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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
Coal Traffic shows Increase.

a large increase in the coal and
coke tonnage OF the Norfolk and West
ern Railroad is shown in the May re-
port of T. d Hobart. general coal
freight agent OF the road. just issued.
This road IS one OF the prtncip pal out
let's for Virginia and West Nirg!ni,
fields The coal figures for May
reached total OF 2,o5e.9sS tons. COM
pared with 2.O62,j44 tons for the cor
responding month of last year. 1t be-
ing divided thus: Underwater foreign
coal. l65.6?5 tons; tidewater coastwise
coal. 34O,j73 tons. and other domestic
coal. l.625.9,7 tons Coke figures are:
Underwater foreign, 5,S57. and domestic.
l32,391 tons. For the five months
ended May 81 1913. the coal and coke
tonnage aggregated i00SG.242 tons,
compared with e,7lS.s7S tons for the
same period of last year. This is di
vided: Tidewater foreign coal. 700, 900
tons: coastw!se. 1,64o.144 tons, and do
mestic. 7,027.S9l tons. while the coke
volume was: Tidewater. foreign. 90,
Sil tons, and domestic. 693,S60 tons.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20

mas since broadcned out into a general
agricultural fair. Offering $4,000 in
premiums on farm crops and livestock
OF all kinds, and owns $4,000 worth OF
property IN fair grounds and build
!ngs, etc. at South Boston II was said
TO be one OF the best county fairs in
the State in 1912. The fair will be held
this year October q 10 %. four days
promising 10 be better than ever.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
AS Ne WCONERS
Find OLD VIRGINIA
Continued From First PaCe.)


little rain caused an overflow of the
bottom land. He cleared up these
banks. cleaned out the channel. and
while this added a great deal TO the
appearance of the land, its usefulness
was far greater Some OF the land
had been misused for quite while.
but on what seemed to be a bare hill
side he grew sixty-two bushels OF corn
per acre the first year, and last year
ne grew eighty-two bushels per acre
On n small scale, he grows cabbages
melons, cantaloupes and different
other vegetables He is we'll satisfied
that vegetables can be made very
profitable, and after the marketing eX
change now planned is perfected he
will grow them more extensively
Satisfied With Virginia.
Best evidence of the actual condi-
tons in any section of the country
in so far as they interest homeseckers
is found in the experience OF settlers.
Here is a letter from S. NJ. Christie.
who removed from West Virginia and
made his home near Altavista. Va. a
town less than ten years old:
II have been located in Virginia
four years, and I came from Grecnbrier
County. W. Va. l am pleased to give
you unbiased information about this
country. In radius OF ten miles from
Altavista l know the local conditions
From my experience with different
kinds Of grasses and grains, such as
corn. oats. wheat. clovers. timothy and
the meadow grasses. | know the pro-
duction will compare with the best sec
tons Of West Virginia. when given
good care and treatment.
"The soil is principally the Same
sc m M thnr .iao <,fN -ir,, t,,io
with deep. rich top and under soil.
easily susceptible to improvement and
quick to respond to all legumes. Soy
beans. peas. clovers of all kinds do
excellently. and this could be made
n fine stock section. All the pasture
grasses do we'll. and there arc blue
grass fields hero as fine as there are
anywhere. Some Of the people OF this
country are realizing the value OF
stock Using, and they are making
money.
Climate, Weather, Water. All Good.
We have here delightful climate
and pure soft water we can work all
winter. and our stock can live on the
pasture grasses nearly all winter. If
our Northern and Western people
want TO live where there is good land,
fine climate and pure water, where
there is no malaria. plenty OF sun
shine and cheap farms. this section
will suit them.
Two OF the last three years have
been unusually dry here. and allow
ance should be made for this fact in
considering the following yields I have
made:
Wheat. 20 bushels: oats, 40: corn.
on one test of an acre and half. 90
bushels. and an average Of from %
to so bushels to the acre generally;
hay, to tons per acre
II made 1000 gallons OF strawber-
ries on two acres, of good quality
fruit. which sold for an average OF SO
cents per gallon. total OF $3.50 re-
ccipts from tho two-acre field.
Tobacco yields from SIS to $3.50 per
acre. where II is handled right and
markets are fair. Potatoes and all
vegetables grow and yield well, and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20

