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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-02
! QR.M LEAGUE ON
sTAUNT0N RIVER
Farmers Of the Valley Organize
to Promote Interests of
That Section.
Especial to The Tlmes-Dispatch.l

MOUNT LAUREL, VA, August 1.---on
July 2ith. at n large and enthusiastic
gathering of the best farmers in the
the stanton River Valley League was
organized, with temporary chairman
and secretary. The permanent organ
ization viii be perfected on August
10th at IL O'Clock, at Mount Laurel, at
which place there will be gathered to-
gether thousands of farmers and their
families. wives and swcethearts.
The nature of nearly all leagues OF
this kind is to perfect non-politicai
and non-partisan organization. and
through it's several committees ask OF
the supervisors, school boards, trans
portation companies. ETC.. the hearty
cooperation thatsthe members propose
roads. schools and all other interests;
therefore this league is organized for
the purpose of setting forth, in ,all
proper and suitable ways, the many
in the valley of stanton River. and to
procure and disseminate such informa-
ton as will show this valley to be a
, desirable Hlace of residence and "A
fruitful field for the profitable exercise
of energy and business enterprise.
The association does not propose to
sell land or any commodity. 1t does
not propose to lend It's influence to any
scheme for making money for any
man or any set of men, but is organized
material and moral welfare of It's
people as a whole.
Any white residentkor land -owner of
any of the counties bordering on the
Stanton River may become a member
of the league on the recommendation
of the committee OH membership and
upon receiving majority of the votes
cast atgany, regular or called meeting,
and upon the payment of an initiation
fee of SO cents h
The officers shall be a president and
five yice-president (Which number of
Vlce-presidents may be Increased at
any general meeting of the league to
counties represented In the league:
provided. however, that there shall not
be more than one yice-president elect
ed from any one county,, and a secre-
tary and treasurer, all of whom shall
BIO elected at the annual meeting Of
the league, and shall hold office until
their successors be elected and have
Every. August the farmers and their
families gather at Mt. Laurel, bringing
their baskets of good things and this
year we want to make the meeting. a
grand and successful social gathering;
thereforeslisten, farmer: commence now
to think about Saturday. August 18th,
and as the time approaches talk more
meeting and the purposes of the
league and the good time to be had,
Come early, and ask the good wife to
bring an overlooking basket, such as
only farmers wives can possibly know
how to prepare.
cured and several games Of baseball
have been arranged. so that the day
will be one of instruction as we'll as
pleasure.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-02
Visit Of President to Dark Cont
nent Awaited by Those Inter
ested in Hunting.
UGANDA's HUNTING RULES
Good Sport Around Lake Vic
toria-Suggested That Kaiser
May Go With President.
ny FRANK G. CARPENTER.
'pecial Correspondent of tho Times Dis
patrh isiefa

Bulawayo.
/ have received several letters ask
ing as to tho Presidents big game
hunt in Africa. 1 have heard of 1t
here and there all the way down the
east coast OF the continent. The Off
Gals and sportsmen are talking about
it. and all are holding out their hands
to welcome the Nimrod of the White
House. I got the first intimation of
the Presidents plans, now more than
IA year ago, while | was travelling in
the Sudan. They were being discussed
by a German baron and British coll
Ionel belonging to the Indian service
as we We're crossing the Nubian Desert
together. The baron and tho colonel
We're on their way up the Blue Nile
to shoot lions on the border OF
Abyssinia. and they believed that the
President might find excellent sport
there. While at Khartum had a talk
with the sirdar, OF governor general.
who was also COMMUNICATIVE chief of
tho troops Of the Sudan, and learned
that he would be glad to have our
President sample the big game of the
kAnElo-Egyption possessions. When I
arrived in British East Africa a few
months later I was, told that the Presi-
dent would surely come there and I
heard the same story in German Fast
Africa. both at Mwanza, on Lake Vic
storia, and at Oar es Salaam, below
Zanzibar.
The German officials can assure Mr..
Roosevelt a good bag OF giraffes. hip
|popotami and elephants, and the same
Is true OF British Central Africa and
Northwestern Rhodesia. Indeed the
Presidents coming seems to have been
anticipated for some months, and tho
~ Iol nj ~, t;,,,r
ibis advent and to SEQ him change his
coat of arms from the Teddy Bear"
to the TEDDY Lion, ""Teddy Elephant
or "Teddy Hippopotamus."
Big Game In the soudan.
The general opinion Is that the
President will leave New York for
Gibraltar and Naples, and that he will
there take one OF the German East
African steamers and go down to Nom
hasa, beginning his hunting eNpedi-
ton in British East Africa, This scan he
easily and comfortably done. There
are steamers every week, and tho trip
to Mombasa will take less than a
month. The fare, Il should say, would
be about $500.
A far better trip. however. Will he
to go to Egypt and up the Nile into
the Sudan. Alexandria can be reached
at cost of sl5O in, u little over two
weeks. and another four or five days
will put the presidential party in IShar-
tum ready to take n steamer mp the
Blue Nile to the borders of Ahyssinia,
They may even extend theirStravels into
that country, and ifaso, the Presidents
friend, King Menelik, will be glad to
send native soldiers, hunters and por-
tiers to aid In the chase. 81 Rae
For ordinary persons The. license 10
shoot big game In the Sudan costs 5000,
lContinue a n on fifth paua-A M S8E
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-02
MANY PLANTS FOR
LIGHT AND POWER
Cities, Towns, individuals and
Companies Projecting Such En-
terprises in the South.
QUITE A NUMBER IN VIRGINIA
Pulaski, Fredericksburg, stras-
burg, Crewe, Richards and
Other Places in the List.
Tspecial 10 The Times Dispatch.

