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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04
FARMERS CLUB
AT BIG STONE GAP
Organization Starts Off With
Forty Members-Corn Con-
test to Be Held.
Special to The Times-Dispatch. ]

Special to The Times-Dispatch.l
Big stone Gap, Va, May S.-On last
Saturday afternoon farmers CLUB
was organized here to be known as
the Richmond District Farmers Club.
The following officers were elected
John w. Chalklcy, president; c. r.
blanton, vice president G. n Knight.
secretary: H. c. Stewart treasurer: f.
/. Cousins, Librarian. There arc forty
members so far, and a much larger
membership Is expected. The club dc :
cided to hold corn contest this year,
and has raised 1920 for prizes. There
Will be three series OF prizes with a
FIRST Of s25. second OF $40 and third
OF 81 In each series for the largest
weld OH one acre. the most economi-
cal yield on one acre and the Two best
cars. There have been about ten en-
tries so far, and from ffteen to
twenty arc expected 20 compete. Sew
crhl of the farmers have been making
from seventy-fvc to 100 bushels an
acre, and the competition is expected
TO lie very keen.
$. a. Miller, with the Land and In
dustrial Department or the Southern
Railway at johnson City. Tenn, made
the clob 81 very instructive talk, main
ly along the lines or corn raising. and
has promised TO come back to tho
next meeting on the fourth Saturday
In May. and spend two or three days
going with the farmers on their land.
The club expects to have another
speaker OH hand at the next meeting.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04

strong tail-iin, has driven himself
swiftly backward, and at the same time
has stirred up cloud, under cover of
which to escape Il pursuer. \ little
back from tho waters edge the land
IS covered with orawash wells, holes
extending down into the ground sew
cral feet, and the soil and clay de-
posted, chimneylilte, around the
mouth. Swaying with the current long
chains of clear. jeliy-like substance,
regularly dotted with small black
spots. show the eggs Of the frogs, from
which the little tadpoles viii ere long
emerge.
Here and there. lowering over d.
minutiNe falls. or resting on tiny,
green island. now Swimming close to
the surface or some deep pool. the swal-
lows pass up and down tic stream.
sometimes fish hawk sweeps down
over the water; and a cardinal. seeking
a place where the water is clear ana
the pebbles smooth. takes his daily
plunge
Through the varying phases OF life
the stream goes on. happy. contented
working, Joining hands with nature
and loyal vrsinians to beautify ana
serve the grandest old State in tho
Union.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04
COMING NORFOLK
AND BIG RICHMOND
City by the Sea Wants Some of
Laurels Like Capital
Citv's

Richard n. Edmonds, the editor Of
the Manufacturers Record has been
10 Norfolk TO see things for himself.
and he writes 70 his journal an inter-
esiinE account Of the "get-together''
movement that has been on i'm tho CITY
by fhe Sea Cor some time and that tas
resulted in the organization Of one
strong and influential Chamber Of
Commerce TO take the place OF several
small business organizations that were
never known TO pull together. Com
mcntinS OH the good work that has
been cut out by this new Chamber OF
Commerce, Mr.. Edmonds says:
"Richmond, lacking the magnificent +,
har6or OF NORFOLK. which. FOR geuera-
lions has been the envy OF the world,
mas run so far ahead OF Norfolk In
manufacturing that ii is not even con-
sidcred by Norfolk people themselves
as III the same class Norfolk men
admit that Richmond has simply run
away from them In Industrial develop
ilent. but they are now determined to
concentrate upon manufactures the
thought AID energy Of the community.
believing that if Norfolk can add to
the trade that 1t already has an in
dustrial development equal to that OF
Richmond, 1t Will then rapidly pueh
TO the front and fulflI the destiny
which nature seems to have designed
for it,
This is quite a good word for. Rich.
mond, and at the same time II NAV
be something of warning to Rich.
mond that Norfolk is going right after
tho Capital City's laurels. 1t is up
to Richmond 10 see to II that while
Norfolk is getting together a fine and
luAuriant bonaact Cat which all Rich
mond will rcjoicc) the City by The Sea
shall place in itaonc of the Capital City's
laurels that nave already been won.
And, x little boasting may be al
lowed, 1T may be remarked that 1t will
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04
Going 10 Do Likewise.

