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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
FARM INSTITUTE TRAIN;
STATE FAIR ON WHEELS
Month OF Exhibition and Den,onstra-
ton to Cover All Virginia
Touched by n. IL w.
ABLE SPEAKERS AND BIG SHOW
State, Nation and Railway Cooper
ate to Make Greatest Travelling
Fair Ever .Attemptcd-Live Stock
and Farm Products to BE Seen.

The Norfolk and Western Railway
Company, through its agricultural and
industrial department. and in co-opera-
ton with the state Agricultural Col
lcSe at Blacksburg and Federal far
mers demonstration work. under T.. o..
Sandy, will operate not only a bet
ter farming train" but "dcmoustra-
ton train" also over its entire system
in Virginia from October &c TO No.
vcmbcr -, inclusive. ON this trip this
train viii stop at about ninety sta
tons. where able mon will deliver lee
lures and give demonstrations cover
ing period Of three hours at each
point.
The Rndford Division. from Roanoke
to Narrows, and the pocahontas III
vision. from Graham To Norton. Will
be covered the first week, which is
October - to 80
The second week, November to i,
tie train viii cover Southwest Viz
2inia. from East Radford TO Bristol
and Saltvillc. as well as the North
Carolina extension.
The third week. November : TO 10.
TIA" train Will cover the Shenandoah
Valley. from Roanoke to E.rryvnle.
The fourth week, November - to 20.
the train will cover the Winstou-Salcm
Division, from Roanoke to Ridgeway.
and the Norfolk Division. from Roam
okc 10 Lynchburr also the Durham
Division. from Lynchburg TO South
Boston, and the Norfolk Division. from
Lynchburg to Farmvllle.
The NTH week, November 80 to "a
from Farmvillc 10 suffolk. thus com :
pleting "A tour OF its lines through out
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
INDEPENDENT OF WEST
North Carolina ON tie Verge of Bccom-
in;' s"lf->nrp"rtiug II: Growing
own Supplies.

The North Carolina papers have been
studying tho reports OF The Department
or Agriculture Of the United states. and
they find much to boast of They claim
that the old North State is rapidly
moving 10 the point where it will he a
great sclf-supporting community. The
iiSurcs upon which they base this Claim
show tIai TIA" increase in homc-ra Used
food and feed supplies this year over
last year is about as follows: Hay and
forage, 100000 tons more: oats, 600
200 bushels more: Irish potatoes 1900
90" bushels moro: sweet potatoes, 100
QUO bushels more; corn. 1000. 600 bushels
more and wheat. 100000 bushels
more. These hgures are from the las,
Federal crop report
For the first time since the war;
says one of tn. North Carolina papers.
we have raised enough hay, forage
and roughacc TO feed our farm animals
In wheat. hay and forage production
we are at last independent OF Western
markets.
when we can read our titles clear
IN corn. oats. beef, pork and mutton
production. the farm wealth OF the
state VIII quickly he doubled and
puadruplcd."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
RAILWAY PRESIDENTS ~
OPTIMISTIC FOR sOtH
oificials OF Great Transportation
Lines See Flusi, Times Ahead,
ana Give Reasons for Faith.
INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK Isl GOOD
Basis OF Strong Foundation Better
anu Larger Farm YieId-Proft.
aDic Figures for Money Crops, ana
More Grain and Live Stock.

ircSihch'a and other officials ar ,bo
'o""" passing through IN. Soutb
."'e pe"ti interviewed b. the Mann.
l ,, record on business and in.
dastrini conditions down SCUM 49,, ~
the outlook for tho irnmodiat, az" oh
tani future. All of tho r,,il,,... ~,
claIs thus interviewed were n,,ti,nis,i,
decidedly 50. 6
president fairfaxt Harrison y, a.,
Southern Railway, said business, com
n''ion. ana industrial affairs ,hrourI,
on: tho South are YER nticb 80,
,hn ~, S""r ana h"ospects for FUR
,hcr Improvement resi- on tn. so,,,,l
: hasls "i i'oiitablc price for co,,a,,
t"n"tco t:id other inuiiey crn,s .ud 49,,
prec"dcntcd!y larr" produrtinn.
grains ana forage crops substantial
nF"sr"SS in III" dcY'lopmon, of tho
i've S,orH INDUSTRY "hd " good demand
Tor All OF the manufactured produc;.
Continuing, MIR. Harrison said.
The "utlook is particularly good Tor.
IN" Southern farmers While ,nc ,o,I
Nlcld of cotton iS much 'csS tina, ~,
"' i"si year, the cost -: pruduciu,. ~,
year" crop has boon far below. th,t ~
any recent year. At currcu, ,r,o,,.
the pr"ht I" the farmer ON . ham -.
cotton Is pr"h"bly greater than i'm some
ears when IN" pricc per pound has
been higher. aud no will qpcud vo,,.
httIc money this year for grain. b,,
ana other supplies 10 ho shiup.d mr.
IN" south from other localities A I,rro
proportion or last ycarY cotton CO,
- SUN ia tn" south much OF IL in Tho
hands of farmers, so that W inav ex
pect that the amount OF money die.
burscd FOR cotton in the South this ycsr
VIII hc much greater than if ONLY ,hc
present years production had TO be
moved"
joseph II. Young. president, and gen
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
GREAT SHOE BUSINESS
shipments Ia south NcnrIy 80 Per Cent
Greater Than one Ncnr

