Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-15
1TH|hGS WORTH SEEING
4, DOWN IN WISE COUNTY
Went to Hear Politics and Saw
Things That Were Of an Industrial
Character in Southwest.
COUNTY LOOMS Up GRANDLy
Southwest Virginia Shows Up in
Great Shapc-tiOod Roads That
Arc Really Good-Industrial and
Agricultural Developments

A'tihlfN->''ot
Arc Really Good-Industrial and
Agricultural Development.
Whatever may he the outcome Of the
vigorous political contest now on in
what is known as the Ninth Congress
eionRl Distric; Of Virginia. the only
Virginia district in which thorc is ever.
in these latter days. n contest at all.
the fact remains that the fight is ON
is attracting the attention NJ all OF the
country to the industrial affairs OF
that district and To all of Southwest
Virginia. No matter. whether Slcinp.
tho Republican candidate FOR Congress.
or Trinkle. who is seeking TO Gust
Slemp shall succeed, the fact is that
the district these men desire to repre-
sent takes In "a large part of the rich
est and hes; part OF Nireinin-that
IS to say, the southwest"
Visitors from afar. who are invading
Southwest Virginia purely from Il po-
litical standpoint. are learning some
things about that part OF the State OF
an industrial aud dcvclopmental char
acter that they never dreamed of be-
fore.
AS A VISITOR SAW
THINGS ON THE SIDE
One of these visitors. who went
down there with only politics in his
mind, found out that there was some
thing more than politics In the Fight
ing Ninth In Wise County for in
( cs@nnca NO struck nm win some indus
tr,n, nronositious nm, ,s,onisboa him
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found ,ir,, IN r,tto .or,cyb,, az I,;.o
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oar throu.,b ina Ho,nol,c vincS Ills
story Is Iihoro,lv conicd IN ,his conncc
lion Ho SAYS.
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year. In fact Wis, comfy nyoaucns
n,ort onl than all ~. r.., ot ,,o
counties of the State torn,ber Its cnol
lands nrc owned nrincin,,,v NV So,,r-
ern CAPITALISTS although = rcv. az mo
native sons. suclr nc al, Tate lrvii,e.,ra
DIR. T. w. Kelly, have managed "a s,ov
in the game. Tho coal commands ,rc
tho heaviest taxpaycrs of the county
Wise County IS now one of tho
wealthiest in the State. althouph
twenty wears ago I; was ono Of ~.
poorest.
GOOD ROADS STRIKE THE
STRANGER WONDERFULLY
What strikes stranger most favor
ably. perhaps is the cxceptionallv
splendid roads which traverse Wise
County in all directions. rendering easy
OF access communities that otherwise
would be practically cut off from the
world Wise County has spent over
Sl.000,0 600. the greater part of which
was raised by bond issues. on it's roads
In recent years
The citizens take great intcres, in
good road movements. and there is no
RrumblinS against the ROAD tax. Tho
people Of Wise have found out mat
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