The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-19
TOWN OF WAvERIY
ALIVE AND ACTIVE We.
Model Town Down In
Sussex Where All Pull
Together
/ MANY INDUSTRIES;
LIVE MERCHANTS
Dispensary That Is Laying Pave we:
ments to Beat the Record.
Handsome Homes and
Splendid Public
School Fa- \,
!, ciities.

ClllllSo' n
Especial From Staff Consequently
wAvERLY, SUSSEX COUNTY, Va,
May 1S.-Located in the northeast END
of Sussex county IS a virginia toWn
which in many respects Is a novel and 3
an object lesson. It can teach, and
does teach lesson that even as
large a town as Richmond could well
take to heart and commit to memory.
|sUntil a few years ago Waverly was
simply cross-road station, on the
| ia stern branch Of the Norfolk and
Western Railroad. 1T Is now an IN
corporated town of one thousand NJ
lshabitants, and n llvelier, more agrees
| sive and progressive town Is not put
down on tho map of Virginia. The les
son which Waverly teaches Is an Old
time story of the good results that may
como from q long pull. strong pun
and a pull altogether. This simply
means that by united effort, by pulling
Together and by singing Its own
PRAISES the population of this town
has within the past decade built up
business community which Is worthy OF
emulation, and deserves all praise.
From Hamlet to Metropolis.
Naverly, which but a few years ago
was nothing more than hamlet, Is
now an incorporated town OF one thou
| sand Inhabitants. the metropolis OF
i splendid agricultural section, with
magnificent public and high school.
| four churches for white people and
three for the colored population.
/ Masonic and Odd-Fellow's fraternity
in good working condition. bank,
4 which is, or should be, pride to all
1 Virginians; nine or ten splendid retail
| stores. doing an annual business 81 of
i1ra
Interest, a tremendous peanut interest,
a canning interest, a brick-making es-
4 Establishment. a splendid grist mill, Two
4 large stave factories. buggy and Wa
4 gon factory, "a modern electric ght.
4 land power plant, telephone service
both local and long distance. two stele-i
A graph offices, a evenue-produ cinEs dis
4 pensary and more miles of brick and
4 granolithic pavement. according to the
4 territory, than Richmond. Petersburg,
Norfolk or any other city enjoys
Waverly is an important station on.
the Norfolk and Western Railway eigh-
i teen miles from Petersburg and fifty
4 miles from Richmond. and at the juno
i ton Of a branch Of the Southern Rail-.
i way. 1t was Incorporated as town.
i about twenty years ago, but 1t was
i only about ten years ago that 1t COM
4 menced to put on town airs and as
i sumo an Importance we'll worthy OF no.
ice. II IS ~ ~, s, :. ~
Z OF which Is peanuts, but this sectivl Is
mot confined to this one product. It is
4 rich in all products known to the
A upper Underwater section, and alto-
\ gether they have conspired to make
N 'lyetly " ne ~ 5>''{ = - - =.
( ii'4i'o1
Big Penhut Faetor.'
Tho main Industries Of the town are
Is q " = 4. IN,,,> IL IA
moss. brlck-making, milling, canning
4 and ye-making. These industries
employ in tho aggregate O large NUM-
bcr OF operators, and the weekly pay
rolls amount to many hundreds OF
dollars, which turn loose much OF the
ORIGINATING medium that goes to ems
4 rich the retail dealers In all good
things to sell.
The Wayerly Peanut Company, main
tains here a factory which handles 49,
!, 1000 bngs of peanuts annually thus
creating a. market for the peanut far
!, mcrs and distributing among them
!. each year, something like 100000.
The business OF the factory is to clean,
re-rrnde and prepare for the markets
lar 1bc country tho peanut as they get
J. II direct from the hands Of tho far
; mer This company also handles to a.
> large ny,nnt lime ana plaster, and Its
? total business aggregates quarter OF
: ~ million dollars q year. The factory
:, is modernly equipped with ali the
ma chlnerv NECESSARY for handling pea-
:. nnts md emplovs all tho year round
. ahomt siytv hands These hands draw
rood wages and all live within the
! @iimits 81 the town. and. in the course
= nf the vonr. make profitable customers
: ia the retail stores.
:, Canned Good. With II Reputation.
: ,rhe wayerly Canning Factory has a
: reputation that extends far beyond the
. horders Of Virginia, While the factory
. ,s an,,innad RI can MI manner of yege-
= to,,as and fruits, its business up to
now has been confined very largely to
IA cnnnjnr of tomatoes, and, with Its
.,,,,erh nn,inment ii has made n Won