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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-21
RICHMOND MAN IS
BUILDING BRIDGE
PIERS AND ABUTMENTS ON
STRUCTURE OVER POTOMAC
BY THOMAS SHF,AHAN.

Construction of the Cum berla nd
bridge over the Potomac river at
Powelrs Bend. Md, is we'll advanced
md rapidly approaching completion.
1t Viii cost approximately s150.ooo.
The east and west abutments and the
first seven piers are finished. and with
In the xt few days the eighth and
ninth piers will proba bly, he completed
The concrete of piet ten is at about
the top If the river ccfferdam level.
and piers eleven and twelve are &C
per cent finished The substructure,
abutments ana piers are of concrete
ana altogether will amount to about
5000 cubic yards
The superstructure consists of thir-
te deck plate sirder spans each 100
feet long, with Pennsylvania railroad
standard concrete deck-sllb floor,
Most OF this material Is on the ground,
the erection of the six eastern spans
will be started within the next few
Gays II is the present intention Of
the railroad company to place the
concrete deck slab with it's own forces.
Thomas Shea han of Richmond, Va,
Ia the general contractor for the pier
and ahutment work, having been
awarded the contract as the lowest
bidder Of nine frms-on July rs. 1919.
The PENNSYLVANIA Steel company,
Eteeiton. Pa. is the general contrac-
tor of the superstructure, having been
given the contract on February OF
This year as the lowest bidder OF six
Companies submitting estimates.
The entire construction has been
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-21

WORTH ABOUT 100000

When we 70 Before the citizens Of
other States and tell them the ad-
vantages we have In Virginia, one OF
the best arguments We can put forth
Is TO show them the statistics Of the
last report. made by the chairman Of
the commission Of fisheries Of Xir-
gtnia- whose annual report tells Us
the oyster output Of The State was
between twelve and thirteen million
bushels during last season, says Alfred
Won Nyoen helm. in The Norfolk Viz
gin!an-Pi No state in the union
can make ouch remarkable showing.
It means there was realized in this
state between six and nina million
dollars the past year fer oysters ship
ped 1t means also there are more
people In this State supported by the
oyster industry, than in several Of the
largest oyster producing States. in
the North combined. It means. too.
that while zip North a few men or
firms control thousands Of acres OF
oyster bottoms. for the benefit Of a
few. there are over ten thousand ton
gers in this State. making direct
liVlng on the same amount or acre
age ana that there are nearly forty
thousand people supported by that
INDUSTRY mere thereby practically pay
ing the state the largest revenue tAat
any state In the union receives from
her oyster industry.
1t also has much 70 do with one or
me main issues that - now before the
american puhilc. that is the cost Of
hNng me state or Virginia has
shfpped IN wear 70 other states,
nine million dollars worth OF the
rest and purest Seafood. produced IN
| the word, al lower price than any
other food can he purchased. because
oysters sold ny the weight would on
~ cost twenty-five cents per pound,
Rhfch price ~ far below the cost ~
chicken or choice cuts OF beef lamb.
etc lhus oysters are not only lux
nry Tor the wealthy, but also an eco
nomical ana wholesome food for peo-
pie Of limited means.
" ME Nirgl MA stands ahead of al
oyster producing states In America,
il stu has opportunities 70 increase
the lead she has over other States.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-21

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-21

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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-11-05
The Next Great Man.

They are de-Anglicing Berlin, even
in the matter of hotel names. Well.
II 1t comes to signboards, what OF
our own King of Prussia?" About
half dozen such in London still com
memorate Frederick the Great and
over all England you may still find
widespread the tavern glory of the
victor OF Rosbach Shall we proceed
to paint them all out. as has just been
done at Barnet? One recalls Gold
smiths tale Of the alehcuse keeper
of Islington, who made of his French
King sign Queen of Hungary. .
Under the influence Of her red nose
and golden scepter he continued to
sell ale till she was no longer the
favorite Of his customers; he changed
her therefore, some time ago, for the
King of Prussia. who may probably
be changed in turn for the next great
man that shall be set up for vulgar
admiration" Now, who is the next
great man" that shall emerge from
the fog?-London Chronicle.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-11-05
Report on North Carolina Crops.

