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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-31

it's mechanism. makes it an ideal means
Of gaining real recreation" says Mr..
Long.
Another person who finaa III the mo-
torcycle the ideal means of gaining re-
Taxation from the trying duties Of the
stage is Miss Claudia White. Miss
White first learned 10 ride Il motor
cycle when she was in the West She
was greatly Impressed with the gran
deur OF the mountains. and the motor
cycle furnished the best means Of visit
ing them In the limited time she had
between engagements Now" saws
Miss White, no matter where am, IL
| feel depressed OF tired out. ] jump on
my motorcycle. take spin into the
country. and come back buoyant al,l
full of vim"
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CORN MAY BRING DISEASE.
Grain Imported from Argentina Shoult
BE Hnndled WITH Considerable Cnre.

- western STOCK journal says:
There is foot-and- mouth disease in
Argentina. We are importing corn
from Argentina. Foot-and- mouth di-
sease is fearful cattle plague, and
may be carried in this corn. It's intro
duction into this country would be
calamity the seriousness of which can
not be ovcrcStimatcd. We are in favor
OF the importation Of corn as corn. 1t
Will do our corn producers no harm,
and Is likely to be a good thing for
all feeders. even In the corn belt, es-
pecially when the crop is short: and
In the South and East. where stock
cattle can be produced chcaply and
corn cannot be proftably grown, 1T
may, help the farmers to finish thdir
cattle. In fact, an important feeding
industry may be built up in these To-.
calities IL we can depend on corn from
Argentina when our own crop is sell
ing too high for the feeders But tho
Importation OF corn is one thing, and
tho bringing in of disease quite
another. This would seem to he the
time for getting out the bottle con-
tanning the ounce of prevention.
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More Motorcycle aIInIntcrs.

For my work. l would not give up
my motorcycle for the best automobile
in the market" says the Rev. G. v
sion, Houma, La. with the aid of the
motorcycle ! can do twice tho work !,
could before ] got the machine; can
be home every night; can run my ma
chino three months on less than il
cost me to keep my horse and buggy
In one month than ! used to get In
three"
Another minister Who has become a
permanent booster for the motorcycle
is Bishop Frank r.. Millspaugh, or
Kansas. Recently the bishop visited
the Rev. Alexander f.. Hawke. OF Par
sons, Kan, and was asked to take a
ride In DR.. Hawkes. sidecar. At first
he was dubious, but before the trip
was ended, no was as enthusia site
about the advantages of tho two
wheeler as DR.. Hawke himself.
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BUTTER, EGGS AND CHICKS;
PRICES PAID TO FARMERS
Government Reports Show That South
ern Buttcr-SInkcrs md Poultry
RniscrH Getting Good Profits.

Washington. ID. c.. May 30.--Accord-
ing to the crop reports OF the Bureau
OF Statistics of the United States De
partmcnt OF Agriculture. farmers are
obtaining on an average less for their
butter. and slightly more for their
eggs and chickens. than they did year
ago. that the farmers OF the country
taken aS whole
The average price paid to the farm
cr for butter on May /. 1914. was 23.s
cents, or 81 cents less a pound than
the average price paid on May /. 1913
However, on the coast from Maryland
to South Carolina the prices were either
the same or ! cent higher. ranging
from 25 to IS cents. Georgia farmers
receiving &c cents, seem 10 have gained
cent. while the Florida farmers re-
ceived cents n pound less, or SO cents
In the balance OF the States. with a
few exceptions where the price was
stable. farmers apparently were Sc
ceiving from ! cent to cents less a
pound.
The farm prices for eggs on May
were 16.S cents dozen. or about Z
cents higher on an average for the
country than May /, 1913, or an
increase OF about 4.3 per cent. In most
OF the States the price was the same
or varied only by cent one way or the
other.
The price paid to farms-s for chick
ems on May was i2.5 cents, or about
cents pound higher in 1914 than
In 1913. or an increase Of about IN
per cent. The variation in the price
OF chickens was commonly less than
cent per pound. The principal yari
auons from this were Delaware, where
there was decrease OF I-2 cent n
pound to l4.5 cents; Virginia, where
'herc was an increase OF IL cent :;
pound TO 1874 cents: North Carolina. an
increase OF 10 cent to l25 cents. and
south Carolina. an increase of 2.3 cents
10 II cents.
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FARM PRICES or BEEF CATTLE.
Department of Agriculture Reports In
crcnMc To I.urmcrh fnr Iiecf

