilizer" which is made Of
the very best and purest materials, and
is a No. / high-grade tobacco ferti-
lizer in every respect. Their leading
brand for cotton il Beef Blood, and
Bone" whose happy. euphonious name
has been the envy Of competitors for
years. This is a good. all round WELL
balanced fertilizer. and while chiefly
used for cotton. is adapted for corn, pea
nuts. aud truck crops. Other well-known
Travers brands are Capital Cotton Fer
tilzer." National Fertilizer for Cotton"
Capital BonePotash Compound. TRAY
ers's Standard Dissolved s. c. Bone"
Champion Corn Grower" and Cham
pion Acid Phosphate"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-31

mixture, the formula OF which has
been often commended and frequently
Initiated, and which seems peculiarly
adapted 10 the soil Of the mountainous
counties west Of Lynchburg.
ESTABLISHED JUST AFTER THE
WAR.
The old and well-known firm of Allison
Addison was established just after the
war by the late James W. Allison, Esq.
and Edmund B. Addison, Esq, Mr.. John
Addison ana Captain william II. Allison
being subsequently admitted to partner
ship. The firm gradually built up repu-
tatOn for honest dealing ana FOR the
skilful and thorough preparation Of ferti-
lizers that is now bringing its fruits. The
factory is situated on the right bank Of
the river, just opposite Rockets; but
though il was built fifteen years ago. it
is to-day practically and essentially a new
plant, modern pyritos burners having
superseded the sulphur burners. which
used TO be in vogue. and d new milling
and mixing plant having taken the place
Of the original mill. The plant is right
on deep water and the largest ocean
going steamships and sailing freighters
can be unloaded at the wharf. on the
shore side special tracks connect the
works with all the railroad running into
Richmond, and I'm the busy season a solid
train-load Of fertilizers leaves the works
every morning and evening. loaded with
the product Of the Allison & Addison
plant
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-31
M STORY OF THE RAPID GROWHO BUSINESS THAT WAS TWENTY YEARS
How Was and Why That "S Brand Onewa Eureka "Nna
Saugh-HON Bone" Have Become Almost the Alphabet Agricultural Nation
EWRGYA STRIKING 0BEClESSON

as her position with regard TO the to
| bacco trade. To the west. 10 West Nir-
ginla Ohio. Kentucky Tennessee. sh
| reaches out two strong iron arms-th
| Chesapeake and Ohio railway and tn
! Norfolk and Western railway; TO TN
| South she extends the level tracks OF tn
| Southern railway. the Atlantic-Coas
Line. and the seaboard AIRLINE; tn
| James-River Steamship Company, anC
| the Old Dominion Steamship Com
pany and their connections pene-
trate the multitude Of little rivers
and sounds that water the coast
Of North Carolina, ana. while be-
ing able to reach the cotton belt she
holds the key to the wheat-helds Of the
Atlantic Coast States. the great tobacco
country where fertilizer is used gener-
ously and literally, and the wonderful
trucking country around Norfolk, where
a farm sometimes pays better than a
gold-mine.
TOOK ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNI-
TIES.
The businessmen of Richmond were not
slow TO take advantage of their ma
tural opportunities. The invitation, to
their view. was too open ana apparent to
be overlooked The ordinary agencies
were invoked. capital was provided old
mills we're rebuilt, a successful cam
paign for freight rates that would enable
Richmond to reach the farthest edge Of
the Cotton Belt on a competitive per ton
rate was conducted. and then, equip
ped for the fight for trade with brains.
money. modern plants. and favorable
freight rates, the long roll was sounded
and the campaign begun.
COMMERCIAL ENERGY.
First. a cloud of millions Of circulars
fiuttered throughout the country, and an
army OF indefatigaole statesmen followed
To paraphrase Macaulay-
"Their trumpets' blast fed far and fast
On moor on field, and hill.
III tower and town and hamlet,
BY every woodland rill."
But this part of the story is not new
II Is the world-old threadbare story of
commercial energy, showing what brains
and capital can accomplish when united.
and when city occupies, geographically, |
a strong position.
The story may be- in truth, summed in
two lines: Twenty years ago there were
two fertilizer factories in Richmond; to- |
day there are FIVE, without counting va
rious storehouses-an increase of 100 per |
cent. And the growth Of the business in |
IONS and dollars and cents :las been even |
more remarkable. Twenty years ago the
fertilizer men OF Richmond cleared |
through the banks probably not over
10000 per year; to-day they put through
he banks annually over 100000
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RICHMOND CHEMICAL-WORKS.

