The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-27
A Pittsylvania Cos.ty Booster.

A PittsylvaAia Comfy Booster.
Editor Warren. Of the Chatham En-.
tsrprise. 10 q booster all right He be.
lieves in HIS town. the good little town
Of Chatham. and he just dotes on his
county and her people. He talks Of
them in his last paper to the extent OF
column or more. and winds up In this
language:
Long live old Pittsylvania and hes
heroic sons. It 10 the greatest coun-
ty In the greatest State In the Union.
1--WE are Just beginning to learn OF
her wonderful resources and the won.
derful capabilities OF her citizenship.
I'VE predict for her. in the near fu'
ture. q place which will be the envy
Of the whole South.
zone can see the quickening. into
life, all those attributes which go into
making the very best and strongest
citizenship"
Every county In tho state ought to
have q booster fashioned after the
pattern Of Editor Warren.
Not q single Poor Acre.
The Industrial Section has often
boosted that there IL not an acre OF
Door land In Virginia, by which II
meant of course, that all Of the talk
we hear about virginia's worn out"
lands Is nonsense. and that every inch
Of so.called worn OUT land can
easily be worn in" again II the own
er will give 1t proper attention. Tho
Governor OF the State. who Is large
land owner and intensely Interested in
the development of the Old Common
wealth. once said he would agree with
me that there 10 no poor land In the
State II would except the crawnsh-
riddled bottoms to be found here and
there In the eastern sections OF the
State. 1t would seem now that Gov.
ernor Mann has come entirely over and
makes no exception to the general
statement. for in his letter to agricul-
tural papers. referred to elsewhere, he
says:
We have dicovered by actual ex-I
pertinent in Virginia that there 10 no
such thing az WORKOUT land: II may
become unproductive, but sweeten 1t
by the use OF lime OF ground lime
stone, and MI II with vegetable mat
ter. and astonishing crops will respond
to 5udicious methods Of Cultivation"
Tho Chamber Of Commerce added
largely to its enthusiasm at the dinner
the other night. 1t will do the big
Kest thing needed II this enthusiastically
develop plan to quickly provide decent
homes at live-and-let-live rent prices
for skilled workmen and other kinds
Of factory workers Richmond indus
tries are suffering now from this trou-
BILE and new ones. are being kept
away.
Henderson County. ~ C.. claims to
be the largest chestnut shipping
county in the whole country. Let's
await the returns from the Virginia
chestnut-growing counties before the
honors are surrendered to Henderson
County and its claim admitted
Every time q shell is fired from
big gun of the battleships. whether in
practice or In fighting q battle, the
explosion costs Uncle sam. or any 9th
er high .cockelorum who fires the gun.
a. much money ~ 10 required to pay
the years salary Of the best public
school teacher In Virginia. 1t IL time
We were talking more about uniSersai
peaoo Of the kind that viii make the
dring OF guns. in practice even- en-
tirely unnecessary.
The Chamber Of Commerce orators
didn't say anything about II at the pig
dinner but the committees Of tnat
body may well look into the Belt Line
suggestion made in this column not
long ago. Richmond has such a line
only IN rame Just you try TO get
f.f,cvy site on the so-called Belt Line
with irackage accommodations or any
other kim Of accommodations End see
the tapdicaps that you VIII BOP
ndicaps well calculated Z"
drive from Richmond the arm- OF tn.
many manufacturing plants thas are
now seeking southern LOCATIONS.