Washington. -. g. May 3o.-The
average prices paid for hogs and sheep
on April 10. 1914. were somewhat lower
than the average on April Is. 1913
According TO the United States Depart
ncnt or agriculture. the farm price
for beef cattle had advanced from x6OS
per 100 on April year ago 10 1929 per
100. an increase of II cents. or over 3
per cent. An advance in the price OF
beef cattle is shown for nearly every
state.
The average price per 100 pounds
paid TO producers of hogs In the United
states was $3.50 on April Is. which Is
- cents per 100. less than on April Ii
last year. The decline was 30 To 30
cents per 100 in all the important hog
producing States. from Ohio TO Kansas
The estimates showed the average
farm price per zoo for sheep on April
-. 1914, TO be si.3f. as compared with
Vols on April 10, 1913, a decrease of 20
cents. or about 80 per cent.
The 1914 price OF $i.9d for sheep
compares with a price OF 1855 In 1911
and 1851 in 1912. on the same date.
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MANY NEW INDUSTRIES
THROUGHOUT SOUTHLAND
Newport News VIII Have Some I'm
prOSemcnts I'm Short Wbiic-Dcvclop-
mental News From the CnrOlInns.

mental News From the CnrOlinns.
Baltimore, May 30.-Among the many
Southern Industrial and other develop
mental enterprises reported in this
weeks issue of the Manufacturers Re-
cord are the following:
Ouachita Power Company, Hot
Springs. Ark. will construct hydro
electric plant, auxiliary dams and rcscr-
voirs TO develop 5000 TO 7000-horse-
power at principal dam, and several
thousand at auxiliaries. and transmit
electricity 10 a number of cities within
l5o-mile radius.
The old dominion Land Company.
Newport News will construct concrete
pile aeawall. grade and MI In back
OF bulkhcad. etc, at cost of more
than 100000: zulkhead line about
$500 feet.
Atlanta Nitrificd Brick Company. At
lanta. Ga, was incorporated with capt
tai stock of 100000 TO manufacture
brick
Southern Textile Machinery Company.
Paducah. Ky, increased capital stock
from 100000 to sl5o,000. and plans to
enlarge operations in the manufacture
OF textile machinery.
Commissioners Yazoo-C o | d " T
Drainage Dist. Tunica, Miss. viii con
struct system of drainage canals TO
reclaim 10000 acres of land, plans
involve about 500 miles OF channels
reservoir. system Of control works
etc: cost, s3,67o.oOo
United states Asbestos Company.
Robertstown. Ga, was incorporated
with capital stock of 100000 TO cstab-
lish asbestos plant.
Adams & Hampton Lumber Co.
Johnson city. Tenn. purchased 300
acres Of timber land near Stephens.
Tenn. and will install band mill of
$4,000 feet daily capacity.
Bluff city Hosiery MIL. Bluff City.
Tenn. was incorporated with capital
stock OF $4,000 and will erect build
ing and install sixty knitting ma
chimes for hosiery.
Minncola Manufacturing Company
Gibsonville. y. g., was Incorporated
with capital stock of $1,000 for tho
production OF cotton goods.
Seaboard Air Line Railway. Ports
mouth, Va, is reported TO expand sl0o-
600 to 100000 10 install additional
machinery and improve car building
and locomotive repair shop.
Georgia Carolina Lime Company
Charleston. $. c., was incorporated with
capital stock Of Sl5o.0o0 for the pro-
duction OF lime.
Citizens Compress Company. Jack
son. Tenn, was incorporated with cap
ital stock OF $4,000 to build cotton
compress.
McNicol China Company. Clarksburg.
w. Va. will build seven-kiln pottery
at cost OF about $4,000. including
buildings, etc.
Denton Knitting Mill Company. Dem
ton y. C.. was Incorporated with au-
thorized capital stock of $4,000 TO
manufacture knit goods.
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Among the many motorcyclists who
will this summer tour Europe awhccl
are Mrs. Rachel Foster Avery and her
daughter, wcll-known SuffragiSts OF
philadelphia, Pa. Both Mrs. Avery ana
her daughter are students at the Col
lego OF Agriculture of Pennsylvania
AS soon as the spring term of school
closes they Viii HE themselves across
the ocean and spend the summer tour
Ing the continent on a motorcycle with
sidecar attachment. In the fall they
expect to return to America and re-
sumo their agricultural studies.
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Actors Favor Motorcycles.

