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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
MEETINGS.
THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAIL
WAY COMPANY.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL STOCKHOLM
ERS' MEETING

ERS' MEETING.
New York, August 10, 1915.
NOTICE Is hereby given that the an
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company will be held ut the general
office of the company in the city Of
Kaieh,m0nd, Va on TuESDAI. October
the election of directors, OBJ for the
transaction of such other business as
may lawfully come before the meet
ing, including the authorization of the
acquisition by said railway company
of all the properties, rights and fran
chises OF Logan and Southern Halfway
Company. and Co for the purpose of
considering all action heretofore taken
or authorized by the board OF directors
or by the executive committee of the
company which may DO submitted to
the meeting, whether in connection
with any of the matters aforesaid or
otherwise The stock transfer books
will be closed at the Office of the COM
pany, No; Il Broadway. New York
City, on Friday, September "a 1915. at
O'Clock Il. NJ, and will be rcopened
on "Wednesday. October 20, 1915, at 10
by order of the board of directors.
CARL REMINGTON
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FOR sale. at q sacrifice. small restau
rant, 2oT North Fifth. furnished.
equipped ready for business. Good on
portunity for right party. Apply in
person or in writing TO Thalhimer
fil 60. sol East BROAD
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FOR SALE-VehicIes.

FOR sale cheap, one nice single wagon
in good condition. stephen Putuev
Shoe Co. West Broad Street
WANTED to sell good. strong horse
wagon or truck. w. NJ Conn
cell. 1910 East Cary Street
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| FIVE-PASSENGER auto body wanted.
used preferred. 42l, care Times
| DiSDatch
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FOR sale, Ford touring car cheap. r..
r.. Lange, 10 South Madison street
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AUTO top building, painting aud en-
CINE work n speciality. Smith Moore
Vehicle Co. 3l4 North Fifth street
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WANTED-animals.
FOR SALE-Horses.

FOR sale cheap, 5-year-old horse. fam
lily broke. Apnly 70 21lO 9 Strect
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BEFORE buying your fall or winter
suit, see T.. Lewis. Richmond's most
fashionable ladies' tailor. PA North
Second. Reasonable prices; expert
workmanship.
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WANTED light four cyclinder road
ster or touring car. Prefer Overland
or Buick. Consider Ford Must be
cheap for cash: Give full particulars
and price Address X 81. care Times
Dispatch.
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FOR sale. Comet sclf-hcatcr. practically
new. Call Randolph $50.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

WANTED, you to know that w. II.
cowardin'S Sons prices on watch and
tcwclry work are tho lowest in town.
Satisfaction is guaranteed 1915 East
Main Street.
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FOR Observation-Disclosures

ONE $500 upright plano for sale: cheap
10 quick buyer: terms II desired.
ID 1888. care Times Dispatch.
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LADIES' TAILOR

j. BROWN. Richmond's leading ladies'
toilor. Opening announcement of fall
and winter goods in the latest novelties.
materials and style. Tailor made suits
Mt reasonable prices. Satisfaction guar
antccd. 202 North First Street.
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WANTED-Household Goods.

H!GHEST cash price paid for second
hand furniture in any quantity. Cal
Randolph 5Sl6.
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FORD touring car, late model good
condition. WIZ demonstrate 5000
cash takes il. Write for appointment.
Box II 90, care Times Dispatch
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j. KATE. LADIES TAILOR. 214 NORTH
SECOND STREET. WILL GIVE SPE-
CUSTOMERS VISITING THE vIR-
GINA STATE FAIR. SUITS COM
pLETED IN - HOURS. u COMPLETE
LINE OF FASHIONABLE FABRICS
AND STYLES ARE: HERE FOR YOUR
INSPECTION. FIT AND WORKMAN
SHIP GUARANTEED.
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DESIRABLE, DETACHED FRAME,
DIV EILlNG OI' EIGHT ROOMS. No.
800 STRING STREET, Al THE
CORNER or BELNIDERE STREET
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FOR sale, oak bookcase and desk
combined. good condition. Phone
Boulevard 2221-J.
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A stated commandments,

a stated communication of Hen
Ny rico Union Lodge, No 1870. 4.
w i. & a. NJ, will he held i'm
Masonic Hall. III - North Twenty
nfth street. MONDAY EVENING. Octo-
Der I, at o'clock. Members Of sister
lodges and transient brethren are fra :
tcrnally invited to be present
By order OF the worshipful master
JOSEPH S. WILSON
Secretary.
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YOUR 25-word advertisement placed in
80 good monthly magazines once for
sl.2o; months. $3.50. Write for list.
u. L. Miller. ?GS Bank Bldg, Syracuse,
y. y.
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AUTOMOBILES.

