The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20

addition they ship vast quantities Of
Virsini, Jumper nd i 20 the c1ay MAJ eis IN
markets Their principal mills are just
two two miles north OF Whitsville. and they
various parts of the county.
Grnin-G Grinding Mills.
The dogwood factory L will speak of
In another column.
IT Their are extensive roller process
among them the Glannagan's Mills
on Wills River; Moons Mill, on Muddy
Creek; keller's Mills, on Willis River;
cumberland, ana the famous old Flip
pen Mills. on Muddy Creek, owned and
operated by Sandcrson and Williams.
Ihere are several other mills in the
south end OF the county. in Randolph
District; MI OF the mills grind up the
Cumberland County wheat and corn
immense In these latter days. and the
-four and meal are shipped to the out
side markets. thus bringing great
deal OF good money TO the county for
the large and constantly increasing
grain crops.
The tobacco prizeries and stem
meries also employ goodly number
money TO the county, but Cumberland
grows only the dark shipping tobaccos
and the people have gotten the idea
into their heads that the foreign buyers
nave formed q combine or trust against
them. and they say II no longer pays
TO grow the long, dark leaf There
fore, The tobacco Interest is noticeably
on the decline. and the people are Civ
ing more attention to other crops. Well
informed men told me the whole story,
ana one or them summed 1t up thus:
Good tobacco is now selling for 20
per cent. less than It did five years
ago. while the cost of labor mules to
plow, and foodstuf for labor and plow-
ing is more than double what il was
hve to ten years ago. Cnder these con-
ditions and with the alleged trust nam
OF = 10
cut in the field, we will simply have
10 close our barns. plow up our plant
alfalfa. corn. wheat and such things
and old Cumberland will no longer be
known as great tobacco growing
| know not. but from the evidence pro-
duced ! am inclined to believe il, and
am also inclined TO believe 1t is not
an unmiNcd evil.
However. last year the county grew
about 100000 pounds OF the Weed.
and the Cumberland warehouses sold
about half OF II, the balance being dis
posed Of in the Richmond and Farm
Vile markets
New Interest In Agriculture.
AS indicated above the dairy interest
Is something new under the sun. as is
the cattle, hog and sheep growing in
dusIry. and these are growing as the
days go by.
! daresay there is no county in the
state In which the agricultural interest
within the past ten years. An automo-
bile ride from Cartersville, via White
vile to the courthouse. a distance OF
WINGED me of this fact. l had we'll
informed guide on this trip, and he
pointed out To me the places and, farms
Is the magnificent farm OF DR.. Nash
T. Snead, referred TO above. Dr. Sncad
Is not only popular and very busy
country physician, but he Is an up-to-
he a N nj "a 70
grower OF the county, but what at
tracted me most on his place was his
Montrose Pony Farm. He Imported
some years ago the best bred Welsh
Mountain and Shetland pony stations
and brood mares that money could buy
raising and selling business. There
are on the PLACE lis head: consisting Of
ana three year olds, and among the
herd are twenty three tiny colts that
nrst saw the light Of day the past
ing big money out OF the business.
Louisburs ";Vilderness."
Other up-to-date farmers whose
places had the pleasure of looking
upon were those OF S. w. Parker. a
hn ufIing farmer, farmer and sawmill man;
turists; Frank Dawson, J. p. Clements.
3rcnardist and grass farmer; +. l.. San
f HagSv mefnanc Sna ;r Ihra e.
Stonnell brothers, l.. l.. Smith. mer-
chant and farmer, two newcomers from
me west; Messrs Schar md Drum
the champion hog, sheep and cattle
breeder and grower of the county. Car
rett brothers, the McReas, Q. q. Flippen,
Judge Smith. and. in fact. all OF the
merchants and other business and pro-
fesSional men of tho village of Cum
berland are also successful farmers
and it struck me as good sign of the
times that these people all seem to
be prouder OF their success as agrlcul-
in other lines.
Along this road from Cartersvillc to
the courthouse. 30 my guide told me-
there was five to ten years ago for
more than half the distance, nothing
but woods. The hustling farmers mem
toned above, went right into the will
derncss like pioneers. so to speak. cut
down the forest. dynamitcd stumps,
plowed the lands. built comfortable