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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-08
HOW TO FEED AND
HANDLE BEEF CATTLE

ATLANTA. GA, Sept. with the
view OF encouraging the Southeastern
arnaef 70 put tho whele farm TO work
by introducing beef cattle in the sys-
tenn OF farming and to give practical
aid In this work. the Southern Rail-
way company has Just issued An at
tractfve booklet giving vA1uzbfs fn-
struction on the feeding and manage
msnt OF beef cattle. The booklet calls
attention to the fact that only about
10 per cent OF arabic land Of the
Southeastern States Ii being used. ana
declares that by the introduction OF
stock raising the remaining 90 per
cent could be made to return hand
some profit and the land greatly en-
rlched. Professor r. s. Curtis Of the
Norfn Carolina experiment station,
ana Professor Dan T. Gray, OF the
Alabama experiment station. both
eminent authorities on animal indus-
Try. contribute articles to the booklet
which set out in detail the methods
20 DO pursued In feeding ana hand
ing cattle TO secure the most proflt-
apie results The Southern Railway
desires to give this booklet wide dis
tfihation throughout the South. ana
copies will be glaSly mailed 10 tho.e
interested on application to r. 4
word I'VE stock agent. Atlanta. ca.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-08
THE RIGHT KIND OF
! FARMING WILL PAY
MADE TO nEALrxE THE VALUE
oE AGRICULTURE
RURAL SCHOOLS TASK
COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
CLAYTON ENrHUsIAsr1C OVEN
THE PLANs or run AeRI-
CULTURAL DEPAnrMnSr.
RURAL SCHOOLS TASK
EDuCATTON

WASHINGTON. Sent. ITO prove
that farming-ths right kind OF farm
ing-paya. 10 ono OF the tasks which
the rural school has emphaticaIly sot
itself. II n particularly essential to
make the school children realize the
money value Of agriculture, not az a
theory. but - = practical fact, and
ono OF the best ways for dsmonxtrat-
ing II has been shown to be to let
the children actually, farm . bit Of
ground and COLLECT the proceeds Re-
Gently the United states commissioner
OF education, DR.. p. p. Claxton, had
occasion to Welcome = party Of South
ern boys and girls who were on =
sight-seetng tour 70 washington with
money earned In thsir own farming.
Real farming did II said Or. Ciax-
ton. In describing the experiment.
The money earned from their 1ndi-
viduai garden paid the expenses OF
thoss twenty-five Virginia scnooi cnit-
dren. The children cAmo from the
Second congressional district aSricul-
tural school at Driver. near Nor1olk.
The party was In charge of Mr.. ]. b. l.
de JarnettA NE principal o. ths
school and he was . busy man In
deed during the three days spent IN
seeing the sights OF the nations
ca pitaL
Tomatoes and other produce paid
the full cost OF the trip-which was
just 11a.7s for each pupil. by the
way. This amount was only COM
M RI iy&IY &malI mart OF their total
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-08
BUMPER CROP OF
OYSTERS ON HAND
LUuoUs MvALvn WILL BE
MORE PLENTIFUL THIS SEA
SON THAN FOR MANY
YEARS

Especial to Ths Richmond vfrrinsau. ,
I-IRVINdFoN VA Sept. 7.-Re-
ports to the commission OF fisheries
from its mfr inspectors scat
tered throughout ne oyster region in
dictate that the coming season oys-
teY win be more plentiful than for
many years. Also that there had
been few II any Violations during the
summer just passes. For me nrst sum
msr within the memory Of the oldeus
the Potomac hAs been absolutely frps
OF all scrAptng Of oySteru. This d
attributed To the satisfaction felt nj
the recent concurrent laws enacted
bewesn Maryland and Virginia And ID
the vigilance of ahe virWtnia oystea
police
Owing to tho excessive freshet. Of
last spring. the supply Of new seed
will BE- short- but In the seed beds
of tho upper Potomac and James
there - An abundance Of last wears
growth. In consequence the CRY i
going to be that the oysters Of the
seed beds are too large.
Oysters from private plant beds will
be coming INTO market now regularly.
but the longing season for the pub-
He rocks does not begin until Sep
tembsr 18th. In the w.ters OF Viz
gtnia or tho Potomac rivers.
Dredging begins in all waters open
to dredgers {inciudinK tho Potoma
riyer) on November LIST
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-08
GEORGIA FRUIT IS
SAVED BY CANNING
INAUGURATION OF INDUSTRY
MARKS DISTINCT FORWARD
STEP IN THE SOUTH.

