The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-04

wholesalers is well-known throughout
the southern and southwestern territory.
Along broad lines these wide-aWake mer-
chants have sought and successfully en-
tered field after field, and contested the
prestige OF other markets, until now
Lynchburg's travelling men make up d
small army Of aggressye rfaae uh oyer
seventy houses In the wholesale trade,
and their annual sales run away up INTO
the millions. a retail merchant VISIT
Ing from any dl 81 Ghn ae
prices and on terms that no other mar
ket can heat. Everything from ,cioth \, $
to groceries can be obtained under me
ard OF dealing is so high with her mer,,
chant body that an order once secured
means continued business relations sat
isfactory, pleasant and profitable 10 lhe
&.S"By rea son Of her superior railroad 10
cation and her proximity to the sea
coast, Lynchburg enjoys q pecunar ~ 70 ;
vantage OF competitive trelgh. r ih o eun
trw to the prejudice OF markets less re-
mote, and the broad principle 81 her ,,,,,o
chants In the increase OF tne -t tull ~,
OF the business done with IenuI ratai,e a..
the benefit OF the most modern He.Huu %
Of business and adds vastly to the Guys
trade.
Lynchburg AS a Manufacturer
"Lynchburg manufactures ! s Enndt ans
articles, She has something over nve
i nrinr e nj employs over four
thousand operatives, and distrlouteS, IVA na
" twenty thousand dollars weekly ~ ,, pay
rolls Among,, other art' freS p I valves
and castings Of all kinds, machinery.
wa; busGies, carts, cigars: smoking dnn!
tobacco, pug . sads bo rreis ladies' and
misses shoes, power transmission ma
ohnery IRON york for hud b1ek b onr
meal and mill feed n9d tnEs o rents pI un
derwear, hosiery. sash, doors. blinds and
inside house furnishings, pharn1ntc,eu,htical
9rs gran ba pFsw ounses csouehe
tresses, cigarette, machines, BAKING pow
der bnrytcs, bark and wood extracts for
tanning and dycng, paper boxes. ICE, ana
Good Place to Live.
"To the home. seeker, to the health-
tages must exist in the locality they
have to consider If the object OF their
hopes Is to be obtained. An established
society, law-abiding sober ana refined,
and education, with adequate agencies
for Its Indefinite continuance and steady
growth: hygienic conditions, conducive
to immunity from IL mhu - ulsensn,
factured materials, proximity TO raw
material and fuel, labor plentiful and
obtainable at reasonable figures. must
combine II each class OF seeker Is % Sr pe
Va. he SUFFICIENT to meet the demands
of ali classes seeking homes, health or
sites. ~
most beautiful environments In the world.
with q climate that cannot be cxcelled.
she extends to all an invitation 70 come
and partake OF the benefits that are hers
by virtue of her natural location, Tier
people arc Industrious and frugal. With.
out being given to lavish expenditures Of
any kind, they, are hospitab'e md kind.
and for the stranger that so1oult ~
churches, her schools, and al her instl;
tutions are the out groWthlpf an oil and
long established SOCIAL c1lnmu1isy whose
Sgi ndaed Sem nns % tho e po ss ee
made the models of many mat nave come
after.
s steps to to improve and advance the health
of the community are being taken, The
elevation OF the city above the sea car
res with It the guarantees OF pure ar
ans ta: and hen IL ut t cesse al
Hstnated as the city is, at the junctIor
hrse ErsaNt o nns and on T Westeyn M
the the Chesapeake and Ohio; opportunitie,
goods good at low rates Of freight ar, IN
eeaualled, and have already caused m m
city to become q much felt factor y IT., tn
mercantile world. The same me &C q IL req q
s goods 10 10 locate at Lsnchburg has turned
in looking into the situation this Gas ba
Of the industrial advance ,! gTIara .be an!
f fuel labor and power appeal to MIN l, a. 9
| Well as the proximity. Of the raw H ~
terlal which he must turn INTO ,o he ehe satis
factory at Lynchburg, and the city ha:
attracied is attracting and. VIII attrae
| plants Of every description for the man
Ths n,atteT has been nut IA attrasetiyf