LfNcliRuHG VA, october = Tim,
the so-cailcd sick man Of the south" is
RAPIDLY improving Is evidenced by the
fact that ono of the shoe factories Of
this city, the Craddock Terry shoe co,
Skipped NOR" tnhn three quarters OF :
million dollars worth of SHOES in,1 the
south during the month of September.
!""lr books show this 10 he gain Of
nearly ." per cent over the business
done i'll the same territory for SEN
t,mbcr OF las year, and that il breaks
all previous records for tho ninth
month OF til. year. \ member OF the
concern expresses the opinion that the
purchasing power OF the South IS
g.'"ator than II has been FOR years.
and that business viii continue to i'm :
prove rapidly II the South Will only
advertise this fact.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

tn" young men of ancient Athens,
the men who kept IL as great as they
found IL and made il greater. used to
take solemn oath that is well worthy
the attention OF the young men of the
towns and cities OF Virginia and other
good states in this twentieth century.
The oatn the young Athcnians took
and kept was as follows:
I'VE will never bring disyr;tc" to
this. our city. by any act OF disnon-
cstN or cowardice, nor ever desert our
suffering comrades in the ranks; we
Will tight for the ideals and sacred
things Of tho city, both alone and with
, many We Will revere and obey the
city's laws and do our best 10 inCitc a
like respect aud reverence in thos"
above us vino are prom" TO auuul or
set them at nought: we will strive
I unccaSiNgy TO quicken The public's
sense of civic duty; thus, in all these
ways. We will transmit this city not
only not less. but greater. better and
more beautiful THAN IL was transmit
ted I" us
Swca! by Your town. young man. and
hclp TO make II what IL ought to be
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

y travelling man has recently been
heard - utter q complaint That was
lou" ana deep, ANA | Know from lin
itcd experience tina, il was not en-
tfely SroundiCSS. He said: ~ tray
cling mans life is largely hotel ifc.
and sometimes when he lands at a no.
tel IN some of the smaller towns he
almost wishes he was in starved-o,I,
Eclgium instead Of travelling around
III tins land of the free and the brave. -
This travelling man further declared
tHat inns situation OF intolcrablc no.
teis IN small towns, with iuSan!tary
conditions prevailing in so many of
them. has resulted In the i'll health and
in some instances. perhaps. the death
of many Il man compelled bv business;
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
LARGEST DKlnOCk IN
THE United STATES

Eut tho Ship-yard Is there to stay
forever and Cor years and years to
como, il will feip to keep Newport
News ono ~ TIN" liv!icst of the cities
Of tho county. It is now doing more
business :han At any time in it's ca
rccr. and has contracts for enough
work to keen tn" present capacity and
i,rcc pushed fni ut least two years to
come. and Other contracts are coming
nm. facilities arc being enlarged and
more workr"n are being employed
Recently tic Holland American
steamship Company sent one OF its
mighty ships. Tie largest OH thc line.
- the Newport News drvdoClt for a
cleaning uud painting below the wa
i.v-ljUc and 10 have some other work
done upon mr. This magnificent liner.
tho Rotterdam, made n splendid picture
As sh" rested Cor a few days in the
Grydock, where hundreds Of workmcn
az. her the cleaning and painting
NAT she could Get in no other private
ah,r yard in The United States. The
Rotterdam i the largest ship ever
dookcd thc"". and IL is Il tribute TO
tho great Virginia yard ,ha, il is the
only privat"iv-"wn"d drydock in this
country large enough TO give her
berth. II required but three and n
ualf days for the force TO clean and
p".ut the SHY below the water-linc.
.Gld ihcU' away She went to New York
90 make h." regular trip across the
Atlantic
This steamship. one of the largest
and most unlatal ailoat. has piled
continuously between New York and
Rotterdam since the outbreak OF the
European Har. She has been hailed
i'm TIA" English Channel several times.
hut thus far has suffered no damage.
Sic has displacement Of 81 400 tons
Us 'SN feet l"ns; and seventy feet wide
Snc is httci out 10 accommodate $500
PASSENGERS l.2pc OF whom can go first
nnd second ciasS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

