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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-05
Demonstration Work in Dinwiddie

Our work this year was begun under
more favorable circumstances than
ever before, with one exception. writes
County Agent S. =. Spain to State
Agent Sandy. The severe drought of
last Fall caused many of our farm
ers to lose most OF their crimson Glow
Ter. but they needed the message that
was heralded all along the line. TO
sew more grass and grain. and this
year finds most OF our farmers with
enough OF wheat and other grains for
home supply and some to sell. With
better pastures than usual and cattle
and other live stock in good condi-
ton for this season Of the year. the
farmers are more optimistic than they
were last year this time.
Having little crimson clover on the
land the farmers were not compelled
to wait to fallow, as late as usual
They fallowed most OF their land
early. made much better preparation
for seed bed. planted earlier culti-
waited better and have much better
corn than for the past years. l have
$50 men demonstrating in the work.
$50 cooperating, seventy-five boys in
the corn clubs. thirty boys IN the
Peanut Clubs" and fifteen boys In
the Pig Club" The prospects now
are that we will have some very fne
reports from the boys in their club
work.
The men, of course are doing their
best many of them. TO equal the boys.
with the result that there will also be
good reports from them on corn. Sew
eral good reports on wheat have
been received and a few on oats. but
for the most part the oat crop was
poor, season being unfavorable for
oats.
Alfalfa culture. is gaining favor rap
idly. The people are just learning
how profitable 1t is to grow alfalfa.
Mr. George Sed.vy, former demon
stration agent. OF Church Road. had
several acres OF very stin red clay
land that he had failed to grow corn
or tobacco on profltably. He was dis
couraged, thinking the land was OF
little value, and sowed same to alfal-
ia in the Fall Of 1913,-got fine
stand. The next year he cut four
CROPS. giving him about four tons OF
hay per acre This year his alfalfa.
has been so nne that many from quite
distance have been to see It and
are delighted to know that such crops
OF alfalfa can be grown in Dinwiddie.
His brother has sown six acres this
Fall. More people have succeeded in
growing alfalfa probably this year,
and more alfalfa 10 being seeded this
Fall than ever before. Alfalfa 10 rap.
idly coming into its own
The people are rapidly learning the
value Of lime on our acids soils, and
more OF It is being used this FAN
than usual. So many different brande
are now on the market that the farm-
ere arc somewhat confused - to what,
brand = nsA 0o0d rsaults usually
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-05
Sulphur Mining In Texas.

Near Freeport. Tex. sulphur Is pro-
liced from beds approximately 1000
Iet below the surface. The sulphur
! melted in place and can then he
Aised to the surface by means of an
(r lift Superheated water at a tenn
erature of 33s degrees r. and under
J gsi pressure is forced into the sui
bur- bearing formation. The water
enetrates the deposit and melts@ the
Alphur twhose melting point Is 23s
egrees F,). which then flows to a
pc from which it issues at the sur
ice and runs into bins. These bins
Re constructed of boards which are
kised as the mass increases, the bins
|naliy reaching height Of 80 to IS
let. The sulphur promptly congeals
b exposure and after few hours
ksumes the true sulphur yellow.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-05
Some Facts About Limestone.

would burn to little over half it's
weight of lime, or about 1.l20 pounds,
which. counting so pounds to hushel,
would give IA bushels of lime to ton
The weight of the burned product.
however, generally averages more
than this, owing to impurities in the
limestone and also because In ordinary
kilns the combustion is not complete
enough to drive off all the carbon
dioxide.
A cubic foot of limestone averages
in weight from las to 176 pounds.
which would make a ton of limestone
contain from II to IA cubic feet.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-05
RESERVE BANK
RED|SC0UNTS s93S,751
Usefulness Of Richmond Institution
to Fifth District Ranks Again
Demonstrated.
FIVE MILLION FOR COTTON
yecretary OF Treasury Mc.Adoo Dcsig-
mates Richmond Reserve Bank AS
Depository For That Amount For
Relief OF Situation.

