The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-29

turing enterprises II has room for many
more. and the raw material to supply
various factories that are now here is
at hand.
The clay deposits within the town
limits and nearby make this an es-
pecially good point for the manufac-
ture OF brick. With railway facili-
ties unsurpassed and freight rates that
are attractive. brick-making estab-
lishment here would not only have a
good local trade, but Norfolk, Ports
mouth, Petersburg and Richmond
would be its markets.
Other industries that would find spe-
cia attractions here would be pea
nut cleaning factory. cotton factories
and cotton seed oil factories. knitting
mills. and plants that can do any kind
of wood working.
The forests, Astounding in all kinds
of lumber. which surround Emporia
for thirty or more miles. make this ona
of the most advantageous points in
Virginia or anywhere else for woods,
wording establishments.
If nearness to the raw material aud
railway facilities that guarantee COM
peting freight rates cut any figure At
oil then Emporia is the logical loca-
ton for furniture factories wagon, &
buggy ana carnage SppMc
and handie factories, box and stape
and barrel-making establishments. and
lall other factories that Use the tim-
bers Of the forests for raw material.
Social ard Religious.
The social and Intellectual adyart-
! ages of E,nporia will be talked about
lin the educational department of The
Times Dispatch, but it may be men
tioned just here that no town of Its
| size in the State has more churches.
better schools, or more delightful So
1 cial organizations, than those to be
found in Emporia.
The Masons are especially strong
There. Widows Son Lodge. No. so.
Operating under the jurisdiction Of the
Grand Lodge OF Virginia. is one among
the wealthIest lodges in the State. Tho
Hodge owns splendid building which 4
| they claim is one of the best equipped +
Masonic temples in the State. The
building originally cost $4,000 and
later Improvements have added to its
value.
The upper floors are hand on'ely ar-
ranged for Masonic purposes. and the !
lower floors are used as office rooms,
some OF the leading business concerns &
| of the town having offices therein.
Emporla has one of the crack mil
| tary organizations Of the State, and &
thaLs II Is n1uCH IN tI3 lSdu ID III SSAss
due to the martial enthusiasm of Major
p. 3. Goodwin. one OF Virginia's most
efficient military men, The company
here was formerly known as the EN-
poria Guards. It is now Company M IS
Seventy-hrst Regiment. But VIII atayerfS
4 its name or its number. the Enporia
company 4 ssregarded as one of the best
Edrilled, one of the finest looking and
one of the most loyal ilitary organ
| izations In the State. 1t has and nain-
tains its full complement of fifty-oneg
men, and a better drilled lot of soldiers
are not In the State. Major r. r. IA
Goodwin. of the Second Battalion
seventy first Virginia Regiment, with
This staff, has headquarters here.
4sS The social life Sof the good town OF
Emporia is simply delightful, and the
moral influence exercised and exerted
by the churches and their twin organ
izations create an atmosphere that is
|altogether pleasing. One of tho most
4 active business, men In the. town shid
to me to-day: 1--WE have all sorts OF
things to be proud OF here, but the
one thing that we are the proudest OF 4
}is our delightful moral atmospheric
There Is certainly no town In the
State where that atmosphere Is purer
Ior brighter than right here In En- Ss
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