tn!s association; they decided 10 give
the farmers through this section a pic
mic on the 4th OF July. The bushes
men Of Farmville heard OF their pic
ME, and asked this association TO let
| them bear the expense OF the Same.
one thousand people were in attend
| ance
Trucking is being developed, but. like
TOBACCO. Il requires a great deal OF
labor: consequently IN this tobacco sec
| ton, both crops cannot be raised ex-
;ensively by the same man. Lettuce
lot the last two years has been raised
in certain localities and is now at
| tracing great deal OF attention. No
body knows that II Will not flourish
in all parts OF the country; II IS simply
new 10 the people. and they haven't
tried II. Several people close TO
Hampden-s Sidney sold $l.4oo worth o:
other crops growing on their lands
now. The people arc so much en-
thused they had Prof. T. c. Johnson 10
talk 10 them on lettuce culture la st
week.
W. w. Wilkins, whose Iabors are in
a county that was among the earliest
TO take interest in the demonstration
work, writes:
Halifax was among the hrst OF the
work. This Is the sixth year
The main feature Of the work here
has been producing more crops on
smaller acreage. and az first corn was
the main crop advocated
In 1910 y. H. Talbot succeeded
In producing moro than 100 bushels OH
one acre. and his son, in the Boys
Corn Club, 129 bushels, and a number
OF men and boys have gone over the
l0O-bushel mark since.
There are ninety-s!X boys and one
girl enrolled in the 1918 Boys Corn
Club. In 1911 the average yield of
over forty boys was fifty five bushels
per acre. The drought In 1912 being
more severe. the average dropped to
forty-six bushels per acre. The aver
age country yield. though, was re-
ported around twenty bushels per
acre
The hay crop has also received spe-
cial emphasis. &c. ~ Cakes, near News
Ferry. succeeded in 1911 in raising over
five tons OF cured hay on one acre of
land. Five acres in the same field
produced over seventeen tons Of hay.
This was timothy, herds grass and
sapling clover. There was less than
ten acres CT alfalfa In the county. Now
there are more than 500 acres. Lots OF
farmers are preparing to sow the
coming fall. SO far, though, 1t has
not proven to be near SO valuable as
hay crop with us as the clover mix
ture. principally because Of the diff
Guilty experienced in getting stands.
Beyond doubt. though, the failures
have been caused mostly by n lack OF
incubation j. L. Bass, OF Mt. Carmel,
reports four tons OF hay from one acre
1.-TWO cuttings) this year. He will
probably cut tho same grass twice
more this year. This was seeded in
August. 1912. on inoculatcd soil. dirt
from n sweet clover field being used
to inoculate with. The cost OF rails .
ing this acre was about $50.
Tho county fair has been the princi-
pal work Of tho agent for the past
two years. At first 1t was merely a
school fair, used principally to en-
courage the Boys Corn Club work. 1t
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
VIE US AND
NEAR VIE us
Continual From First PaeeD

man. woman and child of discretion
doinss of Greater Richmond they would
nj! become boosters. Therefore, my
suggestion now is that when the
Made in Richmond permanent exhibit
gets well under way in the new
chamber OF Commerce building, vigot-
Gus effort be made TO have all the
people visic that exhibition hall Just
as often as they possibly can. | know
Of no agency better capable OF MAX
ing successful effort along this line
than the Industrial SECTION Of The
Times Dispatch and the Hints and
Suggestion column OF the same"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
FACTS FROM AFFAIR.
brief Industrial Notes From All Parts
of the Outside World.