For the actor or actress. there Is no
form of exercise so desirable as mo-
torcyclinE, according TO William !.
Long, an actor associated with Long x
Bates. OF New York city. Long says
that the only way he keeps in trim
for the long hours OF trying work is
by constant outdoor exercise. And he
has chosen the motorcycle rs the best
means OF getting this exercise. THE
many new features OF the modern
motorcycle; the practical perfection of
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IRON AND STEEL OUTLOOK.
The Men Who Ought to Know Sec
nrlght IhIngn I'm Ahcnd

At the meeting of the iron and steel
men in New York last week an op,i-
mistic feeling prevailed. While IL was
admitted the business Just now was at
a low ebh. there was a feeling among
All present that the market would
brighten up. and that a good fall trade
would cnSuc There WAS one thing
evident, and that was that business was
not being overdonc, and that spccula-
lion did not prevail in the market AS
long as the industry escapes these con-
ditions there Is ground for hope. Presi-
dent Gary says there VIII he improve
mcnt shortly. The very fact that no
serious disaster threatens the market
gives promise of active days in the
near future. Since iron and steel con-
Stitute the Index of the state OF the
countrys business, prospects are re-
Eardeed as bright.
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motorcycle relay race TO carry n
message from the Mayor of Halifax.
y. :. 10 the Mayor Of Vancouver. H.
9. Is being arranged by the Canadian
Motorcyclists' Association. According
TO tentative plans. the route will be
partly IN Canada and partly in Amer
lea, tho Dominion riders delivering the
message at Windsor to members of the
Federation of American Motorcvclists
VINO would carry il around the south
ern shores Of the Great Lakes. From
there the Canadian cyclists would
again take up the trail. making Il dash
across the prairie to the Rockies Tho
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-31
IVrre-FightinE Motorcycles.

Constant improvements are being
made In the motorcycles designed for
ire department use. III order to make
them more scrvicca BILE. One of the new
firc-iichting motorcycles is equipped
with two cXtinguishcrs. one on each
side of the front fork of the machine.
These are fastened by special brackets
and are Instantly removable. \ fire.
mans AK also forms a part of the
equipment. In cases of incipient fires
the motorcycle men can frequently
save the heavy truck from long, hard
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runs. And even where the blaze has
gained too much Roadway to be ex-
tinguished with tho apparatus carried
on the two wheeler, it is still of ao-
vantage to have the motorcycle men
on the ground, aS they can locate the
nearest water plugs and investigate
tho best method of getting at tho fire.
that no time Is lost when tho heavy
equipment arrives.
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PHOSPHATE ROCK.
industry In which ScycrnI Southern
Statch Hold NmlnmbIc NInnnnnIr

= mere were marketed In 1919 i'm the
Cnited States. 3.037 .O2l tons OF phos
phate rock. valued "A; slI,767.0s.. ac
corulhg To the United States GEOLOGICAL
aurNcf. an increase Of 1869 tons in
nIarketinss. Florida furnished 2.53i.
ol6 ton sand Tennessee 45i,5ee tons.
inc remainder being furnished princi-
was some little production In idaho and
wyoming: The report OF State Gcolo-
Eist r III. Selfards. of Florida, shows
2.5si.7s4 tons We're produced in maj
state and total shipments, 2545.oTS
tons. OF which l.364,23 tons were ex
ported 10 foreign lands
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WAGE SCALES ADVANCE.
Figures Issued by Uncle Sam Arc In
tcrestinE to Employers md Employees.

"ehS 10 r.mployers ma tinploycs.
a report showing the union scale of
wages ana hours prevailing on May IL.
1913. in principal mechanical trades in
forty important Industrial cities of the
United states has just been issued hy
the Bureau of Labor Statistics NJ Wash
ington. With the exception OF one
trade. millwork carpenters. the union
scales in the trades covered were high
or In 1913 than in 1912. OF the import :
ant trades. the following increases be-
tween May. 1912. and May, 1913. are
shown: bricklayers. IL per cent: hod-
cent; plasterers. per cent: plumbers
and gas filters, 81 per cent: structural
iron workers, % per cent: stonecut-
tiers. .: per cent; iron molders. 50 per
cent: newspaper compoSitorS (day
work). 21 per cent. The bureau re-
ports that thirty four trades showed a
reduction OF hours between May, 1912.
and May, 1913: twenty eight reported
no change. and one reported an in
crease.
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Mig Bankers, Association.

