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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-16
GRAYS TO ENLIST
EIGHTY RECRUITS
New Armory Will Be Occupied
To-Day for First Time
Men Interested in Militia.

with the occupancy OF tho new
armory to-day, the Richmond C;rays'
battalion, First Infantry. will enter
upon new era. Evidence OF this
fact comes In the announcement by
Major Lawrence I. Price. commander
of the battalion, that the four com
panics Will enlist at least eighty re-
cruits before the end of the week. The
applications have been received from
time to time during the past two
months, but their enlistment was de-
fcrred until the new quarters were
ready In order that more attention
could be given to their equipment and
instruction in the rudimcntary elements
of drill
Company c. which drills tonight
has twenty recruits who will be sworn
In. Company a exceeds this number
by five, while Company y Will enlist
twenty. and Company + fifteen, making
total of eighty, who will become
members OF the Virginia militia
These young men are OF the highest
type. and will aid in bringing the bat
TALON up 10 the standard established
by the old First" a large number
OF them arc former members OF the
companies who have been attracted
back to tho service by the splendid
facilities made possible by the new
armory.
While the Grays arc cnlistinr their
being organized by Captain Giles b.
Cook. also expects TO bring in a num-
Der of recruits. This organization was
only authorized about six weeks ago,
but now has more than half Of its
minimum strength.
The signal corps, at It's meeting in
It's new quarters on Fridyy night, is
also anticipating the enlistment OF ten
or more men who have been hanging
back until they could inspect the facili-
ties offered by the new building The
corps now has forty-hve members ac-
tually enlisted. and will be mustered
into the service before April 10. Two
teams are now conducting member
ship contest with excellent results
Interest in military affairs has reach
cd high point In this city None OF
the ORGANIZATIONS is experiencing any
difficulty in getting recruits. and all
have attained the minimum without
difficulty The manocuvres TO be held
near Washington in July are a great
drawing card. as the prospects OF n
ten-day sham battle. such AS the war
game outlined by the War Department,
appeals 10 the young men.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-16
GOVERNOR GOES AS
RUSSELL DELEGATE
Leaves Tomorrow Night to At
tend Ninth District Conven-
ton at Bristol.
IRVINE TO OPPOSE sLEMp
Big Stone Gap Lawyer Expected
to Be Named as Candidate
for Congress.
IRVINE TO OPPOSE sLEMP

Governor Stuart will leave hero to-
morrow night for Bristol to attend the
Ninth District Democratic Convention
which Will be held In that city on Wed.
nesday to nominate a candidate for
Congress. The Governor Ia n delegate
from Russell County. Alexander For
ward, the Governors private sec-e-
tary. will accompany him, as a delegate
from the city of Bristol
Democrats have every reason to be-
licvc that they will capture the Ninth
District this year. and with that idea
in view they are preparing to put for
ward the strongest candidate 1t Is
generally believed that the honor will
fall to r. Tate Irvine, Of Pig Stone
Gap. State Senators b. +. Buchanan has
hccn urged TO allow HIS name to be
used in the convention, but he has
declined. Tho other candidate men
toned is II. p. Bruce. who made the
fight in 1906.
c. Bascom Slemp has passed the
word along that he will not he in tho
race this year. lie wanted to retire
two years ago. but was forced to stay
in ard while he won over Mr.. Stuart,
the normal Republican majority was
cut down in n manner which convinced
many Republicans that the end OF their
rule was in sight. Much against his
Will, the nomination in 1912 was thrust
upon Mr.. Stuart, who went In as =
the first warming that next time V!r-
ginia would send solid Democratic
delegation TO Congress-
Mr.. Irvine was for many years a law
partner of Congressman Slcmp. He has
tho support Of many voters whose ten
denotes lean toward the Republican
party. The Democrats In tho Ninth are
jubilants and all reports form that dis
trict indicate that there Is more real
hope of victory than ever before.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-16
CHANGE CAR ROUTE:
Traction Company Asks Permission TO
AHOid iii ia nnrtnn ucIrhfs

