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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-18
VI { W S A N D
NEAR VIE " s
(Contlnned frorn nrst nnrnl

- % ~
on mans work as equal To n ,luIr.
ana II the native born virginia., rg-
use TO work under these slave stand :
hros or living, and "coes Vest" ne is
declared lazy and shiitiess. and In,
noider OF the title TO the land Icts
IL lie Idle. and just exists on th.. N
crease IN value OF tie land and IN
uuccs q Democratic 90 Legislature 10
maxi appropriations to induce imm,.
sration OF outsiders, who Will warts,
cheap. or buy the ttte to the idle lam,
at nricSs which natives Will not pay
!hird Other had customs and laws
unte phGk rs far ~ the reign ~
Hnarics H. or England. The present
NV Known rs the general propcrtp-
YAK law" il AN Inheritance or our J:n,.-
i'sh ancestors. Canndt. Oregon. Ger
many ana Australia are rapidly chang
,nE IL and eNcmpiing from all taxa
non improvements. personal propertS.
ana occupations. ana raising their rev
value alone. 7'VN''u
Nlrslnia has always had a GOOD
SSrop OF children. Jus, keep them nj
nome and let them get the use Of ,ne
.nie Iand, ana then you can't kc.u
prosperity" away.
c,or,o PIEDMONT.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-18
BURKElILLE

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
o H,hrk,eViiie: Va, February I7.-Aiiss
- .hcrinc l5inSies spent the weekend
WIN Miss Laura Agnew
Nlss Grace Woodhouse and two
senooi friends We're In town the last
Mrs; +. V. Fowlkes and Mrs Wi.
nam b. farrar were lIostesses 10.
me last two meetings of the Thurs
day Book Club.
Inc h0sebud Society gave very
delightful parlor social at Mrs -
overton,S on Friday evening.
MRS. u. /. Shelton entertained III,
women of the Presbyterian Missionary
aoc,etN IN most delightful manner
~ tef nome ON Monday aftnl.ilonn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-18

house Company tInc.). makes the following
report OF leaf tobacco sold on the Lynch
burg market:
Sold week ending February .. 1860
pounds: sold week ending February IL. 6IO6l0
pounds: decrease this week, 6S,I0J pounds.
&c. 1912 loT3L 100 pounds; sold from Scptem.
Der !. 1910. to February t. 1911. lo,O 100
pounds: increase Tor 1912. $4,000 pounds
TaiSing into consideration tho want OF a
ucoson FOR hnndling tobacco. receipts were
iuily UP to expectations with the offerings
consisting largely of common ,tnd medium
grades. There WINS scarcity OF wrappers.
and the few lots offered brought good
prices. Prices hold about as they were Has,
week, and were strong at quotations:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-18
bedford city Tobacco MarLet.

iIcdio... cry. Va. February l1.-Receipts
OF leaf tobacco have been fairly large all
, the week. Very common Tugs show some
weakness Good IuSr. however. continue to
sell very high, and the demand tor such
seems quite as strong As cartier in tho sea-
son. The market IA whole has been nc
i've. and with the exception .. the very
common Tugs prices have been fully main
tanned on AL grades. Comparatively few
good wrHppers have been offered Lots that
snow good color and body and are well pick
ed always bring outside prices. During the
Fast week prices on good Austrluns have
0een decidedly better. II Is estimated tina,
20 per cent OF the crop has been sold
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-18
PORT HAYWOOD

special to The Times Dispatch.
\, port Haywood. Va, Febrt,arv -
M y i;, y; St Clair Butler and Miss Mary
~ h '.lli,' or Poplar Grove, left day
WASHINGTON. ID. C.. a"u
MI; and Mrs. stephen Adams vii,
spend the rest OF the winter in Bal
Harry Lloyd OF Blakes, IS on , Wet,
TO friends in Norfolk 'iSi'
, T.. Is Hyde, of Washington, d. e.
las PnrG mased the residence OF the late
:, ~ mission has just been hc,d IN
kingston parish with the Rev j r.
Matthews as missioner
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-18
Charlottesvllle. Va ~ 7'IONl
A CeIcry susp.stinn