The executive council of the Amcri-
can Bankers Association has referred
the question OF n convention city in
1915 10 the fall meeting. Invitations
have been extended the association by
Seattle, Wash. Honolulu. II. l.. and san
Francisco. The associations latest
membership report shows an enroll
ment OF 1870 banks, Il gross gain of
go since last spring.
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DEAL ON EIISfIORN.
Some Millions of Dollars to re Raise
for Further Mine DeYeInnmenf

for Further Mine Development.
Fairmont w. Va, May 30.--A spe-
cial meeting of the stockholders of the
Elkhorn Fuel Company has been called
by the board OF directors. to be held mt
the offices OF the company at Ashland,
KY. June 3. 1914. at IL o'clock noon.
resolutions passed by the board of di-
rectors at meeting held May 81. 1914.
authorizing tho company to lend its
credit to the lSlkhorn Mining Corpora
tion to tho amount of s2,500.000.
1t has not been given out what form
OF security. will BIO issued to raise the
may BIO 1t Is to BIO Endorsed by tho Elk
horn RueI Company.
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q. X q. t:xteusInn.

Frankfort. Ky, May 3o.-Incorpora-
ton articles have been filed here for
the Chesapeake & Ohio Northern Rail-
road Company TO build the proposed
extension of the Chesapeake * Ohio
Railway from South Portsmouth. in
this State. To Columbus. Ohio, about
ninety three miles.
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New Eouinment for seubonrd.

Portsmouth. Va. May 3o.-It has
leaked out that the Scaboard Air Line
Railway Company. has decided to buy
at once 10 Mountain type and Is
Mkado type locomotives, 400 steel
underframe ventilated box cars IL pas
sengcr cars 3 passenger and baggage
cars. mall and baggage cars, ex-
press cars and mail cars. The pas
Senyer ears will he all steel
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distance Of this proposed transconti-
mental run is approximately 5000 miles
and about 100 motorcyclists are ex-
pcctcd to aid in delivering the mes
sage IN record breaking time.
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KIine Kar shinment..

During tho past week the Kline Kar
Company has made shipments to Penn
sylyania and South Carolina agents. as
follows: to Joe Bostain, Kane, Pa. and
70 IL Lariak. Columhias-S. q
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Another IIosicry MIL.

Morganton. y. G.. May 30-Frank s.
Drury has decided to add a hosiery an
mex to his factory here. and has ar
ranged for the erection of the building
and the installation of machinery.
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THE GERMANS HAV
BEGUN A RETREA'
IN WEST FLANDERS
BRITISH COMMANDER Plu:s}H!
THEIR HEADQUARTERS gFU r.
Their EASTWAR Q.
FRANco.AuGLIcAN TROOPS HAVE
MADE MORE PROGRESS THAN KS
THAT CHRoNlcLEp. y.
sERVIAN SUCCESS MAY EiAVEslM.3
PoRTANT BEARING IN EAST
ERN ARENA Ri.

LONDON, Dec. 15.-The statement!
isued today by the British OFFICIAL
information bureau concerning the
combined attack by the allies yester;E
day against the German line was in;l
terprete, in some quarters assmarks
ing the beginning of the much discuss
I'd attempt to make q general sad vance:
rle point of the combined attack mem
toned in the statement is to the south
Of Ypres. It will be noticed more
over that the statement refers TO-
fighting in northern France as we'll as
Belgium. This is taken to mean that
the offensive movement stretches
ever a considerable area. 1t has IN
known for some time that the Britain
army headquarters has been pushed
10 the eastward, and It, consequently
assumed by British observers that the
allies have made more PROGRESS than
has been chronicled. The occupation
of Belgrade by the Servians may soon
have an important bearing on the sit
uation in the east should 1t compel
the Austrians to make vigorous de-
tense campaign along their own bord:
cia to prevent a Seryian invasion.
The definite statement is made In
Rotterdam that the Germans have be;
gun a retreat falling back in Belgium
toward a4.prepared line rther from
the Coast Official contlrmatt Ion was
lacking, however.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-15
German Converted
Cruiser at Guam

By ASSOCIATED PREss.1
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-The ar
rival Of the German converted cruls.
er Cormoran in the harbor Of Guam.
an American possession in the La
drone archipelago, was officially re-
ported to the navy department today
by the commanding officer Of the nav
al station there. 1t is presumed that
the German vessel sought the harbor
to interne during the war.
The Cormoran has been given "a
hours from 10 q. m. yesterday in
which to leave the port or inferno
for the war. She was short of GOAL,
provisions and water. The Cormor-
an needed 1900 tons Of coal to reach
the nearest German port, according to
Captain Maxwell.
She was offered 100 tons Of coal
and fresh water and her captain was
given until 10 a. m. today to decide
what his future course would be. Sec
retary Daniels has approved Captain
MaxwelPs action and has instructed
him not to allow the vessel more coal
and provisions than can be properly
spared.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-15
Bootlegger
In County Jail
FRANK ROLLINS, coLoREp, is
CAUGHT WITH WET GOODS IN
HIS SUIT CASE.

