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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01
LITTLE ACTIVITY
IN REAL ESTATE
A DECIDED CALM FOLLOWS THE
STORM OF THE PRECEDING
PERIOD.
SALES ALL SMALL
PLENTY OF GOOD INQUIRIES AND
AGENTS EXPECT TO BE BUSY
THIS wEEK-REsTING
ON THEIR OARS.

The inactivity in local real estate
circles was as notably marked the past
week as the activity was distinctive
and pronounced the preceding week.
None of the agents had any COM
plants 10 make of dun times at ALI.
The holiday had much to do with
ii, but a good many OF the agents, who
pushed over some big deals the pre-
ceding week. were busy closing these
up and perfecting final details AS
one of them expressed II, we nave
Just rested on our oars to get fresh
breath after the strenuousness OF last
week Wen start in again next week
to hustle. after the books and deeds
are all shipshape."
Inquiries Good.
All of them reported good Inquiries
and several even have good strings
out, but all business was confined to
small stuff.
Giboney & Nuekols report increas-
ing activity in the neighhorhood or
the Battle Abbey and beyond. They
disposed of lots In that section
amounting to $4,000 the past week.
and report many inquiries from pros
pective home-builders for sites In tnat
neighborhoad,, The work nof grading
around the Battle Abbey Is In prog
reSS now anu IL Is SHPetscu ttt@e NAA~
Roseneath road will be opened short
~ after Christmas. which will add no
tistla ia tbs activity OF real estate In
that section
Th,ugh IL was moving with Golsan
a. Nash they reported business good.
They pushed over two houses at Sew
enth and Duvall and sold three lots IN
Washington Terrace. Three contracts
were let the past week for homes in
this popular subdivision, which is
building up rapidly.
Golsan T. Nash Move.
Golsan 4 Nash will be at home TO
their friends tomorrow at No. IL
North Eighth street The new Of
Aces are being handsomely fitted up
and will be among the handsomest
in real estate row when completed. A
uniaue idea to be carried out In a
glass-topped counter underneath
which are shown maps OF the several
subdiyis ons this firm handles. which
shows the inquirer just what is offered
In the way of lots, location. price.
etc. Private Offices are provided Tor
the heads of the firm, and the new es-
adjustment will be up-to-date in ev-
cry way.
Robinson 4 Phillips had good
week, reporting deals aggregating
about 5000. These sales embraced
two homes of Twenty-fourth street.
which brought $1,000: two on East
Franklin for $500. and trade in
volving property on Stuart avenue
and West Grace, which netted $l2,-
600.
Though those concerned did not
verify 1t, II was stated that the slse,-
600 trade pulled of the previous week
by ". ]. Gilman involved two stores
on Fourth. between Broad ana Grace
ard two stores on Eightn street. ne-
tween Franklin and Main.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01
RICHMOND MANS
FINE INVENTION
SCREEN WITHIN BLIND PRO-
MISSES TO REvoLUTIoNIzE
WINDOW FITTINGS.
TO BE MADE HERE
BLINDS AND SHUTTERS OPERATED
FROM WITHIN ny LEvERss
WITHOUT REMOVING THE
WINDOW SCREENS.
TO BE MADE HERE

The invention of a Richmond man,
which has Just been perfected.
promises to revolutionize the win
dows of the future, at least so far as
blinds and screens are concerned. The
inventor is G.. w. Lancaster. and his
invention, which is called the screen
within a blind" has been endorsed by
every physician. builder and real es-
tate man as the logical window fit
ting of the future. because of its
ut5Ittv. convenience and sanitary fea-
lures.
VIII Be Made Here.
The invention Is to be manufactur-
ed in Richmond, and orders are
being taken now for delivery. The
company which is being organized
will be known as the Screen Within
a-Blind company,
The principle of the blind is that
IT combines both screen and blind
the blind, which Is of the regular pat
tern, doveta.ling into the screen, and
enabling the householder to open or
shut the blinds or control the shut
ters of the blind while the screen
is closed, or the combination olind
and screen can be opened with the
usual single movement.
The many advantages offered in
the invention can be seen at glance
The operation of the blinds, opening
and shutting OF the blinds while the
screen remains closed, Is done by
simple pressure on a small level, up
or down. and the control Of the shut
tiers Ii by a tiny button, which Is
practically concealed. There Is no
necessity for opening the screens to
let In the flies, or In exposing ones
arms and face to Indictment weather
the entire control OF all the window
arrangements is from these little
mechanical devices inside.
VIII BE Cheaper.
What Is OF interest is the fact that
Mr.. Lancaster says he can manufac-
ture and install the blinds at lower
price than the home-builder now pays
for the ordinary blinds and screens.
He figures that 1t costs $3.50 for
blinds and the screening OF each
window, and the new combination
can be sold for IS, doing away with
the middleman's profit
This Is the fffth inVention OF MI
Lancaster, and all of them have been
successful He disposed OF his
previous patents, realizing handsome
iy on the children of his brain. and
this one, which he proposes to hold
and manufacture. promises to be the
best venture OF them all.
The inventor requests Interested
persons to call at No. 102 North
Eighth street and see the complete
working model Of the screen-within-
a-blind.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01
DRY WEATHER IS
HANDICAP TO LEAF
TOBACCO MARKET
Similar Conditions Prevail
Elsewhere That Obtain
in Richmond
BUYERS ANXIOUS
AND PRICES GOOD
Exporting Virginia Seed to
Foreign Lands-What the
Census Bureau Says
of Conditions

