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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-05
WEST VIRGINIA NOTES
Industrial Development All About In
the Little Mountain Stnte-WcIch
Has New Bank.

The West Virgins Standard Oil
Company Is the name of a new con-
Germ just chartered with 5000 cap
ital stock. The incosporators are
Huntington and Charleston men
The LehiEh Valley Coal Company
has completed plans for the rebuilding
OF its dock at Superior at a cost OF
y new storage and ice company has
been chartered to do business at Fair
mont with capital stock OF $4,000
The Art Glass manufacturing Com
pany. capital stock $4,000, has been
Incorporated at Charleston
The Keystone Chemical Company. in
corporatcd at !airmont has elect ed
Fred L. Arbogast president
Indiana parties have organized the
United Coal Producers Corporation at
Charleston, minimum capital $4,000
The Ky-O-Na OIL and Gas Company
has been Incorporated at Wheeling with
600.
The Merchants and Miners Bank.
capital stock 100000. surplus $4,000.
has been chartered TO do business at
WEIGH .. y. Swope is president
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ALL ABOUT IN VIRGINIA.
i<cyieSs Lock Factory In Port.r,,
More New ifhnks-Frnit Product
Plants Surfing Up,

The Portsmouth Keyless Lock G.
poration has been chartered at Pm,
mouth with $4,000 capital stock
will build a factory there to manuf
ture Il patent keyless lock for ,
kind OF d door.
The Neld Electric Corporation
been chartered to do business in Lyn
burg
The Rappahannock Evaporating Co
pany, $4,000 capital stock. has b,
organized TO establish a fruit evan
ating plant at Washington. the con
seat of Rappahannock County.
the Standard Ice Co. proposes
Duild AN addition to its ice-mak
piant in Lynchburg that will give
tmr1e times greater productive
The Citizens state Bank has h,
4SrSaniHed at Mckcnny. in Dinwid
1ouhty, with Z. q. Schcmcr as pr,
:, The clnch Valley Fruit Produ
NtanuIacturing Company has been
corporated TO build and operate
camncry; etc. at Graham.
S.o.ooo. has been established AT Ru
kclrcit, {. G. Brown president
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MORE HOGS IN VIRGINIA
Pork Products VIII he i'm Demand at
Profit Paying Prices for
Some Time.

statement just issued by the
United States Department of. Agricul-
ture predicts that the exports OF pork
products to Europe next year viii be
very great, in fact. vastly in excess OF
EuropeS pre-war requirements
The statement goes on to say: THE
european countries probably WIN re-
quire two years at least TO get back
TO pre-war pork production, and their
present needs are very great"
In view Of these facts the depart.
nent urges the farmers OF the South
TO raise yet more hogs, assuring them
that there will be no danger OF a faiI.
ure TO convert them into money at
something like war prices for some
time to come.
There are probably moro hogs In
Virginia right now than At any time
In the States history, and every man
who has raised pork to sell has made
good proh's. This year. when the State
has grown the grain to feed them, /,
tho prevailing opinion that the
STOCKS OF hogs can be probably on.
larged-
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YET LARGER PAY ROLLS
Durhnm's immense Hug Factory Ia
Hccomc Hosiery MIL AlSO. MHk-
ing II New Industry.

The Golden Belt manufacturing COM
pany, OF Durham. y. c.. which has here
totore confined it's activities to making
smoking tobacco bags for the America n
u0oaGco Company. and Is in fact {,
Supsldlary OF that company. has COM
pleted Its plans to branch out in other
lines.
As soon as the large addition to it's
factory in Durham is completed and
installed with machinery. il will be-
come hosiery factory also and a
large one II Will be. Knitting machines
capable or turning out daily 10000
pairs or cotton hosiery for men and
women have been purchased
~ dyelnE and finishing plant is also
to be erected and equipped and later
on the company will Manufacture nnc
grades OF silk hosiery. All in ali il
constitutes big new industry for
Durham one that will make a larry.
addition to the already enormous week
~ pay rolls OF the great smoking
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-05
GREATER COAL. OUTPUT
Bitnminous Mines Producing Moro Fuel
Than Ever Before. According to
the Latest NepOrts.

