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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-07
Fnrminc I'm Russin

The Illustrated London News saws:
kussia'S present productive area
Tor cereals is considerably larger than
that OF the United States and Canada
combined. Russia has more land un-
ucr wheat rye, oats. potatoes and har-
vest grass than the great republic and
me great dominion together. Russia's
crop area Is more than ten times
derful progress in agriculture is due
to we'll defined causes. among which
may first be enumerated the peace OF
the country since 1906; secondly. the
increased production OF mineral fer
llizers. the consumption OF which has
10 about 100000 tons in 1912; thirdly.
the great increase in the imports and
home manufacture OF agricultural ma
chinery: fourthly. the increase in the
number OF agricultural societies. which
now number nearly LOCO; and last but
not least, the increased agronomicaI
STAFF. The latter reached last year a
total of 5,lS5. composed OF specialists
and instructors supported by govern
ment or public funds
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-07

The Soul OF n Working Girl.
The story below, told by a Northern
exchange, furnishes food for thought
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-07
BY people who are too often rather

by people who are too often rather
hasty In their Judgment:
girl was sitting on a park bench
in New York in a stupor. The prac-
ticed eye of a policeman perceived at
a glance that she had taken poison.
He rushed her TO hospital a doctor
pumped her for the deadly drug. Then
the police pumped her for her story.
II was simple.
Her father and mother died within
short time. Left upon her own re-
sources she learned the feather curl
ing trade. She earned little at 1t in
her native city and was advised to go
TO New York. She went there. She
looked for work for months. but did
not find H. Her capital dwndled down
10 the last dollar. She gave up her
room and slept in the parks. After a
few more days her last dollar had
shrunk TO the last quarter. The girl
held communion with herself 1t was
cided that she would rather die un-
sullied. With the last quarter she
bought the deadly drug.
Some vice crusaders. sincere and
otherwise. have put the life of the
working girl under the microscope in
the last year. Her mental character
and moral strength were searched into.
And the crusaders appraised these at
tributes in terms of dollars and cents.
On so and SO much a week girl will
keep straight, they said. On less she
who planned her death because the
price TO be paid for living was too
great. too exacting. shows that we'll
meaning reformers sometimes have
only surface acquaintance with the
class they would help.
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None, In Cucumber

New England exchange tells us
that Rockville. Conn. claims to be the
cucumber centre of the world. because
the soil about that section has been
found to be just suited TO the culture
OF the vines Some 100000 of the
cucumbers are shipped daily to other
places for sale and TO pickle factories
the prices ranging around S1.35
thousand But that is only the sum-
ner cucumber business. and does NOT
compare with the winter industry OF
Worcester County, where the cucum
oers are raised in hothouses and sold
Tor 70 a bushel or more, when they are
Injuries for the tables OF the rich. n
from 10 to so cents each
virginia soil is just as good for Gu
cum ocrs as that OF Connecticut or any
wheTS else, and the markets are ex-
ceedinSly convenient. Can't somebody
start a small cucumber farm near Rich
mond as matter of demonstrat ton?
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Cattle raising pays In Virginia.

Cattle RnisInE Pays In Virginia.
4 man in Petersburg sends II G q clip
ping from the New York journal OF
Commerce. which. he says, is "chug full
OF good hints" The first paragraph
from the clipping reads as follows:
One effect of the prolonged drough,
in section OF the West largely de-
voted 10 cattle and sheep raising is the
selling off OF much OF the young stock
and Fastening IL to the Eastern mar
kets. This is not due simply to the
shriveling of the forage and the pros
pect Of a scanty crop Of corn for later
feeding. but quite as much to the
shortage OF water for drinking. The
result is said 10 be that many cattle
and sheep are sold to be red for the
slaughter in other districts. While
this may more than keep up the meat
supply while the process is going on
II Will result in shortening the future
supply. This shortening is not merely
the temporary effect OF one dry season
The process has been going on for
some years from other causes"
The hint contained in the above is
that Virginia is acting wisely in in
creasing its live stock. and that there
can be no mistake in still further
stocking the vast acres with fine beef
cattle
The next paragraph from the clip
pllS Tells us tn2t. according 10 the
latest government statistics, the num-
ber OF beef cattle in the United States
diminished in the six years from the
beginning of 1907 from 5l,565.o0o to
S0,oS0,0oo. Sheep declined in the same
period from 53,2t0,0o0 to 51.+S2,000,
hogs increased in number from a..
7?4 900 to 6l,1TS,0oo. In the meantime
there has been an increase III the pop
ulation OF the country calculated at
hAt I hn
native meat supply is similarly indi
Gated in the records of the shipment
Of live stock by carloads to The prin-
cipal markets for slaughter. Surely
cattle raising can be made very profit
able in Virginia.
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Hint. for virginia orchnrd,-t..