The dry weather the past week,
combined with The holiday. served to
put crimp in the local TOBACCO mar
ket SO far as sales OF the leaf went.
and from all reports the same CHI
ditions prevailed everywhere. A ut
tie rain--warm rains needed TO en-
able the planters TO get the leaf in
shape for curing-the snow didn't help
the situation any.
Exporting Virginia Seed.
Few Richmond people probably
know that Virginia tobacco seed are
being exported TO foreign lands, but
such is a fact. The State boasts OF one
concern which does nothing else, but
raise tobacco seed--the Slate Seed
company, of Halifax county. Refer
ring to the industry the Halifax Ga
zette says in Its current issue:
The Slate Seed company shipped on
Friday las. forty vbushels OF tobacco
seed. They were consigned to Italy,
South Africa and to some OF the iarg-
est seed dealers In the United States.
The Slate Seed company Is the larg-
est growers Of tobacco seed ia the
world. This year the output was
80 bushels; In 1911 1t was 100 bush
els. owing to the scarcity OF tobacco
seed they are a little higher priced
than usual. This company sell seed in
bacco grows and also make large
shipments annually TO Australia. In
1879 Major r. L. Ragland conceived
the idea of growing tobacco seed OF
the bright variety. Each year until
his death In 1893 he increased the
output--he, was the pioneer seller OF
tobacco seed, when the Industry was
in its infancy In South Carolina ana
Eastern North Carolina
When Major Ragland died his som
in-law, Mr.. w. c. Slate, succeeded
him and he has not only greatly en-
iarged the fields on which tobacco
seeds are raised. but he has for sew
aral years been very successful In
raising all kinds Of seeds.
We dare say Mr.. Slate is better
known as a tobacco scotsman in all
foreign countries where tobacco Is
grown than he is in the county OF
Halifax. The farm is located ON Hyeo
river seven miles south of South Bes-
Non.
Thirty rounds Of tobacco seed make
a bushei One ounce OF seed IS re-
uuired to be sown on each plant
bed OF 100 square yards. 1t would
seem that enc hundred bushels would
nearly supply the entire tobacco grow
ing world.
Census Bureau Report.
According to the report of the CEN
sus bureau tobacco held by dealers
and manufacturers other than orlglnai
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01
RAILWAY EARNINGS
DON'T KEEP PAGE
BUSINESS FOR SEPTEMBER DOES
NOT MAINTAIN RATE OF IN
CREASE SHOWN IN
AUGUST.

The business OF the railways for
September while showing a consid-
cradle Improvement over that Of Sep
TENDER, 1911, does not maintain the
rate of increase set by the record
breaking month of August. The to-
tai net operating revenue OF 30 per
cent OF the steam railways increased
$5,ssS,s40 for September. while the
increase for August was $13.s65,622
This increase In net operating reve-
nue. was at the rate of sal per mile
OF line for the month or at the rate
OF 10 cents per mile Of line per day.
The total operating revenues per
mile of line for the month increased
SIS per cent. the operating expenses
7.3 per cent and the net operating
revenue 81 per cent.
The foregoing statistics are from
the summary made by the bureau OF
railway economics from the reports
of the railways TO the interstate COM
merce commission. A special COM
mtttee OF the railways having head
quarters In Chicago reports that bills
now pending in the, federal congress
providing for an Increase in the num-
Der OF employees Of the railways and
for the rapid substitution OF steel for
wooden equipment will. II enacted,
place the railways under an addition
al expense. Of approximately $4,000
600 per annum for the former, and a
total expense Of $s32.746.O00 for the
latter purpose. without compulsion,
the railways in the course Of three
years have increased their steel equip
ment $50 per cent and their steel UNI
derfrAme equipment $50 per cent
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01
P ork Barrel Bill
for $26,OOO,O 1000

