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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
TINE FOR SOWING
RED CLOVER HERE
MIXING OF SEEDS GIVES GOOD
STAND TO ALL
CROPS.
MIXING M OF seeds GIVES Goob
STAND TO ALL
CROPS.

The best time for seeding red clo-
YER is IN the spring, and 1t can be
sown to excellent advantage either by
itself or on fall-sown grain the end OF
February or during March. says
Woods Crop Special. Very satisfac-
tory stards are obtained by sowing
clover seed in the fall. and then run
ming q sharp-tooth harrow choaswise
over the field, SO as to give the seed
a slight covering. Running the har-
row over 1t does not injure the grain
Itself, hut increases the yield. really
acting as a cultivation TO the crop
Glover se. j rec CURES a good. Arm seed
bed, aal sowing in this way. it is scTn
under itseal ..s..,fiitions for securing a
good stand. All throughout the
West 1t u the regular custom to SOW
clover seed In the spring OF practi-
cally all fall sown wheat or other
grain crops. -
Red clover Is considered as the
standard forage and soil-improving
crop combined. and II more widely
and generally used than any other
crop for this purpose. The Quanti-
ty sown to the acre Is usually ten to
twelve pounds. 1t Is an excellent plan
when seeding to SOW also two or three
pounds Of alsike clover to the acre:
and II 1t Is desired to inoculate tho
sail for alfalfa. q seeding or three TO
Ave pounds OF alfalfa Is desirable.
Where these three clovers are sown
in mixture, eight pounds of red clover.
three pounds OF alsike clover and
three pounds alfalfa is the quantity
usually sown to the acre. The advan-
tages OF sowing als.ke clover are
more on the lines OF crop insurance
than otherwise, az aleike clover Is
surer to give q stand, and also stands
more adverse conditions OF dry and
cold weather than other clovers.
The sowing OF alfalfa with both clo-
vers and grasses Is likely to increase
the yield considerably. and the SOW
ing Of alfalfa in mixtures with ether
grasses and ciovers Is one NJ tire best
ways Of testing az to whether 1t is
adapted to your land. and also OF
thoroughly inocula4ing your land. in
case 1t Is desired to put the land down
to q pure slfalfa crop afterwards.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01

the guest for several days this week
Of Mr.. and Mrs Ralph Chandler
Root. in their Penlan home.
Mrs. Fontaine, with son and daugh-
ter, formerly Virgsnians, but for
many years residents OF California,
visited Miss Margaret Brown at Ivy
Hill, this week. They will visit num-
erous other relatives before returning
to their home in the West
Rev. Piummer r. Jones will occupy
the pulpit OF the Presbyterian church
at Fork Union next Sunday.
MrA Charles w. Keef WAS visitor
In Richmond last week
Mrs Ralph G. Root. OF Penlan, with
her young son. Ralph Chandler. Jr.,
visited friends in Arvonia this week.
Charles Wood. of Fork Union, was
a visitor in the New Canton neigh
borhood this week.
H. E. Hader. OF Palmyra. visited
here and other ne.Shboring towns
early this week.
Travel has been very light on all
trains in this section during the past
week or ten days. Officials State that
1t has been lighter than for a long
time.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
COMPL AMT AGAINST
FAST" TRAIN SERV &c

HEATHSVILLE, VA. Jan. 81
At the request Of editors and public
men the government recently induced
the Southern Railway to put on fast
train from Richmond to West Point
in order that the people OF the lower
Northern Neck and south OF the Rap
pahannock river might get the Balti-
more and Richmond mails the day
they ara published.
The Baltimore and Richmond
papers under this new schedule.
should be received II. this section on
tho night Of tho day published. there
by greatly improving the mail service
to the Northern Neck ana putting this
territory in closer touch with these
two citieA
SO far. the service has not proven
satisfactory. however. and tho peo-
Pile on tho route are disgusted with
the present conditions. In few
instances the mali has come through
on time. but more frequently papers
and important mall sent out from
Richmond. via this route. have been
delayed several days IN transit as
many as three papers of different
dates being received at one time.
Citizens here hope that the Baltimore
and Richmond papers will make an
effort to have these conditions Inn
proved.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
ARvoN1A