High water mark IN the peach can
ming industry in the Amsricus district
= reported IN dtspstch 70 ths At
lanta Constitution to the effect that
with the closing OF the season over
i,0oo, 900 cans ars ready Tor nsAxksA.
This prodigtouS output represents the
work OF three canher1es which during
their six weeks OF activity employed
200 lAborerA
II II probable that similar reports
VIII be received from exch oske- of
the peach belt The season now COM
inx To q close has been an excep-
tionally fAvorabie one. not only In the
matter ef fEesh- fruit shipped directly
Ia domegtfc ana Eastern markets. but
az well In that by-product Of the
orchards expressed IN the canning m
dustry.
The inauguration Of the canning
industry marks distinct forward step
ii the intensive utilization of the
Efa40'z products Only few years
Arc fha excess peaches represented In
err biz showing. would have besn soid
Tor : fractional pArt of their valuel
been Ted to the hogs OF left 70 rot on
the ground. With the opening OF the
canneries there has therefore, been
saved to Gsor9ia = large sum which q
n reality Is much ''v1lvct over anu
above the annual revenues from thts
Important product.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-08
NEW BULLETIN Of
VALUE TO FARMERS
1T1GEEY sUBJDuTs TRnA1zrD m
LATEST rUBx1CA11oN on
i
AGRICULTURAL DEPARr-
MMNT.

Hon @, w. Knfner, the ccunn1s-
sioner OF agriculture n having sent
out By mall nfU-nvs thousand COP
pies OF bulletin No. ss. Il - one oE
the most valuable publications hs has
issued this season ana n being ssnf
to farmers and othsr resfdsn&s 81
Virginia.
The leading article Is on the sub
ject Of wheat growing and o1nphA-
sizes the importance OF growing Arss-
er yields on smaller acreaSesL He
states that the average In VirWAn1A
per aero In too low and It should be
doubled and can be II intensive moth
DDS are prActaced and seeded with
more care.
Tho HessiAh ny TIA srsaasss enc
my Of the wheat crop. - also discuss-
led and some methods OF control are
sugg&sted.
An article on the value Of the si1o
sets forth the fact thai the klo viii
, store three times the amount OF fesd
that can be housed In any other build
Ing OF the same dimensions.
The Importance Of fsrtilixing u1sa-
dows II also discussed.
An article on growing winter bar
ley and the value OF the crop to
the Virginia farmer, which thaY hGye
not seemed to appreciate. occupies .
prominent place.
An article on testing sssd before
planting also appears ana = simple
method OF home testing u given
The value Of crimson clover - .
land improver and winter clover croO
10 brou4ht out in m interesting ar
dele
Weeds and how to KIN thsm arQ
discussed in . practical manner and
the seeding Of grAas Uoed alone II
smphastsed along with axt1sles On
issvsral other va1uabis farm sub5suks.
The bullst1n closss with the usual
66ftalizr, Inns and Seod anAlysdA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-08
PETERSBURG COUNCIL
FOR BIG BOND ISSUE

PET ERsBURG. VA, Sept L.
The common council has adopted an
ordinance providing for the issuance
Of $500. 200 In - per cent forty-yssr
bonds are permanent public improve
Inents. The matter will be up to tho
aldermen Monday night for concur
renee, and there is no doubt Of its ap-
prova.
Provided for in the issue ares Gre
rnAtory plant. $4,000; bridges to chss-
tsrneld county and to Pocahontas,
$4,000: grading and paving Of streets,
$4,000: waterworks and sewers. $50
600; school in Sixth ward ana now
emergency water system and rsser-
voir.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-08
Case il Postponed,

