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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-04
REAL ESTATE AND
BUILDING NEWS
Home Buyers Are in the Market
and Making Things
Quite Lively.
FARM BUYERS FROM WEST.
Chamber Of Commerce Deal
Creates Much Talk in Real
Estate Circles.
FARM BUYERS FROM WEST

a quiet week among the real estate
agents enabled them to figure up on
the transactions of recent weeks, and
according to their calculations the
sales for the past month have been
of character that speaks we'll for
Richmond dirt. 1t is true that the sales
in dollars and cents have not been alto
gether as large as boomer could
wish for, but In the main they show
that there has been no undervaluation
of Richmond property. 1t may be true
that SPECTATORS have not been able to
realize all OF the big profits they saw
or thought they saw away back yon-
der in the summer but they are not
discouraged at all, for they have faith
In Richmond realty. and such Of them
as are able to hold on to what they
have feel sure enough of the coming
profit.
Home Buyers In Evidence.
The transactions of the past week
both within the city limits and out in
the suburbs were confined mainly to
home buyers, and these showed up in
good shape. The total of the sales
was something oyer 100000 and
tor; that is to say. to a man who pro-
poses to live in the house ne bought,
to build home on the vacant lot he
took in. or to hold the, business prop
;erty he became the new owner of for
the rental revenue that is in it.
The sales that were made We're
largely in the western section of the
city, but the business was not confined
to that section. Some good sales We're
made on Church Hill and in the east
ern part of town. and not a few were
III u,
known as Manchester.
! In the Suburbs.
The men who handle suburban prop
erty say that they have no kind Of
complaints to make. While they are
reticent as to particulars, the recorus
In the offices OF the court clerks show
that business has been active in West
hampton in Ginter1 Park. in Barton
Heights and its beautiful attachment,
known as Norwood, in Battery Court,
in ParAland and in other delightful
suburbs.
In Ginter Park several lots were sold
last week, and four new residences
We're started. Among the new builders
We're DR.. Hugh Russell, W. D. Duke
S. L. Lindsay and c, G. Peers. All OF
these broke ground last week, and by
the springtime they Will be in their
new homes in this delightful suburb.
Woodland Heights.
The Woodland Heights agents say
there is not a little activity over
there aud the outlook f9r the future
!. Is as good IS they cnuld wish it TO
be, The company having ths prop-
Isrts in change report thattdnrlng the
past week they have sold two lots az
1.-The corner of Davis and Thirty first
Streets and two at the cornerbof stone
4 wall and Thirty first Roth of these
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-04
LEAF TOBACCO WORLD
AND DOINGS THEREIN
The Markets Of Two States Show Unexpected
Activity A Partial Season Gets Many
Thousands Of Pounds in Order-Rich-
mond Sun Cured Leaf Market Very
Active Package Dealers
Package
Holding Off.

business during the past week. Hold
5ers of stocks, both bright and dark,
are holding for stiff figures. and buyers
are awaiting time with patience. This
see-sawing business will likely con-.
tinue until after the Christmas holt
days, for both sides are in financial
conditions that Will admit of patience.
Possibly after the festivities of sYule-
tide there will be something doing.
something more than in these quiet
days of early December But this Is
all guesswork and thoroughly unre-
liable; for the hardest thing In this
world TO guess at is that thing which
Is going on in the breast of the aver
hge leaf tobacco dealer. He knows
what he thinks he knows, and 1t is
Very seldom that he ever allows any
body else to know what he thinks that
he knows, especially If that some
body else" happens to be a newspaper
man, The indications are that from
now until after the LIST of January
there will be very little doing, in the
package business
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-04
STATES HAYGROP,,
ITS GREAT VALUE
The Relation of Grasses to Gen.
. eral Agricultural Development.
An Experts Views.
ny CHARLES A. MILLER.

