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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1910-03-31
indiana Politics as Viewed By Sam Blythe
Clever Writer Saturday Evening
Warning Watson

Samuel G. Blythe. special writer for
the Saturday Evening Post. in this
weeks Issue. deals with the political
situation IN Indiana He classes this
state . insursent and warns Jim Wat
son not TO play with fire. His article
In part 10 - follows:
BeveTidge u in accord with the ma
1ority Of his own party In Indiana He
opposed the passage Of the Payne-Al.
drich tariff bill and voted against It.,
In company with other progrsssives in
the senate There are In Indiana those
mostly affiliated with the old-line
leaders or what 10 left Of them-who
declare that Beveridge, after opposing
the bill to the extreme limit, should
have retained his party regularity by
voting for the bill on the ground that
1t was party measure and that he
was thus bound to support 1t In the
final showdown. You do not hear the
great bulk Of the. party men saying
this. II Beveridge had not voted
against the bill which they consider
to be iniquitons. not In consonance
with party pledges and not In stride
with the spirit Of the state. he would
have been dropped like hot potato.
AS 1t r. he is the most popular and the
most powerful man In the state today.
In full control OF the Organization. and
will be the unopposed candidate Of his
party for senator. He has elected the
majority Of the state committee. will
undoubtedly be Endorsed by the state
convention. which had not been held
when this was written, and will 60 In
to the campaign as the choice OF most
OF his party and, nominally, OF his en-
tire party.
No man acquainted with Indiana pol
itics but will say to you, II he talks
candidly, that without Beveridge the
party would not have ghost OF q
show Many men with whom have
talked said II there is any criticism OF
Beveridga 1t is not because he is toe
radical. but because he isn't radical
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1910-03-31
SAM 81 YTHE'S. ARTICLE.

made II in that
not read-but will read.
following Bhes work In the Saturday
Evening him being preuded writer He has
following reaconary sized
all the others that
know that Blythe
ret
should find that
IS surprising, nevertheless pleasing
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1910-03-31
Guard the Girls.

From the New York Tribune.
The murder Of Ruth Wheeler, the
yOnng girl who was sent in search Of
from business school Nv
~ teacher to the room Of man OF
AOse character nothing was known,
l1t8ht profitably direct the attention
CsA6ch institutions to the respcnsi-
hllity which they assume ii making
themselves avenues Of communication
between innocent young women and
villains who seek their destruction.
Herhaps requirement Of references
md N Investigation of prospective
enployers and their places Of business
would be salutary adjuncts Of such
schools. Especially should caution be
observed about sending girls 10 flats
- other places not well known as
ef(ices where legitimate employment
III custonnariIy offered.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1910-03-31
Protection for Automobiles.
tom the Brooklyn EAGLE.

Ef0m the Brooklyn Eagle.
The JOY rider will not be q perma-
nent feature of attomobiling risk. The
linyentor will find 4 way to lock some
vital part OF the pachine IN the safety
deposit vault Of the garage office sub
5ect 10 the owners call only. An au-
Itomobile ought to be as safe from tres
pass a. : private mug In barber
shop.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1910-03-31