ALEXANDRIA,, VA, Sept The
|suit instituted BY the city OF Aiexan-
dria and Fairfax cuuntiea will b
called In the Circuit court Of Alex
andria county September l1th. before
Judge Bennett +. Gordon, of Nelson
county.
Commonwealth's Attorney 8. g.
Sc engaged In the case for some tfnle,
ana II Ii understood that several Grim
EsnNl cases awaiting trial win 30 over
until October.
Tho case OF the Commonwealth
against Lewis Hoof. indicted III con-
Snectfon with the collapse Of the Mar
cantile Railway Building and Loan -
aoeiAfi0n, twas announced yestsrday,
VIII not 10 called until November.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-08
.OR0UTH SERIOUS
IN P|TTsYLVAN|A
FARMERS MAY EXPERIENCE
Loss OF OVER A MIIIIos ON
ACCOUNT OF m.

DANvILLE. VA, Sept. The
much needed and ng-wished for
rain came last night ana there wa,
an abundant fall which. accompa MED
ey severe thunder storm, continued
Tor more than an hour The rain be-
gan 70 fail about O'Clock and the
pteCsptt8kion NaS - great and 90
swift that the streets were runnlns
streams In very few minutes.
The prolonged dry spell which has
prevailed for nearly a month N p,tf-
syixataia county and to soma Nxtsns
IN adjoining counties up to yesterday
mas wrought havoc with the corn and
tobacco crops and promises 10 prove
enc OF the most costly and disastrous
Of years..
Considering only the effect on STA
Ptep crops---corn.s tobacco. wheat ard
OATS. making no allowance Tor the
loss on the second crop Of hay and
practical destruction Of pasturage. ne-
cessltating the feeding OF stock uni
next spring, the loss to Piftsylva mia
farmers alone - estimated conserya-
lively at million and half to a mill
lion and three quarter dollars and
may even exceed the higher ngure,
Estimating the population OF the
county ut $4,000 which il slightly be-
low the census figures. and the total
damage to the four great staple or
money crops named at 1880, 900, the
loss by drought will amount TO about
$40 per capita. That Is to say the
damage equals q loss OF $50 to every
man, woman and child In the country.
Estimating the tobacco crop at ten
million pounds in this county. which
In low estimate, the loss is conxerva-
lively placed at three million pounds.
which at an average of eleven cents
per pound would mean money loza
to tobacco growers OF $3.50. geo In this
one crop alone. And unless the
drought Is soon broken this loss will
aggregate half a million dollars.
This year Wan q very bad one for
wheat also and the ravAges upon that
crop in the county viii. It ~ said.
mean q decrease Of $4,000 bushels.
which at dollar bushel would
mean half million dollars.
Estlmat ting the loss Of tina corn
per hushel would entail q total loss
on this staple OF 100000. which Il
regarded as law estimate.
Add to these tteuaA a decrease OF
500 .0ee bushels in the cat crop ut 20
cents per hushel and the sum Of $780,
coo must be added to the total.
No estimate II made of thS foss ON
the failure Of tho second crop OF
hay since the hay crop Of the coun-
ty 10 mostly for home consumption
ana not for market Nor can the loss
Incident to destruction OF pasturAge
and tha necessity OF reedfng stock and
the consequent loss 70 farmers IN thIs
way be definitely estimated. The de-
strnctioR Or failure of late garden
erops and az miscellaneous vegcta bles
viii also add considerable ssana to
the total.
Altogether It VIII not be surpris-
jnr il the aggregate loss through
failure or crops planted or sown
reaches two million dollars In this
county alone The Agnrea given are
made by = dealer In teads. seeds and
supplies for farmers and are charAc-
tsriseds hy him AZ exceedingly CON
serative.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-08

