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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-10
March 10. 1911.
Hest Potato.

Orange County:
"i'lcase tell me
through The Times
Dispatch what is
the best early po-
cato, ana the best
method in i'iedtiionl
Virginia" If you
have been reading
The Titncs-Dispatch
carefully, you Will
have found that ]
have discussed the
early potato crop
pretty completely.
The potato general
ly planted early IL
tho Irish Cobbler,
but IL IL hard to
ind an uniuiAcd lot.
] prefer the Beauty,
which Is Il little
eaiher. and q bet
ter potato than the
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Total ............ .t.s4l $40 -

!. Andrew VI. Glover. cashier. do sol
e!nnly swear that the above Is a true
statement of the fina ncial condition of
Broad street Bank. located at Rich
mond. In the County OF Henrico State
o. Virginia. Mt the close OF business on
the ith day OF March. 1914, to the beat
Of my knowledge and belief
ANDREW NJ. GLOVER,
Cashier
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-10

Subscribed and sworn tn bero-o $40
this 9th day OF March, 1914. ''''
j. 4. LEWIS.
Notary Public
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-10

STATE of Virginia. City OF Richmond:
sworn to and subscribed before mo
~ y nn,cw " Glover. cashier. this 9th
L. L. WORD.
a., Notary Public
ny commission expires February 4.
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The Ideal Watermelon.

What watermelon do you consider
tho ideal one for shippingY' The
kolb Gem has for many years been the
nost generally grown watermelon for
chipping. but growers arc realizing
that people arc learning that there are
melons OF far better quality that VIII
ship. Some Of the best watcimclons
are only suited TO home use and
home market. because Of their brittle
rind. But IL has been found that We
have in the one known as Tom W
son Il large and good watermelon, and
one that has riud tough enough TO
stand shipping In bulk. This Is very
long melon, with {, dark green outsi c
and thin rind. but tough. and the ilcsh
Is of ENC. sweet quality. For a good
melon and n good shipper, ] know none
better. The best watermelon. in my
opinion. IL the McIver sugar melon. In
some catalogues called Wonderful.
But II is only Of value for homo con
sumption and home market. as Its
rind will not endure shipping.
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ut home is to spread the materials In
layers on q barn noor. Then set up Il
mason's sand screen and shovel the
material through II two or three times.
ana you VIII have rs complete Il mi =
turc as any factory can make. Tho
factory goods arc not always well
iiiAed. for the Ohio station found that
a sack Of mixed goods. after travelling
zoo miles. had so shaken apart that the
top Of the sack made Il very diiiei eut
analysis from the bottom. The manu-
facturcrs naturally prefer to sell their
!cgular mixed brands. but you can save
money by mixing the materials at
home, and can do II as well as they
c;iS. even when they use Their so-callcd
wet mixing. business men. OF course.
seek az much profit - they can inanc
and cannot be blamed for this But
the farmer likewise should seek his
own advantage III the use Of fer
tiliZcrs.
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Corrcct-Attcst:
CHARLES w. VAUGHAN.
ALVIN NJ. SMITH,
LEE FERGUSON,
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will not endure shipping.
Corn Improvement.


Il have been reading bulletin from
tho Virginia station. In which accounts
are given Of the planting Of different
strains OF the same variety or com iii
mixture. and that this made very
considerable increase over any strain
alone. Also that where rows were
planted alternately Of two strains, and
ono detasselcd and the other not, the
detassclcd row made the greatest yield.
~ there y definite reason FOR 1T In
growing corn for market would 1t DC
advisable to detasSel any ro"s, and
If SO. how many rows should he left
between the tassel rows? Would there
earlier hy d,tasscl!iug"' II is 4 we'll
known law III nature that crossing
plants within tho species is an .nY.--
Grafton 10 tho plants. That crossed
plants Of the same species are strong
or and more vigorous than selt-fcrt!-
lizcd or closely fcrtilzei plants Thus
the same variety Of corn grown IN diff
be a. mutual help. The same Ia" APP
plies when two strains Of the same
variety were planted IN alternate rows
The detasscled rows were crossed y:
tho rows not detasseied and thus were
and made more productive
1T is just the same as In breeding cat
tic You need . cross now and then
of tho same breed to prevent too close
breeding. The same variety Of corn
grown on the same farm year after
year VIII lie greatly helped by bring
ing In some Of tn. same variety grown
in a different environment SO that
there will be Il cross and the close
breeding checked In growing corn
for market I would not deta asset. but
would change seed occasionally with
Il nciEhbor growing the same kind OF
corn
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s475.I74 10

State OF Virginia. city of Ricbmnna
4. T.. J.. Mcconnell. cashier Of the
a a,, named bank. do solemnly swear
,nat ire above statement Is true to the
pest OF my knowledge and belief
4. L. MCCONNELL.
CuSbior
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-10

Bank RtatrmrntG
RESOURCES.

RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts. 3l,ol5,l4l IS
ONcrdraftS. unsccurcd. 100 81
Bonds. securities, etc,
owned, including pro-
MUM on same ......... a5e.soo so
Banking house and lot. SSOa1 %
other real estate owned. 1880 II
Furniture and fixtures. 234e2 o.
EXC anpcs and checks for
next days clcarinss o5,4a4 Is
Other cash itcms.... 2n15 81
Due from national banks l43,592 AZ
Due from state banks pri-
vatc bankers and trust
companies ............ 3s32s Il
Pap.r currency. ....... $4,000 90
Fractional pa per currency,
nickcls and cents. ~ 1850 40
tiold coin ................ 2.2i5 90
SILVER com. .............. 1879 10
Total .,,...,.... sI,s4I,S48 Il
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Correct-Attest:
J. W. RoTHERT,
!. III. KACFM M.
JOHN MURPHY,
Directors
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-10

improved If he did a bit of real sing.
ing for he has real voice and n fine
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
Northumberland Bank

AT BIGuMoND. IN THE STATE OF
VIRGINIA, AT THE CLOSE or,
BUSINESS MARCH 4. 1911
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CONDITION OF THE
American National Bank.
AT RICHMOND IN THE sTA ,s ME pyFGY,
IlE:SnIlRI.I.S.

THE STATE OF VIRGINIA,
NESS MARCH 4. 1914.
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rbed and TO before this day March 1914.
CHARLES T. RIGGER
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-05
OIL DRILLERS AWAIT
BITS FOR BORING TOOL

Actual work of boring for oil at San
ford will begin within the next few
days, according to statement made
by r. L. O'Donnell today. The
machinery purchased by w. 8. F..
Tatum has all been installed and the
tower is ready, but the work is halted
by lack of the proper bits for the
boring tool, which are now in transit
]. ]. Curran, expert well digger Of
long experience in the Ohio, Pennsyl
vania and West Virginia fields. is in
charge of this well. Mr.. Curran's
home Is in Findlay. Ohio. He has
stated that he expects to find oil at a
depth of 1900 feet. The geologist who
made the examination of the county
predicted that oil would be found with
in 1900 feet of the surface and the
promoters of the project propose to &c
to that depth II oil II not struck before
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-05
BRYAN REITERATES TAMPIC0
IS STILL An Open PORT
Mediators, Awaiting Carranza's Reply,
Hold Brief Conference-SilIiman,
American Consul Who Was lmpris-
oned, Confers With Secretary Bryan,
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, June 5.-The situation
confronting the United States Govern
ment with reference to the shipment of
arms to onstitutionalists at Tampico
continued today to be the absorbing
subject for deliberation in official cir
cles.
The report has reached the State De-
partment that another steamer loaded
with ammunition cleared from New
York today for Galveston. 1t was stat
ed that clearance papers could not be
denied to vessels billed for American
ports.
Secretary Bryan today reiterated
that Tampico is still held as an open
port.
"Will it continue to be an open port
when ammunition reaches there?" he
was asked.
81 can talk only for the present
leaving the future to those who would
speculate" was his reply.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-05
BISHOP M'COY At
MILLSAPS Event
BIRMINGHAM DIVINE WILL DE-
LIVER COMMENCEMENT AD-
DRESS TO GRADUATES.

Jackson. Miss, June 5.-Bishop j..
H. Mccoy, of Birmingham, one of the
foremost divines of the Southern Meth
odist church, will reach-here Saturday
to deliver the commencement sermon
of Millsaps College at the Capitol
Street Methodist church Sunday morn
ing at II o'clock. He will also deliver
the annual Y. NJ. c. A. sermon on Sun.
day night.
Bishop Mccoy will be the guest of
President A. F. Watkins while in the
city. He is on a program for an ad-
dress at the laying of the cornerstone
of the new $4,000 main building of the
college, to take place next Monday aft.
ernoon.
The commencement period at Mill
saps College will be inaugurated Sat.
urday night with the annual debate be.
tween the Lamar Literary Society and
the Galloway Literary Society.
The question of Home Rule for Ire
land will be settled by the youthful
orators in this debate. It prom
ises to furnish the topic for
the liveliest wordfest that the
two societies have enjoyed in many
years. The question is Resolved, that
Ireland Should Have a Government
Free and Independent of England
, The affirmative will be upheld by
, Messrs. Az. Bennett and Waldo
Moore, of the\.alloway society. and
the negative by Messrs. William O'Don
nell and NJ. F. Keister. of the Lamar
society. At least one of the debaters
is an Irishman. and is expected tc
speak with some feeling on the subject
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-05
NO RESPECTOR OF
WHITE HOUSE FOLK
This Constable Plays No Favorites In
Stopping Autos.

