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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-10
VIEWS AND
NEAR VIEWS

CONTINUED From First Page.)
in the spring. Il also was daisy
for pies and preserves and sauce. said
MIR. Perogo.
The Texas gentleman wanted to be of
service to his brother farmers In Vir-
Binia. and wrote me that he would
furnish any farmer the seed free OF
charge on application He afterwards
wrote that he had over three hundred
applications from Virginia for tho seed
and filled all OF tho orders
From other information received
during the year and judging from the
wonderful results from two vines In
my back yard 1 would not go far wrong
to guess that forty or fifty thousand
stock melons have been grown in Vir-
GINA this year In view of this fact
st. is we'll enough now to give some
Information as TO the proper way to
make use OF the melons, which infor-
nation has been furnished by Mr..
fcrcgo. Here it is:
Harvest time: The melons should not
he gathered until late in the fall: un-
I'll they have had ample time to be-
come thoroughly matured.
Storing The melons should not be
piled up in heaps but should pc spread
out in single layers Freezing does
not hurt them If they are kept in the
shade.
Feeding For hogs and cattle. crop
tho melons in trough or box For
towles. cut in half and the fowles will
do the rest.
For table use. for pies: Remove
rind and seeds from melon, slice up
in small bites: for each gallon of melon
meat add two teacupsful OF vinegar and
one teasnoonful Of ground spice. Add
three cups Of sugar cook 10 consist
ency OF apple sauce. bake with two
crusts. This can also be used as hot
or cold sauce and Is very fine
For preserves: Cut in small bits in
preserving kettle. Let II remain over
night before cooking. Season TO suit
taste or above.
1 am informed that many of these
melons. especially in the Nottoway
county exhimit. will be on exhibition
Mt the coming State Fair. and more
than likely that T. o Sandy who has
big patch OF them. will deliver a few
short lectures on their culture and
their value.
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NORFOLK SOUTHERN

Lv. Norfolk: 's:H and eli A n. . p. n,
for Eastern Carolina and the South.
Lv Raleish: s:ls A. NJ. II and .s:iS p. Il,
for Eastern Carolina and Norfolk
Pullman Sleeping Cars between Norfolk
Raleigh; also Goldsboro and Norfolk
sDatiy 'i-tiy E9. Sun.
C D. LEGRANDE. q. A., Ameriear Nations nj
Bank Phone Monroe lES1. Richmond,
w. W. CROXTON. @. p. A. >-orfoik- Va
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Baltimore Steam Packet Co

Equipped with wireless tejeKraphy
TO BALTIMORE AND THE NORTH VIA
NORFOLK AND OLD POINT
Leave Richmond Daily. Inc 'udlns sunday. via
N & W. RI. 3:o6 p. ~. Norfolk $40 p. n
c. & O. Ry. 900 p. n. Old Point 7:so p. II.
foik).
Va. Nav Co ESQ n N. tAtondsy. wsdnss4
day and Friday.
ply 20 H. N. BoYkIN. Agent. $50 East Haia
street
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Boys CORN CLUB
IDEA IS GROWING

FIRST PaES.t
royalty entertained by Uncle sam for
over a week. and received many fine
prizes from different sources.
Last year. In Mississippi, forty.
eight boys raised an average of nine
ty-eisht bushels per acre. In one
South Carolina county twenty boys
raised on twenty acres 100 bushels of
corn. and 40 boys averaged sixty-two
bushels. An automobile was given the
boy last year who grew the most corn
at the lowest cost This youth grew
on one acre 1898 bushels of corn at a
cost OF 1876 cents per bushel. Were
these iSures not sworn 10 by govern
ment authorities appointed for that
purpose and sifted thoroughly In
strong competition, they would sound
like fairy tales. One boy received in
prizes last fall-a medal OF honor.
gold watch from the Governor. n pig
two sheep, s2h In gold and an auto
mobile: and he made a substantial pro-
tit from his corn.
"a little fourteen year-old girl in
south Carolina. who wanted to join
the club. made 100 bushels of corn on
one acre. y Mississippi boy made l4G
bushels at cost OF l6 cents u bushel
on an acre. and another in North Caro-
lima grew l46 bushels at cost of IS
cents per bushcl Hundreds of other
equally as fine instances could be
cited.
The social and economic Importance
and good of this movement can hardly
be estimated. The increase in a
knowledge and understanding of the
scientific principles which derlio
agriculture. while, perhaps. the most
important, is by no means the sum Of
the benefits received. There are many
other phases of the utmost influence
for good-the cooperation features,
the healthy competition. the numerous
gatherings, and Interchange of ideas.
the unity of purpose. many things
which stand for mental and moral i'm.
provement, broadening and strength
Too much praise cannot be given the
Boys Corn Club, nor too heorty an en-
couragement and co-opera tion.
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Merchants and Miners Transportation Ca