The assessed value OF the properly
OF the Union Sulphur company. of
Louisiana has been raised by the
State board Of equalization to SIC, o00.-
900. an Increase Of $7.soo,o 600 over the
previous valuation. 1t was not many
years ago when Richmond man, then
living in Louisiana, was offered the
whole properly for $4,000, but A.
no way had then been devised of get
ting the sulphur out he did not think
1t worth the $4,000 asared.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-08
BIG CITY TRACT
TO Be DEVELOPED
LARGEsr UHDEvELoPED PROP
ERTY WITHIN THE LIMITS
HAN CRAHsGED HANDS. 4
PRICES WAS 100000
NEW REAL EsrArE FrnM ENTERs
THE FIELD-FrRsr AUCTION
SALE TO Nm HELD AT THE
EXCHANGE WEDNESDAY,.

rrxS ,or~n.S ,,yA~rnyonnA tract ri
49, ~,t.h,- ~. csty itr,sts -. sold
-. -..E 10 Go,ssr q N..h incor-
1890 ~ nronartv ~ the
zr~rfc.n roh.rro companv IN
W.sr,r-. -..d .a,osrtn- wood
49, r1ss-t.. 80 I. Ercwr =. pelle-
rms T-rs tr.~t sy,rluae. about thfrty-
- ..-a. - -rn,,a .na has ! 'front.'
-. - nnA go ~ the Forest fIfll
80 I.ra r,,rrfr~ h.cr from there
= 90. M,sss hsSh h,,,fss nm the
rivrr rha name of the purchaser
~ -, h.sn river ont hut II u un-
1.-..rs,a sn., tna Confederation was
ga onn
%0s'Sss - c =
In additfcn 70 tn,s sa.e 1o rss
Nash disposed 81 i9i rec. on =
teenth street. ,. ....a
Hanover county Ins Wnsun -
known ~ Woodlandss 10 aeIes "
lands on the river ROAD ao5osnlns us
home OF waiter q. sai1es; ~ 80 ~ -
Spring street; 100 rect ON reppsI
nue. ~ WestnA ..le. s~vre-
Weethamptons sne av.1s Z. ~
rating over ses.vsv, ~ Anil
weeks Work ss,s,r.s.
times IN the Teai os.au
ByrA InrK Acslty.
Nor were oioooHey = Nucno.s
complaining. Iney soau ,ne pt1sn
fronting Beverly sUee1 ost3eea 20
lonial avenue ano SnepPa1n sees'
In addition 70 numpof
In the past three weeks this enter
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-08
L YNCHbURG PLANS
| lO-STORY BUILDING
PEOPLES NATIONAL BAsK PRE-
FARES To BUILD NEW HOME
NEXT SPRING
IITSFIRST SKYSCRAPER
BANK WILL OCCUPY LOWER FLOOR
AND THE REST or THE sTRUC-
rURE WILL BE DEVISED
FOR OFFICES.
is FIRST SKYSCRAPER
PROGRESS

PROGRESS :. &fMme& -grea trrwahv
Especial to The Richmond virginian. J
LYNCHBURG. VA, Sept. T.
Plans for the ten-story banking and
ONCE building TO be erected next year
by the Peoples National bank, at the
southern corner Of Eighth and Main
streets. are being prepared now and
they will be ready by December for
contractors. The bids are to be re-
cefved early enough to permit the
contract to be let and the work start
ed by January lst The structure,
which Ii to be freproof, In TO cost
about $4,000. and win be completed
In 1sf2.
The plays are to be by Frye 4 ches-
terman. OF this city, and Reed d
KLEIN, OF New York city.
The building win contain 4 large
banking room. with directors and
other quarters ON the first floor, In nd
dttion to two stores ON Eighth street
and 162 offlceG This will be the tall
est building In the city, the largest
now being eight floors
The structure will be AZ IL feet on
Main street and las feet on Ei9hth
street. The first story will be Of In
diana lime stone and from the second
floor to the roof the outEdo will be
either light brick or light terra Gotta
This will be determined in the near
future
Two fast passenger elevators will be
Installed for the use OF the occupants
of the building, and it will be heated
throughout with some form Of vapor
heat, with automatic ventilators
There will be also a mail chute and q
vacuum cleaning apparatus.
The corridors will have marble tile
floors and there viii be lavatories on
each floor, while all Offices will have
wash basins.
The bank will utilize all Of the
ground floor. excepting two store
rooms in the rear. fronting on Eighth
street. This room VIII have q pitch
zof thirty feet, the finish being import
ed marble Tho room. ~ BY IS feet,
with ample space for all officers Of
the bank. together with tellers and
bookksepers. There will be con-
suitation room and q ladies' room, in
addition to q toilet Arrangements
are, Of course. provided for safety
deposit boxes and for . large vault
for tho records and money OF the
bank A large storage vault win also
be provided In the basement.
In the front mexxanins floor there
will be 4 directors room. with small
committee room and toilet attached
The rear Maxxanine floor will provide
large room for the Use OF the banks
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-08

