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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-19
KNITTING MILLS
ALL DOWN SOUTH
Growing Industry in Dixie That
Is National Sequence of Cot
ton Development.

Tho Manufacturers Record in its
last Issue calls especial attention to
tho growing knitting mill industry in
tho South. It gays:
During recent years the manufac-
ture OF various kinds Of knit goods
has been steadily increasing through
out the South. There are at present
$50 established plants. with total
capital stock OF slo.57S.ioo. operating
an equipment of 22.2ss knitting ma
chimes, the principal product being
hosiery. Between $4,000 and 5000
operatives are provided with employ
ment By these knit-go9ds enterprises
While. as above stated, the principal
output is hosiery. yet various other
parel are manufactured Some OF these
mills sell their product direct 10 the
merchants. some spin the knitting
yarns they consume. but most OF them
purchase their yarns from cotton
spinning plants There is q decided
tendency for the mills TO be equipped
for spinning their own yarns. Many
OF the Southern mills also dye. bleach
and finish their product.
nc Itl1stHt SOutNeTn plant Tor
manufacturing knit goods is the Dur
ham Hosiery Mills. Of Durham, y. c.
which Is owned by General Julian <
Carr and his soHs This company Is
capitalized Mt s.75o, 600, and operates
LOO knitting machines. with other
machinery employing between 1900
and 1000 operatives. including branch
mills at Chapel I'M, Goldsboro. High
Point and Raleigh. y. CT has about
5000 sp!ndles manufacturing its own
knitting yarns. and its product is fine.
seamless and fceccd cotton hosiery
dyed and finished ready for wear
Another large plant is the Richmond
Hosiery Mills. of Rossville. Ca. capt.
talizcd as 100000 and operating 5000
spindles. 400 knitting rachines. dyeing
and finishing equipment. etc The
Davis Hosiery Mills. OF Chattanooga,
Tenn, IS also capitalized nj $500. 600.
having an equipment of $50 knitting
machines. dyeing and finishing appara-
tus, etc. The y H. Hanes Knitting
Co. OF winston Salem. " G., has A.
capital stock OF $4,000, 10000 spindles.
12O knitting machines. dyeing and
bleaching equipment, flushing appara-
tus. etc. Other large plants in the
South include the following: Standard
Knitting Mills. Knoxville Tenn. is. 900
Epindle7. 100 knitting machines. dyeing
and finishing equipment, 100000 CAPT
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Rocky Mount Tobacco Market

Rocky Mount. y. c.. October ls-The re-
ceipts OF tobacco have been heavier the ma 81
and 100000 pounds.
The offerings as whole, while not so col
DRY as formerly. were of better character
containing more good, ripe. serviceable.
working tobaccos and less printing types.
though for the past two days n large pro
peared. Wrappers too were more plentiful
than any week during the present season.
though still scarce. Prices have been higher
tnan az any time for past few weeks and
the market was very strong and active on
all grades OF good tobacco
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NEW INDUSTRIES
IN THE SOUTHLAND
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worth. n. c., increased capital from
$3.50. 600 to s5Ooo0O; company operates
1864 spindles. so cards. etc; by cleo
trio power.
Fortune Hosiery Mills. Lafayette.
Tenn, incorporated with capital stock
of $4,000 to establish mill of $50
dozen pairs hosiery daily capacity.
Allegheny Power Co.. White Sulphur
Springs. w. Va. was Incorporated with
capital stock of $4,000 to develop
water power.
Marrell Chemical Co. Weston, w. Va,
was incorporated with capital stock
Of $4,000 to manufacture chemicals.
Rex Lumber Co., Washington. n. c.,
was incorporated with capital stock
of $500 TO manufacture lumber.
p. L. Walsh Tie and Lumber Co.
st. Louis. Mo, was Incorporated with
| capital stock of 100000 to manufac-
ture lumber. etc.
| Tenn. was incorporated with capital
| stool, OF $4,000 to develop iron ore
land.
North state Knitting Mills. Durham
y. c.. was incorporated with author
lied capital stock of $4,000 TO manu-
facture hosiery
Olney Dunbar Glass Co., Dunbar, w.
Va. was incorporated with capital
stock OF $4,000 to establish glass
plant.
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VIE VS. AND
NEAR VIE VS.

