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The Holly chieftain., 1912-02-02
Yearly Prom on Hens.

Yearly Profit on Hens.
A net profit Of $3.50 per year from
each hen, without counting eggs and
chickens used by the family. IL the
report Of an Aberdeen. Wash. poultry
man.
The Holly chieftain., 1912-02-02

:. Didn't Thinks Much Of Fred.
Louis They tell me she will get
million the day she marriss Fred"
Louise Well. its worth it."-Chi-
cago Daily News.
The Holly chieftain., 1912-02-02

thick cotton is very loosely tied round
them. The point Of the pencil (B) IL
placed Just inside the string. and
then the oval can be made by using It
somewhat In the manner Of q com.
pass. The size and shape Of the oval
will be governed by the distance the
two pins are placed apart, and also
the length Of the string. Not only for
this frame, but at other times when
an exact oval is required, this method
Of drawing one 10 useful thing to
The Holly chieftain., 1912-02-02

Lanolin massaged into the eyebrow.
VIII frequently make them thicker.
The Holly chieftain., 1912-02-02

A woman wants protection. but fa-
vors free speech.
The Holly chieftain., 1912-02-02

: Late seeding grain should Be top
dressed with long manure.
The Holly chieftain., 1912-02-02
ELEcTRIcITY AN AID TO ocHlcks
Net Only Assists In Warming iaeu-
hators, But Also Ussd for Warm
4 ln0 Feed and Watsr.

The old joke about the eficiency
of electric lights In making hens lay
egx-sactly twice ~ often BY getting
them to think that night Is day.
The Holly chieftain., 1912-02-02

dressily treated with proper accesso-
rfes, such a gown may go In triumph
to the theater. Little" however, also
means that the get-up is costume. a
bodice gown and not coat suit.
Many cheap materials are suited to
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-15

Commissioner of Revenue: Herbert l.
Hulce. City Collector; T. c. WaifOrd.
Collector Of Delinquent Taxes; John l.
Satterheld. City Sergeant; J. Herbert
Mercer. Sheriff: William H. Thompson.
City Electrician; William II. Wyatt,
High Constable: James 3. Doherty,
State Commissioner of Labor; Ennion
g. Williams, State Health Commission
er: Joseph Button. State Insurance
Commissioner: J. D. Eggleston, Super
intendent Of Public instruction; Davis
Bottom Superintendent Of Public
Printing: James B. Wood, Superinten-
dent OF State Penitentiary; George W.
Koiner, Commissioner of Agriculture
Judge James Keith. president of Su-
preme Court Of Appeals
CITY Council-Aldermen William II.
Adams. Joseph T. Powers, John Is.
Bluev. James T. Disney. w ,. Gilman.
John r crimes. Barton II. Grundy.
Marx Gunst, II. W. Melton. John j.
Mitchell. y C. Nielsen, Paul Lawrence,
J. T. Perdue. Ordway Fuller; Council
men r. l. Peters Morgan X. Mills
Harvey / Atkinson. W d. Butler. F.
X Fuller. T. Cray Haddon. c. {. Jones
George II. Lumsden. John ". Moore
James J. Pollard. Gilbert X. Pollock,
Fred II. Powell. clyde H. RrtcliGe.
George w Rogers. Clarence \. Seatou,
William r. sullivan. Jacob Umlauf. y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-15

