The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-28
OLD BRUNSWICK;
LAWRENCEVlLLE

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bacco. don't Know just who mrs, dis
covered this fact. but the other oay
i met the man who first had the nerve
and the energy to prove it. Just how
J. Il. Abcrnathy conceived the -cca that
the lands ~ the Piuey. Woods sec:ioi
of Brunswick would grow toe brignt
iobaccos az good or better than tho
lands Of pittsy lvanlu and iIalifax
uont, but he did catch on to that
Iica about fifteen years ago. when n.
vas quite youth, ANA didn't have =
hundred dollars in tn" world. lIo
nlkcu the matter ovei with lie" IL.
fancy of THIS town. Itaucy had some
Ind out In III" I'incy Woods region.
a;d ne had a whole lot or faith in
-Nernathy Kancy sold tleruathy "a
TACK OF Piney woods land on crcc.t.
ah Apernathy went TO w""k II IS
nd use 10 .o into cxters!ve details FOR
itTould take :: ;.ozen columns 10 hold
TN story %: Abcrnathys rise ana pro-
gres. 1t is enough To say that h.
mae bright tobacco his money crop
an4did the hog ana hominy' stunt all
thc.wh!lo. He mbdc money from tho
stat and to-day he IS tho owner VI
500 acres ~ thc best land iu fruus-
wicl Count, his tohaoro crop EAST
Echinetted him on The Dhuvinc market
over $4,000. and this year he Jas
10000 hills we'll set and ready ,or
a biaer crop than last year.
Absnathy 50, thr paee ia sruns-
wick;in fact, he is the real man who
'diScoNcccd that SO lar ass BruNsw wick
County is concerned the tobacco rroc-
cr Is H. no sense dependent upon any
OF the foreign government mOuopolieG,
and Instead OF runniil~ and whining
before congressional committees and
appealing To the United states gov
eminent 20 make Italy and Austria
pay more Tor darl; shipping tobaccus
Alternately just quit growing the dark
shipping stan. and gave his attention
TO the brig ats. and fourteen years OF
this Kind ut display Of American man
hood has made him one % the rich men
OF Brunswick County other Bruins
wick County farmers have followed
in .Abernathy lead. and that Is why
brunswick comfy is this wear going
To make something. i.l.c a.O00.UOg
pounds OF hrit III tobacco and no,
pound of the dark shipping stun that
1t used To Irow. and that is why Law
rencevillc is booming mp as bright
tobacco I-D.ket The missing link was
the lack OF neat-hy market, and just
there Is where The Io~u folks CAM III
10 the help Of the country folks
HOW IT ALL HAS
Hi;E| DROIE.HT ABOUT
The new BUSINESS Mems ASSociatio
OF Lawrenccvillc. on, II the livest and
most widc-awakc trade ORGANIZATIONS
i have met with in small town tnr
n long time, said 10 tho country people.
go right ahead and grow your brlE,
tobacco and when YOU get il ready for
market we Will have tho market ready
for YOU right here in awrenccvi1iJ
The farmers. all of them in the ptncy
Woods region, including Abcvnathy,
replied in effect that they had faith
in the Lawrencev!lle contingent. ana
they would have the goods ready for
market early in the tall And the
big brick warehouse - by - feet. is
being pushed 10 completion ana will
be ready Tor business August |, a,
which time buyers viii he on hand.
and the farmers are Just busting to
have some of the bright stock ready
for the market as soon after the LIT
OF August as primingS arc durable
Thus we see q case of real co-opera.toi,.
work, town folks ana country folk.
pulling together TO make the county
and the town greater and better and
stronger. representatives Of both
realizing the Importance OF teamwork
and cooperation for the mutual good.
have learned lot of good things
by my hurried trip down here To Bruins
wick County. and have Just tw, more
chapters TO write about il. ! have not
half covered the subject or subjects.