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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-07
IMPORTANT WORK
ON THE COAST LINE.
Double Tracking and Bridging
in the Region Around and
About Fayetteville.
VIRGINIA CONTRACTORS ON JOB
Big Money Being Spent in North
Carolina to Meet Demands of
Increased Business.
VIRGINIA C CONTRACTORS ON JOB
ny ALFnED NJ. MYnoyEn.

Fayetteville, n. c., September G.
Not wars ruinors of wars. -homicides.
'heitS' divorces. Joy rides, nor the
quarreling OF lunatic over his
breakfast-none OF these things fur
hisn inc news that Is worth the
worlds attention. The happenings-ir
tlay can be designated by n word so
nearly approaching the accidental in
meaning-w which tend toward the
worlds advancement are rarely attend
ed ny the eXoteric details marking the
other Kind OF news-the crash OF fallen
reputation, the clash OF personalities.
the freaks OF temperament Against
such heavy odds is wrought the work
which means substantial progress to
society that, speaking broadly, 1t is
done in silence. 1t is mostly carried
on by taciturn men. Tho politician.
tho press agent. the litterateur. or the
artist Will drown his hcarcr in tor
rent OF words on the slightest preteXt:
but If 1t desired TO get anything out
OF the man VINO is doing The earths
heavy work, 1t is necessary to ask
questions
y typical example of this kind OF
constructive activity Is the work be-
ing done. with Fayetteville as n CEN
tire. on the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road. This development is an early
stage of the double tracking which Is
expanding the Coast Lines system to
meet the demands Of the increasing
'fT'iHc, being the whole OF the concrete
work made necessary by the laying
of tho additional trackagc between
ParRton and Selma. on the main line
which includes the erection of ali
piers and abutments for bridges and
culverts.
This construction. for which the rail
road is paying S175.O0O. is being
handled by the w. H. Williams Com
pany. of Macon. Ga. The contractor
In charge Of the whole work is a j.
Cornell, OF Barnwell. :. c.. member
OF the Williams firm. The work above
and below Fayetteville has been suble.
to other contractors. The G r. Will
building the substructurc for the
bridges between Selma and -Four Oaks.
j. r. Adams & Co, OF Richmond. are
doing the same thing between Four
Oaks and the five and one-half mile
post and j. ID. Davis, Jr.. of Peddlers
Mill, Va, from this point to Beard
while the Smith Kyle Company. OF
Fayetteville. is doing the work over
the stretch OF road between Natal and
Parkton, where the double tracking
Will end. The line of railway divides
ut Parkton, the Bcnncttsville branch
there leaving the main line and split-
ting the traffic.
All OF this construction IS either
arch and pipe culverts as substitute
ture for the bridges The work was
started In April and the engineers ex-
pect to finish IL by November l. There
will be l6S openings In all, and the
Continued on Sixth Fage)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-07
WATER rpopLEM on FARM.
Light on Interesting Subject-DrudGery
for Earm Women MnN he Light d.

