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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-19
SCHOOL, IMPROVEMENTS.
New Building to Be Erected al
/ Early Date in blackstone.
So. fsnsrtt, h, rho Times. I)spatch,)
(Speriai to Tho TIrncs-DI

BLACKSTONE, VA. March ia
lrrass-mcrting OF the councilmen OF the
town, school trustees from various dis
Ftricts OF Sottoway. business men and
patrons of the schools, met in the town
2Htl here last Thursday night and dis
{ctisscd and adopted plans for the build
ing of II ten thousand dollar brick high
school building In the town OF Black,
stone. - !. - s4s -
Mayor George II Adams presided ut
tho meeting and introduced the first
sspcakerof the evening, z Or. Bruce r.
Payne. OF the University OF Virginia.
DIR. Payne dweit at length upon the
business enterprise aid progress OF the
length into the plans and purposes or
the meeting-tha best means OF getting
the m,ch-needcd school building.
He was followed by State School In
Canonn. Jr.. of the Blackstone Female
The Hoge Military "A cademy.
The meeting was attended by large
number of representative business men
and farmers and n great deal OF en-
fhusia..al was shown.
'rhe high school building Is an assured
thing and in the near future work Will
bic commenced and the building will soon
'Dr. 4. ". Boatwrlsht. president OF
Richmond College. addressed the citi-
zcns OF tile town and county in the
town hall on Friday afternoon on the
subject OF primary ind secondary edu-
cation. His address was unusually In
structivc and WIS greatly appreciated
by the large ard attentive gathering
which heard him.
5s An excellent entertainment WAS given
ny local talent In the Music Hall here
on Friday nigh Z for the benefit of the
Young Mems Christian Association of
the town. 1t is conceded by all present
as having been u complete success. The
performances commenced with Il curtain
raiser entitled n Country Romance
which ran for some twent. minutes.
Then came n Florodora seXtette and the
~. NJ. G.. qunrtette. followed 81 by
several dancing specialt.es. concluding
with quite n ughable comedy, THE
New Judge. Y Z, z; S. 81 q
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-19
IUN'TER|N|EY[R0H01
CALLS 0R ! 4
Wasting Money Of Company IN
Attempt to Return Yourself
to Office
PoLlCYHoLDE INFATUATED y! !! { {
Extraordinary Effort Made BY
Officers to Sccitre Their
I. Reelection.
ltBy Associated Press. j

=
NEW YORK, March is. Samuel Inter
L,cycr, counsel for the international pol
!. Icy holders OF the New York Life Insur-
I s..ce Company, today sent a letter to
Alexander y. Orr, president OF tho New
j York Life. protesting in the name Of the.
policyholders against what he calls an
extraordinary effort whlct, Is being made
by the officers Of the company to obtain
proxies for the annual election which is
to be held early In April.
II am informed" the letter slys, that
within tho past few days you sent out
from your bend Office to your entire agcn-j
tcy force throughout the country, tcle-:
grams urging them to collect proxies.
l1uyc before me one Of a number OF
printed letters nnd circulars. Issued from
your head office, signed by the cashier of
your company with an accompanying
form Of proxy, addressed to polcyholders'
inclosing Il biography OF each Of the di-
rcctors and officers whom you seek to re-
eject. including yourself. This proxy Is
to Aicssrs. John Claffin, Oscar S. Stauss
and Clarence IL Afackiy, OF whom biog-
rnphics are ulso Enclosed. printed at the
expense OF tho policyholders.
IF these documents have been sent to
every policy-holder, the cost TO the com.
npny Of postage alone would ba3 about
the costof printing yo, 1h ,,s sias
such cxpepditurcs8t ito say nothing OF the
manifest Improperly OF such action at
this 5juncturcl. fail to understand. ..-
These Documents are coming TO us IN
great numbers from Infatuated policy
holders with ithe request that our COM
nEtce take some ACTON to prevent \. your ,o.I
Holders III tic attempt TO return yourself
10 office. stF.3se, III ssss4y.
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spring should grow to wcigl, from four
teen to twenty pounds by Thanksgiving
weeks. These weights are often exceeded
by the best growers. but as they are the
most popular and the most readily pro-
sduced, they are suggested as the most
.adyisa BILE. The average yield of turkey
hens is from eighteenth thirty eggs. each
of which can usually. be counted on to
produce a living spoult. The question of
profit from keeping turkeys simply re-
solves itself into the abIlity of the grower
to bring them to a marketable size This
can readily be done IL care and attention
be. given to all the requirements for Sue
cess. vi z, slli - e, = ~ 81
SIX standard varieties are. more or less
tgrownlin this country .y1z: Bronze. Mar
ragansett. Buff, Slate, White and, Black.
The main differences are In size and color
of plumagc The, Bronze and the Nara
5gansett are the largest. the Bun and
Slate are the medium. and the Black and
White the smallest. or late so much linz
provementb in size has been made in, the
Whites that they have moved up to con-
tend for third postior.s some of them
having passed the ulirty-pound mark.
s'he same statement may soon be made
oi the Blacks, MS they have greatly Inn
proved during the past few years.
III addition to the foregoing, there is
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Dynamite for the Orchard.