Washington, Nov. 2.-The crt p
reporting board of the United States
Department of Agriculture has just
completed it's estimate Of the acre
yield of the principal farm crops OF
North Carolina for this year. The
estimates are based on crop condi-
lions during the early part Of Octo-
Der. The final figures will be given
out within short time, but it is re-
ported that they will not differ to
any great extent with the prelimi-
nary estimates. According to the
figures the yield per acre of the
principal crops of this State in 1914
will be as follows: Corn 224 bus h.
els; buckwheat % bushels; Irish po.
tatoes 100 bushels; sweet potatoes
lis bushels; tobacco 800 pounds
rice 31.8 bushels, and cotton 33(
pounds.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-11-05
American Horses in Battle.

The American horse is one Of the
first to answer the bugle call of Eu-
ropean war. Representatives OF
many foreign governments are in
this country purchasing horses fer
various armies of the warning ne
tions and practically every state in
the union is contributing calvery
material to the belligerent factions.
The American horse is a utility
animal and excells that of any other
country on the face Of the Garth.
He has plowed our fields, fought
our battles and is the most faithful
of animal kind. His reputation is
extended to other countries and he
is now going to perform the service
for the foreign countries which he
has so faithfully fulfilled at home.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-11-05
David Allen MadfV.

This community has been called
upon to give up another Of its prom
inent and useful citizens. On last
Friday afternoon, October 30th, at
the home of his brother Mr.. R. J.
Madry, Mr.. David Allen Madry died.
Mr.aMadry was born September
II, 1862. In 1899 he was married to
Miss Delphia Cherry, and to this
union four children were born, two
boys and two girls, who survive him.
About IS months ago Mrs. Madry
died. This was heavy blow to Mr.
Madry, whose health was not good.
From her death his health steadily
declined.
For the last year Mr.. Madry was
a great sufferer. Everything that
expert medical skill and devoted
brothers and sisters, loving relatives
and kind friends could do was done
for his recovery and his comfort,
but the disease steadily gained
ground until it conquered.
In his long and intense sickness
Mr.. Madry was submissive to Gods
will, was thoughtful of his friends
and was deeply solicitous for his
children and loved ones. His devo-
ton to his children and to his broth
ers and sisters was beautiful to be-
hold. He also gave much thought
to the future and sought the advice
Of the ministers and religious lead
ers of the community, who talked
with him freely, and often held SER
vices with him. He said he wanted
to leave this world right and be
ready for the future world, and
throughout his sickness he thought
and prayed to that end.
In the presence of a large con-
course of relatives and friends,
funeral services were conducted on
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-11-05
In Lighter Vein.

MRS. Nurich, did your daughter
get homer" Eyes. 1t was just dis
graceful. She went over there to
try to get into the peerage, ane in
stead, she came home in the steer
age. Chicago Post.
But she says she has never given
you any encouragement" Ibid
she say that?'' ''She certainly did,"
She told me that her uncle was go.
ing to leave her fortune and that
he had one foot in the grave. II
that is not Encouragement I'd like
to know what you call it. "-Hudsor
Post.
Il love the bunny hug" | DOM
know it, but I'm bear at the plair
old-fashion variety" And then tie
moon considerably drew behind {
cloud.-Kansas City Journal.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-11-05
Farmers Union Notice.

l have just received notice from
the State Secretary saying that there
will be number of special trains to
carry delegates to the State Convea-
ton at Greenville on November l 7th..
Owing to conditions throughout the
South this is expected to be the
largest Convention ever held in the
State, and the officers have arranged
to make it the best Convention ever
held. We want to get every Union
man in Halifax county to go that
possibly can.
am sending out badges to those
who expect to go. If you don't get
yours drop me line and | will send
it. FraternalIy yours,
GEO. r. BENNETT,
County Secretary.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-11-05
No BdldkldYd Celebration.