Light on Interesting subject-DrudGery
for Farm Women May he Lightened.
hood pump, and their successor, the
street faucet. passed out of existence
in all considerable American communi,
ties long ago; they have almost passed
out OF memory. Yet. as time Is meas
ured it is not so very long since 1t
was necessary over large ar, area c;f OF
veil. the pump or, the faucet for the
d9meste sn IS pst ii the che dependsnee
of the rural home, whether the water
be drawn from it by bucket or pumped
In the great majority of cases water
for domestic use in the country is still
drawn from the well BY bucket su or or
R farmhous Ss 'I piped and and supplied by
water wa ter from tanks filled by windmills
or motors has steadily Increased during
States, yet. as a Southern educator
has recently declared, it is true that
Of the drudge,ry for women
DDS in handling the household water
su PPRIs investigator estimates that the
an average OF six times, and that, in
Guiding wash day. the farmers wife
lifts tSn OF % sosnr ey sso d ns
tends, much Of this toll might be elimi-
mated. Commenting upon this. the Chi
that the figure named Is too high for
q simple equipment, that would to lessen zen
an equipment equal to that OF city
residence.
It is question whether the indie
pendent equipment Will ever, satisfac,,
toriIy meet the needs Of the rural
home. So much is dependent upon
making farm life comfortable, and the
question of water supply Is SO inu-
mately related to the rural uplift that
1t is matter worthy Of serious and
expert treatment. a primo essential
would seem to be the introduction into
this country OF the community system,
abroad. American farmhouses are
scattered. often widely separated, fire.
Quently' isolated, and this makes It
dinioult, II not impossible. to provide
them with conveniences and comforts
common to populous districts. The
grouping OF farmhouses would mako
It much castor, at all evcnts. to dis
tribute among them not only water.
but power. heat and light at mini
mum cost OF service.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-07
MAMMOTH CAVE
IN OLD KENTUCKY
Richmond Man Visits the Great
National Curiosity and
Tells About 1t.
WONDERS UNDER THE EARTH
Property That Ought to Be
Brought Under State or
National Control.
WONDERS UNDER THE EARTt
ny AUBREY L. OWEN.

Inc Mammoth cave, located in Ed
monson County. KY, ninety miles south
OF Louisville, is one OF the greatest
natural wonders of the world Five
different levels and 226 streets and
avenues-15o explored miles of sub
terreanean world. with starry firnra-
domes mountains and river cascades.
and with the temperature at 81 degrees
the year around.
The entrance to the cave Is down a
long flight OF narrow stairs and
through an iron gate. It's interesting
and wonderful features begin from the
time OF entrance. "Stalactites and stall
agmites, of beautiful and countless
forms; great auditoriums with lofty
ceilings-one where the formations re-
semble starlight sky-domes hun
dreds of feet high. the sides formed OF
tier after tier of flutcd columns. ball
anced and hanging roc4s-huge piles
of rock that seemingly have been
swirled round by underground waters
until they have worn great caverns;
mighty crevices or clefts. as il made
by earthquakes; barren underground
streams. and river. known as The
Echo" fifteen to forty feet wide, ira
versed by boat for half mile. Nearly
all OF this river is one vast resonator;
its branching avenues and side crew
ices, it's lofty roof of limestone rock.
it's ancient battlemented shores. all
serve as reflectors of every sound,
however slight, and send 1t back inten-
sified n thousand times. with it's rough
ness blended into one sweet volume of
glorious harmony, with ever-diminish-
ing volume. as 1t rolls down along the
unknown halls and reverberates from
secret chamber walls"
Varied Formation.
The formations in the cave are Of
every imaginable shape. including va
rious things from an arm chair to n
from the guides torch. shining
ably we'll shaped statue of Martha
Washington.
Some Of the principal features of the
cave are: Saltpetre Works Can inter-
esting relic of the War of 1922 Ro-
tunda. Audubon Avenue. olives Bower,
Corkscrew Exit, Methodist Church,
Booths Theatre, Gothic Avenue, Pillars
OF Hercules, Bridal Altar. Arm Chair,
Elbow Crevice, Annettas Dome, Statue,
Giants Coffin. Consumptives Homes,
Star Chamber, Lovers Retreat, Lady,
rinth, Gorin's Dome, Bottomless Pit,
Bridge OF Signs. Grand Crossing, VAL
ley Of Humility, Fat MANS Misery,
River Hall. Dead Sea, River Styx, River
Lethe. Purgatory Slough, Echo River,
Internal Regions, Valley OF Flowers,
Martha's Vineyard. Dining Hail. Snow
Ball Room, Flora's Garden, Last Rose
Hollow, Maelstrom, Croghan's Hall.
Blarney Stone. Corkscrew. Chief City,
CONTINUED on Sixth Page.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-07
BRIEF NOTES FROM
ALL over VIRGINIA
Governor" Stuart and Good
Roads-Hampton Roads Stood
Test-Dabney to Help.
The Newport News Press says:

