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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-27
SMALL SALES OF TOBACCO
IN VIRGINIA LEAF MARTS
9nn-Cured Offerings I'm Richmond
saics OF Dnrks In LynchburE-Pri-
Nnte Snlcs In Dnnvliic.


The offerings of loose leaf tobacco
on the ltichmond market arc growing
smaller and smaller. the total sales
inc past week being only about 100, 900
pounds OF sun-cured leaf.
me market was stronger than dur
ing the previous week. the buyers
seeming TO be more anxious for the
STOCK. The leaf offered was all in
GOOD order and on Friday the bidding
was somewhat spirited. The average
made for the week was fraction over
Slt per hundred.
Owing to the dry cold spell, of the
latter part OF tho week. hindcring
farmers from handling the weed in the
barns, tho wnrchouscmcn look for
much lighter receipts this week
The report from Lynchburg says
inc crop of tobacco Is nearly all sold
ana sales tho past week were very
light being only 30,40O pounds, which
make the sales for the entire season
lf,272I0O pounds. LynchburE prices
held up well last week and there was
lions.
While the Danvllc warehouses
formally closed on tho 18th instant.
50 Tar as auction sales are concerned,
thcy arc stu open to receive for Dri-
Natc sale such lots Of leaf as may yet
DC left in first hands. Several such
lois came in last week and were dis
posed OF at private sale. These sales
VIII he continued as long as necessary,
PROBABLY TWO three weeks yet.
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WHO is ABNER DAVIS

II you want. to know the history OF
the man who is setting a new record in
oil Development
If you want TO know the story OF the
man who has been upon the tongue OF
every oil man and oil investor in this
great oil boom. write me
II you want 10 know why an, di.
liked by some oil stock selling pronot-
ers-ask them They will probably tell
you. II they don't you can draw YOU.
own conclusions.
II you want to know why thousands
OF people are my friends who have
never seen me and why they furnish
me money on my plain word / will tell
you:
was born poor. upon poor Virginia
farm.
l have tasted the long years OF pow
crty, and my heart is full Of that feel
ing for humanity and all mankind that
is best kindlcd in the breast OF the
poor.
have enjoyed the Injuries OF wealth
and have yet again walked in the path
OF the poor. but / have never lost my
pride I have never sacrificed prin-
found who will say in poverty or, in
wealth Abner Davis was not the same.
My entire education has been CLEANED
from the school Of actual experience C
months only did I sit in school room)
] know the anxieties of the poor to
~ closed. ] know with what emotions
the average man Of limited means with
2 family to support looks toward his
declining years and know the anxiety
IF "a mo- hot 10,
may not have TO undergo his hardships.
When ! announce that am doing
business as man to man, that my fell
low man has right to know who l am
son of poverty, risen at least in a de-
gree of prosperity. ! speak to you az
man to man. and my heart beats in uni
son with a million men whose plain
language I speak and whose ambitions
for better things I share.
I am engaged in a great undertaking
in prociaiming my principles Of fair
dealing-"Man TO Man" and In estab.
fishing my Trustee Plan OF Profit Shar-
ing have thrown all precedents to
the wind. am laying aside all thought
Of self or personal. wealth; ! am blaz-
business upon the only enduring foun-
dalton on earth, TRUTH-HONOR-a
square deal Man to Man. In my Trus-
nothing as my own e am your tr ela
for every dollar you furnish me.
cannot take a penny of i'll ask for
nothing out Of tt will use all of it
yours when success is achieved. I
leave 1t to you and to equity and JUS
ticc to say what shall be mine.
make no claims for piety. l cannot
! do know that ] am governed by a
sense Of right and that cannot long
be turned from the paths of justice. /
know that principle lives and that a
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SENSATION