On Il hillside where I planted an orr
ctnrd when I was n boy. the subsoil was
almost as hard as Il rock, and yet the
apple trees planted, there thriyed and
made 5prodlctfv orchards. but the trees
would. .ins,c. grown much faster had n
small charge Of dynamite been exploded
where; every strse wis planted Just be-
fore IT was set out y The explosion OF the
dynamite loosers and breaks up the soil
to the depth of four to SIX feet. which
is somewhat like deep sub-soillng. chang
Ing the character OF the sub-soil and
enabling the roots OF the trees to penc-
itratc with greater ense. The explosion
also breaks up particles OF soil. so that
there is moro plant food available. Mr..
Halcs method is as follows: Plunge
down n crowbar where you wish to set
your tree. and put in the hole two or
four ounces of dynamite and attach n
fuse and retire. The .s..Sainite Will blow
out "a hole large enough, IL set the tree
and loosen up the soil at least a foot.
lii every direction. even downward. and
the tree can grow and throw out its
roots In a mellow soil. The dynamite
does tile work moro thoroughly and
cheaper than can be done In other ways.
But get an experienced man Ito handle
the dynamite
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-19
Vast Productivity Of China

One OF the impressions which Sir Ian Ham
lltonl OF the british army, obtained while ar-
the Japanese army III Aapchurial
and which, The .describes In llss:scran Book of
Il stan q ficer. Is tho tremendous productive
power or the Chinese. IIe says that 5l,h never
!saws anywhere men work moro sindustriouslys
and In some respects more intel igcntly, and
this upon bias of conpellsat lon In lntesln,
lniIthe Western world. Ile entirely supports
the contention of tho labor leaders or the
United States that Chinese labor must beck
GUIDED because he ffrlns that IL it8were per-
mitte,l8to enter into competition with the ordi-
nary labor of America itscould not fall to ac-
dcgraded habits antl5gmethodss Of living hut
simply because the Chinese put their shoulder
to THE wheel fof work With detsrmtua ton anu
spersstencv which worknlen elsewhere do not!
lexhbit.-Fron the Boston Herala. Il \
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SAcooP 70 HI FATTE N ING cHlckE
The coop sls9 d Ided VI nto three parts
holding al dozen hlckens 10y are built
ct lat and -lnet,s plccess forsfltl'eE
frame work. "a Zach part 4 s two feet long
te3inohes wide md 20 hes shlah, II NJ
4$ The coopa are; plncc III g ut .ot doors II,
the shade, elthers Yin en- treesH or IN / ar
open shed, but Il II severe yeathelt Should
be placed In Al closed blli tdlnu. small
apee ltrougl Isl used tofhoId the teee, \
and water ls suppl led ct htchs
m ay be astened NJ os he "a 81 alta Young
chickens. from four 10 HIS months q age
Sare GO nm n " used atteni'g about
FOUR are placed In oor, era \ eyia q.
fed three Dial as niue 4 as they
Will 81 ora chlety oats .ssa
ne lod ST rs fat NJ
weeks II Sllttje TALON, is added "a the
sed,HhlIopE lrllssi
Ssklmsmll X. N \. gss
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HELPFUL PLAN For
CHURCHSEXiTE ! y !
Baptist Council Agrees on 4 Co.
operative System, Which
Promises Much.
:. I N Z.