The following. taken from the edi-
tor!al column OF the New York Times.
IS we'll worthy the careful consdera-
t!on OF Virginia apple growers:
There are twenty million more ap-
pie eaters in the United States than
there were In 1905. and yet there was
'overproduction' OF apples when the
last crop was short of the average by
ten million barrels. Under such con-
ditions overproduction spells bad dis
tribution. The remedy is Improvement
of market conditions. The apple pro-
ducers have remarked that people are
eating bananas, oranges and grape
fruit. and they have determined that
If they are to sell their fruit they must
adopt the methods of the trusts. which
have brought exotic products within
the reach of those who cannot eat do
mestic fruits because they are dear
and inaccessible.
"At the same time that Congress is
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-07

belaboring the fruit trust for the EN-
, cheney, which means cheap tropical
fruits to the humhlcst, it is doing moth
ing TO stimulate the ineniciency of the
unorEanized agricultural interest
which wants something done especial
( ~ for IL at the expense OF the con-
sumers. II is not the fault OF the rail-
ways. for the imported competitors of
the apple must pay the same carriers,
and the ocean carrier. too. 1t is not
the fault OF the consumer. for he pays
his money out with equal reluctance,
and loves not apples less because the
substitutes are better brought TO his
attention. There is much need OF an
apple trust, bad as the fruit trust.
There is room for an organization
which should produce better apples. and
which should better market the apples
already produced.
More apples would be bought If they
were packed more honestly and attrac-
lively. And If the apples would not
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-07
Learning Too onick.

The following from the Philadelphia
Public Ledger is good reading and
contains hint:
"A few days ago a Virginia boy
walked thirty miles to see n circus.
He left his home at sunrise. crossed
the Alleghenies. reached town just be-
fore dark, got a good nights sleep and
spent all the next day taking in the
sights. 1t was his first glimpse into
the larger world. and he enjoyed every
minute of it. Satiated and delighted
he struck his trail again. and with
him were memories that will last for
months to come.
1T is simple incident. but the point
is that his happiness was so large that
it became an item in the local news Of
the State. The tragedy OF the day is
the loss Of novelty and surprise. once
regadred the Joy of childhood. BY
the time the boys and girls of the pres
cnt age reach twelve or fifteen they
have seen about all there is to be SEEN.
and many know entirely too much OF
the world for their own benefit.
Civilization is wonderful and be-
nevolent, but 1t has nothing that could
excel the charm that came to the
twelve-year- boy of the mountains
when he saw the sights of his first
circus and beheld the old, old antics Of
the old, old clowns. often happiness
Is In not knowing too much and always
1t Is In having something new to know"
10
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INVADING COLORADO.
Southern Railway Establishes Indus
trial ImmIgrnfion QiIce In lenxcr

Washington. D. c., September 6.-An
office OF the land and industrial de-
partment OF the Southern Railway. Mo
bile and Ohio Railroad and Georgia
Southern and Florida Railway was es-
tablished at Denver. Col, September
l, with Fl. r. Buckley in charge. with
the title OF travelling agent The open
Ing of the Denver office will extend the
work OF Southern Railway and aftil-
lated lines in the solicitation OF immi-
grafton and industries farther into the
Western States, and should prove OF
value to the entire Southeastern States.
MIR. Buckley is an experienced man.
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having assisted in the preparation of
exhibits OF Southern products made by
me southern and affiliated lines at
tairs in the North and West and is
thoroughly conversant with conditions
IN the southeast and with the many
attractions which this section offers to
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-07
be eaten as apples thex might b. nrs.

