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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14
BY j. VI. BELL.

1t may be of interest to those who
contemplate handling good dual pur-
pose cattle to know something of the
history of the Red Polls. a breed which
combines splendid qualities, both rs
milk and beef producers. therefore.
they should commend themselves to
the farmer who is looking for n dual
purpose breed.
England tho Native Home.
y traveller in Great Britain. who
should traverse the shores OF Norfolk
and Suffolk the most eastern part of
ENGLAND. would he right in the native
habitat of the Red Pollcd cattle
The origin Of this breed is differ
entity interpreted by live stock writer's.
1t has been said that they were de-
sccnded from the Galloway typo. 9TH
crs have attributed their ancestry to
the White Pollcd sort. still others
claim that the breed was derived from
the pollcd cattle Of Southern Europe.
as. for example, Hungary or Central
Russia. where cattle possessed the soft
satiny skin of thr Red Polled. rather
than from the Galloway. with it's
heavy. long coat and thicker hide. BE
this as II may. it is now we'll known
that the present day Red Pollcd
breed consists of an amalgamation OF
the following two types or varieties:
The suffolk Rcd rollcd and the Nor
folk Red polled. The polled cattle in
the former shire were recognized as
early as 1884 as being famous for milk
production, and John Kirby, writing
In the Suffolk Traveller ut that period,
credits this district with making the
best and pleasantest butter in Eng
land" Another early writer states that
for two or three months n herd OF
these COWS would average five gallons
OF milk n day a head. Those Suffolk
cattle were rather small and thin OF
flesh. We're red dun. or brIndlcd i'm
color. The early writer's of Norfolk
describe Il type of cattle. blood-red in
color. with white or notified face. and
having horns and small of bone, but
"fattennS as freely and finishing. rs
highly ut three years old rs other cat
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14
Mny Renew business.

PittSburgh Pa, September IL
stockholders of the First Second Ma
tional Bank OF Pittsburgh. with claims
in excess of $4,000. have formed a
tentative plan for the rehabilitation of
that institution, which recently failed.
The plan will not be made public until
approved by the hanks receiver.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14
1908 pounds; 1850 to 1900 being con.
sidercd a fair average
General Remarks.

The Red Polled cattle as beef pro-
duccrs hold very good rank. making
profitable feeders" for the stock man,
and furnishing good class OF beef
for the consumer
AS milk producers the cows OF this
breed have long held high rank. many
individuals producing as much as 5000
pounds of milk year. while as much
as 1l.00S pounds OF milk are given by
one Of these cows in period dating
from July Is OF one year to June 10
of the following year. The COWS OF
this breed also have to their credit
good butter records, numbers OF them
producing from 500 TO 400 pounds n
year
The Red Polled cattle are now widely
distributed, yet the breed cannot be
regarded as common. In Great Britain
they are stil bred mainly in their
native habitat. Norfolk and Suffolk
Counties, although large herds exist
elsewhere Specimens OF the breed
have been shipped from England to
Russia. South Africa, Australia, Cana
ia, New Zealand. while many nne
herds are in this country, whore they
are pretty well distributed, the breed
being CPrly we'll adapted 70 a wide
range OF climate in temperate ATTITUDES.
As Il dual purpose breed, the Red
Polls have made good
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14
BOY MADE GOOD;
MODERN METHODS
An Experience Being Duplicated
on Hundreds OF Virginia
Farms This Year.
STORY OF SMALL CORNFiELD
Great Army oil Twentieth Cen
fury Farmers on Way.
Their Methods.

