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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-01
The Automobile situation.

The past year there were 100000 au-
tomobiles manufactured in this coun-
try. In 1912, the number is est.mat-
ed at 10000. If the number keeps ON
increasing for three or four years. we
VIII nearly all have one. unless they
become so common they will go out
of fashion. and there Is no danger of
that for fifty or more years to come
The business of building and selling
automobiles is bound to grow for
many years yet. and It is gratifying to
note the fact that Richmond is in the
auto making swim. The machines made
In this city have already become ex-
ceedingiy popular, and tina: line of
business will reach mammoth proper
tions In the near future.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-01
SHOWS ADVANTAGE
Of SMALL FARMS
neighborhood impossible.
(Continued From First Page,

neighborhood impossible.
The division of great areas into small
farms invites small garmers to that
section. 1t promotes and makes more
rapid settlement of the country
by thrifty and desirable citizens. 1t
mas other results-taxes are better dis
tributed, revenue Is increased. lands
advance in value. and are more and
more in demand
Still another feature is WORTHY Of
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES there arc az
tensiVe tracts owned and operated by
individuals. families living in seolus-
ION In state of isolation. and with
neiEhbors far apart, there is the least
content. the spirit of emulation is abb
sent. progress is slow. and apathy
reigns
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-01

County fairs" says tho Farmyilic
Herald are best Of all the fairB In
that they bring ne!ghbors together
and from the touch OF elbow new en-
thusiasm is given TO the work OF life
That is just ne true ae any remark n
preacher might have made in a ser
mon on resenera,ior.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-01

The Honorable S. F, Prouty. who
represents one of the Iowa districts In
Congress. is telling his constituents
that the Southern congressmcn have
been misbehaving terribly Here IS
his complaint as he himself Expresses
It.
In every measure proposed or pass
cd in the House during the present
session st is clear 20 see that the South
was taking care OF her interests and
protecting her hobbies."
What does this young Congressman
from iowa imagine we send repres@n-
,atives TO Washington for? We used
20 send them there TO pose as ststcs
men and discuss political questions.
but the progressive South has caught
on TO the ancient Yankee idea Of look
ing OUT for bus!negs. Business. great
deal of It and yet more busineSs, is
the South's hobby" nowadays. and the
South Is 70 be congratulated that Mr..
Prouty has discovered thap Southern
congressman are looking after orr
hobbies. Hurrah for rrou;y, and hui l.
rah again for the Southern hobby rid
ers
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-01
4 Coming Induntrr.

w II. Croll. of Georgia. has been
trying for several years to perfect a
process by which he hopes TO utilize
cotton stalks in the manufacture of n
superior paper. He thinks he has the
thing down fine now. and announces
that he hopes soon to have a stock
company at work turning out the pa
per In large quantities. Four or Ave
years ago a Virginian or a North Caro-
linten, have forgotten which. but he
was from the tobacco growing belt,
thought he had discovered a way to
make note paper out OF tobacco stalks,
but he failed to get the necessary
capital to believe In his discovery and
the industry went by the board Quite
likely Mr.. Crolis cotton stalk PROPOSE
ton ts a revival of the alleged tooao-
CO stalk discovery. Anyhow, II the
utilization of cotton stalks and tobac-
60 stalks for paper making should be
demonstrated to be a thoroughly prac-
teal commercial proposition. It would
make valuable tons upon tons of raw
material that is now worse than value
less in chat II costs the farmers some
thing to get rid of the worthless
stalks. There is no telling what
scientific research may bring to light
in these days and this cotton and to-
bacco stalk subject at least deserves
thorough investigation
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-01
on TO YoRKrowN.
Ancient Historical Town to Have Railway
Copnection With Outer World.

Hampton. Va. September 3o-In an inter
moter Of the proposed Hampton and York
town Railway, says there is nov no doun,
OF the building Of the line. the foad WI
points named and will require three bridges
varying from ono-hait to three-qnarters OF
lids wiI he received for construction. rs
plans and specifications not completed
Maps and proAes only partly finished
II ia undecided as to motive power, ou'
either electricity or steam will be used.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-01
Worthy of conaideratiop.

