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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-11
SUFFERING IN FLOOD
High WATER. Maroon 5000 Families In
Homes at Wheeling.

Wheeling. ". Va, January "
Wheeling is flood bound. The crest OF
the food which passed Pittsburgh last
night reached here early TO-DAY ma
rooned 5000 families in their homes,
s,onned ALI street car and railroad
traffic. cut off the citys gas supply, ana
caused much suffering and properly
damage
one woman is known to have been
drowned ard another, missing. Is De-
lieved lost
For 200 miles up and down the Onlc
River, flood conditions exist, Tying up
traffic and industrial plants ana caus-
ing much loss and suffering
urs lanes McMann. lighthouse
tender lost her life in the flood late
last night. while trying TO cross
trestIe over the swollen river MIS-
Lizzie Bake. aged sixty. Is missihs'
and is believed % have been drowned
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-11

they have improved the character OF
the first displayed here.
The convention was then Adjourned
sinie die and the seventeenth annual
convention was at an END.
The awards at the apple show were
as follows:
Class 4, Plates.
First. DR. Z. r. Parsons; second, w
:. Boyer.
Class 3, single Plates
AltemarIe Pippins-First. DR.. PAR
sons second. James Dickie.
Winesaps-First, S. 5. Suerr@h''
second, G. NJ. Gilkerson.
York Imperial-F1rst. DR.. Parsons
second, Sion Ammon.
Pllot-First, Dr. Parsons seo''''
Miller's School.
Crimes Golden-First, james Dickie'
second, y. NJ Washington.
Mammoth Black Twlgs-Flrst, sion
hmmon. second, DR. s. 5. Guerrant'
Delicious-First, Hiatt G. Son; sec
cnd. Jack Hammond
Ben Davis-First. f. W. steck; sec
ond. James Dickie.
stsyman-First. +. W. steck; sec
ond. ] K. Guerrant
virginia Beauty--First DR.. Parsons;
second, W. s. Bryan.
Bouun-First, Towsor z. smith
Paradise-First. F. W. Steck' sec
end. r. P Parsons.
Rome Beanty-First. F. W. stecA'
second. < : Ciuerrant-
Ruckiughan--No FIRST prize; second
e T. Parsons
Peck's Pleasant-No FIRST pr'ze' SEE
oud James Dickie.
Ear-EtrEr W. St0SACs sEN-
ond. w = Bryan ,a u
Gano-First. F. W. steck: second H.
y washington.
Northern SpY-F'irst. Bond Bros. sec
ond. J. Brad Beverly
Cannon Pearmain-No hrst prize
second. Dr. $ Guerrant
Class q, Best Now or Unlisted variety
No FIRST prize; second. Dr.. l. T. gar
sons. on Lady Fingers
CInss o. Best Plate of Pears
No first prize. second. u. w WASH
ington. on Keiffer Pears
class 10, For Best Plate of Nuts
No first prize; second, Miss Julia
Iced.
Class IA. Peck of Irish Potatoes.
First. :. Won Ammon; second X II
Clemmer.
Class 10, Best Plate OF Variety OF
Apples.
:. Won Ammon, second on Roxooro'
f. ". Steck. second on Willow; +. H.
Antrim. second on Lnbertwig: Dr.
Parsons. second or yellow Bellfower
Or Parsons. second OF SpitzenburG
DR.. Parsons, second on Red Bethen-
helm. DR.. Parsons, second on Tewkes-
burg Blush; DR.. Parsons. second on
Smokehouse; DR.. Parsons. second con
Gloria Mundi
Glass IL, Best Apple PIE.
FIRST. Mrs James Dickie; second.
Mrs. J. III. Markham.
Commercial Apples In Barrels.
Glass Mammoth Black TV1g;
First. Dr. S. s. Guerrant. callaways;
second. John Thwalt. Winchester
Glass 1.-winesaps: First, George
p Dodge. Lov1ngston; second, DR.. ;.
s. Guerrant
class Ben Davis: First. Bond
BROTHERS. Winchester: second, W. l.
Bryan. Fairfield
Class 1-AIbemarle Pippins: First.
DR. :. $. Guerrant; second. James
Dickie. Roseland-
Glass York Imperials: First. III.
G Rarnhart & Sons, New Hope No
second.
Class Best barrel. any variety:
First. Bond Brothers. Winchester; sec
ond. DR.. s. S. Guarrant-
Class 3@Boxes.
Mammoth Black Twig-Efrst, Dr.. ,
2. Guerrant: second. J. p Brown. Pur-
cellvtlle.
Winesaps-Ffrst. DR.. 5. s. Guerrent;
second. Captain J. Brad Beverly. The
Plains"
Ben Davis-First. T. W. stsck. OPe-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-11
MORE TROUBLE FOR JOHNSON
Automobile. safe nnd Fixtures of Sa-
loon seized by sheriff.

