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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-08

ienco We have. and is practically in
dcspensible. People not only use tho
telephone to call the doctor. the grocer
and the butcher. but they have their
own private system, whereby they can
talk from one purt of the house
TO another. call servant, talk
to a party at the front door and
save themselves many steps. The busi-
ness man can save many minutes OF
his valuable time. as the intercommuni-
eating phones keep the various de-
partments in touch with each other.
The electric bell Is In use every
where, and on account OF it's harm
lessness, and simplicity, Is the most
abused OF all electrical appliances Tho
installation is usually far too cheap,
with the result that il is constantly out
of repair, and becomes nuisance. Now
that we havo tho bell ringing trans
former, bell work. properly install ell,
should last for years without repairs.
The electric light, with Its improved
efficiency, is forcing itself far above all
other artificial light. The carbon lamps
at one time were considered good, then
came the gem, only to be eXcclled by
tho Mazda, and now we have the nj
troRen filled Mazda, In large size units
OF 1000 candle power and over. This
new lamp on account OF It's high ef-
hciency, bids fair to eliminate the pres
ent arc lamp. and IL made In smaller
units. only the wealthy could afford
gas for lighting.
Where electricity can be obtained, all
new houses are being wired for IL. Old
houses can also have this convenience:
skilled mechanics. and the variety OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-08

consumed annually in the Pittsburgh
district
The French city OF Lyons has a pro-
Ject for n new central railway station
to be built at cost OF s1200oO00.
Englshmen assert that. contrary to
what formerly was the case, In no part
OF the world is motoring now con-
Quoted under more favorable condi-
lions than in their country.
revenue of s29,757,275 was derived
In the United Kingdom In 1911 from
tho consumption OF more than 298.-
eOO, 900 pounds of tea.
The raising. planting and upkeep of
the trees which SO benutify the streets
ana boulevards Of Paris are under the
direction of the prefecture OF the De-
partnent of the Seine. in which Paris
is situated.
The ordinary crew OF one Of the
big transatlantic liners numbers more
than.S00
Japan has 30 much mountain land
that only about one sixth OF the total
iand area is cultivated.
The estimated daily average con-
sumption of cigars in the United States
Is 2l.7lS,4dS and OF cigarettes, a.
736.190.
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story OF a Kansas AIN,

DtOTy Oh hnnAnk MIN.
There are u number of hints in the
following. which / take from New
York exchange:
Kansas has something to be proud
OF when She can boast a public servant
OF the type of r. -. Coburn, now about
to retire after twenty years as score
tary OF the Board or Agriculture MIR.
Cohuru'a career Is well worth sympn-
thctc review. both because of what
II has accomplished and for what il
avoided.
backward glance shows how long
distance Kansas has come since the
trying days OF 1893. Then the politi-
cal upheavals, following ruinous low
prices. put out Senator John ]. IN
gals and suddenly brought Senator
leifer. the soclfless statesman" into
prominence on the silver Issue Kan
hns was desolate. politically, agricul-
turally' commercially and financially.
Thanks TO such work as Secretary
Coburn undertook, the state came TO
itseit through more intimate knowl
cage OF its resources. Since those darl,
days neid crops have increased ZIG
per cent and 1.-Two stock 237 per cent
The soil-redecming area Of alfalfa In
1893 was only $1,000 acres. and is now
l'o2G,Ooo acres. And the population has
grown 26 per cent.
Speaking OF his own work. Secre-
,ary Coburn says: My chief work Is
tha' or compiler and editor. The
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-08
Electricity From a Commercial Viewpoint

The study Of electricity may be di-
vidcd into three distinct classes name
ly SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL and
COMMERCIAL
Tho scientist deals with electricity
In It's deepest sense, spending months
and even years Investigating one sin
gle item or preparing some formula.
The engineer usually studies eloo-
trlcity from a technical viewpoint. as
Stunning what the scientist has proved
TO be correct, and using these formulas
and constants, given him by the sclen-
fist, to solve the great engineering
problems that present themselves
Tho commercial electrical man as
sumes tho scientific and technical
phases Of tho subject. They have
made 1T possible to harness and handle
with safety this wonderful form of
energy. An energy that can be de-
veloped and transmitted, economically.
TO some distant point and there dis
sipated in the form OF heat. light or
converted into mechanical energy by
means of motor.
In electricity we have tho most nex-
ible form of energy known to the en-
gineering world.
Since the scientist and engineer have
made possible THE DEVELOPMENT
AND TRANSMISSION of this form Of
useful energy tho commercial man has
not been lax to apply It,
The telephone Is more generally
used than any other electrical appe-
ratus. It Is not only found in the citieA
but in every small town and rural dis
triot.
Tt Is perhaps tho greatest conyen-
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Hint to Land sellers.