Henry c. Stuart. our next Governor.
is himself road-builder lie built n
road from his plantation In Russell
county to tho railroad, distance OF
Twelve miles. and it is conceded TO be
one or the best constructed roads in
the Commonwealth. The County OF
Russell has about seventy milcs of
macadam road some OF it costing rs
much as $4,000 n mile, and the system
of roadways is being extended each
year 1t goes without saying, there
fore. that MIR. Stuart when he becomes
Governor, will give especial attention
to this subject and will aid in devils
ing plan for keeping the improved
highways OF the State in repairs. 1t
is certainly an absurdly wasteful policy
to build roads at considerable cost to
the taxpayers and then allow them to
go to pieces
Track!aying has begun OH Virginia
Carolina Railways extension from
Blevins Station into North Carolina.
The Hassinger Lumber Company is also
reported to have begun construction
of two branch railroads. one from
Green Cove to Park.
The Underwater News SAYS:
The Young Mems Business Associa-
ton of Franklin VIII have William r..
Dabney, business manager of the Rich
mond Chamber OF Commerce, to adj
dress them in their reading rooms
Thursday evening, September IL. at 8
o'clock Mr.. Dabney Is considered one
OF the most energetic and effective
business boosters in the South and the
association invites all merchants. bust
ness and professional men of the town
with them and hear him.
The Marion American says:
The third animal sNbiiitnnn ,l.o
Smyth County Fair Association. held
in Marion on Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday or last week, was a decid-
ed success. The weather was fine, the
attendance was tho largest since the
organization of the association. and
the exhibits in most of the departments
Continued on Sixth Pagc.)
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-03-13
EARTH'S POPULATION is
NOT TOO Giit ut.
Figures Disproving Pessimist's Scare
of Birthrate Increasing Be-
yond Productiveness.
tBy Garrett P. Serviss.)

Pessimists-persons who see onl,
the worst side of eyerything-often
talk of the over-peopling of the
earth. They think that it is get
ting crowded, and look upon wars,
famines and decreasing b~irthrates as
proyidential deviese for preventing
men and women from becoming too
numerous and making things uncom
Portable for the chosen few who live
to own a hundred thorsand acres
apiece, to be laid out in private
parks and preserves. They are
like the Scotch laird who discour-
aged large families among his ten
ants because he feared that too
many human beings would interfere
with his game and spoil his shoot
ing. According to these persons
there is a growing danger that be-
lore long millions of human beings
will be literally crowded off the
earth because it will be inconveni-
ent to make room for them.
In truth, however there is plen-
ty of room on the earth, and the
great mother could easily maintain
ten times as many children as she
now possesses.
No doubt the world is getting a
little crowded in small spots, but
f 'ook at it as a wholee, we
see that the centers of population
are only like a few ant-hills sea+-
tered over a vast field, most
of which is ~unoccupied.
1t would be a disgrace to man
kind, if, ten thousand years from
now, a single human being should
perish from lack of sufficient sus-
tenance furnished by the earth to
support it's inhabitants.
The land surface of the globe
covers over 5O.000,0 600 square miles,
According to the census made in
mates made in 1910, it contains
nearly 100000, 900 inhabitants an
average of forty to the square mile.
Leaving out of account the noun
tains, the deserts and the ice-cov-
cred areas about the poles, there
must be at least SO, 100000 square
mills capable of supporting a de nse
population. especially with the aid
of machinery for the cultivation
Of the soil. If the whole 10000
600 square miles could be made to
sustain a population as dense as
that of Belgium, the earth could
have about 10000, 900 900 inhabit-
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-03-13

square miles and contains say, 49,
100000 people, an average of not
M above six to the square mile.
1t Is rich enough to have at least
SOC, 900, 900.
No, the earth is not being Y
populated. But some people are grab
bling too much.
One OF the remedies for this state
OF things is indicated by the negro
educator Booker Washington when
on his recent trip throug Europe,
as shown in Hearst's magazine for
January, noted that in Denmark,
the peasant farmers nov own three
fourths of the farms, while tue
numebr of small farms there is
constantly in creasing. In the
United States. in 1910 there were
6,361,502 farms, only 3,354,S97 of
which we're entirely owned b. the
man who worked them. The peo-
pie OF Denmark are setting an ex-
ample that we might well follow
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-03-13

