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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-11

allowed to spread, to make Virginia
the leader of all the States as an
agricultural domain, and make strictly
true. without any kind of provisor. the
boast that there is not an acre OF poor
land in the state. the "crawfsh holes
excepted. The Virginia Legislature at
Its last session opened up way =
have each county supplement TINS
educational fund so as to have the
good work introduced in every one OF
the 100 counties. I have told about
this good law before, but Will tell
about it again
Supervisors May Vote the Money.
no put it in plain terms, the Lesis-
lature made 1t legal for the Boards
OF Supervisors of the counties to help
out In financial way. and asked each
board in the State to appropriate a
sum Of money not exceeding $500 for
demonstration work. making the ap-
preparation on a basis of $50 for each
thousand inhabitants In the county.
For every dollar raised by each coun-
~ the United Agricultural Board of
the State will put up another dollar.
so that each county raising $500 will
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-11
KEEPING THIS
CORN PURE

The proprictors OF the Richmond Dis
tilling Company are extremely careful to
see that their "Old Virginia Corn" their
famous old whiskey, is kept pure, and
with this end in view the product is all
ways bottled in the distillery where it is.
made, and has been stored aging.
This pure old whiskey is shipped III
convenient sized packages everywhere.
Write to Station B-26, Richmond, Va,
for yours at once.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-11
COUNTIES TOHELP
DEMONSTRATION
Law Allows and Governor Urges
Boards OF Supervisors to
Come Across.
INVESTMENT FOR BIG PROFITS
Some More Facts and Figures
Concerning Farm Demon
stration Work.
INVESTMENT FOR BIG PROFITS
ny FRANK s. WOODsON,
Industrial Editor.

I have often said in the Industrial
Section that Virginia can grow at a
profit anything that comes out OF the
soil of the whole United States. trop-
ical and semi-tropical fruits excepted.
have also, when in a Boosting humor,
OF rather when feeling special spasm
OF enthusiasm over the productiveness
Of the old State declared that there is
not an acre OF poor land in the Com
monwealth Old out -uate FARMERS,
the old fellows who have not taken
care of their lands. and have not
gotten all out of them that they
ought to have done, have ridiculed
these statements. especially the last
one. Well. when they stand around
and look over their red or white clay
gullies that are non-productive, / do
not wonder that they question the last
statement, for 1t must be admitted that
that statement must be taken condi-
tionally.
OF course. there is some poor land
in the state. but it has been made SO
by improper cultivation, while by
proper cultivation it can be brought
back to its original value. Hence, 1t
Is true that, with the exception Of
what Governor Mann is pleased to
call the "crawtish bottoms there Is
really no poor land in the state, for
tive IL modern methods are applied,
and no. productive lands can be said
to be poor.
The Thing Has Been Done.
Thomas o. Sandy came into possess
sion of some very poor land in Motto
way county about twelve or fifteen
years ago. 1t is not poor now. not
foot of II. and he is making money
out of 1t every year. He scored such
a success. first in making the land rich
again. and second. in making money
out of 1t that the New York Southern
Education Society thought 1t would
be good thing to employ Sandy to.
teach other tillers of the soil in Vir-
glnia to turn the trick, and they did
1t.
Another great success was recorded
/ IN a few counties contiguous to Not
toway. and then came along the United
States government and supplemented
the fund provided by the Education
Society so as to extend the work, and
counties, Sandy employing about
twenty local agents. but the society
and the government have other States
TO look after as we'll as Virginia, anu
the fund necessary to extend this
much talked of Farmers Cooperative
Demonstration Work is not sufficient
to have 1t carried on to every county
in the State.
In view of the fact that 1t has been
a shining success in all of the twenty
nine counties in which Sandy and his
assistants and local agents have In
troduced 1t. and In view of the fact
that 1t has been shown conclusively
I that it is work that is defined, il
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-11
have $500 spent in demonstration work

