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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-11-23
Knox County
Farm Bargain
No. 666

The farm described below is abso-
lutely one of the finest farms in East
Tennessee, and will appeal to anyone
looking for strictly up-to-date farm.
Contains 400 acres, about 100 acres
IN good timber, balance in grass and
under cultivation. Land lays exceed
ingly well and machinery can be oper-
ated over all OF it. Watered by springs,
creek, well and cistern. This year
crop consists of corn, oats, hay. SOW
beans and alfalfa. The average pro-
duction per acre of the different crops
Is as follows: Corn 60 bushels, hay 2
tons, wheat 25 bushels, alfalfa 5 tons.
soy beans to 4 tons of bean hay and
20 to 80 bushels of beans. The Is acres
planted in beans last year paid the
owner nearly 800 per acre. About 80
acres in beans this year, which will do
about as well All crops last year were
Waived at more than IS, 900 and would
have reached 81, 900 this year had the
season been good.
This farm has been in che hands of q
scientific farmer for five years, and it
is admitted to be in the best state of
cultivation of any farm in Knox county.
During the past five years the owner
has spent something like sc, 600 for
lime, high grade fertilizers and stable
manure, and as result of his scientific
methods of farming, he has every acre
of the land in a very high state of cult
vatlon- The soil is a pure limestone
with stiff red clay subsoil, so holds all
improvements. A good farmer can
take the place now and make from
$4,000 to $4,000 annually. The pres
ent owner has thoroughly demonstrated
the fact that alfalfa can be profitablv
grown on this land. He has two acres
IN alfalfa which produces II tons the
first cutting, and for the year will pro-
duce about tons per acre. He has a
1O0-acre field which he has planned to
put In alfalfa as soon as the land could
be properly prepared.
The improvements consist of two
dwellings,, two extra good barns, newly
painted, and plenty of outbuildings.
All buildings IN first class repair. The
fencing the best in the county. Situat-
ed on macadamized road one mile from
railroad station and ten miles from the
city of Knoxville. Good schools,
churches and market within one mile,
making it one of the best located farms
in East Tennessee. The owner of this
farm Is about eighty years old, and lives
In Knoxville, and, owing to the condi-
ton of his health, his physicians advise
him that it will be impossible for him
to continue to superintend the operation
or his farm. 1t is therefore necessary
for him to dispose of it, and we have
been able to list it at an exceedingly
low figure, not much more than half
what the owner would have taken for
it year ago. While we have a great
many bargains throughout East Ton
nessee, and some that may be as good
values as this, we do not hesitate to
say that this is the most up-to-date
farm of its size we have ever seen in
East Tennessee. Price $27, 500, rea-
sonable terms. If interested advise US
promptly,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-11-23
Ninth Annual Meeting.

The ninth annual State conference of
Charities and Corrections will meet in
Roanoke next Sunday and continue in
session three days. The meeting will
be opened on Sunday morning by ad-
dresses in all the white churches of the
city and in the afternoon by series of
addresses at the High Street Baptist
church, colored.
Beginning Monday the sessions will
be held in the auditorium of the Ma
tional Business College, and an interest
ing program has been prepared. Select
speakers of national reputation will be
In attendance, number of vital topics
will be discussed and a large gathering
of charitable workers are expected.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-11-23
PraIseworthy seamansb,n

A remarkable rescue was effected
recently when a sailor fell overheard
from the steamship Baron Mimic dur.
ing voyage from Japan to Hong
Kong. When about midway between
the ports the vessel was struck bv q
typnoon and took very heavy seas on
BOARD, and during the storm a Lascar
seaman was washed from the bridge
deck. The sea was too high to launch
boat, so Captain BaiIlie turned the
vessel round, and steaming back
picked the man up by means of a
rope, none the worse for his Is min
utes' immersion. Considering the
large size of the vessel >(4,537 tons
gross) this was an exceedingly credit.
able piece of seamanship.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-11-23
Temperance Meeting.

There will be an open session of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
at the Main street Methodist church
next Sunday afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock.
An interesting program has been pre-
pared, and a cordial invitation is extend
ed to every one to attend.
The program follows:
Hymn-"The Son of God Goes Forth
to War"
Bible Reading.
Prayer.
Song.
Leaflet-''The Case of Duncan Nc
Donald, Mrs. J. D. Harrison.
Song.
Address-"The History and Hope of
the Local Temperance Cause, Rev.
]. N. Hartman.
Collection.
Hymn.
Benediction.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-11-23
President Barringer's yindicatiOn.

