The Washington herald., 1912-07-16
BY NJ. r. LEWIS, stan Corre-
spondent.


srnoIk, Va. July. 1872
Six million dollars worth Of peanuts!
Think of It!
Can you picture in your minds eye
the mountainous heap of peanuts that
sS,o00,000 will buy at wholesale price
That's the number of dollars that Suf-
folks peanut business will amount to
annually.
When told that Suffolk marketed that
many Of the little ground nut, my
thoughts were whisked away to child
hood days. and I Immediately began to
speculate on how many squirrels and
monkeys / could feed with that many
peanuts.
Next to the children that buy peanuts
TO feed the animals at the Zoo, the
greatest consumer of the peanut is the
American Baseball fan, who will gasp
with amazement and be enabled to grasp
the magnitude of SuffoIk's wonderful
industry when told that the value OF
the entire stock of the yender at the
park does not exceed $3.50.
When Suffolk has shipped her Sc, 900, 900
worth of peanuts and they have been
peddled at the circus and ball game by
the ever-present, lusty-lunged. hoarse-
voiced vender of "Double-jointed Vir-
ginia peanuts. five a sacki" si2 900
will have been paid for them and most
iy with scent pieces.
Suffolk Is the largest peanut market
in the world.
It's dollars to peanuts that you didn't
know 1t, and it's your dollars for pea
nuts that has made this wonderful in
oustry possible.
Suffolk possesses many Industrial and
commercial advantages and the other
enterprises OF the Tidewater City are
mentioned in this story; but before 60
ing further / desire to doff my hat to
King Peanut-dcfined as The fruit of
an American leguminous plant
Facts About Suffolk.
Suffolk is located in Nansemond Coun-
ty, Va, on Nansemond River, in the CEN
ter of the famous tidewater section. As
a natural consequence of such a loca-
ton the climate is ideal. The average
rainfall is 46 to 30 inches, and the annual
mean temperature is from 50 to 60 de-
grees. With filtered water natural
drainage and perfect sewer system It
can claim a reputation as a healthy city,
with no little degree of positiveness.
Twelve thousand optimistic. sociable,
warm-hearted people comprise the popu-
Iation of Suffolk. ...
Suffolk has features not equaled by
any other city of its size in the South
its six railroads and steamship lines Of
fering transportation facilities within |
the city limits, and at the very doors =
OF factories and business houses. Its
oyster and fish industries, lumber mills |
guano factories and wholesale houses
are leading features which evidence the |
Prosperity of the city.
Suffolk is surrounded by rich agricul- !
tural lands, and is at the head of the |
Virginia Trucking Belt. A genial cli-
mate and generous soil permit of con-
tinuous farming-three and sometimes
four, crops Year. The man with an ag-
investment for his time and money than
in this rich agricultural section, with its
excellent transportation facilities.
Suffolk has seventeen wholesale houses
selling drugs. groceries, hay, grain, |
hardware, mill supplies and fuel
Suffolk has sixty manufacturing |
plants, whose products are buggies, |
wagons, carts, peanut pickers, brick, |
tile. ice, meal. cigars, marble, ma
chfnery, vinegar, carbonated drinks, |
hosiery, lumber. laths, shingles, bas-
kets. barrels, and drugs
The estimated value of the whole
sale business is $4,000, 900, and the /
manufactured products $4,000, 900 an
nually. The weekly pay roll is about |
$4,000
The fact that more than 81, ,ooo. 900
people dwell within twenty-four hours
of Suffolk, and 80 per cent of the
eountry's industrials lie in the same
territory, emphasizes the supremacy of
Suffolk's position.
Suffolk is indeed a thriving, prosper
Gus little city.
The Board of Trade.
Is wide awake organiZat tion working
for the growth and interest of Suffolk
and surrounding country, and at all
times ready to furnish information |
about the city county.
By reason of its geographical situa-
tion and facilities for transportation,
Suffolk presents particular advantages
for manufacturing and wholesale busi-
nesses, and extends an invitation to
you to visit and become acquainted
with Suffolk.
For full information concerning Suf-
folk, a postal addressed to the Secre-
tary of the Board of Trade, Suffolk.
Va, will bring complete details.
Farmers Bank of Nansemond Suf-