The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-25
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VALUABLE STOCK j !.
MT. Whitehead Here Repre-
sentlng the Jamestown
Exposition.

Hon. John Whitehead, Of NorlolK, 1s
In the city representing the James s'.s' =
Exposition Company. Mr.. Whitehead IS
connected with the publicity departnIe 81
He says that the Exposition Company PM '' mas a
gone energetically to work and Will VII. ne
believes. sell $1,000 900 worth OF stock took pc
fore January /. 1904. The manage1m'e'nft Is
offering 5000 shares Of the preferred GU
mulatly six per cent. dividend STOCK ''l
ron-taxablc, par value 500. SUBSCRIPTIONS p
to this stock will not be binding until the
full amount Of 100000 Of tho preteIre q
and 100000 of the common stock snail
hava been subscribed When the COM
nanvl Is organized by the stockholders
payments will be made as follows: Two
si,er cent. or 50 per share, OH demand OF
tho Executive Committee and the re-
naming es per cent. In seven equal =; m
stalmer,ts each for "A per cent, OF Inc
Arst day Of January and July each year.
Not one cent of the subscribers, nloney
can be used for any purpose ~ the SUD
scriptlons amounts to Sl,C0O,ooVi IN El ac''
nc payments will be made.
III YOU SUBSCRIBE said Mr., White
head, land the Exposition Is not
held. YOU cannot possibly lose q
cent II the Exposition Is held, our
rlnn will enable r. u.s. in the y opinion
Of experienced business men. 70 return
your money with six per cent interest,".
You cannot compare the jamestown GA '
position with any other held IN TINS cou "
try, because they are not allKe. ~
exposition has been hela On o., h padI.
'.The company will own the lands. pulla a.
,nRs and nlltimproyements,. and there VIII
he no obstruction OF valuable properties TO
restore the Exposition site to It's original
ccndltion We intend to build town.
With all modern improvements, to 20
utilized for business purposes when the
celebration Is over. There Is no better
water front property in Virginia. V1r.
glnla must have this celebration. MOI
to have 1t would be disastrous. and we IN
tend to make 1t a success. It Will pay
Virginia very! much more than It; VIII
cost, THE stranger within our gates
generally pays for what he gets. tor
lodging, transportation and pleasure. his
dollars 60 into circulation and ind their
,ray to the retailer the wholesaler and
the manufacturer. The doctor, the law
yer and the preacher get their part. we
feel certain that more than a mlll!on
people will visit the Exposition during
the two hundred days 1t will rum a
million Mil would be an average Of only
5000 per day. Richmond. Petersburg
Newport News Hampton Old Point Nor
folk and Portsmouth will have to take
caro- OF them. For ono nights lodging at
50 cents they would pay s50o.0oo; for one
days board, at the cheap rate of 81, they
would pay $4,000. 600. II they should re-
main three days and expenses OF al
kinds should average SO per day. they
would spend IN Virginia $3o,0oo.oo0 we
are asking the people Of the State to In
vest In an enterprise 81, 100000 that will
likely return to them thirty for one.
'"The affairs Of the Exposition Company
arc In excellent condition. There Is per-
feet harmony, and our people are coming
forward and subscribing literally.
thorough canvass Is being nado In Nor
folk by prominent business men. who
are taking time from their private at
fairs to assist this great public enter
prise. Next week n canvass Will begin
In Newport News. We expect Richmond
to help u.s. She Is by far the richest
city In tho State. and ! believe her citl-
zens are among the most patriotic. and
the benefits to be derived by the State
capital will be second to none. doubt
not that every Western visitor to the
Exposition will stop In Richmond, Eacur-
sion tours could take them daily to tho
Exposition grounds.
''We would like to have $780, 900 subscrib-
ers here. Richmond citizens can we'll at
ford to make the investment 1t IL not
a Tidewater affair, but belongs to the
whole State. and every part Of the old
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