After search of several weeks the
prohibition officers succeeded today
in landing in the county jail Frank
Rollins, negro, who has obtained no
torlety in the last few weeks as boot
logger.
Rollins was arrested this morning
just after he stepped from the train
at the B. & o. passenger station by
B. G. o. Officer Ice, who Immediately
turned the negro over to the county
authorities. Rollins had a large suit
case with him at the time Of his ar
rest. This was searched by Con
stable Riggs and found to contain two
one.gallon jugs of whiskey which the
negro had just brought from Point
Marion.
Rollins, who Is better known as the
"overalls Kid" has been wanted for
some time by the county officials, as
Il was known that he was engaged in
the peddIing of liquor not only among
tho people of his own color but white
people also. He has been very sue
cessful in evading the officers up
until this time. He was placed in the
county jail to await a hearing before
Justice Fleming which will be given
him in a few days.
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This.is another outrage upon the tax
payers of Marion county, and II there
was ever a good reason for recall the
County Court of this county has fur
nished it. The taS payers should en-
join. the sheriff from paying these or
ders, II they have not already been
maid, and force the members OF the
County Court to make good this con-
tract on their official bonds.
Ifl members of the County Court are
permitted to, go, on unmolested in their
wilfuI disregard for law, why not de-
stroy the law books and let the bosses
and grafters run the county's business
with the high-handed methods OF the
Eendal6 6Despots Of ancient times?
we have had the spectacle Of this
Democratic County Court openly and
fiagrantly violating the laws of the
state in road matters, selling bonds
below par that the law says shall not
sold at discount, and now we find
them applying county funds unlawfully
foSthe Improvement Of a district muntc-
ipality.
The charge has been made, and never
denied, that those in charge of the road
work in Warrington district and who
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following Violation Of Law in Sale Of Road
Bonds atS28O OOOD Discount Raw
Deals Put Through.
Orders on County Fund for s5,58844 Have
Already Been Issued for the Work-Tax
Payers Of County Pay the Bills.
CHARGES Of Graft Have Not Been Either In
vestigated or Denie d-Tax Payers Said to
Have Lost Many Thousands Of Dollars in
Useof Cheap Mater ial onRoad Work.

That the Marion County Court seems to believe that
State laws were not made for its guidance was shown
enit completely ignored the law and sold the Manning
and Farmont district road bonds below par in direct
violation of law and at loss to the tax payers OF these
districts of $280OO which the tidy sum the Ohio bank
in the DEAL but there is still greater evidence that
County Court is law sufficient unto itself and tha It's is
that has paved the streets Of Warrington at the
Acontrac was let for this paving to The French lien
Company and the work paid for out OF the
county fund On Oct 1914 order No 624 amounting to
23 was allowed this company for part Of this work.
Nov s. 1914, another order No. 882 amounting to
was allowed them making total s Of $53Ss4 3 Gr+
contract was Teton Sept for tins work 5ne Go9rs
out Of the county fund.
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COMMERCE BOARD GRANTS
5PER CENT. RATE INCREASE
THE VOTE WAS TAKEN AND 1T WILL PROBABLY 5
OFFICIALLY ANNoUNc ED NExT. SATURDAY.

the Commission President Wilson has
in the meantime privately and public
ly intimated his belief that the rail-
roads should be allowed to raise their
rates.
: It is an even more significant fact
that Secretary of the Interior Lane
has beenfin the company Of members
Of the Commission on number of
occasions during the past two weeks
Before entering the Cabinet Mr.. Lane
himself was member Of the Com
mission, and Washington generally
has credited him with being the man
who put the punch in the Commis'
SION
Denied Increases Two ears Ago.
Commissioner. Lane wrote a deci-
sion two years ago which not only
denied increases in rates. but served
notice on the roads, or some of them
at least, that they would have to cease
many of their practices before they
could be regarded as entitled to ad.
vances. Railroad men looked on the
Lane opinion as radical" but chang
eS IN keeplu6 VIII mo ASSOAhAAAS
tions have come, just the same.
1t is understood that Secretary Lane
has taken occasion in his recent talks
with Commissioners to advise them
Of these changes. and OF his belief
that the roads are entitled, in great
part at least, to the increases he did
not believe were justified two years
ago. 1t is understood, furthermore,
that several present members of the
Commission who voted with Mr.. Lane
to refuse the increases have now con.
cluded that they should be granted.
President Wilson, it is said, has
been apprised of the Commissions
decision and is delighted. On a basis
Of per cent the increases in the
East would make difference of $780,
Ooo,oo in revenue to the roads.