L. Vonderlehr. Joseph B. Welsh. Of
ficers-George c. Ruskell. sergeant-at-
arms: y. II. Mcdowell, COMMITS
clerk; Ben T. August, City Clerk.
William Hodges Mann. Governor; j.
TAYLOR Ellyson. Lieutenant Governor;
y. O. James. Secretary of Common
wealth: samuel w. Williams. Attorney
General: Robert r. Prentis. William +.
Rhea. J. Richard Wingfield. state cor
poration Commission; c. Lee Moore.
Auditor Public Accounts: Roosevelt!
Page. Second Auditor; \. w. Hartman,
Jr. state Treasurer; W. w. Sale. Ad-
jutant- General: John W. Richardson.
Register of Land Office.
Charles T.. Boiling. City Engineer
Henry z. Beck. Building Inspector; l..
Eugene Davis. Superintendent Water
Works w =. Knowles. Superintendent
City Gas Works: George s Crenshaw.
CITY Accountant: Henry COhn. Superin-
tendent Street Cleaning: Joseph NJ.
shelton, Gas Inspector; J. J. Crutch-
field. Police Justice; Robert q. Cabell,
Superintendent City Home; Dr.. Z. c.
Levy. City Health officer; c. o. SGville.
Clerk Chancery Court; K. Carter Scott
Judge Circuit Court: l.. NJ. Rowelle
Clerk Circuit Court: Walter Christian.
Clerk Hastings Court; D. c. Richard
son. Judge Hastings Court: Beverly X.
Crump. Judge Law and Equity Court,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-15

Cotton on hand in manufacturing es-
Adjustments and indepe ndent ware
houses October 81 amounted 10 1926. =
$50 bales. compared with 5.1i5.2le
bales on September 80. Exports dur
ing November amounted to l.l3f.ssi.
compared with i.5l5.l4l bales in Octo-
Der and imports We're s.i5Z bales.
COMPARED with 1880 bales. OF the
cotton consumed 243.o54 bales We're
used in cottoa-Erowing States and
2321S6 bales in all other States. or
the cotton on band on October 81 the
amount was i.355,970 bales. OF which
~ -03 bales were in cotton growing
states and 4l4.276 bales in all other
states. Cotton in independent ware
houses amounted 10 3.fi0 $50 bales. Of
which s.3S5655 bales were in cotton
growing states and fo4s05 bales were
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-15
LABOR LAW VIOLATIONS
Conviction secured in Ten Cases In
Alexandria Court.

Ten convictions for violation of labor
laws were secured yesterday morning
in the Police Court of Alexandria. In
spector Clinedinst notified Commission
er Jas. b. Doherty Of the results as fol-
lows:
Three convictions for violation OF
child labor laws: Old Dominion Glass
Works, Virginia Glass Company. Alex
andria Glass Company: SIS fine each.
One for violation Of Ien-hOGr Jaw
Bliss silk Throwing Company. fined
s..
Six for violation of law requiring
seDarate sanitary arrangements foi
male and female employees: AleXan-
dria Sunday Times. Alexandria Ca
zette. News Publishing Company. NJ
\ Harrahan. l. Ozanos Dry Goods
Company. Herbert Bryant Son; given
ten days TO comply with statute
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-15
Cash or Easy
Payments

in all other States
or cotton imported 1905 bates ca me
from Egypt. se7 bales from Peru. 81
from China. and eos bales from ali
other countries.
Spindles operated during November
numbered 3e.os0,3ss. OF which 1879
400 were IN cotton growing states
and ls4s0s70 were in all other states.
Statistics OF the supply and distrf-
button Of cotton for the three months
period ending November 30 are: SUP
ply: Total. i2.s21.s53 bales: consisting
OF stocks held at the beginning of the
period. l.77sss5 bales; einnings. liz
I13.4s7 bales. and net imports. 4.sTl
bales.
Distribution: Exports. $3.50. 2s2
bales: consumpt'n. l.422.ss5 bales. ana
stocks at end Of period. 1.5ls.0s6.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-15
MANN AND ATT0RNEYSHIP
Goxerporss Term Lasts Until After
Probable appointment.

