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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-01
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Warcnton Electric Company furnishes
licht for streets and stores and resi-
dences, and supplies power for new and
large flour mill, having capacity Oh
one hundred barrels per dav.
The roar of its machinery Is heard late
at night, 30 great is the demand upon It
Three grades of flour are placed before
tho public, which seems to have gone
far toward ;ilsplacing the imported
brands.
a Two newspapers arc published here. and
railroad and mail facilities are good. This
has long been 4 cattle market no little
Importance while the hors-the pride
of Fauquier-is bought and sold at prices
ranging from 500 to $1,000 This latter
traffic resolves Warrenton into an OBJ
iect,ve point for wealthy buyers from tho
large cities, who frequent the market here
continually.
During tho summer months the hotels
and boarding houses actually have TO
turn away scores OF people, this perhaps
being most noticeable during August
Pure manufactured ice, virtually in use
BY every one. is u recent innovation here.
The enormous demand for this very neces-
sary product makes the company itself
an assured success financially.
New building have gone up everywhere,
some OF (which tho paltlal In their appear
nnce.
"A a road engine and rock crusher, In
daily use. bids fair to convert our high.
ways into speedwnys as smooth almost us
d tIdewatcr shell road,
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BOYDToN.
The Depression in Tobacco Had
a Bad Effect on Trade.
fSnoc,n17to r,l,o ,rI,ncs-T)isr

Especial to The Tlmes-Dspntch.)
&BOYDTON. VA. Dec. 31,-Therc has
been little or no advancement In tho bust
ness outlook OF the town during tho year
just closing, The moneyed crop of this
section is tobacco, and Whenever there
is q stagnation III tho prices Of this ar
tice business generally is affected.
Tho very low price ut which tobacco
has sold during the entire year has had
It's effect In depressing all lines of trade
in Boydton. The merchants, however. un-
der tho depression, have held their own
and have done fairly well, all things con-
sidered, Tho two banks here-Bank OF
Mecklenburg and Williams & Goodo-
have done we'll. and their bank state
ments show that they enjoy the confl-
.dence and patronage of8n large class OF
citizens. The combined business done by
these two banks reaches over six hun
bred thousand dollars,
b. IL. Cogbill does 4 big and Increasing
lumber business and employs Il large force
Of men. lle owns and has All interest In
eighteen saw mills In different sections OF
this and adjoining counties, lie is reported
to be doing over a half million dollar bus
mess II requires four or five men In the
office to do the clerical work, and they
ale kept constantly engaged, Very
handsome rcctory has been built lY ST.,
James Episcopal Church thls'year,
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and county people. The old system.
owned by q private corporation, gives
excellent service.
The Bank of Wytheyille has put in fire
proof vaults and safes and remodeled its
building at a cost of 5000. and has now
splendid equipment. The town has
built and equipped new belfry and ap-
paratus for fire alarms. The Fourth
Avenue Hotel has been thoroughly re-
modelled and repaired, and will be
opened January LIST. The Wytheville
Manufacturing Company and the Dodgion
Euiltling Company have done o. splendid
year. business in building, and the
other manufacturing plants, including
the Wytheville Foundry and Machine
Shops and Wythevllle Wooden and Knit,
ting Mills, close a satisfactory business
year.
Among the handsome residences built
during the year are those Of Mr.. S. f.
SEwald, Hon. Robert ". Blair and Mr.,
Louis F. Krenning.
During 1901 a business house, to be oc-
curied by Frank & Company, clothiers,
will be erected, the Farmers Bank will
nut in vaults and safes, the old county
courthouse will be torn down and a mod
ern department store will be erected on
its site.
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SUFFOLK
Has Enjoyed a Year Of Unex-
anpled Prosperity.

Especial to Tho Tlmes-D ispntch)
SUFFOLK, VA. December S1,-The
year just dying marks neriod of trade
prosperity whose equal Suffolk has never
known. There has been no sensational
boom business, nor did what Is called the
Christmas trade show particular increase
over that OF tho past few years, but bus
mess during the whole of the last twelve
months has been steady and strong.
Tho holiday rush, as pronounced ms It
was, did nottcome ZIP to the expectations
of some people, for much was expected;
and, again, many people are abando.1ng
tho habit of doing the bulk of their shop
ping tho days immediately preceding the
holiday season.
There has during the year been more
home building than for one twelve months
Of decade.
Among the larger business doings Of
the year were tho establishment of the,
Bowen and Street Equipment Company
and the Suffolk Stove and Foundry Cons
pany, the remodeling of the Nansemond
Hotel, and the reconstruction of the new
home for the Bank OF Suffolk.
Several large brick plants have begun
operations In Nansemond county,
The Standard Peanut Company recently
was chartered 1t now, operates a cleans,
ing plant at Holland, Va, but IN 1901 ex-.
poets to also operate n factory In Suf-
folk
suffolk already has four peanut facto-i
rios a lf. i5tl fstsa ri }Fs33 .gs tla5lts 4
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market recorded the largest receipts