BALTIMORE. August l.-According
to reports in the Manufacturers Rec
ord the month Just closed has been
notably productive of announcements
of undertakings for electric light and
power in the South on the part of
cities and towns, individuals and COM
pan!es. A company at Tampa. Fla. has
awarded a contractor an enlargement
OF It's main power station and for other
improvements. to cost s250,0D0. Pulas-
ki, Va. will spend $4,000 for hydro
electric plant from proceeds of a
$4,000 bond issue voted a few months
ago The engineer and architect has
been enga ged for the construction of
a plant to furnish light and water to
East Point, Ca. to cost s11.500. COM
pany at fredericksburg. Va, has
awarded contract for 350-horse
power hydro-electric plant, and one
at Strasburg, Va, has contracted for
the machinery for an electric plant. a
bond issue Is proposed for an electric
light plant, water works and sewer
system at Richards. Va.
For a power company at Martinsburs,
w. Va. contract has been undertaken
to complete the power plant at dam
in the Potomac River and the con-
struction Of transmission line SIX
teen miles long. Mckinney. Texas, has
awarded contract for Improvement
OF it's electric light plant, $4,000
worth of bonds have been voted for
Improvement of electric light plant and
water works at Starke, Fla. power
company at Houston, Ten will spend
more than s1,O0000O in the erection
of a 10. 000-horsepower plant COM
{pany, at Nottoway, Va, proposes to
develop a waterpower electrically for
light and power at Crewe and other
towns, Beaufort. S. c., has vot 600
of bonds for an electric light system
and other improvements and an cleo
trio light plant In connection with
cotton oil mill at Harlan, Ca, IS plan
ned. $4,000 worth of bonds have been
voted lat Laurel. Md. for lighting
plant, and construction of an ELECTRIC
light and power plant at Elkins, w,
Va, has begun.
These are some OF the typical I'M
dertakings in addition TO-. the deter
mination to proceed with the develop
,ment OF 3a,0O0-horse power on the Lit.
tie Tennessee River about thirty-llve
miles from Knoxville. involving the
400 feet wide at its base and 500 feet
wide at theScrest, and also two trans
mission circuits
interest in electric lighting and pow,
err was also, noted duriny the month, IN
various forms At Rirmingham', !, Ala y.
boldt, Tenn.;s Albertyille, Ala: Atkins.
Ark. Augusta, Ga; Cuero, TEX; Jasper,
Fla; Lexington, KY Ralefgh,N.C. Ashe-
Ark; Durham. N CT. Leesburg, Fla;
lCarrollton. Miss: Columbia, Ala;
frankfort. KY; Little Tunnel Vat;
Louisville, ny, 8 Il
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-02
North Carolina Crop. )

