THE TFMTCS - DISPATCH: RTCHMOND. VA'., SUNDAY, MARCS 21, 100D,
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ALL GOOD THINGSIN
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AYO IRON WO(Continued From Flrst I'nge.)
orn StatCB, about tho "bcnuties" ofwhlch the "burcaus" blow so
luudly,
Hnlle Another Storj-.Another Wcatnrner came to Vlrglnla
last Httnunor. Ho wns from Nebrnslto,and, llko the other ono I
luivo spol.cnof, ho came wlth an ldea tliat Vlrglnla,ls n worn-out
country, but f«*rtiiiiiitcl.vnn hls wny to Jerlcho, or wlicrevcr
howas going he fell In wlth the rltflitklnd of pcoplo. llp lu the
grcnt old
Tho ancient Grecks reallzed that' county of Mecklenburg he mot
with,beauty of living came only wltli bcautl- thn JeiTress's antl
tho Hesters nnilful surroundlngs. They mado thelr some others who
tnld hlm about Vh'publlc bulldlngs nnd hoinos mnrvols of giniH, und
showed hlm thlngs thbeatily. To-day, beautlful wall papers opened
liis eyes. ln Charlotte counnt inoderato cost havo brought truo
||)o Qftlhes's nnd thart with n reucb of alI, nnd our buM- ,, .,.
..,,',-., , , ,., .,...ttO._ Ih to suggest uml carry out MljfH K '
n°"'., WHif0**, "J" , \na! and Individual dceorntion.. In wull
whlle thoy did not fall to enlightcnpApers, frciicocs antl plniu
tinting. him about Patrick Ifcnry tuui .lohnFor lntcrlor and
extcrlor house paint-1 Itantlolph, Ihey also gavO hlm a "proud
ini., I hnve tho largest nnd beBt ciulti- |,11 of modern hlstory
and showed toli.il .'Htablliihmftiit In the South. uiilnft' ,|)ln
ni0 r]oh staunton River bottomsnothlng but puro mftterlftlsand cm-
f, t] , , , ,s of tll(! ,,,,,ploying only competent workmon.
I also enrry Draperies, TapestrlofRoom MOUldlngS, Plate Ralls
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Engineers.Founders.Machinists -::- Richmond's Finest Equipped
Shops__«_.
High GradeCasfings in
gjH Grey Iron,Brass, Bronze& Ailoy Metals
Specify It for Your HouseIt rcpresents the standard in Roofing
Tins, nnd it is best
r your hbusc and your pocket-book.A ETOod roof made of G, M.
Co.
Pear! L C. Old Style Tinis a finished roof.no after repairs or
annoying breaks orleaks. Also, it's fireproof. At your dealer's or
write us.
ordon 14th and Dock Sts.'. Richmond, Virginia.
Stttcco Rellof, Cretonnes, Taf-fctas (Imported), Art-Kona Cloth.
Bur-lRp-l.
R. L. PETERS,Next Door to the Acadcmv of Music.
unty ntul some of tho many thlngs6-ialr, thoy produce ln
grcateHt abundiinro.
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Sltterdlnar-Cnrncnl-Davla Co.,1:1 ii.i-ii.vt; _ii!iM*i.:ios,
31 rt IIMUM), - VIKGINIA,
ONB OF OUt SPEOIA LTIES.BED SLATS
(). E. Flanliart
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EstlmatesFurnishedV
No. 15 N. 12th StRICHMOND, VA.
ln llalifax county the Nobraskah fellInto tho hands of tho
Eaalcya, tho Kd-miinds's, tho HlU'a nnd tho LftWSOrtSund somo of7
tho othcrn of thut llvojijluinch ubout South Boston, and they
Ifshowed hlm a fow thlnps.
A Well Convertcd IlCOthen.Whon I buttonholcd hlm on a
SOllth-
crn Railway trnin he wttH a changedman, und ho showed mo an
enthusiasticlet tor ho hnd wrltten hls pcuplo nthiiinc, In whicli
ho declared that he"had discovered a new country," andhe propSsed
to invest. I thlnlc I wrot
UnsurpassedMachine ShopEquipment.Light & Heavy |fp£
Fcrgings.
Repairs to Automobiles. An Inspection of Our Plant h
Invited.Office and Plant, 24th and Main Streets
Long Distance Phone1186 Richmond, Virginia.¦PJa. Hort of ]H,od
to t)l0 .I)MlrsL thing forhini to do i.s to stay right in tho
oldState.