Hyattsville, Md, June 5.-Thomas
Garrison, high constable of this town,
is no respector of persons or official
rank when the speed laws are broken.
81 have just written to Johnson,
chauffeur of President Wilson's auto
mobile, to be here Thursday to answer
a charge of running the White House
machine through this town at higher
speed. than the law allows" he said to-
day. Ao,6t a.
"That White House machine was
running at thirty-seven miles an hour.
The speed limit in the town is twelve
miles an hour; the state law provides
that no machine shall run more than
thirty-five miles.
mo, sir, don't play favorites on this
job. A White House machine looks
like any other to me. Speeding through
the town is terrible risk to our peo
Pile, and they want it ended
when l stopped the White House
auto Saturday the Presidents daughter
was in it. She did not seem mad al
me. She just thought was funny.
didn't see any use in hauling her be
fore a magistrate, but told the chauf
feur he would have to come here Thurs
day, and he will.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-05
SHERIFF BENNETT HAS
RELAPSE; BETTER NOW
His Condition Last Night Was Ex-
"a ceedngly Low.

Relatives and friends of Sheriff j. d.
Bennett are quite anxious over his con-
dition today. The popular official had
a relapse last night from long illness,
and spent most unsatisfactory night,
though he is reported resting easier to-
day. 81 . 81,
1t is believed his serious condition last
night was in the nature of congestion
which followed eating ice cream after
taking a warm bath. His improvement
today warrants the hope that is enter
tained by the entire community that
the crisis has been passed. Three
physicians are attending the sick man.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-05
ATHLETIC field
FOR old MISS
STATE BOARD APPRoPRIATEs $500
FOR MUCH NEEDED I'M
PROVEMENT.

Jackson, Miss, June 5.-Half dozen
enthusiastic athletes of the University
of Mississippi were made supremely
happy late yesterday afternoon by the
board of trustees of the universities
and colleges of the state, when, after
listening to the young men plead for
an appropriation of $500 for a new
athletic field they voted favorably on
the proposition.
The field now used for athletic
events at the university is said to be
entirely inadequate, and the students
determined to send a committee before
the board of trustees to urge them to
vote sum Of money to pay the ex-
penses of preparing a new home. They
were successful in their mission, and
left for home last night in high glee.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-05
TO Spend $4,000
FOR new SCHOOLS
SUPERVISORS AUTHORIZE NEW
BUILDINGS AT McLAURIN
AND HELENA.

The County Board of Supervisors
this morning authorized the sale of
bonds to the extent of $4,000 for the
erection of school houses at McLaurin
and Helena. A petition was circulated
throughout the Eatonville school dis.
trict for $2,500 in bonds to build a
school house and a sufficient number
of the qualified electors of that district
signed, but in the estimation of the
Board and of a number of the best
citizens of the district the writer's of
the petition did not aim high enough.
]. p. Pace, president of the board,
made the recommendation that the
matter be deferred to the next
meeting of the board and not acted on
at this time. 1t is claimed that $2,50C
will not be sufficient to build a perma
nent school house and that 1t would
have to be rebuilt in a few years II
only that amount is spent on it.
The matter Will be presented to the
voters again and H. B. Wright, who
was in the city today has volunteered
his services and says that the Rev. w
F. Jones will assist him in circulating
the petition again so that Eatonville
can have a suitable school house.
The recent legislature of the state
made it possible for the sinking funds
which are for retiring the county bono
issues, to be applied for purchasing
school house bonds whose maturity Ii
less than the bonds for which the sink
ing fund was created This assures
the ready sale of the bonds which the
Supervisors will authorize for the con
templated school buildings.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-05
HIS HONOR ADMITS
HE LIKES HIS WEED
Denver Judge Invites All In Court To
Smoke.