Not Notwithstanding strikes and rumors
OF strikes the output OF the coal mines
IN the bttuminouS regions. notably
those Of Virginia and West Virginia,
continues to increase, according to the
reports OF the Geological Survey
the bituminous mines OF the country
brought forth l1.eSO,o0O tons, which
was about 100000 tons more than the
preceding week. That weeks OUTPUT
was. $4,000 tons more than for The
week ending August n which set a
new high mark for this year.
The Official reports, VIA the Geo
logical Survey. Tor :he weeks since
september Is are not in but unoiii-
West Virginia mines indicate still
greater output of bitulpjnous coal since
that time. There is plenty OF coal if
the power TO haul il from the mines
to the consuming ccnterS.
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EXPORTS FOR ONE MONTH
Cotton and Tobacco Cut Mighty Fig
ure--EurOpcnn Money Flowing
Into the. Southern States.

Foreign exports for the month OF
August, official figures disclose. showed
an increase of s76.OOO,0O0 over July,
totaling for the month $6i6, 100000, or
a gain of sl1o, 600 over August. 1918
The total for the eight months ended
with August WAS s5,275. 600, 900, or a
gain OF sl.27o.oo0. 900 over the CORE
spending period of last year. On the
other hand. imports for August showed
a decrease of s35.oo0.0oO as compared
with July, but gain of $4,000, 900
over August. 1918. The total import s
Tor eight months Of this year amount
cd to S2.263.0OO.0O0, a gain of $2O2, 900, :
you over the corresponding time in 1918.
The EXPORTS Of cotton for August
amounted to 479,05S bales. as compared
with 2S7.45 bales for August. 1915. For
the twelve months ended July 81 the
exports of cotton amounted 10 5,6O5.-
1876 bales. gain of 1,139,999 bales over
the corresponding period Of the pre-
cedinE year.
EXPORTS of leaf tobacco showed not
so large percentage, but a wonderful
increase, nevertheless. Surely a great
deal OF money is now finding it's way
from Europe into Virginia and other
Southern States.
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HEAVY WORK RESUMED
Dhm buildioE and Power Development
on tho fndlim, Delayed by
War, to Proceed.

The plans of the Carolina Power and
Light Company for the development of
wafer power along the Yadkin River,
upset and delayed by the breaking out
OF war, are now to be taken up and
carried out. according to informa ton
received by Interested Richmond con-
tractors from the company's main Of
flee in Raleigh
power transmission line from the large
plant ut Blewctts Falls on the Yadkfn
River. up. stream, In order to give the
necessary power for the construction
operations at three dams on the Yad-
Kin the construction Of which was de-
layed by the war.
The war also held up the develop
ment of additional power on the lower
Yadkin. The specifications sent ont
from the Raleigh office. in which Rich
mono contractors are much Interested.
furnish the information that one [of
the proposed new dams Is to be at
swift Island. another at the point
where the Norfolk Southern Railway
crosses the fadkin River and third
az or near Parker's Mill on the Stanley
county side of the river.
The frst-named dam is to be a. feet
IN height and the other two will be
s. feet, and all will be. OF concrete.
Above the dams the Tallassee Power
company has the immense dams and
power plants which move the inachin-
cry for the Aluminium Works at Badin.
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HOSIERY MILL CENTER
Chattanooga bids Fair To Become the
Leader of the South in
knitting Lines.

CHATTANOOGA. TENN, Oct A.
Chattanooga is becoming the hosiery
Will become such if as much progress
is made In that direction for the next
last two.
The latest industry of this character
TO spring up is the Wardlaw Hosiery
with 100000 capital stock was recent
y announced The company has now
been organized by the election of J. a.
ton as secretary. The company will
Immediately put up a large brick build
ing ana equip the same with $4,000
or $4,000 worth of machinery. giving
the plant daily capacity of 500 dozen
pairs of hose. Everything will be
ready for turning out the finished
goods before next spring time
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GREAT,FURNlTURE CENTER;
HIGH POINTS BIG CLAIMS
Ono of Three Leaders OF the tountrx
The Future People There
See