Rediscounts at the Richmond Fed
eral Reserve Bank during the week
Just ended totaled close to one mill
lion dollars, and once again Is shown
khe usefulness of the Richmond in
|stitution to the member banks In the
nth reserve district. That the insti-
tuition may be of still greater use to
khis section in the handling of the
potion crop is certain, Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo having desig-
hated the Richmond Reserve Bank
ks depository for $4,000. 600 to be used
FOR that purpose. More will be avail
Able for the cotton situation. ii is
laid. should 1t be needed.
The resources of the local reserve
bank. now close to $4,000. 600. are
Arger than they have been at any
period In the history of the insti-
sution, which dates from November
8 last, and they are steadily grow
ng. The splendid condition OF the
Institution is shown in the following
report issued by Governor Seay yes
erday:
Resources.
Fold coin and ceFt!h
Gates ........,...$ 4.4sS,142 90
bold settlement fund. $500 200 90
Qtdi Kplu TFSEISG...S 5,uSp,tSA Nv
exai tender notes. SIT
yer certificates and
subsidiary coin -. li5.is2 SIS
Total reserve e.....s s.l6Ie35 o5
BILLS discounted .... S.462,65T 50
pue from other Fed
eral reserve banks.
net ........ I55,7a2 10
IN other resources 1919 551 81
-------
Total resources sl7,aTe,a42 so
Liabilities.
tapital paid In ...-.s 3.ss5.s5o 90
eeeerve deposits. net 754s5ss Sc
Federal reserve notes
in circula,isr, net s.e5e.o55 90
In other liabilities l20ssa -
-------------
Total liabilities .....si7 ,s7e,s42 SC
hold reserve against all iabilt-
ties Observation-Disclosures. s3Ge
lash reserve against all liahili-
ties. after setting aside 40cf
gold reserva for Federal re-
serve notes In circulation $50
Federal Reserve Notes.
ssued ....... $4,000 900 90
>n hand .. 34s,sas 90
Outstanding ..... ss.s50,055 90
bold with Federal re-
serve agen. ... 1900 600 90
let liability ..... s.s50,055 90
Total amount of bf1is
discounted for the
week ended Septem-
Der 8, 1915 ........ ssss.Ts1 "A
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-05
Durham Dream. Dreams.

Durham. n. G., Sept. "A prolo-
Eed visit OF a Wilmington, Delaware.
an. supposedly representing the Du-
pnt Powder Company. eliminating
the purchase OF a. 6b-acre tract Of
md. has led to much speculation in
nrham business circles. The antici-
tied construction Of a powder plant
ia its attendant results Of suburban
ky, built overnight. ARE responsible
* the development con1ectures.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-05
TO CHARLOTTESVILLE CONCERN

Washington. D. c.. Sept 4.-The
Treasury Department has awarded the
contract for the construction OF the
postomce building at Wellsburg. w.
Va. to the Colonial Construction Com
pany. of Charlottesville. Va Ito bid
va 141.377.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-05
Large Cement Production.

The Geological Surveys annual
statement on the cement industry for
1914 IL now being distributed. Dnf.
Ing the year S7,257.6b2 barrels OF the
principal hydraulic dement's were pro-
duced. with value Of @s0.633.203.
The map accompanying the repors
shows the distribution Of the prin-
cipal cement plants ana outlines tho
Portland 0ouAnt commerctAl dts&ractA.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-05

According to the annual statement
on the production OF mineral waters
in 1914, now available for distribution
BY the Geological Survey. 54.3s5,%B6
gallons Of mineral water was sold DUR
Ing the year. This quantity came from
10 scommsrcial springs and had =
valnG Is e4.a14.334.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-05
AN EARLY COAL PRODUCER.
Arkansas Reported 22O Tons Wheo
Census Of 1870 Was Taken.

