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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-13
LESLIE E. HATCHER.

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Chester. Va, February ls--At tne
held at Richmond. on February Sd inst.
nothing attracted more attention., or
received more favorable comment. than
the boys judging contest. open to all
the boys OF tho state under twenty-oHe
years of age. There were thirty con-
testants. and each given tho score card
of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
with thirty five minutes given to Judge
six samples OF corn or ten ears each.
The judging. or placing In order OF
merit, the siS sets OF corn, counted
sixty points, and the scoring forty
points.
Among the contestants receiving
prizes and distinctions were Leslie +
Goync. of the Third Congressional Agrl-
cultural High School, OF this place. Leg
lie L. Hatcher winning the third prize.
and Arthur and Harold Goyne with
grades above eighty, Leslie Hatcher
Of scholarship OF six collegiate schools
OF the State as q prize.
Leslie Is son Of Il. I. Hatcher, OF this
place. who Is supervisor OF Bermuda
M MAG District, OF Chesterfield.
Dutch Gap. Last fall, at Petsrsbu:S.
Leslie. lad OF fifteen years, won the
| Nist prize for the best ten ears OF
corn and second prize for acreage, and
yesterday was notified by Professor i4y-
man Carrier. of the V. F. l., OF the
award Of the third prize in the "bo:s
| contest OF February 8. 1910. as noted
| aoove.
| In view OF the difficulties attend.
Inc the inauguration of the Cheste.
IN, Congressional High School, 81
ms, It's first year, and the lack OF
equipment and funds, which are hopet
ior later on. the foregoing facts o,
me success of three students from
TINS school in this, the first corn judg
lnE contest by boys of the State, ar
high commentator OF the knowlede,
ana skill of Professor j. C. stiles, acrf
cultural teacher of this school, and /
source OF pride and satisfaction I
the school trustees. and the peopl
OF chesterfield county. who arr maxim
an EFFORT to make this school a sue
cess. The Bermuda District schoo
noard. which has official charge 3
me SCHOOL. has secured by gift an
lnTchase TWENTY-FIVE and half acre
OF land, and are now developing tn
same from original growth. "dn no,.n
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Corn Crnn short.

IsnocIal 10 The 'riines-Dspatch,l !.
Freezing, Va, February iA-TneIn ss,tii
sinall per cent Of last years corn erop s w
grain Is being fast destroyed by varm,ii,ll.
Whilh tbo weather. lis unfay0rable 70 sne
Aan!11nS Of II as it stapds In the hsusN'
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stables and some other industrial en-
terprises OF smaller nature do their
part to keep the village a little lively !
all the year round. and altogether |
Toano Is a right lively little town or
village or settlement, or whatever i
may be allowed to cali it.
Tho biggest Yct.
But think the biggest thing here
Is Toano's High School and public IL
brary. which are combination OF
good things. ! do not know OF VIII
lage or a community In all OF yir-
ginia or all of the Southern country
that Is entitled to more credit in the
educational line than this good little
village of Toano Here Is a High
School building that would be credit
TO even as big a town as Manchester
or Richmond. Ii Is beautifully made,
handsomely equipped with all OF the
modern educational paraphernalia.
splendidly heated and lighted. beauti-
fully surrounded. properly supplies
with high-classed teaching force, and
| be credit to the capital OF the ma
| ton as far as 1t goes. and with all
1t has q splendid Henrico county boy
as its principal, II. NJ A1aoManaway.
| The school building. which Is OF
brick, and Is splendidly arranged, con-
| tains five classrooms and an add
tlonal room known as the public IL
brary. This library is a kind OF combi l.
nation public and private affair. II
Is. OF course, open and always tree
to the public school students, and az
certain hours Of the day and the night
to the general public. In the library
there arc not less than GOO volumes
i OF tho best reading matter. There are
also the leading magazines ane
periodicals OF the country. The library
i handsomely furnished with table!
4 and chairs and desks. The book case
are especially handsome. being maze
in chartered oak The furnishings o
{. the library room cost something NOR
than $1,000, which was conlriou,eu ~,
the truckers and the farmers OF TN
surrounding region The library os
J longs to the High school during schoo
; hours, but aSter school hours !. 10 ne. .,t
I open indefinitely for the beneile o. ~
, villagers and the county people an
) they certainly do avail themselves
the privilege. 4 -, +b
state a library after the fashlon
: this one at Toano It would DO
Q cracker Jack good thing, for the esa,,
: and the boys and the glrls VI
( state I never thought OF ~ petor'
!. because never saw just such nm
d before, but why shouldn't there pc ..a
+ least in one place In every county ~.
|. such a. layout as that at Ioano' WY
: have tried to describe? IT Won
: be blessing; yes. Just one nu!,u'
j, blessings i'll blessed old v'ts'n'"'
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REAL ESTATE and
BUILDING news