Denver, June 5.-Judge H. A. Glass,
assisting Judge Perry in the West
Side Criminal Court, heard the argu-
ment this morning for new trial for
William D. Current, who recently was
found guilty of defrauding William ].
Sproul, Denver contractor, of $4,000
Before the counsel for the defense
began his statements the Judge looked
around at the group of men seated in
the room. Each man held an unlight-
ed cigar in his hand. His Honor gazed
rather wistfully at his own Havana
He hesitated just an instant.
What do you say we all smoker
he asked
The answer was lest in simulta-
neous scratching of matches as Judge
and lawyers and defendant and court
hangers on lighted their weeds. Amid
a thickening deep blue cloud the attor.
neys smilingly went at the task before
them. ..t.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-05
SIMON PAYS $25 FOR,
@z@ BRIEF AUTO RIDE
And His Guest Is Fined IS For Going
With Him. i'

Simon Evans this morning in city
court plead guilty to the charge OF
trespass and drew fine of $25. He Is
the negro chauffeur who went for a
ride in the car belonging to H. s. Hag'
erty without the formality of asking
the owners permission. ]. G. Jackson,
another negro boy who went with him,
was fined S..
Simon, when asked why he took the
machine, said he wanted to take lit
tie ride and show his friend over the
city and did not think it would
be any harm to take Mr.. Hagarty's
car for the purpose. The car was stand
ing in front of the house and he figur
ed that he would be back before Mr.
! Hagerty would need the car. He knew
that Mr.. Hagerty was such a good
friend of his that he would not object
he said. ...
Henry Harris is on the docket fol
trial this afternoon, charged with pett!
larceny. There was nothing petit!
about Henry, however, for he had
whole load of wood from the shuttle
factory when arrested. The dispute
is over the ownership of the wood.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-05
DELIVERS DIPLOMAS TO
l54 new NAVY OFFICERS
Crowd of 5000 Cheers President as He
Speaks in Armory-Receives Long
Wireless Message From Diplomats,
But Declines to Discuss Contents.
(By Associated Press.)

Annapolis, Md, June 5.-President
Wilson told the 154 graduates of the
United States Naval Academy here to-
day that the mission of the United
States is one of service, not of ag-
grandizement or conquest.
He spoke at the annual graduation
exercises, later delivering their di
plomas to the new navy officers. In
speaking of the Vera Cruz situation
he said:
81 pray God that the boys who are
there will not have to fight any more
They are not clustering or strutting
and the people of Vera Cruz, who
have hated Americans will think diff
ferently of them when our boys leave
The President spoke in the Armory
| where more than 5000 persons hat
assembled to hear him. He was en-
Enthusiastically cheereo.
The President arrived here early
He had come down the Potomac Of
his private yacht, the Mayflower, an,
was welcomed by salutes from man
battleships.
The President refused to discuss tn
long wireless message he receives
while on board his yacht from tn
American delegates at Niagara Falls
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-05
Estes Forced to
.4h~pq'Ea.s T., o.x )! !HT JlS I.ooA
a Spend Night IN
.-'.~ .sa( h'2l ,r.C eai - e.
Drenching e1' l:l' 4 Rain n
CAUGHT BETWEEN p SWOLLEN
,3.t-~Ss,. Of 40 ''i
BRANCHES, HE COULD AD-
VANCE NEITHER WAY.

o. w. Estes spent last night, he
says, in the hardest rain he ever wit
messed. Entirely surrounded by sea
of water so that he could go neither
forward or backward he was forced
to abandon all hope of reaching shell
ter before dawn and had to remain all
night in the open.
He left Laurel in his automobile and
headed for Hattiesburg. Near Easta-
butchie he crossed a small stream and
came in a few minutes to another
stream so swollen with the rainwater
that he could not cross. He turned
back, but only to discover that the
little stream he had just crossed had
become a river and was constantly
growing bigger. He ound the highest
place in the road between the two
streams so as not to be washed away
by the flood and waited until morning
before he could get out.
Travelling men report that there was
small cloudburst in the vicinity oi
Laurel and that all the streams were
out of their banks. Railroad men say
that for a while last night their tracks
were under water as close to Hatties
burg as Pickering.
Reports indicate thatthe rain wa.
general ali over the extent Of Forres
county, but heavier In the north thai
in the southern end. The rain wal
much needed by the crops and excep
where the streams were out of thei
banks and washed away few fence
no damage was done. ...
In the city the rain was most appre
ciated because it settled the dust an
gave the streets a thorough washing
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-05
POLICE WORKING
ON TRUNK MYSTERY
WIFE OF CONGRESSMAN HUM
PHREYs LOSES BAGGAGE
VALUED AT $1,000.

