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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-03
VIRGINIA SEC0ND1N
PEANUT PRODUCTION
LION BUSHELS OF COOLERS
IN YEAR 1909.
NORTH CAROLINA FIRST
FIVE SOUTHERN STATES PRoDIC-
ED OVER 80 PER CENT. or
THE ENTIRE CRoP--iN-
TEREsTING FIGURES.

Virginia ranks second in the pro-
duction of peanuts according to
Census Director Durand, who has Is
sued preliminary statement of the
general results of the thirteenth cen
sas. North Carolina leads all the
States In the production of the tooth
soma gooher. the statistics say.
In 1899. there We're 5i6.65t acres
OF land devoted to the growing of
peanuts, as againstAs59,ss7 acres in.
1909, AN increase of 1853, 233 acres, or
6s.f per GENT In 1909. there were
1ls,asS farms reporting the growing
of peanuts. or "a per cent of the
tota! number of farms in the United
States. while in 1899 only 133.9I4
farms reported, forming 20 per cent
OF the total
The present census shows that in
1909 there were produced in the
United States 19.415.0o0 bushels of
peanuts. against 1865, 900 bushels in
1899, the increase amounting to
7,ti6,0oo bushels. or SIS per cent,
The value of the peanuts produced In
1899 was s1,27l ,00A. while In 1909 IL
was SIS, 1000. a gain OF s1l. Dol 900.
or 1913 per cent.
Distribution hy staaes--
Five States produced over So per
cent Of the entire crop in 1909
North Carolina leads all States and
had production in 1909 Of 5,9Sf0e0
bushels. This Is an increase of 2.52o.-
GOO bushels. or nearly IS per cent,
epeP-i5s9, which time = s60. 600
bushels were produced The value OF
the 1909 crop amounted 10 1858. 900.
as compared with si,s52. 600 In 1899.
the gain being s3,517.0 900. or almost
100 per cent.
Virginia Is second IN rank, having
produced 4,264.0 bushels in 1909. AS
compared with Geo bushels in
1893. an increase Of 57I coo bushels,
or 15.4 per cent The value of the
crop In the former year was s4,24o.-
600 bushels. of - per cent. In 1909
se.26i. 900. q gain OF sl.s7s, zoe, or
SIS per. cent.
Georgia's Production.
Georgia with production Of
e.oT0o 600 bushels Of peanuts in 1909,
Is third in rank In 1899 this State
produced 1895. GOO bushels the In
crease during the decade being 1,fS4.-
GOO bushels. or 20 puer cent. In 1909,
The value was s2.441.00o while In
1898 II Was only s936 coo. The In
crease amounted To sl.505.0oo, or
1908 per cent,
In Florida. there were produced in
1909. a total OF 2.3l5. 600 bushels,
while In 1899. bat a6s.00 bushels
were gathered. The increase during
the ten years was 1876, 900 bushels,
or 1872 percent. The value OF the
1909 crop was s2.l47.ono, while in
1899 II was only sToo.oo9
Alabama in 1902 produced 1874
coo bushels valued at si.49i. o00 In
1929 the production amounted to
.o22.eo0 bushels. and the Vslue,
s5s3090.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-03
SHJITZ is ARRESTED
FOR RECKLESS DRIVING

O. A. Schultz. who was out driving
in buggy yesterday afternoon. was
arrested by Policeman Daniels and
Spur On a charge of recklessly driv-
ing In the street and running over
little Grace Dodson, of 40. North
Twenty-second street. The mother
of the child and several neighbors
witnessed the affair. and were sum-
moned to appear as witnesses in Po-
lice court this morning. Schultz was
bailed.
The child is said not to have been
seriously hurt, though much fright
ened.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-03
Meyberg have returned to their homes

Meyberg have returned to their homeo
from Randolph-Macon academy
Mrs. William Dunn left today for
a short stay in Chicago.
Mrs. w. l.. Foy entertained with
beautiful reception on Friday from
to o'clock, in honor OF Mrs. Frank
Vaughan, of Lexington. Ky. Mrs.
Foy was assisted in receiving ny Mrs.
Frank Vaughan, while Misses Epic
Blackwell, Annie Macon Potts and
Caroline Midystte served punch.
Among these who called were
Misses Katherine Kent. Margaret
Tucker, Margie Riker, Augusta Nix
on, Estelle and Stuart Blanton, Mar
guerite Wightman, Fannie Lancaster,
Imogene Riddick. Anne Hunter. Sea-
broke Midyette. Madames Weldon
Blaotn. James Hunter, Walter Jones
and Ralph Lee.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-03
Mrs Annie EstelIc Jennings.