Norfolk 50 Boston, Mass, aaS
Providence, b. L =
Steamers leave Norfolk for Boston Gun.
Tues and FRI; for Providence, Mon, Wed.
and Sat. at I P. Il. Passengers and treivhe
taken for all Vow Ensiank points Tickets
sale at office c. & o. Ry., n. w. BY.
s. II. Bowman. 'os East Main. and Richmond
lrinfier Co. SO Eat Main
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Norfolk and Western Railway

ONLY ALL RAIL LINE TO NORFOLK
Schedule in Eject Nay IL I'LL
Leave Byrd Street stGton. Richmond, FOR
NORFOLK: es:io 4 n. $500 A. n. ASSOC p,
FOR LiNcHBURa AND THE WEST,
.s:l6 A. NJ. 10000 A II. 1900 r. II, .s:as
T. II
Arrive Richmond from Norfolk. 1dl:le A.!
n, bliss A. N. S:a p. M, bl6:B p NJ
'u:so p. u. From the West: ss:6S A n.
s2:oe p NJ, b3,15 P. NJ, ss:os p NJ e :eo p M,
.Daily. .Daily sunday. bsundsy only.
Pullman Psrior and Sleeping Cars, CafS
Dining Carr g. h BosLHY.
W B. BEvrLI. G. p. A. Rosnoka Va
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RICHMOND AND CHEeAl,EAKE BAY
RAILWAY COMPANY,

Ashland. stopping at intermediate stationa
upon signal; ~: Richmond tBreaA aud
N:lo A. NJ; l:lo. 3as. a:la t:iob. S;Ia. s:is.
i:io. s.loe. 1910. u;U p. II. Ly. Ashland.
b:H. H. sb. 10. ell A. n, IL II. eel
T. >. I, CO. g. Z. .. %. II p. Il
DAILY except Sunday. s'sundsy enly.
bClrries baEgaEA
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GREAT RICHMOND
IS MILLING TOWN

Continued From First Page.)
southern cities. Altogether they grind
up from 100000 to 1900, OuU
bushels of whea. every year and scat
ter their superior -four to the four
winds Of the earth as outlined in the
above paragraphs. They have already
shipped and booked for shipment TO
the foreign lands named above $4,000
barrels OF -four ground and TO be
ground from the present years wheat
crop.
Okolona messenger., 1911-10-26
PLAN TO BOOST SOUTH.
Finley and Curan Participate in Con.
ference at Meridian.

ference at Meridian.
Meridian.-There was a meeting in
the office of Cliff Williams, general man
ager of the MississiPpi-Alabama Fair,
President ". W. Finlay, of the South
ern Railway, President D. D. Curran, of
the New Orleans and Northeastern, and
other railroad men and prominent lead
ing agricultuists. The purpose of the
meeting was intended to open the eyes
of the railroad men to the possibilities
of the South, especially Mississippi, in
an agricultural way.
The meeting had been arranged by
Mr.. Williams for the purpose Of showing
the railroad officials what had already
been accomplished and what the future
held in store for Mississippi.
Messrs. Finlay and Curran and the
others were intent listeners and the
first mentioned gentleman asked many
questions that showed he was fully alive
to the Importance of the matters
brought before them.
The discussion was led by H. B. Cur.
ler of Macon, a gentleman who until
three years or so ago had lived in Hi
nois and had attained fame by being
selected by the government experts to
send display of dairy products to the
great Paris (France) exposition in 1900.
Mr.. Gurler gave his views Of the
prairie lands of Northern Mississippi
and went into the question of hog rails
ing quite extensively. He declared hogs
could be raised much more cheaply in
Mississippi than they could be raised
in Illinois because of the fact that they
could range longer-in fact, there was
no necessity for keeping them penned
up for any great period at any time of
the year, as was the case in the North
ern states.
Mr.. Gurler was followed by Prof.
Beeson, Of Beeson College, who talked
entertainingly and well of the possibil.
tiles of the poultry business in the South
and gave some apt illustrations of suc.
cess along that line.
Okolona messenger., 1911-10-26

