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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-01
CHARLES CITY.
Manufacturing Interests Very
Active and Progress Marked.

=
Active and Progress Marked.
Especial to The Times DispatchJ.
CHASE CITY, VA. Dec. 31.-Along
general lines this has been a fairly pros.
porous year. Business has been uni
formly good.
The Kershaw Company, Incorporated
has increased it's capital. enlarged its
rlant and the orders for bobbins. spools
and everything made of wood for cotton
machinery, sold in advance as rapidly as
turned out. This is an Important enter
rriso and under experienced and skilled
management
The Chase City Manufacturing Com
many, Incorporated, has sold this year
over 400 wagons and other vehicles
added largely in buildings and machinery
and employs over one hundred men. It's
wagons are shipped 20 Nearly every
State.
The Virginia Furniture Company, in
corporated, with 100000 capital has erect.
cd commodlous buildings, equipped with
modern machinery, an artesan well, and
a supply Of seasoned timber; will com-
nence operations In January, 1904. En-
gagemcnts have been made to sell the en-
tire output
a brick building for the town hall, post
Office and other rooms, recently completed
and furnished at q cost of about $1,000,
would be a credit to IL large city.
A military company has been organ
lied and mustered III the service and has
been supplied by the government with
modern breech- loading rifles and all OF
the accoutrements for company. The
town provides brick building for stor.
ago and preservation of its equipments
A disastrous fire occurred IN October.
but tho insurance was ample and the va
| cant lots are now having erected on them
more substantial and credltable build-
ings. The burned district will be moro
| attrx tive than formerly, The sales OF
| leaf tobacco have Increased over previous
! years, ~,
The y, r. Roberts Company, lncorpo-
rated, ships tobacco to Europe and some
to Asia.
Telephones connect With all Important
| POINTS and lines will be extended.
Macudamising the streets VIII be done
! nest year and electric lights arc In con-
temptation with an electric plant already
| here.
J Ice Is made here and supplies the town
T, and shipments arc madc to other places.
, Tho two banks arc IN n flourishlng con-
( ti,tion with money for all the demands Of
| trade,
I There are no vacant houses and build
I; ings arc continually going M regardless
! or the weather.
I. Tho postofflce shows increased receipts
I, and business.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-01
VIRGINIA KEEPS LIVELY STEP TO THE MARCH OF PROGRESS
AND MAKES HER PLANS FOR ANOTHER BIG YEARS WORK.

and d new Methodist Church begtin. Ths
large schools hero show an i:crtased ems
.rollmcnt over last Year, and tho popua-
ton has grown very considerably. a
wholesale hOlsn las bcei, established pild
tho general volume Of trade latSciy III
creased. ri II @ mi et
This years growth III all lines has ex-
ceeded TINT of any previous Year.
\ For tho nov ycnr greater strldeH will
be made than even this year has shown.
Already plans are being mudo for hand.
son1o buildings, and enterprises arc being
considered, with every hope OF n success
full outcome which will make tho year
one Of unusual Importance.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-01
BEDFORD CITY.
Good Years Business and Large
Enterprises for the Future.

Especial to Tho Times Dispatch.)
BEDFORD CITY, VA. Dec. 3l,-The
III the historysof Bedford = The post
office receipts will amout to over s14,-
ooO-larger than those OF some Virginia
cities OF 10000 population. and two and
three times as large as those for towns
CT similar size. Accordingly bill for
$4,000 public building has been offered
4 in Congress.
The totals at tho local banks exceed
previous years by many thousand dol
lirs. especially noteworthy being the
increase OF deposits by farmers Of tho
county.
The output Of the smoking and cigar
factories is the largest on record, as Is
the amount OF leaf sold at the three local
warehouses.
In new enterprises tho location here OF
the fiberizing plant OF tho American
Asbestos Company gives promise Of large
development. High grade amphibole as
bestos is mined ten miles from Bedford
CITY and Is being hauled here for manu-
factlre ut the plant now in course OF
constructions. An electric line or tram
read is inevitable. Il
In the summer the new canning FAC
tory of Fl. NJ Johnston distributed many
thousand dollars to farmers and en-
EloyeS.
H folS' sFuIalH Tree #ucHVeIy EOuLe'' eillil!dl-
ing from the Bedford postoffice have
been established during the year.
The. Frazer Paint Company will add
$50, 900 additional capital with the New
Year.
Tho Bedford Grocery Company. for
Wholesale exclusively. is announced for
January 1st
But tho development OF greatest pub
lie interest is the establishment here Of
the National Home OF the great and
powerful Order Of Elks, tho dedication
OF whose building In May brought many
distinguished orators and many hundred
visitors. I'll
a new era has dawned for Bedford In
the development Of Its resources OF tim
Der, minerals and the small things whose
aggregate makes the wealth Of a people.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-01
WARRENTON.
4 Horse Market for Fine Step
ners at High Prices.
rsnecIal to The s-Dlspatch