Governor Mann states that ne is IN
no sense a candidate for the office. or
District Attorney for the Eastern Dis
trict of Virginia While he would
probably accept if il were rendered
to him at the conclusion Of his term or
enter professional life. il is not be-
Iieved to be probable that the place
will then be open TO him
The Governors term OF office does
not expjre until February I. 1914. BY
that time, it is believed, some other
good Democrat will have the job and
be satisfactorily filling 1t
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-15

L. p. Winston. Clerk Law and Equity
Court: William NJ. Turpin. Civil Jus
tee; Louis Werner. Chief of Police
William y Moncure, judge Chancery
Court: Ernest II. Wells, Judge Hust-
ings Court. Part II.
Ri Rev. y. J. O'Connell. Bishop OF
Richmond: colonel John Murphy. Rev.
VIC James. D. D.. John c. HaGan.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-15

especially if the Furniture you give comes from the
''House of Quality Here you will find the very latest
designs from the foremost furniture makers of the
try at prices within the reach Of all This mammoth
store makes shopping pleasure and it easy select
the gift here that will be appreciated by the
cipient You can select and pay little down and
the balance next year.
Our large stock of fresh, merchandise comprises
articles that are suitable for gifts for any member the
family from baby up grandfather grandmother No
matter what you want have it. and it, fresh and
You know that you not buying old stock left
possibly from Xmases back when you purchase from
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-15
LUBIN THEATRE SOLD
south Richmond Man viii Take Charge o.
Vaudeville House.

The rubf, Theatre. which was bought -s-t
,xcek il. d L. Toney and associates from
= \. Lynch. o. AshesIle- y. .. viii be
Continued a. vaUsevlle sHo p.C.-le
-. Yesterday b. Chcsiey TOuey. . son
a. me pIrrhalser who VII PROBABLY be the
manage o. the newiy-acquired property
rr~ -7~-r owners VIII assume control 10
morrow
The purchase price involved In the trans
.,,.-i., conld not b. zscertsired. as the at
air ~ ire playhouse have become some
wins confused as a result o. taree recen'
.i.s Interested ~ the fcai said that the
~ Owner secured the properly Tor a price
ruuch fsss than would have been possible
fvo years ago. sthoGsh the smouE' wa
a TAR consideration.
u Z rone~. the purchaser. IS already
o,e~atinr \ picture theatre IN south Rich
-,or5 ana another IN Richmond proper al
.lrfh ard BROAD streets
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-15
WILL IMPROVE STREETS


Tie Barton Helghts Town council mas
decided 20 aradc and Improve four blocks
81, Hobcrt street u Il corsiderinz gen
80 s..ss,s o. street improvements. a.
though the COURSE TO - pursued fcpcnds
largely IN the outcome Of the ssitatlon FOR
= neration-
me rccsutiy Constructed plant o the Hen
ROO County c;a- company. which vas chart
cred fo- the express purpose 81 furnishinC
"a 70 The residents % Barton Hsigh.s. has
commenced It, service aud Mayor Rsgiaad
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-15

announces that the system Is highly salts
factory.
The entire town has been ptped, and
plant constructed. orders FOR gas cOnnec
tons TO the company. said MAY OF
Ragland faster than they cad he Allied. ne
new system extends out as Gar as Brook-
land Park. but does NOT tOucH Ginter PARK
The Town Council Is considering the aG-
visibility CT contracting with the gas com
pany for street lights ], II probable ;ha'
some action Will lie taken on this matter
In the near future
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-15
Charges Dismissed.

MaSisrrate n. :. sunday. Of tienrico
countv yesterday dismissed the
charges against Ernest DERRICK, col
ored who was charged Win uSItle
sh,,siv. Language on the public high
80, Tho prisoner was ordered TO pay
III. costs Of prosecution
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-15
Census Report on Cotton.

Washington. December N.-Cotton
consumed in the United states during
November amounted to 415.i40 run
ming bales. counting round half
bales. compared with 5112s5 bales Tor
October. according TO the Census Bu-
reau monthly report, issued to-day
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-15

Jud~e Jetsr e Pritchard. % the Cnitcd
state. circuit Court o. Appcais. viii make
~ addrc~s fo-faorrov night 20 the Bbenc
zer Rapids church. Covered Judah anc
r.eirs Sfreef- TIE speaking vii ScEin a. >
o.r-oeE. There wiz te sp~cisi music b .
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-03
STAYS FRIEND" OF WIFE