the, resumption Of normal conditions ms
and recovery from wartime unscttle-
is witnessing increased activity I'm ali
industrial lines. especially i'm furni.
,Sr neutrality-suspicious. /, HIS long been
so acknowledged, but many people do
not yet know Of it's Importance as such.
the Chamber of Commerce. in Il recent
interview brought out some interest
~, ,hg fa a and figures. lie said: "Of
the los manufacturing establishments
IN lfigh Point thirtythrec are en-
E,hhE FL; In the Manufacture Of furniture.
factories in the state. there being just
SeVenty.hNe furniture factories In
those In High Point are large.
There are but three really great
furniture making ccntSrs in the United
states, and High Point is one of them
Grand Rapids and jamestown are the
I'VE have broken ground for a per
manent furniture exposition building
~ ~ 10 be ten stories In height 100
crete and steel construction With brick
front and viii cost about 1926. 900.
AltoSether. this building viii give
display purposes. The space viii be
let IN such quantities as manufacturers
uesIre ana viii be used for the per-
nianent exposition of furniture. While
mere are two seasons in the year when
puEers come in large numbers. the. cx-
hibits viii remain on display ali me
time. We will have room for All thc
nanufacturers in North Carolina and
VIII aiso provide space for man,fac-
,urcrs OF Grand Rapids and jamestown.
As, the demand increases we cXpcc, To-
chiarge our floor space
, rms move is expected to ccntralizn
ny iHrnlture industry Of the South nj
lisn ioint. We propose to extend
our trade 10 latin me rican couniri,.s
d hcrl!c teld which we have not vi
cultivated. We believe the offcrt ~
present activities viii he to draw adj
"itiohal furniture ana other mnnuctr
tu'crs TO High Point. While !, Wilma
OF lev hundred people a few y"nrs
aE2i llish Point is now IA wcll-paved,
mcn-cohdition"d city of some - oon
ponHlauoh, and with the advantarc Of
a. nsorous start and an cn,crprisin,.
.ii'"cnShip. we expect to grow "a mucS
Htr,rh.er proportions in the not distant
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-05
FROM SOUTHERN PORTS
Wheat Going to Foreign Lands Through,
pAfeS Gutc'rnyS-SOmeth thing New
In IcXpOrt DuslncAa.

The exports OF wheat from Southern
ports have been larger this season than
ever before knOwn and these ports
have been sending forth n larger pro-
portion OF the grain exported from
TINS country than ever, before
More grain has been loaded on ships
at Norfolk and Newport News within
like period heretofore and the ship
ments were much larger than any one
would have dared predict six mon his
ago
other Southern ports that in other
days handled little or no wheat are
being used by grain exporters from
for instance. which hardly ever saw
carload of wheat for export made
"A big record in September. The eX-
ports were around 100000 bushels
twenty-nine steamships having taken
on wheat cargocs there during the
month. all OF which was shipped to
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-05

New York-Miss Ethel Clayton, the
clever young actress now successfully
starring under the Paramount banner.
Is famous for her beautiful complexion
When her friends inquired about Z she
said. Its all due 10 toilet prcpara-
ton called derwillo which l use twice
daily. The experience | have had
prompts me TO make my secret public
This wonderful dcrwillo instantly beau
tined my skin and its continued use
has made the results permanent"
When Mae Edna Wilder, the we'll
known beauty specialist. was inter
viewed in reference to Miss C'lavton,s
remarkable complexion. stated: ANY
one can have II bcautiflh compicxion
when they know how. It's "a very sim
pie process use the same article in
my work, and until you try it y1u
The very first application will astonish
you. Go 10 the toilet counter Of any
drug or department store and get a
bottle of dcrwillo. then make The fell
lowing, test: Examine your skin criti-
Caliy before your mirror, note care
fully its appcarance, then apply der
wiflo rs directed. After you have made
the first application look in your mir
ror again and note the surprising
change. a pcach-likc color mounts
the cheeks: a baby softncss comes to
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-05
OpcninE Days mt Inwrepceyillc,