Arkansas Reported ego Tons Wheo
Census OF 1870 Was Taken.
The United States census for t94e
showed that a small quantity fo coal
t220 short tons) was mined in Ar.
kansas during that year. With rne
exception of 9,97e short mined
In Missouri and 400 tons in Iowa. thia
was the only coal produced west ~
Mississippi River in Is4o. and for the
next twenty years these three States
were the only ones west OF the Mis-
sissippi from which any coal produce
ton was reported. The coal indu1ksy
Of the State did not develop vary ap.-
idly during the earlier years: frosN
increased pretty regularly. but Tor thu
last twelve years 1t has remained psAc-
tically stationary. The maxtnhum pre-
dnction Of 1.e70.4S3 abort tana o
attained II 1907. " Sss sss
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-05

The Geological Survey has now
available for distribution its annual
statement on gold. silver. copper, lead
and zinc ii the Eastern States u 1919.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-05

told reserve against all liabilt
ties acknowledgements. s3rc
ash reserve against all liahili-
ties. after setting aside 40cf
gold reseTvs for Federal re-
serve notes In circulation $50
Federal Reserve Notes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-29
Big FORTUNES GO AS
WAR STOCKS BREAK
As Low as 400 Bid ut One
Time on Bethlehem. but
525 Is Lowest Sale.

a violent break occurred in half O
dozen Of the principal war brides IN
the Stock Exchange yesterday. which In
a few moments wiped out enormous pa
per profits. The declines almost matched
those Of last May. when the news OF
the Lusitania cut the markets under
pinnings and for a few moments pro-
duced the nearest approach to n panic
that a bull market Is capable OF.
Peace rumors the news from the war
and several other developments were
suggested as causes for the collapse.
The biggest declines were In Baldwin
Locomotive. which sold as low as 1c3h
against n high price Of i5iia last week {;
Crucible touched 81. against a high OF
l09 rs: Studebaker went to 1853, after
having touched 1876 Maxwell Motors
dropped to ~, against 81 a few days
ago American Car and Foundry at s3h
compared with 9S not long ago.
In Bethlehem Steel. the bellwether OF
the wal stocks. there was no market at
all until tho last few minutes Of trading.
The best bid quoted for the stock at
the time OF extreme weakness was 400
the last sale on Wednesday was at $50.
Bethlehem closed unchanged for the
day. the lowest sale being at b25. II
closed at 659.
The real weakness Of the market was
practically confined to a limited num-
Der OF the war industrials which have
been wildly inflated in the recent past.
The remainder OF the list held with
remarkable frmness. and when the spec
| ulative pyramids that had been built III
on the war brides" n toppled over
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-29
1000 DEMAND NIGHT
SCHOOLS KEPT OPEN
Students and Alumni Protest
Against City's Proposed
Retrcnchmcnt.