have $500 spent in demonstration work
within Its bounds.
Governor Mann was so well pleased
with the demonstration work already
done, which has so often been told
about in these columns, that he wrote
and sent out a circular letter which
was an appeal to the Boards OF Super.
vlsors to vote the appropriations asked
for by the Legislature. and now the
United Agricultural Board has sent
Mr.. Sandy out to reason with tho
supervisors, explain the whole thing
to them, and urge appropriations.
Chesterfield county, which Is
strictly up-to-date county. was the
nrst to respond. Its lead has been
followed by several counties in the
Eastern part Of the State, among them
Westmoreland and Greenesvllle. Albe-
marie. 1t is said, will follow suit at
the September meeting OF the board.
and 1t is known that some other coun-,
ties are coming. But Sandy is not
meeting with the success he should.
Only the other day he ran up with
board in a certain county that l Will
not name and found 1t domineered by
two out-of-date farmer members, who
declared lat you cant teach farm
Ing like YOU can book larnln', but
boys and men must get their knowl-
L 49, 1Aho W. ulus ny HdIu eSpeEleuCe
'twtxt the pillow handles and all OF
that Kind Of rot. I wish there was
some way to get these fellows and all
like them who may be on the boards
In other counties saturated with some
Of the facts concerning the good re-
suits OF this demonstration work.
Grent Things Accomplished.
Last year the Education Society and
the United States government spent
about $1,000, in-ttis work with splen-
did results. and this year there are In
the State 1000 men who are cultivat-
Ing their crops under the direction
of demonstration agents and between
twelve and fifteen hundred boys The
best results are obtained from the boys
who follow directions implicitly, whilo
the men. because of hardheadness and
pure cussedness, often fail to observe
them. The average yield of corn per
acre In the state OF Iowa is thirty
four bushels, while in Virginia 1t has
been only twenty-five bushels The
average Yield last year OF corn cul-
tivated by men in demonstration work
In Virginia was forty-one bushels. Tho
value of the corn crop last year In
Virginia was s35,000,00o. and this year
1t Is believed it will bring S50,oO0,oO0
owing largely to the results OF demon
stration work In hay the average
product OF this State is less than
ton to the acre, and yet men who in
the past have not raised enough TO
feed their horses, are now cutting from
three and half to five tons per acre
under the direction of emonstratlon
agents
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-11

some heavy timber. was struck full on
the side OF the head with piece OF
flying timber which crushed his skull.
He was brought to the Mary Wash
inston Hospital here by DIR. Patton.
who, with the assistance OF DR., Scott,
OF this city. performed an operation.
1t is not believed that Mr.. Curtis can
recover from his injuries.
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BAN K FAILURES
CAN BE AvERTED.

Continued From First Page.)
hardship not only on the examiner, but
upon many of the members of the d.
rectory of county banks. to ask the va
rious boards to meet with the examiner
during the progress or at the close of
the examination.
Full In Their Duty.
THE comptroller is of the opinion
that board OF directors which will
not, or cannot. meet with a represen-
tatlve or the government for a short
time twice every year, to go over a..
detail the conditions which he linda
and reports to it. is composed of mem
bers who are not doing their duty in
any sense of the word, and it is not
proposed to find out whether or not
the hardship complained of by the
examiners really exists, or whether tho
directors of the national banks do not
adequately supervise their trust.
This investigation by the comp
troller and his chief of division OF ro-
ports is also an investigation of the
methods employed by every national
bank examiner, and upon seeing them
make an examination of several banks
and afterward holding a meeting OF
the directors, he Will be able to de-
termine what members of his examin-
ing force, II any, are inefficient
THE comptroller believes that an
executive officer should know the ia
culties encountered by the men in The
! field, and knows of no more authentic
| way Of finding this out than going into
| the field himself for the purpose ci
encountering in person some of these
| so-called difficulties"
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witnessing increased and constantly
increasing sales as the good month of
September wears slowly away.
All OF the jobbers report good bus
mess and splendid prospects for the
days and the week that are on ahead.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-11
SKULL CRUSHED AT sAwM1LL.

