The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-28
OLD BRUNSWICK;
LAWRENCEV|LLE
A New Bright Tobacco Growing
Region That Has Sprung
Up Magically.
bright BELT" EXTENDED
Piney Woods Region Becomes a
Great Tobacco Grow
ing Section.
bright BELT" EXTENDED
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that han grown faster,or shown more
decided Industrial and commercial de-
relopmcnt within the last two years
than Jawrencevillc. and IL has the
goods to show for II. Lawrenceville
has been good town all the time
that ia. ever since IL became 4 rail
road town, something like a quarter of
century ago. When the railroad shops
were located here Lawrenccville got a
great boom. and am inclined to think
u banked a little too heavy on that
particular boom. that Il became 100
we'll satisfied with being simply a
railroad shop town Railroad shops
are good enough In their way. and IL
they are large enough they keep many
well-paid people busy. and these we'll
paid people have good deal of money
10 turn loos. on and Immediately af-
ter the monthly pay day. and 10 that
extent they help town nightly. but
great town. and I.awrenceville has
found this out II delights in its rail
way shops and Its terminal facilities
and all the like Of that and would not
get rid of them under any considera-
lion. but it has found out that all
things do not tevolVG around q rail-
way shop. and il has been reaching out
for come other things and is getting
them. The getting OF them has result
ed in greater prosperity for the town.
and this greater prosperity is reflect
ed worry largely in the public improve
mcnts that have followed.
GOOD WATER. WORE LIGHT
AND GREATER ENERGY
These improvements consist OF bet
ter streets, electric lights. water works.
sewerage, sanitary improvements and
other thinGr under the public control.
Private and business enterprise have
kept pace with public improvements.
and to-day I noticed where five years
ago I saw woodene slanties handsome
brick establishments. both In the bust
ness and residential sections OF the
town. also saw many new structures
going up, among them Il half 81 block
building OF modern build that is to
i've half q block OF stores mostly de :
voted TO the hardware business: n
whole block To be devoted in one WAY
3hh another 10 the tobacco business.
something Il l!itle new for Lawrence.
VIE, but great proposition all the
same. This block has going up on il
Il iIst-clnss brick warehouse, to be de-
voted. when completed. TO tho sale OF
bright tobacco. and this bringi me to
the real news point of this letter and.
nj thiA pon,. ] will have TO drop Law
rcnceNillc town proper reservng il
for future letter. because this bright
tobacco subject is Just nov more in
tercstinC
BHIGfiT TOBACCO
IN NEW LAND
Indeed, II will be news to a great
many OF the readers OF the Industrial
Section that tho bright tobacco sub
Ject can be discussed under a Law
rcnceville date line | know there is
an idea that when man has anything
10 say about bright tobacco, it's
growth, Its uses and its sale. etc. he
must necessarily he talking about n
small tier OF counties. about four. in
the southern part OF Virginia and
about an equal number in the north
ern part OF North Carolina. That idea
has been exploded for the farmers of
several counties that have heretofore
been claHscd ~ the dark tobacco belt,
have found out that they can grow
and nue-cure the brights Just as we'll
AS they can the darks. and just as well
as can the good fellows up in Pittsyl-
vania and Halifax or anywhere else
IN the heretofore so-called bright
belt. The fact is IL has been discov-
cred that the bright belt" is an
elastic band, and has stretched out not
a little TO include some heretofore
strictly dark" territory Brunswick
County, as whole. is some of the ter
ritory over which the rubber belt ha S
extended, and especially the southern
half of 1t. For the past few years
numerous farmers in South Brunswick
have been making a good thing culti-
waiting the brghts, and now the whole
county has walked up TO the great pos
sibilities. The fact has dawned upon
the people that a home market is the
thing to best encourage this new and
growing industry, and l.awrenceville
town, backed right up by it's live and
wide-awakc Business MEMS Associa-
ton. has decided TO make Lawrence
VILE one OF Nirfinias twentieth CEN
tury bright tobacco markets. To this
hri
has already been described in this
paper Is being built by the Co OPERA
tive Tobacco Company. and will be
ready for business ms soon as the crop
OF this year is ready 10 he sold Al
ready two of tho large tobacco con-
Germs have ordered buyers to this new
bright leaf market, and already four
independent buyers are seeking privil-
eyes on tho same. j. y. Kersey. one
of the best hnoWu among the ware
house managers OF Danvillc, will have
charge as general MANAGER of this
now Lawrcnccviilc Warehouse The
two small Warehouses already here
viii also be in operation. and the in
dications arc that next fall there will
he lively business here along toba eco
lines.
Where will the Lawrcnccviilc market
get its supply of bright tobacco from?'
is question that 7 A.xcd. A twenty
under tt good guide answered the qucs-
ton. Unless all OF the signs of the
times fail there will be grown i'm tho
southern part of Brunswick County
especially in what is called tho "I'incy
Woods Section" thi" year more than
enough OF the bright tobacco of the
very finest quality to make the Law
rencevillc markc; n success
THINGS HARD TO
BELIEvT:. nut TRUE
I know there are Halifax and Pitt
sylvania COUNTY peorIc and other pco-
pie in the so-called bright belt who
will laugh at this proposition. 1t Is
true that up to about fifteen years
ago very few Brunswick County people
knew they could grow ana fue-cure
the bright tobacco. What Is known as
the Piney Woods section OF Brunswick
Ss>ounty, all OF which is within short
riding distance to LawrWcevillf, was
found some years ago to BIO peculiarly
adapted to tho growth of bright to-