All of. the real estate agents in the
State. who have tobacco lands to sell
especially such as will grow the bright
varsity. agree that business is good
or course IT is, when tho tobacco grow
ers are clamoring for moro land to put
into the cultivation OF tho bright weed
Lots of young fellows who have been
earning well on rented lands are now
ambitious to become owners Of their
acres. and they have the money to pay
for the said acres II tho agents do not
get big headed and hold the ground for
much moro than It's real valuo.
The amount of the Virginian Rail-
way bonds which have been sold by the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-08

company and resold privately by bank
ers is approximately 100000 This
brings the amount Of bonds outstand-
ing undor the roads first mortgage UP
to about s27.o0o,OOO. The more bonds
great railway like the Virginian is
sues and sells, the better 1t is for the
country through which 1t passes. and
some of the very best part of the old
State touches on the Virginian Rail
way.
IT is officially reported that out OF
the 1920 national banks in the country
great and small, 6,160, or approximate
~ SO per cent, have made formal appli-
cation to join the new reserve system
There isn't going to be any trouble
about financing the country and all or
the Industrial enterprises contem-
plated
1t is said that Virglnia's apple crop
last year brought to the State 3S per
cent more ready cash than in any previ-
Gus year. In the previous years or
chardists made more money than they
knew what to do with, and yet the
industry is practically In it's infancy
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More Conl and Coke.

- 5PUCIUI 20 Tie IImeS- DlSpatch.J
Comman, w. Va, February 7.-EXten-
siVe bettermcnts to increase capacity
are planned by the Winona Coal and
Coke Company. OF Coffman. These i'm
provements. are to include tho con-
struction OF sixty coke ovens and the
opening OF another mine to be equipped
with the latest modern machinery. Tho
company, is developing. 1000 acres OF
coal land. and 1t recently completed n
and additional cottages for miners.
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Danes. s,vcdcs and Others.

Il. $ Abrahansen, a native OF Den
marx who has been soJourning in this
country FOR few years, and who has
sp'ht some OF his time down in Old
Virginia. writes the Industrial Editor
rom Perth Amboy. n. J., us follows:
As result OF the present Industrial
oppression here. dozen or more Of
'ai'ish- American families, whose mem
pers arc all from the country and thor
Cuth!y acquainted with up-to.date
farming, hnvo decided to go back TO
i@riuihg ara are looking for large
p'ece Oh property 10 be bought and
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Some samples.

referring to tho above wish to
remark that IL is a very suggestive
document The Danes The Swedes the
Norwegians and the HoNauaeis are
among the best people OH earth They
are the people who havo Iolpcd to
make Tie Northwest part Of the United
states great They are beginning 10
and OUT that the climate Of virginia
and North Carolina and the rich and
cheap lands thereof furnish them bet
tor opportunities than the frigid North
vest Their eyes are turned this way.
Down on the Peninsula Division Of Tho
Chesapeake and OHIO Reilway NJ
Norge. thor0 is . colony OF NorweRians.
ara in something less than decade
They nave made that land blossom like
. roee garden. n colony. Of Holland
80 are making things move up in Au-
gusta County, near Waynesboro. and
they nrs aend'ng cheering message
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FACTS FROM AFFAIR.

Few Industrial Items Tint Tell of
Things Going On in Outside World.
Palms live under favorable condi-
tons for ESQ years
The Island of Lewis, in the Hebrides.
Is offered for sale.
a microscope. using X-rays' has been
perfected by a French scientist
Bibles printed In seventy languages
are required for Canadian circulation.
Moro than 100000 tons Of coal are
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-08
BECOMES A FRUIT GROWER.
Virginia Doctor Quits Lucrative Prnc-
Mce to Grn1I Apnlen In Valley.

tfce to Grow Apples IN Valley.
Waynesboro. Va, February 7.-Dr. CT.
w Cooke. OF Danville. has just pur-
chased one OF the largest CONNER
cal apple orchards In the Waynesboro
section of the Shenandoah Valley, and
lans to move his family to Waynes-
boro early In March and take charge OF
his orchard property.
This property is the BELL View or
chard. located on one OF tho ridges In
tho centre OF the valley six miles west
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BACK to their friends. Two or three
or half dozen colonies Of these
Danes III various parts of virginia
would mean big things for Virginia
dcNeiopInent. They are good people.
I-ets get them down here. This is n
fint 20 the wise
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VIEWS AND NEAR VIEWS:
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
BY FRANK S. WOODSON
Industrial Editor.

ms column who have sometime 20 saw
U suggestive nature and who willing make hints and
looking to the better development good old States
o. Virginia west Virginia and North Carolina who can hold
c suggestions down $50 to 200 words
ouch communications addressed Industrial Editor will
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worked in free cooperative way.