y. H. J says: 1t Is true sc, my
""t"rmhtl"n from an advertising Jour
iihi, nut Inasrnuch * my eXperIgnce IN
limited way down here on The ,:nyt.
Urn Shore backs up every statement J
herewith submit. ask you to Offer 5
n NM or sue sestlon 10 NirgiaIa truck
ITS ana farmers generally tn; follow
ing. which have cut from an ad-
ncrt,A'nG journal I hope II NAV do
5000 rs suggestions
Iherc is no vegetable tina, adIs
more 10 me pleasures OF the table than
celery. There Is no vegetable Thar
VIII bring better prices or receive ,,
ntartlcr welcome from buyers than the
p'"periy grown ana properly blc.,ch.ti
celery II YOU are not near enough to
Town 10 market YOU vegetables. plnpt
az lenst enough for your own taDl,.
ny cNperimeniinS In this way YOU
VIII learn to value the vegetable, Won
VIII learn how to raise IL, and you
mHi soon develop a local market for
Celery demands for the roots r,o,,
ueeF. moist soil. which must be kent
moist through the growing season
telcry can be blanched by COVERING
INC growing plant with earth AZ II
Grows. The soil can DC prcpured ~
digging trench. work ing IN In. soii
me me manure setting the plants on III,
"otom OF the trench. NlllnE IN III.
french AS the plants grow and th.r
p,ahchins them by curthing IN thg
pants nearly TO the tops
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-18
petersburg Tobacco Marked.

Petersburg. Va. February H.-The market
was very active this week with demand for
All grades and sales agSreXntins 49, 49,
POUNDS The weather for several weeks has
pccn OF II character unfavorable for mar
hetlhB, ana receipts In consequence have been
Only moderate. The total sales for the sea-
son to date are S.0i0.io pounds. Luys have
commented hlSh prices throughout the sea
son, and GOOD wrappers readily BRINK $50
Market closed yesterday at the following
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-18
DanyIll. Tohnrcn I,cnnri

Danrlic. Va. February lT.-ReceIpts for
the week foot up only Il moderate total. and
have kept The sa!c- running TIL about /
o'clock each day. The quality Of The offer
inSs Is good. being hbou, an average OF the
crop. Prices are withou, change and keen
steady a; tic highest !cYe; since ;;c c-c:.
commenced 10 move
Trride N rcdricd tobaccos l.. quiet, as
praetlcaily all the desirable old stock show
Ing the requisite COLOR now being .ou.h,
after has been disposed OF. as well as much
OF the new crop redrisd tobaccos showing
, color ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-18
rho Durham Tobncco Mo,,.,

purhan. =. @, February l7-Tobncco on
thls ma H<et has been bringing soar!ns
prices all the past week. tho record break.
Ing high prices OF the past month being
maintained. One warehouse averaged $50 =;
Tor every pound OF tobacco sold one day
this week.
Friday ono farmer pockctcd over 500 for
on" load sold on this market. s H. Wu-
kins' OF the bahama section. sold l. SIS pound =
OF 'opnceo Tor an average OF about - cents
a pound. /; is estimated that about 90 No.
cent % the tobacco crop has been sold
NJ Durham market has taken on new ill.,,
nhu actiNity' and is HOW giving the farmer
'tt"r ana higher piices than thny have
enjoyed In man? year,. consequently IN.
sales are very animated
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-18
PnmpIin city Tobacco Market.

Pumpiln C!ty. Va, February l7.-Tobacco
shl'S arc fairy good and will improve a..
soon hs there is soason. Prices reported
lower than Al the beginning OF the season.
but are sit!d TO compare favorably w!rh
amy market, There were several sales o,
wrappers the past week Tor SO
l. vs.. Hoffman. cashier OF state RAINY a.
I.,mpiu, reports conditions generally pros.
porous
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-18
Rocky Mount Tobacco vorL,,

Etocky Mount, y. c. FEBRUARY II rho
weather has been extremely bad ;hrouehou,
me past week. and the offerings o, leaf 10.
Dhcc" rave been very limited amounting 10
however. have been satisfactory to tho soil
VS. ana on all grades of bright tobacco
"poFe - cent? extremely high
Practically all the plant beds hav. ,.,r
heen sown. and preparations Tor another
utop wii begin in earnest as soon as Tho
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-18

living, ought TO be chokcd off Tor
the benefit OF the agricultural and in
dustrial development Of old virginia:
chokcd OFF as 500 mas they we, in the
meal tub. T. s. w.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-18
Petroleum ns n Food.