Ironton, O., Feb. 3.-While at
work in the yards of the Norfolk
& Northwestern railroad, Robert
Brown, "A years old, received
message that sent him hurrying
to his home.
He found Charles Davis, fell
low railroad man, there. Davis
and he fought. Davis was killed
by deep knife wound in the
head. Brown gave himself up.
Mrs. Brown is suffering from
shock
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-03

Any time a dog bites you it's a
cinch that dog is mad. Don't sup
pose he does it because he is
sweet tempered, do you?.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-03
LATE,NEWS


Clarence Darrow, pleaded not
guilty today at Los Angeles
when arraigned on indictments
charging him with bribery of jur-
ors in Mcnamara case. Trial set
for Feb. IA.
foreman in jury of case of Bert
Conners, charged with compile
ity to dynamite Hall of Records,
Los Angeles, reported at noon
that jury was deadlocked.
Four cases of spinal meningitis
discovered in 3 public schools in
Kansas City, Mo, makes total of
! cases since outbreak.
Fire Marshal George Dillinger
fell 3 floors down elevator shaft
into 10 feet of water in, fire at
Cleveland, o. Rescued.
William Lee, convicted of muir
der of father, mother and brother,
taken to Michigan City, Ind, to
begin serving life sentence.
Despite all protests by employ
es, war department is going to in
troduce the Taylor Card System
in the government arsenal, Rock
Island, ILL.,
After being out three nights
and three days, jury in case Of A.
A. Truskett, charged with muir
der of ]. D. S. Medley, oil opera
tor, failed to reach agreement.
Discharged.
Cost of the United Mine Work
ers' international convention at
indianapolis, was $4,000. Az
erage of more than $1,000 a day.
Because Verne Hancy, IA, her
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-03

One thousand Shopmen III gov
eminent arsenal at Rock Island,
Ill.,, protested last night, against
installation of Taylor card sys-
tenn. War department issued or
ders for installation, despite the
threats of strike.
Two-headed baby born to Mrs.
B. Kosnow, Cambridge, Mass.
Will live. One head perfectly
formed. Oothed without features.
Baby weighs ten pounds.
Gen. J. w. Duncan, commander
of the department of Texas, has
been ordered by war department.
to utilize troops under his COM
mand to maintain peace along
the border and prevent firing
across the Rio Grande." Rebels
have appeared near Juarez. Dun
can has 5000 men.
Dispatch from Rome says that
Mt. Etna has been in eruption all
day, and violent upheavel was be-
lieved to be imminent.
The fool-killer., 1912-12-01
TO MY, CORRESPONDENTS.

Friends and comrades-you
who are sending me a constant
stream of coed cheerful letters
all loaded down with subscrip-
tions, accompanied with nice
money orders and checks, 4
really don't know how to thank
you enough for your kindness.
You can't realize how bad I want
to sit down and write each one of
you a great long personal love-
letter, but I positively can't get
time to do it. | am working my
self and two other hands in the
Office, and it keeps us all three
kicking like five hundred to get
the paper printed and mailed
each month, and there is very
little time left for letter writing.
So let me say right here, to each
and all, that I am profoundly
thankful to you-all for your help
and encouragement, and the only
reason don't acknowledge every
letter with a personal reply is be-
cause l simply can't. It would
take every minute of my time,
and then some.
But | want to keep on getting
your letters, money orders,
checks, etc. | will try to have
every name handled carefully,
SO that all will get the paper.
Hurry and send along another
clup.
The fool-killer., 1912-12-01

According to their spiritual
advisers" nearly every NUT who
is executed for murder goes as
straight to heaven as a blue-bird
going to it's nest. Now if we are
going to spend eternity inheaven
with them devils. for company,
why in the thunder couldn't we
putup with them here on earth
for a few years? Talk about pun
ishing a murderer! Dog my cats
if it don't look to me like a re-
ward instead Of a punishment if
heaven is the price we pay a man
for committing murder. How
does it look through your tele-
scope, mister?
The fool-killer., 1912-12-01
Let Us Talk 1t
Over