Tho growing disparity between the
supply and the demand for meats and
dairy products in the South is worthy
OF the most serious consideration by
those who are Interested in that sec
lion and its future well-being. Local
production meets mere fraction Of
the local needs. The necessity, there
iore' forces consumers to pay high
prices for meats imported from the
Northern States. and the money, to the
extent of millions annually. Instead of
being expended in the State. goes 10
make more plethoric the wealth of
distant sections. 1t IS often a mat
ter OF comment. not alone among tho
near and active friends of the South.
but among observing people of the
North, who have been through tho
Southern country. that while it's re-
sources are incalculable. it's oppor-
tunities In husbandry In animal in
dustry, greater by far than In any
other region, there has not been an
awakening In every part of the South
TO tho sumptuary problem which is
yearly growing moro momentous The
wonder is that farmers who are daily
treading under their feet the rich and
juicy. heritage which suggests Fat
hoclIs and herbs, Flooding over
luxuriant meadows, are not putting
them to better use than mere haymak-
ing.
Convert the farm into part stock and
part planting, and there is a dual re-
suit achieved-tho stock raised sup
plies meat and dairy products, and tho
soil is enriched In natures own in
Irritable and perfect way, without cost.
giving continuous and heavier crops
10 grain. vegetables, grass. and for
age. AT tho end OF the year there is
a surplus of stock provender and OF
beef, mutton and pork. Without un-
due effort after pure bred stock is in
troduced on the farm and the native
stock is thereby improved by grading.
That industry may EASILY. be made TO
enlarge, until the farmer. instead of
buying wheat. is selling IL and deriv-
ing from 1t profits far above those ever
received by Northern stockmen. Be
cause the cost of raising beef. mutton,
or pork. and the cost of maintaining
the dairy. is incredibly low: dut to
the wonderful fruition OF the soils.
elemental plant feeding. open climate.
permitting rotation of crops. and an al
rendering expensive-sheltera and expen
sive grain feeding unnecessary. There
have been times when stock was dying
on the plains coated with ice. that
stock in the South was browsing con-
tentedly on the sun warmed slopes of
the Piedmont, In the verdant valleys,
on perennial grasses, and fattening on
legumes and on by-products. yielded on
the land they kept rich In humus with
not q dollar OF expenditure
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-01
GOLD AND SILVER
CAROLINA OUTPUT
Continued From First Page.)

per ton and yielding 63.2 pounds of
copper per ton. The placers OF North
Carolina yielded 497.34 fine ounces OF
gold and forty-three fine ounces OF
silver; the siliceous ores produced
2,T45.7T fine ounces of gold and 456 fine
ounces OF silver. and the copper ores
yielded 1851 fine ounces of go.a and
s.554 tine ounces Of silver. The notable
production OF silver from North Caro-
lima in 1910 was therefore from cop
per ores.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-01
Paying for Sugar In our,n.

Since January 1 sugar has advanc
ed from sS.75 to s725, New York price
This is more than IS per cent. The
sugar trust Will make profit of sac
100000 on the years business on ac-
count OF the advance. according TO
New York brokers.
A New York trade paper tells us:
Much OF this money will be used to
wipe out the deficit In the corporation. )
reserves caused by the Government s
differentiation prosecutions and the
seemingly endless litigation that fol-
lowed the discovery of the manipulate
ed scales on the Brooklyn docks of
the trust
All of this simply means that the
lovers of coffee, the consumers of can
ned fruits. the eaters of cako and the
parents OF the children who dote on
candy are paying tho lawyers fees.
the court expenses, the fines and all
the other things the sugar trust had to
spend money for in the litigation con-
sequcnt upon the effort of government
to smash the trust. Virginia will have
to go to raising sugar beets so tina.
every man can make his own sweet
nin'," just like every good Virginia
farmer manufacturers his own hog and
hominy
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-01
VIEWS AND
NEAR VIEWS
Continued From First Page

doubtless find that they can nor do
better than to sell the lands they own
IN that cold country and come to vir-
sinia where they can get better lands,
and get them cheap. and then raise
Gil the potatoes required to meet tho
constantly growing demand.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-01
virginia Railwny. Should Follow suit.