L.NWTtENCENII.LE, w. OCT. 4.--The
Lawrenceville leaf tobacco market
opened last week with sales nEgregat-
Ing 100000 pounds and prices higher
on all grades than at the opening a
year ago.
The offerings this week have been
quite as large the opening week
and prices are still higher on the bet
ter grades and vary firm OH the COM
mon to medium goods.
Substantial brick priZeries have been
built to the rear of each of the Law
rencevilic warehouses for the convent
encc of buyers in handling the leaf
after purchasing: Arrangements are
being perfected for the running Of Il
spur railway track to the warehouses
to save drayage and extra handling
of shipments.
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the skin: 1t makes the skin rosy-whj
velvety and radiantly beautiful. It|
wonderful fOr a dark. sallow sid
shiny nose. freckles. tan. oily skin, d
spots. coarse pores. pimples, blad
heads. chapped, rough skin. ruddind
wrinkles and many other facial BILE,
ishcs. Derwil!o method Is absolute
harmless and Will not produce or still
ulate growth of hair. 1t is supe RI
TO face powder. as perspiration ID
not affect IL. therefore 1t stays on bI
ter: Thousands who have used IL hi
had the same results as Miss ClaytI
ana am sure if you will give it a n
trial you will become just as enthu@
astic as am and always use II
preference TO any other powder
NOTE-Whcn asked about Derwi
one of our leading druggists said,
rs truly Il wonderful beautifier, avn
ahead of anything we have ever 81
before We arc authorized by
any one who is dissatisfied, and
would not permit the use of our nal
unless the product possessed unusI
merit IL is sold in this city un&
an iron-clad money back guarantee
an department. stores and up-to-dJ
druggists. including the Tragic, /
Grant and the POLK Miller Drug Cd
Adv.
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steadily Advancing at DnnvI,,c

DANV1LLE, VA, Oct. 4-f5ecause of
the rush OF tobacco to Danville this
figures as to receipts and prices can
not be obtained this morning. How
ever 1t is safe to say that over $500, 600
week and the average was around $45
per 100.
This average, or perhaps better, was
made in spite OF the fact that much
or the leaf offered was in soft order.
All or the grades above medium have
been steadily advancing. Many piles
as S?S per 100 and some piles OF fancy
wrappers went to 500. and somewhat
a steadily increasing proportion of
the tobacco marketed here is being
hauled to market In automobiles, DO In
passenger cars being utilized to bring
the product in.
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MONEY IN DAIRY CATTLE
For Years Yet This Country ,yuI !
Europe Market for Dairy
Products.

According 10 government int,r,
tioii IL now seems more than proba
that EnSla ID. France, belgium
other European countries will be- s
"ral years getting back to their =
NAL cattle supply. and that in
meantime 1t viii he necessary
pretty much all OF Europe to imr
dairy products on very large SC
ana in the nature OF the case
they viii depend mainly ON
United States
The government cures show :
last Years exports of dairy nrodi
from this country required 1000 Oon
pounds Of milk for their making
Indicators are that Europcs d.ma
Will continue for several y.ars
make u tremendous drain on
American milk supply. There is 60
to be good money in cattle rails
and In 'thc dairying business in
ginia "
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-05

SVutH "VNtVHH IVp MUCH NNcrnEc,
SOUTH BOSTON, VA, Oct. 4.-The
for the eleven sales days of September
were 1,s26.4sS pounds. The average
paid was S4:20 per 100.
The. offerings this week have been
very heavy. sales lasting until sunset
each day and blocking Yesterday.
ed has been in high order the prices
nave held firm on all grades. and when
me tobacco was in perfect condition
Inc hgures have gone steadily upward.
The total of sales for the week UP to
last night was 100000 pounds, which
brought an average around Si6 per 100
pounds. Heavy receipts are expected
next week.
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iIinwas.ee valley halfway start. work

ANDREWS. n. C.. Oct 4.-Construc
ton work has been commenced on the
iiawaSsee Valley Railway and 1t Will
De pushed as rapidly as possible from
THIS place to iiaycsYillc. a distance of
thirty miles. This road was chartered
and the company organized several
wears ago, but work was held back on
account of war times and other
troubles
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Grenter Water Work. Eor Gn.tnniD

Greater Water Works For t:nstonin.
iASIONlA. y. c.. Oct. 4.-Iiastonia
mas outErown its water works ana the
sum OF 100000 Is to be expended riEht
away In the enlargement, OF them. The
wafer supply is to be doubled by an
additional reservoir. Pumping and
hiterinE machinery will be insta led
and the water and sewer mains arc 10
CITY - S''i' Z
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south Hill Bright Market.