AVON I'M IN bhrton Heights.
In order To improve its service by
the elimination OF steep grade, the
Virginia Railway and Power Company
has asked the Town Council of Barton
Heights to permit 1t to change its
route after crossing the bridge leading
INTO the town. In accordance with the
request the Council has advertised for
sale franchise covering the desired
change, and bids will be opened at the
next regular meeting.
The company proposes to abandon its
tracks on Monterio Avenue for n dis
tancr Of about three blocks. beginning
at the first intcrsecting street after
crossing the bridge. The cars will
turn out of Montcrio Avenue into FEELS
street. and viii cut across private
property to zoe street, where ii will
join the existing line. The change will
give the company "a level route through
the town, and will be rot only "A time
saver. but will safeguard the cars
from accident from slippery tracks on
the hill
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-16
TO RECONSIDER ACTION
Finance Committee VIII Again Take
Cr Question of Free Dcntnl TREATMENT

The FINANCE COmmIttcc VIII RECON-
slider the question Of appropriatiug So
poO for free dental examination and
treatment OF school children at its
mittec recommended AT the last meet
ing. of the Common Council that tho
petition for the appropriation Nc re
9ected- on motion of MIR Ratcliffc.
however. the question was referred
hack - tho committee, MIR Ratcliffc
saying that others Interested in tho
question wished TO appear in behalf
Tho committee xiii also probably
consider The question OF establishing
rial Hall as It's nucleus tn Dicb!nond
Education Association has urged that
the library be placed In Richmond COL
leg" campus. and suggested that Jctcr
MGWorial Hall. which was used as IN.
coilege library, WAS admirably suited
TOR tn" nucleus oi the urw institution
proposed
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-16
SOON TO OPEN HOSPITAL
New Municipal Institution Almost
EcnnN for NcrunnncI.

Most OF the work OF repair and reno
walton having already been finished,
the Virginia Hospital, now Il municipal
Institution. VIII he ready FOR occupancy
by the first Of next week, according
10 an announcemont made Yesterday.
The whole building has been thorough
Is oVcrhaulcd and rcpaintcd. fitted out
with new furniture and equipment, and
made as com Portable as possible. The
house at ll0l East Clay Street. direct
" opposite TO the hospital. has been
established as the nurses home. and Is
nov ready. IT contains nineteen rooms
and VIII afford ample accommodation
for the thirty nurses who will he at
tachcd to the hospital.
reception. from S20 to 1890
o'clock. will be given some night just
before the hospital Is formally opened
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-16
ANNEXATION CASE
IN COURT TODAY
Judge Campbell Will Sit in Hen
rico Circuit Court to Hear
Motion Filed by City.

Public hearings on tho annexation
OF a large part OF Henrico and Chester
field Counties will begin to-day in the
Hcnrico Circuit Court before Judge
y. y. Campbell. OF Wytheville, who was
appointed by former Governor Mann
to sit In the matter. Judge r. Carter
Scott. being a resident of the city af-
fcctcd by tho case, was ineligible to
act under the annexation law.
Tho proceedings to-day will bc n
mere preliminary to the real fight.
The case comes up on the motion OF
the city to have the court declare the
territory proposed for annexation n
part of the city, and an answer TO this
will be fled by counsel representing
the two counties. The court will
either order the hearing to continue, or
will designate q day upon which those
for and against annexation may be
heard
The supervisors Of both counties will
oppose the annexation proce cdings
jointly, ana it is believed that the case,
should ii be settled adversely to them,
VIII be carried to the Supreme Court.
The residents OF the territory arc gen
orally favorable to annexation, and are
chiefly concerned with the terms which
Will be guaranteed them by tho city.
This is especially true of the four in
corporated towns in Henrico County.
No Incorporated towns in Chesterfield
are affected By annexation.
Proceedings in court will be formal.
as much Of tho evidence Will be in the
shape OF printed or written records
Under the annexation law the Judge is
the sole arhitcr Of the matter, no jury
sitting in the case
Commemorative Attorney Iaskins
Hohson. of Chester:lcld Common
woalth's Attorney Frank T. Sutton Jr.,
. OF lienrico. and Richard Evelyn Byrd
VIII oppose annexation, and CITY At
torncy Henry r. Pollard and Assistant
! CITY Attorney George Wayne Andcr-
son will appear for the city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-16
Bonrd to Get bids.

