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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES
ALL OVER THE SOUTHLAND
Lnrge Sums OF Money Being Invested
In Development of Resources
OF Various Stutes.

Many important now Southern de-.
Velopmental enterprises were an
noupced in the current issue OF the
Manufacturers Record during tho past
week In connection with plans for in
creasing investments and adding to es-
tablished plants.
Large amounts OF capital arc re-
CURED for number Of these enter
prises. all tending to q DEVELOPMENT OF
the great natural Industrial resources
OF the Southern States. Among tho
Records reports Is that Of tho big i'm
proVements and now installations in
progress for the Tennessee Coal. Iron
and Railroad Company's facilities In
tho Birmingham district. partly in con-
motion with It's recently announced
plan for slI.000,o00 Investment for
additions. Another big project is tho
station. costing ST.
100000. TO be built in Virginia by the
Appalachian rower Company, OF Blue
heid, w. Va. contracts for this 100000
kilowatt plant having Deon awarded
by Now York engineers.
In Louisiana. the Louisiana Consoli.
dated Oil and Refining Company, OF
Shreveport. has been chartered with a
and refino OIL
Other items OF interest in the
Records reports arc briefly sum.
married.:
Alabama graphite will be developed
by the LEROY Graphite Company, Hol-
land. Ala, organized with $250.0o0
capital
Missouri lead and iron mines will be
developed by the Washington County
Load and Iron Company, st. Louis. Mo-,
Incorporated with s26o,60o capital.
Hosiery will be manufactured BY the
Surry Hosiery Mills. Mt. Airy. n. c..
organized with 100000 capital.
a. LA "a -
BY tho Mt. Airy Hosiery Company. Mt.
Airy. N. c.. incorporated with 100000
capital.
Travellers trunks and bags will ba
the product Of the independent Trunk
and Ing Company. Petersburg, incor.
porated with $4,000 capital.
Cotton Will be compressed by the
Hope Cotton Compress Company. Hope.
Ark, Incorporated with 100000 oapt-
tai.
Lumber and shingles will be the
product Of tho Branford Lumber AMI
shingie Company, Live Oak. Fla. in
corporated with 100000 capital.
West Virginia coal will be mined
by the Wyatt Coal Company. Charles
ton, w. Va, incorporated with $780,
GEO capital.
Lumber will be manufactured by the
Blue Ridge Timber Company. High
Point. y. C., incorporated with 500.
900 capital.
Kentucky coal LAND will be developed
BY the Il. L. George Coal Company.
Pikeville. Ky, incorporated with $780,.
900 capital.
beverages Will lie the product of
tho Maryland Taka-iola BottlInE Cor.
porat;on, Richmond, Incorporated with
S." 0ot capital
West Virginia coal Will be mined
ny. the Top Mining Company f,lue-
neid. w. Va, incorporated with $780,
600 capital
sesgoins harges and other vessels
will be- constructed by the Gulf-Cuba
Corporation. Apaiachicola, F.a., char
tered with $4,000 capital.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07
CREOSOTED WOOD BLOCK
Once Used ns Paving Material, Now
Coming to Front for Other
building Purposes.

The use Of creosoted wood blocks.
which originally began as paving ma
terial for city streets. has now spread
into many other lines. according to
statement Issued by the United States
Forest Service The durability OF such
pavement. the noiselessness under
heavy traffic, and It's sanitary prop
critics give creosoted wood block espe-
cinl value for use where heavy truck
ing takes place, and such flooring is
now found throughout the country in
factories, warehouses. machine shops,
foundrieS quarries and docks, and
even IN hotel Kitchens, hospitals. laun-
dries and slaughter houses. Tho FOR.
est service report says that such Blocks
are especially well liked by workmen,
because they arc easy on tho foet,
and IL is believed that tho increase in
their use will be oven more rapid in
the future. Difficulties which have
sometimes been encountered. due to
the shrinking or swelling OF the blocks
may be avoided by The following of
approved methods which have been
worked out by tho producers and the
government Soientists
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07
THE GRAHAM FURNACE
Iron Works In TaxcwclI to Get to Work
Under New Management
md Ownership.

