The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-24
MAKING JAMESTOWN Shoes
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position Shoe Manufacturing Company
and Is composed Of Representatives OF
the craddock-Terry Company, Of
L%ynchburg, Va; the George D. wit,
Shoe Co, Lynchburg, Va, and the
Wings Elicit and Crump Shoe CO., Of
Richmond Va, operating Independent.
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Every detail Of the method employed
In making shoes by the Good. YeaI
Welt process Is shown in this model
factory, and is open for inspection
Every machine adds something to the
comfort, durability, and appearance Of
the Goor.Year Welt shoe.
This working exhibit is under the
superlntendency Of ]. E. Macpherson,
Of Boston. The machinery Is from
the United Shoe Machinery Company,
Of Boston, and ~. shepheard, Of that
city, represents the United Shoe Ma.
chinery Company and its exhibits.
The Cradlock.Terry Company, o.
Lynchburg, Virginia, has a very fine
exhibit and one which never fails to
attract crowds Of visitors. round the
outside Of the exhibit space are cases
containing on display samples o!
shoes, boots, sandals and every kind
OF foot wear from every country and
cline In the world. They are Of turtle
skin, alligator skin, COW, horse, sheep,
goat, bear, deer, wolf, reindeer, dog,
walrus and seal skin, Of grass, bead,
canvas basket work, willow, reed, raj.
fla, straw and rope and Of every size,
shape and design. There are shoes
from Mexico, winter boots and sum.
mer shoes Of rice straw from China,
Alps climbing boots from Switzerland,
with great hob nafts: shoes from Cal.
cutta, and dainty slippers from Singa'
pore. There are the historic sandals
from Jerusalem and Damascus, shoes
Worn by Arabs and Bedouins OF the de.
sert; shoes from Korea, Norway, Aus,
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traifa, Spain and Honduras. One great
pair Of spangled court boots were worn
by Prince Shouski during the reign
of Ivan the Terrible OF Russia, In tho
Sixteenth century. Another pair Of
boots about which great interest cen
tiers Is the pair worn By Thomas JEFF.
ferson when he signed the Declare.
ton Of independence. These boots
are the property OF w. C. N. Randolph
of L%ynclburg, Virginia, who loaned
them to Craddock.Terry. Mr.. Ran
dolph Is a great, great, grandson Of
Thomas Jefferson.
Another feature of the Craddock
Terry exhibit Is the old Shoe Shop
last across from the modern shoe
shop is a representation of an oil
shoe makers cabin Of forty years axe
with interior decorations Of furniture
to match. Two sides Of the hut arc
open and within sits an old man neg
cling away on a pair OF shoes, This
old colored man is Alfred Leigh. q
former slave, the property Of Judge
Thomas Leigh; a well known Virgin,
ian. For fifty years this man ha:
been n shoemaker and In his earle!
days he made the shoes for the Grad
docks Of the Craidock,T Terry Company
whose factory In one day now make.
more pairs Of shoes than he has In
all the fifty years Of his arduous la
Dor.
The exhibit of Wingo Elicit G
Crump, of Richmond. Va, occupies
the next space opposite the middle
section Of the factory exhibit and /,
consists Of samples 0: shoes made by
this concern.
The third Of the group is the George
D. witt Shoe Company, Of Lynch
burg. This exhibit is In charge Of
W. G. Cousins and Is a very complete
one, showing 10 great advantage the
various style Of shoes for which the
company is noted. among which are
Girl, Graduate. Wlttonia, Americas,
Roxle Ward and Dixie Girl, Of the Ia.
dies shoes and the Wits $500. Amer.
icus, Jeffersonlan and Clansman OF
the mems. These are In revolving
cases and make a fine showing.
Virginia is now making more shoes
than the entire South was making scv.
en- years ago and Lynchbarg with q
population Of only $4,000, produces
more shoes than any other city, east
OF St. Louis and South OF New York.
1t Is, in fact, the only city in the
South where the shoe Industry prevails
ana gives employment to a prevailing
number over any other industry.
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