ARvoNIA, VA. Jan. Sl.-Miss
Kathleen Newman, Of Somerset.
Orange county. was the guest OF her
sister, Mrs. Charles Graham Thomas.
during several days last week.
Mrs Willie Amber, Of Seven Is
lands," has been visiting relatives In
Lynchburg for some weeks. Before
returning home she will spend some
time With relatives in Charlottesville.
william w. jackson. OF Farmville.
spent several days last week visiting
his daughter. Mrs Edward E. Rob
erts.
Robert Mcbride. an elder OF the
Scottsville Presbyterian church. was
a visitor here last week. being the
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Williams.
He came to look into the matter OF
getting . permanent pastor OF the
Ecottsville group Of Presbyterian
churches
DR.. and Mrs. Maybre, Of Norfolk.
father, w. L. Boatwright. Of the
Mount Zion neighborhood.
Misses L0ttie and Ella PAtteson. OF
Well Water. this county. spent several
days last week visiting their cousin.
Mrs. r. b. PAtteson. at New Canton.
Wilson Fuqua, professor In the
Chester high school. spent Saturday
and Sunday at his home here. He
came up with the basketball team OF
his school, which played . team OF
the Fork Union academy.
Bledsoe Beaie. of 9cottsviile. was Z
visitor hero and In New Canton this
week.
a. L. Pitts, ia, attorney, OF Scots
Vile, Va, yislted his old home here
on Sunday and Monday Of this week.
Robert c. Nicholas. OF ChAriottes-
vile. was = visitor ii ArvoniA this
week.
A. 4. Pitts visited Richmond this
week. going thAnc4 to several towns
IN North CxxUfina
Jehn 1flYcAkesu. ~ niChImoud. was
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01

A Southern Baptist convention in
Italy-this sounds unnatural enough,
but Missionary J. F. Stuart tells an
interesting story of this interesting
event. He says:
THE fifth convention Of the Baptists
OF Southern Italy took place at b.
saccia, town OF ten thousand people.
23rd, Gath. 25th and 26th Of last
September.
TT was a harmonious and deeply
spiritual meeting from the start to
the close. There were present nearly
forty delegates. Six Of these were
laymen. who left their work to at
tend. This means much, especially at
that time of the year, when the people
are very busy in the fields. For the
first time In the history of the mission
THE delegates paid all of their expenses.
Among other important things done
was the decision to publish a weekly
Baptist paper, which Is badly needed,
as we have no such paper at present.
The paper is to be self-supporting.
and In no way a burden to the mis-
Aon. The night services were at
tended by from 700 to 500 people.
The new chapel was crowded. and
people stood in the street to listen.
This convention and its success Is es-
peciaIiy significant in the fact that
It was held In Bisaccia, where three
years ago there was bitter persecu-
ton against our brethren for seveal
months. DUNG this time as many as
four hundred soldiers were sent there
to protect the missionary and evan
geliets. who went on the field to save
the work Forty persons were ar
rested and condemned, but we asked
that they might be pardoned, which
helped to cause reaction In our
favor"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
FULTON

Rudolph Gill, OF Orange. Va. wa
here on a business trip this weak
Miss Grace Nielsen has returned
home after spending the month with
relatives in Orange. Va
Stanley Curry has returned hcmo
from a two weeks trip to North a1A
South Carolina
Vernon Butler. OF North CaSo11xn.
visited his family here this week.
The Kings Daughters will hold Il
meeting on next Tuesday afternOoA
with Mrs. William CARRIER.
The Ladies' Auxiliary Of Denny-
Street church will meet on Next
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. George
Butler, on Seventh street.
Mrs. George Rogers Is confined -
her home by sickness.
The funeral of William Merridew.
who died suddenly while at his work
on the tug Thomas Cunningham,n
took place from Denny Street church
last Sunday morning at 1890 o'clock.
Burial In lakewood cemetery.
Mrs Dalton Shrecengost has been
quite sick during the past week.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
STATE MEETING
FARMERS UNION
" 4
In BUCKINGHAM
MARKETS.

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
BUCKINGHAM, Jan. 31.--Tho
Farmers union OF Buckingham coun-
ty meets here on February 21st A
carload OF guano Is being unloaded
at Dillwyn today and stored In ths
purchased by the union. Much in
terest is being taken in the Stats
meeting Of the union. which meets In
Petersburg next week. and Buckfng-
ham will send Its full quota OF dele-
gates.
There has been sold on the DiIlwyn
market over $4,000 pounds Of to-
bacco this season. which is 2J0.000
pounds more than was sold there to
this date last season, and the ware
house men say they expect to sell
two million pounds this season.
Prices have materially increased
pairing TO put out the new crop with
renewed hope OF being able to raise
the weed at prices that will yield
them a profit
". II. McGeehee is managing tho
Dillwyn market again this season, ana
he has the esteem. and confidence Of
all tho farmers who sell on this mar
ket
Real estate agents have been busy
SeiInk property In ouSAiA6 uA1A, 0ASN
they have automobiles at the station
to take prospective purchasers to SEQ
the. properties.
The State highway commissioners
has agreed to have one mile Of the
new sand-clay road, built to deter
mine what the cost should be and
then the board of supervisors pro-
poses to have the road completed
from here to Dillwyn going east and
from here to the Gillian farm going
west.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
VALLEY ELECTRIC
ROAD PROSPER|NG
PLANS FOR LINE BETWEEN
= '
WASHINGTON AND WINGHES-
,~.r-ccvx~