In few days lhe Graham Furnace.
in Tazewell County, will be blown in
with daily capacity Of $50 tons OF
iron and $50 men will be employed
regularly. The company has decided
upon an expenditure of $4,000 for
preparatory work. and the improve
ments, so 1t is said. will include gon-
cral repairs. new trestles, stock
house and equipment apd two loco
motives.
John B. Guernsey, of Roanoke. writes
the Manufacturers Record of last
week that his firm, John B. Guernsey
IL Co.. purchased this furnace on Aug
ust l3. and has closed contract with
syndicate of fcrro manganese pro-
ducers In New York and Philadelphia
for the exclusive conversion of their
ore for 1918, and for the manufacture
of foundry iron for the same interests
until January /. Recent action Of the
Government regulating the prioo OF
iron VIII not affect the operation OF
this furnace.
w. It. Rutherford. formerly superin:
tchdent of Old Dominion Furnace, of
Roanoke, has hetn made general SUI
Graham furnaces. both of which will
he operated by John 3. Guernsey a.
Co. j. +. Haddow, ferro manganese
expert of Wharton Steel Company, has
be"n appointed superintendent of the
Graham furnace. and L. 3. Patterson.
of Emporium. Pa. has been appointed
superintendent OF tho Roanoke fur.
mace. Tho Grshom furnace will be
owned by n sepa rnte company called
the Pocohontas Pig Iron Corporation,
now In process OF organization, for
convenience I'm operation. Both fur
naces will be under the management
OF John II. Guernsey & Co.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07
BITUMINOUS PRODUCT
Government Report Throws Some Light
on ShortnEc-Coal Mine StrIkcs
and Other Troubles.

The governments weekly report Just
issued on the production Of bjtuminnus
coal and the causes OF loss OF work.
ing time. compiled by the Geological
survey. Department of the Interior
states that little change occurred IN
the ratio of tonnage produced to full
time capacity during the week ended
september Is. as compared with the
two weeks Immediately preceding. The
index for all mines reporting since the
weekly statistics werc first undertaken
was Ie.3 figure almost identical with
that for the week of September Ia
The index for the intervening week
G4.S) can be accepted only with uuali-
'icntion. because of the unequal oh
servance of Labor Day -emarked In the
last bulletin. Iowa. labama and the
southwestern states recorded increaees.
The Winding Gulf region of Wcst vir.
2!nia recovered from the depression
OF the week before. A strike in the
Central Illinois field depressed the IN
deE for tho state from 1876 to us.
The continued Liberation Of the priority
order WIS noticeable In the returns
from ohio and Western Pennsylvania,
raising The index in the latter region
Ia S3.5 per cent Of tho present fu!i..lme
capacity. TIE highest Lowell X has yet
attained. The strike In the Southern
Appalachian field remained unbrol;en.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07
MANY CASH PRIZES TO BE
PAID AT VIRGINIA FAIRS
Uncle Sam to Hand Out Reward. for
Good Canning Work IN the
Old Do,nfniou

WASHINGTON, October 6.-Nineteen
fairs 10 BIO hold In Virginia during thi,
month will award prizes from the S.
600 offered by the National Emergency
Food Garden Commission, for the best
canned vegetable exhibits.
Applications for ton OF these prize
awards wore received to-day by Charles
Lathrop Pack. president of the COM
mission in letter from Arthur ID
Wright. State school inspector. Prizes
were at once allotted to tho ten ex-
hibits by p. S. Ridsdale, secretary or
the commission.
The commission has awarded a mum.
Der Of prizes to Indians. girl Scouts.
school girls and housewives. Each win
ner receives check for IS and ma
tional certificate OF merit. A canning
exhibit is being held on each Indian
reservation in the country, and one OF
the commissions prizes will be award
ed to each exhibit.
Tho following is llst OF Virginia
fairs that Will make prize awards:
Brunswick Fair Association and ST.
Pauls Farmers Conference, Lawrence.
VILE. Va. w. II. Haines. secretary.
Elizabeth City County Exhibit.
Hampton. Ellen +. Gray.
Halifax County Fair. South Boston.
hat0 ID. NltCholl.
Mecklenburg County Agriculture
Fair Association, Chase City.
MONTGOMERY County Fair. Christians
| burg. Il. y. Long. director.
Tidewater Fair Association. Nanse-
mohd County. Suffolk. Grace A. Troy.
instructor.
Nottoway County Fair, Blackstone.
Pauline l.. Baskerville.
southampton County Fair. Cspron,
sarah +. DiggH.
| Surry County Negro Farmers Fair,
Surry. Evelyn Adams.
Sussex County Colored Exhibit, Wa.
verify, Annie a. Jackson.
The Emporia Fair. II. r. Jones. local
agent
The Louisa County Fair Association,
Louisa
!. .Du pont Community Fair. HopeweIl.
]. Frank Fooshe. secretary.
Roanoke Industrial and AGRICULTURAL
Association. Roanoke.
The Interstate Fair Association.
LynchburE. +. a. Lovelock. secretary.
The Shenandoah Valley Fair Assoc
citation. Staunton. c. r. Ralston. Sec
Rotary.
Namozine District Fair. Dlnwiddie
County. +. X. Clay. president.
| Lunenburg County Fair. Victoria, T.
]. Belts secretary.
! Bedford County Fair Association.
Bedford, j. 9. Brown. secretary.
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Offering. lighter mt r.ochy Mount.