Chicago. January 10-Jack John
sons automobile. a safe and the fix
lures OF the saloon OF which he was
until recently the proprietor, We're
seized to-day by the sheriff to satisfy
a judgment OF s5.52f. obtained against
the negro pugilist by brewing COM
pany.
For some time the pugilist appar-
emily has been training to fight again.
He has been boxing at a local gym
nasium. Objection was made TO his
using the gymnasium, and yesterday
he was requested 10 find some other
place to box.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-11
ROY JUST MISSED FORTUNE.
Pearl He Sold for $500 Fetches $4,000
I'm New York.

Lead Hill. Ark, January lo---To and
a record breaking pearl, sell II for $500.
and then learn of its sale in New York
for $4,000 is enough TO make man
lose heart" said John RiNey, farmer
boy, who picked up a y-eight- grain
pearl in White River, near Peel, Iats
last summer.
Eislev sold his prize 10 a pearl buyer
from Cotter. who later disposed of il
for $1,000. II was last sold in New
York City, where a wealthy young
woman is said 10 have paid $4,000
for il.
The Risley pearl is one and seven
eighths inches in circumference, and
IS perfect in shape and lustre-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-11
Grand Officers Entertained.

Especial 10 The Dispatch
Lynchburg, Va, January 1o-Grano
Chancellor 3. A Rutfin, OF Richmond
grand keeper Of record and seals. II.
~ DarnelL of Roanoke. and Grand
Master of Exchequer j. l. BAILEY OF
Richmond. Of the Virginia Grand Lodge
of knights Of Pythias. were guests OF
honor tonight OF the Lynchburg Lodge,
No. IL. OF that order, at the installa-
ton OF officers. The grand officers all
made addresses at banquet following
the installation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-11
BIG Tim SULLIVAN
DECLARED INSANE


(continued From First Page.)
weighs in the neighborhood of 200
pounds and has the same round. cheru-,
bic. very smooth face. a typical Hiber-
nian nose and as big and round a pair
OF baby blue eyes as were ever seen.
and q round, well developed head,
seated on a pair Of massive shoulders,
with seventeen-inch neck Joining
them.
Mentally . Wreck.
But mentally the big fellow" is a
wreck Born in poverty. schooled in
differently. at work as a newsboy. then
in newspaper offices in New York City,
then in charge OF big newspaper de-
livery system, then an owner OF many
newssta nds and successfully a district
leader of Tammany. an Assenblyman.
a State Senator and Congressman,
Representative sullivan next engaged
in theatrical enterprises. and at one
time he and his friends controlled th'r-
ty-two theatres in the country. 1t has
always been commended that with a
higher education big Tim" Sullivan
with his vast executive ability. would
have been one of the great captains
OF industry of the generation.
Representative Sullivans wife died
several weeks ago He has no near
relatives save Larry Mulligan. mis- step
brother. and a step-sister and another
step-brother. The death of his ne
phew, Timothy =. Sullivan, several
years ago from the same ralad< which
is now 10 bring about the Big Eel
lows" dissolution. was one OF tn
greatest pangs OF his life. They were
inseparable.
Together for years and years. they
had issued the Christmas invitations
10 the poor and the wanderers or the
East side TO partake of the season
1oyfulness in the shape of banquet
and the distribution of thousands Of
pairs of Shoes and other comfortable
and substantial gifts. Together they
had controlled the Democratic politics
of the East Side. and Timothy p. had
been the master mind of the board OF
Aldermen They had stood together.
fought together and prospered toSeth-
er. and together they had distributed
hundreds Of thousands of dollars in
charity They had been attacked TO-
gether. and they had fought back to-
getfer. and it is well known that when
Timothy T. died the Big Fellows" in
te-est in political affairs began to
wane.
He gave UP his seat in the state
Senate At Albany and went 10 WASH
fngton as Congressman. tnlnhinS
the change might give him n new en-
vironmen-. Quickly he became tlreu
OF Washington ard returned TO Al
bauy. Early last spring his mental
health became slightly weakened lie
look a run over TO Europe. thinking
TO benefit himself He returned some
what improved. and consented 20 run
for Congress again in the new Tnir-
teenth District. tie was elected Win
out lifting his hand. AS matter OF
fact. he was in Bonds Sanatorium
most Of the time. but he was convince
that his voluntary confinement would
be OF short duration.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-11
Body of Hoors Routed.