,rte Baptist Council held d. special meet
Ing Of unusual Importance ut the Second
Baptist Church yesterday afternoon.
Besides the Executive Committees dsie-
gates from each Baptist Church In the
city were In attendance Not less than
two hundred representative Baptist lend-
iers. were present. Tho object 81 the
meeting was to hear a report from the
Executive Committee on Co-operation Of
all the Baptist Churchcs3of the commu4
nifty in the matter OF church extension
This report was presented by Mr.. Archer
Patterson. chairman OF the committee
mud met with warm and Instant approval.
Heretofore individual churches would
undertake. missions or weak churches In
the outskirts; would undertake to build
and firmly plant themselves, relying upon
themselves and desultory contributing
from other churches. Sometimes these
Undertakings have been III advised, and
failures have resulted, or a people have
been sorcly burdened with debt. 4
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ct is sliandy to hnve III such times, too.
IF IN COW steps on your cOrns, rs quite
likely SHE may In the course of events,
push ier foot off, and do 1t uuickiy --thsttl
Is alrlglit. but don't say harsh things
and yell ms II tho COW was II milo ana
d half nwtly. She is close beside you,
and Tier hearing Is very good
Three things arc to be considered in
dairy farif,lng--ttc man, the COW, nnd the
crops to be fed.--W. G. j. IA
a RI formers would hire their help by
the year. instead OF for seven or eight.
months, It might help the situation.
Tile first time Il new share 10 drawn
OUT tits safest to take the beam along
witliit, noldboartl and all. It liz quito
: u job TO take the benn, out OF some
s,ilky plows. but If you don't do Il, the
first time tile new share Is slinrpened3
yoii may regret It.
IInsycto tT'iXs the Roof: re- tile roofs leak
in the farm buildings. Stake come lime
Sinsa close box. When done seve 4. 10
every SIX quarts Of this lime add one
gallon Of water and one quart OF rock
salt. Boil and skim clean. To every five
gallons Of this add slowly three-aua rtnts
of q pound of potash and four quarts of
fine sand. Apply within paint or white
wasl, brush. This paint wash looks as
good MS oil paint, and ls.as durable 10
slate; besides. it's fircproof. lasts long,
costs u trifle. rs
Why Pork spoils: One reason WHY so
much cured pork spells during the s,iln-
sfncr is that 1t has not been sufficiently
cured. This would Indicate that the sum-
mer meat ought to be killed ehrly in the
winter. Thut whiclihas been slaughtered
In the latter part Of the winter has not
been cured enough. and II spoils when
warm weather comes. XIII the summer
meat early and take plenty of time to
clrc II. Remember this for next year
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-19
Snap Shots of the Farm.

Unfortunately the road to success is
a mud road. and has not been thoroughly
worked. and it has thorns and ibriars by
tho wayside. s ~ - ~ 81
to fall to pieces. is a poor piece of econ.
.omy in these days OF automobiles and
trolley cars. 81 ss5ss
Recent statistics show that about forty
per cent. Of the persons employed in
eainful occupations in the United States.
are employed in gricultural pursuits.
There are men who will laugh at a
forty-acre farmer Some men who arc
farming twice that amount of lind are
rafting around like n pea in n hat and
probably they are not making rs much
Roadway as the forty-acre farmer. 1t
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! u
order without Ice. In the corner of my
house cellar near the drain! outlet. butt
a platform about three feet high and
three feet square. Isnnilcd to the sides
burlap sacks so as to hang to the ground.
Or tile platform. I placed a half barrel
with both heads In. In the top head,
i bored q hole to take In a hose pipe,
which ran to a pail In tho sink where
We pump water from the we'll, and fill the
half barrel with water. place the cream,
cans under the platform and by several
small gnhlct holes let the water run
on to the top OF the cans. This forms
a cold storage chamber, and i think 1T
is equal to the tank of water with ice
In 1t to keep the cream. The cream
gatherers say my cream has been IN as
good order as the best from the Cooley
can creamers. From my experience
know a great part OF the Ice Spense can
bt saved. NE
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Dumb Animals

