The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-15
LUMBER INTEREST
SIMPLY IMMENSE
Franklin Wants Cotton Factories,
Oil Mills, Tanneries, Canncrics
and Other Indnstries. Has
the Raw Material to
Keep Them Well
Supplied.
nY EnANK $. wooDsoN.

wealth of Nirginia--and her wealth Is
great-corsists very largely in itY I'M
developed potentialities--its forests,
It's mines, Its. water powers, its fish
cries and it's agricultural fields that
supply SO much of tobacco. grain, cot
ton. grasses. peanuts, fruits vegetables
and other things that enter into the
manufacturing equation.
The wonderfulness ot the wealth that
is tied nD In the above outlined possi-
bilities and potentiaiitics has fop
many years been far beyond the COM
prehension OF the average Virginian:
but Virginlans are waking up. and they
arc learning. as the days 90 by.
Some of the people OF the Old Do
minion have delighted in being slow,
or. as they We're pleased to call it, con-
servatiys. until they came TO consider
their own interest and the general in
terest. Some OF this blind class-and
they arc hIind--may yet be found in
almost amy locality. but as general
rule they are exceptions to the TWEEN
tieth century breed OF virginians.
Under the new conditions Franklin
offers splendid Inducements 10 the folks
who are In search OF industrial develop
mcnt and growth, and IL place to make
money In almost any manner of manu-
featuring. 1T las tho water power, the
raw material. the transportation facili-
tics. with competing rates; cheap sites.
cheap labor. unsurpassed educational
facilities. good banking facilities. a
good climate. good town that has al
ready the necessary water sewerage
and other advantages to make IL u de-
sirablc place of residence, low taxes
social ana governmental features that
cannot ne cAcelied, and many other adj
vantages not necessary to name.
Franklin AZ II Is.
Franklin is one OF the live towns
OF the rich and prosperous county OF
southampton, located AT the head of
navigation of the Blackwatcr River.
The Blackwater is the dividing line
between southampton and Isle OF
Wight counties. two of the richest
counties IL, all OF tho Underwater section
of Virginia.
franklin enjoys a remarkably adj
vantageous trade situation. 1t is just
In a stones throw of that interesting
point where Isle OF Wight and Nanse-
mond counties corner on Southampt on.
Any ole who will take the trouble to
make Il study of the map of Virginia.
and especially of the counties named
abovc.fwill find no trouble in figuring
out the lirge and rich section OF coun-
tyy that naturally trades with Crank
lin. and if the student knows anything
worth knowing about Virginia and
North Carolina. he will readily per-
.ceive that the lumber interest the
grain interest; the cotton interest. and
the fishery interest. necessarily make
Franklin a market town OF vast inn
portance. and one that cannot be
downed. no matter If 1T never adds an
industry to It's present outlay.
But it already has large manufac-
ty.tv 4 ,t1,- Il -
rounding back country offers induces
ments 10 the manufacturer and the
business man that cannot be: over
looked. and unless all of the signs OF
the times shall utterly fail. Franklin;
Is destined to he one of the leading
manufacturing centres of Industrial
Virginia.
The Town ana Itk Government.
FRANKLIN has population of some
thing IKE 1900. including the inlme-
diate suburbs, and no town In Virginia
has better or more moral citizenship
than this town.
There is a town government here.
but 1t has very little to do in the mat
lei. OF governing a dispensary, which
derives It's greatest revenue from the
traveller and the visitor within the
gates. is DOING good business and
helping to paw, streets and make tayes
lighter than tie otherwise might be,
However. the la lic sentiment ia
rather against tn whiskey traffic III
any form. and the indications are thai
notwithstanding Its profits for internal
improvements the days of the dispen-
sary are numbered. N
Educational Advantages.
franklin has one of the best
equipped high schools In the State. but
Professor Johnston and School Trustee
Gary have promised me some notes to
help me make a special account or
that splendid institution for the Edu-
catlonal Pase,sand I will have nothing
more to say about 1t here. Other cdu-
cational institutions of the town are
the franklin Female Seminary, the
Franklin Male Academy and tho
Euphradian Institute.
Tho first named of these is a SPLEEN
did school for girls, which is presided
over by Professor r. A Henderson.
There are In the scho II something
more than sixty boarders and nearly
"a hundred day scholars Tho FRANKLIN
Male Academy, which is the property
gof q stock company, is a military in
sstitute under the mana gement OF Col
Eonel q, w. Anderton. There arc about
fifty members Of the cadet corps OF
this school.
The Euphradiah Institute is a pri-
waite and select school for girls, which
is conducted blythe Misses Webb, Well
known educators. The enrolment Is
about fifty IA ,ig
The town Of Franklin has been In
corporated for many years, and, as 1t
has had u dispensary for. several years,
Y 1t Is hardly necessary to add that53lt
has considerable internal improve.
sments-namely,s fairly good sewer
system, q splendid water supply, with
works lint furnish ample water for ali
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