baco market recorded the largest receipts
in It's history.
The largest number Of residences in any
one year for long time were erected,
and most of them are handsome and
costly structures. Improvements to OLD
ones are also noticeable. On Main Street
a large number OF storehouses were built.
A handsome new depot was presented
to the town by the Norfolk and Western
( in 1908.
Railroad receipts, both passenger and
freight show considerable increase
over last year, and business at the post
office is much heavier. iys5
The State Female Normal School sen-
joyed one of the most prosperous years
In the history of the school.
The Farmville Mills one Of the largest
flour mills in this section, has been go
Ing night and day throughout the year,
and could just supply the demand for
their goods.
The Farmvile Manufacturing Company
enjoyed one OF the most prosperous years
since its establishment.
The New Year finds Farmville moving
to the front. In 1901 canning factory is
promised, and there is some talk Of a
shoe factory. Tho Farmville Knitting
Mills, recently purchased by North Car
olina capitalists. will be operated on a
large scale. e
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LEXINGTON
Good Crops and Work at Good
Wages Brings Contentment.

IOOQ NlOpS oA1o WYNN a. ASoo
Wages Brings Contentnent.
LEXINGTON, VA, Dec 3l.-Lexington
and RockbrIdgc county have enjoyed n
fair share of prosperity during the year
now closing. Good crops at fair prices and
abundance Of work at good wages have
developed spirit Of contentment, Tho
Christmas trade has been an unusually
large one. sS
The most important Industrial enterprise
hero is tho Rockbrldgo Limo and Stone
Company with several kilns producing
over 800 barrels Of lime per day. There
has recently been added to this enterprise
arrangements fnr-the manufacture Of
patent process FERTILIZER lime. The COM
pany controls the right for the State, and
the output has been salts faetory us to 70,
suits. The officers Of the company are
Mr.. u. L. Emprce, of Buena Vista. prcsl-
dent: Mr.. r. II. Adams. nf Lynchburg.
vice. president; Mr., Lawrence Enibree. OF
Lexington, secretary and treasurer,
Washington md Leo University has
now in course of erection q new engineer
Ing Hall to cost between $4,000 and,
$4,000.
Rockbridge enjoys complete telephone
system and rural free delivery routes,
Lexington and Glasgow have prosperous
Wholesale grocery houses, Nearly all the
flour mills In the county use tho patenl
roller process of manufacture rho
tWo banks of Lexington are prospering,
The Virginia Military Institute and
Washington and Leo University have tho
largest attendance for many years. n
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HARRIsONBURG.
Bank Building Erected-An I'm
portant Horse Market.
tsneclal to The TImes- DIspatc Y.

Especial to The Times Dlspatch)
HARRIsONBURG, VA. Dec. 3l.-The
greatest Improvement seen in Harrison
burg during tho past year is tho ercc-
tlon of the First National building, on
tho south side OF the public square, The
structure Is almost completed, and Is SIX
stories high. Tho first story Is OF white
stone and tho remaining stories OF gray
pressed brick, 1t is the most imposing
structure In Harrisonburg, and has been
fayorably commented on by visitors here
from distance, il cost about $4,000,
A large number of new residences have
boen completed during the past year, es-
pec!ally on Franklin Street, a thorough
fare which has only been opcn two or
three Yeas.
The Masonic lodge of this place re-
Gently purchased the Revere House props
erty, and will next year erecta large and
modern Masonic Temple on the site
where tho Revere House now stands.
This lodge is ono OF tho oldest III the
State, ana has recently acquired valuu-
bio property III lIarrlsonburg
The Enrrisonburg horse market during
tho past year has been very gratifying
to lteai hose dealers, Among the noted
horse gaucers who have been here dur
ing the past year with View Of pur-
chasing were Princess Troubetzkoy, for
smerly Miss Rives of Charlottesville, ac-
companied by Ter husband; Mrs. Hall,
OF Richmond, and MIS- Townsend, of
Washington
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VIRGINIA. KEEPS A LIVELY STEP TO The MARCH OF PROGRESS