We made mention last week of the
fact that the board of visitors of the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute had
adopted resolutions fully exonorating
President Barringer of that institution.
The character of the board and the fact
that it is headed by so able and impair
tial a man as Mr.. L. E. johnson, pres
ident of the Norfolk and W estern Rail
way, is guarantee enough that the in
vestigation was thorough and the find
lngs in accordance with the facts.
For lack of space we could not give
the resolutions last week, but for the
information of the patrons of the school
In this section we now publish them:
Whereas, at meeting of the board
held on the 18th day of August, 1911,
the committee consisting of Messrs. l..
f. johnson and Leslie d. Kline was ap-
pointed to formulate certain complaints
made against the management of the
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical
College and Polytechnic Institute; and
Whereas, the board has heard these
complaints so formulated and the an
swers submitted thereto by President
P. B. Barringer and are of the opinion
that much of the trouble during the last
session complained of was due to a want
of harmony between the civil and mill
tary authorities and the difference of in
depreciation of the rules of the institu-
ton, which no longer exists; the board
now desires to put itself on record as
believing that the institute is doing ex-
cellent work and commends it to the
people of the State as a school where
the teaching is thorough, the life whole
some and the youth of the State have
the chance of the best education at the
least cost.
THE board records the fact that the
sensational charges of countenancing
immortality in the institution contained |
in ert n newspaper publications
against the president of this institution
are without foundation; the board fur
Their finds that the committee appointed
has formulated the complaint in good
faith without prejudice against the pres
dent or corps Of cadets. =
Resolved, that these resolutions be
yiven to the press with the request that
hey be given the same publicity as the {
:harges already Published. IL
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-11-23
BuTkeS Garden News.
Burkes Garden, Va, No

Burkes Garden, Va, Nov. %.
Geo. H, Moss visited in the Cove last
week.
Clint N. Barns spent several days
here last week.
Prof. A. S. Greever and Jas. L.
Peery are buying turkeys.
AID Davis made a business trip to
Biueheld, w. Va. last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank j. Moss are WIS.,
iting relatives on Cavitts Creek.
Roy Wynn is home on a visit from
Piedmont Business College, Lynchburg.
F. M. Moss and son, Clint, of Taze-
well, spent last week in Russell county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Rhudy are visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Davis at Rural
Retreat.
Joe Kelly vaccinsted a number of
calves here last week for prevention of
"blsckleg."
T. Z Howell has been shipping ap-
Piles from here to Danville, Lynchburg
and Roanoke this week.
The following young ladies have been
quite i'll: Misses Lula Wynn. Eta
Greever and Alma Henninger.
Morgan Wynn, jr., who has been en-
listed in the U. S. army and who has
been seriously ill, is home on a visit.
Ed Witten, of Tazewell, was here last
week and bought number of nice fat
hogs from T. E. Howell and other far
mers.
The following gentlemen were bird
hunting here: Rev. E. L. Richie, A.
S. Greever, Chas. Moss, Oscar Moss
and M. Cassell,
John Hayslip, formerly a citizen of
the Garden, died at his home in Ceres
last week. Mr.. Hayslip was a carpen-
ter by trade and is survived by two
daughters.
The Missionary Societies are sending
boxes and barrels to the various or
phanages for Thanksgiving and Christ
mas. This worthy cause should be re-
membered by all Christian people.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-11-23
CapleS High in Councils of C. g. 0.