proven the sensation of the oil adver-
using OF Texas oil Fields. The people
or this State and surrounding states
trustee Banner. and are backing me TO
win as never did the public back any
man before.
This confidence and the support given
me has enabled me to esta blish a rec
ord for big things in quick order. and
me rapidity with which ! have brought
together many thousands of dollars in
capital. and the remarkable speed with
Which | have been able to bring in Oil
iroduction will only be exceeded by
Ihe remarkably short time in which
diVidends Will be earned.
Now that the abner Davis Refinery
is being constructed the permanent
safety Of every dollar is made doubly
safe and doubly profitable.
And yet this magnificcn; record is
only the beginning of the more mar
relous results that are being accom-
nlished for the Abncr Davis Trustee
Plan investors.
i believe that every. man at heart is
honest and wants to do right-that is,
n ne mas the real freedom TO think for
himself. The mind is the creative force
OF everything in life, and ! claim that
At all times
Does the best he can
With the light before him
According to his intelligence and en-
vironment.
horse cannot pull more tonnage
than his weight and strength gives him
Man cannot do better than his intelli-
gence permits; so when the whole mat
ter its summed up, wrong is but an e1-
preston OF ignorance and the greatest
wrongs are born of superstition and
fear, because truth and light have
not penetrated our minds, due TO
the long. centuries the race has lived
under a misrepresentation of the real
truth Of life itself.
The friendship Of a dog is the trucst
friendship on earth, because the dog
does not know enough to be hypo-
critic.
My experience in life so far has
taught me the very same thing that IL
took a world of war to teach the
world-that Life and War are one and
the same thing-HELL.
Therefore. /, a creature Of circum-
stances. have resolved TO put into prac-
tce the gems OF truth that have been
wrought by IS years OF passing through
life or war or hell.
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Sketch Made

business firmly established upon prin-
cipie backed by Merit. built upon Con
ndencc and operated on Honor cannot
la!l because they are the truth. and the
truth IS the underlying power upon
winch Nature itself evolves.
have the foundation: my property
mas already been secured: my develop
menis are we'll under way
My first well is pouring out its
streams of liquid gold. The money BY
the hundreds and thousands is rolling
III 10 com plcte my other wells. The
gates or success stand wide open-thc
hands or fortune bcckons us enter.
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FULL 100 PER CENT

Abncr Davis especially initiate price of
lease or property. but to turn them
actual cost Not TO take out for himself single
dollar commissions salary by subterfuge in,
any other inner profit at the
ship but to his best endeavors, full 100
per cent in building the business, returning
nc 100 per cent OF their original investment
top OF that another 100 in dvid
and only then-is Abner Davis profit bust.
ness or the Trustee Plan and then he only asks
lair and equitable share the its future
profits oa sed upon a minimum OF %
This means business permanent profit 1t means
and not dtssipaed in promotion profits Common
suggested that much quicker larger
can be expected from the investment of all the money
than from half of
ur d SUGGESTS that the who builds business
dollar is going to give tho best that is in him.
ms own interests. IL nothing else
falr dealing. for his final interest deDen
equity and the approval the majority those who
furnished the
ABNER DAVIS, TRUSTEE
American Bank building, yYichit, Falls Ter,s
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CLEWS is OPTIMISTIC
Wall Street Authority Gives Ten Good
Rcnsons for looking for Improved
Financial Conditions

