Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-03
PRINCESS anne COUNTY
BOOMING IN WAR TIMES
= Doing Land Office Business With
Crowded Tidcwatcr Cities.
HOME OF LYNNnAvEN OYSTERS
County That Grows All Kinds OF
Truck, Catches All Kinds of Fish
and Shoots All Kinds OF Game to
Sell on Markets.

In peace times one hears but little
of Princess Anne County. the extreme
very much is heard OF IL in war times.
but all the same Princess Ann" Is
one of the virginia counties that is
reaping something Of harvest by the
war. 1t could not be otherwise situa-
ted as it is. 1t is bounded on the
north by the Chesapeake Bay on the
east by the Atlantic Ocean. on the
south by Currituck County, y. e., and
on the west by Norfolk County. II is
very convenient TO the cities of Nor
folk and Portsmouth and always has
been feeder of those cities. the farm
ers finding there markets for all OF
the good things thy raise. on their rich
and very productive lands. Just now
1t is taking n great deal of truck.
etc, to feed those crowded cities filled
as they are with soldiers. sailors and
thousands of government workers. and
the Princess Anne farmers. truckers.
dairymen. fishermen and game catch
ers are coming the money.
VERY RICH FARMING
AND TRUCKING LANDS
1t Is a rich county in which farm
ing, trucking. dairying. fishing and
hunting are the only industries and
in at hese ins PsGpe WAKE E2Sa
are making them rich; The surface
is. of course. 1level, and the soil is a
dark rich lean lna With red clay sub
very productive. The swamp lands.
which are very extensive. are especial
~ rich: The farm products are corn,
oats. potatoes and all the trucks The
people are very extensively engaged
in trucking and 1t is probable that
more vegetables are shipped from
any other one county in Virginia. The
small fruits. berries and the like. are
also very extensively raised for the
Virginia and Northern markets
HOME OF THE FAMOUS
LTNNHAVEN hay OYSTERS
The county is also noted for its fish
and oysters. IT is ,ae home of the
sideped by some f overs Of s the biv Awe
as the best in ~ world. Shooting
waterfowl for the market is also an
and not few OF me citizens make
good money every year supplying the
markets with canvasback ducks and
various other waterfowl.
Stock raising is limited. being con-
fined to the raising OF COWS for the
several dairies in the county and for
enough hogs TO. furnish his own meat
supply. The diaries sell their products
In Norfolk and Portsmouth. and it
is a profitable and 1ourishing bust
county are pine. oak. cypress. gum.
cedar and elm. In the northern part
OF the county these timbers are plenti-
full and in nearly every part Of it saw
mills, some OF them very large. are in
operation.
nc transportation facilities
good. Branches OF tho Norfolk and
Western. Norfolk Southern and the
Southern Railways touch the county,
one line going through the center from
north TO south and another from cast
10 west. There Is no trouble about
getting the products OF the county to
Norfolk and from there to any part OF
the world.
Princess Anne Courthouse is the
county-seat. situated about the center
Of the county. 1t is n pleasant village
Of about 275 people Kempsville is
the only other village in the county
and 1t has about 200 people within
It's borders. Virginia Beach the
famous resort. is in Princess Anne. and
that OF course. Is the. big town