Vlrglnta'* tjro.vlh in Klglit Vcam.Tiu- table Is a comparativc
statement
of farm acreage and crops in Virginialn the year 1000 and the
year 10ob.Here is the tablo:
19-0Acreage4,040,389.
$
10,300,0000,200,0001,101,000T.liTCUL'"T,_10,00011,600,0003,261,0d00,000,000_:,.-_.ooo1,000,01)012,027,000
Georgia and Florida ln tinamed in Its tltle, tlu*. Knoxvllle,
S6v-lervllle nnd EQaJltern ln Tennessee, theNorfolk and Southern in
Virginia andNorth Carolina, and the Aaheville andEast ^Tennessee,
-.vhlch thus far pro¬poses to cortflne Its operations to
NorthCarollna, although it may extend toTennessee later on. Ther?
are severalmoro ttew roads here and there, onaome of whlch
constructlon has hegun,luit has heen euspended fnr rnin.- tlmeon
account oc pe.i unlary difflCultles r©-Bultlng from the panic. Upbn
irome oftliese it is hoped that v.-ori; wlllsoon he resuined,
ivhile nono of themfall lo antplans
Think of it! Think of enough roofing tin toreach from Richmond
to New York City, if placedin a row, or, if put together properly,
to cover 120blocks of Richmond.
The Madison, Jefferson, Archer,Clipper Monroe
And other brands of Roofing Tin we have soldduring the pnst few
months would do it. Specifythem!CORRUGATED, GALVANIZED AND
V-CRIMP ROOFING, ALSO MICA-ROIDRUBBER ROOFING.
Get our prices. Quick shipments.anticlpate carrying out .their:
-;i j -. », -r /_ w n , t c _-. _... _..n good seasbn,.g |J
McGraw-fobroagh Co.,Inc,£1*;^&
RFPRRT nflP^! iOT ^Hflifi1 %bh3se**55b_h^^
TOimJKHUIBI.mtlnui tl From Flrst
flne dark wrappiCmn _Wheat .Oats .Hay .Tobaceo .......Potatoes
.....Peanuts .All triicl-s-Orchard fruit.Uairy prod'ets,Llve
Btbclt....Forest pro'cts,Mla. crops-Min. output..
190S.
^o'l.'sifo! to *koo"il min ili'ift ^tJ 5-i.UU."-'_r_'..,.
Tobaceo circles are Inferested li8.000,000 |report that Pr.jf. av.
u. Scherfflii,-00,ooo th0 Kentucky Agrlcultural Station10,000,000.]
accepted a posltion with the BlS,000,0')0' govcrnment, engaglng t)
go to .*3,200,000[Africa and direct u series of ex2,500,0001 nients
in tobaceo culture whicli12,600,0001 British governtnent proposes
to5,000,000 out. Looking ahead, our tobaceo7,000,000 "'"' irl thls
movement a prohRhlo
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$1S.OO FLOOR N S ii
4T0.00030,000,000
ous competrtlon In tho msworld for Vlrglnla tobact
llurkel Mtron^,<
$1 20,10-1,000 $_ 0-1,000,000 ThWhat lt AU Means. Wll
I_e.t'H analyzo these tlgurea a llttle'j.bit, und see what
startllng facts they P|reveal. In the flrst place. since
I000lbeithere has been o decrGase ln lands cul- Mjgtlvated of more
than three.quarters ISO]of u milllon acres. That means
thaticeiVirginla agrlculturlsta are comlng t" prlIntenslve farming,
planting lt*:-s ground'maand working lt butter, and making lt!
'"[produce more. Thus it liappens tliatlLythree and n ciuarter
milllon acres in.190'8 W]made $175,29(1,000 more money
tlianj1.000,000 acres made in 1900, .in.steight years before. And
yet these "hii-l-eaus" of the tornado swept lands ofthe Wild West
liavo the gali to pub¬llsh all over Europe and all overAmerlca thnt
Virginla is "a worn-out
SlWl> SALEM; X.
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Is made in seven beautiful colors besider.natural or ciear.
These colors are alldurableand will star.d water, hard usageand
heavy shoes; same as the ciear. It'sall tbe same quality, works
easy and lasts.
Is made io walk 011, hut is sultable loraii mslde work as well
as floors. Bookletand Color Card i?ree.
JN0. L. BRANCH & CO., Distributors, 1424 E. Main St., Phone
164"PAINTS THAT STAY PAINTED."
