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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-19
AMELIA TO HAVE A FAIR
Mcp and Women Boosting Second An
nunl County Expedition Hooked
For Next Month.

The Amelia County Fair boosters
have been on the rampage his week
IN that region. They have invaded
every part of the county that will adj
NIT Of travel by automobile. The
lcOsters went out in three separate
automobile squads, starting out. re-
spoctivelY. from Amelia, Jetersville and
Nannboro. The autos We're loaded with
men and women and their business
was to boost the Amelia County Fair,
which is TO be pulled off in the town
Of Amelia, October and 8.
This will be the second effort of the
good people OF Amelia TO hold county
fair. Last year, Notwithstanding much
drought and short crops generally, the
fair was a splendid success. This year.
with big crops all over the county
and the people in fine spirits. 1t is ex-
pected much greater things will be
accomplished.
President jefferson. Secretary Jack
son and the able board of directors
composed OF ladies and gentlemen. are
leaving no stone unturned to make the
second county fair the biggest thing
that ever came down the Amelia pike
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-19
BUILDING IN CAROLINA
Old North state Cities Going Ahead.
Wlnsten-snicm Issues S2OO,OOO of
Building Permits.

SALEM, NC, September
1S.--Bu!ld!ns Permits were issued in
this city last month TO the number Of
a., which represent cost Of construc-
ton o: $a2,lc0, exclusive OF building
operations just outside Of the city
limits. Estimating these with figures
fog the city proper the value Of opera
lions Will reach close 10 $2O0.0 900 for
lhe month. Eleven permits were issued
III Greensboro, representing Il cost o,
construction OF S2S,33I. "A compared
with august, 1914, these figures show
z decrease OF about $4,000 The cost
OF construction Tor which permits were
issued in Raleigh is estimated at
$685. and in Durham at Sl5.2.3
From September !, 1914 To Scptenber
/. 1915. Inclusive, a total of is7 per-
1hits was issued IN Raleigh for con
s,ruct!on to cost $.4g,ssl
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-19
WRGlNIA-GROWN CATTLE
FOR WESTERN MEAT SHOPS

Fred and Adclph tsiugrr are pretty
large meat packers OF Milwaukee, WIS
They read some Of The advertising mat
ter sent out by the Industrial depar,
ment OF the Chesapeake and ohio Rail
way. which tells about tn. ADVANTAGES
and possibilities Of old virginia ana
the richness OF Its unsurpassed lands
They also read good d.a! In rho
Industrial Section Of The Richmond
Times-Dispatch The more they read
/, the more firmly their eyes became set
on the Old Dominion
Finally they sent agents here To SOC
and TO confer with x. T Crawiev the
Industrial agent OF the Chcsapcake ana
Ohio. Then a member OF the firm
came and the upshot o. tn. whole nus
mess is. the milwaukee, meat packers
have bought 5000 acres OF good Iian.
over County lane that is touched bv
the Chesapeake and ohio ana is known
as North Wales
The agents who came down we've
very reticent, but NJ. usInger ala no,
hesitate 10 let IL be known that i, "a
the purpose Of the firm to proceed n,
once TO improve every acre OF the
already splendid farm and IN time. and
short time at that, make il one o.
the finest stock farms Ia all OF Viz.
ginia. They propose to grow cattle
and hogs to supply their meat pack
Ing establishment in milwaukee,
The meat packers OF the Wes, ar,
realizing the fact that Texas and IN,
plains beyond the Mississippi River car
no longer keep them supplied with III.
animals they need. The cattle pro
ducts OF said plains arc dccreasin.
every year, and the demand for bee
cattle, hogs and sheep on the part @
Fahe meat packers Is growing by lean
and bounds. They mus; neccssaril,
] look elsewhere and some OF them ar
hGnding out that there are no bette
Z prcspects than in Virginia.
( II is something new for the packer
Iaosgo into the business Of growing cat
ESie TO supply their big meat shops
EThey can look upon no better lands 70
H1he purpose than theae splendid field
fpfrthe Old Dominion.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-19
MONEY FOR ROAD IN SIGHT

liEATllSNlLLE, VA, September 49,
Frank 5. Cannon, OF New York
president OF the Montana, wyoming
and Southern Railroad. w j. Mullcns
of Albany, y Y. general traftic mana.
ger OF the Delaware and Hudson River
Railway Company. and Charming 81
Ward. president OF the proposed rail
road from Newport News TO Washing
ton and through this section, held in
tercsting meetings at Warsaw, Reed.
VILE and Montrose this week These
gentlemen briefly stated what was
being done TO construct said road Mr.
Cannon said all they asked were rights
OF way, and the road would be built
that the matter OF finances was set.
tied, and II was up TO our people tc
see that the rights OF way were nj
once secured That being done, he fell
in every way confident the work o
constructing the road would speedil,
begin.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-19
RAILROAD WORK ON YAOKIN
Operations Being Pushed ON tho wn.
tnuga md IndkIn River Rond
Ou to- Darby.