J. D. Avery of Snelburne PaRs is
surely the king of oxen IN this part
Of the country. At the BrattlebOro fair
recently he has had the most wonder
full exhibit of oxen, and In all the tests
of strength for pulling heavy boat
loads of stone his oxen have cleaned
the decks. One Of the secrets in these
tests is the way the oxen are man
aged and driven. Mr.. Avery does his
own driving and is master at the
business. The other day again, as the
day before, he cleared everything be-
fore him in the OK pulling ring by TAX
ing all three prizes in the free fer all
class and first and second In the $500
class.
The load drawn in the $500 class
was about 9,100, while the veteran OK
man made an exhibition pun OF nine
feet in the free for all class with
fancy pair Of Devons with a Hoad Of
10,23S, which is the biggest load
drawn at Brattleboro since he pulled
over 1000 with his famous pair Of
Holstelns.-Hampshire Gazette.
Okolona messenger., 1911-10-26

When they are not creased It is much
harder to pull the wagon. Wipe the
axle clean before you put fresh grease
on 1t.
If a horse does not eat we'll have
his teeth examined by a veterinary.
They may need filing or he may suffer
from a sore tooth. Horses have
starved to death from trouble with
their teeth.
Sore back on horses is often caused
by the shafts bearing too heavily on
the back. See that the shafts are SO
hung that when rocker plates are
level the shafts will stand enough to
enter the tug straps, then they will not
press down on the horses back. Give
the horse "a inches In width between
shafts at narrowest part.
Never whip or be cruel to a balky
horse. Balklness Is kind Of disease.
If your horse stands still and you are
in hurry, try undoing and doing up
again, or try coaxing him along with
an apple or something else that he
likes.
When your horse is afraid of any
thing, II it is possible, drive slowly up
to 1t and let him look at it, Never
whip him when he is frightened. If
you were afraid Of anything, whipping
would not take away your fear, but
kind words might. 1t is the same with
your horse.
Okolona messenger., 1911-10-26
PROPER CARE OF CORN LAND
Not Necessary to Plow Under Pea
Vines or Grass If Followed by
Oats, Rye or Wheat.

1t Is not necessary to plow the pea
vines and grass under If the corn is to
be followed by oats, rye or wheat
The pea vines, grass and weeds can
be cut into the soil with the disk har-
row or disk cutivator. That is, II the
vines and grass are not too rank and
stock are permitted to Craze in the
corn field for few days after the corn
Is harvested.
When the land is thoroughly plowed
in the fall 1t is often too puffy for
oats, rye and wheat. OF course, If
heavy rains fall and settle the land
soon after the plowing, all is well, II
the land was we'll prepared in the
spring and the crop has been we'll cul.
tivated, the soil is in an ideal condi.
tion for winter grain crop. The disk
harrow or cultivator will loosen the
top soil and leave the subsoil that was
we'll prepared In the spring well com
pacted
Okolona messenger., 1911-10-26
SEEK EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY.
BigaE1ist, Murderer and Thief Want
Pardons.

Jackson.-Gov Noel has been petit.
tioued to pardon Charles Ennis, con-
Victed at the September, 1911, term OF
jefferson county Of bigamy, Petition al
leges he thought his wife had gotten a
divorce, as he had been served with
summons and heard nothing further,
and when he married again he did so
in good faith, believing his first wife
had released him.
William Holman was convicted at the
August, 1908, term of Winston county
court for the murder of King Triplett,
sets up as reason for pardon that he is
In the last stages of consumption, and
the provocation to kill was great.
Isaiah Hunter, of Wilkinson county,
serving two years for grand larceny,
has served most OF his sentence, and
wants a pardon on general principles, be-
ing sufficiently punished and having
made good prisoner.
Okolona messenger., 1911-10-26
NOEL CALLS EXTRA SESSION
LEGISLATURE WILL GATHER AGAIN
ON NOVEMBER /.
Straighten Bond Interest QuestiOn-Ex-
pense of National Guard Also
One of the Purposes.