WASHINGTON. in. a1.---JPlans for
= proposed electric railroad to con-
meet Harrisonhurg and Winchester.
Harpers Ferry, w. Va. and Freder-
lex, Md. by way OF the Shenandoah
Valley, are progressing rapidly. ac-
cordtng to reports by a Washington
capitalist, who has Just returned from
. business trip through the Shenan-
doah Valley. inspecting the proposed
route. The road will continue into
washington eventually. deed OF
trust, TO hold a bond issue OF 5000
coo In favor OF the Safe Deposit and
Trust company. OF Baltimore. has been
filed with the county clerk at Martins
burg.
The power will be supplied by an
enlargement OF the plant OF the Mar
tinsburg Power company sufficiently
to provide for the electrification OF the
new road.
The majority Of the property own
Nrs along the route of the proposed
road have signified a willingness to
sell right Of way at reasonable prices,
some even being willing TO give the
necessary land to the company.
The new company, which Is COM
posed Of men OF financial and BUSH
ness prominence. Is receiving every
assistance from the people OF the
cities to be touched by the road. and
mwory inducement is being held out
~ tho company In hope OF speedy
pOmpletion OF the undertaking.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01

WASHINGTON. Ian s3-It Il per-
sistently reported here that Nelson
OShaughnessy. charge d'anaires At
the American embassy II Mexico City.
will be recalled owing - his too
friendly relations with President HUI
erta. O'Shaughneasy and HuertA are
casions, and tho Mexican dictator. who
n the enemy OF tho un1tod states, al
ways geta afong most Amtably with the
American representative The reports
that have reached rromAAnk Wilson
FxEAr4inE k64 mMtteK nx1aE1 ID hAr0 O.
1axo anAcyed hi1l 6o1fy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
F|0M cUDD|E HOLE
To MAMMOTH STORE
TRAGLYs now IN THE MIDST OF
ms SEVENTEENTH ANNIvER-
III sARY SALE.

Tragle's seventeenth anniversary
hAle Ii now on. Everyone In Richmond
knows the Tragic store. Many of
them remember how It started in a
little cuddle hole seventeen years ago.
and all now can realize how 1t be-
came so uccessful--through persist
emit advertising, and through honesty
In methods and In goods.
From this little hole In the wall, the
store has grown into an immense
building. containing everything in the
druggists and novelty lines. A branch
Of the city postofiice Is established in
the front OF the store, and at the rear,
nearly block away. Is the prescrip-N
ton department.
First on the left on entering Is the
candy department. Then comes the
stationery department. Following in
order come the leather goods. brass
goods and bristIe goods departments.
In this department all tooth brushes.
and there Is q tremendous stock of
them. are kept in strictly sanitary
glass cases.
Next to the left lis where the big
stock OF patent medicines is on display
ana stored. and following is the de-
partment for all manner OF bathroom
supplies, including sponges, soaps,
bath equipments, etc, and next to this
10 tho toy department, in which are
kept large stocks OF imported and do
mestic goods.
Immense Prescription Department.
In the rear OF the store is the pre-
pcription department OCCUPYING more
space than Is required for a great
many drug stores. The space is AK
10 feet. This department Is In charge
OF John Ridenour, a registered phar-
macdst OF large experience. He has
been with Tragic for fourteen years.
Mr.. Ridenour lis assisted by a corps
OF expert registered drug clerks.
The offices OF this giant drug house
are on the mezzanine, at the rear,
overlooking the entire lower floor. The
basement, as large as the main floor.
is q series of storage-rooms, where
large stocks are kept. Thus 1t may
be seen that the elimination OF the
Tragic System" with the energy and
push put behind 1T seventeen years
ago, has been the growth of the little
store to the largest retail drug house
In all of Virginia and from Mr.. Tragic
himself and one little boy TO assist him
tho force has grown to twenty people.
among whom are some who have been
with the house for many years. Mrs.
B. +. Chcsley. the popular and genial
cashier has been at the desk for fif-
teen years. Mr.. Ridenour. In the pre-
ecriptlnn department, fourteen years
C[Ua1eF It2tS bcEE &tHEsaA ikiStai-
ager ten years, and g. r. Webb assist
ant. six years.
r.. Elwood Tragic came to Richmond
for his health and feel in love with the
town and soon became a thermometer.
who believes In Richmond. He has
made money, and he has invested IL
"A fast as he made Ii In Richmond
real estate and Richmond securities.
-rnyf his bills with he wif-f~-nfe drug
houses Of this city are among fhe larg-
est some OF them sell to any one
house. and he lis an enthusiastic pa
tron OF home industries.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
CITY GETS LARGE
TAXABLE VALUES