When farming Is reduced to its last
analysis 1t will be found that hay and
grass are Indispensable to success
neither hay nor grass as principal
crop or as a part OF the system OF
cropping. he either stands still or else
fails altogether. For a time he may
keep up by the use of commercial fer
tilizers, but with the first crop panic.
from whatsoever cause, he becomes
hopelessly involved.
All good general farmers as a mat
ter of course recognize the value of
grass and hay in their crop rotations.
However, such special crops as cotton.
tobacco. peanuts or trucks are grown
under very grinding and unfavorable
conditions when hay and grass play
no part in this class of farming. The
writer had occasion Zone time ago
to VISIT one of our counties where cot
ton and peanuts were chiefly grown.
The land was naturally good and lay
we'll, but was reduced In fertility. which
is always the case where these large
special craps are grown and coramer-
cial fertilizer is relied upon to pro.
duce these crops.
Setting An Example.
\
farmer from the Valley of Virginia had
purchased a large estate there. Every
one was growing cotton and peanuts
and buying hay from the West for their
stock, and this man, seeing his oppof-
tunity and the demand for hay. did not
walt till his seeded hay crops would
grow, but moved crabgrass and sold It
to those one-idead farmers for $40
per ton. AT the time of the writer's
visit three mowers We're running, over
200 acres were in grass, and many
ricks dotted the field, presenting a
scene OF prosperity and beauty Wheth-
er we travel about the country with tll
slow gated team or look from the car
windows OF a t-hying express. tbs
grass fields and hay stacks point ou'
the prosperous farmers.
Value as Land Impro"cr.
| Grass crops play such an Important
part in adding to and retaining fer
tility that successful farming is i'm
possible unless grass and hay are
largely grown. am satisfied the
safest. surest and most practical way
to realize $500 more a year farming
is to wake up to the Importance aHu
value of the grass and hay crop; first
as land improver, second as u crop
! producer, and third as money saver
1 y
able to give a sound and sane reason
for growing a large special crop. re-
quiring the time and expense of deliv-
cry and marketing. and then using the
proceeds in buying farm products that
can be produced at home. The most
ineScusable of all purchases is hay for
the farm animals, II there is any one
thing farmer can do that ought to
make him think himself less of a
farmer 1t is when he, With a few bales
of hay returning to his 50osacre farm
meets his friends and neighbors,
would like to have It pointed out. The
purpose Of this article Is to arouse
l,aal;saWaken interest In this all-im-
lspertgnl .siMd, essential branch Of farm,
! ing, lacklhg. the space TO discuss and
Suggest. methods on grass and hay cul-
tpre, appropriation, seeding, fertilizer
reaping and storing, Each is a sub
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-04

A season" or rather a partial sea-
son. that came in with the damp
weather of the early part of the week,
a dampness that seemed to have COW
cred pretty much all of Virginia and
North Carolina for just one day,
enabled II the farmers to get consld-
cradle quantity of the weed In order
for. handling for the various markets
of the two States, and thus it happens
that the sales on the loose leaf mar
.kets were larger than the trade had
However. the trade, was
ready, willing and anxious for it. From
all of the interior markets. including
those which handle the darks as Well
as the brights, come reports OF larger
deliveries of the weed and increased
animation In the markets. So fas
as heard from. there has been no fall
ing down in prices, and from all OF the
markets, he they bright or darf-a the
reports are to the effect that fiSnres
are ruling high. indeed much higher
than the growers really expected. The
consensus of opin!pn is that the figures
being paid by the buyers are largely in
excess of those of just year ago.
and this Is true in spite of the fact
that all of the markets report the
early deliveries to be of inferior
stocks
In Richmond, where the loose de-
5ltveries are confined entirely to che
sun-cured stocks. the offerings have
been surprisingly inferior In quas'ty,
The sales forSthe past week amounted
to something near to 100000 pounds
of the sun-cured goods, and in all of
the offerings nothing got any higher
than the IS dollar park, and It was a
mighty small quantity Of the weed that
reached that figure. IT is very evident
that the growers are holding back
their better goods.
Maybe they know their business. but
sit1looks to an observer like bad judy
ment to crowd up the warehouses and
NIL of the storage room Of the fac
tories with the lower grades before
sniarketing the finer goods
81 The outlook for this week lie for
fairly large deliveries OF the loose leaf
TO be made up Of the leaf that was
gotten IN order in theS'spartial season"
After that there win he but little
doing this side OF Christmas.
ssS The pack age dealers and the CONF
mission merchants had rather QUIET
I
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-04
Fair Amount Marketed.