Mrs. Annie Estelle JanninEs. TWEEN
ty-nine years old, widow Of the late
Henry jennings. died yesterday af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock in the home of
her sister. Mrs. r. F., Robertson,
2412 Hull street.
She leaves an infant. mother and
two sisters .............,... ,......,
The. funeral Will be- held this rf-
ternoon at 1850 in West End Metho~
dist church. Tho burial will be in
Maury cemetery.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-03
ChiltIrcn's Auxiliary.

Quite a number of children have
enrolled as charter members of the
Children's auxiliary of the Chester
field Chapter. United Daughters of
the Confederaey. All who did not
enroll up to Saturday afternoon viii
not be considered charter members
of the newly formed auxiliary. In
fsnts can he enrolled on their moth
ers records. Any child ranging from
one TO eighteen years related TO any
one that fought in the War Between
the States can become members.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-03
GIVE MEMORIAL
TO MEADE CHURCH
OAK PULPIT PRESENTED BY THE
DESCENDANTS OF MRS.
CATHERINE PAYNE.

An oak pulpit WAS presented yes
terdsy morning 10 the Meade Memo
rial Episcopal church as memorial
gift by the children and grandchil-
dren, of Mrs. Catherine Payne, who
recently passed away. The rector,
Rev. Ernest Warrach. formally re-
ceved the gift on behalf of the
vestry.
on the pulpit is brass plate
which bears the following inscrip-
ton:
ITO the glory Of God and in loving
memory of Catherine Payne. who
died March Z. 1912. this pulpit is
erected by her children and grand
children
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-03
AUTOMOBILE MEN
Hailed TO COURT
Continued from First Page,


fed as Frank Miller, the club offered
"a reward of Slon far his arrest ard
conviction, Complaint had been
made. too. that women driving horses
were frequently forced into the ditch
on either side of the road while thu
auto drivers swept by ami laugh ID at
their embarra ssment.
Justice Crutchfield and the county
ma gistrateS Invariably impose .h0
maximum fine in cases of convictions.
and appeals to the higher courts gen
orally meet with the same result In
some States the Law deplives n vic-a
Litor of the speed ordinance II mis-
Ucense to drive machine, and m
New York recently a man ran ever
and killed chlld was convicted II
nanslaughter and gsentenccd tosa. term
N the penitentaaT:y s
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-03
4 True Diplomat.

The mayor of French town had
rin accordance with the regulations. to
make out passport for rich and
highly respectable lady of his ac-
auaintance, who, in spite OF a slight
disagreement. was very vain Of her
personal appearance. His native
politeness prompted him to gloss over
the defect, and after moments re-
Election he wrote among the items OF
personal description: Eyes dark
kaa ptjf,l. tender expressive hut one
OF them missing. - Arvonaut
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-03
Ghost Talk.


Aunt Caroline came running intoS
the diningroom. her kinky hair g.
end.
"Missus," she gasped, I done meE
ghost out dar by de we'll" 4
You must have been mistakes
Caroline" said the lady Of tho houo6..
There aren't any such things ~
ghosts.
Aunt Caroline drew herself nm
haughtily.
"Dey afn't. amt dey? Well. MT
would you say II tole you this ~
done spoke to me! Yassum. bAoe
him." Tss
why, what did he say?"
Say" shifted the ducky mielI
neber learned dsss yers daid jn6
of the meals. "how ron speca 7 -
wiches. Chicago Journal.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-03
Lady of the Lake

Lady OF the Lake" will be the
added feature at the Theato Thurs
day and Friday In addition the
management has arranged to run
three reels q. the latest pictures
changed daily. approved by the nG-
tional board Of censorship.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-03
FEARING CARNAGE
HAVANA TnEMDlEs
Continued from First page,

Iron company are abandoning their
work and embarking for this port at.
every opportunity. The tug Frank
Tenney brought in three hundred r..
fusees today. and reported that hum
dreds of others were waiting to EN-.
bark
General Yvonet tie rebel leader has
sent a letter to the superintendent Of
the Daiaulri mines. demanding that
he surrender his supply of electric
battery caps and stating that IL tho
caps are not delivered to him the cons
PAW will be responsible for the re-
suits.
Firing was heard throughout la.t
night in the vicinity OF La Maya.
Luna, the chief of stan of the rebels
who led a band near Cobro. took res
fuge here last night and was arrested.
Parada. the negro leader. has beeM
killed in fight.
A dispatch from Guantanamo states
that in addition to burning the West
ern railroad bridge near that city. the
rebels looted four stores.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-03
Personal.

