The Washington herald., 1908-08-14
NEWS OF THE VIRGINIAS
POLITICAL AND OTHERWISE

camille. capital $500. Keuvtr Coal and
Coke Company. Pennington Gap. Va.
capital 5000; HodEes-VyiI yiIliamson Com
Dany. Nl-JiusvL-Ie. Va. mercantile, capt
tai Sl5o01-
The Fair Association of EIklns. ".
Va. viii hold its annual exhibition
August - q. and g The management.
anticipating a Iarse attendance. has com
ple5ed arrangements with tie various
railroads entering the city for excur-
sion trains 6Eung the <ai-- The race
programme Viii be the best eve- given
and hc-seuen from Orio. PENNSYLVANIA.
and Maryland VIII be IN attendance
There VIII BE- a continuous vaudeville
performance each day. talent having
been secured from TIE large cities. Other
amusemeuts. which 90 20 make the
county fair q great event, have been
arranged for
Reports from he mining regions in
Eanawha and Fayette Counties. w Va.
are 70 the effect thai business continues
20 pick Up and there is noticeable a
more cheerful and hopeful feeling in the
mining regions. one OF the busiest
places IN the Valley coal fields IS on
keeney's Creek. where the operations
appear 20 be going IN fun force and a
number Of the miners are hurrying
hither from some otHer localities. where
work has not been resumed in full
The West Virginia state Poultry Asso-
ciat0n VIII be formed Immediately after
the national convention OF the American
Poultry Association al Niagara Falls this
week At that convention a temporary
branch formed in this state viii be ad-
mitted 20 membership. Later it viii be
come q permanent society and have num-
bered among its membership practically
all the leading pouluymen in West vir-
ginia. Poultry raising in West Virginia
IS going on az a larger scale than ever
before. and is increasing every year. and
throughout the State can be found some
OF the best henneriss and bsrnyards in
this part Of the country West Virginia
stands high on the list at present, and
there IS little doubt that permanent or
gauization would be a success.
A decree has been received in Norfolk
from Judge waddiu authorizing the is
suance Of $3.50 in receivers certificates
Of the jamestown Exposition Company
for the purchase at once Of all the State
buildings on that portion q the expOsi-
tion site which It IS proposed to sell TO
the government under a bill OF Federal
purchase now pending IN the United
States Senate These are the New York
Massachusetts. Rhode Island. Illinois
Michigan, Vermont Connecticut. North
Carolina. and Delaware State buildings
and the Richmond City Building
The Southwest Times in an editorial
cautions the voters Of the Ninth district
Of Virginia as follows; Now in the very
outset Of the campaign that IS opening
up in this district, for a Representative
in the next Congress. there are two
classes Of voters which we wish 10 eau
ton The first IS THAI class who give
up a fight before it is begun and say
We can't win and don't try The other
is the class who are too sanguine OF
victory and say We are bound 10 win
and don't help"
Notice has been received in Charlottes-
vile that the Grand Camp or Confed-
crate Veterans Of Virginia viii hold its
annual meeting In that city on October
% at which time a handsome monument
VIII be unveiled
A farmer near Glade Spring. Va. re-
Gently sold a quantity Of corn at his crib
for SL10 PER bUsheI Old merchants in
Abingdon say that this breaks the record
in that section for the past quarter Of a
century. Some Of then. however. say
that in 1881 in some portions OF the South
west corn sold for sLa per busheL-
Abingdon Virginian.
All the world rejoices in the prosperity
Of the farmers. for profitable agriculture
lies at the basis Of all prosperity. Good
crops at remuuerative prices not only
give the farmers more Money 10 spend.
but give profitable traffic to the railroads
and that means work f5r locomotive
works, car shops, and for all industries
which make railroad supplies. TO say
nothing Of the vast army of railroad en-
ployes themseives.-Newp0-- News Times
Herald.