Spccial to The Times Dispatch
Danvtlle, Va. December 3.--Notwithstand-
ing the unfavorable weather for handling
tobacco. the farmers have been able this
week TO market fair amount of leaf by
.artihc1ally handling 1t in celars--a process
known. as ''pit-ords-ins." The sales this
week have tasted each day from three to
four hours.
The quality continues to be good, with
some improvement over offerings heretofore,
but sttll with very little Improvement in
tho color.
Prices. while regarded as high, have not
been as steady as usual. This is largely due
TO the fact that many OF the buyers arc
strongly prejudiced against ''pit-ordered
tobacco, In which there is much larger
loss weight by redrying as we'll as color,
WI Wi,h INA. ofne,sd ~ hasnra, season
very large receipts are looked for between
now and tho holidays.
Redrled tobaccos are quiet, only retail
Business being reported to have been done
this week, though inquiries indicate a quite
active trade with the beginning OF the new
40 ar Z 4. q 2 y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-04
rho Lsnchburg Market.

7I77I7 81 Speria1 10 the TImes- Dlspntoh, T ~
LynehLurs, Va. December 3.-7John p.
,pgiesbS, III thpS l.ynchhurg Tobacco ware
house Company lnc.) 4 makps the following
report OF tobacco sold on tho Lsnehburg
market: @ K mi
81 Sold week ending November IS, S,5e9
pounds SOLD Week ending December 3. all,,
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New-York tribune., 1910-08-21

night and every ore was N his huppieSt
mood on the occasion Of We OIde Country
Barn Dance which was given in Jhr ball
room Of the GriSvvold. SUuopnnets. calico
and blue jeans were The prevailing mo,ies
the 'atter held hi@h with ''gaUUsCs." while
cowhiGe~ pat the finishing; touches to the
polished floor i th- ballroom The or
chestra was dressed in fun farmer outfit in
shirt sleeves and vas led by Ricrard t'ush-
man, d cottagvr. who made a creat III; by
his originality and limitations of Sousa.
r'r;4nku, DamTOsCh anu other well known
leaders.
\ decided novelty was Introduced on rl.
ShennecoSSett CouUtrv CluH links on Sa:-
urday VIXEN two Of Ire best known golfer;
here J. Z. HoIinSshcad, O, New York. and
Charles r Butts. of Norwich. Conn. who
had quietly made arrange nleuts for a
match met in The cool Of the afternoon To
decide which was the better man The news
leaked out and Immediately ar hurromptu
committee, headed by w : Prank2~d. of
New York. got busy Tte first step was
the hiring II an old Rube brass band
Promptly at O'clcck the match started,
the caddies being Norton Squires. of New
York. and {. +. Van Week, of Mcntclair.
1t was not until the drives were made on
the Secohu Tee tHIt the hdnd appeared and
then a larse thronG. headed by the musical
combination, preceded the players as they
made their shots. vt each shot the hand
would strike up popular melody. with
variations of disccrd. that rent the 81" with
Shrleks and moars. At the eighth hole, by
preconccrted plan. the cHddies became in
Nolvcd in a Wordy alteration and NIr
Sduires eventually knocked out his oppo-
nent by "A wen directed blow on the head.
~ this point cf the game the gayety was
heightened by the arrival ot an automobile
bearing the Red Cross legend, which tore
madly across the ded The doctor in
charge refused To treat the injured cGddies
hut immediately seized the golfers and put
them through a severe and drastic treat
ment. When the game was allowed To pro
ceed 1t was discovered that the clubs of the
rivals had been purloined. but new clubs
were obtained and the game proceeded to a
hnish Mr.. Butts defeated his opponent
. up.
Gr'sWold baseball fans have nad a
week OF pleasure. as five interesting games
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
AXE HOPATCONG.