pleasing echo OF the Second Con
gressionai District Farmers Conference
that was held In Suffolk two weeks
$50 comes in A private letter from
suffolk. rhs letter tells this good
story: Already many people from
oiher parts az the State have been
writing here and asking us TO explain
how that BIC farmers meeting that
fhe Times Dispatch told about so fully
and so satisfactorily was pulled OF
the writer's OF these letters seem to
pe Nt:E much interested. and evi-
IDENTIFY want TO go and do likewise.
IneE have surely caught the spirit
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04
Chickens In city Back r.rd,.

y MI Ward. All educational director
IN chicago. recommends the raising
OF poultry In the back Yard as an CT
receive way for reducing the cost O.
living IT., says that sl,00o.OD can he
produced IN the back yards OF Chicago
oE poultry raising The good food
winch inc average family throws into
i"e garbage can every day would keen
Il dozen sens that would SUNNY a
SINAI! family with eggs and 81 quantity
OF spring chicken besides This Mr.
Ward contends, would cut down the
COST o. living and prove a recreation
Ak wcll. all OF which looks very wei
on paper, and chicken raising in the
ci'Y back Yards may suit Chicago .all
right. Richmond is right up TO SNUFF
All tho time and il sometimes delights
TO take notes from some lively a town
as Chicago, but / apprehcnd that as u
general proposition II will draw the
me at back ward chicken culture lust
mink OF Richmond having dozen
hehs ana NO roosters in every back
lefu. 10 say nothing OF the objections
INC Board 90 Health would most prop
cry make TO The industry. the morning
Happcrs would never stand for tho in
*u!thS ana disturbing remarks of the
OpsicFs in All Of those back Yards
besides chicken raising and selling is
pre- -c:nihehtiy the business of the sub
ufbanitcs md nearby farmers and
such OF the city people as have back
yards ought 10 be. and doubtless are
perfectly Wiling TO grant the ncarb,.
farmers and their good wives com.
p'e'c monopoly Of MS business.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04
GOOD DA|RY|NG AS
ADJUNCT TO FARM
"A Good Dairyman Always Has
Rich Farm" Is Truth
full Saving.

Here are some pointers about tho
dairy and the farm condensed from
the editorial column or Home and
Farm a splendid agricultural Journal
published in Louisville. Ky:
"A good dairyman nearly always has
rich farm.
Every Southern farmer should b,
a dairyman 10 some extent. He should
have dairy for the support OF his
FAMILY, II he cannot have a larger one.
and II the markets do not Justify him
In having half dozen cows.
"A good dairyman Is ono who take,
the proper care OF the cows. is ona
who knows what every COW is doing.
whether he has three Or thirty, or IL
he has only one. he knows whether that
COW is paying for her keep.
Moreover. good dairyman knows
the difference In the milk from the
different cows, tests this milk. and no
watches the effect or a different plan
OF feeding.
Having supplied your family abund
antly with sweet milk with cream.
with buttermilk and butter, you should
then develop a business for your dairy
in the nearest town or village. Pre-
pare your dairy products carefully for
market, assure your customers that
they are absolutely clean, and prcsent
them TO them in an attractive form,
and you cam build up good traffic
at good price
Then you can develop a larger traflo
beyond your neighbors or your neigh
boring towns. through the parcel pose
into Il city. reached within twelve or
twenty-four hours.
I'VE are not urging every farmer in
the South to turn his cotton farm or
his cornfeld solely into dairy farm.
this is not reasonable. There arc places
III the South whore butter has boon
produced prontably for many years.
bringing the highest price in the
markets OF any butter from any quar-
ter. That Is no new story. We are
talking now Of the dairy as an aid to.
farm profit. with the fruit farmer, the
man who raises early vegetables, the
man who raises cotton. We are speak
ing now OF the small farmer through
out the South.
next to supplying your family ana
the markets, you should supply your
soil from your dairy herd"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04