Richmond's property valuation was
increased by $250.000 yesterday,
when State Examiner w. H. Sands
reported to State auditor Moore that
taxable values amounting to that sum
had not been returned by the Minor
w. Woodward estate for the years
1909, 1910, te11 and 1912 Mr.. Sands
reports that the assessment on the
properly for the four years mentioned
wHs arbitrary.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
bodies give - . right to claim seventy
eight per cent not on these Mis-
sionAry Voice.
A Different Field.

~ OA0V4Caot r 1Caus
India, with ono possible exception.
ID the hardest mission field In the
world, but even India IL becoming,
slowly but surely, Christian. The gov
eminent census tells the tale. During
the last ton years, while the populA-
ton increased two and one-half per
cent, Protestant native Christians. IN
creased more than sixty-two and one
half Per cent.
While the Hindus lost fraction OF
one per cent, and while the Parsees
gained four per cent, the Jews six
per cent, and the Mohammedans eight
per cent, Protestant Indian Christians
increased more than sixty-two and
pne-hak per cent.
In China the Protestant community
has Increased about one hundred per
cent every seven years. The Boxer
uprising tried to wipe out Christianity.
but the church has gained more con-
verts in the eight years since the
Boxer uprising than in the first eighty
years Of missions In China.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01

erected chapels, each one larger than
the last, and now a building to seal
five hundred Is being completed. The
money and the work have been pro-
vided entirely by native believers.
Once or twice a year a missionary
visits the church baptixing converts.
A Good Story.
A missionary tells this amusing IN
cident. which occurred while he was
teaching q Sunday school class:
They had read tho STORY OF the
Arab and tho camel The camel first
asked permission to put his head In
side the tent. then pushed In his neck,
then his shoulders. and finally his
whole body. and said to the Arab:
There - not room enough hero for
Us both. You viii have to get out.'
The story had been read. and ! began
asking questions about It. When /
came to the question. What lesson
does thi4 story teach us?' there was
q dead silence. After q pause, one
girl raised her hand and said: That
we should not b kind to animals" -
A Pioneer Missionary.
Tho executive committee Of foreign
missions OF the Southern Presbyterian
church h In receipt at . letter. which
UAAA81 AAlO AA0W0 OA LILO uCAkE OK rev.
]. L. Stuart, which occurred in Hong
Chow, China, recently. Mr.. Stuart
was the oldest missionary in the
Southern Presbyterian church In point
OF service. He has been in the
Chinese field 1orty-five years, and was
ono Of tho best known and beloved
men Of the church. His three sons
were missionaries also. two OF them
RevA. J. /. Stuart, Jr., and Warren
Stuart-being in China at the present
time. the other son having died. Mr..
Stuart Is also survived by his wife
Is THIS = Christian Nat1on9
Can We maintain our claim to be-
Ing . Christian nation7 The popu-
lAtion OF tho United States (approxi-
mate figuresl II 90,000.00o
Members OF evangelical
pO0Io8 1O,UVO,V0O
Members o3 other bodies. 1900, 900
With no religious profess
sion Nnciuding 10, 900, 600
+. or 100000 childrcn).. 50, 0oo, 900
Does membership Of 10000. 900
In evangelical bodies entitle us to In
clude the other 100000. and call
ourselves Christian nation?
Does twenty-five per. cent Of the
population on the rolls Of evangelical
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01

Frederic Mckay has engaged little
Marie Flynn for one OF the important
roles In When Claudia Smiles. Miss
Flynn was last seen In the cast OF
When Dreams Come True.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
YOUNG JAPANESE CONVERT
IS A LIVING EPISTLE'
Does Splendid Work Salary of $50 Per Month. The
Bible and the Hymn Book Are Best Sellers" in Korea
Be- Believers Building fheir Own Churches.
Death of Pioneer Missionary. Are We Chris
tan Natona The Hardest Missionary Field.
Southern Baptists in Italy.