IN Andrew NJ Soule. formerly OF
Virginia. now OF the agricultural dc
partmcnt Of the University of Georgia.
has written for the Atlanta journal a
delightful story. founded on actual fact.
that has but one weak point, and that
is that the full name and address of
thc johnny OF the story is not given.
Any one Of 200 boys in Virginia could
just we'll be the hero this year OF 4
romance exactly ON the order OF that
OF DIR. Soulcs story. entitled The Boy
That Made Good" DR.. SCulc writes:
Johnny was q little twelve ycar-old
boy. He did not differ especially from
other BOYS OF his age. He lived on q
farm OF considerable area, where the
main crops cultivated We're corn and
cotton. Like other boys raised in the
open country, he enjoyed the freedom
OF it's fields. ranged through the wood
land hunting with his gun whenever
opportunity afforded. iishcd and selncd
in the streams, and enjoyed the old
swimming hole. like hundreds OF other
boys had done before him. The beauty
OF the country and the opportunities
of the farm had not appealed with par
t!cUlur force to Johnny because they
We're just things OF everyday life. and
nobody had told him about the latent
possibilities of his surroundings. Like
other boys on neighboring farms. hc
went to school, and on one occasion
was greatly impressed by the visit OF
n stranger who said he had come TO
cooperate with the teacher and the
county school officials in the organiza-
tion Of n boys corn club. He asked
how many OF the boys in that particu-
lar school would care to undertake 10
cultivate an acre OF ground that spring
in corn according to certain methods
and suggestions which he would tell
them about
Mother the Rescue,
Quite Il number thought this would
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14
Virginia Cultivation.

speaking readily available form
Virginia Cultivation.
Johnny now proceeded to cultivate
his corn frequently and With shallow
implements that only stirred the SUR
face OF the soil for the teacher had
said that il would not do to destroy
the little fine feeding roots of the
plant. After the corn was about knee
high he put on 200 pounds OF q for
mula containing per cent OF phos-
phoric acid. per cent of nitrogen and
5 per cent of potash. The nitrogen in
this instance consisted of equal parts
OF cottonsced meal and nitrate of soda.
This fertilizer he scattered down the
middle of the drill rows and worked
we'll into the soil while cultivating his
crop. lie did not use plow in his
corniield after breaking the land save
TO prepare the seedbed. He did keep up
cultivation ms late into the season as
possible. putting a muzzle on his mule
so he could not injure the corn. He
also cultivated frequently, thus pre-
serving a dust mulch. by so doing il
was not necessary for him To hand hoe
his crop.
His corn grew beautifully throughout
1t did not suffer from drought because
he had stored water in the soil carly
in the spring and had kept 1t there
by his method of cultivation The crop
promised well throughout the growing
season, though n hailstorm and several
violent winds damaged some Of his
plants and twisted and broke down
others. Still his crop was landmark
as for as 1t could be seen in any di-
rcction, and friends and ncighbors who
had laughed and jokcd came to see
what Johnny was doing and how he
had obtained suSh wonderful result.
Fnr-RenchiuG Results.
After while harvest time came and
two disintercstcd and responsible par
ties appointed by the county school
commissioner came out and helped
Johnny harvest and weigh his crop.
To the surprise OF every one he had
made n yield of 90 bushels of corn, and
thus established for all time in his
mind the great possibilities which n
better understanding and appreciation
OF nature mean to the boys of Georgia.
He learned that through the use OF
scientific principles he could master and
dominate nature; he could grow much
more corn than his father had been
growing by his indifferent and care
less methods. He learned that he could
balance up the food supply OF the soil
in an acceptable manner, and by seed
selection, careful preparation and
planting, he could help his crop to get
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14
Address

py those drought periods which have
so often proved destructive in the his
tory of our agriculture.
After harvesting his crop Johnny CO.
iected the best ten ears he had. ac-
cordinS to the standard furnished him
by the college of agriculture. and took
them to the county fair. where pro
miums of various kinds were offered To
'hose boys eNcelling in the production
OF corn He also submitted a written
report showing just what it had cost
him TO grow his crop and how he had
prepared the soil, and fertilizcd and
cultivated his corn The splendid re-
port he made and the clearness with
which he presented the facts together
with the excellence and uniformity of
thc ten ears exhibited won him i'm
mediate recognition from the Judges
and Johnny became the proud posscs-
sor OF scholarship which enabled him
10 spend part OF the winter STUDYING
and fitting himself the better to he n
modern and progressive farmer in his
native State.
Johnny's achievement brought new
nope to the community and now in
! stead of being an unknown and un-
appreciated little boy, he is looked upon
rs one who has given Il new vision to
his county and is proudly introduced
to every one as the boy who grew 100
bushels of corn on an acre of land.
Johnny's demonstration is being emu
lated by thousands OF other boys in
Georgia and every liberal minded citi-
zcn Will certainly rejoice that there is
so much in agricultural education that
he expects to prepare himself to enter
the college of agriculture so that he
may become n leader in the agricu-
tural Recommendation OF his Stafe
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14
FACTs FROM AFAR.
Pointers of More or Less Industrial
Character From All Over the World.

