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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-21
Interest in Ric h m o n d
Realty Unabated in
Spite Of Season.
APARTMENT HOUSE
WILL BE ERECTED
Popular Priced Institution Go.
ing Up in West End-Belvi-
dere Hall Sold, Partly for
Use Of Observation-Disclosures
for Italians in West
End.

Continued activity in Richmond real
estate indicates that there viii % no
really dull season this year It It docs
come. it VIII not last long enough for
the agen' to realize its presence.
Good sales are being constantly mads.
and. while 1t is not pretended that
there Is the activity which is to be
seen in cooler months. it is amply
shown that investors Keep their eyes
open at all seasons. and that there is
nc loss of confidence in this city and
its possibilities.
as matter OF fact. the solid basis
OF growth and building operations give
realty transactions sucn an impetus
that druggcd market is a practical
impossbllity. The trading IN dirt viii
OF necessity continue without ccssa-
tion, for the men who make money out
o. real estate Keep their eyes open at
a.. times for the best the city offers.
Big Apartment House.
Prominent among tho weeks an
nounccments IN building operations is
tho promise OF Il popular priced apart
Inent house on Monument Avenue, be-
tween Meadow and Allison Streets. Ii
Will be erected for Lawrence Syclo.
who secs demand for such an en-
terprisc.
The structure IS to be eight stories
high. and is to nave th'rty-two apart
nents. running from four to eight
rooms eacn. 1t Is to be OF brick ana
stone The contract. which is soon to
b awarded. will involve about $3.50.
oOo About year viii he consumed
In construction. and TIE building is
t be ready for rental on September /,
1913.
n ItaIx SnI. Il
Belvidere Hall. at Main and Belvi-
cere Streets. the scene OF so many
gatherings OF all sorts political So
cial and edpcntlonal-has been sold by
n. l. Hofheimer to r. l.. Barnes. While
the consideration is nominal. 1T IS said
the selling price was more than $40
000
In the future Bclvidcre Hall will be
the temple of Samis Grotto. Yelled
Prophets of the Enchanted Realm.
Among Masons the hall will be known
Continued on Second Page.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-21

Gains in loans ana discounts. cash and
indiN1GnAl deposits by the 7372 national
ranks Of iAe eoIntry aso shown IN ths
,niHptio.'l ot the cUrreuty's abstract IL
tseir reports 40 tht close %! business .r,a'.
il the date ut the last bank call lsnn.
nnn discounts increased sil.13-.S3f. cash
I ne iotal .ohns aid discounts were s593-
't"l' nr agsrt saie Individual aoposlts
We're s''S-,ttl 49, The io,n! reserve held
nN IN. 1Si- national banks reporting on
irne IL Was Si.5os.l5u,e55. an average az
-li'' per cent and SSi616 10 above the
Aboumt required TO be held
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-21
ABOUT COWP EAS..
THEIR ADVANT AGES
Experienced Western Farmer
Tells OF His Experience
AMI His Profits
THE PEAS BUILD UP THE LAND
An Article Full OF Good sugges-
tons to All the Virginia
Farmers.

". T. Camp has written fo- the Kan
sas City Weekly Star a very interest
ing account OF his experiences in the
cultivation OF cowpeas His ooserva-
tions and suggestions should be OF value
to every farmer interested in the sub
ject especially Virginia farmers.
81 have been growing cowpeas. he
states. FOR the past ten years and ind
them among the best crops that the
farmer can raise. They build up the
Land and Will produce a profitable crop
on the poorest soil Indeed. cowpeas
have been called poor land alfalfa be-
cause they viii grow on the very thin
upland that VIII not begin to grow
alfalfa and VIII make a yield In hay
that IS equal 10 alfalfa hay. The Arkan-
sas Experiment station says ton OF
cowpea hay is equal in feed to ton
o! y heat bran and = great deal better
II the peas are left on the vines. !
have found this to be true for stock
VIII Quit eating wheat bran for good
cowpea hay ana will fatten faster and
do better. l am very much surprised
at farmers not growing more of them.
They can be grown on the waste acres
on the farm, and VIII build up the soil
and produce a profitable crop on land
that would otherwise be idle or crops
that do not pay.
VIII Grow on Upland.
Many farmers are trying TO grow
alfalfa On poor upland with little sue
cess. Now. why not grow two or three
crops of cowpeas on this same land
and get two or three tons OF hay that
is equal to alfalfa hay each year,
and at the sametime build up
the land so that it will grow
alfalfa This is being done In the
Southeastern states. and we can do the
same thing here in the Middle West
If we will only plant TIE varities suited
To our climate.
Since ! have been growing cowpeas
have grown and Experimental with
over one hundred varieties 1 have
found from these experiments that the
farmer should select the variety best
suited for the purpose he wants them
to serve and also variety suited to
! his locality. The locality in which a
farmer lives makes a great difference
in the variety OF cowpeas to be. planted
Where the seasons are short and the
rainfall is light the early MATURING
varieties should be planted
Since ! have been growing cowpeas
have divided them into three classes
First. tho erect varieties. that can bt
moved with machine and that make q
good deal of hay. class as hay vario-
ties. Second. the varieties that grow
Continued on Fifth Page.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-21