Misses Alma Bradshaw and Ruth
Smith, of Norfolk, are visiting Mrs.
William Crozier.
Mrs. r. r. Wilieford, Of Rocky
Mount, is the guest of Mrs. J. T.
Tyree.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-03
At the Theatres.

Academy--Lucille La Verne in
The Greatest Thing in the World"
Bi3ou--Pictures.
Empire--VAudevSle and pictures.
Colonial--Vaudeville and pictures.
Lubin-vaudeville and pictures.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-03
Mrs. Woolridra Returns.

Miss s. A. Woodbridge, of Louisa
county, will return home today, ar
ter weeks visit with her cousin.
Mrs. L. H. Peterson, OF 522 North
Eighth street
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-03


It IS about sixty years since the
introduction of the electric telegraph
as the system was known N this
country up to it's acquisition by the
postoffice. The lines now IN exist
ence are sufficient to 30 round the
world 1873 times Pnt in nther
words, they would reach the moon
sixteen times The total number of
offices is given at 10000, with 1907
600 apparatus. which send out an
nuaily 300.000,000 dispatches The
English. we read, make the greatest
use of the telegraph, 1t being esti-
mated that for every 100 persons
there are sent out 100 messages.
France follows, with 1852 messages.
Next come Denmark. with lis; Bel
GUM. with 1O4. and Germany. with
81. The record telegram extended
over 10000 words. Others OF TO-
900 are NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Globe.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-03

Farnum Fish, the boy aviator.
who left Chicago AT 11:19 en- route
for Milwaukee with Il consignment of
silk for a local department store.
landed here safely In Park park at
1:c5 o'clock in the afternoon and
was greeted by tremendous crowd.
When he reached Milwaukee Fish
was flying at an altitude of 5000
feet, but he ran out of gasoline while
over the city and volplaned for a
long distance, making perfect land
Ing.
Ignance Semenock, local aviator,
narrowly escaped death when he was
preparing to make trip through the
air to meet Fish. Semenock's en-
CINE stopped while he was high in
the air and in volplaning his machine
struck telegraph wire and caused
him to fall to the ground. Semenock
escaped with slight bruises, but the
aeroplane was Observation-Disclosures
Dispatch.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-03

is not good tor Richmond, says the
Virginia Railway and Power Com
pany.
But the same Interests have asked
for, and secured, franchise to sell
light and power in Fredericksburg, in
competition with Company already
doing business.
The Virginia Railway and Power
Company is now selling electric current
in Richmond under a franchise that
was granted in competition with an
existing Company.
The question of competition vs.
monopoly seems therefore to depend
upon the ownership of the monopoly
RICHMOND & HENRICO RAILWAY CO.,
w. S. FORBES, President.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-03

Any person past the age of eighteen
years who wishes to dance at Dodge
City must pay the city 81 year. The
city commissioners met not long ago
and passed an ordinance providing
tor license fee OF ~ from all danoA
ers and further providing that no
person under the age OF sixteen can
attend a dance unless accompanied
by a parent or guardian.-Kaneas Csty
Journal
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-08
WHO PAYS RAILROAD WAGES?