Virginia Railway. Should Follow Suit.
Farmers. land agents and Industrial
boomers throughout large part OF
the Souht are intensely Interested in
the project of the Central of GcorGin
Railway TO establish a string of test
farms" along the lone of it's roadway
in tho States OF Georgia and Alabama
for the avowed purpose of furthcring
the cause OF scientific agriculture.
According to the plan as outlined, it
Is proposed to enter into partnership
with fifteen farmers along the rail-
ways line. to have .ract of forty
acres in each farm cultivated accord :
ing to the methods as taught In the
agricultural colleges of the two States
The railroad company prop oses to pay
the expenses, the farmers doing the
actual work along scientigc methods.
That seems to be good scheme and
a plan that the railways that run
through Virginia might we'll copy nf-
ter. The Norfolk and Western has
done something along this line. and
that company's demonstration farm
near Ivor has been of no lttlo benefit
10 the farming community. Moro
farms like that and those proposed to
be run in Georgia and olabama by the
Central OF Georgia would be big
thing TO the country and mighty pro-
ftable to the railways.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-01

"%o farmer would expect a crop ~
corn or cotton without fair cultiva-
ton and fertilizing when needed. bu,
he will enact his. orchard TO give him
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-07-06
HAVING GOOD SUCCESS.
Ed Richards and Chester Lozier,
Known in This County, Get Boost
From Sullivan Paper.

The following from Sullivan pa
per will interest many people here
and elsewhere through the county:
Two new business men In Sullivan
are Chester A. Lozier and Edward +.
Richards, who own and operate the
Lozisr ice Cream Company which
sought the ice cream business form
erlv conducted by w. M. Draper.
Mr.. Lozier came here from Indian
apolis and is an experienced man In
the ice cream and creamery business
Mr.. Richards came from Plymouth
and for many years was engaged IN
the produce business.
The Lozier Ice Cream Company is
doing a nice business. 1t handles Ice
cream, milk butter, ices, sherbets.
The company is at this time getting
sufficient supply of milk to meet
its requirements buying something
over 400 gallons per day. Besides
this they buy a quantity of cream.
The enterprising men are good adj
'it'ons to our business commun ty
I'D they have moved their families
are ard Identified themselves with
the community.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-07-06
ATTACKED BY COW.
Six Year Old Son Of John Leland
Has Narrow Escape.

The six year old son Mark OF Mr..
and Mrs. John Leland living south
east of town had a narrow escape
from death on Tuesday OF this week.
AS ne was driving in the COWS, one
Of them attacked MIN and If hello
had not been near, she would have
very seriously injured If not killed
OUTRIGHT. She Knocked him dows
and attempted to trample him With
her feet.
The child screamed and Mrs. Ie-
lard wh.- was about 20 rods away,
IAN and beat the animal eff with a
club Esrk had tooth xnoeSr.i oct
anil vas bruised and badly scared bv
lie acriG.nt. The cow was young
one ana without horns Orce before
s!.e lad shown SIGNS of an ugly d's.
position, but nothing of this kind had
appeared for some months.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-07-06
POSSE HUNTS SHOOTER
Paroled Convict Wounds Four
Men and Escapes.
Illinois Sheriff and His Aids Are
Engaged in a Stern Chase
Over Country.

Louisville. IL, July flames Geer,
a paroled convict. who shot four men,
is being pursued by posse Geer
Wounded Deputy Sheriff j. W. Cogs
well, j. Nj Tanner, his employer, Rex
McCulluln, and DR.. Arthur Steely.
A few days ago Geer, who was work
ing for Tanner, wrote letter to Miss
Florence Scott, a telephone operator,
asking for a time and place to see
her, and signed another mans name
tn il. She became Suspicious and no.
titled the manager, Arthur Mayden,
who asked Geer not TO annoy the girl
Geer then threatened him.
hayden notified the authorities.
After obtaining a repeating shotgun
and revolver, Geer went to the house
where Mayhem boarded and called for
him. The deputy sheriff and a posse
approached him and he fed into an
orchard. The sheriff fired several
shots at him. Geer dropped, returned
two solleys, the shots wounding Cogs-
we'll, Tanner. McCullum and DR..
Steely. Their wounds are not believed
dangerous.
Geer ESCAPED and was not heard or
seen until he called at Mrs. Ella
Browns home and ordered her to pre-
pare food for him. While he was
waiting she sent word to the sheriff,
bet before The posse arrived Geer fled.
Before leaving Geer told Mrs.
Brown he intended to stay here until
he had killed Arthur hayden and
Florence Scott and he would do it if
he had TO XIII all who might interfere
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-07-06
REMEMBER TWO BIRTHDAYS.
DR.. L. D. Eley and Mrs. Firestone
Celebrate Same Day With Gay
Company at Whist.