HAVE u one-ton commercial truck In
Al mechanical condition. Will trade
for Diamonds, Ford runabout or UNI
encountered real estate. Just the car
for Pctcrsburg-City Point. +. .. Box
gSS
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1915 5-pnsscnEcr Ford; state lowest
price. Call Randolph 431?-W.
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BICYCLES AND MOTORCYCLES.

WANTED, a boys bicycle. Phone Madi-
son 3i29. or write j. G.. IIartilin,
Brookland Park.
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AUCTION SALES.--FUTURE DAYS

WIN b. PIZZINI COMPANY,
Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers,
i23 East Main Street.
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TRUSTEES AUCTION SALE


TRUSTEES AUCTION SALE
DESIRABLE DETACHED FRAME
DWELLING OF EIGHT ROOMS. No.
900 STRING STREET .\T THE
CORNER OF BELNlDERE STREET
BY virtue OF a deed OF trust to the
Undersigned trustee, dated September
-. 1909, and recorded in the clerks
Office Of Richmond Chanccry Court. i'm
-. b. 2Oi-B, page l04, default having
been made in the payment of the debt
therein secured to be paid, and being
required so to do by the beneficiary
we Will sell at public auction on the
premises, on
TUESDAY. OCTOBER ), 1915.
at . o'clock p NJ,
the following described property. to-
wit:
Lot of land. with improvements
thereon. lying and being in city of
Richmond, Va, at northwest corner of
Beividcre and Spring Streets, fronting
twenty-four CD feet on north line OF
spring street, and running back north
Wardly from said front, within parallel
lines: one hundred and eighteen feet
alley, and designated as lot No 1, on
plat recorded in said clerks office
In - Il; l3l-C. page SOL.
TERMS: Cash as to the cost of sale
ana the pro rata OF taxes for the cur
rent year. and to pay a note of Sl,5OO
any balance At one and two years from
date of sale, secured by deed OF
trust on the property, with ucr cent
interest from date of sale
This is most desirable home, and
should attract the attention OF home
seekers or investors
WIN. b PIzzINr.
Trustee
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To the creditors of CHARLES f.
BROOKS AND CLAUDE NJ. BROOKS
trading as G. r. BROOKS & BROTH
Frs, of Richmond, in the County of
Henrico, and district aforesaid
Bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that on the
LIST day Of October: y. D.. 1915. the said
CHARLES +. BROOKS AND SAID
CLAUDE NJ. BROOKS. trading as
aforesaid We're duly adjudicated bank
rupt. and that the first meeting Of
their creditors will be held in my Office.
Rooms No. 500 and sos American
National Bank Building. Richmond.
Va, on the 18TH DAY OF OCTOBER,
a. d., 1915. ut 10 o'clock in the fore
noon at which time the said creditors
may attend. prove their claims. appoint
trustee, examine the baukrupt and
transact such other business as may
properly come before said meeting.
THOS. b. SNEAD,
Referee in Bankruptcy
October |, 1915
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SHOES.

CUT RATE SHOES.
EMPIRE SHOE CO, 604 West Broad
Family shoes at rock bottom prices.
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PERSONAL.

