The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-24
New Plan for Adver-
Using Industrial and
commercial city
NORTH CAROLINA
AND OLD VIRGINIA
Tourists to Greet Old Friends
and Make New Ones-North
Carolina Already Offering
the Glad Hand-Social-
Business Tour Through
Magnificent Country.

The Richmond Boosters Tour TO he
made next week through parts of Vir-
glnia and North Carolina is a plan to
advertise Richmond its industrial.
manufacturing and mercantile great
ness, and It's many advantages as
distributing centre, and as a business
town generally. The plan was inau-
guratcd by The TimesDispatch and
heartily taken up and brought to its
presen; state OF success by nearly
hundred OF the leading firms and
business concerns OF the city.
The object of the tour is to enable
business men Of this city to ride
through an interesting part of the ter
rtory Of two States in which Rich
mond does great business and seeks to
do more. to the end that there may he
friendly interchange OF views with
with the people OF that territory. that
they may get the better acquainted
and that new friendships may be form
cd and new acquaintance made.
The Object In View.
While the one hundred or more of
the Richmond Boosters who will be
on the special train will carry all
kinds of advertising matter for distri-
button 10 let the people OF the cities.
towns and villages and country places
to be visited and passed through know
what great things Greater Richmond
carry an orderbook. and IT is doubt
full II a single order will be solicited
or single contract sought TO be
made. The Boosters are going out in
this way simply to get In closer touch
with friends already we'll known. and
try to make new friends In a quiet,
socisble way. and in the same friendly
way let the little world through which
the special will steam it's way. know
~ IT,, Dtrh Nd
unsurpassed advantages as trade
centre as people In that little world
care to absorb In their own way.
The Gind HIND Awaits.
Already 1t has become known
throughout the length and breadth
Of the territory to be traversed that
the Boosters Train" is coming. and
Information from all along the route
is to the effect that the good people
are preparing to give the Boosters
most hearty welcome and tine glad
handshake
The special train will be made UP of
four Pullman palace cars, two diners
and baggage car, the latter to carry
carload of advertising matter, in
cluded in which will be $4,000 or 30. 600
copies OF next Sundays Times-Dispatch
Tor free distribution, and this OF IT
self will be a 'emendous Richmond
Booster, as 1t viii contain over hun
cred pages OF attractive and striking
information about the great things
Greater Richmond is doing and intends
to do. Tie pullman palace cars will
be the home OF the Boosters during
the tour. while the two diners will
be their cafe. lunch-counter and hotel
from Sunday night, October !. to the
end OF the trip.
A Glance Mt the Route.
In r,-tlI hn Naiy Ctran
Station by the Sea board Air Line about
daylight on the morning of October
9 the Boosters having gotten aboard
Sunday night and spent the night In
their comfortable berths. The cars
will make straight shoot for Hender-
son. N c.. the county seat of Vance
county, and there the two diners Will
he hooked on with hot steaming
breakfast. ready for the hungry
Boosters. After breakfast the hun
dred or more Richmonders will be
taken In hand by the good citizens
of the town. and under the inspiration
OF music by the band they will take
in one OF the best towns OF the Old
North State Henderson Is a large.
bright tobacco market. a cotton manu-
featuring centre and town that does
an immense mercantile business.
From Henderson the train will go
Carolina town and cotton market of
no mean pretensions. Franklinton is
in touch with Louisburg. the county
I, seat, and practically the Boosters will
here take in two towns at once.
Carollna's Capital City.
The next stop Of great Importance
will be Raleigh. the capital OF the
State. There the Boosters Will be met
by representatives of the Chamber of
Commerce. the Advertisers Club. the
Retail Merchants Association and 9TH
er business organizations. and the en-
tire staff of the Raleigh News -Observ-
er. the great daily of the capital city,
and here again band will make 1ive-
of sufficient duration for the Boosters
to see Raleigh" from comfortable
seats In as many automobiles as will
be necessary.
From Raleigh the train will follow
the Seaboard Air Line. taking in some
Of the most interesting parts Of North
carolina; through many cotton fields.
through magnificent pine forests, and
and villages. including the famous
health resort Of Pinehurst, and in due
time VIII reach Sandford where suf-
ficient stop to form acquaintances Will
be made Then will come Hamlet, q
big railway junction and business
town. where the glad handmade
awaits h tne Boosters The next towns
Wadesboro. Monroe and Intermediates
smaller places, at all of which the
people will see and talk with the
On to Greater Charlotte.
AS Old Sol begins to seek repose In
the western skies the train will pull
into the game and progressive city
; of Charlotte. and there the Boosters
will spend the night They will Be
received and welcomed to the city by
the Greater Charlotte League, and the
members and officials of this wide
awake organization will see to II that
Il every Booster sees and knows Greater
. Charlotte before he leaves. The Manu-
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