We5call them dnnlbr-yet daily there upriseS
Ambition piteous calls of agony.
1 Pleading for peace. and to be let alone,
{ Tor every inch Of earth there Is moan.
Through all the mir, a,hwart the land or
sea, SsSss
God, now the wailings storm the vcrys
skies.
Call them not dumb, until the MASTER
ss man, g S 5i,ssS$sgs
slow-taught by fellow feeling, learns to-
give 3 s
Each humblest creature in the Mystic
Plan 81 s5 5.s VI
Tho privileg r5breath, the chance to live;l
Then haply shall the gclamor "a lie away
Lost insthe love Of that diviner dsly
RI = Richard Burton, i'm The Rcad der
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"a s.
Kingdom we notice that the rows were
not morcithan twenty-seven inches apart.
The; cheaperS the land and the greater
the necessity for spraying. the wider
apart may the rows be. up to four ors
even; five feet. This gives an opportunity
for more free use of machinery and
perhaps n better opportunity for spray y
ing.
A good deal depends upon the varieties
used especially when it is the purpose
to spray The varieties which have a
long haulm. Or tops. require a wider
space than those with short. upright
stalk, twenty-seven to thirty inches IN
the country east Of the Mississippi, for
early varieties With, plants from eight
for Eastern sections By lthsse who have
given the subject careful attention
For irrigation expertments with pota-
toes in Wisconsin. King used thirty by
fifteen inches, In Belgium. where land
Is very. high In price. 1t is customary 80
make the rows twenty-four inches apart
with twelve inches apart in 4 he row i ~
One of the leading authorities In Ger
many. as quoted by Professor Samuel
Eraser in his book fon potatoes, recon-
nnends- 300 square inches to the hill as
giving. the highest. yield in a good loan.
That would make the rows twent.y-four
inches apart. with plants fifteen inches
apart in the rows. or rows thirty Inches
apart and twelve inches In the row. t4is
The Maryland Station reports twenty
five per cent. greater yields from plant
ing thirty inches by fourt teen and n half
inches than by planting thirty-six by
twelve inches. 1t would seem. therefore,
that the more evenly. one can get the po-
tatoes distributed over I he land. the more
fully will the land be occupied and the
larger tile crop Iowa farmers will not
care to have the rows less than from
thirty to thirty-six inches apart.
The report from; the Canada Experiment
Station shows that twelve to fourteen
inches asunder and thirty inch rows L:
better than twelve sixteen OF eighteen
inches; while the; North Dakotn Expert
ment Station puts the rows forty inches
apart and tensinclles in the row, making
four hundred square inches to he hill
which, under North Dakota conditions
: Is probably not too much.
a Tho depth OF planting depends on va
rious condtions-soi. climate and sea-
son. The more open or light the soil
the deeper the potatoes may be planted; 81
and the more compact or sclnyey tk,, soil.
the sl,allower they should be. Then.
a GAIN The wet ter and colder the climate
or the season, he shal Hover should be the
planting. while In n dry. warm soil they
should be plant ed deeper S..f
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SOW CLOVER IN MARCH
Experience Of a Missouri Man
Who Has Been Sue cessful.
ss .9s5, Il d3.s ti.xBDE,R 4. y. y +. i &

Sj5. SOW orchnrd grass. with my clover
instead OF timothy I prefer orchard grass
/ for two reasons One Is that with seed
of my own raising a never fai gst az
good stand sownf 4 nm time of the
Year; second, II liptns siWii It'll tho dover
and IL tlie6ssea stock srlpelis u big ,ns-5
sock OF green blut les " mixed with the
clover. and When the clover deepsripe,
these green blades OF Sorc hard grass
mixed through. the hay. Nses stem the:
whole and make 3it mi thble. might
also IA 4. II irll reason, Wlsich rs thu
best az MI; namely ~ grows iron, !eslglS
spring late faspna IT. gEe;st drought a
S.55f faileds stand
5of9clover. hut lost ,cro leez illts,.
and Il think tllTs in E'ehrnnTy.ss
On al nreh l2tll.$t lirrp sSeIsS three blades
ON lover \ plants md tl,est Nerc
sqwegl tho same field In Aprl
aud 4 good anu I,ost two crops,
liz lEonsftsaftNrGel ofrs ne "a II, alls
one tyr scnts tlgs tlt. wi etlt.
!, liavi hbrun ~ Ia ANIL 4
INIT il lest stnli.|
5lttS h crop 81, ilcs IN nd llg Bushels
al seed lie stlrst ta III sl,yi last
Shslt lil,e,t land sNilg,
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RAISING CHICKENS.
Selects the Breed You Want for
Eggs or Meat.