NEW YORK. April 2G.-Thc Henry
Ciews financial letter OF this week Is
exceedingly optomiStic It saws in Dari.
The belief expressed in these adj
vices for several weeks past, that the
Improvement in financial conditions
higher prices in the security markets
has been amply justified !, may be
worth while TO summarize these i'm.
pToFementS, which have been multiply
ing in number and force since the
niddle or February. when the nnan-
;cial district first began 70 realize the
inherent strength Of the business stu
alton In the United States. and that
the turn OF the tide had been reached
Thesc are the principal factors in the
present situation:
l. Relief of business from pressure
OF war Conditions.
2: Signing OF peace treaty only "a
matter OF settling. final details.
). End OF war loans. and release OF
money hereafter for Legitimate bust
4 Federal taxes have reached the
maximum and must hereafter decline
.. Consequent revival OF long de-
tered enterprise and improvements
D. Removal OF many war restrictions
permitting return Of foreign and do
mestIc trade TO normal conditions.
I. Failure Of government price-tixing
theories. and return OF market free
dom.
s. Wages have been generally ad-
Eanced and the crisis induced by high
prices is less acute.
2. Prospects OF better understanding
between labor and capital.
10. y season OF great agricultural
prosperity is anticipated. meaning good
business for the West anu south which
in turn should stimulate railroad traffic
in both sections.
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That l may Leave q heritage TO those
whom helped bring into the world hereby
dedicate myself and activities 70 developing
business founded upon Merit, built on
Confidence and operated upon Honor
| call upon the world and all mankind to
witness
lat--That when I started in tho oil bust
now hold as Trustee.
.nd--That / offered my service and best
endearor to my fellow men under a prom
Ise of profit sharing Man to Man. only a
fair. equitable plan in exchange for capital
needed.
The ,ota, of these subscription, ha. been
many Thousands and tens OF thousa nds-yes
hundreds OF thousands OF dollars
VIII ] betray their trust, No--not as
long as the rises in the east and sets
in the west.
And may God still my hand In death II
! ever do.
Sth-As Tru.tc. for this money 1 make
the public declaration that all men may
know.
6th-EverythinE I have and everything /
do ~ for tho account of my trusteeshp
make no reservations. personal legal or
mental. own nothing--I claim nothing
hut the right to conduct business upon the
highest moral and business plan which any
commercial undertaking has been Gle
Nstcd-Truth and Honor--Man to Man
If you have any doubts about what say
point to the record
My books open.
My property shows for itself
My bank account Is the best evidence Of
my ability TO do what | promise
The hundreds of people who are furnish
Ing me tho capital from day to day and
month to month the solid backinGs
which guarantee the completion OF all my
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FORMATION
GROWTH
STRENGTH

inc strength OF the ADncr Ia Pla. ana the
ma ntG9c Of me business almost unbeievabic. II
Texas where % per cent OF the furnish
Cd would reel heSitancy he pro-
portions TO which the business has We now
nave producing oil wells, drilling wells our
machinery ana equipment, line,
suppl!es or every kind with "a refining
trustee t!an complete Unit from production at the
Veins 70 the finished product from the
10 %o9 ~ OF these things being done with money.
actual caSn being paid for everything.
ld STABILITY 20 the business seldom in nov I'm
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AIRY conditions. exported in q recent
month 2.l2i.9So gallons Of wine. Eng
land was the largest purchaser. fol-
lowed in turn by Franco and Brazil.
vast portion OF Chiles working
class is engaged in the exploitation, OF
the nitro fields in that country.
The Island OF Guada loupc is TO have
an electric railway 11S miles long, two
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-27