The sixteenth anniversary of Bal
aklava passed with no celebration
for the first time in many years.
The annual dinner and reunion of
the survivors-there are two officers
and eleven men left of the 600
was abandoned this year as result of
the feeling that the funds for this
purpose would be better used for the
men now fighting on the continent.
Eight of the survivors are support.
ed by the funds raised in 1897 at the
time Of Queen Victoria's Jubilee
London Dispatch.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-11-05
Farmers Complete Hay Moving.

Washington, Nov. q North Caro-
lima farmers produced 1853, 900 tons
of tame or cultivated hay during
1914, according to the preliminary
estimates made today by the United
States Department of Agriculture.
The yield last year was $4,000 to1s.
The product is selling for an aver
age of $500 per ton, compared
with $3.50 per ton in 1913. The
yield per acre this season is l Is tons
and the quality is not as good as
that of the average crop of the past
ten years.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-11-05
Objects to Milk Pasteurization.

DR.. Ralph Vincent of the Manches.
ter (England Infants hospital says
that pasteurization cannot be relied
upon to kill tuberculosis bacilli and
claims that in his experience children
fed upon boiled or condensed milk
have been more prone to CONSUMPTION
than those fed on raw milk. One of
his arguments against sterilizing milk
Is that we do not pasteurize butter, al
though 1t is raw milk product. He
wants to prove that, although harm
full bacilli exist in raw milk they are
useful In destroying other harmful ba.
cilli In the liquid.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-11-05
CURRENT NEWSPAPER GOSSIP.
Sayings Of the Press About What Is
Taking Place Here and There.

Wilmington announces that she is
to have new vaudeville theatre
but what does Wilmington want
with vaudeville while the council
does like it has been doing?-Al
Fairbrother's Everything.
1t seems that every four years
there must be more or less unpleas-
antness in this country. Four years
ago there was good-sized bolt, and
it would appear that the bolt this
fall will be about as had.-Raleigh
Times.
The. freight authorities seem to
have pretty tangle on their hands
in the adjustment of affairs under
the intra-state rSles. Some of the
short roads are giving trouble out
of all proportion to their length. =
Charlotte Observer.
T. r. says he has seen the plans OF
foreign power for the capture of
both New York and San Francisco,
but they were clearly impracticable,
else the White House decorations
would be crimson and not orange
and black. Greensboro News.
If George Bailey can forsake the
barren plains Of hungering Houston,
part with the auburn haired widows
of that waste place and HE him hith-
er to the photographic feast we'll
guarantee he will change his citizen
ship to Tarheelia. Charlotte News.
Now comes DR.. Wood, of Whining
ton, averring that DR.. Goldberger is
all wrong about pellagra, and that
it is both infectious and contagious.
We shall try to dodge the pellag-
rams, but are firmly resolved to keep
on eating beans. Greensboro News.
r. G. Dun & Company, reviewing
business conditions, declare that
basic conditions are steadily improv-
ing, and on top Of this comes the
announcement from New Orleans
that January spot cotton made a
jump of a quarter Of a cent. Raj
eigh Times.
Is the committee on arrange
ments for the meeting of the Para
graphers' union at Char otte ready
to report? If it isn't, let's fire it
and get new committee. Spar
tanburg Journal: Shut up; we're
Patton along as fast as we can
Asheville Citiz IN.
From almost every section come re.
po:ts of e.s.er business. Condition
are steadily improving, and in few
weeks the country should begin te
hum. The minute cotton reaches 9
higher figure, the south will look up
and good business men predict
eight-cent cotton tefore mar
weeks.-Raleigh Zines.
Hunger threa tens the war zone
is part of the news coming from
Europe There is nothing strange
about that In a war zone of oul
own recollection loaf of breac
would have looked like a bale Of
cotton before it goes through the
compress. 1t often happened tina
grace" was said over corn bread
sorghum and rye coffee, when rye
could be had. Wilmington Star.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-11-05
Administrators Notice.