Character From All Over the World.
Irrigation has been practiced in
Spain nearly century, the first canal
There are nearly 100000 acres OF
waste land in this country which are
capable OF being cultivated.
The Asiatic town OF Maiwatch, on the
borders of Russia. is peopled by men
only. Women are forbidden entrance
there.
Exports OF South African produce
from all ports of Cape Province during
1912 We're valued at S257,243,555, and
from Cape Town alone at S245,9l9,J64.
French scientists have found new
source Of vegetable ivory in the
albumcn OF the fruit of a small palm
growing prolihcally in the French
From Switzerland comes a recently
invented head covering for women
which can be worn as 4 simple hood or
twisted into nearly dozen forms OF
NJ the request of the governments of
China Chinese student Has been as
signed as aid in one of TIC field parties
Of the United States Geological Survey.
There are 135 cooperative credit and
loan banks in the Nethe.lands sup
are again affiliated with the Neither
lands Bank
one fym in the british Isles pas
an ,other S4SG.0oo. 4 third issues 4
trat catalogue at the cost OF S2i6.OOO
every year.
III The union or south Africa there
are 1875 os.iichoS. and OF this mum
Der 72S,0S7 are in Cape Province. The
weekly sales there average more than
900 900 feathers.
Notwithstanding discoveries ofradium
deposits during the year, the value of
clined by almost half The radium pro-
duction has been made a Federal mo-
nopoly. and the government is gradual
~ acquiring MI the districts where It
is known to occur.
Fire waste in the cities of the United
States ar allied TO forest and water
place in the deliberations of the 18th
National Conservation Congress to be
held in WASHINGTON in November Facts
and figures emphasizing the tremen-
will be laid before the congress by
speakers OF national note, and ,neans
viii be considered for the reduction OF
this vast waste.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14

the conditions of his soil and the crop
he was cultivating. The fertilizer and
leaf mold and rich lower earth of the
soil We're thoroughly mixed together by
means OF Il bul! tongue The furrows $
were then drawn together and the
corn planted on this rich seed bed
which had been literally supplied with
vegetable matter and the essential fer
tilizing constituents III relatively
speaking readily available form.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14

he an Interesting experiments provided
their fathers would consent to it, and
among them was our young friend AS
soon rs school was over the BOYS went
home, and though Johnny's father was
not much impressed with the idea.
through the assistance OF his mother
ne finally won parental consent to en-
tcrlng the corn club contests Of that
year and cultivate AN acre Of land by
me 'newfanSed' methods which the
!tnerant corn club agent had told the
boys about that morning 1t was a new
experience to johnny and pleasant re-
sDonsitihty in spite OF all the labor
ana effort involved. TO feel that he was
TO be master OF piece OF ground and
institute and follow thereon methods
which Were considered out OF the ordi :
nary In that section, and therefore Of
questionable value.
Just IS soon as the weather would
permit, and that was very early in the
spring. Johnny plowed his ground very
thorou"hly, using two mules and
breaking IL to n depth of ton inches
lie selected an acre OF land OF average
icr,.lity, for that was all they would
give him, ana he had to spend much
labor and effort In clearing il up and
getting Il in shape to pillow After
plowing the land he narrowed il sew
eral times so as to put it in a per
fcctly level condition and break the
ciods and Jumps. He even hauled off
some loose stones. Early in March he
planted his corn from seed which he
had tested ana selected with care ana
according 10 the instructions sent to
him from tho State College Of Agri-
culture. As a result he got n perfect
stand. He used q prolific variety OF
corn and planted in rows four feet
apart, leaving his hills about II inches
apart in the drills.
FcrtIli.inG IniclliGcntIy.
Before he planted the corn he opened
burrows with q turning plow 10 a good
depth and put in the bottom several
one horse loads OF leaf mold which he
had gathered UP from depressions in
the woodland. The fertilizer was then
scattered on the leaf mold and me used
900 pounds of n i-3-i formula The
nitrogen was derived from cottonsccd
meal: the phosphoric acid from acid
phosphate. and the potash from mu-
riatc Of potash. He used this formula
adviscdly because the cottonseed meal
furnished nitrogen in an organic form,
yet he was told this would become
quickly enough available TO supply the
needs OF his crop. The acid phosphate
ana muriate Of potash furnished these
elements in about as cheap and dcsira-
BILE Il form as he could secure them.
He had learned from the instructor.
that it would require n good deal of
plant food to make q yield of 100
bushels OF corn per acre. which was
about seven times as much as his
father had been raising on an acre
He therefore fertilizcd his land lib
orally. and he used formula which
lie was advised would most likely meet
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14
REAL. ESTATE AND
Bull DING Ne US
CONTINUED From First PagcD

