Evening star., 1933-10-22
VIRGINIA ADDS PARK
NEARSOUTHBORDER
State System Growing Rap.
idly Toward Superiority,
Acquisition Shows.
BY r. L. c. BARRET.
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

special DlSpatch 70 Inc star.
RICHMOND, Va, October 21-
Virginia's State park system is growing
by leaps and bounds. Announcement
was made this week Of the acquisition
by the State Commission on Conserva-
tion and Development of a 2,000-acre
tract in Southside. Va, at the confluence
of the Dan and Staunton Rivers. Being
close to the North Carolina line it will
be the most southern of the parks now
being established by the State.
Acquisition of the Southside Virginia
tract, followed close on Gov. Pollard's
action approving the purchase by the
conservation commission of 1000 acres
on the Potomac River in Westmoreland
County, lying between Wakefield,
birthplace of George Washington, and
Stratford. birthplace of Robert E. Lee.
Since that tract was purchased another
of 800 acres, situated nearby, has been
donated to the State.
To Be Leading State.
These added to park sites donated to
or purchased by the State in the last
few months are expected to give Vir-
ginia a State park system not sur
passed by that of any State in the
Union.
A large section of Virginia with Rich
nnond as its center is vitally interested
in the application of the receivers OF
the American Bank g. Trust Co., a
closed Richmond bank, to obtain Fed
eral loan of approximately S8,500,000,
on frozen assets, in order that creditors
of the institution may be paid, and a
distribution to stockholders be made
on the basis of so cents on the dollar.
When the American Bank went under
it had $4,000 depositors. Its failure
hurt business in this section more than
any other one thing which has occurred
in a quarter Of century. With the
proposed distribution to creditors and
depositors the buying movement in the
Richmond territory, now showing rapid
progress. is certain TO be stimulated to
a marked degree.
Bearing out former reports showing
an amazing gain in employment in Vir-
ginia. the State Industrial Commission
has made public reports from 90 indus
trial plants in the State, including the
large furniture and textile groups,
showing that industries during the
quarter ending September 80 of this
year was 80 606. as compared with
23,166 for the corresponding quarter
of 1882. The number of hours worked,
despite the five-day week, jumped
from 13, ,402 ,432 to 16,525,479.
LIQUOR Hearings Soon.
The State Liquor Control Planning
Committee will hold hearings at the
State Capitol Monday and Tuesday. A
substantial majority of the committee
at present appears to favor State owner
ship and sale of liquor all the way from
manufacture to the placing OF the dis
titled product in the hands of the con-
Sumer A minority group favors private
manufacture and sale under State con-
troll.
Virginia's convention to ratify the
tWenty-firSt amendment repeating the
old eighteenth will meet Wednesday in
the hall of the House of Delegates. The
convention will be called to order by
the clerk of the House of Delegates or
by some person designated by the Gov
ernor. in the event the clerk is i'll or
otherwise incapacitated from acting.
Application has been made to the
Federal authorities for loan of $40
100000 for constructing the proposed
scenic highway from the Shenandoah
National Park to the Great Smoky
Mountain Park. and this proposal is
being vigorously pushed. The loan
would be repaid by turnpike tolls.