The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-01
SOUTH HILL, IVA I A. 1
Remarkable Growth Of virginiaa''s
\. New Southside q own.

3 = ,t 1AFIf ~ III ~ A, Dec!8 81 .--Th
i+o,vI, d located or, the Atlantic ana Dan-
lvltleiFdlvision 81 the Southern Railway y
three miles west OF Its Junction with IN
Itha 4 seaboard Air Line RI llroad mas as
had the most re1narlta BILE BroWtl, N ~, !,
last few years Of ny town II soutnsl sl
Virginia. duo mainly the esta DIST 8
mont OF a N tobacco market n the = AAll
AZ 81 900 BY tho South Hlll IONS o.ise
cn,,,1 MI he n ouse Built by them was
sonerat mi 6by gHamlett, & Curtin who y Y !
n business of about $4,000 pounds :,
3tobLcco. The next year there we're two '''
a az VA e11o,,ses built and also three f
gprize- houses AZ hey, together, did p o1i
liness OF between two and 1 I ia y \ n,lu
tl,ree million pounds 81 tobacco. he Viz !;
3rlnia warehouse, n the largest warehouse 9
that has been built, wasShuilt last fall
making the fourth house. Z The Planters PLAN.
warehouse doubled thelr floor spa, ! y
Farmers and Star Warehouses also mao
improvements, the four j ouses a ex Pcct
to- doga business of tlYe ana 3. slS
million pounds having, already so!d atnfee
million pounds UP to- Christian l9 ~
53s' M. IS. " Yancey who represents the t!s
America ( Tobacco Company, l,a bt Y
Is iarRe I'd Glory In which 4 to handle the -
}tobacco bought for * the Am ericatl 10
5bacco Company. Ell ISL s II, ,s q IS
SSThe South Hill Improvement Company
built q large factory, which Is occupied Leo
5by =. Boyd formerly q 'NVa trenton 'r
IN
n, rhe South Hit Warehouse Company
have equipped 5 a large !, stemmer pa Ia ny
which is now leased Il and opera 60 by
the r. E. Roberts y bacco1 COMPANY 81 ~
lThey handle amount ~ to 20 geo geo
Tor the III perial r obacco Compan "a
{1,yiYf, fbiiyfnll
tobacco On thfs market for tho i ast two !,
soa sons. TX handles the largest amount Il q
wrappers ana high grad Il obn eco sold on
this market. 3.8S
sof 3. 900 Or s, 900 people Is pract ically as
stirred. q II has doubled in populat lon d!ir7
Ing the past twelve months, now having
GOO people. There are 4 two hote ,S6 two "
large hard ware houses 81 two lar rye IA g ~
goods stores and one furniture store o %
drug store and some light orSt en- genera
merchandise stor q mum per ~ groceTS
stores, three meat marke ts, two Sba ck-
smith and wheelwrigh shops s5s three
cooner al OPS " one pla ming mill, bar and
4postoff ice. rs D n I, n,
%s There are several new stores that VIII
besready Tor business early In tho spring.
The Methodist Church has Just comp eted
f a d handsome par soma SO low occupied py
the Rev PArri T ere IS also 9
Baptist Church unde tho cha rye Of the
Rev, 8. ~ M az Coleman, ID and a. Christian
Church just completes during the past pas
year I,
b. The Presbyterlans have been donated z
lot and will erect q church q uring .ffttle
coming year. The grad ed So ool has been
enlarged $nnd arranged In three $stlepa =
men IS with three teachers IN charge, MISS t
Mari Il Williamson, Of Boy ton, a.. a.
principal; y Miss Ma bel Davis. Of skelto'n
ana Miss Matte FMcCsbe tea hers.
The n sydnor Pump and well Co., OF
Richmond, al, have about conlpl ed
al, Sarteslani well for Mr.. ] \. III Ogburn, aof
this place. ana have struck q re nlarkn Y
bold flow Of water. The water has been
tested ~. Froehling & r rtson, chem
lists, 81 Richmond. They report IT e x
.ceptionally free Of organi ma tier and good
for al domestic uses and also q good
boiler wa ter. Experts are Of the opinion
that this ono we'll will SUPPLY s1lfilcient
water for ali purp oses for q 81 own of
900 or e, 500 people. This should Induce
tho location OF $manuf featuring ind ustrle7 +!
al am abundant supply Of waite tss Il Ct
hand. Ia furniture facto Wag on fa ctory
"a I'd sash, door d nd blind fact Dry g re- sl,el-
toned as Industries that will loca te here
within the next year. This is al SO q good
location for Il cotton mill IS q quantit ~
nfg SIN Mo- is raised In this section