The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27
WAVERLY TOWN, CAPITAL
OF COUNTY OF SUSSEX
From Village. Bounded To City Pro-
portions-Electric Lights and
Other Convcniences.
CENTRE OF THE PEANUT BELT
One OF Virginia's Best Towns-Bank
ing Facilities and School Advan-
/ tages-In Heart OF Great AgricuI.
I 'tural Country.

WANERLY, VA. Septembey .G..-rhe
good little town from which nm nov.
writing may not be largely known to
the general reading public. because il
~ very modest 1Iind of a town. II
has made no effort to blow its own
horn or to try 10 make the world tbinI,
it is the big town on the Virginia man
that IL really IL, and yet In A quiet
way WaNerly has won very big place
Oh that map. The people here have
been satisfied to do their work in a
way all their own. they knew what
resources they had ana have. and those
resources pay their way and the towns
people seem 10 lac very well satisfied
with them \ community that lives
within itself and on itself and the
surrounding country liz to he com :
mendrd There is Il democracy about
that kind OF living that necessarily.
commcnds itself to other communities.
From what can gather Wavcrly has
all along felt very well satisfied with
conditions. And why shouldn't it? II
is situated in the northeast corner OF
one OF the best counties in the State
of Virginia, that is to say, IN Sussex
County, and so far as population, school
facilities. banking facilities. home com :
forts. markets and all the like o: that.
may be considered the capital of one
of NirIinia's very best counties
AND IT'S ADVANTAGES
or the county OF Sussex am going
to write at length next week and my
notebook is full Of very good things
| will have TO say about it. lust now
| want TO talk only of Waverly the
town. the capital. may say. OF one OF
the best ana richest subdivisions of
the good old Comm ION wealth OF Virgil
Wavcrly Is located on the Norfolk
and Western railway. just where that
great railway crosses the equally as
great railway system OF the Southern.
The line Of the Southern that crosses
the Norfolk and Western here is at
present onl% branch line. running,
from f:mporia To Claremont, one Of its
deep water terminals. hut some day in
the near future this branch line will
he "a main line tn deep water. and
Wavcrly il going to lie one among the
greatest stations on 1t. But. AZ il is,
the two great competing lines are here
In all OF their glory, and the fight
they are making for the bushes. Of
the town and of all tho good farming
ana lumber making regions surround
ing, give the undesirable people all Of
the competing rates that are called
for. because of this railway situation.
WaVcrly is in just as good Il position
TO snip IT'S products to all parts Of the
world az Is iichmond or Petersburg
or Noriolk or any other town on the
map. And that is Just why some OF
the best OF the lumber plants and pea.
nut plants and stave making plants
ana other kinds al piunts have sprung
up here. and that is Why the town
offers Inducements To other kinds OF
industrial plants TO locate and do bust
ness here.
WONDERFUL GROWTH
IN :, FEW YEARS
Five or more years ago was in
WaNerly, and then found here a town
OF not over 500 or maybe 500 people
pnt theN were good people and viEor-
Gus people. They knew they had :,
good town that offered Inducements IN
S"oo people. ana they made those in
JUDGEMENTS known. They knew they
had good surrounding country. the
best farming country perhaps In all OF
the good farming country or Virginia
ana they made these facts known The
result was. or the results were WAY
cry ana SUSSEX County got very much
in the limellyht
New industries sprung up in the
town. tarin folks came here from the
lar West and from all quarters and
TOOK up farming lands 10 do them on
INC intensive principle. the peanut
lands ana the cotton lands and the corn
lands and the grass lands and the dairy
FARMING lands hcreabouts were made
10 do more than they had ever done
before. and. altogether. this little
northeast corner OF Sussex County was
made TO blossom as n rose. and All on
account OF the hustling proclivitics Of
me widc-awake men OF Waycrlv
lncidentalIy, this hustlinE made tho
town. ana the town is what want 10
talk about in this article will spenl
more especially OF the county next
Sunday.
THE TOWN OF wAvERLY
- AS 1T Is TODAY
nj
very near to 1900. and there is not a
town in the state that is better blessed
win home comforts and all OF tho
moocrn convcniences. Electric lights
water works sewerage arrangements.
graded and macadamiZed streets. paved
side walks and all of tho other things
that contribute to the comfort Of the
people abound. and n better eoninneI
town for comfort and for business
know not OF In all Of the Sou,h
country.
fhe Bank OF Waverly. of which p.
fleetwood is the president. is the Dride
OF me town as financial institution.
.''a ~ mas zone a great deal in its way
10 advance the interest of the town and
community. This bank stands among
inc leaders Of State banks. havinl, n
capital OF 100000 and n cash surplus of
$4,000. with deposits Of something near
TO half n million and loans and dis
'ountS cioSe 10 lnat amount. The total
assets of the bank run considerably
over the half-million mark.
WOOD WORKING;
SHOPS ALL THE GO
me Industries Of the town are
largely on the wood working order.
although peanuts are a big item. The
peanut factory, in which the peanuts
are cleaned and prepared for market.
does an immense business, and has the
reputation of having run the first band
cleaning innchine that was known 10
the trade.
The peanut ana the mercantile trade
OF the town is simply immense, but.
after all, IL must be admitted that tho
wood working business of Wavcrly is
us real money -gctter. Tho Gray I>um-
Der Company is the leading concern i'm
this line. This company maintains six
separate plants within the town limits.
in which they employ over 400 people.
and. in addition. they run half n
dozen or more saw mills in the coun-
try around about and maintain q mar
row gauge railway line OF twenty-five
miles length TO keep their varied and
various mills in communication with
the big town plant.