The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-27

zinc, arsenic, feldspar and mica
are produced.
There are several navigable
rivers in Virginia. Seaports are
found along the Atlantic coast,
which increase the transportation
facilities of this vast common
wealth. There are 4,505 miles of
steam railways and SAL miles of
electrified railways in Virginia.
The state has an excellent system
of highways, some state maintain
ed, and some maintained by the
counties.
Establishments for manufaetur-
ing i'm the state number 1924 and
employ a total of 1889 wage
earners. The principal forms of
manufacturing are:' lumber and
wooden articles, iron and steel,
tobacco products cigarettes, ci-
CARS, chewing tobacco and snuff (,
railway cars, leather, machinery,
flour. paper mills and wood pulp,
and glass. Virginia's cotton mills
consume much more raw cotton
than the state produces.
Illiteracy for the state as a
whole is 8 per cent. Among the
native whites it is AS per cent,
and among the negroes l9.2 per
cent. Elementary education Is
free and compulsory between the
ages of and IL years. The white
people and negroes have separate
schools, which is required by law.
Virginia maintains several schools
of higher learning, namely: UNI
versity of Virginia, Virginia POLY
technic School, William and Mary
college (the oldest in the state)
and Virginia Military Institute;
The state is thickly populated
with schools privately endowed,
teaching students from the grades
up through college in some IN
stances. The state has led IN the
effort to educate the negro.
The history of Virginia COM
mences almost with the beginning
of our country. The first perma-
nent white English settlement
within the present border Oh
these United States" was made at
Jamestown in 1907. Virginia was
the tenth state to ratify the con-
stitution of our country, Just
prior to seeding from England.
Although one of the last states
to secede from the Union during
the period prior to the Civil war,
! Virginia bore the brunt of the
battles fought in that war. Al
that time, Richmond was the capt.
tol of the Confederacy..
Eight presidents of these Unit
ed States were born in Virginia
Washington, jefferson, Madison,
Monroe. William Henry Harrison,
Tyler, Taylor, and Wilson. Inc
first state to adopt a written con-
stitution for providing a perma-
nent form of government was
Virginia. -. ,,.
Recreation in this state pro,
vides a variety Of ways and
means For those desiring the cool
breezes of the ocean, with an oc-
casional dip in the surf, the beach
resorts along the Atlantic are to
be preferred. For those who pre-
fer TO relax high above the clouds
and valleys, enjoying a pine-laden
breeze, the mountains IN the wes-
tern mart of the state is recon-
mended. For those who desire it
is TO see the great agricultural
centers of the state, it is recon-
mended they drive through the
fertile valleys of the state, This
latter is also replete in natural
caves and bridges. And ride
down through the famous Shen-
andoah Valley satisfies the crav-
in0s of the most enthusiastic pur-
suer of folk lore and history:
From Virginia's Blue Ridge
mountains, we traverse the entire
Ianetb of the country once again
10 the extreme northwestern state
of our country, Washington.
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