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HlII.t>IN(i IN 1UBA.NNA.
Advent of fiood Weather Brlnga Actlvity lnJmpriivi'iueiitN,
ORBANNA, VA., March 20..Nqw tliatthe weather permlta outdoor
work UrbunnuIn oxliiblthis slgna of great improvement in
country," and that Vlrglnians vare un- the rntiny bulldlngs in
course o_ construc-progrcsslvo and not up to snuff, and llon ln
tlio town, some of whlch are belngthev have the unhlushlng
offontery tO erected ln place of those that lia\e boenrepeat these
..landers to Vlrglnians j-ta^d.nr tor |^or IM^rs. ^ ^^themselves in
an effort to seduco young AvenyVirginla farmers to move West.
large, liand
The FliguvcH Aiinlyx.'d. uc ua _lfeI-ul to go haek to the
figures: Thoy
show that corn ls king ln Vlrglnla,J3O.000.000 worth having beon
lnudc lastyear, agalnst JiO.000,000 worth elght;years ago. The
average yleld ail uvcrthe State, in bottom lands and up-lands, on
"worn-out" lands a)id every-wliore wuh '.S hushels to tho acre.Somo
lands produce twleo ao much,and al least one acre on a farm
inHanover county, owned by Charlea r.Gravatt, brought 130 buBhels.
Mariyfarmers mado from lo to 7.'. buaheu.
iQontly been torn down andno residence is belng erected
ife. lt wlll be oeciipioj by tlmmlly us soon as completed,tiful
stoie aml residfinco i.< now
ng erected on tlie corner or Ba.nl* andglpla Streots, whlch wlll
be finlshed andupl.d hy Aprll 1.
ild Colonlal manslon, I.aiirdownc, tlief tlie Uplons, built in
1701, on Vjr-.Irect, hus undergono n tlioroushtllng, and Is now ono
of tlie moatil resldencea ln Tldewator.lontractora who ara t con.=
li-ui't tho
High Bcliool bulldlng nre getting]
A bi
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Central location; fire proof. Low insu¬rance rate. Spur track to
C. 6c O. Ry.Seventeenth street, near Broad. Pos-session February
1st. Apply
Corporation613 Mutual Building.
ln aire idy u
wlll liavi
'l-ut-H Irglniamoneyfrom
CLARKE HARDWAREi_!tr. Mntu * tr*ci.
FROEHUNG & ROBERTSON,Kichmand Testing Laboratory
Atlanlic Varnish Works,(incorcorated)
RICHMOND, - - VIRGINIA
ANCHOR BRAND LilE.FOR YOUR FARMS.
Write quick toMOORE LIME C0.. Richmond. Virginia.
.VVltNl.lt MOO-U., I'ri'M.,Kll.NS. K-iKlo KoisK, Vlrf;ln|n.
as inereased it:slnce IBOO 500 iim- cont'., tlComlng Into the
Stute lust ;thls source being $12,600,000, na'lagalnst {0,000,000
ten yenrs ago, Theivtiltic of the hay produced ln Vlrglnla!has
|nct*6ascd in oight years from$7,600,000 to $10,000,000. Frult
cultureha, Increased 200 per cant.; potatoeshavo nearly doubled;
dalry productshavo Increased Crom $1,000,Q.OO ln 11)00to $7,000.00
in 190S; sheep,Vatslng hasgrown 150 per cent,, and other-
llvoistock even nioi'i_ largely. thfl totals bo-n(ng
$7(i,liiil.iiHi wui-th in JIMIS, asagalnst $12,000,000 worth iii
1900,
Sevcrnl b'netH nf Inti.reMt,In another part of hls report
Com-|mtstiloner Kolner notoa tho fnet that]
tha cannlng Industry ls growing im-monsely iu the State, and
thal iium-lIii'i-.s of .-1,1:141 Ciiriuei-.s l.-i.-t.' your
ninde.in-vi'i-iii hundred dollars per acre I'romi
tlu Ilsiistninrd n gront lossDro ot Its leo plant
piuvi.don 1_ 1i-tcd i.houseiice durlng '1
IB muile tolilled wlth
.N'urtlii'ii
BLTSC-'!{"' 1.' *.*: f'-'-'i'o: '¦:!)