J Il e.
and convenience. and, through them,
more value has been added to the adj
joining property. Interests which have
Eeen lying dormant for gears are, by tho
wise conception of the capitalists, being
developed. and the development of the
great water power. capable of operating
hundreds OF miles of electric railway and
affording power for extensive manu-
factures, Is In process Of Development.
The protective conception Of some of the
citizens reaches out beyond even the hope
Of others. IS g.is55 ssi Il
There has been an Advancement along
the line of manufacturing and comner-s
clal enterprises. The aggregate bank
deposits have greatly Increased, and tho
jobbing business has gone forward In like
proportion. Some Of the manufacturing
plants have doubled their output and ext
tended their business all over the worsl.
Tho light trade in tobacco, 1t was thought
Mt one time would effect the showing
to he made during December, but ais
though, instead of the sale Of five mil.E
lion pounds Of tobacco. which Ii an aver,
age up to this time OF the season, there
has been only one million pounds sold ;B
still this falling off did not materially
effect even the retail business. Mer-@
chants in all lines report good holiday
trade, and In many cases report tho
largest holiday trade of any yenr. Tho
shortage In peanuts Will hardly affect
the success materially, since the advance
In price viii probably make up for the
falling OFF in the stock. a5 ts
The railroads have been compelled to Y
increase their facilities to handle tho
growing business, and are appreciatingM
the fact that Petersburg has become
an important trade center. s
New manufacturing enterprises ara y
sprnglng up rapidly, and there are pros-5
poets for the establishment Of many in,-
portnnt industries for Petersburg during
this year. The people of Petersburg
are nnxiousy waiting for the consummn-
tor Of the plans for giving the city an
ample waterway to the Capes. Work
on this desirable and important improye-
ment Is expected to begin very soon, and
this year Will doubtless witness the
greater portion Of the work. The pros
gress that Petersburg has made during
the year Is Surprising even to Its own
business people. q s. NIL
Tho Chamber VI Commerce has become
more active than ever, and their work
has already had telling result In many
affairs, The work Is being done In earn
est, and tho young men are constantly
devlsing new enterprises. all Of which
show tho spirit of advancement prevailing
In Petersburg. 8
At the close OF the year there left the
wharf in this city the largest ocean,
going dredge In this country, The work
was done by tho Petersburg Iron Works
Company at their ship yards IN tbs city.
and the successful completion OF this Nes-
Sc. has placed Petersburg among the
ship building cities.
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WYTHEVILLE,
Put in Electric Lighting Plant
and Other improvements.

Especial to The TImes-D lspateh,)
yVY'TIIEVlI.LE. VA. Dec. Sl--Wythe.
willie has shown a solid and steady growth
during 1909 Business men report the
years volume or business as entirely
satisfactory, the holiday trade especially
Eleng VERY brisk, Il
Turing tho year a plant for lighting
with electricity has been established,
ephe old electric plant, one OF the first
established In the State, was practically
worn out. and the Town Council sold g
3twenly.year non-exclusiye franchise for,
electric lights for the sum Of a thousand
collars to the Stone Electric Light and
5I'owtr Company, and was successful IN
idlsppsng Of tho old machinery at fair
price
a mutual telephone franchise was es-,
,ahlshed ana la now In successful operr,
alton The stock llol derss are All town
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caused the fall off Of business. Fine
lumber plants have been located in the
county during the year. and lumber is
now selling high.
The sash, door and blind plant opened
here last year has been doing a good
business. The banks report better bust
ness than last year, and Indications are
that when the present crop OF tobacco Is
marketed business will Increase very
much.
This county is very dependent on the
togacco crop, which Is very good this
year but has been held for higher prices.
which are very much better than sixty
days ago.
Tho cheroot business here has been
pushed to it's utmost capacity, and Their,
is some talk of increasing the plant dur
ing the coming year.
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CHESTER.
Decided Progress and Improve
ment During the Year.