Ihat the Ions electric waves utilized In
aerial tc4esraphy over great distances
t.hVo! better during the hours O. darkness
tnan OF sunlight. ana that the natural
eieetT.c waves oecasioned by atmospheric
e,ec'ric discharges. known as "st.ays" or
y 10 wireless operators are dispatched
more satisfactorily during the hours OF the
night than IN the daytime is now u matter
OF common Knowledge
'es's made N London during the solar
eclipse on April II las; indicate that me
darkness OF his ec.ipse had the normal
erect OF ihcliiiniins the propagation OK
these waves over great disiances In, mn,
there are portions OF time during the pc
riod OF deepest darkness at the reocivIng
s'atoh when propagation is notably i'm :
peded. whether or not this last nhcnom-
snon is TO be taken as a mere accident
mas not yet been clearly ascertained.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-21
Prominent in CONNER
cial and Industrial
Life of City.
FOUR LEADERS IN
DIFFERENT LINES
Wonderful Success Crowns Ell
forts OF These Hard Workers.
Mrs. Randolph, Mrs. Akin
son, Mrs. Kidd and Mrs.
Lipscon1b Tackle and
Solve Big Problems.
py FRANK :. wooDeoN.

Richmond is up-to-dhte all right.
twenty years agQ even ten years ago.
women cut very little inquire in tho
commercial development OF Virginia.
or OF Richmond. Always there have
been mnlinery establishments and
dressmakine establisAme that were
presided over by women. but they md
tc deal only Win women. and men
were taboocd Within the last TWO
decades there has come il change.
Now we see Women IN every DEPART
ment OF good work OF commercial
and Industrial character There ara
Very few ap-to-date establishments in
Richmond that are without their
complement OF women workers. The
line extends all the way from the ste-
nographets IN the Office ana tne s4ies-
women ia the stores zip to the women
managers of big imdusti Sal concerns.
and thence on up to s'-e-sn-;a.s oI
great Industrial ventures AS d hiatt
ter OF TACT some OF tne biggest In
dustrial plants of Richmond ware con-
ccived and engineered ana brought TO
big success By good business women.
This article is going to aul Very
briefly with some OF the good work
that has been done and is being done
oy inc good business WoiHr1 oi kicn-
mond.
Head Of II Factory.
~ the head OF tse lAnGnlpa apcr
Box Company there is woman Mis-.
Norman y. Randolph. the widow OF
the originator OF the BIG industry ,naI
does an enormous business down on
Ross street. soon after the War Be-
tween the States, Major Norman V.
Randolph. Confedesate soldlur. got
into the paper box making business.
ne was FIRST "a the book ana sta
tionary business ,le drm icing RAN
doiph * Emslsh Whlle selling books
ana paper and al that kind os ihlus
tie major caught ou 20 ;ae dea OF
making paper noNes especially for
the druggist trade. He startsi ,ti4
box-makinr business in the yea 1877.
and made speciality OF making small
CONTINUED on second Pagel =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-17
says UNCLE CIV