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from the Ohio State journal, may be
found a suggestion or q hint that Rich
mond may well catch on to. That
paper, speaking for It's own city. says:
There are many vacant lots In this
city. They are scattered all over
town. Why can't the owners turn
them into Fairgrounds for tho chill
drcn? Why cannot tho recreation COM
mission lease n few of them and ut
them up for the children to play in?
That would be bringing the play
grounds into every neighborhood.
where the children can make use of
them. This is a far better scheme than
establishing big camps in three or four
corners OF the town. or course. there
would not be SO much exploitation and
expense about it. but 1t would provide
better opportunities for the children.
For persons bent on doing the most
good, this is the route. And vacant
lot would look so much better full OF
happy children. There should be no
vacant lots In Columbus. They should
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talization. etc. Wiscasset Mills Abe
marie. ~ c.. 10000 spindlcs. 500 knit
ting machines. dyeiug and finishing
equipment, 100000 capitalization. etc. :
Iiolston Manufacturing Co. Lenoir
City, Tenn. 5000 spindles 600 knit
ting machines, dyeing and finishing
equipment, s35oo0o capitalization. etc.
Alden aIilis. New Orleans. La. 5000
spindles. 800 Knitting machines, dye
ing and finishing equipment, 100000
capitalization. etc; Priscilla Mills.
Meridian, Miss 1000 spindlcs. 100
knitting machines. dyeing and finish
ing equipment $4,000 capitalize ton.
etc, this plant being controlled by
the owners OF the Alden Mills; Per
kns Hosiery Mills, Columbus. Ga.
10000 spindlcs. 800 knitting machines
dycinr ana finishing equipment, $685.
Goo capitalization. etc"
The Record failed to mention any
OF the Virginia knitting mills. The
two IN Danvillc. the two or three in
Suffolk, those In Norfolk, the one in
Williamsburg and several in other
towns might we'll have been mentioned
Altogether. there are fifteen knit
ting mills in active operation in Vir
sinia towns. which keep 400 machines
busy and something like 100000 are
invested I'm the business. The Record
says:
since January there have been
twenty-throe knitting mills announced
AS to be added to the South's enter
prises Of this character, several OF
these being additional mills by exist
ing companies, while some few en-
largemcnts have been reported. These
announcements Of 1913 represent n
capitalization of $4,000 and 75S kni:
ting machines added to the Southern
knit goods industry
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TOBACCO SALES IN
VARIOUS MARKETS
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-
and each auctioneer has been selling at the
rate OF 2vo to 800 parcels per hour.
The quality OF the offerings continues to
be OF good medium grade with only a
small proportion OF low grades. and but few
strictly nne brights. In fact IL is generally
conceded that this is OF the best crops
Tor Fpeness and sweetness In the last few
years The only thing II seriously lacks IL
color. This Is very scarce. The consequence
Is that bright export grades and bright
wrappers are unusually high.
hstGnding the heavy receipts. prices
have held firm on oil grades except on to-
baccos out OF condition.
RecEied tobaccos both old and new show
considerable activity. and many lots have
changed hands in the past few weeks Color
being so scarce In the old belt sections. the
manufacturers have had to look To the
southern and eastern sections for color and
therefore. nearly all OF the 1919 crop from
these sections have now been disposed OF by
the dealers who were fortunate enough to
have bought IT.
Continued heavy receipts are looked for
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DEMONSTRATIONS
SEEN BY NAKED EYE
Continued From First Page.)

that the sixty acres will be largely in
grass. and the same having already
been seeded to alfalfa and other good
grass is already bearing Il profit. The
24O acres that have been set and are
being set in fruit-trees will for two or
more years bring grass and grain and
not only not interfere with the fruit
trees but help them along.
1t is looking n long way ahead, and
there is no telling what may happen
as the years roll by. but there Is with
In the realm Of the dreams of the own
ers and developers of this twelve hun
dred acres the idea that. as the "cul-
tivated" timber shall be cut down and
converted into housebuilding and other
manufacturing material, the land will
go into orchards and hay-making
farms on the small and intensive or
der. BY the time the timber is cut
off the land. which is being looked af-
ter even while the timber stands. will
be as rich as any the sun shines upon.
or course, In the end, supposing all
OF these things work out according to
programme there will be enormous
profits for the men who are so patient
ly demonstrating" and there is no
denying the fact that those profits in
the end have had a tremendous pull in
drawing forth their indomitable energy.
, patience and intelligent business ca
pacity but ii strikes me that there is
a lot of patriotism in the men who
will take so much risk. do so much
brain work and exercise so much walt
ing patience to show to the world what
the good lands of Old Virginia can do
in Il big way If they are properly treat
ed and cared for. The two places I
have been talking about in this ar
ticle are, indeed. demonstration propo-
sitions. and so far they are brilliant
successes as such.
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The Durham Tobacco Market.