mond Chemical-WoIks. which Is one of
the largest fertilizer plants ia the world
Ii Is situated on high bum overlooking
the james river, ana, though perfectly
plain as behts q factory, 1t mas an nm
posins appearance. It's wharf fronts o.
what is called the port wardens line,
that Is, on the edge Of the channel. -
that the biggest ocean-going vessels. such
as the great tramp steamship 5. 7. MOI
gan, can tic up al the wharf and dis
gorge their contents By means OF the in
genioJs automatic conveyoIs.
MODEL PLANT
The Chemical-Works is a model plant
In many respects. equipped with labor
saving machinery throughout. and yet
employing several hundred laborers. The
automatic rakes in the burner house not
only are great ccon0mizer. but are o
sight worth seeing when they are being
projected or drawn from the glowing fur
naces By apparently invisible agencies
grooming with titanic fury. some .aea or
the greatness of this plant. squatung 81
lently on is twenty acres OF gro una. may
be gained from "a statement ,hat. recent
W in one month, IL shipped l.0.6 loaded
cars Of fertilizer IL + al this great plant
that the celebrated Tinsley and Travers
brands are mace
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-31

! "stonewall Brand is not as familiar as
ABC. Hundreds and hundreds OF hogs
heads of tobacco come 10 Richmond.
Lynchburg. and other tobacco markets
every season whose shippers will tell you
that the fineness Of texture. the uniform
richness of color. is due TO the fact that
a handful Of "Stonewall Tobacco Ferti-
lizer' went into the hill Mr. James G..
Tinsley, one of the founders Of the firm,
was Howitzer and fought with
Stonewall in the Naney." hence II was
natural that he should name his favor
lite brand of goods after his old chieftain,
and the bust Of the grim soldier Of the
South enwreathed in laurel goes into
mountain hamlets, or prosperous villages
OF the low-lands, on honest brown jute
sacks, wherever an oX-cart can go, arl
sometimes where an oX-cart cannot go,
for the gentlemen at the Tinsley Office
will tell YOU th... there is an old gentle
man in Surry county, y. c.. twenty miles
from Mount Airy, who has been using
'Stonewalrt for years and years. and
who, in defiance Of the impossible noun
tain trails, has IL conveyed 10 his place
bag by bag, on the shoulders of stout
darkies. But this by the way, and neither
here nor there
"STONEWALL GUANO."
What "Stonewall Tobacco Fertilizer" IS
in the tobacco belt, "Stonewall Guano" is
in the cotton belt. It's use IS general all I
through the South. IL may be stated that |
in a single county I'm South Carolina the /
sale of this brand has averaged 100 tons
annually for six or seven years past. An /
other favorite cOtton-braud is Richmond I.
Brand" a medium grade. which is used /
not only In the cotton country, but finds
many pleased users in the corn and pea
nut country The leading Tinsley brand
Tor corn. however. IS "Tinsley's Powhatan
Corn Guano." which Was devised and
formulated by one of the clerks I'm the
office few years ago. and which leaped
into speedy and deserved popularity.
VITAL CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES.
Another favorite brand is Lee Brand
iuano," which Is very much used as a
substitute for stable manure. as IL con-
aims the vital chemical principles in a
condensed form. Other popular brands
are "TRsley's Wheat and Grass Ferti-
Ter "Tinsley's Bone and Potash Mix
ure.' 'Tinsiey's Dissolved s c. Bone"
'Tirsley's Powhatan Phosphate" and
'Stonewall Brand Acid Phosphate"
Each one OF these brands H. well known
md has large sale. All are carefully
made from the best materials suited for
he purpose, the constituents being varied
according TO the crop intended 10 be
crown.
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IL has come to be regarded as one Of the
standards. Its use is general throughout
the tobacco country, and along i'm April,
when the farmers begin to strip the mus
lin off the plant-beds and set the young
plants in the mould that is 10 be their
home until their leaves are cut and hung
UP in the barns to be cured. you may
travel along any Of the railways that
traverse the tobacco-nelds and see stacks
and pyramids of brownish-yellow bags at
each station, stamped with the ubiquitous
star that is one of the old Allison q
Addison trade marks. "Star-B Brand Qua
no" which is prepared especially for use
on the cotton crop. is not less favoraby
and widely known. South Carolina,
Georgia, and Alabama buy it by the train
load, and in North Carolina it is every
where.
THE ANCHOR BRANDS"
Allison & Addison's Anchor Brand
Tobacco Fertilizer" and Anchor Brand
Fertilizer" in universal use, divide the
honors with the star" brands, the AN
Choir Brand Tobacco Fertilizer being
affected by the planters of the gravel
lands Of Eastern North Carolina where
bright cigarette tobaccos are grown.
A newer brand IS Bonanza Tobacco
Grover" which has. Of late years. come
almost to equal the enormous sales Of the
star" and anchor" tobacco goods.
LITTLE GIANT CORN GROWER.
But 1t must not be supposed that the
Allison & Addison brands are limited to
the needs OF the tobacco and cotton
growers-along the James River Valley
and in the grain fields of West Virginia,
wheat and corn growers swear by Little
Giant Corn Grower" and Little Giant
Wheat and Grass Fertilizer. Nor must
we overlook preparation that. in South
west Virginia. IS the best seller" known
to the trade-namely. "McGavock's Spe-
cial Potash Mixture" This is an alkaline
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-31