method of reaching the same OBJ.
Ject is to use one Of the sub-sur-
face compartors!e sold on the mar
ket for this purpose. In case the
soil is SO loose that it will drift
before the plants are high enough
TO prevent it, the surface mulch
may be protected by a thin cover
ing of straw
In this connection it should be
borne in mind that poor germin-
alton OF seed is perhaps more often
due to the incorrect temperature
OF the soil at the time Of plant
ing than to any other cause.
Farmers are very often over-anx-
ious TO get their grain crops
mi and they argue that even if
the soil is somewhat cold now and
then the seeds that do not germin-
ate now will terminate. 1t must
be remembered that seeds are
storehouses of food that can be
used by the soil organisms as well
as by the higher animals. They
are quickly made the prey of the
fungi and lower animal forms of
h soil. Because of this a large
percentage of the seed that would
terminate if planted in soil of the
right temperature fail to germin-
ate even when the soil warns up.
A good seed bed should be prepar-
ed and the seed planted when the
SOIL has warmed up to tn correct
temperature, not before.
p. p. PETERSON,
Agronomist.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-03-13
THE PREPARATION OF
THE SEED BEL

In preparing the bed in which
seeds are to terminate and later
grow, several things must be con-
sidered. The seeds must have
moisture in order to terminate, it
must have warmth and it must
have air. A soil that is OF very
loose texture will not supply the
moisture that the seeds need for
the reason that the canillary by
which the water is carried to the
seed is bad in sr.ch soil. The soil
under the seed must be compact,
therefore, in order that its capil-
larity shall be effective in trans
porting water to the seed, Above
the seed the soil must not be sc
compact for then the moisture will
escape from the soil too rapidly,
and also it shuts out the air from
the seed. When water evaporates
from any surface it carries away
heat with it, lowering the temper
ature of the surface from which
it escapes. For this reason. as
much as for the reason that we
wish to conserve the moisture for
the crop evaporation should be pre-
vented as far as possible. 1t is a
well known fact that loamy soil
Will warm up III the spring more
quickly than the heavy clay soil.
The reasons are two. Evaporation
is prevented more easily in the
loamy soil and the warm air can
circulate thru the soil more freely.
This makes it possible to plant the
loamy soil earlier than the clay
soil. In preparing a seeded.
therefore, one must seek to have
a firm strata just below the seeds
and a more open strata just above
them.
This is obtained in several
ways. A very common way is to
pillow and harrow the soil as early
IN the spring as possible, if it has
not been plowed in the fall so
that the spring rains may compact
1t before the seed is sown. When
seeding time comes the seed is
drilled in rather than sown broad
cast and then the field narrowed
to pulverize the pure strata. This
leaves the seed on a fl rm bed and
a loose strata of the soil above
the seed. Fall blowing is nearly
always Desst n when the soil is
OF such nature or is so located
that 1t cannot be plowed early in
the spring it should always be
ploWed in the fall. If it has not
been fall plowed it is sometimes
not to pillow at all in the
but to drill the SEED into
the unplowed soil. Another
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-03-13

