The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-30
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people,"

That Virginia back home" move
ment that some of the Western and
northern papers have been trying to
fldicule is moving right along all the
same Here is little story that illus
,rates to some extent:
"Papa, is heaven divided like the
United States into North. South, East
ana West?" asked n little girl from tho
south whose father had moved to the
West.
why do you ask such a question:"
said the father
because" answered the child. .If
heaven is divided that way want to
ASK the good Lord when 1 go to
heaven to let me live in the South
part" $50"
The Southern minister whose child
asked this question found after few
years In one of the great cities of the
West that though 1t was rich, and
that though he was pastor OF a great
church, he. like his little girl. wanted
10 get back to the South part OF the
earthly heaven. He heard the call
which is sounding in the hearts of so
many thousands of Southern people
living elsewhere, come home" and he
is back In the South rejoicing In the
blessed privilege of living In the gar
den spot of the whole world.
urers' Record Is Just as true and lust
as good as if had written II myself:
Through unwlsei political agitation
may retard some phases of Southern
development and naturally cause in
vestors to be timd; though railroads
are still burdened by reason of many
unwise legislative requirements, maxi
ing 1t difficult to secure new capital
for extension and improvements, the
progress of the South Is moving forit
ward on broad lines. The southwark
trend OF population is expanding, and
into every part of the South are COM
Ing people from other sections The
building of good roads, always indica-
tive. of increasing prosperity and ad-
yancing civilization. is everywhere In
evidence. increasing prosperity Of the
farmers Of the whole South Is adding
greatly to their buying power for the
purchase of new farm equipment and
the building of homes. The growth OF
cities goes on apace with widespread
activity in municipal improvements, in
the construction of sewerage systems
and water works. the erection of mu-
nicipal buildings and the construction
OF streets. English capitalists have
Just made a heavy investment in the
purchase of the securities of great
plantation properties In the Central
South. indicating an awakening in
terest of English investors In the pos
sibilities OF this section. Construction
work on interurban railways In the
Carolinas. looking to the development
OF the greatest interurban railway
system of the country, is being hurried
forward. And So despite the burden.
which tariff agitation hangs around
the neck of business interests, hating
It's progress Is compared with what It
should be, the material advancement of
the South goes steadily forward"
The frost scare now being over, 1t
is about time for Virginia orchardists
to get busy with their spraying ma
chimes.
While the Virginia Passenger and
Power Company is going around pick
ing up Tidewater trolley lines, maybe
its attention will be called to the
Newport News Ha mpton-Old Point
line, which might prove mighty
profitable asset In the way of trolley
lines.
The dairy farms and the creameries
of Virginia are just beginning to find
out what big things they are, in
commercial way.
The Old Virginia white pine will
grow to sawmill and box shook pro-
portions in the short space of twenty
years after corn crop comes off the
white pine land. And there are thou
sands of acres of white pine in Vir-
ginia, even in Brunswick and Neck
lenburg and Nottoway counties, tina.
have not yet been cut for the first
time.
A speaker at the recent farmers
conference at Ocala. Fla. told of his
experience in saving potatoes by put
ting in barrel bucket of potatoes
and then q bucket of sand, and said
that way potatoes may be kept for
two years. Seed corn may be kept
from wcevil In the same way, he said.
a mule. the college experts say, is
never sick but once in his life. This
sickness is followed by a funeral. Two
good spans OF mules will last fifty
years with good care and humane
treatment They are not so fashion
able as automobiles, but heap more
profitable.
Reports coming from Pittsburg and
other iron and steel manufacturing
centres arc to the effect that there is
an unprecedented large demand for
steel wire used in making fences.
which indicates that the farmers
everywhere have been very active in
fence building during this spring.
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