Mogador, Morocco. January ia
French column commanded by Colonel
Amedee Guydon de Dives. to-day fought
A severe battle with a large body OF
Moors, whom they routed with a loss
Of 500 killed Twelve French soldiers
were killed and sixty wounded. The
aioors attacked the French troops
twenty miles east Of Mogador. where
they were guarding the lines OF com
munication in Southern Morocco.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-11

St Augustine. Fla, January ia
national organization TO take charge
OF the peace celebration in 1915 70
the signing OF the treaty
OF Client. in 1915. and the half century
of peace between the States, was
launched here to-day. William J.
Bryan was named honorary president
and DR.. Edwin Anderson Alderman.
president OF the University Of Virginia
chairman Of the organization commit
tee
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-11

Columbus. Ohio. January " nc
Medical and Hospital Corps or the
Ohio National Guard were held IN
readiness to-day TO rush to me reiiel
of ohio River Hood sufferers. Reports
received at the adjutant generals OF
fee to-day were that a rise In TEN
nerature had caused further sWelins
Of the river waters and Increased the
0ooh danger.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-11

Mammoth Black Twig-Efrst. Dr. ,
z. Guerrant: second. J. P. Brown, Pur-
cellvlle.
Wtnesaps-F1rst. Dr. s. s. Guerrant:
sacond Car~ain ]. Brad Beverly. The
Plains"
Ben Dav!s-F.rst. T W. steck. OPe-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
To Exhibit GrifOnS
At Norfolk Dog Show
First Display Of Wire-Haired Point.
ers In This Country to
Be Made.

NORFOLK. April 5.-For the first
time I'm this country. GriHons. OF
wire haired pointers. will be exhibit
ed at the second annual Dog SHOW
Of the Norfolk Portsmouth Kennel
Association. Inc. 20 be held here for
three days. beginning April Is. The
dogs are owned by e. Dan Morgan.
Of Denton y. C.. and sportsmen claim
they are better hunters than either
settlers or the ordinary pointers. and
that they viii be eventually used by
all hirdmcn.
The entry Of Griffous was secured
by Frank Z. Stras. vice president OF
the association. who has not only seen
some OF the dogs. but has purchased
TWO puppies. Mr. StraS saws thew
will be one of the big features Of the
show.
The show 90 be held In Norfolk viii
be the last of the Southern Circuf-.
which includes Washington Balti-
more and Norfolk The Baltimore
show began Thursday and closed to-
dsy
The Washington show viii open IN
ApE. iu and close uu April - ana thu
Norfolk show Will Dee held from April
Is GO and including April L.. The
dogs exhibited IU the Baltimore and
Washington SHOWS viii be brought 40
Norfolk for rua exposition OF tile la-
ga. association. some ur rna best
SHOWN dogs u rH- Ea>r and MANY
olue ribbon winners Will be among the
entries
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06

organization necessary produce obtain seed supplies OF
the right grade and quality.
You should take the matter of your gardening seriously
It's well worth while taking seriously for fair sized home
garden easily made in the backyard of city suburban lot
will easily produce vegetables that would cost you from 9o
TO 5000 If bought in city or markets during the
No matter how thorough the preparation OF the SOIL no
how careful your cultivation If the seeds you plant
are of right quality both in termination and trueneSS TO
name your garden will be more or less of a failure
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
Five Packets Of Flower Seed Free

Single and Double Poppes Chinese and japanese Danthus
Pnks Mixed Phlox Grandora and Star Powered Mixed
and superb floral sensation of recent years. the Japanese
Chrvsanhemum Fowered Sunfower. These all very
y grown vet most beautiful flowers well worthy to adOn
any yard in the South This unparalleled offer open alike
the purchaser who city retail store and to the
mail order buyer Remember this offer open to any
and every The only condition is that you must make
purchase Seeds plants bulbs to the amount of 30 cents
or over before Nav /, 1913.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
Hastings Seeds Above Suspicion

he We care not whether that seed is for humble garden
or fve-thousand-acre plantation it must come up to the
Hastings standard Of quality Otherwise hnds no place III
our warehouses salesrOOms
It's this painsaking in seed-growlng and seed
selling has put Hastings Seeds abOve suspicious; made
them the standard excellence and quality in every
Southern State It's the for the hundreds OF thou
sands pleased and satisfied seeduyng customers scatter
ed all over the South whose orders handled each by
our extensive mail order department with its more than one
hundred employees the largest mail order seed business IN
the South and equalled by few in this country
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06