be eaten as apples they might be pre-
served. or made into cider. or fed to
animals, or made use of in other by
ways. 1t has required adversely to
give these hints TO apple producers
There are some who do not need this
teaching, and IL behooves all TO get
into the same class of efficiency, in or
out OF the methods of the trusts. which
are under punishment for their service
10 consumers"
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who WOULD Live In Knnsns,

Kansas is looking for water just
now with more eagerness than ever IL
prospected for oil. Governor Hodges
has plan to encourage the tapping of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-07
VIEWS AND NEAR VIEWS:
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
BY FRANK s. WOODSON,
Industrial Editor

HAYES of
to make
looking better
theirs down
the Industrial Editor, will tenio
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-01-10
Selected Subjects.

These statistics include only school
children-the most hopeful and select
class of drinkers children. Had
he investigated epileptic and imbecile
asylums his "results" would doubtless
have been very different. Reliable
Investigations show that the number
of maternal accidents among drinking
people is seven times greater than
among total abstainers. Many of the
drinkers children die in infancy. DR..
w. C.. Sullivan asserts that ffty-five
per cent of such children die under
two wears of age. Many others are
epileptic and imbecile. None of these
cases are taken into consideration by
Prof. Pearson. His statistics may be
reliable so far as some of the children
of drinking parents are concerned, and
that the best type of them. They
furnish absolutely no trustworthy
data as to the degenerative effect of
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-01-10

On January I, 1912, the law for
bidding the importation of intoxicat-
ing liquors into Iceland came into
effect. The manufacture had already
been prohibited. Until January I, 1915,
the sale of liquors already in stock is
allowed under strict regulations. On
that date, complete Prohibition and
sale of the stuff becomes finally effec-
tive.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-01-10
Analysis of Professor Karl Parsons Statistics

c1assed sober" There is nothing in
Prof Pearson's statistics to show they
were not so classed. He makes no
comparison whatever, between the
offspring of total abstaining, moderate
and immoderate drinking parents as is
usually done. He arbitrarily groups
both the sober" Edinburg families
and the temperate" Manchester fam
lilies as "non-alcoholic."
The possible sources of error are
thus seen to be so great in these Gal
ton Laboratory Statistics" as to prac-
tically destroy their scientific value,
Charles R. Stockard, Phi. D., NJ. D,
of the Anatomical Laboratory, Cor
nell University Medical College, says,
The great body of evidence from
anatomic studies of the reproductive
glands of alcoholics, animal expert
mentation and disease records all are
opposed to Pearson's conclusions"
Prof. Pearson's results are squarely
opposed by the researches of such
scientific men as Bunge, Hodge,
Laitenin, Nicloux, Demme, Bertholet
and Stockard.
They furnish absolutely no basis for
the sweeping conclusions drawn from
them by the American Magazine writ
er. There was no comparison made
between the children of teetotalers
and those of drunkards They are
neither startling" nor Convincing"
All that can be logically drawn from
these statistics is that there is no great
difference in the physical development,
intelligence, health and vision between
the children of "sober" and temper
ate" parents and those of Incorporate
persons. In other words, they simply
show us the hereditary difference be-
tween the moderate and the excessive
use of alcoho1-further than this they
do not go. 1t may we'll be hoped these
statistics" do not characterize all
Prof. Parsons work. No cause is
aided by garbled statements or mac
curate assertion. We may expect,
however, these misleading and I'M
scientific investigations" to be touted
periodically by the liquor interests, as
they did the misleading food" theory
of Prof. Atwater some years ago.
Elk nihilo nihi1 fit.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-01-10
"When Willie

Teacher: "When Willie threw
stones at you, why didn't you tell me,
instead of throwing them back?"
Pupil: Tell you? You couldn't hit
a barnW
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-01-10
Alcoholic Grandparentage
by Robert B. Patton, Dbl