Mexico. 1t is said. has population OF
i5.26O,369.
The ancient city of Smyrna is to
have an electric street railway.
The value OF farm animals in this
country last year was s5,00S,l49, 500.
Nearly sl00,000.0oO has been spent
within few months on new buildings
in New York
Mica is produced commercially by
eight states. North Carolina leading
in the industry.
MILK and the yollt 81 eggs are thu
only foods which contain all the ele-
mcnts needed to maintain human life.
Portland. Ore. is have a great
outdoor recreation Organization, to DO
known as the Municipal Athletic AS
ISOLATION.
Miss Amy Berntscn, daughter of the
Danish Prime Minister. has just served
three years apprenticeship AS a joiner.
Carriers with several flap pockets
that fasten with snap buttons have
been invented 10 aid women in carry
ing jeweiry or money.
OF 1900 locomotives inspected last
year by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. more than forty eight thou-
sand were found defective.
France has more than four million
one hundred and fifty thousand women
workers.
Newfoundland has for several years
steadily Increased its Agricultural pro-
duction.
y machine TO record the undulations
OF the bottom of channel a vessel
passes over it has been invented in
Argentina
VITA a specially designed galva-
ni2cd iron Incubator q California man
uses hot spring on his farm to hatch
chickens.
According to 4 Finnish scientist. the
air around pine ard fir trees Is purer
than around other trees because their
needles act on the atmosphere as dis
seminators OF electricity and ozoniZe It,
For rinsing dishes Michigan man
has PATENT d a dishpan with a number
OF proje ctIons on the bottom to hold
dishes With their edges upward. while
in the centre is perforated vase for
cutlery
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20

TINS association: they decided 10 give
Inc farmers through this section pic
NC on the Attn OF July. The business
men OF Farmville heard OF their pic
me- and asked this association to let
them bear the expense OF the same
One thousand people were in attend
ance
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
Cattle and Hogs.

With all these forage crops. this is
an IDEAL place 10 raise hogs and dairy
cattle. The people who can see into
the future know this. and last April
organized themselves into a Livestock
breeders Association nj Farmv!lle
These hogs are being raised by a rota-
tion OF forage crops as proposed by
II. O. Sandy. l fird frequent use for
my Babcock Tester with the dairy
men. and have found a very superior
type OF dairy cattle.
There are over forty members OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
Fruit Growing In Southside.


The SOIL AID climate OF Souths,de
Virginia seem peculiarly adapted TO
fruit growing r u Green. o. Farm
VILE, has an acre OF fruit planted as
practical concentration OF fruit IL this
section. The trees are peach plum
and cherry. Between the rows OF tines.
are planted gooseberrics. raspberrics.
strawberries and currants. Every kind
OF fruit; has grown and brough; forth
splend!dly. the orchard paid FOR q.
self IN two years The diNe-en: shades
Of green are interin!ngied with the
most pcr.tc; fruit ever saw. and
tho whole presents a picture that no
hortlculJuris; could ever forget
Strange 10 say. cultured fruit is prac-
;!caly new here. and the ra!sers can
nx their own prices
inc rcd lands produce the finest
quality o. wheat and all OF the small
kraine. The Western men say they
have never seen any wheat in the
West cqua! TO some crops here this
year.
1t has already been proved that al
talfa VIII crow here. but TO substanti-
a,c this. over fly men have agreed
10 SOW 4 this August They are going
10 use lime. dra.n their land. inocu
late and prepare the land as j; should
be when thesc plots are being Gu;
next year. dare the man who says
alfalfa viii not flourish in Prince Ed
ward 10 Try 10 spend the night within.
It's borders. All the legum!nous for
age crops flourish. especially when
lime Is used: out o. over htty soil
tests, only four ala rot show the need
of line
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
Flaming Advertising In Town.

Here is 4 suggestion that comes from
a Connecticut paper ana is intended as
aint - New England cities IN gem
eral and two Connecticut towns in
particular. but ii all may be adopted
as Il pretty good suggestion to Rich
mond. now that cleaning up and beau
t!fying the city are questions being
discussed by so many people. The
MC:idcn. Connecticut, Journal says:
one Of the most progressive COM
mon councils in the state is the enter
prisng organization of the city faith
ers OF Hartford. They are continually
passing effective common sense leS!s-
lation and doing things TO improve the
city.
AT the session last evening Il reso-
luton was Introduce restricting street
ADVERTISING This was aimed particu
larry At the moving vehicles advcrtls-
ing various bargains ard at the sand
wich men who clutter up tile sidewalks
and obstruct traffic.
"That is a good thing and might we'll
be adopted in other cities. However.
the city Of Hartford could Qlso go n
good dea' further and stop billboard
advertising as we'll as restrict window
displays of circus posters and other
tiarng and noisy Advertising
The time is coming when this will
be done. when all ,itios VIII awake
to the necessity OF celebrating this
cheap show. when there will he an
cnort to make the city beautiful as
well as unitarian and then conditions
will be lot better
THE billboard nuisance Is one that
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DEMONSTRATION
IN PRINCE EDWARD
lCont!nned From First Parel