Lake Hop3tcons, y J. Aug. -o.-The all
nuai water carnival held under the au-
spices Of the Lake iIopatccrs; Yacht Club
will take place It the clubhouse on SatIr-
day afternoon. This = the last Of = series
of weekly events to he given under the
management Of the yacht clun. and ali the
Young people at this resort are eagerly
ana enthusiastically looking forward 10 par
tilipation il the sports. Many entries have
been received, and beautiful and valuable
rr.zes have beoH provided. The events Will
begin at 30 o'clock. The house and
grounds of the yacht club viii De thrown
ODen to the public.
Many entertainments have been provided
at the various hotels for the diversion of
their visitors over the week end AZ the
New BreSliu Hotel open air perform
ance Of ''As You Like 1t was given this
evening OH the spacious la WINS. followed by
a cian1hak OF, the shore of tie lake near
the new casino. unuer the management of
Captain Marsh, of Jamaica Bay, Long
Island.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
Ocean Grove
Albert Spalding to Give Last
Recital Before Camp
Meeting.

ocean Grove. Y T.. Aug. % CSce.ian i
AIber- SpaIdin2. the young American viel
linfSt. has been engaged hy Tai Eseu Morj
gan 70 give q recital i'm the Auditorium ori
THURSDAY evening. August . Mr. SuaH
ing appeared at Ocean Grove with Nina
Lillian Nordica last summer and gave ssI
much pleasure that Mr.. Morgan is rnucs
grained to have him back again this year
fndica tio1s already point TO one Of Il.
best audiences of the year. and il is ss-
mated that M Spalding viii play to A.
most the fun capacity OF the blildiur
which. seats 1000. This viii be thszJss,
concert Of the summer season before the
camp meeting which begins. the next dsv
and lasts until Labor Day. and for this
reason d fUH house is expected
Mr. Morgan provided a rare treat m.
"Wednesday evening. when the annual chill !
dren's festival was held in the Auditorium
ON this occasion the chorus was composed
Of o1e thousand children. who delighted
their eight thousand auditors with ther
rendition Of popular cnildTens songs AM
hymns. The festival was repeated This
evening With q change Of programme AM
more elaborate electric effects.
ON Monday evening Nine Rosa OIit (M
the Russian coEtra1to. Will appear in n
cert in tine Auditorium. on Wednesday,
evening the oratorio ''F;edeeu.er sf the
World win be produced
ocean Groves Gnnual camp meeting
around which alb the other religious EVENT.
of the summer centre. viii begin on Tei-
day evening with the sacrament Of tai
Lord S supper The camp rIeetia- vii
continue daily FOR ten DAYS. Bishop I.urh q
? Wilson and the Rev- Dr. Aa-Cu Z G4i1
lard. officials OF the camp Meeting AzSoI
citation. viii have charge Of rno -ssn5
Well known cIer-yElaU Of zinc ~ IA
Protestant deuominations VIII prserh rod
time to tflEe. and q score of evaEeerslI
Will have charge OF the hourly ue,iEs
The first service during tf- camp u.5vc.la
viii be held daily soon after s,m C5. THe5
will follow Al short intervals. 5EsHa
other servi ICES Tuer5 ,ril 55 tti-a
preaching services daily. The annual .5sl
feast will be held at 4 M on Slndag
September t
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21

carnival commission. The pony and cart
will be awarded by Titania and the auto
mobiles by popular vote.
The Ben Greet woodland players are to
give a series of Shakespearian productions
at Asbury Park, beginning on Tuesday.
These performances are to be given amid
the beautiful and ideal natural surround
ings of Interlaken, on the north bank of
Deal Lake. The plays to be given and
their arrangement are as follows: Tuesday.
Wednesday and Saturday nights, "A Md
summer Nights Dream Thursday night,
The Tempest; Friday night. The Merry
Wives of Windsor; Wednesday and Fri
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21