NORTH wILKEsBORo, y. C. Sen.
tcmber lS.-The Watauga and Yadkln
River Railroad COMPANY, which has its
temporary headquarters in this place.
has finished grazing on its extension
as far as Darby, y c.. and the track
is now laid 10 point within one mile
OF that place. Three small bridges are
sim TO be completed, and while the
track may not be laid into Darby h..
the middle OF this month, as expected.
It should he all done to that poin, by
october J, IL no further DELAYS occur.
Darby is about fifteen miles from
slowing Rock and eighteen miles from
Boone. ~ C., the county seat of Wa
tauga County. II. e. Landon gem
erat manager, says the line is doing a
fair business under the circumstances.
and that traffic will largely Increase
after IL reaches Darby
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-19
MUCH RICH MARL ON JAMES
Strong Norfolk Company to Devotion
Extensive Beds in Isle Of
Wight County

NORFOLK, VA, September 1s.-A
daily capacity OF $500 tons Of mari for
Iertiizer Is proposed by the James
River Mari Fertilizer COMPANY. incor-
porated TO develop mari property on
the James River about six miles from
Smithfeld. This company is capital
lied at $4,000. and its officers are:
l.. {. w. Page, president; Ernest r.
rage. Vice-president: w. S. Weber. sec
retary-treaSurer; George F. Hobbs.
manager. all of this city where the
corporation has its main Offices. It is
reported that the company's property
is estimated to contain 5000 900 tons
OF red mari, averaging 50 per cent Of
lime and 10 per cent OF other fertilizer
properties. The initial plant will COM
prise digging and crushing machinery
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-19
BETTER THINGS IN DIXIE;
MARKED IMPROVEMENT
lumber Interest in Virginia Is Look
ing Up-Iron Also Getting
Very Active.
NEW INDUSTRIES SHOWING UP
Virginia and the Carolinas in Bust
~ ness Revival Swim-New Cotton
Mill for ConCorti-Smithville Starts
I Up Mar! Fertilizer Mills.

~ BALTIMORE, September lS.-1n re-
Viewing the general business condi-
lions of the South for the weok just
closed. the Manufacturers Record calls
attention to the marked Improvement
In many lines of industry. After sew
trade, which affects very important
industry In Virginia. is showing in
creased activity, with advancing prices,
Indicative Of much better conditions in
lumber than for two years past. The
iron interests in Virginia. Tennessee
and Alabama are feeling the effect of
the enormous demand for pig iron and
finished material and some furnaces
which have been idle for eight or ten
years or more arc now being made
ready TO put in blast
Among the more important industrial
enterprises reported for the week is a
contract for nine ireproof buildings.
each 325NlsS feet. to he built at Balti
more, al cost OF about $1,000, 000 by
the United States Industrial Alcohol
Company of New York, reported for
the manufacture of vinegar. This is in
addition 10 the plant recently CON
adjacent tract at a cost of about $500
600 for the manufacture OF denatured
alcohol.
The Wilson Berger Coal Company
has been incorporated in West Virginia,
coal properties.
MANY THINGS WORTH
WHILE ALL OVER DIXIE
A site has been secured at New Or
leans for the building OF a plant to
manufacture automobiles The COM
pany has a capitalization of 500, 900.
but much more than this, Il is re-
ported. will be invested in the under
taking.
n The Choctaw Lumber Company will
build, at 4 cost OF 100000. a hardwood
mill with capacity of $1,000 feet OF
lumber a day.
1.-The Black Diamond Golfers has been
organized at Knoxville. Tenn. with n
capital OF 100000. 10 develop coal
property
The James River Mari Fertilizer
Company. of smithville. Va. has been
organized with a capital stock OF $780,
600. to mine and crush mari for fer
tilizer.
The Norcott Mills Company, OF Con-
cord, " c., recently organized with
s25o,000 capital stock is having plans
prepared for n cotton mill of 1900
spindles.
The George a. Boyden Pump Com
pany has been incorporated nj Balti-
more, with n capital stock OF $500.
0o0 TO build plant for manufacturing
Steam pumps OF new design.
" The Atlanta Steel Company is install
ing an additional open-hearth steel
furnace.
A company with a capital stock OF
100000 has been organized at Hope
: Vile. Va, for electricity for light and
power.
The Southern Lumber Company has
been incorporated at Ashcville. y. c.,
with n capital stock OF 100000 to
manufacture lumber.
These are but few OF the many
tangible illustrations Of the awaken
ing spirit of activity throughout the
South and Southwest, so clearly pointed
ont by Vice President Harris in his re-
View OF the situation.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-19
FARMERS AND BANKERS
SHOULD WORK TOGETHER
Business Of Farming Should Be Put
on Same Financial Basis ms
Any Other Enterprise.
VIEWS OF MAN WHO KNOWS
One Good Thing Federal Reserve Act
Has Made Not Being Taken Advan-
tage or in Virginia-When Farms
Flourish, All Business Prospers.