grandeur y farm in Virgins without
creek flowing thrc;.gh Ii Is like a
'e"d tree in summer without leaves.
!ery many places throughout he
,ountry properly enough took their
aames which still cling TO them, from
The nearby stream
Perhaps the most expressive Tea
lures Of the landscape are these mar
COW. silver ribbons % murmuring
water that lace the surface OF our
.arth prominent contribution in the
scheme OF nature. Did YOU ever a.,
OF the bank OF a Virginia creek and
study the features On th!s same sub.
)ect great naturalist said rather
quantity: The ears never pause 70 hook
1T il the waterl; Yet fancy that the
engineers and Aremen and brakemen.
ana those passengers who hav. a sea
son ticket and see :; often, are better
mea for tine sight Mos; people. n-
cluhin6 those referred 10 here would
possibly laugh at this. vet il, does. NOT
make it loss lruc ~ we aye not ri
ways aware vixen our hearts and minds
arc absorbing their deepest and purest
IMPRESSIONS Apart fran the life his
tory % the stream Itself which j. as
familiar as il is interesting. there arc
two forms OF life with which 81 e.
concerned. First. the lIfe OF reflection
the light The changing sky above. the
treas and flowers on the bank ,ho
birds and creatures OF tho woods thai
WISH ID all are reflected back by TIC
stream upon ;hls world old natural
beauty or reelection our whole modern
theory ~ environment il built Tho
Other Ne form is typiacd So the darl.
mellow bugs. skaters and water suid.
ers That ripple the surface. and ,ha
schools OF minnows moving throus g.
rs varying depths TO tho small boz
starting out for the creek with none
~ smile ana bcnt p.n there s. magic
Ia mat word miuuow
farther OIL 10 the deep. quiet triool
% the crcci1 the barred perc, and Tho
brook trout I've And lower dow
stream, where the current grows slue
eish and is covered with water cre.scr
! the abiding place OF numerous. miuute
Aquatic animals and graceful spiral
she!led snAls, the turtle and inc ict
apin back lazily. OF propel thcnsciyc.
through the water The snake lesu-
ing on; from his home li tho b3up
enters the water and swius away with
rapid movement scanning tho crcat.
sides with head held hVh 4, hi.
approach the NuS frogs retire ure-
+ clpitately and the tadpoles hU!d tnatn.
selves motionlcss against stone. sand
f or anything near enough thel- own
I color to afford protection through d.
cep,ion BIT when tho last riptl,
Is made by his snakeship. ma. died ava,
Win fir' o, the tail they -cat,c,
n every direction. and watchman buli.
fros IN green uniform and goygIs,
',rumps" out MS "all's we'll" ard i,
answered by Joyous frog choytls
There dfasou ~ oH sauzy win.'
/ hys over the watec. y few inches ava
/ a ilttle cloud OF mud rises from tia
bottom. What Ia that? cr.wnst'
with quick. downward bend ., ~.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04
away with Toll Gates.

The age OF the toll gate is over. A.
general pFshosition toll gate is not.
an honor 70 a state or a county. Their,
are too many toll gates in virgins
especially tina; part of Virginia known
rs the Nalley But efforts are bcin
made to abolish them. The Clarke
Courier, iG its last weeks Issue. dis
onsses tho subject at some length, and
among other things. says: The CHIEF
argument Of tho toll gate advocates
y that those who use the road should
pay. Just az on railroad: and tina.
tho. automobile uscrs SHOULD pay tn,
nsaVleat toli Of all as they damage
the road most OF all
fut 'ne amour; of money collected
from the Automobiles docs not com
pensste by hair the adverse notices
and Advertising given to our country
~ these aame travellers. In tHeIr
home. n various. States they rccaE
the Toll gaicF ~ tho valley roads ana
th"i; description OF the toll rates helms
TO Keep out worthy and desirable i'm
migrants uhom We need badly. So. in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04
Remember the parceI po.t

BY utilizing the parcel post TO send
OUT It's automobile tags the State OF
ONO saved the sum OF $4,000. But
says the Hartford Times, when COM
mehtIng on the fact. there are sill
IN existence a number OF those re-
na"kaolc beings who will see In this
oct urfence only further cause FOR
S'lli AT the aiiiiction or the widows and
oFPn"HS VINO hold express company
stocks"
iichtnond is said by the Post Once
department officials TO be one OF the
pest patrons OF the parcel post in all
the country. But the country people
are not using 1t back to Richmond as
mucn as they might
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04

and it would seem that the Second Dis
rlct and the city of Surfoll, have
given lesson to the other districts
and the other towns that will neces-
sariy benefit the whole state" All
or that sounds good. The little city
or Suffolk was doing even bigger work
than she thought when she was pulling
off that great farmers meeting
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04
Running Water. In virginia,