"Being without family, $3.50 per
month. although not enough to sup
port him well, supplies him with food
and clothing. ! trust God will move
some one to come to my aid In as
sisting this devoted worker"
This sentence came Ia report from
a missionary In Japan. He refers to
Y. Mukal, native convert. the story
Of whose work is calculated to make
many Christians ashamed Of them
selves Tue missionary nays Of him:
He was formerly . soothsayer. but
IL now our newest and one Of our
most effective workerM He n . ltv-
ing epistle.
beginning IN january Of this year
In Beppu. he has worked in turn sew
eral months in each OF tho center4
and no little OF the success c< each
OF the preachers, Is due to the help
Of this consecrated layman. He has
sold $3.50 scriptures and portions. ten
hymnals, forty-four other Christian
books or tracts He has sought out
twenty backalider& He hAs been In
strumental In leading thirty-one In
quirers, five having become candidates
been baptized But m0re-ehrough
him great blessing being brought
to tho preachers themselves"
A Crying Need.
More churches and larger churches
is the one constant demand OF this
day for missionary work in China We
hardly finish building before It II
too small For years we have only
had converts from the poorer cl1aBe&
who were unable to do much toward
helping In the work OF the building
their own churches. Now, am glad
to say. we are reaching moro and moro
tho merchant classes, who are able
to contribute toward this cause. The
members OF this particular church
have contributed about $1,000, United
States currency. toward this enter
prdse.--J. B. Fears, Shanghai. China
Work OF Native Believers.
The Korean Christians read all tho
books they can get. and are not sat
isfied. The two best selling books In
the empire are the Bible and the
hymn book. The demand for schools
like the demand for literature, - Tar
greater than tho supply.
Ten years ago a christian Korean
farmer moved from . village to =,
market town. At the end Of = year
he had q congregation o. thirty Chris
tianA Four times these people have
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
Work In Cuba.

OF the work in Cuba, Mr.. r. l.
Wharton. CaIbarieu. Cuba writes:
The Observation-Disclosures Sunday
school convention. held in Cardinos,
November 81. inclusive, indicated a
decided growth In spiritual force. and
much clearer grasp OF the great
duty resting upon the workers than
any previous convention celebrated
on the island. The number of dele
rates reached q total Of one hundred
and seventy-two. and the convention
was OF unusual value. because of the
careful pxrpA ratsnn Of tho speakers
1t Ii exceedingly Interesting to the
older workers to see the rapid de-
velopment intellectually and spiritual
~ OF the native young men. Two OF
the most effect1sesaddresses were de-
hvered by young men Of the native
force-yeung men under thirty years
OF age"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
Cheer from Brazil.

&lIN[A IbfaAAAs
We have. put In electric lights.
opened a parochiai school with
twenty-five children at the first roll
call)' received three members, and
some twenty odd candidates; preached
to seventy or eighty attentive listen
ers that fill the little hall, the back
room, the three windows and the
door. and last Sunday administered
the sacrament to the largest number
In years. Our Sunday school has
some forty members: the infant class
recites In the garden. our hall being
3x4 meters. As to our church In Bello
Horixonte. we have received seven
teen members. have q good list Of
candidates under instruction: Sunday
school has reached 100; number OF
communicates four times what 1t was
fifteen months ago: all collections
up to date; a fine spirit of fraternity
and activity; 1000 tracts and 500 In
vitation cards ready to distribute at
the door and eisewhere.-J. NJ. Lander,
BeTlo Horizonte. Brazil.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01

ID a play entitled Tho Plain Woman
ID TO be produced in Cleveland tho
latter part OF this month
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01

The Midnight Girl, a musical COM
ody. was lately produced In Provt-
dence, under the management OF tina
0huhortA The cast producing the
comedy Included Viola Gillette, Mar
9aret Ron,aane. George MacFarlane.
Louise Kelley. Eva Falion. Teddy
webb and Harry MacDonough.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-12-31
IBy United Pressl

LONDON, Dee. 31.-The admiral
ty is preparing a report on all ships
carrying American goods that have
been held up and diverted from the
ports to which they were destined.
Each case and the reason for diver
sion will be given. Allegations as 70
irregular manifests and contraban1
will be cited and are expected to fig
ure essentially in the British reply o
President Wilson's note.
Outside of actual fighting the situa-
ton is considered the most serious
development of the war. A strong
minority anxiously believe Wilson's
protest indicates that America is pro-
German. Some newspapers, espec-
tally outside OF London, urge the gov
ernmcnt to stand firm.