The business OF farming. orr raising
things needed to maintain life" said
\ successful Richmond nnancier, lis the
only business in Virginia in which it
Is generally thought that no working
capital is needed. This is far from the
truth. II Is true farmer with good
iald and a good deal pf energy can
manage to pull along All keep the
wolf from the door. but the same
farmoi with such bank accoinro ida lions
as the average country merchant can
get would do more and add to his own
wealth and that of the State.
Continuing. the hnancier went into
some detail. He said:
The State banks have not been able
to finance the farmer. nor will the
seven and oue-half million dollars the
national banks are permitted under the
new Federal reserve act to loan on
farm mortgages be of any substantial
help unless the national banks sell
these TO investors and reinvest the pro-
! cccds in more farm loans and keep up
this process
MONEY IN FARMS
AND IN AUTOMOBILES
The total amount loaned on farm
land in Virginia Is only s15, 900, as
against S2o4.o0o.oo0 in Iowa. In Vir-
ginia only 1874 per cent OF the land is
being actually cultivated. as against
So per cent In Iowa. The average value
of land In Virginia is SEQ per acre
against $50 in Iowa. This will show
what Iowa has borrowed and has done
by borrowing and improving it's farm
lands.
Virginia has borrowed comparatively
nothing on its farm lands In fact.
there is more money to-day invested
in automobiles in Virginia than In farm
mortgages.
Finance the farmer. and farming
will prosper and all other lines Of
business Will prosper. Increase the
profits OF farming, and bank deposits
and loans Will increase.
I'm 1850 only about one-seventh Of
the total land area in the United States
was In cultivation. In 1910 nearly one
half was in cultivation. We have here
tofore paid very little attention to land
because we had such an abundant
quantity of IT, but they have quit maxi
ing land, and, as the uncultivated nor
ton is getting smaller and smaller
each year, 1t hehooves us to pay more
attention TO it and to the farmers who
have IL in charge
1T would not seem very hard thing
to get every farmer in Virginia to SOW
five acres of alfalfa next year If each
Of the $4,000 farmers in Virginia would
properly seed five acres of alfalfa, this
would add TO their annual income about
s46'o0o,Ooo per year. or over three times
tho total amount now loaned on farm
land In Virginia.
Let us see that the farmer Is given
tho necessary money to enable him to
SOW this alfalfa, grant him a divorce
from the supply man with his 50-per-
cent profits, give him enough money to
buy cattle and improve his buildings
and fencing. If our present banking
system Will not give it to him, then our
next Legislature should pass a farm
credit bill, AZ massachusetts has done "
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-19
Dairy Herd in Peanut Section. ~