In connection with a story to the eff
feet that President Stevens may shortly
resign from the Chesapeake and Ohio,
the Richmond Evening Journal has the
following to say concerning Mr.. M. ].
Caples:
1T is probable that railroad gossip
recently has been increased by the ad-
vent of M. J. Caples in Richmond. Mr..
Caples, who has the title of fourth vice
president of the Chesapeake and Ohio.
undoubtedly is an interesting figure.
To use the words of one on the inside.
Mr.. Caples is to be the 'understudy' of
President Stevens. He began his work
in this city November LIST, and will have
complete charge of operation. Although
comparatively young man-Mr. Caples
has not yet advanced far in the forties
he Is veteran in the matter of rail-
road experience. For a long time he
was associated with the Norfolk and
Western, and more recently he has been
vice-president and general manager of
the Carolina-C linchfield railroad.
''In way Mr.. Caples is a find of
President Stevens. The latter met him
on several occasions and was so impress
ed that some weeks ago he invited him
to New York. There a very pertinent
question was sprung on him.
''Mr. Caples was asked point blank if
he would like to be fourth vice-presi-
dent of the Chesapeake and Ohio in
charge of operations. Without any CO.
quoting he said yes. And there and
then the deal was elsoed.
MIR. Caples' association with Mr..
Stevens will be most intimate, and as
he is tremendous worker he will re-
lieve the president of a great deal of
work. He is thoroughly we'll grounded
In railroad matters and it is hardly 60
ing too far to predict that some day he
may be railroad president himself.
"In fact, it is frankly admitted that
there is possibility of his being the
Chesapeake and Ohio president some
day."
Mr.. Caples is widely known through
out this entire section. He was at one
time supervisor and later superinten-
dent of the Pocahontas division of the
Norfolk and Western, and also for a
time chief engineer for the Pocahontas
Coal Company.
In addition to the honors coming to
him in the railway service, Mr.. Caplss
also became the proud father of boy
twins at about the same time the an
nouncement was made of his going to
the c. and o.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-11-23

The undertaken has been made by
the New York State Embalmers' as
ISOLATION a 'mortician." Trying to
put him within reaching distance OF
the politician?
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-11-23

There may be some true patriots
and great men among the Chinese who
are rebelling, but one finds it difficult
while considering their names to be-
lieve 1t possible.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-11-23

1t will be noticed that those avia-
tors who have been predicting great
things for the aeroplane In case OF
war are conspicuous by their absence
In the vicinity of Tripon.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-11-23

We are informed that an easterner
whose best girl gave him the frigid
mitt has gone insane. We have
often heard of people who went crazy
with joy.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-11-23

Experts tell us that there is plenty
Of food for all. but they overlook the
fact that we cannot all own cold stor-
age houses.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-11-23

Prominent among the undesirable
citizens OF this world are the dictators
Of fashion in London who are trying
to infiict the hoopshrt on suffering
humanity.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-11-23

The intoxicated Texan who ate q
mirror probably thought the mirror
was casting reflections on him.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-28
THEY ARE GIVEN LEAVE
THOSE DESIRING MORE TIME CAN
OBTAIN 1T.
Present Conditions Make It Possible
for Entrymen Wishing Extern
sions to Secure Them.

Pierre.-Notwithstanding the pub
lished statements to the effect that a
new law has been passed granting all
homestead settlers leave of absence
for a year on account of the dry wealth
er, no such law has been passed or is
likely to be. March 2, 1889, congress
provided that registers and receivers
of local land offices might grant leave
of absence for not more than one year
to homestead settlers who after estab-
fishing residence on their homesteads
were unable on account of sickness,
loss of crops or other unavoidable cas-"
ualty to support themselves or those
dependent upon them on the home
stead on application by the entryman.
The present conditions make it posi-
BILE for all entrymen desiring leave Of
absence to obtain it by application.
Blank forms will be sent by the local
Ian office on request and can be exc
cuted before the nearest notary pub
lie. Settlers should obtain leave Of
absence before going away, as it may
affect their proof later on, or contest
may be initiated which would necessi-
tate the expense of defending. Set
tiers obtaining leave for one year may
return to their homesteads at any
time and will have to make up only
the time they are actually absent.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-28
CAPTURED FOUR MEN ALONE
Pennsylvania Comrade slngle-Handed
Enters Enemy's Camp and 6rlnos
Them Across Line.