for Richmond, as we'll as themselves,
that they do not. for. say what You Will
about the comforts and cOnvcniences
of n flat, it's not home after all and
never can be The average rental
houses are spacious and comfortable
having nice front yards and large rear
lot something which many cities do
not give, thus adding to their attrac-
ton in addition to sanitary advan-
tage of space, light and air"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-28
MUSIC TRUST Of
S15,0OO,0OO
PLANNED
Syndicate Said to Have Been
Secretly Formed to Control
Sheet Music Production.

NEW YORK, Nov. ga $4,000
600 music trust is organizing. Its aim
is said to be to control the publication,
sale and price of sheet music, ragtime
and otherwise, IN the United States.
Many big firms have Joined, or have
been invited in. Contamination of
the scheme has been halted tempo
rarily by the declination of e. w.
Woolworth & Co. to join. Should that
firm refuse to come in the syndicate
aims to establish branch stores
everywhere to retail music at 10 cents
less.
Work has been conducted secretly
for months. The project is said to
have originated with George r. Tur-
ner, who interested a Wall street COM
bination According to information
given to The Georgian, he has in
duced these firms, among others, to
co operate:
The Shapiro Company, H. Witmark
& Sons, Jerome f. Remick, Leo Feist,
Harry Won Tilzer Watson Snyder
Company.
From those who have seen the doc
uments in the deal it was learned the
firms named and others have sub
scribed to stock in the new corpora
ton up to at least half the SIS, 100000.
Financial reasons are given for the
proposed combination. 1t is asserted
that on 10-cent music publishers make
only l cent selling it to the retailer
for cents. The retailer makes 3
cents.
Again, the cost of popularizing mu-
sic is enormous. Publishers are COM
PEELED OF pay singers to get their songs
before the public. In some cases
singers exact 800 a week for render
ing selection only once.
Those interested plan to do away
with the expense of popularization
and cut out the army who nightly are
employed to boost new songs with
their claque.
None of the men interested would
discuss the project.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-28
Bigamist Tried and
Sentenced to Four
Years in l6 Minutes

Charles L. Smith was given the
maximum penalty for bigamy Friday
afternoon in what was probably a
hearing remarkable for it's shortness.
sixteen minutes after Smith had
entered the courtroom he was SEN
fenced to four years penal servitude.
1t required nine minutes to hear the
evidence four minutes for the judges
charge, and three minutes for iury de-
liberation.
Smith married Miss Gertrude Will
son, daughter of S. NJ. Wilson. a
wealthy professional bondsman, No.
33l CORTLAND street, after a whirl-
wind courtship last summer. Later it
was charged that Smith already was
married his first wife having been
Miss Lennie Spain, of Phoenix City,
Ala. A marriage license for this GER
emony and the testimony of the Rev.
James Carpenter, of Phoenix City,
formed the principal evidence.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-28
WOMAN SSK|RT
AvERTS WRECK
Of DIXIE TRAIN
Heroine Flags Fast Express at a
Burning Bridge With Her
Petticoat.

LUCEDALE. MISS, Nov. 2S.-
Score of passengers on the fast Mo-
bile and Ohio Railroad train, en-
route from Mobile to Memphis, owe
their lives to-day to a woman and a
girl.
The woman and girl are Mrs. A.
f. Boultin and daughter, Carrie, II
years old. Returning from walk in
the woods near here they discovered
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad bridge
over a small creek was on fire.
Flames were eating away the pill
ing, and the structure was about to
collapse. While Mrs. Boultin ran
half a mile up the railroad track to
flag trains, due in Lucedale in a few
minutes the daughter ran for assis-
lance
Mother Flags Train With Skirt.
Several farmers were called from
fields several blocks away by the
girl. The mother, half a mile up the
railroad track, tagged with her white
ptticoat the Mobile and Ohio freight
in charge of Conductor AVera Su-
perintendent A F. Church was
aboard. Fifteen minutes later the
fast Mobile and Ohio passenger train
wa. tagged by trainmen.
If it hadn't been for Mrs. Boultin
and her white petticoat, the freight
train would in all probability have
been ditched on the burning bridge,
and the fast passenger train would
have followed.
Will Be Given Reward for Act.
1t took three hours hard work to
repair the bridge; new piling had to
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-28
Bothered BY Catarrh, Bronchitis,
Asthma, Head or Chest Colds

