Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-28
SOUTH HILL GETS BUSY;
BUSINESS MEN ORGANIZE
Young Men 10 the ton
Tint Means business Right
Along.

SOUTH HILL. VA. February 27.-Thc
good citizens of South Hill got together
last week in an enthusiastic meeting
;hat promises big things for the good
town that claims TO he the queen city
OF Mecklcnburg County and the bright
tobacco metropolis OF all OF This re-
ion OF Southern Virginia. 1t was :,
booster meeting of the twentieth cen
fury kind. and the final result was the
organization on = frst-class basis OF
| the South I'm Business Mems Associa-
ton
The town has heretofore had one or
more organizations of this character.
hut. unfortunately. they were formed
bu; little. The present organization.
however. has como to stay. and to do
things FOR the uphuilding OF the town
and The surrounding community Its
efforts Will not be confined TO the i'm
mcdiat" p!cc!ncts OF the town. but il
viii go out into the highways and
byways and the hedges and do some
good COUNTRY stunts as well. The
membership is now above fifty and
country folks are eligible to member
ship rs well as town folks
Young men have been pu, at the
| mead Of the movement for - greater
south I'M. and they arc Young mon
VINO ar" gifted with energy and public
| spirit that must in the end tell for
IN" b"ttcrmcnt OF the town and all of
inc surrounding region. The officers
elected for the frat year are: Iliram
Wall. president Y. y. Eryson. yicc-
president: w. W Wright treasurer
and William G. Brown. secretary. \
board OF directors. conposcd of re,l
South Hin huStlcrs. was named aud
a good lot OF work was mapped out
FOR the current year
Commenting on tho good work of
orGauiza ton. the Entcrprisc. tho local
paper in a special double column and
uoublc-loadcd editorial uses the Inns, =
ing proclivitics Of Il neighborinr town
as AN object LESSON. ana among other
things. SAYS:
II IN" orsanization % a live. encr-
Scu1 Business Mems Associations We
fs"l that the progressive and public
spirited citizens Of South IIill arc sun
| pIAlhG a !ong-fclt need in m othcrwiS,.
| wide-2wakc community. Tho history OF
| IN" development of all towns and cities
VIII demonstrate tho need Of slch nm
prtali"aton, and we have a strilSiul,
example of this in our sister Town.
l-aWrcncevtllc. One of her loval m :
! tir" sons, who is now a resident 90
south liill. advises-and we know II
independent Of his statemcnt-that two
a I
OF business Mems Association. tho
! town was IN deep sleep. vcruing on
| torror. In these two wears I.nwrcncc-
! WI" has acquired am up-to-iatc. NIT
nlclna'iN owned. sclf-supporting water.
| light and sewer system Sh. Inn {
/ opened a promising bright tobacco
| market. ana Will soon have = large
| furniture factory. From tn. inform,
ton We have. We believe that these
| improvements and industries are a
| ulrcct result OF the energies and activi-
! Ties oil the business Mems Association
/ Now il I.awronceviIl. could ,w,itn
| from sound sleep ana do so much
| Win the aid of business Mems Asso-
| cation in tho short space Of two wears
4 WHY should not We who are already
""nN'' accomplish even greater things
! IN icS" time with the help OF a like
association" In many respects orr al
| Nahtatcs are superior 10 those OF our
sister towns, and, ~ u whole. we be
heNe ihcN are second to none Already
we nave long established tobacco
market. an abundant Supply of vcry
pure aFteSlan water, private electric
| power and water plant a fertilizer
| pItn' tobacco Stemcry. a plariur
, mn. hottlinI works box mill and nthc,
| industries We have n modern hotel
ana we are on the National IIiphw,y
al distance from Richmond which
/ makes South iI!l logical stonniun
point Tor tourists going either north
or south Moreover, We ar. in IN,
centre OF very rich agriculture! sec.
ton. suitable for tobacco. grain. trucI,
S'aSs' cattle, sheep and hogs viii
I this firm foundation for n create,
Sohth mn, is there any reason 10 he.
i!"Nc tnat the business MEMS Associo.
ti1H can fan in their efforts to max,
thinrS 20 and grow? We shall II. dis
unc'iN disappointed and surprised II
'"' "sS"'iatloh does not accomplish z
great deal for the business int.ro.,. -,
thc town and the community surround.
"S IN" Town. which. after all is "A part
o! IA" town. even as the town is a part
OF it," '''