While we were stationed at Point OF
Rocks, between the A~ppomattox and
the James rivers, August IS. 1854, I
was on picket duty and went out to see
what l could discover. At a creek
between the lines was an old mill that
had been destroyed. A lot Of black
smith tools lay there, anvils, wise, etc.
I took up the wise to take 1t back with
me, when two C~onfederates stepped
out and motioned for me to come to
them. l had no desire to obey; SO I
walked backward and got back with
the wise to our lines. Two Officers
came along and asked for the man
who went over to the Confederates'
line. confessed I was the n writes
8. F. Wells, company G. Second Penn
sylvania artillery, in the National Trib-
une. They told me not to do 1t again.
After the officers left I told the boys
that I would go owe the next day
and capture the picket post. On hat
Sunday night We could hear some rebs
on picket singing hymns. I remember
they sang Jesus. Lover Of My Soul
and Just as I Am, Without One Plea"
and my heart melted toward them.
The next day I told Adams, Nelson.
Tate and Holmes to be a little more
vigilant for an hour or two. as I was
going over to trade tho Johnnies some
bareback.
Nelson. a large Scotch-Irish lad,
says: Wells, I would not do 1t: but
If you do 30, I will be ready to help
you" I took with mo the Philadelphia
Inquirer to trade for the Richmond
Examiner. When I came to their
picket post they surprised, but
w SOC got on good terms. I traded
coffee, bareback, sugar, ETC., for pocket
knives, combs, ETC.; and all was going
along nicely when . lieutenant with
sash and sword on as ofncer of the day
came along and recognized me a. .
Yank. He asked me what business
I had over there. I told him l came
YER to trade. He said: You are q
spy, and I'm gong to axe you to
Richmond for trial"
l took out my Philadelphia paper
and began to road tho news and grad
ually backing Of to our lines, and they
were so interested they seemed to be
drawn with me-. I kept reading and
moving backward, and after about half
an hour the lieutenant said: a" guess
We will go back now" I looked UP
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-28

tered signs stuck up on trees, in
forming climbers that the path grows
sleeper and the view less interesting
with every foot of ascent.
To friends the aged poet is a host
of hosts. From the moment he
catches sight of a friend-from his
seal in the never-shut doorway of his
bedroom" cabin, where he spends a
greater part of each day-until he
finally permits such a visitor to leave
his hospitality is comparable only to
that kind which long since vanished
even in this land of the far-famed
Spanish hospitality. Joaquin's bed
room" cabin, like the other six little
walls over an acre or two of the top
of the mountain, serves only as one
room. Similarly the "parlor," the
dining-room and the kitchen are each
individual cabins. One walks almost
a mile when Joaquin shows one
through his "seven-room house."
Joaquin Miller at seventy years Of
age and scarcely clear of the shadow
Of death Is possessed of a sense of
humor as original as those other
characteristics which have won for
him a reputation as being unique in
this day of ready-made Municipalities.
In keeping with his lifelong habit of
scorning the customary is his build
ing with his own hands the great
crematory, a pile of stones thirty
feet high on the highest point Of
his mountain, on which his body is
some day to be placed and the ashes
to be scattered to "the four winds"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-28
MORE EXCELLENT
REPORTS FROM
WESTERN CANADA
Grains Are Heading Out
Rapidly and Harvest Is
Now Approaching With
a Great Demand for
Harvest Help.

Last week it was pointed out In
these columns that there would be a
yield Of about 200, 000. 900 bushels Of
wheat throughout Western Canada, an
increase of about 100, 000, 900 over the
previous year, and that the demand
for farm help was very great. Con-
firmation of this news is to hand and
the cry still is for more help. The
Canadian authorities are hopeful that
the friends Of the 400, 900 or 500, 900
Americans who have gone to Canada
during the last few years will come to
the help of these people and induce
as many ~able-bodied men as they pos
sibly can to take advantage of the
low rate which is being offered from
all points on the Canadian Boundary,
from any OF the following Agents of
the Canadian Government: M. v. Nc
lines. 176 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit,
Mich; G. A. Laurier, Marquette.
Mich: ]. s. Crawford, Syracuse, N.
T.: Thos. Hetherington. Room 202. 70
fremont Street, Boston, Mass; H. M.
Williams, Alb Gardner Bldg, Toledo,
Ohio: Geo. Arid, 216 Traction-Termin-
al Bldg, Indianapolis, Indiana; G. ].
Broughton, Room 412, M. L. & IT. Bldg,
Chicago, ILL.,; Geo. A. Hall, End Floor,
1875 Second Street, Milwaukee,. Wis;
ID. T. Holmes, 315 jackson Street, st.
Paul, MINI: Chas. Pilling, Clifford
Block, Grand Forks, N. D.: J. b. Car
bonneau. Jr.. PIT Main Street, Bidde-
ford, Me-; J. M. MacLachlan. Box
1877, WATERFOWL, 8. D.; w. v. Bennett,
Room 4, Bee Bldg. Omaha, Neb.;
w. H. Rogers, 1875 West 9th Street.
Kansas City. Mo-: Benz. Davies. Room
6, Dunn Block, Great Falls. Montana;
J. N. Grieve. Auditorium Building.
Spokane, Wash.
Every facility Will be afforded men
of the right stamp to ecure advantage
of these low rates. To those who pro-
pose to go, 1t may be said that they
will have this splendid opportunity Of
securing first hand information Al to
the excellent producing character Of
the lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta. They will have the OBJ
p~ortunity of seeing some Of tho great
est wheat fields In the world and prob
ably the largest yield OF wheat, oats
and barley that has ever been grown
on the Continent. And all this on
land some Of which cost the settler
only the $1,000 necessary to enter for
his homestead, or, II he purchased,
in some cases. costing him from $500
to $1,000 per acre, but which 10 o
worth from $500 to $4,000 per acre.
Even at these prices the land 10 r.
markably cheap as will be realized
when the statement Is made that from
20 to 25 bushels per acre and over
of wheat are grown, netting the farm
er from $500 to $1,000 per acre; and
this on land that he got for nothing
or paid merely a nominal price. In
fact the production shows that $500
to $4,000 per acre would be a nominal
price for land that would produce as
these lands produce.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-28
Single Stem Training.

