The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-22
BOYS CORN CLUB
is REORGAN|zED.
Buckingham Youths Will Work
for Trip to Exposition at
Columbia.
Especial TO The Times Dispatch. ]


Arvonia. Va April 2l.--At recsnt
rector Shackelford and Assistant John
Oliver reorganised the Boys Corn Club
If Buckingham county for the year
1912 Owing TO the fact that last year
was one of ths d.icst and most unfa
Norabie crop years ever known in this
section. some OF the boys dropped out
Of the cluo ana failed to Join this year.
IN embers. as follows. Roy q. Spencer.
Frank silvcy. Conrad LeSueur, Guy
McCraw, Ovid Davidson. q. W. Word.
Jr.. r. Theodore Jones. Edwin Morris.
". Creed Lawson. Herman II Snoddy.
Knight Kyle. 7. ". Pattesoii. Marshall
Ayres. r. ". Bosss, Monroe Boggs.
Rapp Guthrie Percy Oliver and Charles
L. Scruggs. These boys represent every
section OF the county. being children.
FOR the most part. OF good farmer pa.-
ants.
The effort this year VIII be to win
one OF the two prizes in the nature OF
trips to the Fif;h National Corn EXPO
sition. which VIII be held at Columbia,
next. The two boys VINO will 20 from
this county will have THAR expenses
TO this exposition paid by local funds
One thousand boys VIII be entertained
in Columbia by the exposition. Each
boy viii carry with him ten ears OF
his best corn and cornstallS staff. the
best in his field. from four TO tive f.et
long. The championship in corn rails
ing for each Southern State viii be de-
cided at this exposition, and the State
winners Will in turn so to Washing
ton to meet tha President and the Sec
rotary of Agriculture.
Farmers throughout this section arc
in nigh spirits over present crop con
ditions. and many are predicting a ban
ner crop year. Hay Is looking better
than for many yaars at this season. and
the recent dry spell permitted all nee.
essary spring following.
The fruit outlook Is exceptionally
bright All manner of fruit trees arc
loaded with young fruit. Unless I'M
expected frosts should occur the frui,
crop is expected TO equal or surpass
that of two years ago Fruit tree
agents in this section are busy and re-
port banner sales. Most OF the trees
purchased arc winter apples, OF the
Winesap. York Imperial and Mammoth
Black TwiG varieties.
nc business men or ArvCnia and
surrounding towns report tremendous
increase in all kinds OF business Ship
ping is active. and the slate industry
running TO its fullest eXtent The sta
ton agent at Arvonia- reports that dur
ing the first three weeks of April ship
IN snts OF slate from this station sur
passed any whole months shipment for
eighteen months. Slate is In trenlen-
dous demand in all parts of the coun-
try This proves a great building ac-
uvity. especially in the batter class of
buildings. which demand slate roofs.
West Hanover Presbytery, to which
all the churches of Buckingham and
adjoining counties belong, will hold its
spring meeting al Louisa Courthouse
This w-aek. beginning Tuesday night
and extending through Thursday.
Nearly all PRESBYTERIAN churches In
this section will send delegates new
monthly paper. entitled the HON, Mis-
Sion Herald. will be Issued by the pres
bytery through its home mission COM
mittee the editor being Rev Hugh II.
Hudson This paper will be devoted en-
tirely TO tho homo mission work of this
presbytery, which has forty-two
churches. a majority of which at this
tiIn2 are without pastors