From tho youngest fodder 10 he
Oldest inhabitant ,Se woodland stream.
or, as the darkl-s -.ail II. the crick.
is an unrivaled attraction. and the
woodland stream sparkles nowhere
quite so bright IN old Virginia Not
That 1t Is any great world wonder or
tourist attracting feature. for IL is not.
and J., for one am glad that the
streams are or Virginia and for Viz
Einia people pre-eminently. that II T..
simply one or the beautiful things
characteristic or beautiful country
with scenery that at least approaches
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04
VIEWS AND NEAR VIEWS:
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
BY FRANK S. WOODSON,
Industrial Editnr

ms column is open to contributors who something
say OF suggestive and who make
and suggestions looking the of The Good
od States OF Virginia West Virginia Carolina and
VINO can hold their SUGGESTIONS down
Industrial Editor, will prompt attention - >''
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04

be a very cold day when Norfolk sur
passes Richmond as a manufacturing
city, FOR be ii remembered Richmond
has not yet gotten Its full growth
and 1t knows no such language as stand
still.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04

Here is chunk OF wisdom from the
Charlotte Chronicle which may be To-
cally adopted:
The old motto swat the n.y. has
given way 10 the Injunction to Kill
him before lie reaches the ny stage.
Files do not develop Oh clean premises.
When hltn is destroyed the flies are
cut OFF before they are Matched"
The Charlotte Observer claims tina,
Robert Burns was good roads advo-
cate nearly century and a half ago.
ana 10 prove the claim. quotes the fol-
lowing from the writings OF the bard
Of Scotland
I'm now arrived thanks TO the gods
Thro pathways rough and muddy.
y certain sign that maxim roads
Is no this peoples study;
Altho' I'm not with Scripture Grand
m sure the Bible Gays
that needless sinners shall be damn'd
-nless they mend their ways"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-04-08
THE CITY OF OSkALOOSA IS
VISITED BY DISASTROUS BLAZE

block in Oskaloosa, destroying the
Congregational church and its en-
tire contents, including fine pipe
organ.
The building in which the ire
started was filled with goods valued
at several thousand dollars, and will
be almost a total loss. The H. L.
Spencer company had removed to
it's new store building only two
months ago, leaving much stock in
the storehouse, which also contained
a quantity of valuable bank fixtures.
At o'clock the fire was under
control, and estimates place the to-
tai loss at about $4,000, almost
completely covered by insurance.
While the cause of the fire is un-
known, it is believed to have been
of incendiary origin.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-04-08
STORM DOES
MUCH DAMAGE
Tornado Passes Near Sturgeon, NO.,
Wrecking Fifty
G- Buildings.
TRAIN WAS LATE AND ESCAPES
Alton Red Flyer Would Have
Been Hit if on
IL Time.
TRAIN WAS LATE AND ESCAPES

Sturgeon, Mo-, April 4--Willian
Mathis, 81 years ola, retired farm.
er, was killed; his wife, Mary, and
his daughter Ruth, "a years old
were probably fatally injured, TWEEN
.y-five persons were less seriously
hurt and a score of residences were
demolished when a tornado passed
withi.i a half mile Of Sturgeon yes
terda afternoon.
The tornado formed southwest of
Sturgeon and travelled northeast. AS
the clouds became threatening yes
terday afternoon, the Sturgeon
school was dismissed and practically
all the townspeople sought refuge in
cyclone cellars.
The tornado struck Larrabee, Mo-,
across the line in Audrain county:
and there demolished the water
tank of the Chicago & Alton rail-
way, hurled several box cars off the
track and tore down the telegraph
and telephone poles.
Wabash passenger train No. 2
from Kansas City to ST. Louis ran
into the telegraph poles blown
across the track east of Sturgeon,
but no one was injured.
News of the damage wrought by
the storm was brought to Sturgeon
and surrounding towns by farmers.
Many farm buildings were destroyed
and many houses were unroofed.
The storm passed here at 2
o'clock. No damage was done in
Sturgeon, the tornado sweeping
within half mile of this place in
tLaBthe country. A great hail storm
followed.
Mathis and his family lived seven
miles southwest. They were at dim
ner when the tornado struck their
home, demolishing it and burying
them under portion of the wreck
age.
The home Of Charles w. Robinson,
a farmer, was destroyed, but the
Robinson family saved their lives by
taking refuge in cyclone cellar.
Fifty barns and numerous small
buildings we're blown down.
Had the Alton railroads Red Fly
err train that left Kansas City for St.
Louis at 10 o'clock yesterday morn
ing not been ten minutes late it
would have been directly in the path
of the tornado. The train was de-
toured over the Wabash road from
Mexico, Mo-, and it was expected to
reach ST. Louis at S:15 o'clock last
night.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-04-08
THE STATE MILITIA ON GUARD
TO PREVENT LABOR RIOTS!