ants. Ii the average density were
only zoo to the square mile, in
stead of $50 as in Belgium, the
total population would be $780,
600, 600.
A glance at the population chart
shows what simple children we have
been in our so-called conquest of The
earth. Like children, we have only
taken what we could set without
effort. On the chart you Will see
a few elongated dark spots follow
ing the great river valleys, which in
dieates where men have gathered
ike hanging clusters OF bees in
swafming time. Thd biggest clus-
tersd are in the valleys of China's
two great rivers, the Hoang-Ho and
the fangtsekiang in the valley OF
the Nile in Egypt. Our immense
American river ulaleys have not yet
turned black on population charts.
The other notable clusters of human
bees are scattered in little specks
over Europe.
The soil of the river valleys is
rich and ready to Iaour out its vege-
table treasures, and therefore man
has crowded into them. But look
at what has been done in the past
few years in some OF the social
ed desert regions of our great west
ern country and you will need no
further demonstration of the fact
that it only requires the applica-
ton of brains in order to make the
earth almost anywhere bloom with
life.
Our population in 1910 was about
81 200, 900, living on an area of g.
$50, GOO square miles, an average
OF between % and % human be-
ings to the square mile There
annot be the slightest doubt that
this could be increased to an aver
age OF 200 to the square mile, max
ing a population for the United
States of more than 700, 900 900.
Very likely this could be increased
TO 900, 100000 with the. aid of
modern science.
The vast continent of Africa, with
an area OF more than $4,000, 900
square miles certainly does not con-
tain move than 10000. 900 inhab-
itants, an average of less than 10
to the square mile. Yet at least
half of Africa is very fertile, and
even Sahara dessert possesses the
potential elements of fertility only
awaiting development. 1t is prob
able that Africa could maintain mole
than 1000, O00, coo OF Leople. Il II
were thoroughly civilized. China,
with 4,2T7,000 square miles, sup
ports 44o.o00,000 people and India,
with ~1,773,000 square miles, has 31t
100000 inhabitants.
South America overs 100000
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-03-13

Authorities say that a mjcrobo
causes badness. II you are losing

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hair try II remedy at our risk.
Professor Unna, OF Germany. and
DR.. Sahouraud, the great French
Dermatolo0ist. claim that a mi
crobe causes badness, and their
theory has been verified by eminent
scientists. This microbe destroys
the hair follicleS, in time causing tho
scalp pores To close and the scalp to
become shiny. Then, it is believed
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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-03-13
THE FALLS PHARMACY

MuIFay q FItzpatflCK
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There is o Rexall Store in nearly every town
and city in the United States, Canada and
Great Britain. There is a different Rexall
Remedy for nearly every ordinary human ill
each especially designed for the particular Id
for which it is recommended.
The Rsxali Stor.s are America's CrsAtsse
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-05
Two Faithful
Friends

In far-off Switzerland ] saw the
statue of faithful friend. Long ago
it was placed in this village church,
and hundreds of years from today il
will still be there to tell the truthful
story
The town of Tug is near the great
st. Gothard. with It's peaks all cover
cd with shining ice and heavy banks
of snow. Sometimes the sunshine
melts them a little. and then great
masses go sliding down the mountain
side. covering everything in their
path.
In the year 1923 the young COVER
nor of the province was riding over
the st. Gpthard, and with him were
his favorite servant and pet dog
Right at the top of the pass swift
avalanche came crushing. pouring
down. and governor, servant and dog
were in an instant buried beneath 1t.
The dog was the first to shake off
the terrible load. He barked and
howled and moaned, but could not find
his master. After a while he seemed
to understand that something had
happened to his beloved master. and.
with loud bark he turned and hur
rieei back to the little Inn that he
had seen as they passed 1t in the
morning. His whines and howis and
nervous calls and scratching made the
people know that some accident had
occurred. and. snatchng up pickaxes
and snow shovels. they followed him.
When they reached the place, the
faithful dog stopped suddenly. plung-
ed his face In the snow, and began
to scratch It up, all the while whin-
ing and barking. The men set to
work at once, found the poor COVER
nor and dragged him out. and after
more work they rescued the servant
The men were barely alive. They had
heard the bowling and barking Of the
dog, noticed his departure, and given
M all hope The faithful dog almost
died from Joy when he saw his mas.
tcr's face again. and the grateful mas
ter resolved that his dog should never
he forgotten He sent for a great
artist and told him to make beaut-
full statue. that all the world might
know of the falthfulness of the dog
and the gratitude of the man. There
| saw 1t in the little church at Zug-
the marble tomb of the governor with
his beloved dog resting at his feet
The Olive Leaf