The Administrative Board will re-
ccivc bids for the first work of con-
ver,ing Shockoe Creek into a closed
sewer at noon on Friday. The first
creek which belongs to the city. and
which was formerly owned by the T.
&. Williams estate. The rest OF 1t will
be done as the work of acquiring the
necessary land is proceeded with.
The board will receive bids for gran
olithic paving to-day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-16
Jntcrc.tInr I.rcturc.

Charles Hutzlcr delivered n very In
tcr"sting lecture on "Nonscctarian In
qiitutions" before the meeting of the
Ladies' Auxiliary of the Young Mems
Hebrew Association last night. 4 large
gathering was In attendance. ana the
lecture and varied program were much
enjoyed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-16
QunIify In-nuY

TN.ef OF FOlIoc WcrIr- nrl ,Nf....
members Of the force. roc"i.tiy re-.
clec ,or terms OF three yoars each.
t,u npi duality on Saturday before C'iiy'
,trih ien ]. August as was cxDectrd
MaJpT Werner said last nipht mar In
hpHy trey VIII ap9car before clerk
HlEES' to-day at noon 10 renew thrjr
'"th2 AS ciilccrs OF tuc law
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-16

owing to the delay In s.cnring ~,
,.f'a', The dwelling of the Arlirgto,
monument has hoeu postponed mn,
a"he This information wac receive,
w Nrs. Thomas 5. Bocock, director 70,
virginia Of Arlington from C. j I.oui,,
ner and Wallace Strcatcr.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-16
old Onender ArnIn Arrc.,cd

John Criss, cOlorcd, an old Offender.
arrested many times for committing
various misdemcanors, and known to
force, was arrested yesterday by Po-
licc'nen Green and 'Stockmar for re-
fusing to move when ordered to do so.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-16

| r. T.. Mayo yesterday rcDorted TO tho
police that his store at 1000 West
| Leigh Street was entered during the
night and quantity of groceries
j stolen.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-05
Aerop,ane Kept az memento.

All that is left Of the historic
Wright biplane with which Calbraith
P. Rodgers few from the Atlantic to
the Pacific two years ago is to be pre-
sented to the Carnegie museum at
Pittsburgh by the late aViatOr's moth
err. The machine was badly damaged
when Rodgers fell TO his death In the
Pacific ocean short time after CON-
pleting his wonderful fight. Suisse
ouently it was used by Andrew Drew
until that aviator also was killed with
It. The machine has been restored to
It's original condition. Both Rodgers
and Fowler's Wright machines have
motors of but 30-horsepower, yet they
few across the continent In opposite
directions at time when the aero
plane had not been equipped with the
lOO-horsepower motor of today, which
makes it much more stable, nor had
It developed anywhere near the speed
Of which it has since shown itself TO
be capable
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-05
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Superstitious 'ToiIers.


/ Humble as the cookie is, 1t gives
employment to several hundred men.
women, and children on the coast Of
Lancashire, England, and seems to
have bred in them silence and super
stition. Several villages depend upon
the cookie as an industrial mainstay.
The cookers are humble folk, and
among strangers exceedingly shy and
taciturn, as we'll becomes their lone
-ry vocation. They inhabit stone cot
tages near the rustling marramgrass
and .bents; they subsist on the coars'
est fare, Hand while at all times their
living is precarious, they suffer Pc
riodical hardships through destructive
high tides, shifting channels, and the
breakup or altered position Of the
skeers. These toilers are often seen
in twos and threes far apart, not d
word escaping the lips Of those who
work together. They are .supersti
tious enough to believe that disputes
among themselves over the skeers
would be overheard and resented by
the embedded cookies, in which case
those sensitive shellfish would per
force quit by the next tide.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-05

