The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-27
HOW THEY make 5000 SHOES
Jamestown Exposition Has Many
Factories on Exhibition

NORFOLK, Va, June 27.-In a space
along the entire eastern side of the
immense Manufacturers and Liberal
Arts building at the jamestown expo
sition is located one of the most COM
plete and up-tO-date shoe factories in
existence.
This exhibit is the creation of a
company known as the JAMESTOWN Ex
position Shoe Manufacturing company
and is composed of representatives Of
the Craddock-Terry company of
Lynchburg, Va, the George D. Witt
Shoe company Lynchburg, Va, and the
Wings Ellet and Crump Shoe company
of Richmond, Va, operating indepen-
IDENTIFY.
Every detail of the method employed
in making shoes by the Goodyear Welt
process is shown in this model factory
and is open for inspection. Every ma
chine adds something to the comfort
durability and appearance of the Good =
year Welt shoe.
This working exhibit is under the
superinterdency of E. Macpherson. of
Boston. The machinery is from the
United Shoe Machinery company of
Boston and A. ]. Shepherd of that
city. represents the United Shoe Ma
ci1inery company and it's exhibit.
The CraddOck- Terry company of
Lynchburg, Virginia, has a very fine
exhibit and one which never ra::.s TO
attract crowds of visitors. Around the
outside of the exhibit space are cases
containing on display samples of 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, WillOu, reed, raffa, straw
and rope and of every size, shape and
design. There are shoes from Mexico,
straw from China, Alps climbing boots
from Switzerland, with great hob nails;
shoes from Calcutta and dainty slip
pers from Singapore. There are the
historic sandals from Jerusalem and
Damascus, shoes worn by Arabs and
Redouins of the desert; shoes from
Korea. Norway, Australia, 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 the sixteenth
century. Another pair of boots abOu'
which great interest centers is the pair
worn by Thomas jefferson when he
signed the Declaration of Indepen-
dence These boots are the property of
W. C. N. Randolph of Lynchburg. Vir
riy,io -hn TO Crn1 K
Terry. Mr. Randolph is a great. great.
grandson of Thomas jefferson.
Another feature of the Craddock-
Terry exhibit is the "Old Shoe Shop"
Just across from the modern shoe
shop is a representation of an old
shoemaker's cabin of forty years ago
with interior decorations of furniture
to match. Two sides of the hut are
Cpen and within sits an old man peg
ging away on pair of shoes. This
old colOred man is Alfred Leigh,
former slave, the property of Judge
Thomas Leigh, we'll known Virginian.
For forty years this man has been a
shoemaker and ii his earlier days he
made the shoes for the Craddocks Of
the Craddock-Terry company, whose
factory III one Ody uoN iioiC
pairs of shoes than he has in all the
so wears of his arduOuS labor.
The exhibit of Wingo Ellet & Crump
of Richmond, Va, occupies the next
space opposite the middle section of the
| factory exhibit and it consists of sam
Piles of shoes made by this concern.
The third of the group is the George
| D. Witt Shoe company of Lynchburg
| This exhibit is in charge of w. G. Cou-
| sins and is very complete one show
ing to great advantage the various
| style of shoes for which the company
is noted. among which are Girl Grad
uate Wittonia, Americas, RoXie Ward
and Dixie Girl of the ladies' shoes and
! the Wits $500. Americas, Jeffersonlan
and Clansman of the Mems. These are
in revolving cases and make fine
showing Virginia is now making more
shoes than the entire south was MAX
ing seven years ago and Lynchburg
with population of only $4,000 pro-
duces 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 pre-
vaisl and gives employment to pre-
vailing number over any other indus
try.