rspeclal to The Times Dlspatch.7. 4
wARREN,fON. VA. Dec. 31.-Wnrren--
ton. though chiefly noted for its social
advantages, has Of recent years been
making wonderful and progressive strides
in the development Of its business in ter'
csts.-
a prosperous ono. 81 I,
The installation OF electricity by Tie
(Continucd on Ninth Page,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-01
PULASKI.
Coal for Local Consumption to
be Mined Inside the Town.

Especial to The Times Dlspat cho .
PULASKI, VA. Dec. Sl.--Bus!ness IN
Pulaski during the past years has been
exceptionally good. ~ Several new buildings
have been erected and a large amouEr OF
real estate has been sold at good prices;
in.the near future the supply Of coal ne
cessary for home consumption Will be
mined within the corporate limits OF tho
town. aa
very bright.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-01
ALEXANDRIA,,
Remarkable March Of Progress
During 1903,
5ispeclal to The 'rimes-DlspatNh,)

Especial to The 'Tines-DlspatNh.)
ALEXANDRIA,, VA, December 81
Within the past year the city OF AleSarr
dria has witnessed more improvements
than III any ten years OF its history. The
old business enterprises are In 2 -four
ishtng condition. and many new ones
have been formed, chief snlong these bs-s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-01
NORFOLK.
.Virginia's Great Seaside City
Making Long Strides.

Especial to The Tilnes-Dispatrh)
NORFOLK, VA, Dec, 3l,-Nowhere
else ir the State, perhaps, has the heyol-
upment OF the manufacturing possibili-
4 ties Of any one section been so marked
AZ Eereabouts during the past year.
1.-THE Ornamental Iron Works, OF Chat
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-01

CONTINUED on Ninth Page,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-02
Prepares for Next Year.

Farmers who contemplate growing
cotton next year. Notwithstanding the
boil weevil, should thoroughly break
their land early in the winter and let
the beds remain until near planting
time, when trip or two over each
with a heavy harrow will put them in
excellent condition for early planting
Then, with seed Of an early maturing
variety, and rapid and, frequent Guilt
walton, there will be good chance to
make crop before the weeyil can get
away with -. AS this process will
cause the stalks to grow and branch
rapidly, they will require more room.
Therefore, the rows should be farther
apart and the plants farther apart in
the row. Distance, however, will de-
pend largely on the fertility of the
soil. What would be too wide on thin
soil would be too thick On river bot
toms o. new hickory ridges. Many
years ago farmers in tho lower Brazos
bottoms frequently made their rows
seven feet apart and thinned to from
two to three feet in the rows At this
distance we have seen from one and a.
half to two 900 pound bales gathered
Farm and Ranch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-02
THEY ARE AT PEACE,
All Rancor Between Cannoa and
Hepburn Wiped Out.
Iowa Man Will BE Republican Floor
Leader and Speakers Personal
Representative - Old
Wounds Healed.