If the brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers
declares strike in the eastern district on lhe
grounds explained IN part by W. , stone tne
head of that organization, It viii be unique "a
one respect 1t will be the hrst pfohl-sllatlns
strike on record Locomotive engineers are
men of superior intelligence and they pracuealiy
confess that the wages they now receive are an
the traffic will bear They ask for eighteen
Der cent more than they are getting and ten
the railroads to take it out Of the people
This is to be an educative strike. u i takes
place II is to teach the public to pay higher
freight and passenger rates that the railroads
NAV earn fair profits and the men may ger
what they consider fair wages The public Is
also TO be taught specific lessons IN addition %
this general proposition The public Is speed
mad Fast limited trains wear out the engineers
who drive them An engineer on some OF these
rms has TO watch for block signal every
forty seconds moments inattention and ne
loses his Job The engineers ask the pubic TO
nav for this special service much heavier rate
than it now costs
The interstate commerce commission Is to be
asked to take these things into account The pub
lie has a habit of taking the side Of the strikers
without knowing what may be said for the
EMPLOYERS The public is to be made to pay
for this pleasant indulgence in sentiment II
is 10 nav directly in dollars and cents for ITS
sympathy II is to prove by spending real mon
ey that il has the cause of labor at heart
As railroad rates enter into cost of every
commodity the public will have the satisfaction
of doing something for the railroad employees
every hour of the day. 1t will not be necessary
to pay freight rates or passenger fares directly,
the increase in wages will be added to the cost
of food and everything else, the common peo-
pie will do their full share without having to
bother about details
If the demands of the locomotive engineers
are granted 81 SOB 1913 more will be paid by the
public in the eastern district for their benefit.
if other railroad employees in the same territory
likewise got an advance of eighteen per cent
it will cost the public in all the very respectable
sum of $93S00000 year But as the railroads
are entitled to some profit the outlay, as
Mr. Stone comedies, the bill for sympathy will
be probably Sl2500O00O a year The Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers deserves credit
| for putting the subject before the public in SO
clear fashion, Y Commercial
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-08
EXPRESS RATES

Congress viii al last have chance 10 DO /
something 10 regulate express rates on small par
cells and improve the parcels post system al the
same time A bill prepared BY Chairman Adam
son has been reported fayorsbly by the house
interstate and foreign commerce committee CIV
ing control over express Ia the interstate COM
meree commission which Incorporates the wishes
II that body. and 1t should DO much 10 make
the express service what the public wants and
needs Recent court decisions seem Ia establish
the eonstitutionality Of this BILL and il IS to be
hoped that il viii get through congress without
the introduction Of any lokers
The Y Commercial recently pointed ont
that express companies now give low zone rates
TO large shippers. Charges are based on the
gross weight of days shipments which makes
the rate on each package handled much lower
than a single package be sent by one per
son to another As far can be Judged from
the summary Of this bill received from Wash
ineton. much of this inequality Of rates to large
as compared with small shippers VIII BE- re-
moved
This bin authorizes the fixing Of rates on
the zone system for carrying parcels not ex-
eeeding eleven pounds in weight and eighty
dollars in value which would range from two
cents pound within 230 miles to u cents Tor
a distance greater than 2000 miles. with mimi
mum charge of ten cents for each package and
no allowance for transfers between express com
panes.
As the express companies now carry same
/ classes of matter for a rate as low as one cent
a pound and a minimum charge Of ten cents Tor
each package within a zone that reaches from
| the state of Massachusetts to the state OF ONO,
/ the bill does not seem To be at all contscatory
| 1t will be a great help to many business houses.
| including wholesale dealers IN drugs and small
wares whose daily shipments are not large
4 enough to secure the lowest scale now charged
large shippers Of small packages Railroads dc
not care to handle small packages OF freight TOT
individual consignees and the postal regulations
do not meet the needs of trade. 50 the express
companies have a practical monopoly Of tn
, business
This bill hCntains novel provision to secur
cooperation between express companies and IN
rural mail delivery of the postoffee system
package may BE- shipped by express to cen
trail rural mail station and then handed owe
. 10 the mail carriers provided the sender put
: the required postage on it. and the process
! NAV also be reversed by transfer from the pos'
I office to the express company ms VIII az
: 10 the utility of the parcels post zone system
: connection with rural mail routes with which "
postoffce department is experimenting
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-08

The accounts of loss of life and destruction
of property in the floods of the Mississippi valley
are most distressing. And this distress is added
to by the reflection that the means of controlling
these foods are well known, that there is ample
money for the work, and that it would save
money to do the work.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-08
LOOKS LIKE FAKE WORK.