Young Man Watching Work Struck by
Flying Timber.
Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
Fredericksburg, Va. September To-
Lewis Curtis. we'll known young man.
while standing at a sawmill in Fau-
quier county watching the saving OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-11

Governor to Speak.
The Governor will address the Bibia
class of High Street Methodist church,
in Petersburg to-day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-11
Damage Busin ess.

cd
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lne other day W. II. Dorm, the
county demonstrators of Halifax coun.
ty under State Superintendent Sandy.
in writing to Governor Mann declared
that some of the moys operating under
him will make over $50 bushels to
the acre. and he verify believes that
one of them will make the remarkable
record of IT'S bushels on the one acre
he has worked
Some Organizations Taking Notice.
1t has been said by men familiar
with farming conditions In this State
that more has been done to increase
the yield of corn in the past two years
by demonstration work than has been
accomplished in twenty years pre-
viously. If these wonderfully salts
factory results have been attained
with only twenty-five demonstration
agents and the work confined to
twenty-nine counties, what might be
expected If there were seventy-f1ve or
more demonstrators in the field and
the work extended to every one OF
the 100 counties?
The foregoing facts only partially
illustrate how this demonstration
work is done, what has been accom-
plished so far and the interest that
Is being aroused not only among tho
farmers and their sons, but with tho
business men of the cities. who wisely
see that the prosperity OF the. latter
is dependent on the prosperity OF the
country.
About ten days ago Sandy had a
little heart-to-heart talk With the
wide-awake Chamber OF Commerce OF
Lynchburg. and the members of the
Chamber were SO impressed with the
work they instructed their immigra-
ton committee to give Sandy all the
aid In its power. To that end the
committee declded to send subcommit-
tees to the counties OF Amherst
Campbell, AppomattoX, Bedford and
Nelson to confer with the supervisors
and urge them to get their counties In
the SWIM Wonder IF Tie Richmond
Chamber and the Norfolk Chamber ant
the Petersburg Chamber and Other
trade organizations OF other cities anc
towns couldn't come across ana ient
a helping hand In this splendid work.
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AS Cheap ms old Methods.

demonstration work starts October
!, the beginning of the fiscal year. and
from then until the crop is gathered
the next year the State demonstration
agents are continually visiting the
farms. giving advice on blowing, ferti-
lization, selection of seed, preparation
Of ground. sowing of seed. cultiva-
ton and harvesting, no matter whether
1t be with corn, the smaller cereals or
with gras. The farmer Is shown how
to do all this at his own home on
his own land; occasionally a dozen or
SO may meet at neighbours and have
a regular field school, Rotation and
diversiication of crops are taught
with constant view to Improvement
of the land. and farmers Institutes are
held in the winter The cost of cul-
tivation the new way is said to be
about the same as by the old methods,
but more, is spenti in fertilizers Some
boys report that their corn cost them
q cents bushel. while 1t cost neigh
boring farmers so to so cents a
bnshel. and last year Ralph Belwood,
of Chesterfield county. WHO was
awarded the second of the four capt
tai prizes for raising largest yields in
the South. actually raised 122 bushels
Of corn on one acre of ground at
cost of Is cents a bushel In hay
another boy raised four tons on an
acre at a cost'of SIS to $50. taking but
four and half days to prepare. cut
and put away the product of this
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-11
PROTEST AGAINST
CLOSING OF DOCK
CONTINUED from First Page.)

Continued from First PageD
TONERS to the effect that the dock Is
of use only to private interests, the
city quotes the resolution Of the Cham-
Der OF Commerce. asking that the dock
DO not discontinued.
City Contributed.
To the argument In petition that the
city failed to take advantage of offers
made to 1t for the sale Of the property
from the bondholders, the answer Is
that this proposition is irrelevant, The
city, It Is stated, had largely con-
tr!buted to the capital stock. of the
Richmond Dock Company years age, In
order that tho dock should be perpet.
1t does not feel obligated to pur-
chase and thereby release the owners
from thcir obligation to maintain It In
good condition for the benefit Of the
commerce Of the city OF Richmond.
The city further denies that IT has
contributed to diminish the value of
the property by It's ordinance erecting
fences This action, was, 1t Is argued,
necessary for the protection OF human
life, as the unguarded dock was dan
gerous.
The thing. is not private dock any
way, but is public, and, therefore, not
referred 20 in the new law, concludes
Mr.. Pollard
Judge Beverly 7. Crump filed his an
swer as counsel for Stephen a Ellison
& 20, the Crnmp and West Coal COM
pany, Nelson & Ladd D. F. Wake &
Co., the Virginia Bonded Warehouse
Corporation, a. s, Lee g. Sons Company
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-07
TAFT WINS BY FIRMNESS.