It gardening and planting time almost all over the
South On the quality of the seed plant during the next
few weeks depends very large degree the success OF your
garden and farm work for 1913.
Not all seed sold is good seed. In fact comparatively
little the garden and flower seed sold is of high grade.
This especially the seed sold by merchants and
small stores because the merchant dealer is dis
honest they lack the knowledge and business
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06

We believe thoroughly in the identifying of the home
surroundings not only in Atlanta but in every Southern city
and Nothing adds to the appearance of the home
than green and abundance of flowers We believe
in helping this for beautiful home surround
ings in a thoroughly practical way, too
From until May | will give absolutely free to
every one who purchases from Seeds plants bulbs
the of 30 packet each of Hast
ings Dwarf Mixed Nasturtums Hastings Superb Mixed
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06

You have a right to be suspicious Of seeds from doubt
full unknown There is too much dependent
the results of seed planted for you to take unnecessary
chances.
You don't take chances when you plant Hastings Seeds
They the products of worldwide seed growing Organ
zatOn They from the experts and specialists in seed
production both in the United States and European countries
Tens thousands miles travelled by members of
firm each year in seed crop inspections, that ings
Seeds kept up to very high standard above susp
con of defects, matter what kind of seed may
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06

a LII that can be done by pro-
gressive agriCulturists to arouse
the South 70 the necessity Of di
versity OF crops and to devoting it
self TO animal husbandry, slow
progress will be made because il is
difficult to reach the land owners
the absent landlords The poor ten
ants negroes many of them-know
only cotton and the ways their IA
theirs did II. The land owner has
left II to them, while he lives in
town, practices law, politics or
something else, with no thought Of
agriculture other than collecting
rents from tenants.
The big land owners Of the South
are the Souths agricultural curse.
Not that there are not some big land
owners who are progressive agri-
Culturists, but as a whole the sys-
TEN is a drag block on Southern
agricultural progress. The big land
owner could, il he would, direct his
tenants away from the losing game,
but getting the land owner inter-
ested and particularly to get his
mind open TO real conditions and to
be willing to accept modern meth
DDS. is a task probably larger than
that of getting him to release his
blighting tenure and be willing to
parcel IL out to thrifty small farm
ers
Wherever i'm the South the immi
grant or emigrant has applied him
self to agriculture with diversity Of
crops and soil conserving processes,
there the native has been quick TO
see the advantages and adopt them.
With willingness OF the large land
owner TO sell would come new blood
into the South and new hope and
endeavor among the tenant class.
This, with the splendid missionary
and educational work Of the farm
demonstration agents now rapidly
increasing i'm number in the South,
viii bring Dixie into its own as a
territory Of the greatest agricultural
possibilities
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
WORCESTERSHIRE the soutl

7 NQUESTIONABLY the South
- has its mission TO perform in
growing cotton. Without doubt cot
ton viii prove a well paying crop
when right agricultural practices
are carried on. II is that cotton may
be grown with greater success. with
higher yields per acre and there
fore at greater profit that crop ro-
tation. winter cover crops. the in
corporation Of organic matter in the
soil. the growing of live stock, deep
breaking. shallow cultivation, right
fertili2inE, adoption of economic
machinery and the use Of all other
contributions Of agricultural science
and industrial invention that have
proven successful, are being urged
upon the Southern farmer.
The boil weevil has come upon the
scene to reinforce the gospel of right
agriculture. What with agriCultur-
al teaching and boil weevil warning,
the southern cotton farmer will un-
questionably respond and conditions
will improve wonderfully within the
next half decade
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
South's Fertility Drains Red
To the Sea With Spring Rains
Millions of Dollars Lost of Soil Life That Could Have
Been Saved by Winter Cover Crops and Humus in
Soil---NOt Till Soil LeaChing Is Checked Can Old
Time Yields Be Obtained From Fields Where
Continuous Cotton Cropping sPracticed

cattle tick. Both are not really OBJ
stacles, but neglect. No section Of
the country really admits Of grow
ing successfully 50 many kinds of
crops as the South No one need be
troubled with cattle ticks unless he
Is willing, for the destroying Of cat
tie ticks is simple and ineXpen-
sive matter
Commensurate TO the South's
neglect Of animal husbandry will it
suffer an unnecessary draining Of
its financial strength to those sec
tons Of the country where such
food supplies are produced not "A
matter to be regretted we're IL not
a wholly useless waste
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06