Having qualified as administrator
Of the estate of the late Susan Mills,
this is to notify the persons having
claims against her estate to file same
with me on or before the 26th day
of October, 1915, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons owing said estate will
please make immediate payment.
This Oath day of October, 1914.
J. 0. APPLEWHITE,
1O-29-6t Administrator.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-11-05
M can Brute.

my, N.Y." exclaimed Mrs. Gabb, as
she looked up from the newspaper. ut
says here that girl wrote her name
and address on an egg and secured a
husband. What do you think of that?'
Rats growled Mr. Gabb. Mar
rage always was shell game"
Banana skin Law In Brazil.
During Southwark inquest, IL
Which 1t was suggested that an old
man had slipped on q banana skin, 9
Juror said he had been IN Brazil. and
there II policeman saw a person
throw banana or orange skin on the
roadway that person was at once ar
rested and fined or sent to prison.
London Daily Graphic,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-09-03
Fought In Bare Feet.

LIE Matin of Paris relates that on the
arrival of a train bringing wounded
Senegalese rihemen nearly all were
found smoking furiously from long
porcelain pipes taken from the enemy
and Indifferent to their wounds.
Though their arms and bodies are
hacked by sabers, the Senegalese CON-
plain of nothing but the obligation to
fight with shoes on. Before going into
battle at Charleroi they slyly rid them
selves Of these impediments and came
back shod in German footwear to
avoid punishment for losing equipment.
A colonial trooper among the wound
ed brought to Paris from the front de-
clared that he felt nothing when his
arm was shot off by shell until he
saw it lying on the ground. Not being
able to bear the thought of leaving it,
as he expressed it, as meat for the
Prussian dogs" he picked It up and
ran several yards with it before he was
overcome.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-09-03
STIRRING STORIES
AND TRAGEDY
Thrilling Episodes of the Bat
tlefieId and Unusual
Incidents.

\ACH days dispatches from Eu-
rope bring stories Of bravery
IL on the battlefield and calm
courage in the face of death.
There are also stories of unusual Incl
dents and here and there bits of humor.
Some Of the best Of these stories are
here given:
Charleroi the Paris correspondent of
the London Chronicle tells of an inter-
esting incident. Referring to the cap
ture Of a band Of uhlans at the gates
Of Courtrai by detachment of French
chasseurs, he says:
'"Their chief officer was found to be
Lieutenant Count Won Schwerin, a
nephew Of the kaiser. The commander
Is only twenty-five years old and has
been married only seven months. The
officer commanding the French detach-
ment found that the counts sword was
a present from the emperor himself
and bore an inscription to that effect
on the blade. The counts saber, belt
and helmet were taken to st. Ouen and
presented to the wife Of the officer who
made the capture. The sword was
blood stained and it's point twisted"
The correspondent Of the London
Times sends the following under a
Paris date:
"Near Charleroi 1 heard some stories
of the bravery Of the French soldiers.
The Germans were bombarding the
city. The French troops made what
amounted to a medieval sortie, but,
finding the enemy in much greater
force than was expected, were COM
PEELED to withdraw. The lombard
ment continued relentlessly, where
upon the French Turcos, picked troops
from Algeria, debouched from the town
and, with gallantry which must sure
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-09-03
OF PLUCK, VALOR
IN THE WAR NEWS
Touches of Humor Relieve
Grim Picture Of Europe's
Awful Conflict.

fort on the Main tell how Prince Fred
erick Charles of Hesse, the emperor's
brother-in-law, while leading his regi-
ment during a recent battle, seized
flag from the hands Of the wounded
flag bearer and carried it on to victory.
Joke on Eve of Battle.
A refugee who saw some Of the fight
ing on the Belgian frontier said the
British soldiers were extraordinary be-
ings.
"They went into battle smoking their
pipes" he said.
The GOODNESS and nerve of the British
soldier on the firing line are the subject
of cable message to the Central News
of London:
1.-The British troops went to their po-
sitions silently but happily. There was
no singing because it was forbidden,
but as the men deployed to the trench
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-09-03