.!ConUnned fron FIrSt Page)
them under These instances only
tend TO show thu interest that can be
aroused In an apparently listless. un-
Communicative boy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
COTTON MOVEMENT.
Southern Spinncrs Increasing Their
'rul

Tal1inEs.
New Orleans. July l?.-According to
the report or the secretary of the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange the amount
Of cotton brought into sight during
ten months of the present season was
13,3S7343 bales. decrease under the
same period last year of 2lS5.7S2 bales
Tho exports were S,320.796 bales. II
decrease Of 1,9l2,269 bales. The talk
ings were: by Northern spinners. 2.29S,-
Coo bales, 81 decrease OF 373.l56 bales
by Southern spnncrs. 2.6S3.635 bales
an Increase of 23l.3l5 bales. The
amount brought into sight during 314
n decrease OF 2.1S4.S04 bales. The cx-
ports were S.374.i90 bales, a decrease
OF 1,01S.722 bales. Tho takings were
n decrease OF SSI.454 bales: by Southern
spinners, 2.716,1S6 bales, an increase OF
247,077 bales.
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we have them on the table from early

we have them on the table from early
until late in the season.
"All the above yields can be more
than doubled, l believe. with the same
treatment and care given in that part
OF West Virginia from which | came.
The little test / made with corn
was on 1-2 acres of red upland. one
year In clover / measured up 90
bushels of fine corn. ! believe lands
here. If put in good condition. and
farmed properly. will yield easily 100
bushels of corn to the acre"
The Ordway new era., 1913-06-13
RURAL SCHOOL HAS MISSION
Where One eushei Of Corn Grew Be-
fore Two Are Now Secured by Meth
DDS Just Brought Out.
tBy RAY p. SPEAR,

tBy RAY p. sPEARJ
The training OF country children to
grow two bushels OF corn where one
bushel grew before is a commendable
thing. To bring this about many
changes may be made in the pro-
grams of most country schools. Arith-
metic problems may be worked out In
terms OF corn and potatoes and cows.
Reading may be largely confined to
the subjects OF interest to country
boys and girls. Essays on farm top
les may be written in place Of the
usual parsing and other grammar
work. This will lay foundation for
much practical work in the later
years of school life.
Older students trained in the ele-
mentary principles OF agriculture
could conduct termination tests of
corn and grain. Herds could be test
ed. rations could be worked out for
live stock, records could be kept OF
poultry. garments could be made for
home. and the art OF cooking could be
cultivated. These and many other
practical things could be worked out
with the school house as center.
Added to this Is the social pleasure
that could be obtained by everyone in
the community when permanent In
terest in the school was established
Basket socials. evening entertain
ments. picnics. school house fairs. lee
lures. and moving pictures would
make the rural school real factor
in the social improvement Of the
school district. The country school
has mission which should not be
neglected.
The Ordway new era., 1913-06-13
WOMAN SEEKS HER AFFINITY
Travels Far and Wide Looking foi
. Unknown Who Dying Husband
Said She Should Wed.

New York.-The most remarkable
story told for many moons to shir
news reports was recited here by
Mrs. Eugene Williams, beautiful
wealthy. aged nineteen, and q widow,
as she sailed away for Sweden to ind
an affinity she has never seen. nor
whose name she does not know.
my home was in Detroit" said.Mrs
Williams. When was sixteen. MI
Williams, who lived in Pittsburgh, met
me. It was love at first sight. We
werd married. Two years ago he died
On his deathbed he called me to him
"I don't want you to marry again
unless you marry one Of my boyhood
chums,' said my husband. He lives In
Sweden. He is your perfect aflnity.'
Before he could say any more he died.
Three times since then have
sailed to foreign lands, looking for
my affinity. A dozen times I thought
I had found him. and became engaged
and here the little widow displayed
q hand covered with solitaires-"but
each time found it was not the right
man. don't know his name, don't
know what he looks like. I don't
know anything about this man who Is
to be my second husband except that
he lives somewhere In Sweden.
II was quite discouraged when !
got back last time. Then consulted
spiritualists. They located my afani.
ty for me and now I am going to
where he is. When 1 find him we shall
be married. I'll let you boys know all
about him II I should marry him." said
the girl waving farewell from aboard
the liner.
The Ordway new era., 1913-06-13
Best He Could Do.
"PrlmItIve Wolf Trap"

