The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-10
HUSTLING TOWNS
BECOMING CITIES
a Glance 1t Some of the Coonns
mercial Centres Of vifEiaia
From the Seashore 10 tie
Mountains-All in Splen-
did Business
Shape.
" FRANK 5. wo0Dson.

the people OF Virginia are haeG - Y
business. The fact is. however. 49,
never discontinued business fce t.
campaign. as they used to do q &C.
olden times. The spellbinders -
political exhorters complained vekS
bitterly during the days before -
election that they could not 1xaA
crowds. and that the people seemaA -
be indifferent to the matter Of -saM1u
the country The voting on elec<1o
day showed that they were moro .1n-'
terested than the spellbindeyo
posed. but they did not take much $1,000 =
IN the spellbindiny. because they knou
very well how Virginia Was going aeE &
way. and they were too busy loohine 4
after the commercial and tndu0t11
development Of State that wao 49, &
sure to vote for Wilson. even w1t1o1f
the aid OF oratory.
Nevertheless, because Of the oGooG
the campaign was having on 0uoen60o
In some other parts Of the couuts
some things In the Industrial ana
eSal business lines were held up 6opo
and there and In some lines baG1n1
was not altogether Al active - Il 80
be from now on. The prediction - Aa6o
by made that Old Virginia 10 E6ings
enjoy q greater rush Of bu9tnaaU -
AL kinds and liner run Of Geuon11
prosperity for the next year o. $500
o. three or four years, than Is 11D
known since the good times comAn6eo I
. 00esn or more years ago.
H1eAMooA - Le4Ae1.
Tina virginia cities and t0wu1 -
never In inner trim to take AAvan1nG
Of the days Of prosperity. Mana0 ~
plentiful enough tor all leg1f1
~. g. >a~x-
energy and spizxerinktum in al q t.
towns and In all Of the hack ceu01Q1k
Gpd crops have been unusually go
except about In spots where much 49,
weather last summer cut some o4 -
products q little short ~
Richmond never was In better o1on1L
The money tightness that the biz es61
naturally brought about for . WITH
while the same were being moved -
rapidly passing by. and the banks 81 (.
money lenders tell me the money uae-S
ket' IL already easy. There was novo9
moro building going on, and there 49,
never more optimism displayed ~ -
Wholesale merchants and jobberA H.
various factories Of the city are TN
Of work, and the products Of the ooujh
arc being sold az fast as they can -
finished and put in shipping sAaDA
New industries are springing up evosy
day and old ones are being enlArgol -
meet the demand for Richmond 0n1o
goods New people are coming hneo
every day in the week % work u -
manufacturing establishments a. -
engage in all kinds Of business A1eAr
mond viii do more business this v1ue8
than it did last winter. and more ua1e
spring than 1t will do during the W.
ter months. and she viii continoo -
the future, ~ she has been doang -
the past. to be leader among 0ouxA
ern bus1ne0 centreA
ES1eo Fro0 spsAeP Vysgauao 49,
From Lynchburg I get most cAssEaq9
reports. The HIN City. With its saesss.
ous shoe factories. its tobacco inessoG6
it, Woodworking establishmeuAA -
Touring mlllA NJ tro0 Woeko 40 -
ness. 10 DreDered % meet the ~ -
prosperity and set right On ths .Gg0oe
Of IL to 1oot on to greater thi108
The No trunk factories Of HUe0D-
burg. H. t060eco ana cigar fseo0e9oA
The pea1ut factories. tie coeteo Aoe-
toeSso, TIE iron WORMS and the anaDoW
factories q one Kind aud anstAsg 80
crowded With WORK and Workmeu. W4oo
tie uDsrchants and the banks are -.
ING . record-breaking busanes1 81
an Of these expect % increase -
volume - the days 30 ~.
Norfolk never saw brighter -
meas azy than Il 10 enJoytng right 49,
and IL 10 TO be doubted u there - .
city In the South that 10 growing -
faster than Norfolk Her 0ustnoO -
expanAtng. and the City BY IL -
nov goes all over the 0Outh 9or 49,
ness, and completes with all e -
wholesale markets from New YSgH -
New Orleans Just watch NSg0u0
grow during these Gays Of Wilson DU0Ue
perity.
x<~vsss News 80 OssvaDA
Newport News has juse put - -
best clothes. Work has ALREADY 49,
mepceA on her smau boat hasooGs
through which she expects 70 Goeng .
masutnceut coast. river snA bay 49,
= ernAe Which for too long timo -
1900 0v her doors. The ocs1vtV -
fNe Chamber Of CcmWcrco 80 49,
.cyt Nevis other wtdesw3ee e3e&Do
"A business men has Secure6 ~ 49,
sbtpSuslding city freight rsess e.
put the city On the oo0e fooss48 49,
6sr sister cfsies % toe As1onse
The ship yards have sbe Deeuoe
IT work. and I an s0s4 seae eeS
eu6Ycy~ps 20 keep u - 80 - -
~ A. already made 90 sennD -
-ou the. striag.~ Newpsrt NsUO 49,
sng 20 bcoR 2
p~svtIie - uao1usa1ag - 49,
a sAe xreassss bsagAe soouoQo
"A me vsrSl. 49, nsS - 49, :
,osseec vsrpoOOuo noWO -
,ne weed ssuce AuguDe - -
Do ssy sbe hsegoO - -
Ine % hsOb - - - -.
paavsJSs esUuy0 O92
ssuss1 . 49,
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