Having spent some time in your
beautiful state and being much in
iatuatcd with 1t. I hope some large
land owner will communicate with ii.
O. Hansen, Sayre Avenue this city,
who is one OF the leaders of said move
mert"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-16
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Senatorial Absenteeism

To the Editor of The Age Herald
 Alabamians and other citizens of our United States have recently been treated to an uncaled for attack upon the Pres itent and Representative Oscar Under wood. by Senator Clarke of Arkansas whom it is to be hoped is winding up his career in Congress for all time. To demonstrate to readers of The Age-Herald that Clarke and others pay little atten- ton to matters in Congress, the follow ing from one of the best conducted news papers in the United States-The Cleve- land ain-Dealer-wil quite fully ex- plain how the people of our entire coun- try judge of such members of Congress. as shown by most leading newspapers.
 ABSENTEE SENATORS.
 Some weeks ago attention was called in these columns to the continued ab- sence from Washington of certain mem bers of the House who were more in tent on furthering their personal political fortunes than attending to the duties which their constituents had elected them to perform. Special point was made of Representative Hobson, who was and still is canvassing Alabama for the sen atorial nomination. But the House has no monopoly on absenteeism.
 There is Senator Clarke of Arkansas, for instance. According to the Washing ton correspondent of tbe Philadelphia Record, Clarke has not been seen in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-16
BLACKWELL SPEAKS
 AT OZARK SATURDAY
Representative Audience Hears Ad- dress in Interest of MT.
 Underwood

Ozark March 15.-(Special.) )--Saturday Col Samuel Blackwell addressed repre- sentative audience of Dale county citizen ship in the courthouse auditorium in the interest of the candidacy of Oscar w. Un- derwood for the United States Senate He reiterated the arguments already pub lished, but by injecting his wonderful per- sonality into them they became living entity with his large audience.
 A leading citizen stated: Captain Hob- son made fine impression on his hearers last week, but many of them do not hold the ballot and are worthless in the con- test
 ''The real backbone of Dale county's voting strength are for MT. Underwood, and he will carry 1t by safe majority
 Judge Edward DeGraffenreid, associate justice of the supreme court, and who is candidate to succeed himself was in Ozark yesterday looking after his political fences. He made a fine impression on Dale county citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-16
SPRING WEATHER IS PROMISED THIS WEEK
Along Northern Border From Great Lakes East
 ward Weather Unsettled

Washington. March 15.-Fair. early spring weather in nearly all parts of the country this week was promised tonight by the weather bureau.
 ''The weather will be unsettled Monday, however," said the weekly bulletin. along the northern border from tho great lakes eastward
 The next important disturbance will appear on the north Pacific coast Mon day night or Tuesday cross the .reat central valleys Wednesday or Thursday and the eastern states about Friday. This disturbance will be attended by local rains and snows and 1t will be fol- lowed by colder weather over the north ern states east of the Rocky mountains" I"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-16
"EScO" Hosiery

edgement fees, recording fees and many other burdensome fees which the debtor alone must pay. These pernicious fees must be paid before the borrower gets his money; and by the time he gets 1t he realizes that he hasn't got it.
 An ordinary due bill'' should be made, binding, good and colectable as same as mortgage. That would be much cheaper to the man who has to borrow or buy on credit. And while I know this Is not a popular idea, it would be a great blessing to the poor. The second thing would do, after establishing a rule that man must pay his debts," would be to take all licenses and tax off the loan sharks" and let everybody be sharks" who had the money to shark with. That would bring about d competition that would reduce the rate of interest to the very lowest, and never above the legal rate. This would put the loan shark out of business. And the now famous "sharlSing business would become a decent, respectable and helpful money lending business" ROB ADAMS,
 With no money to lend
 Birmingham March 10, 1914.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-16

Washington since before Christmas. His term expires in less than year and tending fences at home Is more seduc- tive an employment than representing his state at the national capital
 Upon the same authority, it is stated that Senator Crawford of South Dakota made "a spectacular dash for his fences before the final vote on the currency measure in December and has not been back at Washington since. He. too. has troubles at home not unrelated to the fact that he has entered the last lap of his six-Year term.
 Like Hobson. these senators have de- liberately deprived their states of the ansas and South Dakota have each had but half a delegation in the Senate dur ing the consideration of many important bils
 "Other considerations being equal or nearly so. one would be much inclined to vote against a representative or a sena- tor who thought so lightly of his public responsibilities as to desert his post for months at time"
 The writer believes it 10 be up to The Arkansas Democrat. The Arkansas Ga zette and all other we'll conducted news papers in Arkansas. to state the exact facts as to absence or said Clarke from Congress during the period when such important measures were being handled as during the last three months. and his attempt to belittle the administration, as also the eminent leader Underwood, of the House of Representatives and others in giving honor to whom honor is due, and the facts to their readers.
 JAMES F. SLATER.
 Rien, n prha Ma rph h 1914
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-16
INTEREST CENTERS'
 IN BUREAU REPORTS
Figures on Consumption of Cotton in This Country
 Made Public Tuesday