sue In the state Of Indiana.
Oh Organizations Fiehtins.
When Beveridge completes his pres
eTst term on March 3. 1911. he will have
served his state for twelve years as
senator. In that twelve years the
FairbanksHemenway machine has dis
integrated. Formerly all powerful.
Fairbanks has gone out and Hemen-
way has been retired. Others In the
machine. notably Watson. who was de-
feated for governor in 1908. have also
been retired. Many republican repre-
sentatives were defeated in 1905 Bey-
eridge remains. by virtue OF his posi-
tion in the senate. the leader. This
does not mean that the old machine.
which always looked with disfavor on
Beveridee, is now for him. The rem
nants OF that machine have been fight
ing him ceaselessly. They tried to in
fluence the mind Of President Taft
against him and deprive him Of the
patronage that was his by right. They
failed in that, and It is unlikely that
they will stop trying to defeat him dur
ing this campaign.
The leaders of the opposition to Bev-
eridge are Hemenway. who was de-
feated for senator after having been
promoted from the house when Fair.
banks became vice president. and Wat
son, who was in congress. was named
for Governor and was beaten. although
Taft carried the state at the same elec-
tion. These men never have liked
Beveridge and they never will like
him.
Watson Open Enemy.
The principal danger to Beveridge
lies In the attitude OF these men and
their followers. They are politicians
i and they play the game. II the defeat
Of Beveridge can be accomplished by
James Hemenway and James Watson
1t will be accomplished. That much
at least seems certain.
It seems improbable that the antipa'
thy OF these two beaten politicians
should accomplish the defeat Of Bev'
eridge, for q great many men who
formerly belonged to that machine are
now honestly and avowedly for Bev'
eridge. Ninety-nine per cent Of the
men who were prominent in politics
in the old days are for Beverage
Here and there are men who will moi
be reconciled. Combined with these
men are high protectionists who are
opposed to Beveridge because OF his
course on the tariff bill. and. also there
will be IN effective and viGilant Dem
ocratic opposition. Thus. It can be
seen. that the fight that 10 coming in
Indiana will be more than . local one
It will be . fight for the progressive
policies of the Republican party In q
state where these progressive policies
are held to be the only right ones. typ
ing the whole progressive movement
and entailing . last and desperate
struggle OF men Of the old school ot
politics to hold the progressive move
ment in Indiana In check.
No man who knows Beveridge IL In
sensible to his faults, but no man who
knows him will honestly contend that
his faults are not largely tempera
mental. He 10 something Of IN ego
tist, given to vain-glorious converse
tion and defamation, and has an ex
treme faculty for irritating many with
whom he comes In contact However
when you consider the intrinsic worth
Of the man. his splendid mind. his
large grasp Of public questions, his
faculty for looking out for his people
his great skill ~ an orator and debat
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1910-03-31

When improvements now under way
on the Trans-Siberian railroad are COM
pleted the distance from Paris to Pc
kin will be 6,30O miles, instead Of 4,
500 miles. over the present line
through Harhin and Mukden1
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1910-03-31
The Aaonerai Delivery.

FROM the Chicago Journal.
"a young girl Ii Massillon, Ohio. ID
1ehArged with Staying her older sister
'th order to obtain possession Of her
49, clothes and hat. For more than
year she had been receiving mall at
sthA general delivery wicket, More
sthAn one girls road 70 bad life has
tleen by way Of the general delivery.
lAny the divorce that has grown from
the same source. Some regulation Of
sthe general delivery OF letters to girls
md young women. and. In fact. to any
one who possesses house address. Is
hlghly desirable.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1910-03-31

bushes in q lonely spot and robbed
us Of all our jewelry." !"
Weren't you terribly frightened
Only for moment. We thought
at first we were being held up by
some village sheriff for violating
speed laws
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1910-03-31
Harsh vords.
fhe nnf1al0 News

I From the Buffalo News.
Uncle Joe has no monopoly OF harsh
Language. His opponents are rs ham
ay It II as he Is and Il IS no credit to
either side.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1910-03-31
TWINKLES
A Hard Story.

Politeness always pays,
don't know about that. replied
s1r Hunting Work. Il had pretty
s4od position as bill collector. but
made myself SO agreeable that peo-
- held out on payments for fear I'd
mop calling on them"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1910-03-31

The American Tourists.
A hundred thousand. more or less,
Toward Europe will be on their
way:
No wonder mid the storm and stress,
We hear that Paris still is gay!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-19
Atlantic Coast Line

EFFECTIVE JUNE II. 1910.
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY.
For Florida and South: 100 a. NJ. s:l5 A
Fl For Norfolk: $50 A. NJ. a. ~. $500 p
For n. & W. Ry. West: s:ls ~. NJ. 800 A.
NJ. 1900 P. NJ. and 500 P. NJ.
For petersburg: 100 A. NJ. e:lo a. NJ.
..S:lO A. NJ, Sis A. NJ. 900 A. NJ. 1910 P.
NJ. $500 p. NJ. 4:1O p. NJ. sos P. NJ. I 80
P. NJ, 500 P. NJ. 11:45 P. NJ.
For Goldsboro and Fayetteville: '4:lo r. NJ
Trains arrive Richmond daily: 4:4o A. M
$40 A. NJ, $40 A. NJ. 1885 A. NJ. ''lo:45 A..
~. ..1l:s5 A. NJ, .ll:4o a. NJ 1880 p, NJ,
.,2:l5 p NJ 6:05 p, NJ, $3.50 r. NJ. $500 p,
.Except Sunday. .'Sunday only.
Time OF arrival and departure and connec-
lions not guaranteed.
q. S. CAMPBELL. D. P. A.
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STEAMBOATS,.
OLD DOMINION LINE