\ NORFOLK. VA, Sept IA con-
ference 81 leading ytrEinia negroes
- hesr csl lAd spE gaptemhsr In
NJ Auckroe Beach. Va. 10 connldef
the question - 80 whether virginia
Rrsdi6tion = nAde that ths decision
viii favpr ygiIeon. 4 e AZ
II A declared that out AZ the vtr-
3ini1 conf ~ niGy STOW : nsttcnhl
confArNnce ~ nexroea ~ deferxsinA
mon ! aelsaits eeslsss a ~ Nevsa-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-08
POOR COTTON CROP
TO PROVE COSTLY
SHORTAGE OF FLEEcY STAPLE
WILL COST STATE or vtR-
CHINA MILLION.

NORFOLK, VA. Sept THE cot
ton crop OF the four or ave ccun-
ties IN Virginia vii be just about hall
~ large as It waa last season. ac-
cordtng to 4 statement made yesterdAy
By J. p. Gay. Of Franklin. one Of
the largest gtnners In the State. While
Virginia grows bur iiteiS Of the Aeocy
staple. - compared with the great
Southern States. the shortaoe VIII
mean loss Of something like three
quarters OF = million dollars
The extraordinary long spell OF dry
weather during hs1xust II sAit 10 b
the reason for the poor condition Of
the crop. Southampton county has
been the worse sufferer and instead
or 4 yield or 1Nooo bales AZ was the
case last year will not have 4 crop
half that size. The picking Is already
being brought to the cotton gins. tho
price bang the same ~ last year, four
cents 4 pound before the lint and
seed are separated. Much Of the July
frvttAge. has dropped on. from the
enGcA Of the dry weather. and It t.
reared that the same Gauge will keep
tho bolis formed In August from ma
TURING befors frost ~ S.
The cotton crop IN Southampton
county has been affected much more
than that OF the counties OF Nanse-
mond. IAle OF Wight and Greeneavtlle.
whore the drought has not been quite
70 severe. However. there will be
an Appreciable shortage In the other
three counties ~ well,
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FORK UNION IS TO
Open SEPIEMBERl8
'achoos. EolNDED nv LATE DR.
HATCHER ExpEcTs RECORD
ATTENDANCE.

FORK UNION, VA. Sept The
NEXT session q Fork Union MffffaTy
academy opens Wednesday. sspsembsr
18th
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The Alaska citizen., 1912-09-30
WHAT WE THINK OF THE
 FUTURE.