HE South can snap its fingers at
the boil weevil when IL has
adopted system of crop rotation.
IL the invasion of this pest, the WISH
tation OF this plague upon the wan
ton soil robbers, is accepted in the
right way, its scourge will prove
a great blessing to the South. As
plainly as a voice laundering from
Sinai the message to the cotton
farmer Of the South to-day in this
visitation of "a plague is, Cease rob
bing Restore"
The boil weevil can not survive
where there is no cotton. Rotate
crops, returning TO cotton perhaps
not oftener than once in three years
on a given piece Of land. and the
weevil's presence will be only slight
ly felt, and not felt at all il the
farmers could only cooperate i'm
concerted action 10 starve il out.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06

the business, II managed to keep
fair amount Of vegetable matter
contributed to the making Of the soil
by dropping leaves or stalk and
blade, and with these maintaining a
surface muck that saw to it that
the rains carried away the least pos
sible plant food that the humus was
forming. In those days the South
ern rivers ran clear and clean.
Abandon a field, however quilted
and worn it may be, nature viii set
to work to clothe the nakedness and
heal the wounds inflicted by man,
by growth of weed or shrub or tree
But the cotton farmer has not learn
ed these lessons Of nature. His has
been a policy OF laying bare the soil,
removing its fertility by single crop
ing and clean cultivation, and leav-
ing the rains TO do their worst
Humus is an important source
and means OF obtaining nitrogen,
the most expensive plant food that
the farmer undertakes TO buy. Chile
has the only commercial deposit in
the world, and this is being fast CON
sumcd Humus is a source Of nitro
gen because it feeds nitrogen fixing
bacteria These bacteria draw nj
trogen from the air as well as from
the cellulose OF vegetable matter.
and convert It into nitrates ready for
the plant 10 use.
However much vegetable matter
is put into the soil. It serves no
purpose as plant food until it has
been acted upon by bacteria. We
call It "fermcnt." decay" "rotting,"
but there could be none Of these
without bacterial action-in fact, it
is bacteria In action. breaking up
the chemical compounds.
Bacteria are organisms, micro
scopical in size, and like people or
other organisms, they must live on
vegetable or other form OF organic
matter Turn under q sod, muck,
leaves. bone, blood. anything that
has grown, and the bacteria are fed.
Indeed bacteria have wonderfully
accommodating appetite and are
ready 10 dcvour anything organic.
Second in importance 20 feeding
the bacteria that create important
plant food, humus affects very help
fully the mechanical condition of
the soil by giving it spongelike
capacity for taking up and holding
water Where it exists In proper
quantity IL "soalis up" the water and
creates soiubility Of plant food
an important consideration when
one bears i'm mind that plants can
take their food from the soil only
with water. or. in other words. solu-
bile form
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06

GREAT loss is sustained each
" spring by burning the corn
and cotton stalks instead of turn
ing them under with the pillow TO
mold. help hold soil moisture and
WELD up plant food through the oper-
alton Of bacteria. one of the points
most urged by the farm demOnstra-
ton agents employed Jointly IN the
South by the United States depart
rlent OF agriculture and the states,
is the turning under Of such or
ganiC matter
This will not accomplish what is
necessary in the way of adding 10
the humus Of the soil, but II IA a
little that will help A striking in
stance is given I'm Farmers Bulletin
5l9 of the United States department
Of agriculture. Of sam Mccall, an
old negro in Alabama, who few
years ago began adding TO the hui
mus az his soil by hauling leaves
and decayinE vegetation from the
woods TO his two-acre farm, and
later by contributing valuable hui
mus i'm the way Of manure until he
was able 20 grow, after crop rota-
ton one bale Of cotton OF 900
pounds on an eighth of an acre. The
actual Improvement Of the land,
however. started with only the muck
from the woods. ON a larger farm
this would not he practical, but II IN
diCatcs from what wide variety OF
sources organic matter TOT the
soil can he taken.
What is more practical and eco
uomiCal for the average farmer IS
the winter cover crop or cereals
alone. or cereals grown with clover
or vetch While contributing TO the
vegetable matter of the soil. the
farmer can use them for pasturage
or for feed as a gathered crop.