Ear Earbor, Me. Aug. 20.-The presence
OF the visiting feet this week mas been a
marked incentive TO entertaining and
iunchaons. dinners and receptions, large and
small, have been given in honor Of the
visiting officers during every day OF their
stay here.
On Wednesday afternoon a large lunch
con was given in honor OF the officers and
Rear Admiral Stanton at the Pot and Ket-
tIe Club. It was one Of the largest lunch
cons that have been given this year On
Thursday the officers were royalty enter
tained at q large reception al the recently
formed Country Club, and from till Z
o'clock the men of the navy held court on
the wide veraudas. while society turned out
en- ulasse. In the evening Rear Admiral
Tlobiey D Evans was host at another large
reception and bali for the visiting officers
e. the Swimming Club.
John HERSHEY Mitchell. Sd. gave a dinner
a. the Swimming Club on Saturday. His
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Scott. Air
and Mrs. George Patterson, Mr. and Mrs
Stephen Heckscher Mrs. Robert keIso Cas-
satt. Mrs Peter LabouisSe, Nrs. J. ) Nit
cheu. Mrs. Madeira. Miss Carson and
Clement 3 Newbold, " Taylor T.ne jr-.
Frederic May and Arden Robbins
Mr and Mrs. JOSEPH =. Bowen gave one
of The largest receptions ~ the summer on
Wednesday afternoon al Baymeath. their
cottage at Eulls Cove. which was eIabor
ately decorated 10Y the occasion in honor
Of their daughter. Miss Helen 9 Bowen.
who is & recent deol'aut@. Soale NE hun
dred OF more Of Tho si-ame1. colony were
present
The board Of governors of the newly
formed Co..!ltrv CIui, has received addition
81 names, including those OF Colonel Edward
Norpen. Edward Beale Mclean and I'd
ward 2. Mesrs. The other fncmUers o. tle
board are Philip Livingston. Chairman, A.
thar D. Addison ard J. 4. q. Palmer rne
club has been ,'ry aech III the linelisht
during .hc visit iEe feet
After yv"5riu; to' number OF weeks
on account q IN, delay iii receiving Jhe
engines V'Ilian + Coclran's new speed
boat, the Mystery, has just reached here.
The boat is Tar above The class of even the
fastest motor boats here. she has Il
EGaranueed speed of ;hi4-ty-three knots and
EaGe better time than that on her tap
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21

down from Boston. She has 800 horsepower,
derived from two 1Jo-horsepower engines,
and is 50 feet long. and is handsomely Tin
ished III mahogany. She is the fastest craft
in Maine waters and sonc of the fastest
ever built.
Mrs. Cary T. Hutchinson. of New YORK,
gave a large dinner on Saturday evening
at the home of her mother, Mrs Henry +.
Dimock.
The annual flower show came 10 d close
on Sunday afternoon. II was one % The most
successful exhibitions since the affair was
started, three years ago The Building OF
Arts was completely filled with the choicest
specimens of the estates here, and the OK
hibits were 50 many in number that a
large proportion OF the adjoining lawn had
l., be used. Among the prize winners were
MS eJoin :. Kennedy. Louis Il. McCagS
and George s BoHdoin-
on Monday even nE at the Building Of
Arts The first O the theatrical perform
ances which have been scheduled for the
summer was given by Nine. Pillar NORM
and q company Of seven players. 1t was IA
French pantomime. entitled L Enfant
Prologue" and WAS superGly acted The
performance Vas marked credit to the
committee in charge of which Henry Lane
Emo is chairman. The other performance
VIII be given carly in September by a
company of players from The New The
atre OF New York.
\ number Of the bows have just complet-
/ 81 u tennis sournament for a cup offered by
} ~. r Middleton. Albert Gould Jennings.
jr. vas the winner. defeating Frank Ere
mont smith IN the Hnals, -. IS So.
Master Jennings was in turn defeated by
John BUrdick. tie son of a. ". Eurdlck,
ar INNING master at the Pool. in the chal
I,uEe round. e-2. 2-6 st. C.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
Atlantic City
Resort Prepares for C.. A. K.
FnCampment.