ing growers OF the Virginian weed While
The Eureka" is their leading brand their
Orient" IL a close second in extensive
use and popularity, and Virginia Truck
ers' and Carolina Truckers" are IN great
demand in the trucking sections. These
latter are heavily ammoniated goods.
adapted especially to the needs Of truck
farmers, among whom II Is no uncommon
thing to get three and four crops per
year OF the same land. The making OF
truck fertilizers seems 10 be n special and
peculiar art. in which the Atlantic and
Virginia people have long excelled.
But for many years they have made a
speciality Of fine dry acid Phosphate.
turning out dry, graduated goods that
10 not clog the drill. and may be evenly
distributed, hence there is great demand
in the wheat territory for such brands as
Valley Of Virginia Bone Phosphate"
'Crenshaw's Dissolved s c. Bone" and
Eureka Bone and Potash Compound"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-31

The Richmond Of to-day Is. commercial
~ and materially. a very different city
from what II was even twenty years ago.
Then Il was a city Of iron. Of -four. Of
tobacco but to-day these Industries are
overshadowed BY a newer and more inn
portant one--one that city people know
little of-because they do not come in
contact with 81. but that our country
friends arc familiar with. because II sup
plies them with the means by which they
improve their lands. make barren acres
fruitful, and transform arid wastes into
great gardens. This mighty industry is
the manufacture Of fertilizers, in which
Richmond as a vending market, ranks
first. not only among the cities Of this
country, but among the cities Of the
world This great change has come about
in the last twenty years. and 1t Is TO the
energy and industry OF the Traverses
Tinsleys. Alhsons. Addisons. Ellersons,
and last. but not least the Crenshaw
family. which for more than half CEN
fury mas been one Of the great CONNER
cial families OF Richmond.
JUST AFTER THE WAR.
Just after the war Richmond was not
as big a fertilizer mart. even. as hun
dred little towns in North Carolina. Bal
timore was then the great fertilizer CEN
tire. It was the day Of Peruvian guano,
and every year hundreds OF ships sailed
up Chesapeake Bay and disgorged car
goes Of the yellow. malodorOus deposit
81 e
CT Socth america. But as the years pro-
gressed and people became more intelli-
gent. they began to realize, not only that
the bird deposits Of Peru would inevlta-
bly, become exhausted in supplying the
thirsty lands Of North America. but that
the bird guano contained a great super
fluffy Of ammonia. and practically no
potash or phosphoric acid. each Of which
is as important to plant lie as ammonia.
Then IT was that it was found that the
coprolitic deposits that lie al the bottom
of the many deep rivers that pierce the
coast Of South Carolina furnished the
great basic constituent OF plant-bread,
phosphate; that over the ocean. in the
hills from which the River Elbe springs,
was a great storehouse OF potash; and
that the slaughter-houses OF the Central I
West could furnish ammonia. in the !
shape Of dried blood tankage and azoun. /
more cheaply. and IA a more available .
form than the fast-depleted islands OF /
the Peruvian coast.
TIE sCEPTRE FELL FROM BALTI-
MORE.
And so, the sceptre departed from Bal
timore. never 10 return. and the old city
OF Charleston. sitting at the safe Of the
soft phosphate-beds. became the great
fertilizer mart. 1t looked &c il Charles
ton. with her annual output OF more than
half million tons OF acid phosphate.
would never be displaced; but those who
took this view did not take into their
count the energy and activity Of the FER
filiEer men OF Richmond. nor did they
realize that the city Of Richmond is closer
TO the supreme potash market and 10 the
ammoniate markets than any other fer
Iillzer manufacturing city and has the
pyrites-helds right al her doors. But the {
fertilizer men Of Richmond knew this;
hey ki ew that Richmond. geographic
laIly. occupies position with regard 20
he fertilizer trade relatively as strong Z
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HORFOLk AND CAROLINA BRANDS.
rot So Old as Others. Hut Not Less
Popular.