was not a new one by any means. Ii It
proved to be gid" the sheep had sim!
ply picked up, more apt to on wet, low
grounds, the eggs of tapeworm com.
mon to dogs, foxes and some other
wild animals. Usually, unless the
worm Matching from these eggs reach
es the brain, the body will rid itself OF
it, and none or but little harm be done
to the sheep. But should it reach the
brain, where it becomes encysted, gid
diness first follows. and next paralysis.
and the inability to walk ensues before
death claims it.
The disease will not spread unless
the head, after death, is left where it
can be eaten by dogs, and the trouble
thus be spread where other sheep may
take up the eggs on grass or other
food.
IL the eysts form in central part of
the brain, the sheep will become total.
ly paralyZed on both sides, il on the
left of the brain, the right limbs will
lose motion; and if the cysts form on
the right side of brain, 1t is the left
limbs that will lose their power.
A sheep thus attacked may continue
to eat until death and to keep in good
flesh. The disease runs it's course in
from six to eight months.
There is no cure for the trouble.
1t is a serious disease to find among
your sheep as it is a disease that can
he communicated to those who work
about the premises. AS it is a rare dis
ease even in sheep, one need not fear
keeping sheep on account of it. The
symptoms given will lead you to early
suspect the disease and destroy It's
further spread through that case.
In man, as sheep, the worms that
reach the brain are those that do hurt
to the body. If the cyst can be located
in the brain of man and taken out re-
covery is sure, though the weakness
resulting from the paralysis usually
remains through life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-05

have another position then, loN
could we get her back?"
"But nobody except Miss Brown
cuald understand our SYSTEM" lament
ed Daniel. 1--WE should have to train
a new bookkeeper, and all he would
think about would be moving picture
shows and horse racing. Abner, you
tell Miss Brown"
So Abner, very reluctantly edged
his way toward the grille.
miss Brown" he began, II am very
sorry to say that THAT is, the firm
i mean we are going to close DOWN
perhaps for a long time
AS he looked at Miss Marjory Brown
Abher suddenly became aware thai
for the first time in months he was
able to do so without Daniel coming
in to call him. Daniel had always
hated to have him talk to the book
keeper. And, now he came to think
to her, too. The chance might never
occur again. Miss Browns hair. had
auburn tints among its shadowy
tresses. Miss Browns figure was d.
vine. Miss Brown reminded him OF
somebody he had once known when
he really was the reckless member
of the family And suddenly Abner
was swept away into doing the most
reckless thing that he had Oyer done.
!, But we want you to stay with ns
for ever,'' he stammered. eve want
you to be--er-er-wife."
Miss Browns cheeks became the
color of ruddy peach.
Whose wife did you say, Mr.. Alb
ner," she murmpred, looking down at
her ledger.
,.s"My wife!" calculated Abner, tax
ing the ledger brazenly away.
II knew you couldn't mean Mr.. Dan
| iePs wife, inurmured Miss Brown five
minutes later.
"Why, dearest" inquired Abner.
Because 1 refused him two months
ago. answered Miss Brown.
copyright. 1918. by w. G. Chapman.)
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-05
WONDERED WHY.
Found the Answer Was "Coffees"

Many pale, sickly persons wonder
for years why they have to suffer so.
and eventually discover that the drug
-caffeine-in coffee is the main cause
Of the trouble.
81 was always very fond OF coffee
and drank it every day. never had
much flesh and often wondered why ].
was always so pale, thin and weak.
"About five years ago my health
completely broke down and l was con-
fined to my bed. My stomach was in
such condition that could hardly take
sufficient nourishment TO sustain life.
During this time l was drinking
coffee, didn't think ] could Go without
1t.
"After awhile / came to the conclu-
sion that coffee was hurting me, and
decided to give it up and try Postum.
When it was made right--dark and
rich-.I soon became very fond OF 1t.
"In one week began to feel better.
I could eat more and sleep better. Ny
sick headaches were less frequent, and
within five months ] looked and reit
like a new being, headache spells en-
tirely gone.
my health continued to improve
and today am we'll and strong, weigh
l4S lbs. attribute my present health
to the life-giving qualities OF Postum.
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Read ''The Road to Well
VILE" in pkgs.
Postum now comes in two forms:
REGULAR Postum-must be wen
boiled.
Instant Postum-is a soluble pow
der A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
IN a cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar. makes a delicious beverage
Instsn4ly. Grocers sell both kinds.
~ there's a Reason" for Postum.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-05
HARD TO FIND NEW THEMES
=
Would Be PIaywrishts and Novel
Writers Find They Have Some
Handicap to Overcome.