Z FtUCFNYE MOUNT, n Gu AuEuStI1 L.
Reports from the growing tobacco crop
are not so encouraging the past few
days. While the weather conditions
had been favorable up to a week ago
in this section. recently there have
been complaints Of excessive moisture,
which tends to wash the gum off the
tobacco and leave 1t With little body
and of light character. Cures that
Instances been disappointing, and the
general impression prevails that tho
crop will not be as good as it was
once thought it would be. About 60
per cent. OF 1t has already been cured,
and it will be practically all housed
within tia next two weeks. Sales be-
gin in Rocky Mount August 4th, and
double sales will be put on September
1st, and sooner IL necessary.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-02
yIKG1NIANs IN KENTUCKY.
Big stone Gap company Makes Large In

BIC st0ne Gup Cull11HHE snHsus TT = -
Rig STONE GAP. VA, August Ia spe-
cial from Sargent. Ky.. announces that the
Rockhouse Realty Company. OF this place
OF which Mr. q. Bascomb Stomp Is presl-
dent has lust closed negotiations for the
purchase of 1000 acres OF coal and timber
lands located on the Cumberland River, In
Harlan and fletcher counties, Ky, 1t IL
stated that the property contains seven dis.
tinct coal seams. some OF them measuring
seven and eight feet, OF good cokng quality
while there is an abundance Of several kinds
OF timber. The company is reported as &c
commence development work at an early
dtte. which will be facil itateds by the con.
struction OF the Cumberland River branch
of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, tc
be constructed from Wasioto. Ky, into the
Cumberland valley.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-02
Bullding Activity at NORWOOD.

Especial to The rimes-D ispatoh.l 8
& NORWOOD, NELSON COUNTY,, Aus
gust 1.--Mlch Improvement on prop
srty Is now In progress here.
. siN-rooin dwelling house lust
Scross. I've River, on what Is known
rs Irallx Field faun,
as Mr.. w. ], Heaths.is adding two more
fhnr1s to his ling, s ss
Mr., Jones Turner is improving his
house by adding a long porch, while
Mrs. 2. g, III bard Us put ting her place
tAyEaneyal repair IL "A !. s ais e n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-02
Coal Lands in Demand.

~ n Ioptu1aT w p IN t11Ile6-IJTspdtcHtI
E. u CHESTER, w. VA, August ;--Pennsyl-
REYNOLDS, of Philadelphia, are negotiating
for the purchase Of 1000 acres of coal land
near Chester, The property Is said TO con-
tain valuable mineral deposits. and II tho
deal is consup,mated 1T is Understood that
active mining opera ions will be commenced
curly In tina fail stE ~ lfs ei3l
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-02
BOX Shocks Wanted,

EMPoRIA. VA. August 1.-The manu-
facturers here have received notice that the
Woodstock Hardwood and Spool Manufar-
turing Company of Charleston, S, c., IL In
the market and inviting bids for large guam
titles of box shocks and cooperage for eX-
por, and domestic trade. Emporia expects
10 land some OF these orders.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-02
Fonr-Nlllo Electrio Line.

AsHEyILLE, NJ C., August 1.-The Ashe-
yffle Fuel and Drny Company has heen given
the contract to build the proposed ,I electric
peny from New Bridge station.Io on the Ashe-
vile Rapid Transit Line, to,Weavervilln n.
c., four niles and work has been started,
accommodate travellers unit the railway Is
finished late in the fall, 9ss &
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-02
R.g Coal contract.

ii is semi fficialy announced that 3. p.
Closed Closed a contract n With the Rchmond, Fred ed.
ericksburg and Potomac Railroad to supply
this road With anthracite coal, which IL 70
nsn,co M,ltora FreaericKsburg ana oti,sr
pgints along the line. Il X & ,'s4 Nj *
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-02
rotton Mnkinr In Petersburg.

~ PE'TERSBURG,tVA,, August l.~--The VIZ
gnia Consolidated Milling Company of this
city has awarded a contract 70 Charles p.
Manor. Sof SStanleyton. Va,s for the 1installa-
tior OF a pair of thirty-tive-ineh turbine
wheels. with supply piplng, head gate fix VI
lures and governor. The company operatss
ao,6o0 spipdles and sl0 looms producing
duck. sheetlnH. etc. Nh ss4 n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-02
'NTore EIectrIc Poyclr.

w More EIcNtTIc. lTOWTr. q
StRALBIGT.S n N, Co. August 1.-THE Raleigh
Cotton Mills Will open bids next Tuesday for
q complete electrical uiplnent They viii
tex uls hlnery. sg;,s M s5s "A II 4 51
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-02