June 29-Last night a CAV COM
pany assembled at the home of DIR.
and Mrs. l.. D. Eley and celebrated
the birthday of DR.. Eley and also OF
Mrs. C. Firestone. Eight couples
spent the evening at whist. Mrs. L.
NJ. Lauers received a fine cut glass
dish for making the highest score,
and Mrs. Eley Miner was remember
ed with consolation for making the
lowest score.
A year ago DR.. Eley's birthday
was celebrated and during the even
ing it was learned that Mrs. Fire
stones birthday came on the same
day. The Doctor at once said, "Next
year we will celebrate our birthdays
together and so they did.
Some very good talks were mae by
Mr. Miner, Mr.. John Losey and Mr..
Lauer. The honored ones Of the
evening were very nicely remembered
with presents and Refreshments were
served. Mrs. Lauer took flash light
picture of the company during the
evening.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-07-06
TENNESSEE A DEFAULTER
interest on State Bonds, Due Today,
Is Not Paid.

Nashville, Tenn, July 1. - AS has
been anticipated Tennessee will de-
fault in New York in the payment of
its July interest TO the amount of
about $4,000 1t will probably be
considered technical default, since
the money is forthcoming, but whether
it will initiate against the sale of
s11, 100000 IefunGing bonds remains
to be determined later. Tennessee
state securities are all held in New
York CITY, The law CT that state pre-
vent the handling by trust companies
and savings banks of any securities
of defaulting states for period of ten
years.
Facing this grave situation and time
and again forewarned by Comptroller
Dibrell that he would not pay out the
money except by regular appropriation,
the legislature has for the Fast sew
erai days dallied over an alleged sal
airy grab" that members of both fac
tions in the house favored, but the
same was opposed by a majority of the
senate
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-07-06
WORK COMMERCIAL CLUB
Ben Seybold Will Lead the Boys
Who Will Give the Public Again
That Delightful Band Music
Often Heard.

The good old days are surely com
ing back again. We all remember the
times when everybody was saying
4" Listen to the band" and gaily
whistling the tunes as they were
played. TEen every one seemed hap
Ply, but for two whole years this joy
has not been ours.
Now, we shall again be able to
sit on the curbing along Michigan
street and listen to the music to our
hearts content.
Through the persistent efforts of
the Commercial Club a series of
twelve concerts has been arranged.
Ben Seybold is leader of the band.
The first concert is to be given next
Thursday evening and there will be
one each week thereafter for twelve
successive weeks.
Since its organization the Com
mercial Club has had the welfare of
our city at heart. It has done much
for the hetterment of local condi-
tons. for the increasing Of home. In
dustries for the people of the COM
munity in general. One way Of ad-
vertising the town was to adopt a
slogan. TIE band concerts are to be
another means whereby Plymouth
may be made famous and in which It's
citizens may find great pleasure. Ger
tainly the Club can net be given
too much credit for this. their latest
effort.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-07-06

fair to all, and a republican who
wants to do the best for the party at
all times, regardless of personal in
terests either of himself or of any,
body else. He has no political ambi-
tions to serve and is therefore en-
tirely free to act In the interest of
the party. All those who met Mr..
New were impressed with this fact.
DR.. c. F. Holtzendorff went for Mr..
Hess and DR.. Borton, DIR. Preston, J.
A. Yockey, L. J. Hess and S. E. Boys
for earn.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-07-06
JOURNEY TO INDIANAPOLIS.
Post Office Candidates See the Powers
That Be and Are Now Waiting
For Results.

June 29.-Two of the candidates
for the Plymouth Post-office, to-
gether with some of their friends,
went to Indianapolis yesterday to see
Hon. Harry S. New, who has the dis
pensing of the post-office patronage
in this state. Herbert E. Hess and
F. E. earn both saw the gentleman
who has been selected by President
Taft to help settle these difficult
propositions in Indiana. DIR. Loring
was also to have had a hearing, but
was prevented from going on account
of the death in his family. He will
see Mr.. New next week, it is under
stood, and soon after that time the
matter will be decided.
Mr.. New is man Of large exper-
fence in politics, absolutely impartial,
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-07-06
ACQUIRES ANOTHER LINE
Frisco Railway Leases Louisiana
Southern Systems.