WANTED. you to know that ". H.
Cowardin's Sons prices on watch and
jewclry work are the lowest in town.
satisfaction is guaranteed 1915 East
Main Street.
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WANTED, you to know that w. II.
cowardin's Sons prices on watch and
Satisfaction is guaranteed 1915 East
Main Street.
lIUGIIES'S HAIRDRESSING PARLORS.
SHAMPoO1NG. manicuring. facial mas
hot oil antiscptic scalp treatment. Com
rlete stock of human hair goods and
toilet articles. Combines. made !rto
any style. 20: North Third
company. some,hins s differe Gpat from
any other shoe repairing company in
Richmond. Our. shop is fitted with
room. The cleanest place ever offered
by Intelligent and eXPerienced White
waiuns-rooms you will be convinced
We, We have nay, the most up. date place in
deliver them the same day in any part
of the city. Mail orders given our
prompt attention and returned by par
eel post the same day received. United
Fifth Street. Phone Randolph 62sS.
FOR low estimates and good work. call
X. b. Brauer. the wallpaper man. los
North Eighth: Randolph 1893.
IL you want your home beautiful. let
US do your papcrinS and painting at
the most reasonable prices for first
class work. We also make a specially
IS Vest MAIN s W1sN Pho m
G361
WANTED, the public to know that
REMo S!Ifet bISA ss seSehSnge T a1a
LATEST STYLES. Old gold and silver
taken in exchange.
OLD DOMINION WRECKINC; COMPANY
buys old machinery, old iron and old
buildings. 2ll North Twenty ninth
Street.
WANTED. buyers for 500 half-busheI
baskets fancy White Heath Peaches.
I5c basket. j. c. Page & Co. 1900 East
Cary Street.
SIS Reward will be paid for each legi-
innate prospect or lead of persons
contemplating purchasing an automo-
bile and eventually terminating into Il
sale. This offer is made in good faith
and represents one of the most repu-
table standard 6-cylinder cars on the
market. selling around $1,000. Give
your telephone number if possible. Adj
dress II rs. care Times Dispatch.
DESTROY the hair germ. If you DON'T,
II Will make you bald. Our HERNIA II
Virginia Schmitt Hair Tonic will de-
stroy the germ of dandruff, scale or
luXuriant. glossy. silky and full of life
and vigor. There is no better tonic on
the market. and it is safe and harmless.
1t is put up in concentrated essence in
powdered form. You add water and
get enough from one package to last
"A long time. Send 81 for large pack
age To Herman Schmitt Dept. ID, L. o.
EoN SO. Richmond. Va.
THE White Oak Shoe Repairing. 2lS
North Fifth Street, arc giving United
Cigar Coupons with all work full value.
White oak leather exclusively. Best
work at reasonable prices. Ladies
waitinS-room. Work called for and de =
livcrcd. Madison 65S3.
NOW is the time to have your lawns
or sections turfed and seeded in
grass. | will turf or seed them at
reasonable prices. Address j. Il. Tvree
l"la Floyd Avenue. Phone Madison
Il 10. Landscape gardener; twenty
years experience.
LET MS fix Your floors. Cleaning, stain
ing and waxing. Dark floors made light
Care OF hardwood floors our specially.
William Johnson. Randolph 3120.
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LEARN the real estate business. Our
complete instruction book teaches:
listing. appraising, management, sales
manShip, insurance, brokerage, advcr-
Using. renting agency, forms. etc: l2I
subjects. ENccls $40 correspondence
course. Buckeye cover, 75c; silk cloth,
81, postpaid. Catalogue free. Realty
Book Company, 1886 Euclid Avenue.
Cleveland. u.
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STANDARD adding machine. full size
and capacity. prints and totals up to
million: lightly used In perfect order
VIII sa criiicc at SIS. II 10. care Times
Dispatch
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for Diamonds, Ford runabout or un-
encountered real estate. Just the car
for Petcrsburg-City Point. T.. .. Box
2SS.
ONE Ford runabout. two five pa sscn-
ger l'ords. 1914 models; ono Inter
national combination truck, one Grant
roadster. one llup roadster. one six
horse power Charter gas engine. No.
. North Eighteenth Street.
-PASSENGE auto body wanted
used preferred. J 42l, care Times
Dispatch.
IftPMOBILE touring car, good rum
ming order 1918 model. $3.50. Max
well roadster. S225: Cole touring car
SG75. a. K. Tiller 1905 West Broad.
FORD touring car. suitable for hire
business. $3.50.
BUICK. 5-passenger. good condition:
newly painted, $500.
MAXWELL special. 5-passcnger. good
condition. 1925.
T.. NJ. L. go" 5-passenger. good condi-
ton; newly painted. $3.50.
1915 4-cylinder, J-pasSengcr Studc-
baker; II bargain, $3.50.
REGAL roadster. good mechanical and
paint condition, s225.
H. NJ +. 30 delivery wagon. good con-
dition. $3.50
HUDSON 5-passenger. good condition.
$3.50
STUDEBAKER GARAGE.
1901 West Broad Street.
Randolph 40g
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WANTED. buyers for 500 half-bushe ell
baskets fancy White Heath Peaches.
ioc basket. J. G. Page Il Co. 1900 East
Cary Street.
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FOR sale, hotel in good West Virginia
town OF 1000 inhabitants. 30 bed
rooms, with private baths. hot and
cold water in all rooms Steam heated.
Up 10 date. Write -. T.. Dbcnshain
Real Estate Dealer, Buchanan. Va.
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FOR sale or rent. soda fountain and
cigar stand, with complete fixtures.
Cheap rent. at Broadway National Bank
Building. Apply Pollard II Bagby or
bank
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

