Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-07
CHEERING FACTS ABOUT
THE COUNTY OF LOUISA
Land Where Sun-Curcd Chewing To-
bacco Grows to Highest Pcrfec-
tion-Other Good Things.
PLANTATION NO MORE
Cut Up Into Small, Intcnslvcly Guilt
vatcd FarIns-Beats Hanover ut
Own Game-County Seat Is Live
Banking and Business Town.

waited FarInS-Beats Hanover al
Own Game-County Seat Is Live
Banking and Business Town.
| Louisa County. too close to Rich.
mond. on the one side. and to Char.
! lottesville. Fredericksburg md Wash.
| ington on other sides. TO have any
very large towns within It's limits, is
nevertheless. one of Nirginia's braE
| counties. The few things that the
! farms OF Louisa will not bring forth
are considered by some people not
| worth having.
The lands are gently undulatinE.
| The soil is generally granite or
| gray, with rich clay subsoil. and it is
pretty much all OF good quality. In
the western part Of the county the
lands are very fertile. and embrace
the noted Green Springs district. sup
posed to be the bed OF an ancient lake
Along the borders OF the streams are
many wide and fertile flats. while on
the uplands may be found almost
every variety and quality OF soil.
Farm products are wheat corn oats.
which are very successfully produced I:
especially tobacco. which is the staple
crop OF the county, over 1000 900
pounds being produced annually, and
OF a grade known far and wide as the
best type OF shipping and manufac-
turing tobacco.
The famous Sun-cured chewing to-
bacco grows to perfection in Louisa.
and the growers of the same have been
just coming the money for the past
two years. since this type OF the weed
has been In such active demand and
commanding such healthy prices.
Fruits of every variety arc success
fuily grown, especially small fruits.
grapes. berries and melons. AS to the
latter this county vies with Hanover
that the best Hanover" watermelons
In the world grow in Louisa
oLD-TIME PLANTATIONS
CUT Up IN SMALL FARMS
In the last decade and half many
newcomers, some of them from far
away sections. have been attracted TO
the county. Dough; lands and helped
to make the county bloom and prosper
but there are yet many uncultivated
acres. The fact is that the large land
owners OF the county were slow 10 sell
off their holdings into smaller farms,
and were long time holding on to
the old time Virginia idea that 1T was
bad form TO own lands In amy way
other than in large tracts or planta-
lions. but they have gotten out OF that
ancient rut. and the farm buyer no
longer gets the cold shoulder in Louisa
County.
The convenience of the Richmond
market renders dairying and poultry
raising sources OF considerable profit to
the people. stock raising and grazing
are specialties with some OF the farm
ers. and the western. or Green Springs
section. is also specially adapted TO
this industry.
KICH IN MINERALS AS
WELL AS IN TIMBER
Louisa is rich In minerals. such as
gold. copper, iron. mica, soapstone.
ochre and pyrites. Gold has been
mined with varying success. and often
pronta bly,. y mica vein has also been
worked. and extensive beds of iron ore
lie contiguous 10 the Chesapeake and
ohio Railway. The sulphur and pyrites
mines, near Mineral. are worked more
extensively than any other mines
the sort IN the United States. perhap:.,
employing large numbers OF men.
Timber consists OF oak. pine. poplar.
hickory, walnut, maple. ash: and
second growth pine abounds TO con-
siderable extent.
The county is we'll watered by the
North and South Anna Rivers and
their tributaries. which also furnish
abundant water power. Good -four and
corn mills are located in every neigh
borhood.
Railroad facilities are ample. and
are furnished by the main line o.-,he
almost through the entire length Of
the county, and a branch line cutting
cross the western end. while the
Southern, skirts the western end.
These bring the county into convenient
communication with Richmond It's
principal market. and with the coul-
try north and west.
COUNTY SEAT A BANKING
AND BUSINESS TOWN
Louisa. the county seat. Is situated
near the center OF the county. on the
main line OF the chesapeake and Ohio
Railway. sixty-two miles west of
Richmond II is live. wide-awake
business town OF about 500 inha hitants
The town does al! kinds of business
having banks. mills, small factories
mercantile establishments Of various
Kinds, newspaper and job printing
Office. good schools. churches Of sew
erai denominations. fraternai orders
telephone system. etc.
Louisa is much Of a banking town.
having three banks in active and sue
cessful operation, the Bank of Louisa,
the Farmers and Merchants Bank.
and the FIRST National Bank of Louisa
The last named is the newest OF the
three. IT having opened it's doors for
business April 2, 1917. Its banking
house. model. up-io-date bank build
ing, with latest furnishings and equip
'nent, is now being completed and viii
be ready for occupancy not later than
the LIST OF October next The paid-in
capital stock OF the First National Is
$4,000. and the deposits are now
something over SlS5.000. The officers
are J.. r. Porter, president; Thomas :.
Winston. vice president. and j. l.. Don
lily. cashier.
Mineral. d town OF several hundred
inha b!tanis, is the mining town of the
county. II does good mercantile
business. its biggest trade being with
the operatives OF the sulphur and other
mines nearby. Mineral has home
banking facilities. the Bank OF Louisa
and the Farmers and Merchants
Bank, o. the same place, maintaining
fourishing branch banks there.
ShiphuiidinE ut Wilmington.
WILMINGTON. y. c., July 6.--The
big schooner that was launched here a
fe" days ago by the Wooden Shipbuild-
Ing Company IL 256 feet long, forty feet
wide across It's double decks. four