]. st. Louis, July President Win
chell announced that the Frisco lines
have acquired under Ions time leases
the Louisiana Southern railway and
that beginning July i this line, which
connects with the Frisco's extensive
New Orleans terminal, which follows
the Mississippi rivers east bank from
New Orleans south to Bellair, thirty
miles. with a line from New Orleans
to Shell Beach on Lake Borgne, a
distance of thirty miles, will be OPP
Grated as part of the Frisco.
The line down the river will be ex.
tended some twenty miles, thereby
providing fifty miles of deepwater
frontage below New 0rIAare
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-07-06
UNSAN|TARY
CONDITION
ABOUT MEATS
LEGAL REQUIREMENTS WHICH
HEALTH OFFICERS ARE COM
PEELED TO ENFORCE IN
sLAUGHTER-HoUsEs
PLACES ARE EXAMINED
Provisions of Law Which is Designed
to Protect the Public From I'm
wholesome and Bad
Food.
PLACES ARE EXAMINED

The laws of the state of Indiana
are very strict in regard to the con-
dition about slaughter-houses.
Health officers are sworn TO enforce
these laws and have no alternative
but TO do so.
The Plymouth Board of Health has
lately been making some examina-
ton of the slaughter-houses of the
city markets, and finds them not In
the best of condition, yet SUPERIOR 10
the customary place for killing. 4
meeting was recently held with the
meat men of the city and the law
and requirments fully explained to
them. and they will all comply strict
ly with the law.
This law was passed In 1907 and
its provisions are Us follows; stating
the legal unsanitary conditions which
must not exists
1. IF the slaughter-house is dilapi-
dated and In a state of decay.
2. If the floors or sidewalks are
soaked with decaying blood or other
animal matter.
3. If efficient fly screens are not
provided.
4. IF the drainage of the slaughter
house or slaughter-house yard is not
efficient.
5. If maggots. or filthy pools. or
hog wallows exist In the slaughter
house yard. or under the slaughter
house.
6. If the water supply used in con-
nection with the cleaning or prepar-
alton of the meats for the market
is not pure and unpolluted.
z. If hogs are kept in the slaugh-
ter-house yard. or fed therein on an
imal offal. or if the odors of putre-
faction plainly exist therein.
s. IF earcasses or parts ct car
casses are transported from place to
place when not covered with clean
white cloths.
9. IF the meats are kent n bad
smelling refrigerators. or IT kept In
un-clean. bad-smelling cold storage
rooms.
The above requirements were given
out BY the city board of health and
thev will require absolutely every
one of them from the local meat mar
tets.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-07-06
"A Tale of Two Cities.

A large crowd witnessed the pre-
sentation of Dickens Z" A Tale of Two
Cities last evening at the Crystal
by the Vitagraph Company of Amer
ica. The acting was especially fine,
particularly that of Miss Florence
Turner and Maurice Costello. The
scenes of the storming of the Bastile
and the Guillotine were thrilling.
Taken all in all it was an excellent
presentation. 4
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-07-06
$1,000, 900 LEFT TO GIRL


Washington, June 26.+By the vii!
of James ]. Gordon, filed for probate
here. Miss Alice Gertrude Gordon, his
daughter and an intimate friend OF
Miss Helen Taft, is made the sole heir
to her fathers estate, valued at over
1900, GOO.
Miss Gordon is nineteen years OF
age and was one of last seasons de-
butantes. Her father at one time was
associated with the late w. 8. Hunting
ton in railroad building.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-07-06

London, June 26. = Last weeks
prospect of a settlement of the sea-
mems strike at Liverpool has not ma
terialized. The leaders have issued
list of forty-fve federation firms
whose seamen have been ordered to
strike. The dockmen also are rest
less and threates>to join, The strike
Is most gre at Hull.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-07-06
WOMAN IN AEROPLANE
Mrs. James B. Martin Flies Over Five
Massachusetts, Towns.

Boston, Mass, June 30.-The first
successful Gloss, country monoplane
fight ever made by woman flying
alone stands to the credit of Mrs.
James B. Martin. wife of the Harvard
aviator.
In an eighteen minute flight she flew
over Waltham, WATERFOWL, Newton,
Waverly and Belmont. She performed
her evolutions with the same speed
and daring that have marked the
flights of her husband and she made a
perfect landing.