VlRGNIA'S APPLE CROPS;
BIG SALES AT LYNCHBURG
w. Snp< and tcn DHyis'S Hiring Ret
ter Price. and sell More RcndiIy
Than Inst Year

I.YNciiEuRC "a. October 2.-The
piektn@ Of the late crop OF apples in
,Ho counties contiguous TO Lvnchburr
in fun swing now. and Il wcIl-post-
'" ami" man is authority for the
statement that tic WELD will he well
"iti.in 20 per cont az what II Was las,
year, when the crop was regarded as
.pil one THIS authority cs,ira, :.
,h' Ei"ld ia radius OF City miles Of
'-'H,h'nrg TO b" practically up To 400. :
600 barrels.
%" prices being realized by the
r''"eFS appehi 10 be generally very
',l'iN. Most Of the fruit is be-
sou" ~ prices which include do
'''it I" tn" railways or cold storage.
10. II rs understood. lIt,l" fruit viii
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
Institution Worth, Of support.

1t has been announced that the Con-
ference for Education in TIA. South and
the Southern Educational Association
nave been merged into the Southern
Conference for Education aui Indus
try. This ncw titlc Is significant and
makes this institution moro than
worth the money II takes 10 support
II II gets its cntir" support from
mem hership dues, which are $40 per
annun. This fee is money VOL spent.
the executive secretary is H.. - T.
Eouriaud. 50S McLnchland Huildiup.
Washington. - G.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

to put up with unwholesomc and in
cNcusabie food and rooms. These con-
ditionS. so the travelling man said. are
To be found in very many. perhaps It
majority OF the small hotels III couu-
try places. although some OF tn" towns
IN which these things are 10 bo found
boast OF their populations Of from
tire" To fiV" or yiN thousand.
These things should not h. in hos
pitablc old Nirginia. aud II such Of
the hotel men i'm these parts as viii
have 10 plead guilty. If there's such.
should take hint right here aud
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
VIEWS AND NEAR VIEWS;
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
nl FRANK -. NNuODSON.
Industrial Editor.

This column is owen To romtribu-
tors who have something to say or
suggestive nnfurc, mud who nrc
willing tn mike hints and SurEcS-
lions looking to the better develop
mcnt at tho good old states Of yir-
Gtnin. West NirEinin and North
Carolina, md VIII" emu hold their
suggestions down i'm my one issue
10 from $50 TO :;U words. Such COM
municutions, Addressed to the In
dustrinl Editor. will receive prompt
attention.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
BIGGEST OF DRY DOCKS
BUSY At NEWPORT NEWS
Shiphuilding City No Longer Stands
on One Leg. but RcioiccS In Di-
vcrSified Industries.
LIvEsT CITY ALONG THE COAST
Only Privately-Owned Shipyard In
L. =. Large Enough To Handle
Holland-imerican Steamship COM
pany's Immense Liner.