new source Of food supply has
heeh discovered. II is declared, through.
sion, by scientists Of the University OF
Pittsburgh. who have 800. 900 at Their
command TO develop their findings
nopcrt kennedy Duncan, who also ia
suS, Is at the mead of the research de-
parttncnt dclvng into the mysteries OF
petroleum.. lie is assisted by six othci
experts. The big fund at their dis
poSai mas been furnished by interests
dealing in the commodity in large
q9,aaintities' and they have offered an
SHY II commercially valuable results
are obtained. with the understanding
f fhn they have the sole use. of them
are given to the world
WINE sccretive az to details DR..
duncan explains that II has been found
,ne INTERPRETATIONS ar Of petroleum are
acids. which. blended with glyccriuc.
form new food.
The wagon and tho buggy factories
keep on heading to North Carolina. but
lsichmond is getting the conventions
al inc time and a whole lot of speech
making; Buggy factories might pay
better but there might be fewer ban
quets
Seven hundred Virginia Masons at
$1,000 Of good rural district money in
town. Maybe more.
In old times | used to hear the seers
say "a hard winter is always followed
by good crop spring and summer"
According 10 the accrs. Old Virginia
has bright outlook for this good
year 1912.
Wen. now that there is all kinds OF
competition among the tobacco manu-
fnct,rere. what about the interior leaf
1111rKetCp ia m OF -ffI
as they did before there was so much
competitlon? Hardly. ] trow.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-18

Seven hundred Virginia AIasons AT
tending the Grand Lodge left about
$1,000 Of good rural district money in
town. Maybe more.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-18

I.yuchburg Tobacco Market
Special Us gs,e Times Dis patch.1
l.ync!lburg. Va, February iI.-.Iohn ID.
OSlc<by, az the T.yncltburg Tobacco Ware
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20
MORRIS SHEPPARD WIFE OF THE NEW SENATOR FROM TEXAS

said Mrs. Sheppard, II am finding food
for reflection in the numerous methods
for improving home keeping, and the
home in the aggregate. 1t would seem
that a poor homekeeper should not be
left in this country. Certainly no woman
needs to be ignorant If she wishes to
learn. There appear to be many ready to
tell her what to do and what to avoid.
and to give their ripe experience to pre-
vent her errors 1t makes life very much
worth while. Even to read of 1t is to
enjoy existence, and when in Washington
the numerous opportunities for assisting
at reforms first hand gives one motive
for energy and reflection. No one needs
to stagnate in these strenuous days for
lack of matter to arouse the mentality.
Pure food and the general movement to-
ward sane living make such strides that
one has to be diligent to keep apace with
the advance, 1 find myself rushing to
keep up with the new things in the read
terests to distract one. it is the vigilant
person indeed who does not lag behind.
For some weeks past Mr. Sheppard
and have been enjoying a rest at Battle
Creek. 1t is spot where peace seems
to creep out of the air to greet you, and
where all the pursuits which make for
health and ability to endure the long
strain of the winter may be easily OBJ
tanned. We took long walks, rode horse
back and played golf. l am devoted to
the open-air sports. They are the re-
storatives which surpass all else. Our
climate at home makes life in the open
possible for a major part of the year.
1t goes without saying that we enjoy
horseback riding. and sometimes we have
to make some journeys of extraordinary
duration. For, though we have fine
percentage of railroads for our vast area,
there remain places in Texas where You
must go on horseback or in vehicle OF
some sort We are the most neighboriy
sort of people, and We journey either
by way of the genuine horse or the iron
horse or the auto for hundreds of miles
to attend dinner party or evening levee
given by a friend. AS the whole state is
more or less acquainted, we think nothing
of going from the Arkansas border to
that of Mexico at the bidding of a friend.
This makes political campaigning very
enjoyable. for go where you will you
meet some one you know yourself or who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