Alcoholic Grandparentage.
Prof. Pearson is as silent as the
Sphinx on the subject of alcoholic
grandparentage. Clearly this is es-
pecially important in the case of those
children classified as the offspring of
sober" parents. But as Mendel in his
theory of alternative inheritance has
shown this is not sufficient. We must
take into account the habits not only
of grandparents but great -grandpar-
ents. Nor does the professor tell us
how many of those children of sober"
parents might have been the children
of excessive drinking grandparents,
and hence are not normal examples.
According to the Investigations of DR..
T. Alexander MacNicholl, the degen-
eratve influence of alcoholic grand
parentage is as great if not greater
than that of alcoholic parentage. He
found that seventy-seven per cent of
the children of alcoholic ancestry were
mentally deficient and that but four
per cent of the children of total abb
staining ancestors were thus deficient
He also found that seventy-eight per
cent of the children of total abstaining
parents but of drunken grandparents
were mentally deficient. The uniform
trend of modern scientific investiga-
tion is to lengthen the shadow we cast
on those coming after us. "The faith
ers have eaten sour grapes and their
grandchildren teeth are set on edge"
Another Break in the Chain.
There is nothing in these statistics
to show that many of the children
classed as those of incorporate par
entage were not born before the alco-
holic period of their parents began.
DR.. Alfred Mjoen, of Christiana,
Sweden, in an address before the First
Eugenics Congress, held in London,
last July, reported long and de-
tailed pedigree of man whose stock
on both sides were exceptionally good,
running into ninety years of age in
several instances. He married a wife
of equally good stock. Their first
child was healthy and robust and re-
manned so. Then the husband began
to drink heavily. He reported that
the next three children showed rec
ords of increasing disaster. Such in
stances might be given at length, yet
all these children might be classed
subsequently as the children of drink
ing parents.
Ambiguous and Misleading
Technology.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-01-10

In the current issue of the American
Magazine there appears a review, by
Albert Jay Mock, author of "The New
Science and Its Findings" of the in
vestigations by Prof. Karl Pearson Of
the Cation Eugenics Laboratory, Lon
don, as to the effects of parental alco-
holism on children.
In general, it may be said statistics
are valuable just in proportion as
sources of error have been eliminated
or reduced to minimum in their COM
pilation. Otherwise, conclusions
based upon the statistics will be irrel-
evant That Professor Pearson has
not exercised scientific or even ordin-
airy care to guard against error, the
following considerations show:
Unscientihc Data.
Professor Pearson himself did not
make any actual investigation. His
statistics" are based upon reports
made some two years since upon the
condition of the parents of mentally
deficient children in a school for the
feeble minded in Manchester, England,
and upon the report of charity or
ganization in reference to conditions
obtaining in North Canongate, Edin-
burgh, Scotland-the most notorious
slum in the entire city Concerning
this Edinburgh district, DR.. c. w.
Saleeby, F. R. S. E., who as medical
student had experience in that section
of the city, says: ct was an ideal
example of population on which such
a study should not be based, and yet
it was described as representative
'working-class population Certain
ly children from such environment
could not, as the American Magazine
writer asserts, constitute large, col
lective samples of English childhood"
In the compilation of this report, the
unscientihc opinions of employers,
social workers and even policemen
were used. Further, no information
is given us as to the number of fam
lilies or the number of children under
investigation.
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WANTED--BOARDERS

DESIRABLE accommodations close in:
large. shady porches. 2209 9Th avenue.
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there is general disposition, except
in the northwest, and parts of the
southwest. to, wait until tariff matters
become clearer before anticipating
future requirements. With conserva-
tism manifested on that account, the
controlling idea the country over seems
to be for the scaling down of stocks.
Under the circumstances, there is a
marked tendency to shop frequently
and to buy in small lots.
Lumber continues very active in the
northwest. Wool and wooden goods
more than any other line seem TO be
more strikingly affected by impending
tariff changes.
Specifications on finished steel are
still heavy, though the volume of such
appears to be abating and it is easier
to get deliveries of structural steel.
New business is light Pig iron Is dull,
except where urgent needs neeessitates
prompt buying.
Copper'is quiet, but prices are firm.
Money is easier. IS
Stock prices continue irregular The
undertone as regards bonds Is little
better
Crop reports are encouraging. Winter
wheat is in excellent shape and needed
rains are reported in the states west
of the Mississippi.
In the south the general report is
favorable as to crop progress or plant-
ing.
Wheat including flour. exported fron
the United States and Canada for the
week ending April "a, aggregated
3,494,924 bushels against 3,169,514
bushels this week last year.
Business failures for the week endinb
April "a. were 273. which compares with
24S in the like week of 1913
Business failures in Canada numbered
.21
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personal.