Jackson.--Gov. E. F. Noel late Thurs.
day afternoon issued proclamation
calling The legislature into extraordi-
nary session and naming Wednesday,
November 1, 1911, as the date OF con-
Vening.
The provision of the constitution un-
der which the call is issued provides that
nothing tHn be considered at the session
except those matters for which it is
called, and Others that may be brought
10 its attention during its sitting by the
governor in a written communication, ex-
eept impeachment proceedings and inves-
tigation of state officers. There is no
probability of any impeachment proceed
lngs, but it is rumored the legislature
may take notion to do some investi-
eating Of state officers, and in that event
che session may be extended for several
weeks.
The bonds mentioned in the proclama-
tion were issued at the last session of
Che legislature, amounting to 100000.
The governor had some trouble in dis.
posing of them, they bearing date Of
July /, 1910, but some were not sold un-
ell December of the same year. They
were sold with the understanding that
they were to bear interest from July /,
but the supreme court of the state de-
Gided that this could not be done. The
session is called to make appropriation
for the difference in interest accrulng
Between the first Of July and the actual
date Of their purchase. The proclama-
Sion follows:
Whereas, in my judgment, the public
Interest requires that the legislature
shall be convened in extraordinary ses-
sion
Therefore, l, Edmund F. Noel, gov
brnor Of the state of Mississippi, do
hereby issue this my proclamation to
eonvcne the legislature of the state of
mississippi in extraordinary session and
designate Wednesday, November l, 1911,
et II o'clock am, as the time to con-
Tene at the capitol in the city Of jack
son, Miss., to consider the subjects of
bonorably and adequately meeting Mis-
pis8ippis moral obligation to comply with
Che terms of the bond issue of 1910, or
else the refundng to the purchasers of
Sheir purchase money; and also the pay
ment of the services and other expenses
incurred in ordering out the National
Guard at the request of local officials to
assist these local officials against lawess
acts, beyond local CONTROL"
Okolona messenger., 1911-10-26
INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE AND COL
LEGE.
Fifty More Girls Registered Than for
Entire Session of Last Year.

tlfty More Girls Registered Than for
Entire Session of Last Year.
Columbus.-Prof. Henry L. Whitfield,
president of the Industrial Institute and
College, of this city, reports that the
school is in a most flourishing condition
at present, and is the largest in its his
tory. He can find no complaint with
any of the work of any one connected
with the college, or with the work that
has been done during the past year in
the way Of repairing and overhauling.
There are now registered at the college
fifty more girls than were registered for
the entire session of last year, and there
are seventy-fve more girls at the college
in attendance than there has been at any
previous time during its history. Mr..
Whitfield states that he is receiving
letters daily from young ladies from
different parts of the state, soliciting ad-
mittance to the college, but the dormi-
tories are very well filled, and not many
more could be taken care of comforta.
bly, this season. Work in all classes of
all grades of all departments has been
fully organized, and every student uh.
derstands the systematic manner in
which the routine work of the collegeJis
carried on.
Okolona messenger., 1911-10-26
SHIFT
IT Your Food Fails to sustsIA You,
Change.

One sort of diet may make person
despondent, depressed and blue and a
change to the kind Of food the body
demands will change the whole thing.
A young woman from Phila. says:
For several years I kept IN a run.
down, miserable sort Of condition, was
depressed and apprehensive of trouble.
! lost flesh in distressing way and
seemed in perpetual sort of dreamy
nightmare. No one serious disease
showed, but the 'all.over' sickness was
enough.
Finally, between the doctor and ia.
ther, l was put ON Grape-Nuts and
cream, as it was decided must have a
nourishing food that the body could
make use Of.
THE wonderful change that came
over me was not, like Jonah's gourd,
the growth Of a single night, yet It
came with a rapidity that astonished
me.
During the first week gained in
weight, my Spirits improved, and the
world began to look brighter aAA more
worth while.
And this has continued steadily, till
now, after the use Of Grape-Nuts for
only few weeks, l am perfectly well,
feel splendidly, take lively interest In
everything, and am changed person
in every way" Name given by Postum
Co, Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, THE Road to
Wellville," in pkgs. There's reason"
Ever read the above letteP2 A new
cue appears from time to tlme. They
are genuine, true, and full OF hamaa
interest,
Okolona messenger., 1911-10-26
WEEvILS, BUT HOGS ALSO.
Ledore County Is Prepared to Live at
Home.

]. H, Mcneil of Greenwood is author.
ity for the statement that while the
boil weeyil exists in enough quantities
in Lehore county to make that pest a
big factor in next years cotton crop, the
county is also quite well prepared for
the invasion. "There are more hogs in
Lehore county than l have ever seen
before" said Mr.. McNeill. "The weevils
this season did not make much Of a
factor in the cotton crop of our county,
but they are now and will be factor
next year. But our people are prepared
for it. Every section of the county has
hogs, and lots of Them"
Okolona messenger., 1911-10-26
HAS PAID $4,000 FINES.
Minnie Winston Has Sold Whiskey fol
Twelve Years.

Jackson.--A fine of $1O0 and costs
was imposed on Minnie Winston, a no
torious woman who has beer before the
courts for selling whiskey on an aver
age Of five times year for the past
twelve years. The woman has been con.
yicted every time she has appeared, and
has perhaps paid more money in fines
to the state of Mississippi than any
other individual or corporation in the
state. The woman is said to have paid
out a small fortune Tor the services of
attorneys.
According to the figures gathered by
the police, the woman has been arrest
ed on the average of five times year.
She has never escaped fine OF $10O and
$3.50. Allowing that the woman paid
a 500 fine for each ofTense, $500 year
for twelve years aggregates the total
of $4,000. The woman admits that these
figures are correct.
Okolona messenger., 1911-10-26
Offer Prizes for Farming.