WASHINGTON. Nov. so.--Chair-
man Burnett. Of the house public
committee. announced to-
day that his committee would bring
after a. possible. : 31s.o0o. geo pub
lilo buildings bill.
: subcommittee have been 1t work
Apportioning ths sporlr' and the
committee win meok naxt week 10
49, NAL Approval apcA theie WORK
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01

ture has endowed It. the citizen Of
the mountains must consider the nat
ural resources Of the coast. and the
man on the coast must have regard
for &c conservation OF our mountain
resources We are mutually depen-
want our legislatures to realise this
,ahd ~ Statesmen enough 70 consider
'the welfAfA ~ tbs etate before that
81 any pafticular aec13ou III
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01

(The address which follows -
delivered by President Q. I'll. FuN
stem, of the Richmond Real EsfAe4
exchange, at the first annual dinnA4
of that organization, and Is rent0
duced in value for the benefit Of thu
who did not hear 1t, 49,
having heard it, wish to impress
forceful truths upon memory. In
President Funston not only outliAG4
what this new commercial organt1neS
ton, that Is becoming such IT,
tor in the community. Is, but toucheo
on what 1t proposes to do for t.
property owners in It's campaign ~
put Richmond further along in IT,
march of progress.l
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01
EVILS OF STATES TAX
ON REALTY. MORTGAGES

Father of the Proposed Reform naugurated by the Rich
mond Real Estate Exchange Tells How Present State
Tax Law Affects Every Class, and Shows How it
is Handicapping Richmond's Growth and
Progress---Boston Tea Party Was Inspired
by Cause Less Momentous.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01
REAL, ESTATE EXCHANGE
FACTOR WITH A FUTURE


President Funston Outlines Plan and Scope OF Rchmond
Baby Commercial Organization and Gives Public An
Idea of What it Hopes and Expects to Accomplish @
for the Prosperity of Rchmond-Eviis it
Seeks to Counterfeit Affect Men in 8
Every Walk of Life. III,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01
Money ana Capital.

1'he. yesy thing sne neni4 most.
ana makes the greatest effort to OBJ
tain. sshy should she impose this
tusNen On her chiidrcM WIN. ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01

Gcontinued on Second Page1
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-10-30
Z wanted him to see with his owr
eyes that / was bad."
The words clanU.d NE a ball


Z wanted him to see with his oEr
eyes that was bad!"
The words changed ike a bell
became aware then Of some one
breathing heavily behind me. turned
expecting to see Pietro. Instead, al
my back, looking over my shoulder.
was the man who had sat watching al
the Dresden. His face looked as
though It ve-s coated with chalk. his
eyes stared over my shoulder int the
next room. saw, too. that the door
Of the house stood half open. He had
come in unnoticed by Pietro
The woman got her voice painfully
in hand again.
Here" she said, here is the
money" And she took up her travel
ing bag from the floor and threw it
down on the table among the books
Send it back to him. You are 9
lawyer, you can do that somehow.
have kept only a thousand dollars for
Madame Duroque. Let him arrest me
for stealing that, If he likes. should
be glad of a CELL"
The woman's face was set now in
a distressing tension.
Madame" said Randolph Mason
you might have spared yourself this
nonsense. You are guilty of no crime
IN taking this money; neither was
your husband guilty OF any crime In
keeping it, nor yet is the bondsman
of your husband liable for this money,
This money was paid to your husband
as clerk of the circuit court OF his
county, during the vacation OF that
court It was not, then, money paid
into court, to the clerk, as contem
plated by the statute Of the state in
which be lived. 1t, therefore, did not
come into his possession by virtue OF
his Office, and his bondsmen are not
liable for its transportation. Such
bonds require only that the clerk
shall account for and pay over, as re-
quired by law, all money which may
come to his hands by virtue OF his
said office. 1t is no crime for you to
keep the money since 1t was neither
stolen nor embezzled. but merely en-
trusted to your husband under an IN
correct idea of the law. The loss,
madam, will fall on the railroad which
paid this money into court-that Is,
your father-in-law, the one who should
properly lose It,"
looked to see the woman B'Sw
suddenly radiant; but, instead. she
buried her face in her hands and be-
gan to cry. The tears trickled through
her fingers. She rocked. soothing, in
her chair. caught the handle to the
folding-doors between the two rooms
and flung them open. The woman
sprang up, stammering incoherently,
The man took her in his arms.
Randolph Mason spoke then in his
cold, even voice, but there was almost
a smile on his lips.
Parks" he said, "go out and en-
gage a stateroom on the Kaiser VII
helm for Cherbourg"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-10-30
DR.. cALDWELL's GUIDE
TO GOOD HEALTH