rot So Old as Others. Hut Not Less
Popular.
The newest concern is the Norfolk and
Carolina Chemical Company. branch VIZ
ginia-Carolina Chemical Company, which
removed from Norfolk to Richmond about
three years ago to enjoy Richmond's
wider facilities. This company has, in
the few years Of it's existence. burt UP
business OF remarkable extent. due in
great measure 10 the energy of IT'S pro-
prietors and the excellence Of their manu-
features. Their leading brand for cotton
corn, and peanuts is Slaughter House
Bone Guano.' which. as indicated by IT'S
name. is largely a slaughtor-house pro-
duct, and they also put forth another
formula under the same brand name.
which is prepared expressly tor tobacco,
and is much used by growers OF heavy
shipping tobacco.
BRIGHT LEAF-TOBACCO GROWER.
But the growers of cigarette leaf are not
neglected, as the company prepares spe-
oial ."Bright-Leaf Tobacco-Grower."
which almost monopolizes the trade I'm
certain bright-tobacco sections. At such
notable points as Battleboro' and En-
field. where there Is a large market for
bright tobaccos. this brand enjoys almost
q monopoly Of the business II is used
by some of the famous growers Of that
region. celebrated Tor fancy tobacc0s that.
even IN these depressed times. command
q ready sale az fancy prices. The COM
pany also manufacture q fine truck and
tomato guanO. and various brands OF
alkaline mixtures and acid phosphates. an
Of which are carefully rolled and tritu-
rated. so as % drill perfectly. This com
pany's boast is that IL guarantees dry
goods. I'm perfect mechanical condition. at
an seasons, and even under eccentric con-
ditiOns.
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4 CONSERVATIVES EXHIBIT.
Richmond Fertilizer Men Abreast OF
the Times.

From this conservative exhibit. il NAV
be seen that Richmond's fertilizer men are
abreast Of the times. and prepared 20
get their share Of the business throughout
the South. IN fact there are no States
where the use of fertilizer is Mt AN general
where Richmond goods are not only on
the market, but the leading competitors
for the trade. The people Of Richmond
know little Of this business. because &c Is
essentially a business for the farmers
but m the country. rom the Potomac 10
the Gulf. almost any faim-bo can euuma-
rate the various Richmond brands more
readily than We have done and discuss
the relative merits az Eureka" star"
'Stonewall National" slaughter
House Bone" or other brands. with
fuency that a. born OF intimate familiarity
and practical experience with them.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-31
RICHMOND CHEMICAL WORKS.

An Enormous, Thoroughly Modern
Plant. With an Immense Capacity.
On the left bank Of the river quarter
OF a mile below the Allison & Addison
factory. and adjoining the Richmol
Cedar-Works on the east Is the Rich
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-31
ALLISON & ADDISON BRANDS.


TIC UIuest and WOrthicst ON the
Market.
Probably there are few people who
haven't heard Of the celebrated "star
Brand" or the equally celebrated AN
Choir Brand" For twenty years these ia
vorite brands have been in constant use
by the farmers OF the South. Among tobac-
co-Taisers, star Brand Special Tobacco
Manure is considered Indispensable when
q dne crop OF tobacco is wanted II * a
high-grade manure. prepared especially
for growing fine grades OF tobacco. and its
formula is 50 thOughlfuly composed that
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-31
ATLANTIC AND VIRGINIA.
Thirty-Three-Year-O House. Yet
Vigorous and Aggressive