ROCKY MOUNT. N. c., October g.
Receipts OF leaf tobacco for tho week
nave been lighter than for several
weeks past. especially towards the lat
ter part OF the week. tho farmers being
more or less occupied picking cotton
and doing other needed farm work.
The offerings have consisted for the
greater part of common nondesript
lear and Jugs. with fair proportion
OF coiory tobhccos suitable for export
ana cigarette purposes. Tips have al
most disappeared. while wrappers of all
grades are conspicuous by their abb
sehce. When they do appear prices are
very high on them, running as high as
Sfe per hundred for the best piles
frioes have advanced steadily
throughout the week. and tho market
Is strong and active About so per
cent of the crop has been sold Re
ceipts for the week amount to 1.s50.00O
hounds, ut an average of S2s.sS per
nunofed pounds, making the total saIes
up to date 100000 pounds, at an aver.
age OF $4,000
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07
CHATHAM COUNTY COAL
oid-Time Mines To lie Reopencd--l?n-
nous Deep River Coal Coming
on NyurI..f

PfTTSEORO. n. c.. October S-The
Carolina Coal Company, recently &C.
CURED Mt Southern Tines and incor-
porated with 100000 capital stock, has
acquired extensive GOAL lands In this
Chatham--county, lying along Deep
River and 1t Ia understood that the
plans for developing tho same at once
have been completed. J. r. Mcioueen
IS the president of the company: II.
N. Butler, superintendent, and j. n.
Po%ell. secretary treasurer. MANY
years ago Chatham County GOAL rhihes
were worked successfully and SUP.
piled large parts OF North Carolina
with coal for operating foundres and
other industries The coal hidden in
tho lan6s acquired by this company f.
OF fine quality and lies there III abund.
hI1Ce, '-rc tH-. .,,t r 10.
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COAL AND SALT WORKS
West Virginia Company to Run Ex-
tensire Coal Mining Enterprise
and Large Salt NnrlA

cHARLEsToE, w. VA. October g.
the Mason Coal and Chemical Com
pnny' or Charleston. recently lncor-
porated with ample capital. has ac-
Iuire@ the properties OF the Hartford
City Coal and Salt Company, MT Hart.
ford, in this State. They include over
$4,000 acres Of coal land and n largo
salt plant stands thereon. The new
company proposes to open the old coal
mines and develop new ones. 1t la also
understood that the salt plant will be
reopened, enlarged and generally I'M
proved. new machinery Installed and
operated on a large scale. A. ID. VIII.
liams, of this city. In the president OF
this company. Joseph Bieveir. OF Nor
ghntown. Ia the general manager.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07
TAKES THE PLACE OF
DANGEROUS CAL0ME[
New Discovery Dodon Liver Tone Acts Like CaomeI But Doesn't Gpe
oaate MAKE You SckDont Lose Days o-Hamless Liver
Medicine for Men, Women, Chiden-Read Guarantee!

Ugh! Calon1el makes you sick. It's horrible
lake dose Of the dangerous drug tonight and
tomorrow you may lose days work
Caion1el is mercury or quicksilver which causes
necrosis of the bones. Calonel, when it comes in.
to contact with sour bile crashes into it, breaking
1t up This is when you feel that awful nausea
and cramping If you are sluggish and "all
knocked out" if your liver is torpid and bowels
constipated, or you have headache dizziness, coated
tongue if breath is bad stomach sour, Just try
spoonful OF harmless Dodson's Liver Tone tonight
Hefes my giarantee--Go to any drug store
ar get 50 cent bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone
lake spoonful and if it doesn't straighten YOU
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07

right up and ti1ake you feel fine and vigorous
want you to 60 back to the store and pet your
money. Dodson's Liver Tone is DESTROYING the
sale OF calonel because it is real liver medicine;
entirely vegetable. therefore it can not savate or
make you sick. IL
guarantee that one spoonful Of Dodsons Liver
lone Will put your sluggish liver to work and
waste which is clogging your system and maxine
you feel miserable I guarantee that a bottle Of
Dodsons Liver Tone will keep your entire family
feeling fine for months Give it to your childrer
It is harmless; doesn't grippe and they like Its pleaa
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07
rnrmvIlle VIII Get po.t.omee.