Well, dear sinner friends, this is
The Fool
How does it set on your stomach?
If you like it, you can get more at
headquarters. e.~..-
The Fool-Killer is not even a forty
1eyenth cousin to any other paper on
earth.
It stands in a class by itself. and
lt6 field is as broad as the English
language. ....-- .:..s.
This paper wears no bell, muzzle,
cellar nor halter.
You can put that down to start with.
am the fellow who works at the
pump-handle on this pungent period
ical of thrilling thought. I print only
what I write; write only what I
think; and I think what I doggon
please.
I own this entire establishment,
, and Rockefeller isn't rich enough to
buy one share of it.
OO0S LudC SOuuU SLTdu&0e
Well, bless your soul, I am a great
deal richer than old John.
I never travelled any to speak of,
but have read a great deal, and have
thunk some.
have also writ few books which
/ know are great, because they don't
sell worth a cent. ..
Great books never do.
And then started The Fool-K killer,
Just to quiet my nerves and keep the
oldepress from getting rusty,
:. From the seclusion of, these wooded
hills there will go forth each month
Q bundle of literary dynamite that
Will shake the rotten foundations OF
society and cause the Church of Nam
mon to at least turn over in it's sleep.
The Fool-Killer will be a monthly
mRstard-plaster for the blood-boils of
Bociety, Church and State.
It will be salted with wit, peppered
with humor and seasoned with sar-
casm.
Every line will cut like a whip, and
every werd will raise blister.
II you are fool you had better not
subscribe for The Fool-Killer. II
Voa are wise you will. And so that
settles 1t.
The fool-killer., 1912-12-01
way of doing. If you don't like it
YOU don't have to take it.

It used to be considered down
right vulgar to say Bull IN
company, but that was before
Toothadore Specksvelt came
home from Africa with settin'
of new-party eggs in his political
hamper-sack. Now even the Sun
day School teacher can call her
students together and actually
say Bull Moose to them with
out blushing. How times have
changed!
The fool-killer., 1912-12-01

In looking at these wasp-waisted
sawsiety butterflies who wear
belts that amt big enough for a
dog-collar, / always wonder how
their fellers manage to hug 'em
without breaking 'em in two.
The fool-killer., 1912-12-01

\ Pass around a great truth on a
howered waiter, all buried in
roses of rhetoric, and nobody will
pay any attention to it. But you
put the same truth in a sling-shot
and knock folks down with it and
I'll bet you five cents they take
notice. That is The Fool killers S
The fool-killer., 1912-12-01
WATCH THE FUR FLY!

In November I gave you nv
day-dream in regard to making
The Fool-Killer spread itself. -
Well, boys, she's a-spreading
some. At this writing the subs
are coming in at the rate Of more
than one hundred every day. Say,
comrades, this is fine. It makes
my nerves tingle with pure joy
just to think what a great work
you and can do if we will only
try. We are working together for
a great cause, and success is
right at the door. Throw up your
hats! Yell! Work! And cover the
earth with Fool-Killers. Just a
few more weeks at the present
gait and the web press and limo
type machine will be in sight.
Then a sixteen page paper and a
million subs! A dream? No, by
George, it's a glorious reality we
are working for, and we are 60
ing to win.
Our enemies used to make fun
of the little old Fool-Killer, but
now they are making a different
kind of noise. They are scared.
And they are going to be scared
wusser pretty quick.
The laboring masses of this
country, regardless of party, are
just now getting their eyes open
to the skin-game that has been
going on. They are kicking out of
the old party traces and begin
ming to think with their heads.
Yea, the sleeping lion is awake!
Look out, We generation Of soft
snappers! Hunt your hiding
places, for destruction is yelping
at your heels.
Comrades, there has never been
a time when people were so eager
to read the truth the bare-hand-
ed, fat-footed, unvarnished
uth-the kind The Fool-Killer
hands out in chunks big enough
to knock mule down. Keep a
Fool Killer in your pocket all the
time; read it in every crowd;
send in subs and then watch
the fur fly.
The fool-killer., 1912-12-01

