The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-28
BOOST RICHMOND
. IN TWO S TATES
Special Train Will Visit Many
Thriving Towns Next
Week.
PROMOTE GOOD FEELING
Local Houses Will See Business
People of Their Ter
tory.
PROMOTE GOOD FEELING

travelling in a solid Pullman train.
made up OF four palace cars, two diners
ana a baggage coach, the Richmond
Boosters. more than 100 In number,
Will leave the Main Street Station, over
the Seaooard Air Line Railway. at
l211 o'clock Monday morning, and be-
gin the only tour of It's kind ever in
augurated in this part of the South.
The tour has in view two objects: a
gathering together of representatives,
OF the biggest interests in the city for
commercial operation and CONNER
cial good fellowship. and, secondly, tho
advertisement in two fair States of
the southland of Richmond as a large
and growing trade centre, where one
may purchase anything from a darn
ing needle to giant locomotive, a
cigarette or a site for another tobacco
factory.
Welcome Everywhere.
Through the tobacco fields of Vir-
ginia and the cotton fields of the Old
North State this special train. carrying
good tidings and cordial greetings, will
speed for three days. Stops will be
made at the important centres in both
StaSes. and in Charlotte and Winston
Salem the Boosters will tarry for the
night. Here await them the keys of
che city, and an appreciative welcome
in the way of smoker. In Washing
ton. whence the Boosters will trun
them homewards, awaits another well
come just warm and theatre
party as fitting end to the invasion
| OF an army which bears no arms. but
carries only the olive branch of peace
From all along the route has come
word that the towns are eagerly await
| ing the arrival of the Boosters train.
| All the commercial and industrial
! clubs. business mems organizations of
other sort and the various chambers of
commerce have written to say that
they hold out welcoming hand. and
| that. for the time being at least what
| is theirs shall belong to the boosters.
and that these business representatives
of the South's growing trade and man
ufacturiag centre will be treated all
as shareholders In the profit to result
| in the common development of the two
| contiguous States.
| When the word went forth thai
Richmond and its business were to be
| advertised in this novel manner. 100
representative firms Immediately signed
themselves for the trip. They were
| glad to go, to be represented II
opened UP new vistas of prosperity TO
| the city, and SO to them, and they
/ saw the easy possibility OF making
| themselves known as barterers in a
fair exchange
Mayor Richardson heard the call,
| and he will be among the number who
Will board the Pullman train Sunday
night And not to be left behind-hc
has never been left behind yet-Busi.
ness Manager w. T. Dabney, of the
Chamber of Commerce. will go to rep.
resent that organization. Others OF
the mutual benefit business organiza
lions who Will go are Secretary Clarke
of the Retail Merchants Association
Secretary Walford, of the Business
Mems Club: Secretary Ivey OF the Ad-
vertisers' Club Secretary Shepherd, OF
the United Commercial Travellers, and
a representative of the Travellers Pro.
tective Association. In addition ia
these and others. there will be repre-.
sentatives from between seventy five
and loo business firms. all eager to &c
and advertise their products.
Preliminary Smoker.
a smoker will be given to the Boos.
ters at $50 O'clock tomorrow night
in the auditorium of the jefferson Ho-
tel. Discussion of the final details
will be had, and those who are going
will Sign for their sleeping reserva
lions and receive their other necessar,
credentials.
There will be enough accommodate ior
for all on the train. In the baggage
car will be carried thousands of sou.
venirs to be given away by the firm,
represented The first stop. at
o'clock in the morning. Will be made
at Henderson, n. C., where three hours
will be spent in seeing the town and
in talking to the people. Special com.
mittees, made UP from all the repre-.
sentative clubs, will meet the train ir
every town, and there will be some.
thing doing all the time. And wher
that train pulls back into Richmond
| again the Boosters Will know that
Richmond has been boosted in every
town and hamlet on the route. and