and deserves none of such affection as
dog rightly merits. The cat would as
soon rub its back against the leg of
stranger as the master who raised 1t.
If that master moves and takes the cat
with him it leaves him and returns to
its former abiding place and takes up
with new masters with no conjunction
whatever. 1t would not recognize it's old
master if it met him on the street.
+ =
Man has. however. greatly augmented
the cat nuisance by his foolish, supposed
humanity to it. If he goes to the coun-
try he makes no provision for the cat,
thinks too much of it to kill it and
leaves it to shift for itself. 1t becomes
a homeless marauder. of which there are
millions in the cities of the nation. II
he has cat in the summer cottage he
leaves it there upon his return to the
city and this becomes woods cat, prey
ing upon quail or grouse or chickens or
what not. So has the cat population.
owned and ownerleSs, become so great
that it is estimated to approach that OF
the people of the country. and so has it's
crime against man multiplied.
The government consequently recon-
mends that at least the unattached cats
be killed Every hunter is asked to
shoot whatever cat he sees on his ram
bles. The householder is warned par
ticularly to protect his children against
unhealthy cats, for many of them are
affected with tuberculosis and other dis
eases. War is formally declared on the
feline.
Were you aware of the fact that as
taxpayers you were employing more than
hundred professional hunters to assist
in keeping the balance of nature in your
favor? These government hunters are of
the sort that went into the wild with us
when we tramped with Cooper in our
early reading. Their activities are no
less interesting than were those por-
trayed in fiction. The forest service en-
ploys them and they are fighting those
enemies of the wild that the biological
survey has Outlawed.
The forest service is at war, with half
a dozen wild animals These are the
lynx. the wild cat, the coyote, the wolf,
OF course. there is the chipmunk, the
prairie dog and other small creatures
against which the campaign is constant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20
COncelninU
Well-knOWn peODle
Rubbing 1t In.

MAYOR STEWART, at an insurance
IVA mems banquet in Saginaw, told an
insurance story
"A septuagenarian." he began, said one
evening at dinner TO his fair young wife:
My darling. / have just insured my
life in your favor for 100000
"'Oh, you duck the beautiful girl
cried. and, rising and passing round the
table. she kissed her husband lightly on
his bald head
Darling, he said, taking her slim
white hand, lis there anything else / can
do for your
Nothing on earth, she answered; and
then, with a little silvery laugh, she
added, Nothing in this world. Nothing
under heaven a"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

a chance for their lives. Some even went
so far as to recommend a closed season
for bear shooting.
But to return to the grizzly in SOUTH
ern Utah. The cattlemen had failed for
years to get this old veteran who would
come careering down a slope. plunge into
a herd of cattle at some waterhole and
pull down even three-year-old bull A
forest service hunter was called in and
assigned to the task Of getting'this one
bear 1t took him two months. but in
the end he succeeded. He went into the
high and almost inaccessible mountains
with a pack outfit and camped. Each
day he pushed the trail farther up into
the big mountains. Up among the peaks
and the eternal SHOWS he finally found
the lair of the bear. By this he re-
manned three days, not daring to go to
sleep, before the bear emerged Then he
shot the monster. thereby gaining re-
ward of $500 offered by the cattlemen, the
state bounty and one of the finest bear
skins ever brought out of the hills
But of these animals upon which the
government has declared war, and to
hunt which it has employed men Of skill
and energy, more effort is probably ex-
pended in attempting to circumvent the
cunning Of the coyote than any other.
This lesser wolf of the western plains
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20
A Moot Point.

cratic state convention at Syracuse.
said of a congressman who had severed
his connection with a certain clique OF
bosses:
There's some dispute to whether the
man left this Clique on ethical grounds or
whether he was kicked out.
The dispute reminds me of a CONVEX.
sation between two women in a fashion,
able retaurant.
Mrs. Blanc said the first woman,
over a seasonable dish of turkey and
cranberry sauce: Mrs. Blanc isn't in your
Set any more, is she?'
No, poor thing. She had to drop out
was the reply.
THE first woman ordered two portions
of pumpkin pie and resumed:
Drop out? Why, she told me she
climbed out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20
Two ThruStS.

A CERTAIN congressman was depre-
\ eating in Washington an interna-
tional marriage de CONVEYANCE"
1.-TWO men were talking about this mar
riage cynically but truthfully," he said.
1.-The first man remarked:
".Of course, the earl won't be able to
support Miss Lolita Code in the style
she's been accustomed to-
"'Oh,' said the other. her father will
make allowance for that.
and resumed:
1.-The first man looked thoughtful for a
moment. Then he said:
despite the stories about the earl's
past. it does seem to me that he's Miss
Codes devoted slave.
oh, yes was the other mans reply,
he's eager for the bonds, all right. q"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20
Modern Morals.