have como and investigated for my
self. and have seen the finest OF pros
poets simply poking themselves in peo-
Pies faces. and feel assured that all
of those good old times can be. and, in
deed. are being duplicated, and with
energy. enthusiasm and persistent ad-
vertisinG they will be surpassed as far
as ocean is from ocean. Every dollar
OF outside capital that can he induced
to come to Virginia should be fostered.
1t can be made the greatest OF all the
southern states. 1t lies within from
ten to twenty hours ride of 40 per
cent OF the population of the United
states. 1t has seaportS for anywhere
in the world and Its own wood. coal
and other minerals. The finest dairy
lands in the South are in Virginia and
anything that can he raised in the
ground can he raised in Virginia. 1t
is the most nearly perfect poultry sec
ton in the United States.
What the Hot Wave Came For.
The September hot spell, with it's
glaring sun and the refusal OF the
hreeZes TO get on the job have been
hard on the city people. but these con
dittons were worth many hundreds and
thousands of dollars to the farmers or
Virginia. After the cool spell in -Au-
gust, and the much rain. the very kind
of weather that came in September
was necessary for the maturing OF the
crops on the hills The hot weather
was especially required in the tobacco
growers business. Now all Is well with
the Virginia farmer, and when 1t is
we'll with him there is good business
for the balance of the population.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-19
FARM DEMONSTRATION
IN OLD PRINCE EDWARD
wonderful Progress Made in Scion
tile Farming In One OF Best
OF Southside Counties.
CORN CLUB BOYS SHOW FATHER
Tanks Merchants and Citizens OF
f"rmviile Come to Aid OF Better
Farming-Poultry and Live Stock
Associations Organized.

o'iue' the management OF Charles G.
Burr. the farm demonstration agen,
Tor the county OK Prince Edward.
much good work has been done in
that county and all OF tue citizens are
ioud in their praise OF it, Mr. Eu,.t
was asked 10 give an account OF som,
of tho good work done and while his
reply IL couchcd in language that In.
dicates that he is Il very modest man
when 1t comes to talking of things
he. himself. has done, a very interest
ing and encouraging story is gathered
from his notes.
The demonstration work in Prince
Edward for the past two years has
dealt chiefly with Ave separate lines
Of farming interests: Grains. grasses.
live stock. home orchards and organi-
cation. II is perhaps unnecessary 10
remark that the objective is greater
rural and urban prosperity through al
versification. Progress is being made.
The evidence all over the country il
encouraging. but there is room for
improvement, assure you. In my opin
ion. our chietcst problem is distribu.
ton and marketing. II the present
crude. antiquatcd and inefficient Am.ri-
can system were modernized. diversi.
fcat.on and the resultant general pros
perity would follow at once This IA
tobacco county If the farmers could
get reasonable profit for raising this
crop 1t would bring prosperity. They
are now. however. producing II at a
loss, but are growing IL and will con.
tinue TO grow II because they have
market for that crop. or rather can
get rid of II.
WHAT THE conn CLUB
DoYS TAUGHT THE MEN
In 1914. the Corn Club BOYS were
furnished pure bred seed corn by the
local banks and superintendent Of
schools. The result was convincing.
| This year number Of farmers have
pla nted that same variety. Cascy's pure
bred. selecting their fields with a view
of keeping II from mixing with the
other varieties. There are some spIen-
did fields Of IL now being harvested
Pure Bred Seed Corn Growers AS
ISOLATION Will likely he formed There
VIII he several thousand bushels OF
high grade seed 10 market The av.
cragc yield OF corn. made by farmers
adopting modern methods. is 500 per
! cent greater than the average for the
county.
in the country was approximately
twenty -fvc acres Last fall twenty
three farmers sowing from one Ia
twelve acres increased this to over 100
acres During tho poor hay season
just passed. alfalfa has proven its su-
prcmc value. Fred Herzig, OF this
county. has cut thirteen tons from two
and c-halt acres. over 800 acres has
hcen seeded this fall T B. Hix. OF
Prospect. has about forty acres \
large acreage OF peas has been sown
for hay and az n soil improver. also
rye and crimson clover for this pur-
pose. and as winter cover crops. An
effort has been made TO get all OF tn.
farmers TO save crimson clover seed
Many farmers have saved enough for
their own farm. and some have sur
plus for the market. a cheap but prac-
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-19
Creamery at Woodstock.
VIEWS AND NEAR VIEWS;
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
~ FRANK s. wOODsoN.
Industrial Editor.

This column IN OMEN to cOntribu-
t"rs who have something to say OF
suggestive nature, and who nre
willing 10 make hints und suESes-
tions looking to the better develop
nrents of the good old states of Wiz
Sinin, West Virginia md North
Carolina. md who cum hold their
suggestions down In my one issue
to from 100 to 200 words. Such COM
municntionS, addressed to the In
dustrial Editor. will receive prompt
attention.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-19
As n Newcomer Sees Old State.