.iessrs. J. 4. Connely e. Company
report the past week as being the dull
est they have had this year. their total
sales being only about 10000, con-
sistins of the dwellings No. oo4 Ran.
dolph Street. No. North Meadow
Street. and No. 4o7 North Eleventh
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-02

Messrs. Dcyer & Ramsay made an
Interesting sale of suburban acreage
amounting to 10000. The details of
this sale are secret for the present,
but the Indications are that the proper
ty is soon to be cut up into building
lots and offered as SUCH
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

his face continually and If he had ever had a
chance to rule anywhere, no one would ever have
accused him of cruelty. He was modelled after
the lines of old King Cole But one day a pa
tent admitted whose weak point happened
to be the idea that King Edward had sent ennis
saries over to kill him. The doctors hesitated
about putting the new man in the room
with the king but both were perfectly harmless,
so the experiment tried. All went well until
about. Then he fled in terror and hid under bed,
and all the coaxng the nurses could do could
not drag him out again. They in dilemma
that taxed the of the institution Final
ly, they decided TO put the before the king
and depend upon his well known good nature
to help them out. He was alive to the situation
His grief was touching. for more harmless king
certainly never breathed. Profuse with regrets at
the strange mistake, the monarch approached the
under the bed and commenced to parley
with him. With all his negative gracousness the
king assured the benighted one that he was delud
ed. Strange to say, the new man gradually began
to believe it. Something in the kings face in
spired confidence and at last he out. The
two soon became fast friends and the monarch
raised his found friend to the peerage. This
is now out of the asylum, cured of his de-
usion But the king still rules his little king
dom happily the man who rules his home
According to the best known aenists in
America, the natural condition of the insane per-
sons mind may be restored to normal by first Civ
ing health to the body, which ultimately it is
claimed, will carry itself to the brain, the blood
being purified and eventually carrying away the
diseased portions of the brain. This, of course
cannot be made to apply to the cases which are
violent, unless unusual conditions prevail but at
least athletics may be pronounced a great aid.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
When Disease VIII pIs.ppear.

At the reopening of medical school
In London recently Sir John Broad
bent, in an address to the students.
said that he looked forward ito some
utopian era when such diseases as
Influenza, pneumonia, measles, scarlet
fever and the like will become more
or less extinct as result of proper
ventilation OF Offices, shops. public
buildings and private houses. and 9TH
er sanitary measures, such as the
avoidance of overcrowding, the aboli-
ton of children's parties and the habit
Of indiscriminate kissing. The last
should not be hardship" Sir John
added, if we accept the schoolboy's def
milton OF a kiss: 1t is just putting
your mouth to a persons cheek and
drawing in your breath, so as to make
little noise. which is not bad, but it
does nothing in the way of helping
you to love the person."
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
LIVING ADVERTISEMENT
Glow Of Health Speaks for Postum

1t requires no scientific training to
discover whett er coffee disagrees or
not.
Simply stop it for a time and, use
Postum in place Of it, then note the
beneficial effects. The truth will appear
"Six years ago l was in a very bad
condition" writes Tenn. lady, Il suf-
fered from Indigestion, nervousness
and insomnia.
Il was then an inveterate coffee
drinker, but it was long before could
be persuaded that it was coffee that
hurt me. Finally l decided to leave it
off few days and find out the truth.
"The first morning left off coffee
had raging headache, SO l decided
must have something to take the place
Of coffee" (The headache was caused
by the reaction of the coffee drug
caffeine.)
Having heard of Postum through a
friend who used it. bought a package
and tried it. l did not like it at first
but after / learned how to make 1t
right. according to directions on pkg,
1 would not change back to coffee for
anything.
when I began to use Postum /
weighed only III lbs. Now I weigh
40 and as have not taken any tonic
in that time 1 can only attribute my
recovery of good health to the use of
Postum in place of coffee.
MY husband says l am living ad-
vertisement for Postum. / am glad to
he the means Of inducing NV many
friends to use Postum, too"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well
ville," in pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever rend the above letterf A new
one appears from time to time. They
nre genuine, true. and full Of human
interest.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

