The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-15
KENDR|DGE TOWN.:
IT'S ADVANTAGES
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country village lines to big town pro-
portions.
The hustiers OF tho town have en-
couraSed the farmers in the regions
round about to grow bright tobacco,
and the result Is the building up here
of great bright tobacco market The
sales of the bright weed for the past
nine months have run UP to three and
half million ponds and the estimate
Is that about n million moro OF the
bright goods are yet to be brought in
to this market. There are here three
first class and up to date loose leaf to-
oacco warehouses and they are con-
Quoted by men who know tho business
from A to q. These tobacco men have
dono q lot OF pushing to let tho world
know that KenbridEe Is on tho map az
a tobacco market.
They have not only COTTON the to-
bacco growers of n largo section OF
they have also gotten the tobacco buy
Ing world to realize that Kenbridge
Is on the map. All OF tho big to-
baoco oompanieR both domestic and
foreign. have active buyers on this
market. and In addition there are not
few of independent buyers and speou-
lators. all Of whom make the Kenbridge
market one among the most Interesting
OF all OF the Virginia tobacco centres.
Otner Linen OF BUSINESS.
The banking facilities of the town
are complete The Bank of Lunenbure
is strong institution that has tho con
tidence of all of the Industrial and
Farming interests OF the entire county.
This bank started somewhat with tho
town or Kenbridge. and has kept paoe
with 1t and with tho growth and de-
veiopment of Lunonburs County. The
bank started out with a capital of
$4,000. 1t now has a surplus OF S1s,-
600 and total assets amounting to
S2S0.0o0. One OF the best buildings In
the town Is the bank building owned
by this company. Tho officers OF the
bank are r. w. Manson, president: L.
w. Bridgeforth. vioe-president, and w.
S. 1rby. cashier.
Aside from the three tobacco ware
houses that have already been referred
to. and that have played q great part
In building up the town, there are
other industries worthy of mention,
among Thorn newspaper plant, a spoke
and handle factory, planning mill. a
farmers cooperative guano and fer
dlizer company. small furniture fac
tory. garage Of tho real up-to date
kind. and some other things that have
dropped off the fly leaf of my note
book.
Schools md Churches.
Kenbridge has among other things
one of the finest high schools In the
State. and this in spite of tho contrary
argument Of some people OF Lunenburg
County. who ought to know better
The town also has several churches,
and perhaps there Ia no town of Its
size and age in tho State which can
show better church and school build
ings.
One thing that has struck me with n
great deal OF force is that Kenbridge
is pre-eminently young mans town
There are. of course. some rather aged
fellows here. but the young sters are so
much in the majority that tho older
boys get on to the idea and train right
In with the boys. The youngsters are
oil hustlers, and they have an idea that
I'm their youth and their might they arc
going to make Kenbridge one OF Vir-
ginia's greatest towns. and I believe
they are going to do II. Certain II Is
that KenbridRo has a remarkably fine
location; has around IL tho fineHt kind
of back country; has at It's door all
kinds Of raw materials; has health and
sanitary conditions that are attractive,
and a goodly people. who know how to
take advantage OF II good thing when
tLny see II. They have taken edvan-
tage Of It. and In the past six years
have made bully little town from an
old straw feld. And I verify believe
they are going to make quite q city OF
the town they have thus far made.