Durham. ~ c., October lS.-During
the past season the Durham tobacco
market has been overcrowded num-
ber of times. but there has never been
such large number of farmers
wagons In the city at one time as dur
ing the past three days of this week.
Monday, which is usually not good
day for selling. witnessed hundreds and
hundreds of wagon loads of tobacco
on the market The streets about the
warehouses were SO crowded that II
was almost impossible TO get by. The
fact that there has been such n large
amount OF tobacco OH this market
caused many to fear that the large
supply would cause u decrease in the
prices. 1iowcrer, this fear has not
been justified by the prices that pre-
vail now. Some OF the farmers who
sold Tuesday and Wednesday made n
made this season The averages have
run from S2S.29 TO s453l.
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GREAT BUSINESS IN
GREATER RICHMOND
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departments occupy large part OF the
second floor front. and are in charge
OF Miss Minnie Schuman.
Mosby linens and white goods have
long been noted for their beautiful
patterns and service giving qualities.
j. G.. Warmer. buyer OF long ex-
periencc. is In charge of this section
OF the store.
stu Higher Up.
The third floor Is devoted entirely
to the exhibition and sale of high class
suits. dresses. coats. waists. etc. 4
complete line OF sizes is always car
RED from the youngest misses up to
those suitable for stout women. Miss
Annie Barker. ono OF the most cx-
perienced buyers in Richmond. is In
charge here.
Mosbys carry on dress making
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-19
West Point Notes.

West Point. Va, October ls.--A gas plant
OF the ascetyieno variety has been Installed
az Lester Manor farm. which is now owned
by Its recent purchaser. Montague Pitcher
The dwelling Is brilliantly Illuminated, and
so are the grounds and the extensive and
wcll-shRded lawn that leads rom the man.
sion down to the station.
Thirty or more workmen arrived in West
Point this week 10 set busy on tho building
OF the factory Of the Chesapeake Pulp ana
Paper Company. 80
An application Is before The City Council
for charter. which. II granted. may insure
TO West Poiat an up-to-date tsiephons or.
change. -.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-19
Small Wares and Fancy Goods.

patch yesterday, got all of the real
estate agents on their ears. and the
question among them was which OF
che Richmond agencies engineered the
deal. " w. Bowe & Son are the
Richmond agents who handled the
property "A New York agency was
also involved in the meshes, but Bowe
O. Son are the men who worked the
thing through to a successful end.
and there are no better people in the
world TO convince a multimllionaire
Of the great value of Virginia farm
property. especially that which lies
along the great James River
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-19
Measuring Versus Weighing.

A Judge in Middle West state has
decided that state law requiring
groceries and foodstuns to be sold by
weight is unconstitutional. null and
void. A man has n natural right. de-
clares this judge. to dispose of his
property In any way he likes, so the
person who buys does not object. The
court thought it was strange the Judi
ciary committees OF the Legislature
did not SEQ II. But these committees
don't bother themselves about such
questions.
local paper. commenting on the
decision. ssya:
Tt Is not likely that this decision
Will create much discomfort In fact
there are signs that il will prove agree
able. There is a belief that this weigh
Ing law has had some little influence
in raising the cost OF living. but this
is possibly all In the seeming. 1t does
seem, however, that a little sack OF
peaches for cents contained more
peaches than pound OF them does
now at cents. This doubtless Is an
optical illusion. but optical illusions
have their effect"
II the Virginia counties that have
not yet held county fairs are not i'm
pressed with their value by the glori-
Gus reports that come from the twenty
odd that have been held this fall, then
those counties are not open 10 hints
and suggestions.
Benjamin Thompson, of Tampa. Fla
has suggested Sunshine Way as the
fitting title for the North and South
Highway.
Too much talk of Southern sunshine
is we'll calculated TO Brighten the
Northern tourist. What is the matter
with The Dixie Shade Way" for a
name. If a particular name is ncces-
sary?
This is truly fat year" for the
Virginia and Carolina tobacco growers.
but they will do well not to let il run
them crazy. Stick to the hog and
hominy" doctrine--that is. make sure
of enough to cat on the farm first and
then plant the money crop Do this.
and every year will be a Fat year"
with the tobacco grower and the pea
nut grower and all the growers OF all
the other so-called money crops.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-19
Petersburg Tobacco Market.