Nearly 1000 students and alumni Of
the city's imperilled night high schools
attended II mass meeting AT tho New
Amsterdam Theatre last night in the
cause of keeping these schools running
and cheercd va!iantly for every speaker.
They marched In and marched out with
banners flying. and gave Broadway and
Forty-second stree, something more seri-
Gus to think about than new shows and
the latest fashions.
The meeting was held under the
auspices OF the alumni associations OF
the night high schools for the purpose of
exertlng proper pressure upon the Board
OF Estimate to provide enough money
to keep the night high schools In opera
ton. Judge Leon Sanders presided. and
expressed the sentiments OF most OF the
speakers when he said that II retrench-
ment Is 10 be made In any of the city
departments II ought not to be made in
the Department OF Education, He vol
unteered TO teach In the night schools
II the city was too poor to hire "A suf-
hcient number of professional teachers,
Among others hat spoke along similar
lines were Rabbi Joseph Silverman. WILL
lam A. DeFord. Mrs. John S. Crosby.
Judge LOUIS ~. Gibbs of the Bronx
County Court. John Temple Graves ard
julius Guttae. Michael Fredsam sent
a letter which was read. II contained
among other the following:
Il am a firm believer in training stu
dents in the Fundamentals. and hcmely
though II may seem. It lays the basis
upon which all future educational ad-
raiIcement must be predlcated. It
should be recognized that n public
moneys car be invested to no better pur-
pose by the city OF New York than for
it's educational system"
| Permission from the Board OF Esti-
anate to iasue 100000 In revenue ponds
and transfer an additional $4,000 from
ono school fund to another settled the
night school co~nt roversy, said President
Churchill of the Board OF Education YES
terday. To transfer the $S7, 900 would
mean the postponement of certain yoca-
tlonal school experiments not connected
with the Gary plan in The Bronx.
THE discovery Of the sST. o IL no
great point said Mr.. Churchill. Las,
year when We asked to transfer certain
money the Board OF Estimate tod us
to ask for revenue bonds. This year we
asked for revenue bonds.
Comptroller Prendergast. who. ii is re.
ported. has been continuously p sed "a
the issue or any special revenue bonds
said that the Board OF Education had
FOUND within It's own appropriations suf-
fcieit FUNDS to take care OF the evening
schools, and that a epoIt Suggesting
the required transfer would be Offered
to the Board Of Estimate for unanimous
ccnsert this morning. The Mayor, IL is
understood, IL In favor of the $4,000
issue of bends.
Final action ON the matter cannot be
taken by the Board Of Estimate until III
meeting a week from to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-29
N. H. REPORT
Minority stock holders Make strong
Protest At MeetinR,

New HAVEN. Conn, Oct. cS.--At to-
days adjourned annual meeting of the
New Haven stockholders all efforts to
get the stockholders to sanction suits
against former directors for restitution
to the company for property alleged to
have been wasted were killed when "A
large majority vote rejected resolutions
calling on the directors to prosecute such
suits.
w. Perry Curtis, chairman of the
board Of ~tellers. reported that they had
counted $50, 994 shares Of stock or prox-
les and out OF that number deducted
6,O96 as not entitled to vote because
those who sent them were not owners
of stock.
Arthur Berrenson OF Boston. repre-
sentinx the minority stockholders. pre-
scented "A report In which exception vas
taken to the directors voting a number
of proxies. including those sent by
corporations n trust companies. lie
said that proxies for 430.5l6 shares had
been offered by Mr., Clarke and Mr.. Eli
OFT, where no name was inserted in the
proxy. n II did not appear from the
proxy that any person had any author
| ity to vote such proxies. He said II was
illegal to vote on such a proxy.
He objected to he voting Of the fol-
lowing stock because, he charged. prope
| authority was not given Adams Express
Company, 24,730 shares Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. $1,000 shares Amer,
lean Express Company, 4,032 shares
the Sheffield Scientific School. SAC shares
Yale University. 3,515 shares william
Waldorf Aston, 6,Si0 shares United
States Trust Company OF New York
| 1000 shares,
Chairman Elliott announced that thu
| stockholders vote for the acccptanc,
OF the annual report and approval OF tn.
directors was 94s.e10. There were a.,
ia shares voted In favor of the ac
ceptance of all the report with the ex
ception OF that part Of II where tn,
directors said they could see no use IL
bringing restitution suits against for1neI
directors.
The l4,774 votes were cast by tn,
Boston contingent. The chairman de
clared the report accepted and the act.
of he directors approved. as well az tn,
new board OF directors elected.
The vote of the directors was Benja
min Campbell, New Haven. s4s,sIO
W. Murray Crane, Dalton, Mass, 94s,
80; r. Dewitt Cuyler. Philadelphia
s4S,5l0; Howard Elliott. New Haven
94s,5l0; J. Horace Harding. New York
94S,9lO; Frank w. Matteson, Prov
dence. s4s.91O; Augustus $. May
bridgeport. 94s,9l0; Francis r. Maxwell
Rockville. 948.910: Edward Miiligar
Hartford. 948, 900 John II. Pratt. New
York, 94S,910; James l.. Richards, Bos
ton, 94s,S10; joseph Il. Russell, Boston
94s,slO Eli whitney, New Haven, 94s,
80; Harris Whlttemore. Naugatucl
94s,91O.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-29