SOUTH HILL. VA. Oct. i..--The sales
week have been heavy. The weeks
offerings amounted TO 699.332 pounds,
which sold ut an average of $3.50 per
hundred. The sales to date have been
nearly 100000 pounds and has aver
aged well over Al cents. The offer
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Rope Making In North CAROLYN,

TRop. y. G., Oct. 4.--Th:s emf
pris!ng town is soon to have a ,
Industry that will give employment
quite number OF hands. 1t Is to
y cotton rope mill a. l.. Camel is
founder Of this enterprise He has
cured a suitable building which is
ing Installed with tho necessary ,
chincr%. The output of the fact
VIII be pillow lines, halters. none.
Tho mill will consume from 500
1000 pounds Of cotton per day.
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GKEENVILLE, =. c., Oct. 4.-With
only four sales days this week this
market sold 2,l24.0o0 pounds Of to-
bacco and the remarkable average OF
S50.S4 per 100 pounds was made All
grades from the lowest up TO medium,
held firm and all high grade goods
were higher than they have been at
any time since the opening of the
season. Heavy receipts arc looked for
next week. There seems to he no limit
to the demand for the fine and fancy
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-05

PETERSBURG, VA, Oct 1.-THE re-
ceipts of both bright and dark tobacco
this week were larger than last week
and the market very active. Best
grades of bright tobacco brought the
following prices: $45, $50. SIS, $50
S65 s6S. $50, SIS, SIS, $50. $50. sS5, s92
per hundred pounds. Large receipts
are expected next week.
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sIrnn Making plan, n, ,,,,,.

>, LTTTLETON. y. q. oct. 4.-Ja,ncs T.
nippcn and associatGs have incorpor.
nted the Cola Nut SSrup and Hottijnr
company. and propose TO engage Iur,,r
" IN IN" production OF sirups. pro-
serves. etc. NJ this place The ia in
$4,000 -
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I,ecors-rrlcc Broken mt Rocky Noun;

ROCKY MOUNT. y. c.. oct. IL
circus day Monday and the county fair
since have seriously interferred with
receipts of leaf tobacco during this
week The offerings. amounting to APP
proximateley l:000. 900 pounds. sold for
an average of s44.S6, bringing the total
to date to 100000 pounds at an aver
age of s3S.2l.
Offerings have not differed mate
rally from the previous week. there
being about equal proportions of good.
ScrNiccable tobacco and the common
nondescript types of leaf and Jugs
Prices have advanced materially dur
ing the week: and wrappers sold yes
tcrday as high as sos per 100 pounds
All grades of gopd to fine tobacco are
higher than ever known in the his
tory of this market
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.UNHEARD OF PRICES ARE
PAID FOR LEAF TOBACCO
Buyers of Brights Steadily Advanc-
ing Their Bids In the Virginia
and North Carolina Markets.
DOLLAR PER POUND OFTEN PAID
No Limit to Demand for Fine and
Fancy GrudcS-As Much Money
In Short Crop as Last Years
Large One.

1t is evident that the farmers in
the counties Immediately around Rich
mond. who raise tobacco for sun cur
ing, did not bother themselves much
this year about saving primngs. So
far not over 10000 pounds have been
brought TO the Richmond warehouses
for sale.
The offerings last week. all OF which
only about $4,000 pounds. The buyers
were rather Indifferent, and when they
got through bidding 1t was found that
the average paid was 81 per hundred
IL is likely that all of the primings re-
naming in the hands Of the growers
will he marketed this week
Next week, beginning on Tuesday
the sun cured and other dark leaf will
or two will probably be light.
Reports from the, bright markets.
both of Virginia and North Carolina
agree that heretofore unheard of prices
are being paid for the bright weed and
there seems to be no limit to the
urgent demand for anything that has
body and color.
One of the Eastern Carolina markets
reports an average on 1000, 900 pound
sales OF s50.S4 rer hundred Another
reports S45 average on a weeks sales
OF 100000 pounds. Two Virginia
markets report unheard of averages
and all OF these markets 1t seems to
bright piles to be knocked out at fig
ures varying from $50 to over 500
per hundred AS a prominent Rich
mond dealer puts it, lit takes a hogs
head of bank notes to carry Il large
stock OF tobacco nowadays"
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inss for the past week have been I'm
high order, prices firm on all grades
and have a tendency to advance
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New D.rkx SHOW IN In Lynchbure

LYNCHBuRG. VA. Oct 4.-Salcs Of
primings on this market this week
were only $4,000 pounds. making tho
total for the season 1.167.4OO pounds
The light offerings indicate that the
primings are nearly all sold There
was strong demand for them how
ever. with prices as high or higher than
they have been al all.
Among the offerings were few loads
of new dark tobacco of common and
medium grades. which. according to
quality, brought fine prices. ranging
from sla.l5 TO S2l per hundred.
Much Of the tobacco is sufficiently
cured to he marketed, and the farmers
seem to want to sell early. with a
season for handling, 1t Is expected thai
sales will start off right briskly