(snectal to Tho Times-Dlspatch.j
CHESTER, VA, December 3l.-Decided
progress and Improvement Is shown in
this village and vicinity In the past year.
-Four new dwellings and ono store have
been erected and other buildings mate
rally repaired and Improved. The hotel
building, purchased by MI. r. II. Bruce
this year. has been remodeled and paints
cd. additional rooms added, hot and cold
baths arranged. tsuppliedb by a largo tower
which is worked by a fine gasoline on
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COVINGTON,
Business Good, But New Year
Dependant on Iron Trade.

N Especial 10 The ,TImes-D lspatch.5 .
CONJUNCTION. VA. Dec Sl.-1rade has
been exceptionally good and all business
enterprises lave prospered In 1903, The
spring trade was good and the demand
Il for goods of all kinds during the fail was
unusually large.
The market for produce and all other
things raised by the farmers has been
much larger than the local supply, ant
prices have been in excess Of those or
previous years
THE industries of the town, Including
the pulp and paper mills. furnace, bricF
plant, flour MILL machine shops and
foundry, steam tannery, planning mill.
pin and bracket factory and I've plan
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/ CAPE CHARLES
Business Good Along All Lines
and Prospects Bright.
lspecial 10 Irhe Times DIspatch.l

Especial to Tho Tlmes-D lspatcl.)
/ CAPE CHARLES. VA, Dec. 3l.-Busl-
ness has been good along all lines. and
it is safe 10 say the people Of this town
and county We're never in better finan-
cial condition than at present. The good
prices obtained for potatoes. oysters, fish,
CLANS and other products Of the soil and
water have been of great benefit to trade
and business conditions IN general
Cape Charles is q now town, being little
over eighteen years old, but It Is ono OF
tho busiest, most progressive little places
III tho State, and with the completion
OF the sewer system and new water works
now under way, will be far ahead Of many
other towns much larger.
III Tho outlook for 1901 Is especially en-
couraging, and all indications point to q
much larger volume Of business than
= last year.
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CHATHAM, VA.
Did Good Business, Though To-
bacco Crop Is Unnlarketed,

cHATHAM VA, Dec. 3l.-Businass this
year has surpassed last excepting tho
month of December, which, on whole,
Will fall short of last, although the Christ
mas trade SURPASSED last Christmas,
Several nice dwellings have been
erected during the year. and large,
moderny equipped hotel now covers tho
site on which the old Hotel Bennett
was burned during March, 1909,
little more than half the quantity Of
tobacco crop, which is very good this
time. as compared With last Year, Which
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FARMVILLE.
The Year the Most Prosperous in
the History Of Little Town.

fsnacisl to The Times.nispa,ch.)
FARNrYILLE, VA. December 3l,-
F'armyillc has found tho year 1903 pros
porous and happy season, and in many
respects It was one OF the most PROSPER
In all departments OF trade, from the
smallest Industry to the largest. the town
has made rapid strides. and business men
geenrally tlnd themselves at the close Of
the year With d record that Is exceedingly
gratifying to them and to their friends,
5 During the past year The l'ar.nyll|e To-
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PETERSBURG.
Year Ends More Satisfactorily
Than Any for Years.
: itU16 kAtFy VA WI

Z" (SpeCINI TO TIC IIHIVs-D ISpHlVI'I :"
PETERSBURG, VA. Dec, al,r-The past
wear ends moro satisfactorily Tor Peters
burg perhaps than any year in the his.
tory of the coekade City. The spirit OF
enterprise which developed several years
ago has gone steadily on, and the city
authorities and private citizens have
caught til, spirit Of the time, and public
and private improvements have been
made. The improvements to tho streets
and the pnyements have added beauty
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x ~. SO IT ~ :a.a. II. "a.
~. :. tho n The Kind You Have Always Bought
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Combine sentiment with horse sense
and get your policy from the Virginia
state, a, homo institutions, CHAPLIN a
HUME, Agents.
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Tho Virginia State is owned by home
people, managed by home people, EMPLOYS
home people and spends its money IN
Richmond, a, w. CARRIER, Solicitor.
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Charity begins at home; 50 also ought q
the patronage of local institutions. This
Virginia state should not be forgotten IN 4
This connection CHAPLIN a HUME.
Agents.
Combine sentiment with horse sense
and get Your policy from the Virginia
State q home institution. u. ", Ais
FRIEND & SON, Agents,
The Virginia State Insurance Company
has assets exceeding s6Ga.0oo, and surplus \
to poicyholders OF $500. 600. w, a. GRE syS
SHAW. Agent, s.$5ss
Practice what you preach, and keep
Eyo,,r money at home by insnrinE with the
Virginia state WILLIAMSON TALIiE'XA
Is Co, Agents. q. Al
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CO "A. 81 VIZ q TT r. IA.
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Charity begins at home; 50 also ought
tho patronage Of local Institutions This
Virginia state should not pc forEetten IN
this connection. a, w CARRIER, sollc- !
itOk 800 Is
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chamberIaIn,s cough Remedy is Pleas.