Harry c. Martin, young man from
Illinois, who has come TO Virginia. To-
Gated In the new town of Nirso. that Is
starting right from the ground up, is
a booster. He thinks Virginia Is the
greatest part Of the United states. To
the Industrial Editor he says: When
/ went to school, and afterwards, too.
used to read about how fine this good
old State used to be from Revolution
airy times up to that dark period that
commenced in 1861 and was told that
the darkness continues. But now I
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-19
Stanton. New Mica COMPANY

The Virginia Carolina Mica Company.
which has recently been Incorporated
here, Will begin operations at once.
The company has already bought o2e
acres OF land in North Carolina, near
Elkville, which Is rich in mica. The
first work Of the, company VIII be 10
develop that property. The officers OF
the company are: I. y. Graham. presi-
dent; G. p. Gibson. vice-president: and
Herbert j. Taylor. secretary and treas
urer
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-19

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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-19
Review For Week and Outlook.

r. G. Dun & Cos special report for
! the Industrial Section is as follows:
The general trend of business is still
| toward Improvement and locally the
outlook is brighter than for many
! months. From the large increase In
number and size of orders 1t is evil
dent that the much-anticipated re-
plenishlng period has arrived. and the
local jobbing business is good.
The government has deposited with
the Southern branches of the Federal
Reserve Bank sufficient funds for
handling the crops, additional deposits
OF $5.0oo.o0o having been made in the
Richmond branch. More banks are
availing themselves of the opportunity.
to lend assistance in their respective
neighborhoods. and last weeks redis-
counts with the local branch were in
excess of a million dollars. Richmond
bank clearngs for the week were SIS
S6t,164. Collections have improved
somewhat. Weather conditions are ia
vorable for maturing and harvesting
the crops. and in nearly every part of
the State gratifying yield is reported
Old Virginia Can DO the Same.
AN immense fig orchard and can
merry in George County. mississippi.
now in successful operation" says the
Manufacturers Record. is another
demonstration Of the diversified indus
trial ,developm ents for which the South
offers unsurpassed opportunities
Twenty five hundred acres located be-
tween Lucedale and Eubank, are
owned by a company OF Boston, New
York Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
capitalists operating under the name
of the Eubank Farms Company. There
are now about $4,000 bearing trees in
the orchard, and it is planned TO set
out $1,000 more during this season. The
| fruit ripens at varying times, go that
| the canning season Is prolonged from
July to October. The first planting
| came into bearing this season, and
| more than $4,000 small samples Of fig
| preserves have been sent out to pros
pectivc customers. 1T is proposed to
market the product not only in the
! United States, but in France and Eng
| land as we'll"
! All of the above reminds me that
! right here within few miles of Rich
mond the finest figs the world ever saw
| are being grown. In King William
| County, near West Point. it has been
| demonstrated that the finest of figs can
| be grown. The lands there can be
bought cheap and orchards planted
| now would be producing figs for a
| cannery in three years, and West Point
! would see to it that the cannery was
| on hand to buy and preserve the fruit.
| Why not add fig culture to Virginia g
| other enterprises?
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-12-03
News of LabOrS Activities
COMMITTEE is ASSURED MIN
IMUM WAGE, 8-HOUR DAY

A committee of three, representing
the Trades Councils Of Everett, called
on the county commissioners to ask
that in all contracts which may be let,
if the road bond issue passes, a clause
be inserted providing for a minimum
wage of $3.50 and an S-hour day on
road work. The commissioners as
sured the committee the county engi-
neer's office had already been in
structed to insert such a provision in
all contracts, providing the bonds car
ried, and the committee departed, sat
isfied, and promised that their organ
ization would do their best to have
the bonds carried.
The committee consisted of c. w.
Knapp, business agent of the Everett
Building Trades Council, Robt. Mills,
secretary of the Everett Trades Coun-
Gil, and VIM. Smith, president Of the
Building Trades Council. The COM
missioners informed the committee of
the resolution passed recently that
only American citizens, and those who
had expressed an intention to become
American citizens be employed on the
county road work, if the bonds car
ried.
1--WE were we'll satisfied with the
meeting with the commissioners,
said Brother Knapp, "and our
organizations believe that the passing
of the road bonds will be the best
thing possible for the county. With
a minimum wage of $3.50 day, as
promised by the commissioners, and
The employing of only citizens, or
those declaring their intention to be-
CONF citizens, the work which the
passing of the bonds will mean to
the lsboring men, will be a great ben
eft to the county"
The committee was appointed last
week at meeting of the Trades Coun-
Gil, to take up this matter with the
board of commissioners.