CONTINUED IRON Flrst Fasc.1
lard. The manager of the rarW ana
country land department is y, y. Ear
ker, and he handles a good ueul U
farm property which has not been m
cludcd in the ngurcs given above :
The weather conditions of tho pas'
week have had q tendency to fetafa
building operations. tslt II ono 10 70
Judge by the busy hours the arcln-
teets and contractors ARD spending IN
drawing plans and making speclich-
tons, the coming spring VIII see lsion.
mond ana tile suburbs on ano'he'
building boom.
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Made highest Yield Of Corn.

ESPECIAL 10 1TNe
Salisbury, N, q, February la-For two
nlaced by &. H. Hudson. State farm aem-
nnnatrator for North Carolina, at the head
Of ali counties In tho state as to the yield
~ corn per acre. j, Anderson Foster, OF
GlaveInnd. Rowan county. made the hest
record ia 1908, reporting ninety-elght bush
Ala "a shelled corn per acre. II was plant
al April 10, waa cultivated seven times. and
7oo hounds OF gunno We're used per acre.
After deducting NIL cxpenaes and allowing
rs cents per bushel for corn he realized s6s,tq
ner acre, i4
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Tonno's Commercial Interest.

T0nno's Commercial Interest.
In Toano there are nine stores, and |
they sell goods to the people Of four
counties IN all something like $780,
wv year The people, especially the |
merchants, are wdcawake on the good
roads subject Dr. Stephenson tells |
me that the folks have clipped in
Tor good roads very largely, and they
are helping to make good highways
out In James City county. Charles City
county, York county and New
Kent county. OF course, this wise
system turns whele lot OF trade
from those counties to Toano. and
It begins to look to me as IL
Toano is going to be the COM
mercial centre OF this Peninsula truck
ing region. Williamsburg will have
to wake up and get move on her.
self or Toano will take away some of
her laurels, commercially speaking.
Several years ago Toano concluded
that It needed banking facilities nearer
home than Williamsburg or Richmond.
In response to this demand the PENN
sula Bank. Of Williamsburg, cstab-
lished a branch here. and the branch
| under the wise mana cement of Cashier
| Geddy and the local board Of directors
seems likely to become bigger In
| stitution than the parent bank In
SoOu ola NlltldlnS pufS.
| Small, hut Very Vigorous.
In the village proper there are prob
ably not moro than $50 people. but. as
before stated there arc In the reglons
round about quite as many more, and
| they all claim Toano as home, and
| they all think Toano Is destined to be
a big town some OF these days. I ain
inclined to think SO myself. There Is
certainly hero a good basis to start
upon. a barrel factory. that Is to say,
a concern that makes barrels and
boxes for the truckers in all the coun-
try round about, is pretty big thing
! Of itself 1t is supplied with up-to.
| date machinery that enables 1t to take
| the logs right out of the woods-logs
J or gum. logs of oak, logs of pine, logs
~ maple, and any other old kind Of
< lors--and convert them IN the Sshortes
space of time into barrel slaves, bar
rel hoops, veneering and az othel
kinds OF material. rms aaS.oly sup
t,nn with barrels and boxes In Whicl
the ,,roiucts Of the country are shipped
~ Northern and Western consumers
,rhe 1,arrel factory employs very man
hnnf1s, ana the payroll IN the ous
.. mm season amounts to $500 I
5000 per week. 80, ,,,a,.try.
i The canning factory, Whten Z. s a,n
). auoted by u, ". Marston y SOIL III. - sas
: En- large money distributor. .,.,,,t
+. torv takes up all OF the surplus f Il, !, !,
rand and vegetables Of this great true q, u
: region and cans them for the market y
or course, in the very nature OF W
! case the canning factory can WI
only about one-third OF tho year, bl
when 1t is at work II pushes bnslMss
right along, Its payroll tef nnn -,
four months IN the year " hpous NV
per week. Yaa,1
Il me planning mill operated ny Jane
Il II blanks, saws MP all kinds or lumbt
9 and Keeps d good force of hands bns
!, pretty much all OF tho year 'roun
: a grist mill, two hotels, TWO liYe'
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70AN0, VILLAGE IN
TRUCKING SECTION
CONTINUED rrom rirst par

continued FROM First Page.)
raised to a great extent In this sec
ton. and they were marketed with
profit to the raisers, but within the
past five years the farmers have found
1t more profitable to raise potatoes
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New $4,000 Hotel in new million dollar town. Hot
and cold water Steam heat. Electric lighted Telephones
in every Thirty guest Lawn Of two acres
and more. Mountain air. Lovely valleys. Best of water
Place of rest.
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Run,,,1er Resorts.