FAKMVILLE VA. October Sit now
looks as II Farmville is TO get It's long
talked Of and long wished for post.
ONCE building. The proper Official ut
Washington has advertised for bids for
the erection of the building on tho lot
on Main Street that tho government
bought more than two years ago. Tho
BIDS VIII be received until October 80,
and II is supposed there will be no de-
lay IN awarding the contract, although
the advertisement specifies that the
Post- once Department reserves tho
right to reject any or. all BIDS,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07

Lumber Manufacturing At High Point.
HIGH POINT. n. c.. October ST. H.
Wheeler, Edward Slater and q. A. Briies
havo incorporated the Blue Ridge Tim.
Der Company, with 100000 capital
stock. 10 DO general lumber manu-
featuring business In this city, Their
now mills Will be equipped with ali Of
the modern machinery. The company
has acquired timber lands in the west.
ern part OF tho STATE
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Fancy Figure. Paid In Petersburg.

PETERS3UKG, VA, October G.
There We're large sales of bright to.
bacco Mt the warehouses this week mt
prices entirely satisfactory to the
farmers. The market was extremely
active and higher than last week The
Following increase paid per hundred
s45. $40. $50. $51 and SIS. Large sales
are looked for next week.
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the entire printing season. which IL
about at u close. Tho offerings this
10000 pounds. None OF the now crop
OF dark and brown leaf has becn mar
keted hs yet. These grades will be
coming In as soon ns suitable seasons
can be had for the handling or Thorn.
The indications nre that these grades
Will also sell high.
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w'in.ton-saien, Also Breaks Record.

WINSTON-SALEa1 n. c.. October c.
ihe lear tobacco market has been
crowded With the weed all OF the week,
ana the record Was broken when 2,0o6,-
oVo.pouhds mark wns reached. The
lca1 oHered was In splendid order as
general thing ana, tbs buyers being
anxious for the goods. bidding was
age for the week was above sac nor
hundred The topnotch nguress were
pa'u for wrappers and goods for max
ing cigarettes and smoking tobaceos
soid higher than ever before known on
this market.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07

Priming Season Over mt Farmville.
FARNIVILLE, VA, October 6.-I'h,
sales Of leaf tobacco consisting en-.
tirely of primings. for August and
September amounted to STAG pounds.
+ ices have been very high durtnot
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Another Motor Company Al p,nv,,,.

HHutHer Motof ComphhT Al DhnvIIIc,
DASVILLE, VA. October 6.-The Dan
Valley Motor Company. capital $4,000,
mas been incorporated here. with II. L.
0uerrant as president and L. " Boat.
wright az secretary. The new company
has already commenced hnsInesn
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07
TOBACCO STILL BOOMs,
BREAKING THE RECORD
Bright Wrappers Higher Than Any
Time Since 1S75-Cigarette and
Smoker Leaf Away Up.
BIG AVERAGE FOR sUN-cuRED
Dark Priminss Average IL Cents Per
Pound-Breaks in All Bright Mar
kets Largest Ever known So Early
in the Season.

The activity in all Of the leaf tobacco
markets OF virginia and North Caro-
lima continues and from all quarters
come the reports that the buyers seem
to be more and more anxious each day
TO secure the weed. All bright stocks
for cigarette manufacturing are cs-
pecially in demand and bright wrappers
are selling In DanVillo and other bright
markets at higher hgures than have
boon known since 1876 The few sales
of the dark leaf in tho markets that
confine themselves largely to this
style Indicate that the darks too Will
be on boom when they get we'll on
the market. This Ia especially true
OF tho sun -eured goods.
There were good sales of nrimings
on the Richmond market the pas,
week. about $4,000 pounds being
offered and readily taken at top notch
figures. Some extra fine lots sold hs
high ns s22 and $3.50 per hundred.
The $4,000 pounds Of primings offered
brought an average OF sl4 per hum
dred. a half n dozen wagon loads .,
s'in-cured leaf showed up in the breaks
and were quickly Eobbled up by eager
large load. sold at Shockoe Warehouse.
averaged s3o.75 and another smaller
load made the remarkable average OF
&35. The general average for all tn.
sun-cured offered was s25 per hun.
dred. the largest average OF this clase
OF the week ever brought on the Rich
mond market.
The sales Will probably be small
this week, as is usual State fair week
Next week the warehouse will have
regular daily sales commencing on
Tuesday. October l6. The seasons be-
ing good SO far. and the farmers gem
orally having heard Of the high prices
the warehouses look for very large de-
liveries from the 10Th on.
Some large sales OF old stock In
hogsheads were made Last week. but on
private terms and at figures that tho
commission mon deem It wise not to
give out.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07