The length which within the Republican party
willingness
the elections this fha looking
hopes off year
passage of a new
Should followed
it. is
than ahead and that President Taft certainly farseeg
well informed of being
with Republicans, policies
Informed Washington
BILL the the contested The
quandary. They try
to compromise
that spelled surrender When the week. the Republicans
ALL sohdy
them Preside won.
This only number of signs Taft strength which
making lot developments
pretty
in he
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-07
California and the Japanese

$. F. CaII:-Advocacy by the State
labor bureau of the importation of Jap
anese labor comes as shock even to
those CaIif9rnians who have come to
believe that they should always be pre-
pared for the worst from their public
servants. After an investigation
which, it IS alleged, has consumed one
and a half years, the State labor bureau
has submitted special statistical re
port on the japanese in California. The
compilation was authorized and direct
ed by the last legislature as a sop for
the white men who were clamorlng for
''white man" legislation.
Ootensibly the information sought
was to be made the basis for some sort
of remedial legislation in 1911. In
fact. it was simply a cheap exhibition
.of legislative sidestepping-an easy
means to what the harried legislators
believed would be the end of a trouble
some matter II is only fair to assume
that if any considerable number of the
bedeviied Legislators had had the re
motest>intimation Of what was coming.
no investigation would have been or
dered The investigation was conduct
ed and the report prepared under the
personal direction of Labor Commits
sioner John D. Mackenzie. one Of the
worst Of Governor GiIIett 5 appointees.
Mdckeuzie's report is a frank arou-
ment for an increased cheap labor sup
ply and a brief for the importation OF
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-07

mendations Of pOstponement Of action
Is that the result Of the pIeblscIte
might cause a change of policy on the
part of the board.
It is also understood that there viii
he a hard fight against the issuance Of
renewals of the licenses Of some Of the
Chinese wholesale liquor dealers Of the
city, not only on the part Of the anti
Iiquor people, but by others connected
with the government. 1t is very prob
able that the liquor inspector 5 report
will be adverse to the granting of these
licenses, among the applicants for winch
is Kwong Chung Lung, al the mauka
Waikiki corner Of King and Maunakea
streets.
The policies Of the board have al
ready been given out, it being IN favor
of renewing the licenses of some OF
those who have been hit by the ruling
to bring all saloons within the fire Inn
its. This and the PRONUNCIATION of a
rule to compel all saloonists to put open
swinging doors on the places will prob
ably take up a great deal Of the time
at the coming meeting.
Among those who have their appllca-
tons before the board at the present
time are Mrs Bertha klemme, Wing
Wo Tai & Co, Wing Chong Lung 4
Co, Patrick f. Ryan, E, 5. Cunha,
d. II. Lewis, Frank Harvey, D. 5,
Koiima, 5. Ozaki, w. c. Peacock 4
Co, Conrad Bollman, William Lishman
(for the Seaside HoteD, y. kimura,
Charles Mccarthy, John 7. Scully and
others. \ portion of these are for re-
tail licenses and others are for whole
sale licenses.
1t is fairly certain that there are
some in the list who Will be turned
down, if present indications can be de-
pended upon. There are number more
applications from out-of town saloons
for renewals, and these viii all prob
ably receive favorable action.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-07

