The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
GREAT PROGRESS
Up IN CUMBERLAND
tContinued From Flrst Parel

on very extensive scale by tho
Farmers Cooperative Exchange, Inc.
q wheelwright shop. blacksmith shop,
the large dogwood timber factory of
Woodward Bros. and Young. the gen
eral Offices OF the James River Valley
Telephone Company and the headquar-
teTs OF one OF tn. finest farms In tho
n wilderness, there being only ono or
two acres OF cleared land 10 be seen
hcrcnbouts
Cumberland and other villages.
The village Of Ashby, mile south OF
here. has q large general store. con-
tin. late OF louisiana but now a thor
oughly acclimated Virginian. a drug
store and Doctors Office. conducted by
who Is said to be one OF the most popu3
lar physicians IN the State, and q saw
Mr.. Martin came to Cumberland
County from Louisiana two years ago
and bought Mr.. Sanderson's 6OO-acre
farm at -Ashbs. and also his mercantile
farms in the State, 900 acres of it
being under cultivation. Mr. Martin
his corn and tobacco are looking very
fine, and he is cutting hay to beat the
band 1t is estimated that he Will save
barns and the s!lo on the place tells
the traveller at a glance that there is
a cattle and dairy interest there. Mr..
=
herd in which the Jerseys predomi-
nate.
quite a sprightly village has grown
tensive roller process Touring mill.
operated by water power. Cumberland,
nj segni ~ s sss is 81 the oldest
motel building mot now In use as a
hoteD and the venerable little one
story brick courthouse hidden under
the shade OF numerous elm trees, be-
Ing striking evidences of that fact
put with It's splendid high school and
toned Virginia hospitality and the So
ciabiiity and mobility OF the villagers
h ana the husthng proclivities Of its
business men, Cumberland is indeed
q village that all Virginia may well DO
Numerous Evidences OF Thrift.
dustries in Cumberland, among them
the Cumberland Bank. Inc. the roller
process Touring mill of Garrett Bros.
warehouses for the sale of leaf to-
bacco, a large steam tobacco stem
merry and prizery. and a half-dozen
Bros extensive farm Implement and
vehicel dispensary and Your general
Stores sr9 oS ana h,, drug store Garrett Bros.
village
toned above is curiosity. in That it
IS run by gasolene and Kerosene power
A nineteen horsepower gaSolene engine
propels the machinery of the wheat
grinding end OF the mills, while a M
teen horsepower kerosene engine moves
the corn grinding end. The machinery,
ing house that was probably built for
other purposes, and altogether its
q UNIQUE establishment, but all the same
IT turns out daily twenty-five barrels
OF superior flour and 100 bushels OF
the best corn meal.
The little bank there. of which Allan
-
Is cashier. does a very large and safe
business.
Right around in the courthouse
ness mas sprung up. and Cashier Nc
Rea tells me that sooner or later the
dairy business in Cumberland County
business entirely in the shade There
are within a short distance of the
dong sp sx da farms that are
cream to Richmond and Lynchburg Via
the Iidewater and Western Railway
are new. but already they average
twenty five head of cattle each, and
fn ne eF Sd to s the oS county every
and Lynchburg money.
The County Generally.
Taki mgo1 the g industries dust Of the county
lumber and tobacco interests predomi
nate, while there are extensive milling
interests scattered about There are
county and several extensive planning
mills. Perhaps the largest lumber con,
Germ is that of Sanderson & Parker.
who are builders. contractors, sawmili
operators and planning mill men.
They take the timber right from the
stump and never stop with it until il
appears in the finished, painted and
generally equipped house. This con-
Germ has built every schoolhouse in the
county, most of the warehouses, barns
and silos. and MI kinds of residences
and farmhouSeS and country stores In