"Ask any one you chance to meet
on the street what he is doing and
he will, in nine gases out of ten, tell
you he is writing play" said Eugene
Walter, author of several successes
every one, has Joined the play-writ-
ing handicap now. l asked motor
man on the street car the other day
how his play was getting on and he
said:
"T've got it all finished except the
climax OF the last act. That's been
hothering me.sa great deal. Now In
the second act / have the hero.
Forty second street. yelled the
conductor, and l had to get off the car
just as I was about to hear how the
hero saved the girl in the, second act.
"Ail of which reminds me of some
thing l heard an amateur novelist say
one. time lin Cincinnati. l met this
young newspaper man. He, like nine
tenths of all other newspaper men,
was a bug on fiction. He had the
script of novel tucked under his
arm. !.
GLOW are you making out?' I asked
him. ,-
"Rotten,' he answered.
What's the trouble?
">'Nothing, he went on, 'ohfy the
trouble is nowadays that u.s. novelists
hatch a plot, spend lot Of time writ.
ing it and then find that our plot has
been used as short story by the lat
o: Henry. Z. il Il - =. -
AND y.continued' ssWaltep,ss "the
young novelist4is. absolutely. right"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-05
IDLE FARM ACRES
ARE UNPROFITABLE
Man Must Have Clean Sweep
Across Fields If He Is After
the Greatest Profit.
(By X. 3. RUSHING.)

In travelling over the country | see
fields that are claimed to be worth
from $50 to 800 per acre, with a pile
of stones lying here and there and sew
eral scrawny, half-dead trees standing
about over this land and perhaps with
a swale running across.
Have you any such on your farm
that are not yielding profit. perhaps
scarcely paying taxes?
These acres are loafing, and what is
worse, not only loafing, but costing
the farmer hard earned money every
time he sends a man into the fields to
work. Time wasted in turning around
distractions is very great and time is
money these days.
With the modern machinery that
we want to use and to cultivate and
harvest our produce, a man must have
q clean sweep across the land il he
is after the greatest profit.
Often q few dollars would remove
these worthless piles Of stones, and
those old, half-dead trees which are
just in the way. Then the land would
be available for use.
By putting in an underdraiil a
worthless swale may be transformed
into fertile field. Stones and trees
are all right in their places, but the
best place for the stones is in max
ing a dam at the lower end of some
low place to help catch the wash, and
the best place for the trees is in a
clump by themselves or very near the
fence and not scattered all over an
otherwise profitable field.
1t is very common thing to see
large strips of land that are not in
shape to be cultivated; ioafing in
weeds and brush between fields, SIM
ply because the farmer has not the
ambition to fence them in.
If you have such land that cannot
be put under cultivation with profit it
should be fenced and turned into
pasture, or if you desire to grow
trees, and of course you should grow
some. set out a useful variety, but be
sure and not allow the land to loaf
away your profit by growing absolute
" worthless weeds and brush.
1t is shame to have land under
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-05
PROPERLY FITTED
HORSE COLLARS
Sore Shoulders and NeckS NeceS-
sariIy Follow Where Animal
Is in Poor Condition.

With horses going into heavy labor
in very thin condition many Of them
will not fill the collar as snug as in
former years. This will necessarily
create more sore shoulders and necks
than commonly. The collar should tit
up tight, so there will be no extra
room between the collar and the neck.
If a collar has been used it can fire.
quently be buckled up a notch tighter
to remove the slack. Keep the collar
smooth by rubbing with the hand. Do
not use a knife nor curry comb, as
they leave the surface rough, and IT.
ritates and causes sores. This should
be done when the collar is removed,
before the accumulation drys.
Wash the shoulders or neck at
night with cold water, and remove ali
surplus hair or dirt SO as to leave the
surface smooth; then apply lime sui
phur and tannin in three equal parts.
This is a powder, Rub it thoroughly,
as it heals and toughens the surface.
There is little use to have sores If
care is taken. With late spring and
weak horses it behooves every one
using horses to be as careful with
them as possible.