The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-04
tary to Lynchburg from trading stand
point.
Result Of Business Evolution.

Result of Business Evolution.
Luxembourg Board of Trade, was seen by
a Times Dispatch man and asked ITO
what cause do you ascribe the wonderful
only in business. but in every direction?"
= would say he replied that, the. city
Of Lynch burg is a striking example Of the
witch no city can be successful in the
be Be c CHI Of the South at the
lection Of any, citizen of LsnchbuTg. that
there was time when. the policy. which
controlled the people Of means IN Lynch
gems had made their money dollar by
dollar. and their every. tendency was
along such conservative lines as to make
of money necessary to material develop
ment. Within, very recent years they
have been called upon to. penetrate ter
rtory for the sale of their goods, which +
ordinarily would seem impossible for them
TO acquire. The sending Of men to these
far away fields necessitated vast annual
OUTLAWS, and thus began the departure
,sm that had formerly eharacterlzed
the he next fSe qusstton inyoyeS fHr
q necessity have been Intangible and in
DIRECT: mean bv this a scheme Of nd
and the matter MAS aonF bs
lines of Increasing the effectiveness OF
men on the road and the amounts We're.
evolution which has made our city the
great potent factor that 1t Is. The broad
lines they have laid down and he mu-
combined to create a community of re-
ciprocal rela tions among our people that
has developed such mutual condolences
man, and to this peculiar condition at.
tribute every particle of the progress that
our city now enjoys,
Unite in Advertising.
Have you found any difficulty In bring
Ing about concerted action on the part Of
vantages of Lynchburg?"
No The question Of advertising was
first mentioned by Sident Jackson. Of
the Board of Trade. in his annual re-
January. 1904. That portion of the re-
portswas referred to the standing COM
mittee on advertising; Within a month
shippers was CALLED and the subject was
freely discussed The scheme as proposed
wl % para the esff sgGy
nS pon q aspaSs @oFe e Be
There @ &c n3 lan k a teaa
twenty gentlemen and 1t was deter
mined that the entire South should be
of the daily press, BY this character OF
matter. The amount involved was consld-
cradle. but without leaving their seats,
sum- approximately according to their
respective volumes Of business, and it
was raised IN twenty minutes, Those
sum We're We're KY CO., Gugg !as
heimcr &: Co., George D. witt Shoe Co..
Jackson Bros. & Watts Co., Barker Jen-
n'n f. Hnard1wars Co., Hughes BUGGY Co..
tlonal Bank, Harris Woodsonn "s CO.. Kiln I'm
mer- Montgomery & Co.. Pocahontas
Ihornh!ll Wagon Works, First N Hsi Uiii
Bank. National Exchange Bank, Adams
1 BROS '4 gym Co.. -Ainslee 4 Martin, Ould'
"a al, passed and another lneelng
was !. c ca tor similar purpose, With
oSSa thoysa thG sane result except That
! Increased their subscriptions. and somo
who had not contributed previously asked
for the privilege of coming IN. The re:
I enterprise Is the fact that, .notwithstand-
Ing the use of thousands Of Inches In the
leading Southern dailies not one, NOR
whole scheme being purely and simply a
| matter or advertising our city as a mer-
camille community and q point OF adyan-
! tage to the Southern seeker OF mcrchan-
disc, IN no single instance can there be
4 found the name of any individual mcr-
!; chant on one of these advertisements
! and, furthermore, those who have CON
Z tributed to the general funds have In
same issues for the simultaneous appear
ance Of their individual advertisement"
| Civic and Business Conditions,
Are You able to give. any lnteyestlne
facts regarding the civic and business
conditions Of Lynchburg2'
As an evidence of the present broad
| spirit Of liberality. J. might mention q
/ matter that came under NV own ObSer.
walton a short while ago. The city 81
, Atlanta, in order to attract there the
location Of ali institution of learning
started a campaign to raise q fund o.
1 s250,000. To this end they made a house
! 10 house canvass, soliciting subscriptions
I as 10 W at 10 cents and aXemnting no lQnP