lines. The letter requested Judge
Robinson to see the leaders OF both par
ties with a view to obtaining . fair
deal In committee for the road.
He wrote to Il. d. Robbins on January
2, 1897. a distinctly pessimistc letter
about the trolley situation. Except In
one instance. he wrote, every time ube
trolley men went TO the Superior Court
for permission to parallel an existing
limo they had They had won ten
times and lost noe. The defence wa
perfectly willing to have letters like this
go In as showing that the New Haven
was not succeeding very we'll In monopo-
lizirs u g thiry az trolleys.
Thon came a letter written by Mr.. Hall
TO Charles +. BROKER. one OF the deferSd-
ants. living In Aneonta, Conn. This was
dated January %. 1895, and contained
the copy Of a bill to be presented to the
Legislature to compel an electric COM
pany using Washington Bridge to widen
the same at It's expense. Mr.. Hall
wrote this time:
II enclose herewith a bin for q pub
lie act which I wish o would quietly
hand to Representative Tucker OF your
place with a reQuest that he onor the
bill quietly and see II you can enlist his
influence n put the bill through the
Legislature.
uTu8ln Ou NIL = Secfeu.
I'VE would make It all right with Mr..
Tucker. II that is necessary. What ]
want Is to have him take this bill and
back 1t before the committee. II Ii a
bill In which think he personally will
be very much interested, as no was OPP
posed two years x 10 the electric
road getting permission to cross WASH
ington Bridge and was one of the COM
mittee which visited that pr. dye and re-
ported against allowing any electric
company to cross It.
THE fact Is that the Washington
Bridge IL less than thirty feet In width,
and you will observe that this bill will
compel the electric company before using
VI to bear the expense OF " den ng t.
Now I think Mr.. Tucker will be very
glad Ia take hold Of this bill and push
1t before the committee as well as IN
the General Assembly. and II he will dc
this II will be striking a blow In the
right direction M II VIII give the cleo
trio companies something to think abou,
besides paraileling our lines.
II know he will understand the neces'
slty of not having II disclosed that this
bill In any way comes from u.s. Mr.
Tucker must assums the responsibility
OF this bill and 1t must be OF his owr
invention in other words, he must b,
the father OF the bill and nurse II
through the committee and in the Leg
islature. We will undertake to s. h,
has some help on the quiet. but l be
lieve he will take hold OF II. lie ha.
the force and the ability to put the bill
through with the assistance he viii
have on the floor, whether the committe,
reports In favor or not. At all event,
II Is a very carefully drawn bill ant
one which ought to pass"
Mr.. Hall asked for n speedy repor
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-29
GLovED ROBBERS GET $500.
Porch Climbers in Port Chester
Get Away In an Auto.

PORT CHESTER. n. Y. Oot. cs.--Porch
climbers who wore gloves so they would
leave no finger prints behind and used
an automobile In which TO escape robbed
the homes OF Louis c.. Mertz and William
Howard Buchanan In Westchester ave
nue. last night OF about $500 worth
OF jewelrv.
During the last two weeks the rob-
bers have been operating IN Mount Yer
non White Plains, Bridgeport, Green
wich and other towns along the north
shore OF the Sound. AZ White Plains
they scaled a porch post OF N. c. Rey-
nails home and stole $4,000 worth OF
Mrs. Reynal's Jewels. In each case the
burglars worked while the members OF
the household were at dinner.
At the Buchanan home the men stole
jewels worth $4,000. In the Mertz home
$500 worth Of jewels and $50 IN
money wer stolen from the second
floor. In each house n window In one
Of tho bedrooms had beer opened from
the roof Of the porch.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-29
STEEL SUIT DISMISSAL
FOUGHT BY GOVERNMENT
Appeal From Decision of Federal Court in New Jersey
Is Filed at Trenton-Based Upon Twenty
three Assignments of Error.