He that claims consideration because
of the achievements of his ancestors
is like the feebleminded tomtit that
sings over last years nest. His end
is emptiness and ignominy. This is the
age of individualism which, in addi-
ton to liberty, implies that membership
of cult or society doesn't cut much
figure and that your family tree must
bear something better than dried
apples.
If you have famous forefathers it is
the part of propriety to speak of them
with reluctance. for it is indeed sor-
rowful thing that SageS should beget
fools. Most of us owe it to our ances-
tors not to disclose their identity.
thereby exposing their honored MEM
cries to the mockery of the ribald. A
great mans good blood is known by
his deeds; his bad blood by his descend
ants. Otherwise there would be little
of ancestry vaunts itself, it but pro-
claims that from dead man of many
virtues sprang another who was lack
ing in the least of these, which is mod
esty.
Ouoth the Sage of Puckyhuddle,
II always feel sorry for the
fellow that is eternally Dragging
about his grandfather. The con-
trast between what he is and what
he saws his grandfather was IS usually
mighty painful and he's the only one
that doesn't notice 1t. The fellow that's
got time to talk about what his grand
father did is a disgrace to him. If he
wasn't he wouldn't have time to talk
about him"
1t is indeed good to be of excellent
family. but he that presumed upon
such relationship would be the biggest
fool in the world, if it were not for his
brother who boasts that hs lives upon
money that he does not earn. 1t is es-
sentially the vice of small minds to as
sumo privilege because of association or
kinship. The person of consequence is
Inundated that he has done no more to
be worthy of his sires. Also, he is
more concerned that he shall leave a
legacy of honor than that he shall be
thought to have inherited one.
In the days of feudalism and its in
herited privileges, the world quite nat
uralIy inquired who ones father was.
Today, when Democracy has invaded
and regenerated even the absolutism of
Russia, we care only to know what
YOU have done. It is better that your
father should have been statesman
than a horsethief, but we care surpris-
ingIy little which he was. What We do
desire to know is that you earn your
way, mind your own business, and for
bear to invade our hours of recreation
with topics so irrelevant to our present
happiness as the deeds of the ancestor
you have failed to honor with good
works.-(Copyright 1912, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-17
JAYHAWKER .JOTS

Isn't this the truth, from the Kan
sas Industrialist? To be 40 and fair
is not such a sad fate, but to be 43
and fat is a tragedy.
One time when a fellow shou1dn t
try to keep ahead of the game, advises
the HiaWatha News-DemOcrat, is
when he goes hunting.
Down in Harper cuonty they have
an Antitrust society. notes the Alma
Enterprise, and it adds: And when
you stop to think, that is a pretty good
name. Contact with your neighbors
who are smarter than yourself should
keep you frightened up and shining
like a new dishpan.
The London Daily News has a story
of a man who slept for ten weeks and
then walked well and hungry, notes
Editor Kelley of the Toronto Republi-
can, and he adds: That's nothing.
Kansas has hundreds of Democrats
9Th of last November, when they sud-
denly walked up and made a bee line
for the pie counter.
We hope to see the day ere many
winters come and go. says Isle Nc
Chimney, the optimistic editor of the
Cove County Advocate, when there
will be at least 10 good milk cows to
ever quarter section of land. When
that day comes there will not be
much soil blowing and every acre put
in crop will produce twice what it
does, and it won't be half so hard to
pay the grocery bills.
Now is a good time, brothers and
sisters, to get the woodpile ready for
the tramps, suggests the Havensville
Review. A woodpile is always a
handy thing to have around the house,
as it uses up lot of waste wood and
burns very nicely for quick fires in the
cold mornings and evenings of au-
tumn. Have a good AK ready, too,
and when Mr.. Tramp hits you for a
hand-out introduce him to said ak and
pilot the way to the wood pile. After
he has cut up enough wood to pay for
it give him a square meal-but don't
be tender hearted and foolish and fill
him up first Tramps cannot work on
a full stomach.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-17
HUN1L1Ar1NG CONDITION.