ugly mood, however, and Mayor
O'Neill decided to call out the mi
litia.
The riot call was sounded through
the streets, and within an hour Cap
tain Johnston and half his com
pany had assembled at the state ar
mory. They were ordered to patrol
the entire city.
A conference of strike leaders and
employers called by Mayor O'Neill in
an effort to settle the trouble was
deferred because William C. Rogers,
state mediator, whose presence was
desired, could not reach here in time
from Albany. He will be here to-
day.
When it was found that there was
no prospect of a settlement last
night Sheriff George Bancroft called
upon Company NJ, National Guard of
New York, to do patrol duty The
riot at the Columbian Rope company
works, where the police fired their
volley, was followed by a mob at
tack upon the International Harves-
ter company cordage mills in the
other end of the town. No one was
seriously hurt in this demons trat ton.
Maria Savoria Peluso, a woman
whose arrest caused the rioting yes
terday morning. was arraigned late
yesterday on a charge Of disorderly
conduct. She asked for an adjourn
ment, which was granted. She was
released in $500 bail for eNamina-
ton Monday.
About LOO men are on strike at
the plants here. They demand in
creased wages.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-04-08
DODGE Statesmen
BY PASSING Law
Fire Hose Mems Banquets Hit Bluffs
Alderman's Digestion.

Council Bluffs, April 5.-Alder-
man Fisher. who is approaching
that age, where he has been surfeit-
ed with banquets until his stomach
revolts at the suggestion of one. and
who thinks that the money prospect
i've statesmen eXpend upon the city
fathers in the way of suppers, drinks
and smokes ultimately comes out of
the city, presented resolution at
the meeting of the city council last
night, providing that bidders for fire
hose hereafter, instead of coming
here in person and spending time
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-04-08
pURL VEGETABLES
AT CHERRY SISTERS

Burlington, April A regular
old time Cherry sisters demonstra-
ton with trimmings of fruit and
vegetables marked the close of a
vaudeville engagement by the sis
tiers at local theater last night.
When the women had about finished
their act, shower of carrots and
onions greeted them. They were
struck with the missiles and left the
stage in the theater in search Of a
policemen to arrest the audience,
but did not return. The demonstra-
ton followed the appearance on the
stage of trough box" decorated in
black, which some one had struggled
into the building.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-04-08
Four Wounded in Strikers Attack
on Auburn, New York,
Rope Mills.
LEVEL GUNS AT THE MOB
Police Forced to Fire Into Crowd
When Worsted in
Fight.

Auburn, N. Y, April State
troops are on guard today over the
plants affected by the Irvine work.
ers' strike where serious riots oc-
Cured yesterday. During the riot
ing the police poured volley into a
mob, seriously wounding four per-
sons, one woman.
The shooting occurred during an
attack which mob of 800 made on
the plant of the Columbian Rope
company.
After the shooting the situation
became SO serious that Mayor O'Neill
called out the fire department and
the local militia company.
The mob. all foreigners, gathered
near the plant at o'clock.
Chief of Police Bell and squad
of thirty men who were stationed
there, attempted to arrest one of the
leaders and the strikers became ug-
ly. The prisoner was rescued from
the police in a hand to hand battle,
and the blue coats were getting the
worst Of it when Chief Bell ordered
them to draw their revolvers.
One volley was fired over the
heads of the strikers with no effect
and the police were compelled to fire
into the crowds. Five strikers, one
woman and four men dropped. The
woman and one of the men may die.
After the shooting the mob re-
formed and made another attack.
The strikers obtained quantities of
salt and threw 1t into the eyes of
the police. who finally. to avoid fur
Their bloodshed. took up a position
inside the mill gates. The strikers
then charged on the gates.
The police were fighting against
great odds and rumors that many of
the strikers had gone back to the
foreign colonies to obtain weapons,
caused Chief Bell to send for the fire
department. Lines of hose were laid
and the strikers were driven back
gradually. They continued in an
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-04-08

and money, be required to submit
their bids by mail.
Alderman Fishers proposal was
that the advertisement for fire sup
plies should so require, and samples
OF the hose hereafter are to be SUBJ
mtted by parcel post or express.
Statesmen will be barred from pre-
sentirg the merits of their samples.
The resolution was adopted.