The natural tendency of people in
this busy age to demand Of the di-
gestive organs more than nature in
tended they should perform, frequent
~ results il throwing the entire di-
gestive system into disorder. When
the stomach fails to freely digest and
distribute that which is eaten, the
bowels become elogged with a mass
of waste and refuse which ferments
and generates poisonous gases that
are gradually forced into the blood.
causing distress and often serious Ill
ness
DR.. w. B. Caldwell says that If the
bowels are kept regular there win be
much less sickness, and Prescribes a
combination Of simple laxative herbs
with pepsin that is most effective in
relieving any congestion of matter In
the bowels This compound can be
bought in any drug store under the
name of DR.. Caldwelrs Syrup Pepsin.
and costs only so cents bottle. 1t is
mild in it's action, pleasant to the
taste and positive in effect, dose at
night bringing relief next morning.
naturally and without gripping or 9TH
er discomfort. A bottle of DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin in the house will
save many times its cost in doctor
bills. Your name and address on a
postal to DR.. W. B. Caldwell, 203 West
st, Monticello, H., will bring a free
trial bottle by return mail. Adv.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-10-30
Sterilization Of Water by Light.

At the recent hygiene exhibition at
Dresden apparatus was shown By
means of which water may be purified
on q large scale through the use Of
ultraviolet light. This method is now
in use in France on large scale, and
is found to be both practical and eco
nomical. The amount of electrical
current required 10 produce the ultra
violet light is small. The efficiency is
so great that the water, after treat
ing, is found to contain not more than
twenty-five or thirty germs to the
ounce, which is far better than any
thing that has ever been accomplished
b. a filtering process.-Good Health.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-10-30

where n Christendom was there a
spy who tlushed? The man went out
into the LIBBY OF the hotel. get cigar
somewhere and sat down IN leather
chair by the wall where he could have
view o. the aining-room. Still he
watched, and my Lady Unknown knew
that he yatched.
When he dinner was ended, went
with her TO the elevator, wondering II
she would play it out with her fingers
to kiss ut the parting. But she only
smiled alluringly and stepped into
the steel cage with her. Even the
Hebrew scriptures scorned the weak
ling who turned back.
The parlors are on the next floor"
she said.
Then the door clicked and the ele-
vator began to rise. Instantly she
changed as under some hideous sore
cry Her hands trembled, her fae5
grew as white as a graye-cioth. When
she spoke her voice clicked IKE a
steel rail under an express.
Get out here" she said, when the
car touched at the next landing. land
manage to leave the hotel unobserved.
You have done me great favor |
thank you"
l got out. The car vanished. /
started to 90 down the steps, when /
saw over the rail the mysterious
stranger coming up. turned back
and stepped quickly behind the eIe-
vator shaft The man came slowly up
the stairway and went into the public
drawing-room. | got into the next car
that came down AS it descended, /
looked back through the wire net over
the roof Of the car. The man was
coming out Of the drawing-room door
into the hall. His face was purple.
1t was late when / got downtown
the next morning. Pietro let me in
and I went at once to my table in the
front Office. i was scarcely seated
when l became aware Of some one
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-10-30