CORONA typewriter for travellers and
personal home use: 4 pounds: ca
pacity unlimited. II 81 care Times
Dispatch
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TWO grocery wagons, newly painted
and In good repair. cheap. Several
top buEgics in good order that can
be bought cheap. one extension ton
surrey, rubber tires. at 500; cost new
S1aO. use only three months. Wagons
for every business. =. Meyerss Sons,
I3l East Cary.
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In the matter OF ~. 800
GEORGE Il. GANZERT. NJ i'-V'
Trading AS in
GEORGE r.. GANZERT &
co.
Bankrupt WankruptcS
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BUSINESS CARDS

Du PONT, Hopcwen and City Point
collections made by us at reasona BILE
rates. National Mercantile Agency, Me-
chanics Bldg, Petersburg, Va. Refer
enceS on request.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANTED, TO get in touch with one de-
sirlnF 10 sell or leas" modern hotel
Address l. 20S. care Times Dispatch.
TO rent or manage hotel with 40 TO GO
rooms. Reference furnished. Give
particulars. Address Box ., North
Fork, w. Va.
WANT To rent. privilege Jnying. 30
or 100 miles from city. good location
for general store. Prefer empty room.
Would buy clean stock. r l35 care
Times Dispatch.
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FOR sale, complete laundry plant
cheap. Apply z. McLouchman. G25
East Main. Phone Randolph 59i5. or
Randolph a2HG-J.
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Notwithstanding

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES FOR THE EAST
ERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA.
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TYPEWRITERS.

FOR sale, Oliver typewriter. had so
days light use. SOC Mutual Build
ing.
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FOR sale, cheap. horse. years old
city broke; / Dayton wagon, Stan
hope, i family carriage. rubber tires
! race sulky, sets harness. c. l..
McGrudcr, 1922 Richmond Street, Fair
mount Heights city
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STUDEBAKER GARAGE.
1901 West Broad Street.
ltandOlp 400.
FOR SALE-Animals.

HORSES and mules for hire, by day
week or month for sale or exchange.
Sullivans stable. COS East Cary. Also
Boarding horses wanted.
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business: greatly stimulated by the
war situation. 80 salaries to officers.
no promotion stock. Better invest
fnent than real estate. Personal inter-
view preferred. Address II 10 care
Times Dispatch.
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BUSINESS ChANCEs

W. to $50 weekly In u business OF your
own. Don't be an agent. Start In
the gold, silver, nickel, etc. plating
business. Professor Gray's outfits are
practical and complete. Work easy.
profit enormous Every family, res
thurant. shop has tableware, Jcwclry,
metal goods of all kinds TO he rcplated.
Every other business overcrowdcd; no
plating shops. y grand opening in
your section. VIII you grasp 1t? Ad-
dress to-day, Gray IL Co. Plating
WORKS. 1OO3 Gray Bldg, Cincinnati. ..
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04

His the position of influential and distinguish
ed member of the community which he lived to the cOnd
ton convict, rapid Imprisonment has been to him
ordinarily there would be objection
his being granted ticket of leave.
Attorney Hugh M. AIcorn of Hartford county,
Walker presents facts which make the
unwise.
DID, but he is not repenant. He is feeble
he willing make restitution. He has disclosed
accompIices nearly 100000
embezzed.
He secretve, defiant and determined in his Of
Tense the hour of his apprehension Mexico,
tavailed himself of
t. Justice in his state.
unwilling at iayt with
state if mercy for those whom swindled if
restitution, entitled
clemency, should not receive it,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04
ATTACKING SECRETARY GARRISON
T~ HE COUNTRY is to be congratulated in ha
head of the War Denartment so wise an