one who makes only occasional
visits to Newport News and throws
them far apart" says II traveller who
has just been to that town, lis treated
20 Il great surprise III more ways than
one The traveller then went on TO
say tina, two or three years ago. or
such matter. there were very many
vacant houses in Ncwpor, News and
In all parts of ii. Rent was low and
property was dcprcCiating in value
business was duh and many families
who had bought homes on the install
nent plan were letting the properties
80. getting out OF their ''hargains' as
best they could. Conditions were far
were leaving the city or trying to get
away. The stores and other places Of
business showed little or no activity
"i|ul u is AL changed now" con-
tinucd tho traveller. FOR Newport
News is now one of the busiest. if not
TIE very busiest town in Virginia per-
bIps in AL Of the country, and the
no Tacant stores or any other kline OF
houses and the CRY is for more dwell
inSS and more business houses TO NEE.
the demand. especially DWELLINGS
Everyhody is cheerful. everyboG% -
busy and one feels business and pros
I,
No LONGER DOES Sill:
STAND on ONE LEG
The traveller quoted above attributes
this wonderful change ana this rush
OF business ana the present prosperity
entirely To great shipyard ana drydocDi
and the various enterprises growing
out or favorably affected by the big
war in Europe, but he is slightly mis-
taken. II is certainly true the New
port News Shipyard and Drydock Com
pany has more work on hand and is
employing more men than ever before
III it's history and 1t is also true that
Ne"po News is proftinr greatly by
IN. constant. shipping o! horses and
mules. coal and supplies OF all kinds
10 the some of the warning nations.
and as Il matter Of course these things
make business lively and will keen IL
very lively for Il long time to come IL
ga" town had nothing else behind it,
lui. tho traveller might have gone fur
thcr and told If the many uow enter
p'lS"% that tho hustling citizens and
business men Of the town have induced
!" locate there within tho past two
years
For Ion" time. too long e time.
Newport News seemed to be satisfied
:" stand on on" leg and depend entirely
ON the Shipyard aud the ChcSapcakc
and ohi" Railroads coal piers and
grain elevator" for it's support and
prosperity ana these were good sun
ports while they were supporting hut
when business cot dull IN the ship
yards and things w"r" going slow at
tn" piers ana elevators Newport News
got Il black eye.
II is dimcrcn, now. for. while the
enterprises named arc still tho towns
main stand .hys. other Industries have
Sp'Gng UP. being attracted by the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

9WcaE by your town. young man, and
clp to make II what il ought to be
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-26

At last the United States supreme
court has been brought face to face
with the ace question in such a way
as to permit Of no s~idestepping. The
so-called Grandfather laws" of Okla
homa and Maryland have been pressed
before that body and a decision this
week declares both to be unconstitu-
tional and void. This decision is by
far the most important political die
tum ever issued by that body so far
as the Negro is concerned, and it will
be difficult for the race haters to
find any other tricks by which the
honest black citizen may be robbed
of his suffrage. OF course tricks will
be tried but the federal decision is
80 far reaching that their chances for
success are slim. It may even be
found necessary hereafter to resort
to the shotgun" methods of the deep
South in order to keep the colored
voters from the poles, there being no
law against the many forms of intimi-
dation which the victims will not be
allowed to prove and which the cul-
prits will steadfastly deny.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-26
NERVE IMPULSES IN PLANTS
Experiments Made by Great Naturalist
Brought to Light Some Inter
estlna Facts.

Darwin 1t was who noted that a
root placed horizontally receives the
stimulus Of gravity in the loot cap,
while the bending which causes the
root to turn downward occurs at some
distance from the cap. 1t is evident
that this spatial separation Of point Of
stimulus and point of response indi-
Gates the existence Of something
similar to nerve impulses, and, indeed,
most students Of the subject freely ad-
NIT that plants exhibit certain physi-
illogical processes analogous to the 30
called conduction of impulses by
nerves. In some plants this conduc-
ton is pretty obviously a purely me-
chanical process. This is the case
in the wellknown sensitive plant,
mimosa pudica, wherein responsive
ness to stimuli or sensitivity was first
observed and Is today most widely
known. The pressure of fluid In q pc
culiar system Of tubes conveys the
effect of a touch or pat to distant parts
OF the sensitive plant. and these in
turn 80 act as to occasion movement.
Thus a light touch at one point causes
a very pronounced movement of the
leaves Of mimosa- And by striking a
group Of these plants with q stick one
may cause . wave Of TeaDonse which
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-26
Tho Physicians Life.

The study of medicine is an en-
trancing subject; its practice requires
an array of virtues whose mere con-
temptation staggers the mind. One
must meet violence with ~gentleness,
tngratitude with equanimity, insult
with fortitude. Islander with silence.
The physicians life is a daily exempli-
fication of the Golden Rule. The very
sensitiveness that inspires sympathy
with pain and misery is a weapon in
the hands of ignorance and malice
wherewith they deal dreadful wounds,
wounds which must be endured silent
ay. Resentment can have no place in
the physicians mind. Equanimity
muSt be maintained in the face OF mis-
apprehension and abuse.-From RE
creations Of q Physician" by A. Stuart
n. Chisholm M D.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-26
For the s~leepIess.