Vigorous and Aggressive.
The Atlantic and Virginia Fertiizng
Company. Branch Virglnia-Carolina
Chemical Company. is in its thirty-thlrd
year. having been begun in 1865 by the
late Captain William G. Crenshaw. one
Of the most progressive and energetic Of
RIehmond's old-time businessmen. In
later years Mr. 5. d. Crenshaw was the
moving spirit in this company. and under
his direction II achieved its greatest sue
cesses. The company's plant is situated
about half mile east OF the city on the
Osborne turnpike, on the site OF the
Did distillery. whose rroGuc's chocred the
people OF Richmond 10 &c val" The
factory IS new and up-to-data In every
respect-furraces. mill. mixers. an are
OF the newest patterns. and tine result
Is a carefully-milled and even product.
EUREKA
The leading brand u.s. plctorially. the
familiar phoenix. but % Is called
Eureka" Eureka Ammoniated Bone"
finds ready sale throughout the South
'rn states. among planters Of cotton.
ana Eureka kmmoniated Bone. Special
for Tobacco" is largely used by discern
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-31
CELEBRATED .TnAvEns BRANDS.
"Nationap and '.Capitai'-Iiouseho
Words Wherever Iuano l. Used.

Words Wherever Guano Il Used.
The Travers brands. now manufactured
by S. W. Travers q, Co. branch Virginia.
Carolina Chemical Company. are time
honOred. Many years ago the name or
the Concern was Travers. Snead * Co..
the partners being SIR. Samuel w. Ira
yers OF this city. and Mr. Charlet e.
Snead OF Fluvanna county. Later slr
Travcrs bought out Mr. Snead and con-
Quoted the business under the firm style
OF ). IS. IravcFs & Co. 1t would be diff
hcult TO designate the leading brand of
this. house. as II has put forward SO many
worthy ones.
Mr.. Trayerf. who is Nell known here
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-31

OLD, RELIABLE TINsLEY BRANDS.
Used and Liked from the Potomac
to the Gulf.
There are. perhaps. few farmers or few
farmers boys I'm the South to whom the
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-28
PLUCKY CHURCHILL.
His Own Account of How He Escaped
From the Beers.

LONDON, December 27.-Mr Win
ston Spencer Churchill has cabled and
the Morning Post publishes to-day an
account of his escape from captivity
with the Beers after having been made
a prisoner in the reconnaissance of an
armored train at Estcourt- The dis
patch, which is dated Lourenzo Mar
ques, December 21st, says:
I'm the evening | concealed myself
in a railway truck under a great pile
of sacks. | had a small store Of good
water. | remained hidden SO, CHANGING
discovery The Beers searched the
train at Komatipoort, but did not
search deep enough After some sixty
hours of misery | came safely here. l
am very weak. but am free. / have
lost many pounds in weight. but am
light in heart | shall avail myself OF
every opportunity henceforth to urge
earnestly the unfinching and uncom-
promising prosecution of the war.
ION the afternoon of December 18th
the Transvaals Secretary OF War in
formed me that there was little chance
Of my release. / therefore resolved to
escape. and the same night I lett the
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-28
Proposed Army Changes.

WASHINGTON, December 27-Gen.
Gilbert S. Carpenter, who was recently
confirmed as Brigadier General in the
regular army, has been placed on the
retired list on his own application after
thirty years active service. His last
service was in command of the Eigh-
teenth infantry in the Philippines. He
has been detached from further service
In the field and ordered home. His re-
tirement leaves two vacancies in the
lists of Brigadier Generals and results
in promotions in every grade of the
line, including the promotion of Lieut..
Col J. M. ]. Sanno, of the Fourth in
fantry, to be Colonel of the Eighteenth
infantry. The two vacancies in the list
Of Brigadier Generals will be filed on
the reassembling of Congress by the
promotion and retirement of several
officers who have distinguished them
selves in action in the recent war. 1t
is popularity supposed that Gen. Mac
Arthur, Wilson, Lee, Wheeler, Bates,
Young, Ludlow and Wheaton, all Of
whom hold volunteer commissions, are
to be made Brigadier Generals in the
regular establishment and that all but
two of the number will be Immediately
retired. Gen. Macarthur will undoubt-
eddy be retained in active service, but
there is less certainty as to the identity
of the other general officer to be re-
tanned. The death of Gen. Lawton left
vacancy in the list of Major Gen
erals of volunteers, which win be filled
by the promotion of either Gen. Bates,
Gen. Young or Gen. Wheaton, all of
whom are on duty in the Philippines.
This appointment will be made early
next week
Col. VIM. J. Volkmar, Asst. Adit.
General, has been relieved from duty
in the department of Colorado and or
dered to temporary duty at New York
in the department of the East on the
completion of which he will proceed to
Havana, Cuba, for assignment to duty
as Adjt. Gen. of the division of Cuba.