Cltlit.ti f ciiuhvoud Have Asreed tXalie Sliie!-.
i:r,lN"l'\VOOD. v.\., Murch 20,.The In-ateatlona »re vooy Meht
tliat un eloc-trlo cai- llnu wlll be built ut an tui'ly dutefrom
Cllntwood to thu noarest point on theCarolltui, Cllnchfleld and
Ohio Kailwny,
ls being congtructea tliroiieh Dk-lc-soii county down UcCluro
FtlVOl. TheiKih of thia eleoti'ia llno wlll be abput alxleo, Home
ol' illuso lukin-. tlio lead inBtitorpilse are Seuatpr Kolami B,
Chase,
due A. A, Ski'i'ii, wlio Ih prssldeni ol lli.-liiMi:.' National
Banh ot Ollntwood, andluiuinni Ph'lpps, n leadlng men lianl of
theau. A larfee nvimbct' of ottlauiia of i.'llru-
ipeCovering Co.,(Incorporated)
AsbeStos - Magnesia PipeCovering, Fire and Acid Re-sisting
Cement3, Packing andRoofing. Contract work ourspecialty.22 Governor
St., Richmond,Va.
Prices on Complete HotWater Heating Plant
B-Kooni HouseS-Rpom Housi10-Roorn Housi.12-Hoom i'.'iu.it-Hooiu
HOUSI
ii;-Koom Houaeis-l'ooiu llou.s,'Jo-ltoom House
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I'-ieinlrtt!., CoiuKteti
No. 2 N. Ninth Street,
t ii'irtnlili
i:mI 1,¦rlnhl
irilud lli )!' tl
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MPORTERSOF
i;il.l.l\'0 'l'HKI_APSuiTi dealers Iti
.ink, t.vi.\'ks. LiiNI-S, Moi-'l-:.s,CQUKS AND 'VU'K \VOOD.
Oll.,
CLOTUINQ. ISTC.di sorlptlon,ntul :-i,d.u-,i
L. LICBTENSTEIN'S SONS,.\o. S Souih 1 oiHleeutli Street,
llVO Btook, thi'¦ii I'livins Imvo cr Known hefore.e turned
thaii
Carm. Spe.il-lnguminissloncr saj stle mi Ihein thanthal tho
farmersattontlon to lm-
roved.riii, .«Ati.nit
ry.'; luli'ld ol
ushela
und tlie "d;iypasaing awuy.'
.f tho
pOliUpS Wll!Ingla cropsii.- iii u crop
uml.. lnrmenm! this li.rin60 bushela ol.-.ann. lund
al'trinnrUeted." II,Stute grow 5sweel potfttooourse. thls 0
titsmilil fOmade ¦¦
uinilsshinm-* average13 hushelselded ?80100 acres.
11 to tl)bad i)the potat
sjays 0118 i-oiinty lnun- ei'iit. 01' tlu- antlcrop of
Anu'i'leii.unly ls lu "worn-out
OC
31 ie rrmis1 make
I'lillts, oflllln, medlhoui-,1 orwlll prlntothor- -uls
Let me
iltlier l'.iiie or Blackny t-lv.o, i.,n extreiilcly1 or iiiieu
paper, card.en cloth. My liini'hiiio
ivi'll 0110 tlme us iwi-
lth ,011 for Ulue.ii emantltles
W. A. CHILDREYC...-t. 1 -i_
Attenlion, Manufacturers!We miinufiK-luro tiiul In.stitll
etll-
eient Hlow I'ij.e Systems for luind-liut? materials, dust,
..leiini and
Sraoke Stacks, Steel Tanks, Ventilatorsand Sheet W}eta!
Work.
Virginia Blowfty^: Mfg. .o.Oncorporatett).UKIinOAU, VA.
.S'_in.!. ..'M.If'MO
.JKMO
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.).«UOThe above price inoludes: CONTl-
:.\'I-:XTA1. HOT WATER HEATER!Complete Outflt.Itadiaturs,
Piplii^,Ivalves, Bxpanslon Tank, Smoko Plpe;
iCeiiiuK- Plates, Gaskots, EJlbowe, Nlp-plcH, Pluga, flre
Cqment, etc, neoea-i;ary to i)istull u conjplete HeatlntsPlant.
Thls pclce does not Includelabor necessary to tho Installatloii.At
these prlces the foods can bebought from uny reputable lltter.Ppr
further particulars, address
Continental Heater and Radiator Co., Inc.Kuom 1011 .Iiidiii!
BuUdln_f,
llICn.IO.M-, ... VII-(JliM.V.
WH1TTET & SHEPPERSON jLawyer's Briefs \raper eox.iitKH.MOM).
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