BISHOP WILSON of New York said
- the other day that the morality Of
New York politicians was not all that
could be desired.
In politics, as in some lines of bust
ness" he continued. 1.-The remark of the
very cynical young woman holds true.
SO you are going to marry George, at
last she said to friend. What is he
like?
He is the most upright, high-minded,
honorable fellow in the world was the
enthusiastic reply.
Goodness. my DEAR said the pretty
cynic, you'll starve to DEATH"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

is cousin or best friend of some one who
is your friend.
x
"In my community we are nearly all
American born and the negroes and for
eign population decidedly in the minority.
We present few of the aspects Of Texas
as Latin country. though we have in
herited the glorious traditions which be-
long to all who pitched their tents in the
Lone Star state. We make a great COM
motion over Independence day-that is,
the Texas Independence day-and We feel
entirely sympathetic with our Louisiana
neighbors, who make their bravest SHOW
ing on Jackson day. January 8. AS we
proclaim liberty to all on July 4, we
can at least claim to be Latin In the
number Of our fiestas."
Mrs Sheppard has never been con-
spicuous in social affairs, though she has
never shirked her obligations. For the
past two years she resided in a pleasant
apartment in the Burlington and has been
a factor in the affairs Of her state and of
the lower House. She is a member of the
Congressional Club and was among those
who attended the Dolly Madison break
fast in May last. The congressional dele
cation Of Texas Is a more cohesive body
than is usual with the legislative repre-
sentatives and their families. They do
things as a state and after consulting
with one another about details.
y
AS the youngest member of the body,
Mrs. Sheppard has been reticent and
rather conservative, and she is inclined to
carry out the same program in her more
exalted station. She has chosen her home
in a neighborhood filled with important
southern homes, not the least interesting
being that of the man whom her husband
has succeeded, Senator Bailey. Near by
are Senator and Mrs. John Sharp Will
liams, and her close neighbors are Rep
resentative and Mrs. Ben johnson of Ken
lucky. The time has passed when the SEN
ator's wife eXhausts her strength making
unnecessary calls. According to the ac-
copied revision of social duties. the sena-
tors wife makes her calls on those whose
husbands precede hers in Office some time
in November or December and then they
can take the entire season from January
until June to return those of lesser de-
gree: They must be punctilious in making
prompt calls on the wives Of the foreign
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20
The. COYOTE INCREASES
AS SETTLEMENT ADVANCES

ly pushed. but with these the activities
could hardly be classed as war.
Probably the most royal enemy of
them all is the gray timber wolf. This
magnificent creature of the wild may
come galloping in swing through two
or three such great states as Colorado
and may scatter death and destruction
in its wake. 1t cannot adapt itself to
regions in which man dwells, however.
and is being crowded farther and far
the mountains.
Two years ago a pair of these great
wolves, as big as Newfoundland dogs.
swept down from Colorado into the
Mogellon national forest of northern Ari-
IONA. Here great numbers of cattle and
sheep Craze on the national forest and the
rangers seek to protect these from ami
mails that would destroy them. This pair
of wolves-they always travel in pairs
and not in packs-swept through a certain
region and pulled down fifteen head of
cattle in a single night At one stroke
of their heads they cut the hamstring of
an animal and it is then at their mercy.
But a few mouthfuls We're taken from
each creature as the wolves passed on.
The cattlemen were next day in con-
sternation. They We're temporarily re-
lieved until the wolves later returned and
took up their abode in the neighborhood.
Then they contributed an animal each
day to their support. Finally, one of the
best trappers in the forest service was
called in and set on the track of the
wolves. For three nights and days this
trapper haunted the hillsdes until he
got an idea of the haunts of the wolves.
This trapper knew that wolves are
fonder of the meat of the burrO than of
any other creature. He led burro into
the infested neghborhood himself on
horseback, and there shot it. Riding to
the carcass, he spread a sheepskin on the
ground and dismounted on this that his
feet might not touch the ground. On his
hands We're gloves that had been smoked.
that all human odor might be removed
from them.
He cut certain appetizing pieces of meat
from the body of the burrO and in these
placed strychnine This strychnine was
wrapped in tissue paper, that it might not