In third will receive 50. There will
be twelve sets OF these premiums, and
so three boys in each county will be
sure to come in under the string. 1t
is likely that special exhibits of corn
made by these Chesapeake and Ohio
clubs Will he made OF the State Fair.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-30
NO SLAVERY
TO WORK
Finds Ii Easy To Do Her House.
work, After Taking Cardui,
The Woman's Tonic, For
Her Weakness.

Deskins, VAT had serious female
troubles, lasting 40 days at time,
writes Mrs. Mary A. Vandyke. II took
medicine from, two doctors, but it seemed
to do no good. was so weak could
hardly walk, SO wrote you for advice,
and got bottle of Cardui. In a few days
/ was better. Now | feel like new
woman. am doing ny work and praise
your medicine every day. ] advise all
my friends to try Cardui, the best medi-
cine for women on earth.
Ifyou suffer from any form Of womanly
weakness or rregularity, try Cardui, the
wo1nan's tonic. 1t helps nature to per.
form a cure in natural, easy way.
Its ingredients are mild herbs, having
4 gentle, tonic effect on the female con-
stitution.
II makes for increased strength, i'm.
proves the appetite tones up the nervous
system, and helps to make pale, sallow
cheeks fresh and rosy.
Many ladies have written to say that
Cardui is worth its weight in gold. II
you are a woman, try it.
Your druggist sells it, with full in,
structions for Use.
N. Write 10 Ladies' Advisory Dept.
Chattanooga Medicine Co, Chattanooga
Tenn, for Special Instructions and "a,
page book, Home Treatment for Wo
men, sent in plain wranper on request
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-30
AN EASTER OUTING
DOWN THE JAMES
Employees Of C.. F..Sauer Company
Board the Nada,and Invade
Meadowville.

The steam yacht tNada." L.. NJ. Duke
skipper and owner. made fine trip
down the raging James on Easter
Monday, carrying happy throng on
pleasure bent. The yacht was char
tered for the day by the C. #. Sauer
Co, manufacturers OF extracts, and
the object was to take the employees
of the big factory on a holiday jaunt.
The young lady stenographers and
clerks and bookkeepers of the es-
tablishment and the young nlan who 40
all kinds of stunts in the various de-
partments of the factory were the
passengers, and coterie of the same
kind of employees from tho Christian
Brothers Extract Company, which has
recently been bought out by the Sauer
Company, were invited guests, ana
they were on board when the good
ship set sail at 80 In the morning.
Mrs. C. F. Sauer undertook the
pleasing task of chaperonins the young
ladies, and q charming chaperon she
was. Messrs. Sauer, Dunstan and John
son, of tho Sauer Company, were the
commodores in general charge of the
fleet"
There was music on the ship. and
there were varied refreshments or
| board. and there were all kinds Of fun,
as the brave little yacht sailed down
the James. At due time a landing was
made at Meadowville the splendid
home and magnificent plantation of
DR.. George Potts, just four miles be-
low Dutch Gap.
The genial DR.. Potts was on hand at
the wharf ready to most cordially well
come the crew and the passengers, and
he Unanimously" voted them the free
dom OF his spacious grounds, and not
only that, but he appointed special
guides and scouts to show the happy
throng the best fishing places. the
coolest of the shady hooks and the
brightest fields and woods where the
loveliest of the Wild flowers are grow
ing.
Games were played, much fishing was
done, refreshments of the choicest
kind We're served both on board ship
and on the grounds, and altogether
the employees OF the Sauer Company
had one of the biggest days of their
lives.
Just before the NADIA left the wharf
Dr. Potts presented Mr.. Sauer with
a water tarrapin. with full instruc-
tions as to how to reduce the animal
to a Delmonico terrapin stew, and
1t is safe to say that his terrapinship
has ere this entered into that stew.
The NADIA reached her Richmond dock
at s o'clock in the evening and un-
loaded as happy passenger list as
ever took passage on any ship that
ever plowed the waters of the James
or any other waters.
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COUNTIES GUARANTEED.
Prevalence OF Fever Among Cattle Pre-.
vents Their Shipment.
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washington. d. c., March 2s.-The
Following territory In Virginia has
been auarantined on account Of the
existence OF splenetic. Southern or
Texas fever:
THE counties of Fluvanna. Chester
field. Greencsville, Sussex, Surry. South
ampton, Isle of Wight. Nansemond.
and that part of Warwick county not
included in the Newport News Magis-
teria1 District. and that part of York
county not included in the Bruton
Magisterial District. are quarantined.
From the counties and parts OF
counties above mentioned cattle shall
only be moved or allowed to move
Interstate to points outside of the
guaranteed area In accordance with
the regulations for immediate slaugh-
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UrudIcy-Wcbstcr.
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ErederiCksbura. Va. March %