- A.
TRENTON ~. j.. oeI S'--Ihrous t"e
the Government nled an appeal to-day
srou go. s.,.,o, a., N. tfri,.d a,.,s.
District Court diminishing the suit asking
Tor the dissolution or ine United states
steer SorpotA.'on anu .s suoWuIIes
n sor an In!unctioh estrainlns tneee
~co'npah'es anu ,heII onNeIs ,ro', eo.
..nu,ns s"eI a"esru uiouopo'y mN-
e.ruin. " AIsuo. - appesi,
~~en,y-,nrs Ass.sn'en1 Vi erfo'' We
e neIe ...s .A...
asoIsIsneh.I !. ~ upon ~ n
.uo Sososnr .ss S....s
Ine Supreane Sour. Vi u'o ..'e osa,
! I'm onoos VI - ~ .np
p ou ~ ~ $50 cnuno.n-
p.an'. 30 ~ y. N..
" WI. A.S "a
~" pu.pO MY sas.ss.-
r"n ~'sSS Sse.sns an.,-
.wn mo" "' ~
uus. .aw -, 49, .o.AN....,. 49,
1900 h. ~. nm.r,ns, Tin pIsts COM.
49, ~ 49,. "a ~ T.dsr.i
S,osi comnanv ~ Ssw Je,~av in isas.
,hs 1000 ,raSa. ~ yario,s suhseonent
c~omhinstions rcsuitiny uisimateiv in the
orya ni.o,,on ~ the Tinted state. Steel
Corroration II Ia set forth that the
co,,r, erred In rot holding that these
yarIo,s MERGERS and consultations were
in themselves violations Of tho Sher-
mar law.
The Gary Dtnners.
cn.o,eo attach Il. a,roc,ad agains, ,hs
ennsn =, ,hs ,r,ai no,r, ra.nec,ins ths
60 d,nr... ~, ,.,Ich /, VA. alleged
nrL,s. wsre axed md ,he steel b~,isiness
! Of ,hc country wa. apportioned amonp
tho members az "A pooi.
Taking e~xcep,ion to the findings OF
the trial court mat these dinners had
been abandoned long before the suit wa
Gary dinner movement" WIS continued
until the roNernmeht oesu' us uhsesu'
sa'ioh ot tne steer ooInpany He.nou.
n 1911. Just pElor 10 'ne us.'eutIoi VI
the SUIT hence !. 10 a,sueu. INC u.h'
hers shouiu nave oeeh neIo 20 W om'
OF the grounds LOT All injunction Ut oe
cree OF dissOlutoh.
AFTER ou,iih'hs senerai'y the Iac's ~
iatins 10 the organization Oh the stee
corporation the appeal sets Iorth una
II orousht tose'her competing planu
ana businesses, gaming control OF NOR
than one-halt the entire output OF stee
ingots ana castings ana pig IRON OF IN
country and also gaining control oil IN
trade by the acquisition or railroad ans
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-29

Charles Il. Wynham, Who Iul 'wo
wives, was scnt to Sing sin TOY r"'
more thar two Years and SIS months
and not less h one yer a"l -t
months by Judge Rosalskv .u Ge.e-sl
Sessions yesterday. WyuhaW >tH' nat
when he married his second We 70
had been drinking and did not rciI'is
what he was doing His sc'-'Ht re
was Miss Elo!se Gibson ui l>l 3
Marks avenue, Brooklyn. W. 40 J
was Miss Annie H~opeuhaur. - "
Union avenue Brooklyn.