These vapors open the air passages,
loosen the phlegm, and heal the in
famed mucous membrane.
For Catarrh and Head Colds melt
a, little in spoon and inhale the
vapors. Also apply we'll up the
nostrils. For Asthma and Hay Fee
yer follow the above instructions
and also rub we'll over the spinal
column, thus relaxing the nervous
tension. For Bronchitis, Sore Throat,
and deep chest colds apply well over
chest and throat, first opening the
pores by applications of hot wet
towels. Then cover with a warm
flannel cloth, leaving the covering
loose around the neck so the va
pors arising may be inhaled all night
long. In addition NiCks is absorbed
through the pores taking out the
tightness and soreness. Three sizes
-25c, soc and S1.00.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-28
Army Man Teacher
At Riverside School

First Lieutena. Harry Hawley
Ninth Infantry, Z. 5. A., has assumed
his duties as professor of military
science and tactics at Riverside Acad =
envy, in Gainesville,
Lieutenant Hawley a graduate OF
West Point in the class of 1904, and
served in the Philippines in 1905-06
and again in 1901, two years Of
which time war spent in exploration
and survey work in the interior of the
islands of Luzon and Mindanao. He
also served in the Hawaiian Islands
In 1912.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-28
Kills Self for Love
OF Another's Wife

COLUMBUS, MISS, Nov. 2S.-Aft-
.er Marion Pittman had confessed his
infatuation for Mrs. Thomas Green
he fatally wouded himself by firing
bullet in his chest. Green come
from his home in Warren. Ark, it is
said, to ask Pittman if it was true
that he loved his wife.
Yes" said Pittman, Il love her
better than my life"
You can not have her" replied
Green. She is needed at home to
take care Of her children"
Green attempted to prevent Pitt
man from shooting himself He is
held pending an investigation.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-28
Thought Groundhogs
Possums; Ate Them

EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL, Nov 2s.--
Just as Charles Merker, an East st
Louis druggist, and his family had
finished a Thanksgiving possum din
ner his clerk telephoned him that two
groundhogs left for exhibition in the
store window were missing. 1t soon
dawned on Mr.. Merker that he had
eaten the groundhogs. A doctor, sum-
moned hurriedly, informed him the
dinner would not hurt him.
A friend promised to leave two pos
sums at Merker's store for the pro-
prietors Thanksgiving dinner, but
failed to do so. Another friend IN
the meantime had left two ground
hogs for Merker to put on exhibition.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-28
Pindell Quiz Awaits
Regular Session

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-The
nomination Of Henry NJ. Pendell, of
Peoria, H., to be Ambassador to Rus
de. will not be Investigated until the
rsgular session of Congress.
Senator Stone. chairman of the
subcommittee of the Senate Judi
ciary Committee which will inquire
into the Pindell case, said to-day his
committee would not meet before next
week. President Wilson will have to
Fenominate Pindelb
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-28
Menace to Shank by
Labor Strife Ended

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. pa pos
sibility Of solving threatened indus
trial strife and averting the resigna-
ton or impeachment Of Mayor Sam
uel L. Shank doomed into sight to-
day.
Following a long conference at the
City Hall, an agreement was reached
for the appointment of an arbitration
committee OF fifteen, five members
each to represent the teemsters' un-
ion, the Mayor and the team owners
of Indianapolis.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-28
Society Pair Here
On Auto Honeymoon
Tour After Eloping

W. +. Allen. young society man Of
Newport News, and his bride, beau
tiful daughter of F. F. Finch, million
aire banker of Virginia and New
York, arrived in Atlanta Friday on
an elopement honeymoon trip.
Allen and the girl eloped in an au-
tomobile from Newport News and
were married in North Carolina. They
decided to keep right on and have an
automobile honeymoon through the
South. They registered at the Pied
mont shortly after noon, and then
started out on a sightseeing tour Of
the city.