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fredericksburg. Va, Marcf, GO
Theodore NJ. Bradley, formerly of this
city, now of Baltimore, and Miss Ber-
tina NJ. Webster, daughter of George
n. Webster, of New York, were mar
ried last night at Epiphany Episcopa,
Church at Queenstown, Md, Rev. Car
roll Harding officiating. A reception
at the home of the brides aunt and
uncle. Mr.. and Mrs. w. 7. Iutchns.
followed the ceremony. Miss Annie
Benzinficr was maid of honor, and
Jas. L. Bradley best man The cou-
pie left for a bridal trip North. They
will reside in Baltimore. The groom
is son of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. E.
Bradley, of this city.
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RESIGNS rs JUDGE
T0ENTER CAMPAIGN
J.C.sBuxton Endorsed for Superior
Court-Plan for Rifle
Range.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.

lSpeClal ellHleS-DlSpdtCE.I
Raleigh, n. c., March Ex-Governor
kitchin received to-day the resigna-
ton of e. b. Jones. Winston Salem. as
superior Court Judge. for the Eleventh
Judicial District, including FORSYTH.
wilkes. Rockingham. Allegheny. Cas-
well. Surry and stokes counties. The
resignation is effective May Z. 1t is
understood that the resignation is ten
dered in order that Judge Jones may
enter more freely into campaign for
the Democratic nomination for Con-
gress in the Fifth District. now repre-
scented by Congressman Morchead. The
Governor Will take no action for the
present, although II is certain that the
resignation VIII be accepted. He has
as yet no applications on file for the
appointment: However. the winston on.
Salem bar has indorsed j. . Buxton ior
the appointment. There has not been
a marked degree of political sympathy
between the Governor and Mr.. Buxton,
it Is said. and many here doubt Mi.
Buxton getting the appointment IL the
matter isrleft to the Governor instead
of going over to await the judicial
convention and the selection ofSa nom
inee by 1t. Governor Kitchin has ex-
pressed a preference Tor this course
to be taken. saving that he would
gladly appoint the convention nominee.
pending election.
school Tax Election.
Superintendent G. d. Moore. OF the
Caldwell county public schools. re-
ports TO the state Department of Edu-
cation the carrying OF an election Tor
the Improvement of the schools. lie
| says a number of others are sure To
be carried in the near future. with
sentiment for local taxation and better
school facilities steadily growing.
The State Commissioner of Insurance
is notified from Fayetteville that g. II.
Maness. OF that place. under indict-
ment and bond for burning a store in
.Na.- ntt hnc faf "a
that there can be no trial at the pres
ent term of court, when it was dock
eted to come up.
Two charters We're issued to-day
asheVilie. $4,000 authorized and S.
600 subscribed by C. d. w. Colby and
others; and the East Bend Publishing
Company. Yadkin county, capital s6.-
600, by L. l.. Norman and others.
PInn for Rifle Range.
The state Rifle Range Association. of
which Colonel Alfred Williams. Colonel
r. L. Leinster and CAPTAIN w. +.
fected a ten-year lease of ten acres of
land two and a quarter miles north
west of the city, on which will be
equipped at once l,ooO-yard rifle
graded and equipped at once. at an
expense of nearly $1,000. There will be
200. 900. 500. 500, 500 and 1.00o-yard
lines. from which the firing will be in
pEdcLlCe lici. aiS iAtoci cS1AA
panies of tho North Carolina National
Guard within 100 miles of Raleigh. and
it is expected that teams from these
companies will come here at intervals
for range practice. this in addition to
the use of the range by the local
company and by the a. & Nj. College
students. The college is to keen the
range in order after 1T is equipped. in
consideration of having the use of it
for the two military battalions of the
college.
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EXPECT DECISIVE ACTION.
Tortifcations Conference VIII lie Helu
in Washington To-day.
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Norfolk, Va. March 29.--rhe forti-
f,cation conference. which is of such
great Importance to this section will
be held In Washington Tomorrow.
The delegates from this section are
Harvey Dickson II, H. Trice, and Bar
ton Myers. They left tonight for the
Because Of the fact that President
Taft is strongly in favor of terrifying