petersburg. Va. October lS.-The sales of
brights this week have been large and prices
hishiy satisfactory to sellers in every in
at an average price OF more than 45c per
pound great many planters making an
average or from - TO SIC. their offerings
me premium sales here Wednesday and
thursday brought great many planters to
the city. and they all left highly pleased
Win the Petersburg market. Very little OF
the dark or smoker grade have been offered
q = NeI
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-19
Brakes Branch Tobacco Market.

lHPVer'tI 70 I IIe ! IIItS -DISpOtCh.
brakes Branch. Va. October is
On Wednesday the opening sale for
bright tobacco here was a great sue
cess. About 10000 pounds brought sat
isfactory prices to the sellers. all of
the larger and some of the smaller
dealers were represented here, and
they have placed their orders. which
assures as good n market for brights
as any in the State.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-19
un,Ia,nr IN ,y,,I,i,,,,n,

Washington, october lS-.3 report OF thA
building Inspector Of the District OF Coiufo =
bin for the year ended june 80 sstlmateE The
value OF building operations IN tho Dissrist
at $40, 243.'iS, rs compared with 1912. fhasA
hGures show a decrease OF ss.s3s.t%s. Tho dis-
tribution WAS ms follows; Nortneast. build,
ings AS62sS. repairs 3sl,01,: southeast buiitfs
ings $isi.osa repairs. 1924. northwest, build,
ings 3stS6oi2. repairs $..iS5t1. southsseAEi
N5is37', repairs sJc1t3y, ccur,fx,
buildings 3tSiso37. repairs fS27,z,:. s.TsT,S;
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-19
Lynchburg Market.

Especial 10 i ne IlmeS-D Dispatch.
Lynchburg. Va. October 1S.-John
ID. Oglesby. Of the Lynchburg Tobacco
Warehouse Company. Inc. makes the
following report Of leaf tobacco sold
on the Lynchburg market
Sold week ending October H.. 225,3Oo
Sold week ending October TO-. 61,sOO
Increase this week 80. 16s,5oo
Sold from September 1 to Oc-
tober II. 1913. sos. 500
Sold from September to Oc-
tober Is. 1912. 755.0oo
Increase for 1s13..... $4,000
Receipts this week were about nm
to expectations. and the quality
showed right much Improvement over
past few weeks.
The buyers of dark tobacco are
nearly all in. and prices for all grades
OF dark were sitter. and as rule
proved satisfactory. Dark leaf
brought as high as Sis.
Bright and flue-cured tobacco is
simply booming, and tho demands
seems to DO greater than the supply.
This type Of tobacco is selling
higher than ever known. and the
farmers who bring 1t to market are
going home greatly pleased with
prices and the Lynchburg market
The bright and nuc-curcd tobacco.
taking in all grades. brought an aver
age price OF Sl9.4o per 100 pounds.
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exceedingly high, in fact, higher than
ever before.
The following are the official figures
for the five warehouses: For the week,
l,f21,SI pounds at an average of
s16S3; total amount paid out to plant
ers. S2S7,323.54.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-19
south Boston Tobacco Market.