Waterfalls being harnesscd to provide
the power
Tho cotton mills in Indian employ
nearly 100000 persons and pressing
mills about third as many additional
workers.
The textile industry in Brazil sup
plies at least IS per cent OF that coun-
try's cloth consumption.
Arabian skins coming into the world
markets through Egypt and the Suda n
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have daughter. "a. and another SON p for
All or whom have the greatest love and
t t%nee ioF theF happiness IN lite With
'nese ties and At my age. with tho ex-
porience and foundation 1 hAre. after these
ycars cars, o, hardship. can any man doubt what
VIII do in the future-
nave always stood out squarely In de
open have never operated under COM
pany names in order to fool the public T
do not use tho names OF prominent men to
Eive prestige to my enterprise, and seldom
give banks reference B,
My plan OF taking your money 4, n frx "A
and investing it in carrying forward sreat
business undertaking is so radical and such 8
great departure from the beaten path OF z
promotion that most people arc amazed at
It's far-rcachnS benefits when thcy onca
investigate and know what it means. Thsa
idea OF using 100 per cent of all money
coming into my hands to honestly build -
producing business when the rule has been
TO hrst pocket so per cent and then take
chances on the small amount finally In
vested making good for the investor. is one
the ordinary promoter cannot understand
You can bet your bottom dollar that
know exactly what l am doing and VIII
take no chances OF laying myself Iiable
part 10 do exactly what l agree, for those
arc the things that my enemies would inn
mcdiatc!y use in speedily passing mo on to
the yawninE gates OF the Federal Prison.
have often been misunderstood and con-
tinually misjudscd. but such has been tbs
case all through the ages. The man whs
thinks and who lays down rule gets
out OF the beaten path. is apt to be mis-.
judged and Is often called fool The sue. .
cess with which | am meeting in building
a great organization around the Abner
Davis Trustee Plan is Il thorn in the nesh /.
OF many who think I am in their way
These arc tho fellows who delight in calling
me CRATER or crook. I'oor devils. they
do not know what they arc saying; they
believe that every ono Is crooked like them
selves. - r.
Not penny OF any man's money havsI
taken dishonesty. and not one penny OF any
mans money will ever take dishonesty,
ana when l say to you that my work today
accomplish. and that the desire to succeed
Tor the satisfaction OF succeeding is tar
stronger than the making OF money, can =
tell you "A truth from the bottom OF my. :
heart I have faith in human nature and
tho power which guides the world and all
mankind. | am sure that truth is tho. !.
foundation upon which the world rests annSt
] am so sure that right will prevail. that
have no fear OF the results. Tho public
has taken me at my world know that I
viii not disapPotnt them. I want you to
know tho truth TO know my Plan and to
he in sympathy with my operations in order
TO insure tho fullest measure OF cooperation
and lasting success. s.s
ABSER DAVIS.
American National Bank Binding,
Wichita Falls. Texas.
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pany. lately Incorporated with $4,000
capital stock, has acquired timber
lands in this and New Hanover County
and will soon have installed large
plant for tho manufacture OF tobacco
hoGshcad slaves and headings and all
manner of box boards and also all
kinds of noorinEs.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-27

public has been o buying the mnde-o.
sell and stocks which divid
the kind where 90 into promotion cons
III wonder when the Abner Davis Trustee Plan was<
spread before them and it's m
Noncr Davis Trustee pledges himself to BUSH
ness as Trustee, using dollar
ing from every member for the best interests
dividends.
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orc rropcr,lc. In 1,ockbridEe.

LEXINGTON, VA. April c5.-Thc
Red Mountain Orc Corporation. with
headquarters at Roanoke. has recently
increased its capital stock very largely
and it is understood here that this
means the complete development of
tho companys valuable orc tracts In
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J. 5. PostOffice Inspectors, q. S.
Department Of Justice Opera
tors, L. $. District Attorneys

And all OF the powerful machinery OF the
United States and State courts stand in
readiness 10 give me speedy and through
passage for the opcn doors OF the Federal
Prison the very moment any transaction of
'nino fails TO meet the most cxacting de-
nds for honesty and fair. square dealing
Ny name is already known throughout the
nation. ! am scattering broadcast my pic
lures throughout tho land. that all may
know what look like. ] cannot run away:
| cannot hide my name or my face. Their.
arc fivo thousand people throughout the
United States. Canada, the Islands OF the
Sea and Europe we'll who have furnished
me money and are trusting TO mako
good. II fail, those same people would he
my enemies. have II supreme confidence
IN myself know what I will tio---and re.
suits so far attained the best guara ntee
of what can accomplish.
have wife who has been indeed a
better half. I have son. 80 now training
TO take UP tho work where I leave off !
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SOME FACTS FROM AFFAIR
Notes NJ Industrial Affairs and Peculiar
Workings In Regions beyond
the Sens.