PRINCE FREDERICK CHARLES, WHO TOOK
PLACE OF WOUNDED FLAG BEARER.
~ live in history, charged the German
battery, bayonetting all the German
gunners. Their losses. it is said, ex-
ceeded those of the light brigade at
Balaclava. OF battalion only 100
men, it is reported, returned unscathed.
Their bravery. however. was power
less against the German advance.
which crept foot by foot through the
outskirts of Charleroi to the very heart
of the town.
"There in the narrow streets the car
mage was indescribable. A French in
fantryman told me that the roads be-
came so damned with dead that the
killed remained standing upright where
they had been shot. supported by their
dead comrades
Outside an inn was to be seen the
dead figure of a German officer with
his head bowed over q basin and soap
lather dry upon his face. where he had
been shot in the act of Washing
There was another who lay across a
table. while cup of coffee which he
had been in the act Of raising to his lips
at the moment when death found him
lay broken on the ground.
"Hurricane of Iron."
A traveller arriving at Paris from
Charleroi was witness of part of the
fighting at that place. He said:
II was at Foreux. fifteen mi1e@a from
Erquelines. This region is covered
with thick growth of trees. From
where I was stationed I could see the
passing for hours of column after COL
umn Of German infantry. They were
subjected to a veritable hurricane Of
iron from the French artillery, and
they went down by the dozen. Never
theless more came forward to take the
places Of the slain.''
Prince Dies a Hero.
Berlin newspapers are filled with
stories of how prominent German off,
GERS fell on the battlefelds. How
Prince Frederic William Of Lippe died
in the fighting before Liege is describ.
ed in dispatch received from the
headquarters Of the German army.
The princes infantry regiment was
-~ surrounded by the Belgians under the
walls Of Liege, and he was struck by
two bullets while standing among his
men. The bullets took effect in the
princes neck, and as he fell he cried
'grasping the regimenta1 standard
Save the flag!'
Wounded soldiers arriving at Frank
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-09-03
First Pub. Aug. POST
Notice of Hearing Petition for Survey.

Whereas, petition has been pre-
sented to the board of county COM
missioners of Mile Laos county,
Mimi, asking that said board shall
cause to be surveyed, located and
staked out, pursuant to Sec. 7S6-796,
G. S. 1913, all sections, and property
lines pertaining to section twenty
five (25), township thirty-eight 1857,
range twenty-six (26).
Now, therefore, notice is hereby
given that hearing on said petit
tion will be granted at the Office of
said board, at Princeton, Mimi,
September IA, 1914. The owners of
the lands to be affected by such sur.
vey as they appear on the latest tax
duplicates are as follows:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-09-03

sried, with silk French, Belgian and
Swiss flags, rushed about the pier.
cheering for the allied armies.
Near the gangway a handsome young
French reserve officer was supporting
his wife in his arms
II don't ask you to stay" she cried
in English. ''but-oh. oh. Jean. come
back to me!'
He kissed her with set face, saying
nothing, and when the insistent bugles
summoned all passengers ashore he re-
leased her arms gently and thep turn
ing from her, plunged into the crowd
on the gangplank and was lost The
woman stood where she had been.
Presently the man appeared on the
first cabin deck. She moved to the
pier rail, and so the two stood until the
steamship took him away.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-09-03
Oddities In the News

Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Eng
lands actor-manager, is serving as CON-
mander of a special squad Of forty vol
unteer policemen recruited from among
London Thespians. They are on duty
from midnight to 4 a. m.
To end hostile demonstrations Ger
man woman shopkeeper Of Islington
married an Englishman, and "Jenkins''
has replaced "Hoggesbatt' above the
shop.
After being on terms Of warmest
friendship for years, twenty-five out
Of thirty men employed by an export
firm in London have left to fight in
the different armies. Six are fighting
for Germany, eight for France, four
for Russia, three for Austria and one
for England.
Bandsman Blake, the English boxer
American sporting writer's to the con-
trary-was arrested in London for
speeding his motorcycle. II was in a
hurry to enlist" he told the court. He
was discharged.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-09-03

SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM TREE, ENGLISH
ACTOR, NOW WAR POLICEMAN.
lied British subject of many years
standing and his loyalty is equal to
that of any Of his most gracious maj
esty's subjects. whom he treats and
respects as man to man.
One German baker in south London
whose name was Schmidt" promptly
changed it to ''Smith."