ISpccial 10 The Times DiSDatch.1
South Boston. Va, October 1S-This
has been banner week in tobacco
circles for. South Boston. tho market
having sold more tobacco than ever
before since tho market was estab-
lished In 1872. The prices have been
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REAL ESTATE AND
BUILDING NEWS
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der construction. and during the past
week they broke ground for fourteen
more. and. weather conditions being
favorable. they propose to push them
to completion during the winter
months. Mr. Davis. in short talk
with the man of news. said: The views
you have been setting forth in the
Industrial Section for the past few
weeks are rather pess mistic. Let me
tell you this firm is altogether OPTIC
mistic. We believe in Richmond, and
we think any judicious investment in
Richmond realty is always good for
] 90 cents in the dollar and n profit
thereon Believing thus, we keep on
investing in all of the good dirt we
can buy, and ms soon as we can we
build a house on that dirt, and up to
now we have had no trouble in either
selling the house on the dirt or rent
ing il for good profit on the in
vestment We are still thinking that
way, and the ground is now being
broken for fourteen new home houses"
The Davis Brothers. Incorporated are
for the present combining their oper-
ations to the West End section OF
! Richmond.
Brighter Outlook.
AS indicated. there were numerous
small sales during the past week.
amounting to more than 100000 that
! we're confined almost entirely to resi-
| dence property. But there was some
business doing in other lines Two
or three sales or prospective sales Of
business or Industrial property were
either made came very near to
| being made and there are numerous
options on the string that go to indi-
| cate that there is going to be some
right lively business in business prop
erty within the next two or three
| weeks
All of this business dealing is not In
! the future. Harrison & Bates tell
me of right big deal they have just
! closed. by which they sold the valu-
able property on South Seventh Street,
adjoining the property of tho Ale
| CLANCY Box Company. CT. c. Worsham
was the buyer and it is understood
that he paid about $4,000 for the
good dirt he bought there. This prop
erty'is in the neighborhood of the At
iantic Coast Line Railway Company's
recent purchases. and down there
whore the American Tobacco Co and
the Southern Express Co. have been
recently making big improvements.
Good signs Showing Up.
One of the agencies told me yester-
day that they had an auction sale las
week that was a surprise to them.
The property offered was on Floyd
Avenue. and had to he sold for cash.
To the surprise of the agents. over
twenty people attended the sale. and
much to their surprise the property
brought Mt auction at least 1000
more than they expected for il. This
is n straw that kinder shows which
way the wind is blowing
The report of the sale of the great
and valuable Curtis Neck Farm. down
en- the James River. which report APP
pearcd exclusively In The Times Dis
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department. on this floor, the extent
or which may be surprising to many
peopie-it was to the writer 1t was
found upon inquiry that a floor space
OF over 1000 square feet is used by
thls department--that in the busy sea-
son force OF between fifty and sixty
people Is required. and that some Of
the handsomest and finest dresses mazda
In Richmond are constructed in this
store. The head OF the department..
MISS Major, makes. an annual trim
10 Europe studying the latest style,
ideas and also goes to New York
several things during the season.
On the Fourth Floor.
Floor coverings and draperies oc.
cupy the fourth floor. and so great has
been the increase in business that ia
was found necessary this fall to occu,
Ply the fourth floor OF the annex.
hitherto unused except on the second
and third floors
The main section OF this floor 81
given up TO draperies domestic rugs
and trunks. and the annex to Oriental
rugs and wo:krooms.
IT may be Of interest 10 know than
the Mosby store does large business
in Oriental rugs-some of which have
sold up to $1,000. j. r. Weymouth, one
OF the best carpet and drapery men in
the south. is in charge of this floor.
And how has this wonderful bust.
ness been built up In such a com.
paratively short time? Ask any of the
women folk. and they'll tell you that
you can always rely upon what you
get at Mosbys.
In addition to the merchandise there
has been something else that's good
the store service. And good service
is only possible when the people who
render service are intelligent and con-
tented.
After all, It's tho human equation
that counts. And the Mosby store Is q
high class store. because OF the high
character OF its merchandise its en-.
ployes and its proprctors.
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be filled with the flowers and the chill
dren."
May not the above apply TO the capi-
tai city Of Virginia as well as TO tbe
capital city of Ohio.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-19
M O N e Y

loaned debt pay*~s saving 81 more regu>
larry. open an account and let's know each
other COMMERCIAL GUARANTEE CO.,
Bankers. - North Ntnth.
Evening journal., 1913-06-07
DRAWS OUT POISON
Marvellous Aniiseptic that Draws
Glass, Wood aud Needles
From the Flesh,

There never was known such a
powerful drawing ointment as San
Cura Wherever il has been used il
has created astonshment It draws
a needle out of the foot of the daugh-
ter of Mrs James Hitchcock. of Cen
terville. Pa. after the doctor had
used his lance and failed.
Nothing so healing or antiseptic
can he purchased TODAY. II possesses
so much healing virtue that il is
guaranteed by Scarborough Drug Co.
70 quickly cure any kind OF piles.
eczema. letter salt rheum. boils.
carbuncles. ulcers. an kinds Of
chronic sores, cbilblains. and chap
ped hands. or money back.
It's a mighty handy remedy to have
in the house in emergencies such as
bruises. burns, Cuts or scalds, be-
cause il kills the pain instantly. It's
a medicine chest in ITSELF a little
family physician that is ever in de-
mand 25c and soc a jar az Soarbort
ough Drug Co.