Meridian.-There is a well defined
move on the part of business interests in
this section to offer prizes for the most
progressive fai ming next year, that is,
The farmer thai raises the greatest mar.
ketab4e variety. This action, it is said,
Is necessary for the future prosperity of
ithis District, as future success in farm
ing viii greatly depend upon the diver
,aiied farmer. The reason for this is the
advent Of the boil weevil, which will
greatly curtail the cotton crop in the
Aext two yeats.
Okolona messenger., 1911-10-26
They're All About TaiIors.

"All criticism" said Professor
Brander Matthews in one OF his bril-
liant Columbia lectures, "is, to a cer-
tain extent, personal and biased" He
paused and smiled. The Taller and
Cutter, a weekly paper" he resumed,
said in a recent leading article:
1" Carlyle's "Sartor ResaTtus," Mere
dith's Evan Harrington" and Kings
ley's ALTON Locke" will be great
classics when the ephemeral novels
Of today will have long s1ace per-
ished.'"
Okolona messenger., 1911-10-26
OIL FEVER STRIKES STATE
Signs Of Oil and Gas Found Near Jack.
son in Northwestern Part of
Lawrence County

SOL IN NORTHWESTERN PaIL OF
Lawrence County.
Jacksonville oil fever has struck
Mississippi. The formation of the State
Line Oil Company, capitalized at ST.
100000, by Jackson and Birmingham
capitalists, is one of the first ol-seek.
ing enterprises to start operations in
the state. The corporation has interest.
ed number of Jackson and Mississippi
busines men in the project, and $4,000
will be spent Immediately to start bor-
ing for oil near Van Wrinkle, two miles
from this city.
From Verna comes the news that oil
indications were discovered in the soil
at that place. B. z. Sandifer claims that
there is an oil lake on his property. He
bored well on the land about four
years ago and soon after its compile
tion ne was compelled to abandon it be.
cause of the oil and gas mixed with the
water. He states that the we'll was
used on three or four occasions, but each
time he has been forced to abandon it.
The water is strongly impregnated with
oil, and at the present time he claims
that oil can be SKINNED from the sur.
face of the water, and a match thrown
into it burns like gas.
The land referred 10 above is situated
in the southwestern part of Lawrence
county.
The United States geological survey
at Washington will be asked to make
an inspection of the land.
Okolona messenger., 1911-10-26
USEFUL SLED CORN CUTTER
One Must Exercise Care In Using This
implement Not to Get Cut
With the Knives.

| find a sled corn cutter very use
full in cutting the corn crop, and |
give herewith a description of how
mine is made, says a writer in the
Farm and Home. Take two by 4
pieces of hard wood eight feet long
Round each one up In front for run
ners. Nail to these board platform
24s feet wide in front and bA feet
wide in the rear. Then take some old
saw blades and bolt them on the edges
Of the platform for knives The blades
should project at least two inches in
Okolona messenger., 1911-10-26
Find Dynamite Package.

Jackson.-DiscoVery OF evidence that
a package, supposed to contain dyna-
mite, was received here, is given by
Deputy Marshal Collins as the reason
for putting an armed federal guard
about the freight shed of the Illinois
Central, where 200 strikebreakers are
quartered. The federal authorities claim
to have evidence that dynamite was sent
here. Marshal Collins admitted that he
was not certain that the package con.
tanned dynamite, explaining that infor.
nation in his possession leads strongly
to the belief
Okolona messenger., 1911-10-26
CANNON VISITS DELTA.
Former Speaker of National House of
Representatives Banqueted.

ANPACSSAlalAFCo bdHquCLSu'
Greenwood.-Ex-Speaker Joe Cannon
Of the national house of representatives,
who owns an interest in the Roundaway
Plantaton between Tutwler and Matt
son, was entertained by S. B. and H. L.
Walton of Sunnyside in Lellore county
and will remain in this section some
days, the time of his departure not hav.
ing been yet announced
Gov. Noel, Governor-elect Brewer and
Senator Williams were among those in
yited to attend the banquet.
Unde Joe is properly impressed with
the fertility of the delta lands and
clearly foresees the opportunity and
prospect of great development of the
country, with consequent enhancement
Of property values, predicting that the
price Of farming land in the delta will
ultimately advance to hundreds of dol
lars per acre.