Vicksburg, Miss, June 5.-The police
of Vicksburg are engaged in search
for the thieves who stole the trunk oil
Mrs. BENZ. Humphreys, of Greenviiie
wife of the member of congress from
the third Mississippi district.
The trunk contained jewelry ano
clothing valued at more than a thou
sand dollars, and was presumably
stolen while being transferred from the
~ & V. to the Y. & NJ. V. depot.
Congressman and Mrs. Humphreys
were journeying from Washington &c
their home in Greenville, and made
close connection here with the north
hound Y. & NJ. V. train. TWO negro
drivers on the transfer wagon nave
been placed under arrest, but the trunF
has not been found. ..
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-05
new ANGLE OF HIS ATTITUDE
DEVELOPS IN horn TRIAL
Member Of investigating Committee
Testfies That He Exchanged Sew
eral Letters With Lieutenant Gov
ernor and That Bilbo Highly Recon-
mended Burns.

An interesting angle on the Bilbo-
Burns-Brewer case was the feature yes
terday of the trial of l.. G. Horn, sher
! iff of Smith county. The matter was
brought out from o. s. Cantwell on
the stand by ]. S. Noble, attorney for
the defense.
Mr. Cantwell testified that he was
chairman of the committe which
was appointed to investigate the burn
ing of the court house. At that time
Governor Brewer was in England with
friends from Memphis trying to ar
range for a large land sale, and Mr..
Bilbo was acting Governor. Mr.. Cant
we'll says that he wrote to the Cover
nors office asking that he declare re-
ward for the arrest Of the guilty par
ties. He received reply, he says,
from Bilbo in regard to the reward and
suggesting that a detective agency be
employed to investigate. Another ex'
change of letters followed and Mr.
Cantwell says that Mr.. Bilbo highly
recommended the w. ]. Burns detec
tive agency for the case.
1t is highly improbable now that Mr.
Bilbo would recommend the Burns
agency, but at least he is in a better
position to testify in regard to theil
f4bility now than at the time the Smith
Z county courthouse burned.
The Horn case is rapidly drawing
to a close and it is probable that it will
be completed this afternoon or tomor
row morning at the latest Smith
county official business must be at
low ebb because the majority of the
officials are in some way or other con
nected with the trial. Several OF the
farmer witnesses who have been re
leased went home this morning to ge
back to their crops.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-05
Miss Susie Powell 2.
Prepares Program,
For Normal Work
GIRLS CANNING AND POULTRY
CLUBS TO MEET HERE JUNE
EIGHTH TO TWELFTH.

Miss Susie V. Powell, state agent
of the Girls Canning Clubs, has prepar-
ed an interesting program for the
Demonstration School to be held at
the State Normal College from June
s to IL, inclusive, at which all of the
county agents of the Girls Canning
Clubs and Girls Poultry Clubs have
been instructed to be present.
At the opening session on June s, at
$50 p. m. three-minute reports will be
received from county agents from AL
con, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clay
Copiah, Covington, DeSoto, George
Harrison, Kinds, Holmes, Jackson, JET
ferson Davis and Jones county.
On Tuesday morning, June 9, there
will be conference of county agents
at which reports will be received from
counties of Lafayette, Lawrence, Lee
Lincoln, Madison, Montgomery, New
ton, Pamela and Pearl River.
On Wednesday reports will be re
ceived from the counties of Perry
Pike, Prentiss, Rankin, Tate, Warrer
Wilkinson and Winston.
One Of the features of the conver
tion will be an illustrated address O
club work by o. B. Martin, of Washin,
ton, representing the Department {
| Agriculture. An address on plant di
eases will be delivered by R. B. Lo'
dell, of the A. & M. College.
There will lbe several practical der
onstrations in canning work during IL
convention.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-05
LIGHTNING KILLS
MAN While FLOWING
WILL LOT, OF SANFORD, AND A
MULE HE WAS DRIVING, BOTH
STRUCK BY BOLT.

Special to The NeloS.
Sanford, Miss, June 5.-Will Lot, a
white man about twenty years old, was
killed by lightning here late yesterday
afternoon.
Young Lott was in the employ of c.
w. Bryant, and was ploughing when his
sudden death came. The mule was
also killed.
The electrical storm ragged here for
several minutes and number of goats
hogs, etc, were killed, but the property
damage was slight.
Young Lott will be buried here this
afternoon.