Atlantic CITY Aug 20-The crowds here
are immense; last Sunday the Pennsyl-
vania steam road brought 5000 people
and it's electric system 3f90o; while the
u.ading brought 10000 visitors to the re-
sort The Boardwalk is brilliant with
strikincIy dressed persons and laughing
faces The piers. with many colored pen
riants flying and music in the air from
many different sources. make for Sayety-
Only a few weeks remain before the
strains of martial music in atlantic city
streets will announce the arrival OF the
Grand Army of the Republic for is en-
campment by the sea. Signs of preparation
are sgnalized by the appearance OF the
electric light men. who are already p!a'-
ing on the City Hall the wire ducts from
which the municipal building viii be brill
lantly Illuminated. A huge G- 4 Il badge
N red, white and blue and t~o Dig Amer
lean flags in outline, will, ripping llsh'S'
will hear a welcomO to f1e coming vet
Grams.
Atlantic City would not be Atlantic tuy
without the travelling musicians VINO visit
the verandaS of the small hotels OF an
evening. All sorts of nationalitics appear;
now it is a pathetic German. VINO sings
sentimental ditties: next two small picka-
rag time tune. Then an Italian and two
little girls. with violins appear. and before
the evening is over two ragged but en-
thusiastic sons OF Ireland appear, and
with more earnestness than melody asSall
the ear with "Harrigan" or similar ditty.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. K Lane, Of New York
are am0ng the arrivals at the TEaymore-
;ltner guests from the metropolis VINO are
spending the summer season there are MI
and Mrs j G. Parker. Miss julia parker
and NJ. and Mrs w. j Madden
At the Marlborough Bicnhelm for tue
midsummer season are Mr. ana Mrs Rich
ara Jones OF New York: y. " StuTGes.
Washington Content. Adeue Gillette. NJ
add llrs.-I.. NJ Ide. Joseph Gilman, Aii,'-
+ i; Johnson. Miss Marie Johnson Dover
iiarrett and Laurence Pelers
1t tn. Sl,aibrIrpe are II. L. Warner. NT-
end Mi L l. BrovneII Miss lean NcET-
comb MI ana Mrs. Joseph ". Davis, Al
,~rG AIRS. Gorge Earrack, Mrs, Gertrude
Vanderbilt H. Colt. :. \. lIamm &nG NJ.
aud MIS-. ernest Baer-
Aui,1E New York peopI2 al HaddoT H1t:
ere Bradford Merrill. il. Thomas : Stroo-
3er. ci UcverIy. y. y: Nj. 2rd Mrs. >. I
Williamson and Master Williamson e
Waite El,jnS. \. =. Jamos H. Hsck@t- an
William i. GEady. Of New York Ctt--
New Workers. At the Hotel Dennis are
John =. EclaL, Ms. G. Shine. Mi :
Shine. 1lrs. T PolI5Ichct- George 6. Ia
sor. Miss Nerv Kaily. Mrs. r !. t"le-
Mss =. Y. Love. Thomas Nash u. G. I.an@.
MIR u. Malonty and Miss Anna n Ma
o.e%-
At the Te1nrurst are Henry Stewart. {.
.,anes, Jesse Reddtst. NJ and Mrs. NJ.
Ha.l,iaon. Ms y. Co@lla = aIr- and Mr.
rank i. W,dder ami T Kern. all Of New
EOrIl.