For long centuries the world
dreamed of mastery Of the air, writes
II. II. Windsor in the January Popu-
lar Mechanics Magazine. Learned
men had placed the stamp of i'm
possibility on it's accomplishment
For centuries success seemed most
,,nnromising. The educated and the
,,nIearned scoffed together at the very
idea. One day a strange Whlrrlng
Noise sppeared. 1t was a new, pc
culiar sound, entirely unlike any other
which man had ever heard. The ma
lions looked ON every side but found
nothing to explain the mystery. Then
thev looked into the sky and saw for
the first time the conqueror of the air.
And he was an American.
Scientists declared him the creator
of one of the Seven Wonders of the
Modern World.
For a time the nations waited for
the great people whose nationality
he bore to go on and develop his
hedgling discovery. They naturally
expected men who had invented tele-
graphs, harvesters, cotton gins and
ocean cables. electric lights and
monographs, telephones and sky
scrapers, and all manner of wonderful
machines to annihilate distance and
lessen the drudgery of the toiler, to
develop and perfect this newest ma
chine that laughed at gravity and
called upon the wind to follow For
a brief time only they waited, and
then set desperately at work to sur
pass u.s. AS their study of the prob
lem progressed it became evident that
it was a science, and ultimate sue
cess could be attained only through
scientific methods. But the highest
universities were fellow students also
and could not teach what they them
selves had yet to learn. Special lab
oratories in which to experiment and
then test the experiment were i'm
perative. And there were no labora-
tories Then the French people said
among themselves, I'VE must have
such institutions" but their govern
ment, like our own, did not hear the
call. Determined that the new art
should not languish. the French peo-
pie opened their purses and million
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-17
UnruIy Rooster in Court.

Mrs. William Goldweber's big buff Or
pington rooster, that has spurs inches
long and a flaming red comb like a house
on fire, was arraigned before Records
o. Mara, in the police court of Bayonne
n. J., on a charge of assault and battery,
the complainant being Mrs. John Week
sesser, as guardian for her baby boy, VINO
is is months old. The child's head, show
ing the injury, was placed in evidence and
marked Exhibit A. Mr.. Goldweber, who
is a counselor at law, carried his wifes
pugnacious rooster to court and appeared
as attorney for the defense.
Mrs. Wecksesser testified that her boy,
who is barely able to walk, waddIed into
Mrs. Goldweber's back yard, next door at
351 Avenue E, and that the bum OrpinE-
ton, which is as large as a THANKSGIVING
turkey, flew upon the boy and began the
attack.
.Lrs GoIdweber contended that her
rooster was as gentle as a lamb when noe
disturbed, but that he was like a watch
dog when strangers came around, and
that he probably mistook Mrs. Weckses-
ser's baby for burglar.
Recorder OMara decided he had no
jurisdiction, dismissed the complaint, ana
said that Mrs. Goldweber might alleSe
trespass.-New York Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-17

dollars poured into the fund, which
provided the first opportunity for sci
entific study. And the inevitable re-
suit followed-France today leads the
world in aviation.
Later the French government took
up the work it should have assumed
earlier. and all their airmen can test
their ideas to a satisfactory conclu-
sion. Other governments, including
Japan, Germany, England and Italy
have recognized the importance or
keeping abreast of the times, and are
spending large sums annually on this
branch of the service
And so we trail behind, while
America, the birthplace of Wilbur
Wright, begrudges a pittance which is
less than some backwoods congress-
man secures to dredge Muddy Creek.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-17
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATcHIsON GLOBE.

Farming has several drawbacks not ex-
plotted in the farm journals.
political pessimist communicates the
theory that a statesman is dead politi-
clan.
So many of the surprises are unpleas-
ant that we are inclined to love monotony.
Many a fouTflusher has been able to
convince his wife that he is a Reckless
Devil.
When a foreman gets back to his home
town for visit he is apt to be a general
manager.
Lettuce isn't very good nor very bad, in
which 1t is like a lot of people in tins
wide orld-
Another definition for a bearcat may be
found in a candidate as strong as his
friends anticipate
Much as we favor religious liberty, the
Semitic influence on the seasons derby
hats seems rather deplorable.
Next to marrying an actress, being a
suffragette's husband is possibly the
surest way of losing ones identity.
Why does a suede shoe wear smooth at
the toe and the other kind scuff up in a
rough way? IT'S a contrary world.
''I belong to that large army of patriots
who would like to whip a bully, but who
lack confidence and the punch. '-Rufe
HOSkiuS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-17
KANSAS COAAENT
MS THE AnrENpMENT GOOD?

