The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-10

try viii follow. Seek ye 1rst good
roads. AMI all these things snaii oe
added unto you. The way TO Set good
roaos Ii to build them. and the way u
buaid them IL 10 rais> ths money. ano
the way to raise the oney In VIZ.
ginia 10 to vote county and distrscs
bonus to be paid gradually BY taxa.
ton. That IL the way the farming
lclass of this good Old state 10 oe4Sh-
ming to shape its demand for good
roads, and the other good things that
will surely follow in their wake.
TIE Oyster - safe Eo0ogh.
It was TO be expected taat Tile Nor
folk Virginia Pilot would come to tae
defense of the Virginia oyster that
has recently been 80 viciously attacked
by the puie food folks and the heait1
authorities Of Washington. Here are
the Views Of that paper:
THE Pure Food. slogan 10 . very
elective one. and IL deserves TO be.
Pure food is absolutely essential ~
the public health. and the public health
IL. Of course. entitle4' to add should
receive iiFst consiueratiOn But there
10 little room for doubt that recent
attacks on the oyster. with their Re-
sultant damage to great industry by
which thousands OF people In seserssl
living. have been carried a great dsa,
further than the necessities Of the cit
uation demanded. JUSTIFIED. or even AZ
cused.
-Lsslie's Weekly. In . strong ana
timely defense OF the most succuient
Of bivaiveS. does not hesitate 70 asset
that. while in the last decade and q
half some instances Of illness have
been properly traced to the eating OF
oysters. the accusation OF unwhoie-
someone's has In most cases original I'd
either In the imagination OF the ac-
cus error in his consuming desire TO
pose In tho limelight In support OF
hat assertion. Lesiie's gives the resi-
facts concerning the oyster. watch are
the same - those hlch the Oyster
Growers and Dealers Association Of
North America has for some me bs4n
pointing out These facts, briefly sy-
nopsisod. are: That large propoi tion
OF the foods ana drinks Of which Ne
paftaks every day are more likely TO
be unwholesome than oysters. because
the pure. deep waters Of the large
bays ana sounds. where they are con-
tinually swept By clean salt water
currents: that luess grounds are miles
from land and SO remote from ali
sources Of contamination. and that.
therefore, not ne bushel Of oysters In
one thousand has any chance to ,e-
come contaminated AM body VINO
really knows the oyster ineustry also
~nows that these are the facts. bat
what does the food faddtst hunge!tns
after limelisht care for facts. sound
sense or loStcT'
V1etovla tie C00lng TOW0.
President q. II. Broughtoo. OF the
virginian Railway, In his annual re-
port explains how it happened that
the receipts fell below the expenses
Of the road the pase year. leaving a
considerable deficit TO b attended TO-
He says:
The inability 10 obtain sunfcient
motive power to handle the business
offered and insufficient shop facilities
to keep the power already owned in
first-class condition adversely affected
earnings, both gross ana net The
requirements IN both respects have
aoW oeen met. and the improved Ia
entities and additional equipment viii
increase both gross and net earnings
n the coming year.
The company's shops 1t the good
little town Of Victoria, In LunenburH
County, have been greatly enlarged,
and they. being full OF work, are doing
nuca for the general business Of the
slace. Victoria became . toWn be-
eause Of the coming Of the shops. and
7oW that they have been enlArgeS and
alled with busy workmen, the town
viii get . move on Itself. other indus
tries viii be attracted 20 that Svod
,ast Of one Of the best counties OF the
state. and II the people OF viceorta %
a. .
q time have one OF the best shop
towns In virginia.
According to the census tables. there
we're In 1910 exactly 337.1o2 women
farmers In sae Unstea States. Some Of
the best agriculturists In Virginia are
women. mostly widows. who manage
their own estates. and II the truth
were knoWn. there ssP very many more
women who are not - credited BY the
census takers, but they manage the
farm All the same. and also the hus-
band who got the credit fog II on the
census reporta
The Southern Railway this season
IL making Horticultural and agrtcul-
tural EXHIBITS, not only At all. Of the
brlncspal fairs in the 60uthern States.
but ajso q twenty-five fairs and *.
posjsions In the Northern and West
ern Sssses ard IN Canada
Il % to b hoped that some OF the
nav uem<ers whe have gone into the
Rsehmona C"smesr Of Commerce VII
ret busy 10 ~ good work OF lawns
s~sa1lisheA u the city . BIG buSGs
maaufsesUsinG pssae Iesy ces'e en-
g. ANseNR 00fk.