They burned Ike dull green lamps
I could rot eat much for all my
boastings Of hunger-no one could IN
der those ugly eyes They seemed
now to glitter when the leaves OF the
pa N threw little shadows on spec
tacle glass. That glass added GER
tain terror, the eyes became like one
moving behind a screen, and there
was something sinister in the smiles
and laughter OF this charming woman
under an espionage she die NOT dream
or / held my place as cagelessiy as
could. under this menace like a cooked
pistol. / hshed a little for clue.
Madam" I said, tipping little OF
my wine into the plate. the king,
your father, doubtless sends an invisi-
bic escort with you. pour out a
libation to It,
She put aside the bait
Il am an orphan she said. mot
even a brother on the throne"
That Topped of one limb Of the
problem, If It we're the truth.
DuLy iEduati, 4 began.
She held UP her ungloyed hand. as
bare OF rings as my own good nose
That dismissed the husband-if the
ring were not In her pocket.
Il beg your pardon" / continued.
How could one hope that you had es-
capped bondage for so long? The men
Of your land must resemble that fool
fish people rallied at by the Prophet"
She lifted her little chin with a
quaint challenge.
Am | so old, them" she said
YES, Mademoiselle Inconnue." a..
swered, quite eighty years old. |
think The letters to you have been
published thirty years"
Excellent, Monsieur Merimee." she
said. I'VE are now supplied with
names, we shall get on better"
could have taken this promise with
a greater Joy had It not been FOR the
sentinel behind the palm.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-10-30

talking in the adjoining room There
was familiar tone in the low voice
that took my attention from the pile
Of letters before me. The door was
not quite closed. | arose softly and
looked through the crack. Randolph
Mason sat IN his chair. his fingers
plucking impatiently at the heavy ma
hogany arms. his head held a little to
one side, his eyes wandering aim
lessly over the room. Opposite him,
with bor two elbows on the table, her
face pressed together In her hands.
and a long seal coat falling TO the
floor over the back of her chair, sat
the woman with whom | had dined the
night before at the Dresden. / could
not see her face. but her voice was
tense. vibrant. low, packed with emo
ton II | had not been consumed
with a special interest, still he'd not
been able to put away this epionage
The soft, quivering, oyercharged tones
held me like the droning of some in
cantation. caught the words pour
ing hot as from a crucible.
After that he was always at the
door when | came out. heaping on me
things that l did not want--fioweSs
hon-bons, the like was hidecdsly
poor l mended with my own fingers
the stockings in which | danced every
Wednesday night at the Theater Fran
Gals In the great ballet OF the Fata
Morgana. needed warm clothes,
good food. fire They said / had
limbs like a fairy had, they were
starved thin. An exquisite pallor, /
had that. too. but Il came from sour
bread, chocolate made with water and
sweetened with sugar picked of with
my nails from the bon-bons. l did not
love the man, nor any man. was a
child In the Tlace of mother, /
had the warnings of an instinct,
feared the touch of a mans fingers
as the beast OF the field does; but the
old concierge who had kept life In me
with hot soup every night after the
ballet. took the hing IN hand She
discovered. know not how, that the
young mans father was rich Amer
ican. So she buudled me or to Passe
and handed NE over to him, but under
a ceremony Of marriage set out fully
on the records of Passe. she was the
! only friend ! ever ha6, this old.
crooked, eviifeasured Madame Dl-
rogue. She could more easily have
sold me to him At the doer o. her
lodge for a hundred louis After this.
was, at least rot hungry. My hus-
( hand was little more thai boy. We
lived over the seine b! the Luxeu,-
( bourg I did not dasee any more az
the Theater Frarcais hut went every
Monday morning. to MADAME Durodue
( 20 tell her everything and to divide
with her my handful of francs. Ny
+ husband studied art under the usual
I masters. hut j, was every morning
I thrown away lie was indolent. ut
+ terly worthless, holly given over 20
I life Of pleasure.
"One noon In May. his father ar
rived, handed me twenty-five napo-
Icons and told me to 60 down into
( the street went with the money in
my hand to Madame Duroque. she
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-10-30
For the legal principis in
voIved in this story see the case
Of state to Use of Blake v.
Enslow ct. al, al w. Va; 744.
womsn workers il Japan.

The Chugni Shogyo Shimhun has
been investigating the question of fe-
male labor in Toxic. and announces
that various economic causes are driT-
ing women to seek their occupation in
fields which have hitherto been occu-
pied solely by men The total Of the
female population is $4,000, of whom
191 900 seek their iivelihoods outside
their own family circle. OF these.
maid servants number $4,000, dress
makers $4,000. and shop assistants
24,200 The barnaids and motel ser
wants number 10000, while teachers
and professional women are 1880.
The women workers of Toxic form 50
per cent Of the total working popula-
ton Of the capital. Among them
widows and girls, ranging in age from
Is to 60. predominant.