All railroads in the Union Of South
;\ir.ca. shout 5000 mics, are owned
10y the -Umcnt.
AccorG 10 4 British authority
ihcrc We - least twenty different
Wat. more than half OF which can be
'urned TO good use in peace industries
onOrto. Portugal. deSpitc reVoluiinn-
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INSPIRATION

Abncr Davis Trustee Plan evolution
INSPIRATION
Through the process Of evolution that idea
developed nd as stood out before thing of value
creature of my brain, the inspiration
was driven By that Invisible Force Nature to
make 1T living reality:
FORMATION
it at this point determined 20 lay my ideas
and plans before the public The an
proval OF these ideas and plans lightning
iiaSh from clear Siy-from the my first adj
vert semcnt appeared in the newspapers wrote
letters Of me substantial
approval by sending their money.
GROWTH
Thc confidence manifested BY and thousands
of people in tho Abner Davis Trustee Plan backed bv
tens of thousands and hundreds of dollars
which they furnished enabled build n o husi-
ness in record time spectacular is
solid
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Profits That Should Be Derived From Our
Refinery at North Wichita Falls, Texas

BASED daily run
should leave a
Thirty oa! night and day Sunday included rehneries
II Refinery s250,0oooo of
the plant would than itself every
days, equal to 100
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Estimate-Comparison

@ sisss. %s A'1s
This has been nnanced BY 300
5eons 10 mis- Puee5hp and mot no
@ The LET hand ss ~ a s s7s
tn the 5 nn nG SHr nir ns S d in
veopment
" ao T"a
nq this os d G0 figure ." becoming mil
Figure for Yourself the difference under
and where all the people who furnish
ABNER Trustee.
Wichita Falls, Texas.
tA) Column (B,
bonus No 4.......s 100000
Cost OF we'll CASING, tanks, equip
Drilling in bling. ........... 100000
Worth o barrels to our
Lease bonus etc, well No 5s 10000 100000
pT 1r g., well casing tanks standard ,.ooooo
25,5oooo
Worth on basis of $50 barrels
we'll No. s completed including cost ''V'VVV'VV
OF is-acre lease Standard
Lease o" locations : $ and $500 SSSSss
tss ss"us including fs Y-" Sss So'' and
e ass s .6 u%sf NORM
50 acres at $1,000 ,........... 10000 100000
40 10000 ................ 100000 10000 90
S 800 acres a. a. s. s. 10000 100000
New special Star complete
outa. No s...........:: $4,000 1905
" SsnS
pi pbs sn %nrs eas saspm Hmse1 snn aais
pipe SUPPLY. 100000 ssSccS
Cash n hand in bank $4,000 soSSSSo
Liberty Bonds etc 100000
sae5,ooo,oO sal6,soooO
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originate exclusively in Jedda and
places In the vicinity OF Mecca They
skins and camel hides. and arc Eencr-
ally dry sailed. Arabian hides are
limited In quantity; the quality. how
ever, is excellent.
New Stnve Company Starts Up.
. NEWRERN, y. G.. April 26.-Thc
Smith Creek Stavc and Lumber Com
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PROFIT
THE GROWING

Now. when take into consideration one thing
OF such vast and far-reachng Importance
undertaking, the dcrful
far At made plain.
The public have been long suffering from promotion
stock -Jobol0G schemes. Madcto-scl
ing OF leases and bunch OF Junk fancy prices
prcht to the then
and paying fancy commissions In other Words The
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GROUND.FLOOR MEMBERS

J GU arc today asked to become part Of
que institutions in this country Your
the building of business which a record in
n IMAM and oil development You may
iully appreciate what IL to be a
member-one OF the actual founders and original build
crs OF great oil producing. line and refining
ness You may or ma not grasp the fun significance
during oil property and the
Oh a modern refinery especially when every OF
Your hundred dollars thousand in.
10 the business without loss through promotion profits
!nation OF values boosting prices watering
and plain grating
iou must OF course believe in I am
deyeiopins and feel that your being invested
wisely or you cannot think Of sending N
me OBJECT OF this statement Ike known
10 YOU the marvellous II
Davis trustee Plan. OF which of tho
real founders and
want you 10 know me and my plans. deep dow
IN Eour heart feel and know you are building only
70 MAKE money but TO establish "a business prt.
.,hpie want YOU TO know that your dollars LAID
t!le ioundation OF business that has
upon basis absolutely OF before in al ,bn ;
;o!y Of promotion "
AN IDEA
The Anne Davis Trustee Plan j. the ou,eroatI ., an
idea That idea took form dcyeoped The n-escnt