New Orleans, March 15.-This week the cotton market will be concerned chiefly with bureau reports. Tuesday the cenaus ton of cotton in this country and Friday it will put out the final report of the season on ginning.
 Both of these reports are important and may result in wide price changes. At the end of last week traders were looking for bullish figures on consumption and rather bearish figures on ginning.
 The last report on consumption put the total for the first five months of the sea- son at 2,5lS.345 bales, against 2,4o375o a year ago. Bulls are confident that this lead will be maintained and possibly widened. Bears have said little about these statistics, but their least conserva- tive estimates do not put consumption much under what it was in February last year. Bulls point out that in every month of this season thus far reported on consumption has been larger than for the corresponding month of last year. They maintain that business conditions among the mills of this country are such that
 
 On the other hand, bears call attention to the recent falling off in northern mill takings as a good reason not to expect larger February consumption than last year.
 The ginning report vii carry the croI down to the end of February and will practically count the total crop grown.
 According to the latest announcement the total will not include linters; instead that item will be considered separately The trade all along has been figuring on a report of from 14500. GOO to IA, 750, ,00t bales including linters. The amount ot linters in this crop is estimated from 550,o00 bales up to 625,0o0. As the matter now stands the trade looks for q tota crop of actual cotton around 14000, 00t bales. Probably this last figure is the dividing line of opinion and anything over it will cause decline Nhile anything under will result in an advance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-16
RECITAL AT HUDSON
First of Series of Musicales by Stu
 dents Given Friday Night

Marion. March 15.-fSpeciafo-Friday evening Miss Cordie Guice Haynie gave her senior pianoforte recital at Judson college. this being the first of series of musical rectals to be given by Jud- son pupils leading to graduation
 The programme consisted of an attrac- tive group of compositions by such we'll known composers as Bach. Mendelssohn, Moszkowskie,. Rachmaninoff and Tschai- kowsky.
 Miss Haynie combined to remark able degree poetic interpretation and a brilliant technique.
 The programme was well adapted to Miss Haynies temperament and given with fine musical appreciation.
 Miss Marie Robinson of Liberty. Miss. assisted by the singing of two groups of songs in attractive style. showing cul- tivated and sympathetic voice.
 Miss Haynie is a pupil of r. A. Goode.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-16
ARMOUR PLANT AT
 SELMA IS DAMAGED
Fire Sunday Morning Entails Damage of Several Thousand Dollars.
 Covered by Insurance

Selma, March 15.-(Special.) )--Fire dis covered Sunday morning at g o'clock badly damaged the office and warehouse of Armour & Co. on Water street, be- tween Franklin and Green. How the t.re originated is not known. Several offices on the second floor of the building were also badly damaged.
 Stored in the warehouse department of the building at the time of the fire was large quantity of different kinds of meats which were damaged by the fire and water and the loss will amount to several thousand dollars, which is fully covered by insurance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-16
LEN GREER SPEAKS
 AT SOLDIERS HOME

Mountain Crock. March 15.-(Special) Len r. Greer called and remained the entire day Saturday with the old Con- federate veterans at the home.
 In his talk he said T am glad l came cut here to see you old veterans. wheth- CT I get your votes or not my father was a Confederate soldier. so I am the son of a Confederate soldier. and think it grand heritage"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-16
WELLS AT
 TROY IN OPERATION
State Health Department Declares Specimens Some of Purest Ever
 Sent for Analysis

Troy, March 15.-(Special)-T is pleased over the results of the analysis of the new artesian water secured from the wells at Orion bridge, near Troy. The health department at Montgomery informed Dr. l.. R. Boyd, city health officer, while he was in Montgomery yes- terday. that the four specimens sent from Troy had been examined and that the water was some of the purest ever sent from any Alabama point
 There were 26 applicants to take the civil service examination held yesterday by Assistant Postmaster $. II. Greene, at the head of the local civil service board These examinations were held for the fourth-class postmasters over the country.
 Prof. " P Mckinley, in charge of tho manual training. department at the state normal college here. has been selected by the George Peabody College for Teach CTS at Nashville, to teach a course of manual training in the summer school of that college this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-16
Chiffon Fruit Trees in Bloom

Mountain Creek, March l5,-(SpecialD The past several days of sunshine has caused peach trees and strawberry plants to show indications of yields. In fact. everything in the fruit and vegetable line begins to show encouragingly.