IS THE AMENDMENT GOOD?
The Municipal League Of Kansas, COM
posed of delegates from the several cities.
have found difficulties in the present laws
which they think should be remedied: Inc
legislature will be asked to amend the
laws accordingly. The most important
concerns the commission form OF govern
ment Now Wichita selected mayor ano
determine among themselves which de-
partment each shall head, except the
mayor, whose duties the statute likes.
Next March at the primaries thirty or
forty candidates, perhaps twice as many
if the women seek the legitimate fruits
of equal suffrage, will announce their De
sire to be a city commissioner. II eacn
candidate must select his job IN adyances
that certainly will simplify the primary
ballot somewhat. Fewer men VIII pro
claim themselves fit for handling puphc
1mprOvem ents, than for general utllltys
Ths voters could more easily size up the
man asking to manage the parks than 10
fill a general berth on the commission
The average voter would think Twice pc
fore putting a woman, fit for the parks'
at the head of the city finances The COM
missioner in charge of water ana hghts,
must not be a sedentary man to sit IN
office and hear reports. He must nave
eyes and be most active in his hapltS.
once the primary was simpHfied In TINS
way, the election would present two can
didates for each office whom the voters
thought at least fit for the places. 1t -
almost certain that misfits would not be
named. The misfit asking for a spec11ic
place would soon learn that he could ex-
pect no support. This Amendment on its
face looks attractive. But the members
of the legislature from Sedgwick county
will naturally desire to know what the
people want on amendments to existing
laws, before they vote upon them
Wichita Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-17
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Bargain hunters sometimes bag lot
of worthless game
Few people are any abetter than cir
cumstances compel them to be.
Neither are all the girls as attrac-
tive as they think they are.
X
If dreams came true everybody
would put on a few really amazing
stunts.
Not much of the profit that comes
to a man through the mistakes he
makes has a cash value.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-17
EVENING CHAT
He also serves who only stands and
BY RUTH CAMERON.

HE also serves who only stands and
waits
When 1 was a little girl a rather
off1ciouS aunt used to quote that sem
tence to me in my moments of rest
lessness and it was wont to make me
distinctly impatient and resentful.
Since L have grown up my feelings
towards that world-famous sentence
have greatly changed. Every year 1
realize more fully in how many ways
the man or woman who can wait
serves, and serves not only the higher
powers, but also himself or herself.
The man who knows how to wait
and to wait silently has mastered one
of the greatest forces of nature, a
force that often compels circumstances
and people far more powerfully than
the most violent action.
All things come to him who waits"
is something more than a proverb of
caution. 1t is an expression of the
tremendous compelling force of wait
ing.
Think in how many situations wait
ing winsl
In a quarrel the one who is strong
enough to be silent and wait almost
inevitably gets the advantage; the i'm
patient party makes foolish and ex-
aggerated statements and soon puts
himself very much in the wrong.
In the financial world the man who
can wait is the man who will win. The
man who cannot or is not willing to
walt lOI Ills rev dAOSs VIII HSNSI HldhC
the big successes.
A campaign of waiting has won
many wars.
Waiting and watching for the right
niche, the right work, instead Of an
impatient selling of the first oppor-
tunity, has made many careers.
The sphinx is the queen of walters
and look how she has managed to TO
Gus the eyes of the world upon herself.
Waiting often solves the most i'm
possible problems-problems that any
action serves only to further entangle.
Even as I write there comes to me
the memory of another little talk 1
once wrote, in which I praised the
man who acts and quoted Stevenson,
Mistakes may be forgiven, but not
even God can forgive the hanger
back
Have L changed my mind. you ask
Have / become convinced that I was
wrong before Not at all. I am sim
ply seeing and trying to make you see
another facet of the eternal jewel of
truth.
There is a time to act and time to
wait.
He who does not know how to act,
and act promptly and decisively will
certainly never succeed. But he who
does not know when to wait or who
lacks the silent, tremendous force that
is needed for the great art of waiting,
will get no nearer to the side of the
Goddess Success.
They also serve who only stand
and walt
Do YOU know how to wait?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News.1
Nothing gets some men in bad like their
good judgment
Our idea of a freak is a man who can
outtalk his wife.
A shiftless man is one who eats tomor-
rows dinner today.
Every great actress has .Ier manager
but the title is a misnomer.
The chronic kicker is the first to set up
a howl if he gets kicked.
Most of the things woman wants are
the other side of a barbed wire fence.
And some women love dogs better than
they do men, probably because dogs can't
talk.
If a man boasts of his past after re-
forming, it's sign ne didn't get the right
brand.
He is truly a great man who can induce
all his neighbors to think as much of Edm
as Re thinks of himself