The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-28

establishment which has become quite
an industry His product consists &c
all tho soft drinks, including ginger
ale and proprietary drink known to-
the trade as "Riola." a number of
other Industries. Including a firstcIass
steam laundry and various small shops
help to keep the town busy.
The Dominion State Mines Corpora
ton. with offices in Farmville. own
and operate extensive mining proper
ties located from six to eleven miles
from here. The corporation owns 1000 \
eral lands and are doing an extensive
business in mining feldspar. stone,
for manufacturing and glazing pot
| terry. This valuable stone is hand
cobbed ut the mines. hauled to Farm
vile and shipped In car load lots to
potteries in East Liverpool. Ohio, Will
| mington. Del, and Trenton, N. j.
The corporation: are also extensive.
shippers Of pulp wood and control the
4 timbers ofsTall the lands for fifteen:
/ miles upsthe Buffalo River. From these
Hands poplar ash. willow, sycamore 4
tsweet gum and red and white gum "a NJ
/
| a boom at Farmville and shipped to the I
/, pulp mills in Philadelphia. Buena Vista
and Bristol. The officers of the cor-a
Iora tion are Q. Gordon stafford. Of II
| philadelphia, president. and CT. 6. Mas.
lchett, of Farmville. secretary a1&
Treasurer. The corporation are alss
large shippers of lumber for building
purposes.
The Virginia Clay and Material COM
| pany is Il new conc ern just starti ~ IN
business with headquarters here. ~ eyys
Town a,l00 acres of superior clay beds
at Fork. nine miles from town, and are
| putting in brick-nakinG plant with.
| d ca pacity Of $4,000 bricks per day..
| The plant Is expected to he In opera
Ition within the@ncSt thirty days The
! company contemplate the estublisll-
|ment OF n brick and tiles making plant
lin Farmvillc. The Farmville Herald.
| one of the newsiest and brightest
weekly papers in the State. was sestal,-s
llislled in 500, and two years later be-
came the property OF James L. q art
Mr.. Hart has made the paper and 81 the
lmodernly equipped job office a bril-
Eliant success financially and otherwise.
| The paper has large circulation in
! Prince Edward and adjoining counties
| and no journal in the State has creator
Influence among It's cons tituents. Mr..
Hart is and has been for number Of
wears the secretary or the Yirg inia 4
| Press Association. fss
Mission of the Board of Trade.
An idea of the volume of business
! done III Farnville may be ohtuinsdss
j from the records of the Norfolk and
IVES tern Railway. Tie books show
THAT Farmville is tho largest shipptng.:
point on tho line between Nor fol k3slnel5
5Brlstol;s Petersburg. LHnchburg md!
/, Roanoke only except he freight
j receipts the past year amounted ssst oss
lover 100000, and. the passeng ger by, ~
ness was the largest of any station on
1.-The line, except the cities named ab owe.
4 However. the town lis not satisfied
twith the business II Is doing and y ms
I, tends 10 have more tries to keep
Things cumming A Board of 4 rade
trecently organized with 100 active.
iimembers are taking steps to bring new
business here. Among the indust ries \
which#it Is certain will pay II here, be-si
cause OF the abundance Of ra" N te ria
\ to be had right at hand may be me
X tloned a broom fac story, IA u fnrntt ure8
] fact tory, box shook ctorte s, staye fac
Itorie excelsior mills. sumac mi U.s.
3lpiclle factory and severa to Geo fac
sEtories The time has come when toha Coo
manufacturers who know the business
j!need not; be afraid Of combines and
trust S and any such who may be loo HI
ling for site for Factories to AZ Q nverts
the weed into plug and smoking need
mot go any further than E'arnSt e.sssst
An ice factory would a,lnd oubtstlly
pay here and a hosiery IA ny to ma kag y
/ the CHEAPER goods would find here;
/ plenty cheap labor and a splsndidiS
1 location for the business. An overall
I factory would alsoB pay well here ~
the right kind OF men open supS. fol-
4 business. IA, ss s5S ts1 n
The Board OF Trade, through It's Nid eSsS
ava ke3 officers and committees IS, tnEttss
correspondence from anyboryl VIII
4 may be on he locke ut for a. ri zee 81 osesS
ItoSthe raw material for fae tories on tlle
lcharacter named above
In afuture letter will try "a 8te llSS'
VI thesyaried products OF he s,,r No.
ling country and about the ed atiof,a MI
advantages OF Farnnvi lie IA ana I'rin caSl
Edward county. AS .sss Y 5s HUI
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