The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-07
+IIustling Men Took Advan.
tage OF: Favorable Condi.
lions and Then Hustled.
BUILT FINE TOWN
I'm SEVEN YEARS
Wealth Of Forests and FARM
Lands Surrounding Added to
Natural .Advantagcs-Thc
Old Field Pine andWhat
It Does and Can
XXI Do.
BY FRANK $. yyoODsON,
undustrinI Editor.)

ID FJtNNN Be WOODSUNS sks3iif4
Industrial Editor.)
SOUTH HILL. VA. June 6.-rhe
question has been asked. How did South
Hill grow in the short space OF seven
years from nothing to town of sucl,
commercial Importance as was pie
tured IN last Sundays Industrial Sec.
ton? With only one railway line. with
no water transportation, and with
larger towns and cities on all sides to
compete with. 1t does seem something
of wonder that 1t should have grown
In seven years from an insignificant
country station to a town of moro
than thousand people, doing. in ono
way and another. nearly or quito
s2.oo0,OoO OF business. IN the leaf to-
bacco business alone abou. 100000
changes hands In the course of a year,
the merchants and fertilizer folks soil
mere than 100000 worth of goods,
and the lumber interest. box factory,
planning mills and other. Industries
come very close to handling a mill
lion dollars year. I should not won
der II the total figures for all the
business done here would run over
$2,00O,00o In q year.
HustlinE People and Zine County.
The secret of this wonderful success
in a business way and in the build
ing of a splendid and substantial town
is to be found largely in the hustling
qualities of the men OF South Hill,
but with all of these llustlers at their
best. South Fill could not have sprung
up in desert or on the arid lands
of Arizona, or In the blizzard-cursed
regions of some parts of tho West and
Southwest
The splendid agricultural section OF
which 1t is the centre. the vast forests
furnishing the raw material for wood
working machinery to saw into boxes.
hubs, spokes, furniture, etc, the splen-
did fields producing grains. grasses.
tobacco, cotton. potatoes. gand.al1 man
ner OF vegetables made South Hill. In
short. to the magnificent hills and
valleys of old Mecklenburg and adj
joining counties is due the credit OF
building a town of great commercial
and Industrial importance on this
healthy ridge between the Meherrin
and Roanoke Rivers, in the eastern
Fart OF MecklenburE. I want to write
a little more about this fine country
and It's prospects and possibilities for
the future.
Old NIccklcnburE's Wealth.
The lands arc as good as are to ba
found anywhere in Virginia, the water
is very fine. the climate Is delightful.
and the people cannot help from be-
| ing prosperous, at least such OF them
as know how to work and are willing
| to use that knowledge to the best adj
vantage, and 1t must be said that the
| most of them do and arc. The staple
crops in the eastern part OF MecKlen-
burg are tobacco. cotton. wheat. corn.
oats. rye. peanuts, and sorghum, from
! which a superior molasses can be made.
Mecklenburg's bright tobaccos BRING
as high prices as any produced eiss.
where. The dark and red grades OF
tobacco are extensively used by manu-
factories in their choicest brands, ana
| the heavy dark for continental SNIP
Ming purposes. The county ranks aa
the third or fourth producing tobacco
| county in the State OF Virginia.
creeks weld from fifty to seventy-1ive
thushels of corn per acre; the high
lands from thlrty.five to forty ousnels
ne,. acre with favorable seasons. LII, III
MOVED land will produce from slsu-
| tsor IN twenty bushels OF Wheat -
tho acre and often more. Wlnlel , pas'
Yield beautifully when SEEDED eali s.,,,
Alfalfa, timothy, clover, ana ha q.
al, Of tho domestic grasses Liout ~,
! lux,,riantly on good soil O. ZIG ,.. ~. sn,,
Ia nas5 THOSE who have raised nay 1ot
lanu .,s.. ,,avo been very successful. not
nnlv IN quantity made, but IN ptlee'
| obtained.
Money. In Cattle AMI sheep.
- h,a been only In the last few years
| comparatively speaking thar the ps0
| nlc have been giving marked attehtlo .
! "a thc grasses. but they have progress
al wonderfully along this line. ana are
| mt only making money in the nay H nl-t
I i,st hnt they are finding that they nave
I, grass country that will make cattle
raising profitable. have nov sven ,.
finer grass fields anywhere IN i.s' ne
or liner cattle and sheep on . llei's
these grass-covcred fields Dsheep a, ANA
| cattle find an abundance 70 i've a u
thrive upon, and within the last few
| years improved stocks have been m
reduced. and now cattle, sheep and
| hog raising Is becoming an Industry
| OF great Importance and protlt.. ~
| has not always been thus, FOR men nero \
who are yet classed as young peoplo
| tell mo they we'll remember 5@nen
| seven tenths OF the farmers gave 'l.e
raising tobacco, cotton and other
"money crops" and then bought meat
4 butter. etc Newcomers have brought
new ideas and the MecklenburG farms
are becoming famous for the variety
J OF their products, the people having
1 learned that there is good money ~
many things other than tobacco, wheat,
cotton and peanuts
Fruits Also Fay Well.
Orchard planting has greatly IN
creased IN the last few years. and it
has been demonstrated that this couil-
| ty cal, be made and is being made %
| Vie with 4Albermarlc as an apple and
| peach-growing country. yesterday
looked upon and took snap shot OF
an orchard OF 1000 APPLE trees. just four
years old. Every tree IN 1t, Is perfect
and next year everN one OF stheHl WI \
bear fruit They are o. unlfarn size
and the whole layout was q beautiful
sight to look upon This splendid orr 4
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