II is very hard to shake off the impression
that there is some writer who supplies the IN
ternational news telegraph dispatches with ar
tices every day who IS crazy to see the United
States involved in with either Mexico or
Japan or both About in so often he pub
fishes that some $4,000 veteran japanese soldiers
are settled around Nagdaena bay in lower
California.
We do not believe he knows one thing about
IT We do not believe there are SIX hundred
Japanese. all told. anywhere in the neighborhood
Of Magdalena bay, for the very simple reason
that all the land around there except perhaps, a
few acres on a little stream, would not support
in an agricultural way one jack rabbit to thou
sand acres II IS desert and unless some ar
rangernent has been made between Japan and
Mexico by which from that point Japanese can
he shipped either across the peninsula and across
the Gulf Of California to the mainland Of Mexico
or down the coast to point on the mann
land it may be safely put down that nearly
all he telegraphs is untrue. And if anything Of
that kind going on one of the Hartman
lines runs all the way down the west coast to
Mexico within striking distance of lie Paz. and
surely it would be impossible to land and set
tie 10000 foreigners any point on that west
coast without it being known within three days
an over the United States
According to the dispatch sent on Wednes
day morning Senator Smith Of Arizona knew
nothing about the matter but was made to say
that if anything of that kind was gong on
he was Tor stopping H. we 30 not DtitNe nv
was consulted We believe the chief dispatcher
of these kilograms is merely robust liar who
is irving TO breed trouble between his country
and some other. II is very possible he wants to
have Mexico invaded. He may be working in the
interests of certain men in the southwest who dc
not care A cent how the matter is brought about
but who want to see the United States invade
Mexico and take from her the northern tier Of
states which is contrary to all our professions
which is contrary to the desires of the people
Of the United States and which would eos
tremendous loss of both life and property o
American citizens in Southern Mexico.
We suspect that it was a scare dispatch o
that kind that the soldiers were ordered to tn
Mexican border when Madero trying t.
make Roadway against President Daz. We d.
not believe there is any occasion for it and tina
when this story is sifted down to its real base
it will be found that some Japanese cOmpane
in San Francisco have been negotiating TO
some little fishing rights in Magdalena bay. That
we admit would be all wrong, because it wou
be so easy from that in the event of a possibl
war between our country and Japan to make tina
bay base for the japanese fleet We do no
believe that any large number of japanese ar
coming to San Francisco from Japan and froI
there being transferred to the southen steamer
to land at Magdaena bay. We believe that tn
authority for these special dispatches ought I
he looked up and Investigated.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-08

The high price of butter in the United States
and Canada has made fine business for the New
Zealand dairies which are sending their prod
uct here for the first time. In October S31
boxes arrived at San Francisco and Vancouver.
657s came in November more than 1000 in
December. and larger quantities have arrived
since then.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-08

The Mexican insurgents have got their first
setback at Parral just when they seemed on the
high wave Of victory This may mean the end
of the dream of capturing Mexico City but
it can hardly go very far toward the establish
ment Of settled order
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-08

The howl is raised every time by the Roosevelt
crowd whenever their candidate gets the worst
of it, that the contest wasn't fair. They de-
nounced the caucus and convention system as
evil and demanded primaries; wherever it was
possible they got them and yet being defeated,
they now denounce the very thing that they
demanded as the great cure-all for every pot-
zeal i'll Ii is manifest that in their opinion the
only fair method is the one that will return
Roosevelt delegates And it is becoming ncreas-
ingy evident that no such method can be found
this year.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-12-18
HOLLAND

Gus Lowell has been very i'll of late.
Mrs. Orville Kelley is on the sick
list.
Jay Lackey came home from ST.
Johnsbury hospital Monday.
Mrs. A. R. Hall was a caller at c..
/. Moore's in Newport recently.
Shirley F. Hall came home from
Johnson normal school Tuesday on &C.
count Of sickness.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-12-18
RAILROAD MAN WINS
HELE1l C0yLD'S HAND
news Of Engagement Is Given
Out BY George Gould

Lakewood, N. j., Dec. 16.-An-
nouncement of the engagement OF
Miss Helen M. Gould Of New York to
Finley ]. Shepard, railroad man OF
st. Louis, was made at the residence
of George j. Gould here. Details OF
the time and place of the wedding
are withheld for the present.
Asked whether he desired to say
anything additional concerning the
engagement, Gould remarked that
there will be nothing more. except
that this engagement is most pleasing
to Mrs. Gould and myself.
Shepard has long been prominently
identified with railroad and fnancla
affairs in the west. He is at present
assistant to the president OF the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad.
In thumbnail sketch of Helen M
Gould in Who's Who IN America,
her occupation is given as phllan'
thropist, and it is DIS philanthropis
that Miss Gould has become mos
widely known She is A years cid.