The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28
Voice of the People
settlement in the Underwater.

10 the Editor OF The Times Dispatch
snir,-As resident of the great State
Oh Georgia, wish to state that it sur
ginia. especially the ridewater sec.
ton is so slack In the matter of set
tllng up the vast vacant lands to be
found IN every county.
IN Florida and Georgia settlers are
coming in by the thousands Good
settlers at that-sturdy Canadians,
thrifty Germans. swedes. scandi-
navians and Scotch from the Northern
a a Western states. Even Virginia is
t,nrnishing its quota, no less than
iorty-two farms have been sold to
residents OF Virginia in my own coun-
- OF ware. And what is attracting
them farther South?
Surely 1t cannot be that superIor
crops are raised down there over those
o. Ildewater Virginia. which is &C.
knowledged by all TO be the garden
spot Of the middle South. and the feed :
Washington, Baltimore, Philadeiphia
ana New York, and where from two 10
.hree crops a year are possible. No,
- not superiority. but printers ink.
.hat Is attracting the settler farther
Spending money by the hundreds Of
ttnoHSands' and what is more. they are
backing up their claims. for South
Georgia and Florida lands are cana
ple OF raising from two TO four CROPS
n year and coupled with the extreme
y mild winters, they are rapidly set
is Virginia doing?
simply nothing. Lying asleep at the
switch while the big trains that run
oetWeen the North and South, are
loaded with settlers for points farther
south.
When one stops to think OF the vast
possibilities OF the Tidewater section
OF Virginia, coupled with the shipping
facilities by both rail and water, the
fertile snil which raises the tinest pea
nut the best potato. be il Irish or
sweet the biggest corn, any kind Of
garden truck. fruit such as straw
berries apples, peaches, plums. grapes.
melons. the natural home for poultry
raisers and all kinds of live stock. II
rs no wonder that the writer is as
tohisned TO think that nothing is done
90 tell the outside world OF the great
ness and bigness of the Tidewater
section. Not a single word is said or
written, OR printed in the big publica-
tons of the North and West inviting
nose VINO are tired OF being burnt
OUT by the drought. having their crops
eaten UP by grasshoppers. and eter-
hally tired OF paying tribute TO the
landlord. when for few dollars an
ucFe they can acquire a home and farm
on on the best soil in the entire South.
Right here in Underwater that oppor
tunity awaits them
Ihere Is room in Underwater alone for
oS.9oo small farmers--men who viii
''''-fHe iOEuNe on rev acres. They
can DO II with chickens. with hogs
win cows or trucking and fruits. They
ca nraise an early crop OF potatoes and
follow that with corn. They can put
ne entire farm into oats and harvest
inc same in the early spring and then
RAISE from two to three crops
Ky the use OF printer ink in liberal
puaht!tles TINS vast section of Tide
water can be made to blossom like the
rose; and instead or almost one vast
wilderness to-day. it will be hllc5
wltn the Drawn and muscle OF the
North and West-nert who will be sue
cessful in farming and trucking ana
make this section one of the wealthiest
IN the world. All 1t needs is for som.
a o9oster TO strike the match and set
aIlaine the udinos that the great Tide
water section of Virginia is the On,
i,aeai place to make home. II can
be done. WILL II STL>I-r,NS
Claremont "