To overcome sleeplessness one should
perform intense mental work during
the frst part Of the day. The eve.
nings should be devoted to q uniform
occupation in a uniform environment,
and one should be careful to take a
suficient amount of muscular exer-
else. II the lungs are cramped by
improper posture they fail to get the
proper amount Of oxygen and do not
throw on the waste and poisonous mat
tiers they should. A warm bath will
often draw the blood to the surface of
the body and thus bring about sleep.
Those who persist in going over in
their minds the affairs Of the day
should sip a cup Of war; water slowly
or a glass Of warm milk.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-26

In these days no prisoner of war is
likely to be 30 well treated as King
John / Of France, who. after his sap
ture at Poitiers, was lodged first at
the palace Of the Savoy and subse-
quently at Somerton castle, in Lincoln
shire, the London Chronicle observes.
Before being removed to Somerton,
John had to dismiss AZ members Of
his suite; but even then there re-
NAMED about forty persons in attend
ance on him. Among these were two
chaplains, a secretary, a clerk Of the
chapel. a physician, a maitre dThotel.
three pages, four Wallets, three ward
robe men, three furriers. six grooms,
two cooks. a fruiterer. a spiceman, a
Jester. a barber and a person entitled
lie roy des menestereuIx," who ap-
peared to have been q maker Of mu-
steal instruments and clocks. as well
as a minstrel He was aleo allowed
TO keep game cocks. falcons and grey
hounds and to 80 out hawking and
cOursinx.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-26
MADAM KATIE MARTIN's SAM.

MADAM KATIE MARTINS SAM
TARY HAIR PREPARATIONS-
Madam Katie Martin, the cultured
scalp and shampoo specialist, is hav-
ing a great success with her Sanitary
Hair Preparation" and her chosen vo-
cation is becoming widely known.
She has in her employ a valuable
assistant, Mrs. Estella Sharp, also
Miss Gertrude NJ. B. Wheeler as Sec
rotary.
1t has been demonstrated that Nine.
Martins Sanitary Hair Preparation
will produce hair on bald heads. This
statement can be verified by testi-
monials from persons in this city.
Watch! The testimonials will appear
in this paper at an early date.
Agents r putting the goods on the
market in large quantities and max
ing a good profit.
Sanitary hair preparations consist
of Sanitary Shampoo soc; "Sani.
tary Hair Grower" SOC; Sanitary
Temple Grower" 35c; Sanitary
Glossine," 35c.
Ten good agents wanted in the city
and also a number out of the city.
Consultation free. For information
call Bell phone East 3936W.
Residence 1920 Michigan ave., Kan.
sas City, Mo.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-26
Health Hints
By Or. Lloyd e.. BaiIer
A weekly discussion of Hygiene and SAM
tatiop, First Aid Measures and Proven
tive Medicine. Questions will be ans
wered bot no diagnoses nor prescrip-
tons will be given IN this column.

%. To live on a diet consisting
of: Meat once a day, eggs, cereals
green vegetables, fruit and raw mill
of healthy cows, and to masticate prop
erly.
"3. To take a bath daily, and in
addition, ono a week or once every
two weeks, to take a sweat bath iii
the heart can stand it,.
"a. To have daily action OF the bow
els; and in addition to take a purga'
tive once a week if there is any tend.
ency to constipation.
IS. To wear very porous under.
wear, preferably cotton: porous cloth
ing, loose collars, light hat and low
shoes as much as possible.
&c. To go to bed early and to rise
early.
81. To sleep in a very dark and
quiet room, and with the windows
open, and not to sleep less than six
to six and one-half hours, or more
than seven and one-half, and for wom-
en- eight and one-half hours.
IS. To have one complete days
rest in each week, without even read
ing or writing.
80. To avoid mental emotions and
also worries about things that have
happened and can not be altered. as
well as about things that may happen.
Never to say unpleasant things and
to avoid listening to such, if posi-
BILE.
40. To get married and stay mar.
ried.
81. To be temperate in the use of
alcohol and tobacco, and also in the
use of coffee or tea.
"12. To avoid places that are over
heated and badly ventilated"
All of those who seek health and a
long life should keep these command
ments. Rich is the reward of obedi-
ence to the laws of health, greater
freedom from disease, increased physi-
cal, mental and moral capacity, a
richer bodily inheritance to bestow
upon our offspring and finally, a long.
er life in which to witness the con
summation of long cherished hopes
and ambitions for our children.