The prediction that Mr.. Hepburn, Of
republicans second in Importance to Mr.
Payne, of New York, who secured his
position by right of his seniority, was
fulfilled, the ST. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat says that those who saw some of the
stormy scenes of the last two sessions
of the congress and noted the bitter war
fare waged between Messrs. Hepburn
and Cannon were astonished at the
scene on the opening day of the session,
when the deep-voiced Iowan rose in his
place to nominate Mr.. Cannon for
speaker. All of the bitterness and
rancor and keen rivalry between the
two men had apparently been wiped
out.
1t was done during the past summer.
So effectually was it done and SO sincere
are the two men in their reconciliation
that Mr.. Hepburn is acknowledged to
be the choice of Mr. Cannon and his per-
sonal representative OIL the floor of
the house Close to him in importance
in this relation will be Representative
Hemenway, of Indiana. Mr.. Hemenway
will occupy commanding position as
head of the committee on appropria
lions. He is not, however gifted with
that peculiar ability as a parliamentary
ian that Mr.. Hepburn possesses. Neither
is he possessed of so sharp tongue as
the experienced Iowan commands. As
the representative of the speaker and
the champion of his policy and wishes
on the floor of the house, it is expected
that Mr. Hepburn will be entirely able
to cope with any antagonist which the
minority can bring forward. For year
previous to the last summer just closed,
Mr.. Cannon and Mr.. Hepburn did not
speak, even though they brushed past
each other in the house aisles and cap
itol corridors. Mr.. Cannon wanted
man Of just the qualities possessed by
Mr.. Hepburn as his floor representative.
He let friends of Mr.. Hepburn know it,
and at the same time let it be known
that he was ready to smoke the pipe of
peace. When the two men met in Chica-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-02
Ahl .ST0NE l:lIRE. {" Craemers Calculus Cure y
VI Gs:; ss s;ss; z
WATCH IN THE SPRING.
the Jeweler Didn't Grasp
the Situation.

While picknicking with a crowd in
the country the other day, says the Jop-
lin News-Herald, Arch Shade accidentally
dropped his watch in spring, and quite
naturally it has since refused to run. He
took the timepiece to jeweler, and the
following conversation ensued:
Here's my watch; can you fix it," II
spring." s
NO; the spring broke the watch"
The man wondered, but proceeded to e.
anime the injured article.
The spring is broken he finally an
nounced ~T
No wonder" said Arch; Il dropped the
watch in it, @
at began to dawn upon the jeweler that
the young man was certainly insane, and
just as he was glancing around for some
avenue Of escape Arch explained the situa-
<;ouU - IA4 FkEF8 -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-02
HERR RICHARD STRAUSS.
WoFld-StartlfnE German Composer
Now Conducting His Own Music
in This Country.

Richard Strauss, the most talked.
about, most abused and most praised
composer Of the present day, is said to
be more interested in his coming Amer
lean tour for his wife's sake than for
his own. She is going along to sing her
husbands intricate songs Frau Pauline
was his discovery" from musical
point OF view, and he expects still great
er things of her in the future than she
has even hitherto accomplished.
The composer Of "Guntram," Till Eu.
lenspiegel'' and so many other puzzling
combinations of pure beauty and hide
Gus noise is not yet 40 years old, and his
romantic marriage with Frau Strauss
took place ten years ago. She was his
little singing pupil at the age of Is, and
married the musician much against the
will of her father, a general in the Ba-
varian army and man of high social
rank as we'll. Frau Strauss now sings
nothing in public but her husbands
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-02
GRATEFUL, HAPPY WOMEN
Thank Pe.ru.na for lne't
Recovery After Tears -
Suffering.

MICS Muriel Armitage, IS Green
raa ~ Ave Detroit, Mich, District
ORGANIZER Of the Royal Templars oI
Temperance, in recent letteI ..,i =.
u think that woman natulaly
shrinks from making her trouDies
nmhlic. but restored health has meant
a. much to me that ! feel Tor the
sake of other suffering women u -
nv duty to tell what Peruna mas
VIZ - suffered for Ave years with
uterine Irregularities, which br0ugn.
m hysteria and made me pnysica4
wreck tried doctors from the dik-
ferent schools of medicine, Dut WIN
out any perceptible change lp my
condition. In my despair caileo on
an old nurse, who advised me TO try
Peruna. and promised good results II
I would persist and take 1t regularly:
thought this was the least coulo
do and procured a bottle. knew as
soon as I began taking it that 1t was
affecting me differently from any
thing I had used before, and SO
kent on taking it. kept this up lot
six months. and steadily ga1ne9
strength and health, and when had
nsed fifteen bottles l. considered my
self entirely cured. / am ? grate1ui.
happy woman to-day. Miss Muriel
Armitage.
Pcruna cures catarrh Of the pelvic
organs. with the same surety as 1t
cures catarrh of the head. Peruna
has become renowned as positive
cure for female ailments simply be-
cause the ailments are mostly que
to catarrh. Catarrh is the cause OK
the trouble. Peruna cures the Ca
tarrh. The symptoms disappear.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-02
CULTURAL METHODS.
Two Bales of Cotton Can BE Made
On One Acre If Proper Cultural
Methods Are Used.