Mr.. Raymond appeared at his neigh
boris door one November evening at
dusk in towering rage and uttering
fierce threats against his neighbor's
dog Nero. Vainly the neighbor tried
to explain that Nero was only puppy.
He belongs to Johnny" he went on.
land 1t would break Johnny's heart II
anything happened to him. think"
hopefully that his manners will I'm.
prove"
Manners" roared Raymond. I'm
not complaining Of his manners. but
his nature. After he had jumped all
over me he bit the back Of my leg
That's as far as he can reach"
broke in Johnny In wounded tone.
You don't expect a little pup like him
to bite big man like you on the neck
do you. Mr.. nd?'-Youth's Com.
panion.
The Ordway new era., 1913-06-13
Okr Of the cArne

cured. the slaughter would have pro
ceeded more merrily still. heard OF
one American. and he from distant
er's FL Dorado. and who made perl
odicai trips to 1t. That was before
Mexico. In fear of insurrectos. forbade
the Importation of firearms into the
peninsula.
1t is not strange that San Pedro
should harbor so much game. for 1t
is the only really wooded mountain
on the peninsula. and the timber here
is very flne. Deer and bighorn are
not the only game; other animals
there are, not SO harmless, and that
may even play the roll Of hunter In
stead Of hunted. Mountain lions are
SO numerous that young colts. which
they consider the most delicious of
tidbits. have hard time trying to be-
come horses. A man living on the
western slope of the mountain showed
me . corral fully i've feet high from
which mountain lion took q three
year-old filly., leaping the fence with
ease with the colt In his mouth, and
dragging the CARCASS . mile up the
side Of the mountain before he stopped
for his meal =, {
Raging Torrents.
On the eastern side there are
streams that start bravely from the
mountain. but they are Immediately
sucked up by the sands of the desert.
Canyon Diablo is an excellent example
Of this; in the time of rains the water
rushes from the mouth of the ex-
tremely narrow. rocky canyon, which
is . mere slit In the mountain wall,
in atumultuous flood. 1t entirely fills
the narrow opening SO that the can
yon cannot be ascended beyond its
mouth, and It cannot be crossed, such
raging torrent Is 1t. Yet in less
than a mile 1t has disappeared. and
not only Is there no stream. but the
rounded arroyo sides are OF smooth
sand as though years had passed since
water flowed between them. Many
streams Of abundant flow start out in
this way. but all promptly disappear.
And as the mountain acts as barrier
to check the rains that come in from
the Pacific. the strip of land between
San Pedro and the Gulf of California
remains absolute desert.
On the western slope. however, the
streams flow with greater assurance.
One of them Is turned from its chan
mel and is carried along the skirt
of the mountain for twenty miles to
wash the gold from the soil of Socor-
ro.
San Antonio creek is fairly typical
mountain stream, rushing little river.
flowing through its own dense growth
Of alders and alamos. It proves the
mountain quality of its water. too, by
sheltering speckled trout that reach
the very respectable size of twelve
inches.
In one fertile little cove in its deep.
rocky canyon 1t nourishes an oasis of
really tropical verdure, q tiny half
moon of land set thick with fig, grape
and peach. where Jack Frost never
intrudes.
The Ordway new era., 1913-06-13
Bishop Works as Coal Mine,

London.-The Bishop Of Birming.
ham, Dr.. Wakefield, worked as a coal
miner, when, provided with miners
coat and lamp, he descended the pit Of
the Hamstead colliery. near Birming-
ham. After watching the men at
work, DR.. Wakefield assisted In obtain
ing some coal. He expressed pleas
urable surprise at the comfortable
conditions under which the men work
ed. The bishop spent about an hour
in the pit and travelled about a mile
from the shaft