South Boston Crowded to the Limit.
SOUTH BOSTON. VA. October c.
The market has been crowded 70 the
limit with the heavy sales OF the past
week, which amounted 10 around L..
100000 pounds. considerable por.
tion of the weeks offerings consis. cd
of the last cuttings, which were left
hanging In the barn after being cured,
and were stripped and marketed fol-
lowing the season Of Inst week. While
the late tobacco shows good body. il
does not compare with the early to-
bacco IN color or quality.
Sales for the month Of September
age. s26.42: amount sSS9.74S.lS. Total
sales to October /. 1871 3656,755
pounds. Average. s25.74; amount. s041..
1896
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r,on Notion lrfrure. M nnnxili..

WI .N"tth II IRurcN nj DnnN1ic.
DASVILLE. VA. October 8.--The
sales Of leaf tobacco have been large
each day this week. and only by rap,u
selling have the auctioneers prevented
block.
The quality and color have been
good. Common stemmlng grades ano
me wrappers have been very scarce.
Cigarette stock and export lear pro.
dominate in the offerings and are In
exceedingly strong demand.
There is parceptible advance in
prices from day to day The lowest
grade trash Rnds An equally eager
buyer as the inert wrapper. Tho
world seems to want cigarette to.
baccos and the farmers have done their
part in their efforts to supply It's re.
1uirements.
1t is thought that this weeks sales
will show that already one-fourth OF
the entire old belt bright crop has beer,
marketed. So far the farmers have
marketed the crop In Very good order
This has enabled the buyers to take
care OF their purchases and TO pay
full value. With continued favora ole
weather heavy receipts are looked for
next week.
The sales for the week foot up about
100000 pounds at an average OF about
80 cents. The top notch price for
wrappers was SIC per hundred. Sew
eral piles went for $40 and s72.
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apeake Bay are far larger in area
than the entire coal area o: all or
Europe. excluding Russia, and ere
equal In extert TO all of Eurone. in
Guiding Russia. The almost boundless
wealth OF coal in the V:rginias and
Kentucky, which is even now being
poured through Chesapeake Bav po-ts:.
vest os II Is. Is but an indication OF
the almost limitlcss extent 10 which
tnis trade can be carried in the future
when we take into account the navy
and army activities now existing and
developing on the chesapeake Bav. we
can easily grasp the truth that be-
tween Baltimore and the mouth of the
chesapeake Bay there wi!l ultimately
be the greatest concentration Of MIL
itary and naval activities 20 be found
iE any equal area In the world.
1t would seem, judging by the tre-
mendous shipping activities in this re.
Eion. from the Bethlehem and manv
other plants at Baltimore 10 The vast
yards at Newport News and to the
great navy shpbuilding plants "a,
Portsmouth, as though here, too. would
be found one OF the worlds creates.
centers Of shipbuilding activities IN the
years TO come The situation is a re-
markable nne. While IT is true that
vast industrial operations are pro-
crossing in the territory tributary TO
Philadelphia and New York, II looks
~ though the time is not far distant
when there VIII be a realization OF the
prediction that one Of tho worlds com.
bfned greatest Industrial and shipbuld-
tng centers, naval and army activity
base. VIII be found in the Chesapeake
BAY and on the rivera that empty
4nto .ltss,.i ss,e,.,-s.ls
'stN.srN w.. sfe-srs-.sSl. rs %
Milford chronicle., 1917-10-19
ST. JoHNsToWN.

The freeze last week played havoc
with late potato vines and put an end
to the green tomatoes. which were be.
ginning to ripen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Wiley and Mrs.
R. B. Belts motOred to Cedar Beach on
Sunday to see the fort which is being
erected near the beach.
Edward Carey has purchased a new
Ford
r. T. Wiley, who has been i'll for an
indefinite time, is but little improved.
The new house of Richard Knowles.
near town, is nearing completion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Wiley and their
daughter were Harrington visitors on
Saturday.
Clarence Calhoun Of Camp Dix spent
Sunday at the home ~ sTrs. Anna Tor
bert.
Joseph AIilman of Philadelphia spent
Wednesday with Mr.. and Mrs. R. T.
Wiley.
Don't fail to read the article entitled,
Delaware to be Hooverized." appearing
on the first page Of this issue.
Don't fail to read the article entitled,
Delaware to be Hooverized." appearing
on the first page Of this issue.