Even under the improbable hypoth-
esis that method will be devised
by which the boil weevil may be ex-
terminated, the cultural methods rec
commended by the entomol6gists and
practiced with more or less success by
the best farmers in the weevil-infect-
ed sections should be continued. The
time is coming when the ratio of PRO
ductive acres to hungry population
and waiting mills will render it neces-
sary that the productive powers of the
acres be multiplied by two. Two bales
Of cotton can be made on one acre in
stead of three or -four acres, or as has
occurred one bale on ten acres or more.
Many a battle is lost by failure to con-
centrate the forces, and keep the en-
tire army under the commanders eye.
1t is thus in the battle against the boil
weevil. On q field of 100 acres the
weevil will win, while on ten acres he
may be SO badly beaten as to discour-
age him forever after. And the very
methods that beat the boil weevil will
enable the farmer to secure more cot
ton from the small than from the large
area When it is found that the yield
per acre of cotton may be doubled by
concentration Of effort, farmers will
begin, one at time, perhaps, to apply
the same methods to other crops. That
any average crop may be doubled is
proven by the fact that it is often
done; indeed largely more than dou-
l. h. 81 k11
soil is more than equal to doubling
the amount of land. The man who
owns q 100-acre farm, and yearns for
one containing 200, can get his wish
by doubling the yield of his 100 acres.
Cultural methods are not only bad for
the boil weevil and good for the cotton
and the cotton farmer, but they are
the very essence Of good farming with
every other crop. This is the only pos
sible solution of the land question, for
population is rapidly increasing, and
the land can not increase. In fact the
area available for production must de-
crease as population increases, for
large quantities will be required for
cities, factories, public works, parks,
pleasure grounds and residential reser-
vations. Therefore. wherever there are
boil weevils farmers should begin
right away to practice cultural meth
DDS, and where there are no weevils or
cotton, cultural methods should be
adopted. Every farmer should study
cultural methods and adapt them that
production may keep ahead of popula-
|tion, with large surplus to overflow to
other lands. where there are more peo-
pie than food products raised, for they,
too, must depend for food ard raw ma
terial for their factories upon our
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-02
American cultural methods.-Texas
Farm and Ranch
THE BROOD SOW.
Don't Overfeed the Brood Sow Inn
mcdiately After FarrOwfnHj
1t Means Fever.

A great many filters of pigs are de-
stroyed of weakened every year by be-
ing too kind to the brood SOW. The
higher priced the hog, the greater the
danger of this mistaken kindness. No
tice how the brood SOW takes care OF
herself when left to paddle her own
canoe. When the trying hour comes,
she seeks seclusion in a sheltered place
as bright and sunny as she can find,
and if possible near to grass and wa
ter The third day she may eat little
more grass. but she don't think Of go
ing home with her little and rejoicing
the heart Of the farmer until the third
day. Ess 81 ~
This is the plainest kind of intima-
ton to the farmer aforesaid that he
should keep away all solid food, and
especially all corn, the first, second
and third days. If she has been doing
well, simply let her alone. Give her q
drink of tepids water If your con-
science insists that you shall feed her,
then put little bran in it the second
day, and nothing more The third day
put in little more if you want to, but
do not give her a. full feed of any kind
until the fourth day, and even then be
moderate in your.feeding. sE**Ix ~
What will happen If you think moth
ing is too good for the brood SOW with
eight Of ten pigs? By overlooking YOU
will probably produce milk fever. This
means that the little is to be starved.
for in that condition the pigs will
nurse in vain. It is probable that tho
sow will die. '7, '9S'
Bear in mind that what these little
fellows want is warmth, sunlight and
food from natures fountain After
this period is past, keep them dry, It
them ve'the sunlight. plenty of exer-
else, and feed the brood sow on q mill.
ration, some corn, but mostly bran,
shorts or coarsely-ground wheat, some
thing that will produce milk and not
develop too great a tendency to fat
tening, for it is not fat that you are
wanting now, but trace, health, vitali-
Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-02
WILL ON CABIN DOOR.
Miner Disposed of His Earthly Pose
sessions w ithOut the Least Loss
YIN Of Paper and Words.