the entrance TO Chesapeake. Bay Tor
the protection of many important
cities, and since Secretary OF War
Dickinson and leading members OF
Congress are OF the same way Of 'think-
ing, 1t is believed that some decisive
action will be taken during this ses-
sion OF the nations lawmakers
At to-morroW's meeting, there will
be present representatives of all the
cities adjacent to the Chesapeake and
tributaries. The President may speak
and the Secretaries OF War and the
Navy Will he on hand.
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rArAL now on rnArN.
Pcaccmnker on Negro Excursion
stabbed to ncntti.
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Martinsville, Va. March GA mix
cd excursion was operated from Win
aton to Roanoke yesterday. There
wero seven car loads Of negroes
aboard Many of them got drunk in
Roanoke. and a FREQ fight began on
the return trip last night. When
near Bassett, this county, sidney Wood.
colored, or winston, who was helping
to preserve order, had his throat cut
from car to ear. dying at once.
The body was taken off here, and
An inquest held day. Jim Harston,
Thomas Bailey and Nat Penn, colored,
arc charged with the crime. Hairston
Is in Jail at Winston. Tho others
have not been caught. Hairston was
struck over the head by the conductor
for tamperirg with the bellcord. Scrap
Owen, of Winston, is held here as a
witness to the murder.
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Charters by the state.
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fspeciaI 10 The Tlmes-DIspatchI
Raleigh. y. c., March 2s.-The Redsvile
Business MEMS Association Gnc.) has re-
ceived charter for promoting the general
welfare OF this thriving little city, the In
corporators being d. \. Hendrix. ". +.
Burton, r. l.. Hubbard and others. An
other charter is to the Auditorium Amuse-
ment Company. Charlotte, capital $1,000 by
NJ B. Hunter. H. p. Hunter. c. F. shuman
and others, for maintaining place OF
amusement, theatrical. moving picture and
otherwise in the Charlotte Auditorium
The Pugh- Alexander Company, Greensboro
capital s2s,ooo by c. e. Push, c. y. Alex
ander and others. is chartered for mcrcan'
tito business.
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GET ARMY APPOINTMENTS.
Two V. VI. /. Graduates Become Lieutenants
I'm Coast Artillery.
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Lexington, Va. March 2a.-Richard
stearns Dodson. bachelor OF seience and
Arg, distinguished graduate OF the class OF
1906. OF Norfolk, and Cary Robinson Wilson
3. s.. C. E.. OF Norfolk. graduate OF the
class OF 1866. and subsequently, an assistant
professor in the department OF matnema
Tics. have been appointed second i!euten-
ants in the coast artillery, L. S. ~
The Virginia Military Institute has PROB
ably larger number OF its graduates in
the army than any other Institution In ths
l-o,,ntry west Point. OF course excepted.
The number of officers on the active list
now exceed 100 In number
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M.11n 1NcRnAsE AoREAeE.
Tobacco Men Look for Much Larger
Cron Next Fall.

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Lynchburg Va, March 2s.-indiea-
lions in the district around Lynchburg
are TO the effect that the tobacco
than was the case @ year ago. The
crop for this year, while not all sold
will be several million pounds lighter
than 1903. but some tobacco men look
for bigger crop next fall than for
some years. The acreage will be
larger, and IL the crop has ene right
kind of conditions, Will be much
heavier than for some years
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fredericksburg. Va. March &c.
II. Kennedy, n former merchant of
THIS city, has filed through his attor-
ney. Judge Alvin T. Embrey. q petit
ton in voluntary bankruptcy, in the
Office in Richmond of the clerk of
the United States court. The liabili-
ties are put at s11.765.s5, of which So
900 is secured. Assets, $4,000. in real
and personal property.
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Charged with Burnlng Barn.

------ 70 CS-IJISPHt CIl, I-"-
Fredericksburg, Va, March 90
Charles McGhee and Frederick Steplet,
two young negroes, have been arrested
in King George county. charged with
burning the barn Of Robert GRIMES, in
90. They We're given preliminary
trial before Justice r. T. Perkins, who
sent them on to the grand jury.