cody nor the big land owner, whose
brief Labor Commissioner Mackenzie
holds.
The reimbursement which Mackenzie
views with official horror offers the
solution Of our problem. 1t offers in
surance Of white man 5 prosperity
for white men IN a fully developed
California. We want a readJustment
shat viii cut up the great ranches into
small tracts, owned and worked in
tensve!y by white men, who, be they
native or foreign born, viii become citi-
zens of tfG United States-the build
ers Of schools, fathers of American
tutions.
The roofing in California of an alien
people, hostile to our institutions, our
civilization and our morals, would be
. high price 10 pay for cheap labor and
the perpetuation of those 'relation-
ships that appeal 50 strongly to
Mackenzie. 1t is q price Californians
will not consent to pay at the hehest
of a machine politician.
:. F. Chronicle:-It IS probably true
that there is not available white labor
to harvest our fruit or cultivate our
beets as they are produced at present.
If we are to continue to have Orchards
vineyards and beet heIds OF enormous
extent there must be some kind Of tran
sent, out 1aIFIy dePeho"pIt; IaooI
available during the whole Of the sum
mer months. And there is no white la
Dor available in sufficient quantities.
mere : no escape ll'.iI No.''e ! IN ~
labor "hiCn can n"aIo ''S'il "'l' ~ j"
can be delivered III IafSe SahS', "noG :t
contract, Il we are 10 carry On II UT
and beet growing ny UNITS Of ~" acre
up We can only do II as II Is "one
n other countries, ana 'haI : ~ .nt
SUBDIVISION q farms ih'o "nl'A % S"I"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-07
DUKE OF SUTHERLAND
WANTS AMERICAN CUP

NEW YORK. May 2l.-Although no
official information could be obtained
at the New York Yacht Club it is
generally understood that a challenge
for the America 5 cup viii be received
from the Duke Of Sutherland. the con
test to be arranged for the sumner
of 1911.
When the first announcement was
made, few weeks ago, that the Duke
of Sutherland intended to try to lift
the America 5 cup. the news was re
ceived by yachtsmen generally with
considerably more acclaim and enthu-
siasm than any similar statement dur
ing the last few years. The Duke of
Sutherland is we'll known in English
and continental yacht racing circles,
and it is believed that his challenge
will not be surrounded with any diff
fculties
Many yachtsmen on this side Of the
Atlantic are taking the report of the
duke 5 intention quite seriously. Moth
ing has been sid so far as to the type
Of craft or as to any changes in the
remeasurement rules, the last named
being great bogy with Sir Thomas
Upton, who sought to have them
amended considerably.
There seems to be no likelihood that
the New York Yacht Club, holder of
the America 5 cup, viii agree to any
such changes in anything like the near
future But it is not belieyed-the
opinion being based on statements at
trihuted TO the Duke of Sutherland
that this condition viii in any way
interfere with the much hoped for con
tests
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-07

Chronicle awai could the whole
supplied mang cocoanu alligator pears. fresh
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-10-06
MEETING
OF COMMITTEE.
OF Republican Party in the
County is Held and Much
Work Accomplished.


"A busy meeting, at which great
deal Of campaign work was given
attention, was held Monday afternoon
by the Republican county executive
committee in Its headquarters in,
room 321 Oak Hall building.
A list of election officers 10 be rec
commended for appointment by the
county court Tuesday was selected by
vote. campaign speakers were select
ed and matters pertaining to the regis
tratlon of voters were given attention.
Considerable other work in regard to
vigorous campaign for the fail cleo
ton was transacted. The meeting was
quite harmonious.
All but two members of the commits
tee were present, namely. Wesley L.
Steele. of Tenmile district; Simon ID.
,stutler and Harry p. sturm, of Union:
l. j. DAWSON and Claude G. Gaw-
throp. of Grant; Writ Wilson and d. S.
Young. of blk; A. D. Fitzhugh and
Howard Mcdonald, OF Simpson:
Thomas Jarrett and leslie Hawker,
OF Clay; Howard Robinson and E. r.
Monroe. of Eagle; Flavius S. Estlack.
of Sardis; NJ. G. sperry and James ].
connell, of Coal; aud Frank r. Moore
and Frank b. Haymaker, OF Clark.