There is fortunately no provision in
the law as to the exact nature of the
parchment" ON which will should be
written. 1t has frequently happened
that property worth large sums Of
money has been distributed in accord
ances with the wish of the former owner
as a result OF directions left in the most
accidental manner. Wills that have
proven valid have been found carved on
the trunks Of trees, scratched upon
stones. written on the soles OF shoes.
One Of the most remarkable Of these
freak wills was that scrawled on tho
door Of miners shanty in British CO.
lumbia. The accompanying illustration
gives the entire will which, with the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-02

work without the greatest exhaustion.
This is very common sight and Is ale
most always due to pelvic catarrh.
1t is worse than foolish for so many
women to suffer year after year with
disease that can be permanently cured.
Peruna cures catarrh permanently. It
cures old chronic cases as wella slight
attack, the only difference being in the
length of time that It should beetaken
to effect cure.
II you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use Of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement Of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.ss 4tss - &. III
Address DR., Hartman. President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio. sF
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-02
Reads Like q miracle.

Friarspoint, Miss, Nov. 3o.-The But
Ter case still continues to be the talk of
the town. Mr.. G. L.. Butler, the father
of the little boy, says
"The doctor said my boy had disease
of the spinal chord, and treated him for
two months, during which he got worse
all the time. Finally, the doctor told me
he did not know what was the trouble
The boy would wake up during the night
and say that he was dying He would be
nervous. and trembling and would want
to run from the house, saying he saw ugly
things which frightened him After we
had tried everything else, I read an ad-
vertisement of Dodd,s Kidney Pills as =
cure for Nervous Troubles. I purchased
some and used them until he had taken al
together eight. boxes, when he was sound
and we'll, with not single symptom, Of
the old trouble This was some months
ago, and | feel sure that he is permanently
cured. We owe to Dodd's Kidney Pills all:
the. credit for his restoration to good
health -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-02

60, through an arrangement made by
mutual friends, they discovered that
they had no serious distrust and hos
tility. Mr.. Hepburn is most bitter and
able fighter, and is unable to go into any
floor fight in a half-hearted way He
found himself clashing frequently with
Mr.. Cannon on matters of public mo-
ment. He exchanged words with the
Illinois member of the bitterest sort in
the discussion of certain appropriations
in which Iowa was interested and which
Mr. Cannon opposed. The real clash be-
tween the two men came when Mr. Can
non refused to give sanction to Mr. Hep
burns isthmian canal views and plans
for an immediate step in the direction
of a canal. Following heated exchange
within the bounds of parliamentary pro-
cedure the two men met outside the
house. Mr.. Hepburn showed clearly
that he had made the floor fight per-
sonal matter. He was unforgiving
toward Mr. Cannon for his show of eff
fective strength, through which the
favorite canal measure Of Mr. Hepburn
was defeated From that time, while
each avoided carefully and disparaging
reference to the other, it was we'll known
that they did not speak and were not
friendly
Members of the house generally COM
mented upon the development of the
first day. establishing the renewed
friendly relations of the two as most
favorable for the success of Mr.. Can
mons administration as speaker. They
construed it as indicating the broad
gauge of the Illinois man. who at the
moment of his triumph chose for his
close associate a man toward whom he
was in better position to show effective
resentment than at any time in his
career. 1t is admitted that Mr.. Cannon's |
first overtures toward Hepburn were
prompted solely by sincere desire to
see party success in the house.