EOK NORFOLK AND NEW YORK.
Nv. Richmond (feot Ash SD daily.-.I P. ~
Leave Newport News.......,...'....,sioo 4. II,
Arriya -. -
Connects with main line steamers leaving
NorfoIk TOR New York daily except Sunday
100 p NJ. Connection also made BIZ y. y
". Ry 3 p. NJ, and 9, & Q. Ry. AZ =, y.
Night Line steamers atop at Clare1nont -
land or receive passengers on signal,
VIRGINIA NAVIGATION co. James RivsH
nv daylight for Norfolk. Old Point. New
port News and all James River iandtnSs.
STEAMER leaves Monday. Wednesday and
Friday at TOO A. 81. Freight recaiys. foA
ali James River landings. Ticket efries ~
4 Main 81.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-19
BIG COTTON MILL
F OR AL A
Charlotte Man Heads Movement
for 100000 Enter
prise.
Especial to The T.mes-Dispatch.l

lSpeCldl TO ne
Altavista Va, June 1S.-The second
large manufacturing enterprise has
been secured by Altavista within two
weeks. The last one is the Altavista
Cotton Mil. Inc, capitalized at 100000.
A. C. Hutchinson. an old cotton mill
man OF Charlotte, n. c.. is the prime
mover and the largest stakeholder
Work on the factory building will
begin at once. The dimensions of the
building will be 125x3oj feet, two sto-
ries high, and it will be of brick. 1t
Will be equipped with the latest i'm
proved electric-driven machinery, to
produce the finest grade of cotton fab
ric. 1t will be the only mill, with one
exception. in the South producing such
high-class goods as lawns and goods
of that nature. The mill Will contain
1900 spindles and 800 looms.
The company viii employ about 800
workInen, half of whom will be girls.
About third of that number will be
drawn from factory towns of South
Carolina. Fifty cottages will be erect
ed to accommodate the employees. AS
soon as the charter is issued Mr.. Hutch
eson will be elected president and
treasurer of the company.
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1--WE have also a large pear crop
this year. We expect to market 1900
or $500 bushels of pears, They arc
growing nicely and promise we'll. Our
cherry crop was not large this year,
hut Of fine quality. and sold at very
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-19
Why the Virginia Trust Company
Is Preferable to an Individual
AS Executor, Guardian or Trustee

hours whereas it may be impossible to find Individual
The fees charged by this company than those
allowed an individual acting in like capacindeed theyare
usually less.
Don't postpone making your will If you mot quite
ready to provide for all anticipated contingencies dontwa
but provide simply for existing circumstances.
The value of this company widows, orphans and Others
suddenly called upon manage their financial affairs
be computed stands guardian Of their rights and it's
judgment and experience be superior that of nd
vidual selected to manage estate
The officers of the Virginia Trust Company cordially invite
you talk your business with them and will be pleased
explain any details of the company which you do under
stand and give you advice concerning your financial affairs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-19

This company is empowered to manage estates in strict
compliance with the laws provided in the statutes OF this and
other States.
The corporation outves the trust while individuals
frequently die before the trust is terminated.
The Virginia Trust Company will live for generations
Deaths vacancies among its officers directors soon
filed and the management continues under the eye OF careful
lawyers and experienced directors.
The inefency careessness of Individual trustees
wreck valuable estates whereas the Trust Company liable
for the msanagement and the wasted may be
covered by law.
Years hence reference be made, by parties Interested
the books and vouchers of the company
The corporation is invariably hand during business
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-19

Mr.. Tompkins is an o1timist and
looks forward to the time when the
territory from Richmond to the Rap
pahannock River will be the greatest
trucking and berry growing section of
all this big country. He argues that
the nearness of this territory to the
N rthern markets. taken In connection
with the fertility of the soil or the
fertility that can be brought about by
proper care, etc, naturally make It
the truck and berry and dairy and
fruit supplying territory for Washing
ton, Baltimore, New York and Rich
mond. Anyhow. Tompkins and Son
have done WE'LL and they are in no
sense selfish. because they tell me
that they are sure that what they
have done other folks can do and do
a. al
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On and Do Likewise,

