The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-12
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stores, a prosperous bank. with ss13.-
OSI1o deposits and total footlnss
amounting to s333.e3o.14: the immense
Pain peanut factory, a furniture rae
tory, and several smaller Industries ana
fnur churches and an excellent pubic
school building costing 500 1t also
has telephone connections. hotels. etc.
Jarratt is a growing village situated
about thirty miles from petersburg.
at the junction Of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railway and the Nlrsinian nai
y,y It has large stores, two churches,
/, thriving bank with s53,155.27 deposits
and total footings amounting to w.:
s9S.oa. telephone connections, and |
bids fair to be a town of considerable
nroportions in the near future.
Other Places of Importance.
stony Creek, located on the Atlantic
coast Line Railroad, about twenty
miles from Petersburg. is growing
and progressive village: has thriving
bank, established about year ago
with s4es30 deposits and total footlhss
amounting to s62,2S6.0S, and two large
cotton gins, peanut warehouses, ana
large lumber manufacturing plant
Other towns and villages in the coun-
ty are Sussex Courthouse, the county
seat; bonneville, Yale. Masons, Grlz-
lard and Gray. All of these villages,
axcent tho county seat, are located on
the Southern Railway. The largest
| Of them is Gray. located at the juno
| ton OF the new Virginian Railway
with the Southern. 1t promises to be
a town OF considerable Importance an"
! some OF its ambitious and wide-awake
! citizens say that Waverly and Wake
| field will have to LOOK to their laurels
| or else Gray may become the me-
! tropols of Sussex county some OF these
| days.
| Oukdale Colony.
There are any numb. of small farms
| to be had in Sussex county for mere
| song, so to speak
The Waverly Farm Agency. which Is
| a member of the Norfolk and Western
| Immigration Association. has done
| much to bring new settlers to the
| county, and expects to do great deal
more This agency has purchased Il
| large tract OF land near Waverly and
cut 1t up into little twenty-five acre
/ lots, upon which they erect a cottage
| home and sell to immigrants for $500
! on accommodating terms. They have
/ already located about twenty families
10 n thbsiaeutiful Oakdale Colony tract
| and others are coming. Those who
| have already come have been very
successful and are prospecting.
Enthusiastic Land Agent.
The Hawley- Moore Land Company,
with headquarters here. has control OF
more Sussex and Surry county farms
and lands than any other agency, and
| Mr.. T.. ], Moore, who is a hustler, is
kept busy showing lands to Western
and Northwestern people. who are flee
ing from the rigid winters of the bliz-
zard country for more comfortable
Ihomes in the salubrious climate of Old
1 Virginia 7 asked Mr., Moore about the
prices of these Sussex and Surry county
I lands, and at once he grew eloquent,
evidently thinking | was an immigrant
from the cold Northwest. Said he;
You can buNiand In Sussex now at
from $40 to $40 per acre that will
produce more per acre than lands which
cost from Sl00 to s30o per acre in the
North and West. The large farms
/ will be divided up into smaller ones,
| and now Is your chance.
sussex invites and will welcome YOU
here and make you feel Mt home; pro-
tect you in the enjoyment OF life. lib
erty and the pursuit Of happiness You
need only to be honest, industrious and
Ilnw-nbiding and success Will attend
i YOU"
! stil, he'd mt revealed MY identity.