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THE TFMTCS - DISPATCH: RTCHMOND. VA'., SUNDAY, MARCS 21, 100D, 0

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 """

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]

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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.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). VA.

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printed in a liutry and printed welland accurttlely.

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