Go and Do Likewise.
Now. that is fact, and 1t may be
added that what the Weaknesses have
done in Chesterfield can be done by
other folks in Chesterfield; what the
Sandys and the Ferneyhoughs have
done in Nottoway can be done by
other folks in Nottoway; what j. 7
Lewis has done with old worn-out
lands in Mecklenburg county can be
done by other folks in Mecklenburg
county; what Tompkins and Num- have
done in Caroline can be done by other
owners of good Caroline lands; what
John Gillian has done after demon-
stration in Prince Edward county can
be done by all of his neighbors from
old Sandy River Church to the Buck
inghnm county line; what Lawson
Carter has done with tobacco-worn
lands in Pi.tsylvania county can be
done by his neighbor, Bill Wilson, or
any other man who wants to and will
learn show to do things, And so It
goes all along down the line and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-19
DROVE OF LAMBS.
MUCH WEALTH IN
HIGHLAND COUNTY
Continued From First Page.)


Highlander may confidently depend
upon his bank account growing while
no sleeps
From another friend / have letter
that goves some interesting figures
about the turkey interest in Highland
county. but l believe / handled this
subject quite fully several months ago.
Ii is sufficient TO say that during last
fall and winter more than 10000 tur-
keys were shipped to Northern markets
from the county.
Bluegrass and Minerals.
From another source / gather the in
formation that the farm products OF
Highland county other than those al
ready named are wheat. corn. oats, rye.
>buckwheat, butter, honey, cheese. dried
fruits and maple sugar. leading the
State in the last product and fourth in
buckwheat. The western portion OF
the county produces abundant portions
of grass and nay wherever cleared.
bluegrass not inferior to that of the
best lands OF Kentucky being indigen-
Gus 10 this soil. The grazing quality
OF the land can hardly be surpassed in
the State; some of the best cattle mar
keted East and North are fattened in
this county and taken right off the
grass, no corn feeding needed. and large
numbers are sold each year. some for
the export trade. II is also splendidIy
adapted 10 sheep, large numbers OF
which are grown. Apples. pears,
peaches and all fruits suited to this
latitude can. with proper care and at
tention. be grown in this county. Ag-
.iculture. combined with stock grow
ing and grazing. are the most proti,abI
industries.
Grent Timber Wealth.
Iron. coal and marble are known to
exist In abundance in the county, and
probably other valuable minerals will
be found when access to the market
VIII Justify more extended e1plora-
tions.
Another OF the splendid natural re.
sources of the county awaiting conve-
nient transportation facilities is the
timber, large quantities OF the most
valuable OF which are to be found,
such as walnut. cherry. oak, poplar.
linden and other species.
The numerous streams forming the
head waters OF the Potomac and the
James Rivers have their source in this
elevated watershed OF the two rivers
and furnish an abundant water supply
and excellent water power besides
Astounding in fish OF the choicest fresh
water varieties.
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through every one of the 100 counties
in the State of Virginia.
Really and truly old Virginia is the
modern Garden of Eden, and what's
more i. may be If her sons and daugh-
ters viii just wake up to the advan-
tages which are theirs at command
and the possibilities that are right in
easy reach.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-19
BERRIES, FRUITS
IN old VIRGINIA
CONTINUED From First Paee.)

