The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-15
KEYSV|LLE is ONE
OF COMING TOWNS
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Already Leading Tobacco
Market and a Bank
ing Town.
BRIGHT OUTLOOK
FOR THE FUTURE
In the Heart Of the Raw Material
Region, Keysville Should Be-
come a Great Manufacturing
CentreHealthful and
Highly Moral Corn
ir1,lnity.

irlunity.
Especial From > stah corrsspondezt.l
by FRANK 81. WOODsON.
E KEYsvILLE. VA. December IA
Some one has said that the coming
wealth OF the South is wrapped up IN 4
the small towns that are to be de.,
veloped and made to become tbs 1
centres of manufacturing OF varioua
kinds. ~ IS
This Is doubtless true. for the ten.
3dency OF Industrial Development is. to I
get close to the raw n,aterial., Thte
the disposition OF people who had
money to invest in cotton MANUFACTURES y
ing to get near TO the cotton fields OF
the South. and thus 1t happens that
the cotton-raising States are becoming
the largest cotton manufacturing;
States, whilo the States that produce
the most iron are becoming the hons
ing foundries. and the regions which
are rich in timber are the homer of
" od-working factories.
Virginia has many small towns, 10. Z
Gated here and there in the centre Of
the lands that produce the raw ma
tertal for almost every class OF manu-
facture, and the time Is not Tar
distant when the greatest wealth OF
| the Old Dominion will be found In her
small towns--her manufacturing towns I
that are so fortunate as to be located
in regions that produce raw material
OF one kind and another.
The richest State is not necessarily
the one that is closely dotted with
large cities. Perhaps the most healthy
growth is to be found In the state
that has a large number OF towns with
manufacturing enterprises located on
the edge OF the fields and the forests
which produce the raw material. ~
Brisht OutloosS for keysvnle,
Taking this view of the situation, IL
III cxsy,te Imagine Old Virginia ssrpsfSfs
linz IN wealth. TOR no state in ltf,s
Union has more nice, lit Tie vt HaEess that
are favofably located tor larger de-
velopnlent along the lines indicated
above. There is no town In the State
that is better located for future de-
Iyelopment and has better chance to
become q manufacturing centre thar
Keysville.S 1t Is already busy little
town, and has industries and enter
l.prises that give 1t considerable impor-
lance In thescommerctal;r records of tho
Stale. but itsESpresent enterprises are
nothing as compared with the possi-S
Utilities of the near. future or with the
great things that the wide-awake peo-
Isple of the town propose to bring to
pass. with every advantage of cli-
mate, with tho best of water, with tho
OF perfect healthful condi-s
lions. with splendid railway facilities.
and with the advantages Of location
within the very heart OF the finest tins
Der and farm land regiongof Virginia.
There is no reason why Keysville shall
not be one of the leading industrial
|towns of Virginia. and the seat of va
irious manufacturing enterprises. That
| is the view the ide-awake men of
the town have taken. and they propose
to bring great things to pass, and that
very speedily.
Tie Kcysyille OF ro-Day.
However, 1t must not he inferred
that Keysville Is a deserted village or
| a dead town as It now stands. Far
lof something over 6l0 inhabitants
within the corporate limits and an
many as 500 more on the outskirts.
lwho are practically citizens of Keys-
willie. There is d town government.
Including a Mayor and a Town Council.S
hut the high moral standard sof tho
people is such that they need little or
noNgovernment, and the town authors
ties .haveSreally nothing to do.
The town is located in tho good old
| county Of Charlotte. not more than
thres miles from tho point where
Charlotte. Lunenburgi and Prince Ed.
ward counties come together. Thus 1t
may be seen that8the town has a kind
OF tri-county aff1liation. and it's people
are loyal to three counties at once.
Ills at the Junction OF the Richmond
Danville branch and the Rtchmond.
Durham and Raleis h branch OF thu
Southern Railway
The Tobacco Buslnesy.
keysville has long been leaf tp-
bacco market, and right now It is eA-
i joying a better business In this lima
than ever before. The three ware
4 houses located here have been selling
about q million and q quarter pounds
l of leaf per year.
4 put forth special efforts. and the I'm.
Immediate result is seen in largely in9
\ creased sales. The indications now are
\ that the total sales OF the warehouses
for the current tobacco year vii Ne
Il In the neighborhood of 900 ofagi
pounds. certainly not less than / sou
4 000spounds. The three warehouses az.
4 Peters g. Company. the Farmers. cam
4 Quoted by Hammer Brothers & Osborn
and the Public conducted by w n
Il Staples. .5s
4 NJ The tobaccos sold here are largely
f5of the heavy dark and brown grades.
4 the bright leaf finds Its way to this
u market. All OF the leaf bought here is
priced In hogsheads ana shipped to-
other markets. tho most OF 1t going to
i foreign lands. The American Tobacco
/ CompaHy keeps a. re gular buyer on the
market and there are agencies here
(which buy ths raw leaf for, the Inl-i
4 perial Tobacco Company, Tor the Jap
i, sanesa Monopoly, and for the Ita Ian
l lgovernment, and also for the Austrian,
government. f
!. In addition. there are a number OF
u private or independent buyers, and ALE
, together they make the tobacco ma %. Il
l kst quite lively from day to day. The
u warehouses draw their trade from thu;
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