The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-24
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IS GROWING
Rapidly Becoming One OF Il the
Industrial Ccntcrs Of s. South,
Despite Her Hills.

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|HUsTLING BUSINESS MEN.
over among the pine-clad hills OF sthe
Old Dominion, where the clay runs req
din the rainy days Of sprirgtime, nesting
among tho shadows of the Blue Ridge,
lies Lynchburg, the City Of Hills
has been there a long time, gradually
adding to itself and growing ~ great eat
ness, Many years ago 1t was the end OF
tho road to tho riverside, where an. old .
man . named LyEch hoary as Sharon,s
ferried the travellers to the country be-
yond. 1t would seem to the casual Way
ftrer a location impossible OF develop
ment and yet, as if In open defiance
of natural conditions, 1t has come 10
assume proportions that are amazing.
even lis this advanced age ofhindustfial
evoluton. Tracing its history back 70
tho foundation period, when Old Y man
. Lynch, who Is said TO have laid violent
hands on petty offenders and admins
tered corporal punishment or bare bodies,
hacked BY an authority which was a law
only unto himself, thereby establishing
for himself the distinction ofstbeings tue
atron or what has low. ramified itself
into the present Lynch law, this scommun-
ity l,as set its seal Of tlisapproN;ll on Ill
lnwlessresa. and has attracted to It's en-
yirons d lone. settled society that gives
it a charm that impresses al y 12e come
within the2rangc of its influence
, IN the country contguoussto THIS place
a luscious weed grew iii great abundanccs
lee
OF tobacco gave tia world wide reputa-
ton while the EeGroes who manipulated
| tho raw material into cheWnble9 condltion
| made merry music as they sanGtrwith
| delightful melody overHthelr daily tasks.
| Railroads came as railroads wll,tI ana
| they seemed to center ut this spot: hen
| there was suddenly something ominous
| heard and the quiet. easy-solns people
| put their ears IL the ground ana noted
| the coming change. Their CHIEF occli-
| patton, unon which reliance was placed
| for the food and CLOTHES ofItheirssofl-
! spring, was doomed, " for the old-tried
methods Of manufacturing tobacco was
| 10 be no more They accepted the situa-
u toin, and being q hardy people and tln-
! afraid hey turned their eyes to the
! windward ard caught Il new note on the
| blowing brcczes. WITH seeming ulnn-
Unity OF action, the old business, with
lRmnny n pang, perhaps. was abnndoncd
| und now and diversified industries took
shape and forma tor, Immense brick
4 structures supplantcd the old frame ware
1 houses, upon the floors OF which Inc
| auctionccr OF the aforetlme sold his two
piles OF tobacco TO the minute. The
| storage houses for freight and the depots
| Of the railroads had to be enlarged
| and gradually the smell Of tobacco Ncts-
| ing departed from the nostrlls Of the
| people, While the stacks of her plants
! bolchcd out smoke Of myriad manufac-
lures Wise mel had seen the star that
| led them to this point TO betoken Inc
| advert Of possibilities for business, ana
| Lynchbmg, instead Of sending tobacco
to the -four quarters OF the globe, began
i to distribute merchandise Of every churac-
ter that man had need OF. With progress
\ or timethc energy and enterprise Of her
merchants Increased many fold, until TO-
l day the old road to the riverside marks
tho dividing line around which clusters
on both sides n community bristling With
| business. Her schools and institutions
/. Of learning rank ms high ms any, and
have served TO temper with refining
influence the character of her people
Tho standard Of business principles here
maintained Is Of such II character as tC
guarantee every transaction Of her men
and The buyer who buys In Lynchbure
knows In advance that the treatment
he Will receive Is all that he can Wsl
for. While The seller when llp seeks his
rcst sleeps serene in the knowledge thai
the customers he has Gaind that day arc
his friends. and will remain So Thus
has tho city OF Lynchburg, amid The
clay and the pines of old Virginia, sroWl
or merit, until nov, mt the beginning OF
This new century. wheu the world VI
live In is up and doing, SHE stands III
the very front rank OF progression point
. ing the way To prosperity, prout in hcl
pre- -cminencc us the biggest, livest, fair
cs,. cheapest ard most up-to-date dis
tribuier Of all the goods aud wares ailt
merchandise that the want OF man re
qurcs in tho length and breadth Of THU
old Southland OF ours,
Among those who have put their brawI
ana brain behind the scheme of bringing
the old city To tho front may be men
toned those who compose the concerns
OF the cra1dock-'rcrry Company, Gug
| RenhemclNAnd Company, George p. vii
] Shno Company, Oglesby- DEWITT Com
pnny The LSnchbnrg Shoe Company
| The Hughes Buggy Company, Qulmn-Mar
shall Company, Ould Carter Company
} ISirnier Mnntgomery and Company. nh,
| First National Bank, $, G. illr, ant
Son Adams l3rothers-PaNne Company
Ainslie and Martin, Smith I3rscoe Sho,
4 Company, Harris Woodson and Com
pany Beaslny, Couch and Company. lrh,
National Exchange Bank. g. II, Benslc,
aud Brother y, irgmp Th, People:
National Bank RarbehJ enningsi Herd,
ware rpnpsry, a 81 ethes Pr rip!,i,y
4 Jackson Brpthers and Watts Company