COUNTRY be congratulated in having at the
n head of the War Department wise prudent a
statesman the Iindley M Garrison secretary
within comparatively short period he upon
administration he has
such conspicuous service, but his unsued
partisan attack
the first instance his assailant distinguish
than Theodore Roosevelt former president
republic In the last instance by coincidence
compelled to foi1s with the amiabe William
Taft likewise the chief executive It mus
satisfaction the distinguished
that the sober thought country
Of his
that Mr.. Taft misled by
paper monger having offered subordinate
and being refused
assuming role hostile to the policy
Philippine Islands, prepared good
Taft lured into preparing preface It must
indeed hunnliating to the ex-presdent
Secretary Carrson letter that whose
previously admnistra-
nay, to that he used Taft
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04
AN OPEN LETTER
Hon. George P. Mclean,

United States Senator
Dear Sir:-I respectfully ask a mo-
ment's consideration to some thoughts
regarding the constitutionality Of the
present Connecticut Deer Law.
Like every other evil which through
human conduct serves to darken a
beautiful world, this unrighteous deer
law was born of selfishness. Here
se1fishness led to gross representa-
tionS and to clamorous demands re-
gardless of all other considerations, or
Of what might be the ultimate results.
While a good1y number of our Sena,-
tors and a few Representatives honestly
and strongly opposed the passage of
the Ubiquitous deer bill, a willing, even
anxious majority and complac"nt
Governor made it law, and in SO doing
stuItified and disgraced our state.
In no other spot on earth, inhabited
by a civilized people, would this afro
cious deer law be permitted to exist.
Neither the pregnant doe, the nursing
mother, nor the sucking fawn is at
any time exempt from the shot gun
provisions of this inhuman act. Can
the State lawfully sanction such cruel
ty, that in comparison the customs of
a Savage Tribe would be infinitely
more human?
Members of the Fish and Game
Committee declared that the deer
were rapidly becoming a pest, yet any
person other than a land owner or a
land holder who attempts to kill one
becomes subject to a. fine of 500 or to
Imprisonment for sixty days, or to
both. such fine and imprisonment.
From the stand point then taken,
could the State with any show of JUS
tice, make such an absurd and glaring
a Discrimination?
The Governor said that the deer
were of no particular Importance ex-
cept a delight to the eye. but since
that time they have yielded to the
land owners of Connecticut thousan DIS
of dollars worth of excellent, nutri-
tious food May not the Executive
Justly modify his Views
Apparently the Lawmakers them
selves are unable to fully interpret
the provisions Of this remarkable act.
One says that the farmer may lawful
" sell his venison, another holds to the
opposite belief. And now, after near
~ four months deliberation the At
torney General rules that it is Illegal
for the farmer to sell his venison al
though the law distinctly states that
the dead deer becomes his property
and says no word about restricting
his use-of it. It is a pretty poor law
that says one thing and means some
thing else.
Many of our most estimable citi-
zens would gladly welcome to their
tables a little venison as a luxury, but
they are denied this privilege and
pleasure, Wk14le QuanIl1eS OF II are go
ing to waste and decay, and property
owners, or managers remote from the
centers of traffic. erect blinds and lay
in ambush still intent on slaughter.
Surely these things speak of folly,
injustice and wrong. But when by
an edict OF the State these creatures
which the Almighty has placed under
mans protection and for his use are
made to fertilizd the farmers soil, the
law becomes not only an outrage
against common decency and common
senseAit is an insult to God Him
self
Very truly yours,
f. POWERS.
Westport. Conn, Dee, 2. 1915.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04
Farmers Organizations

The first great organization of
American farmers was the Patrons of
Husbandry, which launched its ma
tional Grange at meeting of nine
persons held in Washington forty
eight years ago to-day. It was a Sc
cret society, with ritual and degrees
suggested by the Masonic and Odd
Fellows F'raternities William Saun-
ders and o. H. Kelly, employed in the
United States Bureau Of Agriculture,
were the leaders in the movement,
which was designed to promote unity
and cooperation among the. tillers of
! the soil, and the diffusion of a higher
measure of intelligence and culture .
Within a decade the Changers num-
bered hundreds of thousands, with 49,
600 local oranges, and in the last two
decades of the century they, with the
members of other agricultural socie-
ties, exercised great political innu-
ence in the middle West and South
The first Farmers Alliance was or
gained in Texas in 1873, primarily
for protection against cattle-thfeves,
but later it developed political phases
At a convention held at OcaIa, Fla, in
1890 a platform was adopted which
gave rise to the Peoples or PopuIist
party! which for a, time held control of
several middle western States.