DRfNR HEBfT@f was a heaSy drIrf.
er, averaging over quart of whisky
daily; tried many ways to reform but
without success until I found a GER
tain easy method and was cured in
three days. Have since saved thousands
of other victims of liquor habit 1t can
be overcome with or without drinker s
knowledge Interesting book dells how
mailed, plain wrapper, free, if you cut
this out and write to Edward Woods,
534 Sixth avenue, 925-B, New York.
4-1-3Ot
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LOST. sTRAYED OR STOLEN

EDGEWOOD IS HEALTHY; NO DIRT
NOR SMOKE; PURE AIR. 4-19-tf.
LCST-If the gentleman who found the
watch fob Thursday night in front of
the Odeon Two theatre with monogram
IT. s. A. will return to the Odeon Two
he will receive liberal reward -4-25-2t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-26
Notice 10 Members

The members of the Roebuck Springs
Country club, a. body corporate. are
called by the board Of governors OF
said club to meet in the directors
room of the American Trust and Sav-
ings bank in the city of Birmingham.
on Wednesday. the 21st day. of May
1918. at o'clock p. m to consider
and act upon the following matters
viz:
1. Amendments to its charter con-
stitution and bylaws.
9. The matter of concentrating the
purchase of the club grounds. consist
ing of about 10 acres. situated at Roe
buck, fear East Lake, Birmingham.
jefferson county Alabama, together
With the improvements thereon sitn-
ated. including the clubhouse, together
with the furnishings in said clubhouse
and to create bonded Indebtedness
t.f said club in the sum Of seventy-five
thousand 1915, ,00O.O0) dollars and to Sc
crre the payment thereof by mort
gage upon all the real property of said
club including said club grounds, club
house and the furnishing.
3. To transact all other business that
may come before the meetfnR,
HARDEN III. FIT r..
9-5t-sat Secrctary
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Notice Of Final settlement

The state oil AlaDdIIld, JelieIsoH SouH-
ty-Probate Court, April 10, 1913
Estate of Fl. w. Eggler Deceased.
Laura F. Eggler, administrators OF
said estate, having been removed from
said administration more than one
month since and having wholly failed
to file any account or to make any set
tlement of her said administration, the
said court this day proceeded to state
said account for final settlement OF
her said administration of said es-
tate from the materials in the office
of the Judge thereof and from such
other information as has been acces-
sible to the court.
IT is therefore ordered that the 27th
day of May. 1853, be set as day on
which said account can be examined, au
dited and restated II 1t be found neces-
So ry, at which time all persons in In
terests can appear, II they think proper
and make such showing and take such
course as the law permits in such cases.
j. p. STILES.
4-19-3t-sat Judge of Probate.
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LEGAL NOTICES
xnn1ai Mee7ins 81 stock Ioiders

Annual MectIuB Ot StVrkuOiueru
The stockholders of the Palace Livery
company will hold their annual meeting
at y o'clock noon Tuesday, May 6. 1919
at the office of Malone Mcconnell Co.,
2024 Third avenue. Birmingham, Ala, for
election of officers and the transaction
of all such business as may come before
them
BY order Of board of directors
A. j. GILMORE, President.
MRS Al. GILMORE, Secy 4-12-4t-sat
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RATES-Oue cent n wore . dnys no ad.
taken for less than 25c for first fnser-
tion. Cash must accompany order.
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New York. April Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say:
Trade reports continue to present
contrasts In that a line of demarca-
tion has to be drawn between imme
diate and future orders. On the one
hand business for current or nearby
delivery Is good to active, all de-
pending on the section of the country
considered, the stimulating influence be-
ing furnished by greatly improved
weather conditions. Against this de-
velopment must be cited the fact that
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BUSINESS CHANCES
RUBBER STAMPS AND SEALS

BROWN Stamp Works. 205 Jefferson
County Bank Bldg Phone 63S Work
dnished In few hours 4-1.u