ming Is great. At the Maine station
this increase reached as high as so
per cent, and the gain In weight was
very marked. in one instance reaching
So per cent.
The plants were grown under ordi-
nary field culture and they start
ed in the greenhouse, April LIST, plant
ed in the field June LIST and headed
back July oath. August 9Th and Sep
TENDER 9Th.
OF course in milder climates this
work should be done earlier.
At each trimming the leading
branches were shortened about six
inches and most of the side shoots be-
low the first clusters were removed.
the others being shortened, and the
sunlight was thus freely admitted.
Training tomatoes on wires to run
from five to ten feet high, is becom-
ing common practice. This method
increases the yield, as the sunlight
reaches all the fruit and makes pick
ing much easier.
It is not difficult to train vines in
this way, and it can be done in any
ordinary garden by means Of wires.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-28
CABBAGE ALWAYS IN DEMAND
One OF Most Universally Grown Crops
and Finds Place in Home Gar
den and Truck Farm.

Cabbage is one of the most univer-
sally cultivated of our garden plants.
Although it is one Of the coarser vege.
tables 1t finds a place in the home gar,
den as we'll as in the market garden
and truck farm. In some sections of
the United States cabbage Is extern
sively grown as a farm crop.
According to the last census New
YORK state grew more than % 900
acres OF cabbage; Pennsylvania. nearly
ll.o0O; while Virginia grew about
10000 acres. The three states men,
toned outrank all others by at least
1000 acres. No adequate estimate
can be placed on the value of this
crop. as it fluctuates very decidedly.
both in acreage and in price. from
year to year.
Early cabbage is practically all con-
sumed as a green vegetable. The late
crop, on the other hand, is handled as
a fresh vegetable. as a storage crop.
and for the manufacture Of sauer-
kraut. Cabbage is always in demand.
n under present conditions it is
always available, either as the prod.
uct Of a southern truck farm or a
northern farm. garden. or storage
house.
The group of cultivated plants
which has been derived from the wild
cabbage presents a greater diversity
of form than that derived from any
other single ancestral type.
Wild cabbage is a robust-growing
broad-leaved plant enjoying the low.
areas ear the seacoast of
southern Europe. The most closely
allied form now in cultivation Ia the
collard. The wide variation in the
group is illustrated by the diversity of
form shown in collards, kale. tree cab
bage, marrow kale, cauliflower, and
sprouts. 1t is almost beyond
the bounds of reason to believe that
all these forms have been derived
from a common parentage, yet such Is
the fact.
In no truck crop does the character
Of the seed count for more than in
cabbage. 1t Is very essential that the
crop come to marketable maturity
early, that the heads be uniform in
size n character, and that they
mature so that the whole crop can be
at two cuttings. The small
saving made by the purchase Of cheap
or inferior seed is usually paid for a
hundred times owe in the lessened
value Of the crop. A grower can not