IT, In 1890 there were 1862 hospitals, while N
1913 there were 1928, and many of the older ones
had been enlarged. In other words, the country
Is taking care of the insane and taking them out
OF their homes, and incidentally the idea grew
That because the institutions were increasing in
number and size the number of cases was like
wise growing abnormally.
IL Is not generally supposed that there is a
brighter side to insanity The 100000 people of
this country who have relatives in asylums prob
ably do not see this bright side and few of the
other millions realize it. But nevertheless it is
fact that the darkest days of the affection are
over.
Nearly every patient in institution is normal
In all but one two subjects. The dangerous
insane are, Of course. another matter; to them
1t is always night and will be until some genius
discovers a new method of treating the brain
more satisfactorily than is known at the present
day. But these others are normal human beings
with normal wants and ideas on all subjects but
two
In the old days this normal part of their nature
never had its outlet; their lives never given
the leeway necessary for moments happi-
ness. But to-day it would not be exaggeration
to say that the insane in institutions are reason
ably happy lot
In many institutions entertainments are given
regularly by the inmates. The who has the
idea that he is King Edward is allowed to sit
in his royal box in all his majesty and his other
faculties unimpaired he enjoys the show to
its utmost. The woman who believes she has in
herited million from her uncle sits in the front
row, happy in the belief that in few days she
will leave the institution and buy silk dress for
every woman she leaves behind.
The indulging principle in the treatment of the
insane to-day is simply to humor them whenever
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
Had Its ADVANTAGE,

Jefferson d. Thompson, the chair
man of the Vanderbilt cup commission.
was criticizing at a dinner in New
GUS type.
Even the advantages claimed for
this car" said Mr.. Thompson, appear
dubious to me. Take that Wanted
feature, for instance, of excessive light
ness.
Mr.. Thompson smiled.
"a young lady," he said, once
showed me proudly very cheap, very
light car that she had just bought.
lawfully light, isn't it?' said |.
eyes said she, isn't it splendid!
Whenever it breaks down we can al
ways push 1t home"
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

pates in championship games on the field diamond
track, grtdiron and gymnasium floor.
A great alienist once said that where physical
welbefng is to be found there is usually compe-
tent mind also Athletics naturally promote bodily
Improvement, and with it comes the elimination of
the diseased portions of the brain. Thus medical
men hope to eradicate insanity among the patients
at the hospitals.
of the patient from his woes, If that be the form
been cured within two months after having par
ticipated continually in athletics at hospital for
insane in the east.
enjoyment out of his successes the one who is
insane. They take it as new kind of play and
take to it with all the vim that their physical at
tainments will permit.
Dances are also given in some asylums, to which
the public Is admitted by invitation. These, while
they have their pathetic side, of course, afford
much pleasure to the inmates especially the young
er
Surgeons declare that day all varieties of
insanity will yield to treatment and be durable.
An operation on the brain is said by them to be
the solution but as yet the has not arisen who
can perform such operation with unfailing
cess There have been isolated and
then that have proved successful but the brain is
one of the mysteries of the human body that has
heen reserved for future generation to solve.
Meanwhile however, under the new order Of things
insane are far from unhappy lot 1t is only
those of sound minds who able to realize the
Night of those afflicted people; while they In their
ignorance are perhaps happier than many who have
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
II Reminded Him.

Nick Altrock, one of the real funny
actors on the ball field, boarded al
the same hotel with "Jiggs" Donohne
last winter and one morning at the
breakfast table in conversation with
"Jiggs," said:
THE buckwheat cakes at this hotel
remind me of baseball game"
"Hows that" asked Donohue
THE batter doesn't always make
it"-Washington Star.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
f272cV nr7NE IS WRo 14sVI0Q M01IW eqnEw7sc

it is possible. This was very strongly brought out
not long ago in an asylum near Chicago. There
was patient there who had the idea that he
was King Edward. The king all right in
every other way, but his idea this point
so strong within him that it gave his normal
part very little to move about. From
morning until night he would talk various
matters of state with his cabinet ministers, who
anyone who happened to be near him, and
in greeting the women with graciousness that
the real king would find difficult TO initiate. But
the king jolly monarch. smile was on
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

Electric locomotive, 81 seconds, 1908.
Automobile, 2S1a seconds, 1906
Motor-paced cycle, l minute, G l-5
seconds, 1904.
Bicycle, unpaced, l minute, 40 rs
seconds, 1904.
Running horse, minute, 1914 sec.
onds, 1890.
Pacing horse, l minute, SIS seconds,
1906.
; Trotting horse, ! minute, 5Sh sec
onds, 1905.
Man skating. minutes, SO seconds,
1896.
Man running. 4 minutes, 1874 sec.
onds, 1890.