The last boats brought the Alas ka Citizen its last shipment of stock for the year. II also brought us some of the latest and most up to-date type that can be obtained anywhere in the world. We now have the most completely equipped job plant in the interior of Alaska. We are the agents here for the fam ous Coupon Bond" writing paper. We are the only firm In the town that carries the loose-leaf ledgers We are the only printing establish. ment that shipped in any new type. We have on hand in our office and in our warehouses sufficient stock to last us over two years. Our job stock Is unapproachable by any other office We believe in the flu ture of the camp. Our expression of that belief is manifested In the large quantity of supplies that We carry. Enough for two years. and then little more, From time to time we shall receive the latest faces in type from the Outside We are here to build up with the camp and we want your business
The Alaska citizen., 1912-09-30
ENFORCE THE LAW,
 BUT DON'T PERSECUTE

We have a very industrious, very
 capable. and very competent city
 council, but they have made sad
 mistake. Elsewhere in this paper you will find Sections 112 and 113 of the book of ordinances printed in
 full These ordinances seek to pro- hibit a resident of Fourth avenue. between Cushman and Barnette streets, from having in her posses sion, either for personal use, for medicinal use, or for any use what soever any intoxicating liquor They further seek to make any man or woman who delivers or causes to be delivered any liquor of any kind to any of those residents at their abodes liable to fine or imprison- ment or to both. The greatest na- tion in the world, the United States, Is founded on the idea of personal liberty. The good fathers might just as justly pass an ordinance prohibiting men to smoke on Front street, as to pass the above mention. ed ordinances. It Is said the passage of those ordinances came about as fol
The Alaska citizen., 1912-09-30

lows: The saloon keepers. at least some of the saloon keepers, claim. ed that certain people who resided on Fourth avenue between Cushman and Barnette streets. were selling liquor without a license They de. manded that this be stopped. That is absolutely right. It is illegal. it is grossly unfair to those who pay a thousand dollars for the priv. ilege of selling liquor to allow any one who has not paid like amour, to sell it. That law should be en. forced to the fullest extent. There should he no loop-hole by which the breaker of the excise law can es. town. backed by the city council. further enforced by the federal o. ficials here who are sworn to pros ecute the breakers of the excise laws should be able to enforce those
 
 officers who will do so should be employed But if they are unable to do so. there is something radical ly wrong with the officials. If this is the case. then the passing of such ordinances as these will only tend to open up new fields for de velopment along the same lines. for if the guardians of the law are now being paid to sanction the lawbreak CTS. they will demand more pay to allow the breaking of more laws
 The total personal tax of this town last year was based on gross valuation of one and one-half mill. ion dollars. Thirty-two women paid taxes on personal property valued a. fifty thousand, four hundred dollars. And those thirty-two women lived on Fourth avenue between Cushma1 T and Barnette streets And you ma rest assured that they paid although there are still many others who have yet to pay their taxes. It Is no; our desire to create an unwarranteu scandal, it is not our desire to take the part of any one in particular but we want to see justice done to all alike We want to see the laws properly enforced. and the breakers of the laws brought to justice. If We must police our streets, protect our homes from fire, light our city on money for the taking of which VIC give the individual the blue ticket the money gotten in this manner earned off the wages of sin. let us go without police protection, let us walk in darkness, let our holnes he burned, unless We can ourselves save itAom. but let us say here and now &sf did our great forefath"r Patrick Henry. Give me liberty. oI give me death"
The Alaska citizen., 1912-09-30
FATHERS PASS
 ORDINANCES

The city council met last Friday in the city hall, and there adopted all the old ordinances which had been revised with great care by the fathers. To these old ordinances our fathers added two new ones, Here they are:
 Section 112.-Any person who in or about any house of ill-fame or prostitution shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof before the municipal magis, trate. shall be punished by imprison- ment in the municipal jail not ex- ceeding ninety days, or by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or by both such fine and imprison- ment.
 Section 113.-Any person who shall take. carry or in any manner transport any intoxicating liquor or liquors to any house of ill-fame in the town of Fairbanks, or shall cause any intoxicating liquor or liquors to be carried or transported to any house of ill-fame in the town of Fairbanks, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof before the municipal magis- trate, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or by Imprisonment n the municipal jail not exceeding ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment"
 They also accepted the report of the poundmasters and passed the months bills.
 Petitions for additional lights were read and submitted to the street committee. AS there was nothing else to do they adjourned for a week. MT Peoples let the ordin ance pass with objection on his part he not being satisfied with one of the laws made at the meeting.