J. E. White—The Land Man.
The fertile lands, the healthy climate
and the excellent water afforded is
attracting thousands of home seekers
to our prosperous County and City.
While the major portion come from the
Northern and middle West States, there
is a sprinkling from every section and
the real estate agents are having a hard
time filling the demand as many of
those fortunate enough to own property
here do not desire to sell. Of the
men engaged in the real estate line
in Charlottesville, Mr. J. E. White is
undoubtedly the leader and has one of
the largest lists of desirable property
in the State. He occupies a handsomely
fitted suite of offices at No. 4,
Early Building, and as "White, The
Land Man," his name and fame extends
over the entire South. He does
a general real estate business, buying,
selling and renting farm lands, city
and suburban sites, and in fact property
of every description, improved and
unimproved. He makes a specialty of
real estate and enjoys a large patronage.
Mr. White was born in Albemarle
County and received his early education
in the schools of this section. He
then entered Sadler's Commercial
College at Baltimore and graduated
with high honors. After completing
his course there Mr. White returned to
this city where he remained a year.
At the age of twenty he went to
Sedalia, Mo., where he remained for
three months and then went to Colorado
where he accepted a position with
the firm of Carlisle and Weitbric, railroad
contractors and remained with
them until they had completed 165
miles of road for the Rio Grande and
Southern and then imbued with an
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ambition to open a business of his own
he went to Marshall, Mo., and entered
the real estate line. He remained
there for ten months and at the expiration
of that time was severely injured.
He was forced to abandon
business and returning home underwent
a severe operation. After recovering
as he thought, he went to Pan
Handle, Texas, and entered the real
estate line with his brother, Mr. C. H.
White. The business grew to extensive
proportions and they engineered
many large transactions in Texas,
Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri
and other States in that section. During
his stay in the Western Country
Mr. White was land agent for a number
of railroads and was in charge of
their land departments. After being
there three years he discovered that he
could not regain his health, in that
Country and returned home, more for
health than business. During the
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eighteen months he has been here his
health has improved wonderfully and
as he describes it Virginia is good
enough for him to live and die in.
April the 1st, 1905, he established his
present enterprise and now controls a
business with which no one in his line
here can compare. His long experience
has been of inestimable value to
him and no man in the Old Dominion
is better posted on realty than he
and many of the large transactions
in that line have been made through
him. While Mr. White is a young
man he is thoroughly familiar with
his business and has few peers and no
superiors in his profession. As a man
of sterling character and exceptional
business ability he has a most enviable
reputation and is held in the highest
esteem by all who have had dealings
with him. He is a liberal, progressive
and public spirited citizen who is ever
ready and willing to lend a helping
hand towards any cause that is for the
welfare of old Charlottesville, the
town of his adoption, his home, and
the little city in which he has cast his
fortune.