~ - 0ltE1 ant I u AXE, 3I9II n n r. d
The finest quality of graduated loaf
sugar is used in the manufacture Of
ChamberlaIns Cough Remedy, and tho
roots used In Its preparation give It q
flavor similar to maple syrup, making
IT quite pleasant to take. Mr.. w. H.
Roderlck, of Pooesvile, Md. In speaking
of this remedy, says: II have used Cham
.berlain's Cough Remedy with my children
for several years and can truthfully say
1t IS the best preparation Of the kind
/ know Of The children like to take it.,
and it has no Injurious after effect For
sale by all druggists.
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IF you Insist OH It, any agent IN Rich
mond can give you policy In the Viz
GINA State, p. N. WALKER " CO.
Agents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

vaIry was successfully concluded There VIZ
no port or island In the archipelago which was
not under Dutch influence. The terrible story
Of Towerson and his men was told by others. AZ
well as the four survivors. Van Speult omitted
all mention OF the torture from his version. but
other Dutchmen were not so careful London
famed with wrath. and King James broke
down and wept when the narrative was read
to him "John Company sought redress In vain
and went sending out trading ships. never
lacking for volunteers Into India, Persia
Japan, China. the English factors made their
way; and as time went on the Dutch retreated
before them. riches poured into their hands. and
they worked their monopoly to it's fun value
Let the name Of Quarles Browne. agent n
Japan. be remembered; he IL was who first per
ceived future for the herb "tee'' IL at could
once be made fashionable in Europe"
The later history OF John Company" h not
unfamiliar to the readers Of to-day. For many
years II tactfuIy suppressed or absorbed Inter
Ioping' companies that sought to break up tn
monopoly It was during the reign Of James III
that IL was at the food tide OF its prosperity.
Then a little less than a hundred years old. II
had everything that IL wanted In the way OF
royal charters and Of undsturbed management
OF AngIo-Indian aratrz Ths King himself wzs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

mcmber-and n b recorded tnzt his nuz4
profitable asset. when he went into exfIa. We
his East India stock The Sword had coma %
the support OF the Ledger and dusky monarchA
hung with pearls and rubies. yielded hor1ags o<
friendship TO "Jehan KompanL- Mr.. Beckl9
Wilson's detailed accounts of dealings with IN
Great Mogul and other Eastern rulers IN many
interesting pages Give. Warren Hastings
Wellesley. pass across the scene. The company
acquired great territorial power and. IN return
for pension. the feeble Nawab Of Bengal SUI
rendered to II the DewanI or the coIlectioa
and administration Of his revenue The process
thus begun says the author. was to confirms
until all India would acknowledge the companyS
government With the Mutiny Of 1857 ths
power passed forever and In 1874 the company
was finally dissolved By Parliament Ma
Beckles Wilson quotes the abuse bestowed upca
the company as venal and ignorant: but ths
result Of his study is apparently the convictiOa
that il and its servants were, the whole. tuSt.
broad minded and honorable. He has curious
description OF the orderIiness of life IN the COM
pany's Oriental factories in the seventeenth
century:
The youth who stayed out at night OF cars
In after the gate was shut had to pay 4OsL Or
five weeks salary to the poor For absersrs
from prayers the fine was 5s- Sd on weekdzys
and 9s- on Sunday: for an oath. Is: for being
drunk 2s. Cd; for striking abusing per-
sons not In the comDany'S service three dayS
imprisonment in irons" . . Dueiiing VIZ
rewarded by Imprisonment for two months On
rice and water
letter written by one Of the young ma
employed by the company goes to show that ~
factory was indeed more like unto a Corledga
Monasterie or house under Religious orders
than any other"
A final chapter on the Muse IN Leadenhza
g.
the literary figures who for all readers OF Eng
Iish literature are happily associated with thu
old East India House Chief among them was
Lamb. whom all his fellow clerks called Char
ley with love and tenderness.- Jokes and
jests. great and small" wrote one OF them
were his constant pastime. and every ons
around him came in for share Sir Georgs