Breed IN chickens rs not simply u mat
ter Of color or size There are breeds
adapted best to certain purposes. and
there are somc good for general pnrposes.
Fdr instance. you desire to RI iscl ggs To
sell Small eggs bring the same price
IN the ordinary markets ns large eggs.
We can produce II small egg at less ex-
8pensc for food materials than a large
egg. and more In number. Pullet eggs.
as a rule. are smaller than old hens
eggs This makes SOME difference. but
breed makes even fur more difference.
-Four eggs laid by the average Black
or Spangled Hamburg her weigh hardly
as much as three laid by the average
Iangshan. Bralima or Plymouth Rock
hen. Besides this advantage, the smaller
breed has the other OF requiring only
8two-thrds OF the food OF the large breed
for her maintenance. So when eggs are
produced to sell. and only the number
counts, no better breed can he selected
than the Hamburgs.
The Leghoriis lay large number OF
eggs also. but the egg Is larger. recurring
a larger amount OF raw materials for Its
production. al 3 =
Where eggs of snowy Wilderness and
Eof good size are demanded, the White
+ Leghornc will NIL the bill. Black Lang
shan is a breed uttSly worthless for
aErnilnrS or SprlHEcTs,t ilIlu ItoN lstIAsSulai
4 ysnttrae tive as table fowls. They lay 4
very dark. almost brown cgg OF very
large size. They are 1lcayy, recurring
considerable food. although they ale l'ia:o
active than tranhinas or other large,
breeds. nnti pick UP a good shnrc CT tier
grub II they have free range.
Many value the Black Langslans, par
.ticularly for capons. and for this pur-si
pose they are only cxcelled. by the IN
dian Games and possibly by brahn'as. but
as neither of these breeds arc profita bic
as layers. the Games especially being
comparatively sunprodustivc. most people
use the Langsllans as they are. next to,
the small non-setting breeds. The very
best layers. and quiet, excellent mothers.
They have gr.p4t value as general pur-!
pose family fowl. Everybody likes the
large eggs for home uses and get plen-!
ty of them from the IAngshans The
only thing, missed with them. is the
early chickens for our table in june,
July and. August The young birds are
usually full of pin feathers. and when
dressed do not look particularly appc-
thing Any breed with yellow skin will
make more attractive spring chickens.
The mature bird, however. has superior
table qualities. 80
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NO DAMAGE DONE YET.
Fruit Crops in Far South Have
Not Suffered Much.
(By Associated Prcss.)

ATLANTA, G A., March ] Prominent
fruit men in this Immediate s>,ttion say
that while the promised frost CAME last
night. they do not believe the fruit crop
was injured materially. the weather being
dry. Reports from the northern section
of the State give the same Information
Reports from Southern Georgia I say no
damage was done the crop In that see
ton. No danger s. ehendcd tonight.
as1raina is falling over a large portion. of
4 the 5nencll belt
(By Associated Press.
AlG)N'rGO ". 4 La March Pc
cials to tho ADVERTISER froxt towns in
tile northern part OF the State, state that
so farEno material damage las been done
the fruit crop. although at some points
tile athcrmometerRre gistered AS Low. as 30
degrees. 1t is feared however thu !. j in 4
Jury will lie done tonight, rs tho pred ic-t
tons We're for COLDER wca tller..i ss33s b
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Space Between Rows and Depth
Of Great Importance.

What should lie the space between the
potato rows ana the hills? In this, as IN
SO many otlcr things. no definite rules
can be laid down, circun,stancas an,l
conditions must control. but tho methods
adopted by the experiment stations and
prominent potato planters In the Unitcl
States and III the Old World arc worthy
of our consideration,
Colorado ls one OF the greatest potato
growing countries in tho United States.
There the rows are usually four feet
apart AS potato roots spread Literally
from two to folir and onc-hnlf feet, the
roots will not overlap vary much 1T four
feet In humid climates 1T - more COM
mon to have tho rows from thirty to
8thlrty-six Inches apart, and in the United
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Match Prices Advanced.

Owing To the troubles nf RusslH. the
Austrian manufacturers OF matches find
1T impossible To procure the necessary
quantities Of Russian poplar wood, with
which the so-called Swedish matches are
made The largest Austrian mat atr fac
tories have been Obliged to reduce their
production on this account AS. IN addi-
ton to this. the cost of other materials
required in the manufacture OF matches
has Increased and the workmen demand
higher wages than formerly all maiiu-
Afacturers have made an increase of 81 .02
per 1000 sacks In the price Of Swedish.
mat llcS
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Ruiniing y 81 Crops.

The storms which hrvs5heen lately pre-
tvailinga III Ecuador hive almost complete
III ruined the crops The losses In the
Province Of Pichlncha amount to over
10000 peso while IN Leon hoy are even
greater. In Tunsurahun. Plllaro Pellleo
,Qllero Palate. Huambolo. SIM Miguel.
Santa Rosa and ulsnlao, the losses have
been very heavy. In several parts of tho
Province IL Of Pichinehn, among them
Alacharhis .aul illcgnllo. has appearetl
ii plague of. unknown worms, which is
destroying tile crops. H ~ +. ,4 s N ss
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know either happiness and pence or pail
and torment. X tho habit Of life Is forfl,-;
ed, for the worse. nature stands guard
and reslsty with all her force. But II
man continues In his evil way, tiattircs
at length canes over 30 TINT oil har IN
5fluencc is on the sido OF the evil, and
the mans plight ID serious indeed.
81 Tho address was u powerful exposure
OF the force OF habit and Its warning lay
In that man must cultivate the good. ~
he would have his life a icavcr rather
than a hell. x "a } fgs sts Il