And so, by George, if your
mouth is watering for pension,
the only thing in the world you
need to do is to be an Ex-President.
The fool-killer., 1912-12-01

Oscarunderwood odrowwilsonism
is a pretty long word, but it amt
half as long as the panic it is
liable to bring.
The fool-killer., 1912-12-01

Gee Buck!, They are giving us
the taffy now. Yes, sir! The
Democratic rooster has crowed a
new song into my ear. He says
that President Willrow Woodson
is going to move the moon in
order to make room up there for
the poor mans wages they are
going to be so high, you know.
And in the same breath he
is going to chuck old Mister
Hicostolivin into the cellar. Golly,
boys, if our new Moses can turn
that trick I move that we take
log chains and tie him in the
White House till he rots.
The fool-killer., 1912-12-01

In every war that comes, Prov
idence is accused of being on
both sides. Wonder where John
w. Devil comes in at?
The fool-killer., 1912-12-01

Frock, dress, gown three
names for the same garment
three steps in the evolution of
fashion.
The fool-killer., 1912-12-01

There would be fewer fools in
the world if there were not so
many wise men for them to laugh
at.
The fool-killer., 1912-12-01

Take away everything to growl
at, and I reckon a world of hap
piness would be the mournfulest
sight in creation.
The fool-killer., 1912-12-01

IF Senator Showout's wife had
to wash dishes in as sorry a dress
as Farmer Hamestring's wife
wears to preaching, she would
drop dead in her tracks.
The fool-killer., 1912-12-01

If some folks ever get to be
angels, I'll bet a dollar they will
go right straight and sell their
feathers to a millinery store.
The fool-killer., 1912-12-01

Mister Hurry has been at work
on the small things all his life,
and he amt got 'em done yet.
The fool-killer., 1912-12-01

A fool is only a fool by COM
parison-if we had an example Of
real wisdom to measure ourselves
by we would all be fools.
The fool-killer., 1912-12-01

When a woman talks like she
had her mouth full of hot mush
and was afraid to swaller that s
a sign she belongs to sawsiety.
The fool-killer., 1912-12-01
TAKE NOTICE!

Do not send postage stamps on sub
Bcription.
Remittances should be made by
registered letter, express or pestof1ce
na0ney order.
Be careful to write your own name
and address plainly, and direct all
lekters and make all orders payable
20:
THE FOOL.KILLER,
MDravian Falls, =. North Carolina.
The fool-killer., 1912-12-01
We can't all be honest some
body has got to go to Congress.
The devils work shop is never
closed for a holiday.

Custom and precedent are big
words, but courage is bigger than
either.
The fool-killer., 1912-12-01

The grabbers from Granville
have grabbed about everything
that is grabable.
The fool-killer., 1912-12-01

Lungs are to law what gall is
to a politician or a bellows to a
blacksmith.
The fool-killer., 1912-12-01
EDITORIALS.


We can't all be honest some
body has got to go to Congress.
The devils work shop is never
closed for a holiday.
Custom and precedent are big
words, but courage is bigger than
either.
Lungs are to law what gall is
to a politician or a bellows to a
blacksmith.
The grabbers from Granville
have grabbed about everything
that is grabable.
Mister Hurry has been at work
on the small things all his life,
and he amt got 'en done yet.
Frock, dress, gown three
names for the same garment
three steps in the evolution of
fashion.
There would be fewer fools in
the world if there were not so
many wise men for them to laugh
at.
Oscarunderwood odrowwilsonism
is a pretty long word, but it amt
half, as long as the panic it is
liable to bring.
In every war that comes, Prov
idence is accused of being on
both sides. Wonder where John
w. Devil comes in at?
Take away everything to growl
at, and | reckon a world of hap
piness would be the mournfulest
cinh+ IN oroo+ion
If some folks ever get to be
angels, TIL bet a dollar they will
go right straight and sell their
feathers to a millinery store.
When a woman talks like she
had her mouth full of hot mush
and was afraid to swaller that s