The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-15
s RICHMOND VA SUNDAY, DEoElBF
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4 utensils. M I.
Any altihi, OF d woodworking estate
lisltniont would do we'll here. ,fhe TIM
bar is right at the door. and furni-
tire factories. chair factories and
Isnlhterlnl right ut their door should
II they decide ~ locate lfcrc. aud why
4 should they not? The lnfias and the.
ii Grounds for any manner of mantifac-
turing enterprise are for snle cheap,
4 labor is plentiful and not liisl, priced.
4 living is&nbeap, aud working people
II could not find n better or more health
i ful placcs to Hive than right here In
4 kcSsvi1Ic.
splendid farming country SUE
rotinds the town, and the owners OF
tho land would be delighted to vary
i their crops and III two or three canning
4 factories were started TN here the
i farmers OF The sections round about
i would be only too glad of tile aoppor-
tunlty to furnish tile material. Fur
| thcrlnorc, 1T Is splendid grain coup
\ try. md two or three more Touring
l1niils would. have no trouble In buying
4 here all tho wheat and all the, corn
they might want to grind up. and
they would not be dependent upon thr
/ fields Of the far West
| The loseliest and the most profitable
| farming section In all Virginia Is with
In q circle of ton miles around Keys
| willie. Wheat. corn, oats and tobacco
are raised In the greatest abundance,
and some OF the finest tobacco known
| to the trade comes from the lands
within IL fcw miles of keysville.
Surrounding the town arc some OF
The most beautiful, up-to date farms
| to lie found anywhere in the State of
Virginia or anyWherc on the earth,
as for that mayer.
/ saw a model farm yesterday, that
Of Mr.. Samuel r. Tuggle. Just a mile
from town. Mr.. Tuggle was q railroad
Imam. and many years ago went from
Virginia to Texas to build railroads.
After acquiring competency he came
back to his old Charlotte home and
bought tire place which l visited yes
terdaS. He has made ii II model farm.
He raises grain. grasses and stock,
and he makes n profit going ana com.
ling. His residence on the farm mas
been fitted up with all the modern
conveniences and with the exception
of electric lights he has everything In
his house that u city mansion can boast
of. including hot aud cold water. bath
rooms and pretty much everything
else.
There are within few miles Of
keysvNle "a number of farm places
that are on a par with that of Mr..
-
two hundred that, can be made as
attractive. ..l1ese farm places can be
had cheap and the wonder is that they
are not taken UP moro readily.
Mr.. Samuel r. Miller, a wide-awake
and active real estate agent, with
Offices in the town. is doing great
work in the matter OF bringing these
farm lands into notice, and IN that re-
spect he is doing his country great
service, as well as making a pretty
good thing for himself.
Mr. Miller tells me that he has never
sold q Charlotte county farm that gave
the purchaser anything but perfect sat
isfaction, especially If it was close toll
Keysville.
The moral atmosphere of Keysville
is simply delightful. OF course, it isl
a dry town. and in all other respects, 1t
is moral. The four white churches inI
the town are coy little edifices in
which the people gather for Worship
They are Baptists, Methodists, Pres-,I
byterian and Episcopal. II
keysville justly boasts of It's good
water Every well III the town and
all OF the springs IN the region round
about are strongly lithia. An artesian
we'll which has recently been struck by
the Southern Railway, is said to be
remarkable.
1t brings forth water that is
naturally carbonated, and physicians
WHO have analyzed the water, say 1t is
very valuable. tbut the railway com
pany nnly wants .it to supply steam
engines, and they Will probably never
bring 1t to much notice. DIR. Gregory
tells me that there are only two wells
in the United States that produce n
naturally carbonated water. One is in
California, and the other is here inl
kcysville. and is being hid under
busl,el or rather in an engine tank by
the railway folks.
There are number OF springs and
wells in and around the town that arc
said to be very fine. The Keysville
Tonic Springs have had some reputa-
ton, and might have more II they were
handled by somebody who would push
the waters.
With its natural advantages and With
the wide-awake pespie who are at the
helm Of things here. 1t seems to me
that Keysville is destined to be one
of the best and one OF the liSest
among yirginia's active small towns.
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The West African Colony of Angnla.
There Is no American consul in the Portu-
guese West African colony of Angola, out
the British consul there reports that posi-
bil!ties of very considerable trade appear to
await development. He says that the IN
terror region has great natural resources
which up to this time remain untouched.
The future Of Angola trade. says the con-
sui. Hes In the direction Of rubber cuiti-
vaton. immense rubber producing areas
h;.ying been shown to exist In tho province.
pieltatiot has teen hitherto impossible The
once, tlourishinG trade of the coast has de-