The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-21
The Talk Down Home .


The city of Richmond recently passed an ordinance
ton Of the ordinance punishable with fine of $50.
The other day man was seen exceeding the limit.
was found and cited to appear There was no dis
pute to violating the law but the court held,
inasmuch as the owner swore he did not know his
machine out OF the garage. that he was not la
Bile, the man driving 1t being responsible. Ths Is
kills a the engineer liz alone responsible
la this the police officer did not know the man
aud does not know now who was running it. They
have some great judges in Observation-Disclosures
Record.
A Has Been Comes Again.
We have never had a great deal of admiration for
Mr. Spencer Blackburn but 1t cannot be denied
in the possession Of recupeative powers he has mos
any Of the politicians beaten. He has been down
generally managed to emerge from the gloom after
while with fat Office OF kind. All of which
| is apropos of the announcement that he has jus,
been appointed collector Of internal revenue for the
Eastern district Of Oklahoma--lwin City Sentinel
St. Helena
We have much OF North Carolina in day
but not until the trip to wilmington last week did we
know that a few miles from that city. and across
the line IN neighboring county is colony of Italians
that ars making their section blossom like n rose
Their Occasion is called St Helena there said
to be something like 400 of them In the colony They
were brought there from Northern Italy noted fol-
its good farmers, and a vastly different people
from the Sican class of peanut and banana vendors
| This colony planted unimproved land right
In the woods, but they set to work In earnest and
are class Of immsrants that North Carolina need,
and the State should have many such colonies
Greenvile Reflector.
| ..Old Man Cox"
| Inventive genius win not down Some twenty years
ago man named Cox invented the first fat bed wei
printing press-that Is to that would print
eight to twelve pages OF newspaper from the type
a cinch and the presses are scattered ali the
country and fine machines. costing but little more
operate than ordinary cylinder press while the
speed is as high as six seven thousand com
pany Was formed under the name Of the Cox Duples
1 pPfn tfn~ IRA m nqn fAu fhp ma ms
| Cox dropped, why is not known, but recently
that LIS to say within the past two three years
another has made its appearance the market
1t is called the jackson press. 1t is. under
stand. the inrentton of the same man Cox and from
what has been said of It. It IL q great improvement
! over his former invention in many ways So goot
is the outlook that the ooss people, makers of rotar,
and other fine presses, have taken the
facture and sale OF the presses and they being
installed fast It would appear that Cox the origna
inventor, busted from the old company ir
any event. left 1t. and having this new idea in hs
hoad. went to work and perfected II. all of which
had the old company known what the old hae
up his sleeve they would not have let him get
How to Catch yellow Jackets
| Mr. Wade Bivers the young becheior member oil
the Marshville Furniture Company Ia not much II
the courtin business, but he knows how catch vel
| bottle about half hred with by the nest ge
a pole and etir up the camp which win cause tn,
to but walk up and thrust cork the bott,
or jug mouth and quietly retreat-our Home.
! Turned ont as Predicted
Mr.. NJ. c. Thomas who lives just across the lin'
in New Salem township certainly has the right tdes
OF farming. He steadfastly holds the truth n,
s.es it. that there IL more money in growing srair
his argument home by telling Of real farmer who
moved into a cotton growing neighborhood and wher
neighbour methods OF farming. and when asked wha
he was going to do for money crop. replied Yo,
money for it but when spring comes youth have te
buy corn flour, peas. etc. to make another cottol