NSollllutu from FIRST Page.)
quite as large as the sales of straw
berries. and the dewberry and black
berry sales will probably be as large.
In his note to me Mr.. Watkins, re-
ferring to raspberries and black
berries. says: The crop of these
berries promises to be fairly good.
Berries are ripening much earlier
than usual. and prices SO far have
been good" To emphasize the fact
that he is more of nurseryman than
a berry seller, he adds: 1--WE grow
these berries for plants and only mar
ket the fruit from such plants as are
not sold in our fall and spring trade,
but as you will see they are all profit
able to growk for the berries them.
selves" l should say so. The Wat
kins brothers are also sellers of goose
berries and currants, and the Cary
Street merchants tell me that goose
berries bring from SO to 81 per crate
and currants from 50 to So per crate.
Other Fruits.
Mr.. Watkinsttells me that for the
past four weeks he has been employ
ing about seventy-fve women and chill
dren to pick berries for the market.
and paying them good wages. He will
probably need them for four weeks to
come. because the raspberries and the
plums and the peaches are now coming
in. I quote from his notes:
I'VE are now marketing peaches,
having begun the Sth of June. We
have a few extra early varieties that
We're ripe the 2Sth of May We shall
be marketing peaches every week be-
tween now and frost. We have planted
out a large experimental orchard and
are testing nearly every known variety
with the view of propagating from
these trees SO as to give a perfect
succession of ripening of both free and
cling stone, so that as soon as we
can grow trees. which will be In a
year, or SO, we can furnish trees SO
that any family or market grower can
have the best peaches without days
intermission from the last of May I'M
til frost.
ole 10,
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high price. Shall begin to market
pluns in few days. We have a. pros
pect for a fair crop OF apples. The
fall varieties are growing unusually
fast.
Winter Potatoes.
We grow five or six acres of Irish
potatoes for market. Usually plant
these in the month of July so they will
ripen up in the cool nights of Septem-
Der and October"
Do you mind that remark about po-
tatoes planted in July and ripened
and gathered for market in September
and October? Isn't that something
new in old Virginia? Indeed, is 1t
not something new in an all-around
way to hear of a Chesterfield county
farm that is producing something to
sell every month in the year? Now
that is Just exactly what this Watkins
place is doing up yonder near Mid
lothian. for when nothing else Is
bringing in the money the milk and
the cream and the butter from the fine
cows on the place are being sold right
here in Richmond.
On the North side of the james.
Up near Guinea Station, in Caroline
county. on the Richmond, Fredericks-
burg and Potomac Railway. there are
some berry farms that are some
pumpkins" / guess there are not less
than a dozen of such farms, but the
one / know the most abou. is that
run by C. w. Tompkins & Son. and
known as the Ormsby Berry and Fruit
Farm. l am sure l do not know where
they got that name from, but 1t is
very good one, having something OF
a poetic sound. About fifteen years
ago these Tompkins folks found their
way down in Caroline county and for
mere song bought some of the So
called WORKOUT lands near Guinea
station: historic. but terribly worn
out ground.
Old man Tompkins and that vigorous
boy of his got right down TO bust
ness and by modern methods. the
Sandy methods. IL you please, bunt
up those lands and made them pro-
ductive The same lands now grow
grasses that support big herds of the
best of milk-producing cows. grow
strawberries and raspberries and
black berries and dewberries and cur
rants and plums and all other good
small fruits that sell in the markets
for big figures. The Tompkins folks,
father and son, also raise whole
lot of corn and wheat and hay / be-
lieve / had in this Industrial Sec
ton some months ago most crafty
ing story of how these folks went
away out yonder to Omaha. Neb to
attend corn show and came back
with blue ribbons and a gold medal
as prizes won for Virginia grown
corn. 1t was an eye-opener to the
westerners and the biggest advertise
ment the growing lands OF Nir-
ginia ever had. But l am talking now
about berries
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outside Money for Virginia.

Outside Money for Virginia.
Mr.. Tompkins tells me that he sells
all of his strawberries in Pittsburg;
gathers them this afternoon and has
them on the Pittsburg market to-
morrow morning, where he gets fancy
prices for them thus bringing big
lot of Western Pennsylvania money
right back to old Virginia. This sea-
son Tompkins sold in the Pittsburg
market more than 600 crates of straw
berries. Some of his neighbors near
Guinea Station sell largely In the
Washington and Baltimore markets.
For instance, NJ. A. Num- sold in those
markets this year about as many
crates as Tompkins sold in the Pitts
burg market
In that same region round about
dozen other up-to date farmers drew
whole lot of money for berries from
the Washington. Baltimore and New
Yorl, markets, and Just now they are
getting in their work on raspberries,
tomatoes. blackberries, dewberries and
other small fruits.
Mr.. Tompkins informs me that he
gets from $3.50 to 81 per crate for his
berries, and his neighbors do quito
as we'll. He says: Our crop hits the
market just after the Norfolk fields
have been exhausted. and just before
the Maryland fields begin to show up.
and we get pretty good figures.
Peculiar Advantages.
| lot oH 4
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STEAMBOATS,.
Merchants and Miners Transportation Co
Norfolk to Boston. Mass. and

Norfolk to Boston, Mass, and
Providence, II. I.
steamers leave Norfolk for Boston. daily
except Thur. for providence Mon, Thur.
and sat at Z p. NJ. Passengers and freight
taken for all New England points. Tickets
on sale at office c. & O. Ry,, N. & w. Ry,.
s. II. Bowman. 7os East Main. and Rich.
Trans. Co., 800 E. Main.
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high price. Shall begin to market
pluns in few days. We have a pros
pect for fair crop OF apples. The
fall varieties are growing unusually