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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES
IN SOUTH EXPANDING
atlanta Steel Concern Sold New York
ChpitaIists-Big OIL Company
Being Organized

Baltimore. Md, Dee. 1S.--Not.
withstanding the fact that the New
port News shipbnilding and Drydocb
company, as reported last week. has
about 0,o00 GOO worth of contracts
under way, the company has Just
closed. according TO a dispatch TO the
manufacturers Record. contracts for
tour additional ocean going steamers
10 be delivered during the latter parI
IF 1916 Two of these boats are oil
tankers. one OF 5000 tons capacity
and one OF 11.oo0. and two are freight
steamers for the Southern Pacific
Company,
New York bankers have bought
the Atlanta Steel COMPANY one az
the leading Industrial enterprises al
Atlanta. and Will largely increase It's
capacity. giving it an outpJr If about
! 10000 tons of steel wear.
4. l.. Doheney, Of the Mexican Pc
jfoleum Company, which has n large
refining plant at New Orleans. is or
ganizing st00, 09e. 900 oil and trans
portatlon company to operate in Cali
fornia, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Mex
leo. In addition TO the capital stock
of $1o0.00o,90o It will have, accord
nag to a dispatch to the Manufacture
ers' Record. bond issue of $50 900,
600. The demand for oil is so great
that the company has sold n large
amount which II had stored AT New
Orleans with view TO refining IT al
that point, to fill its orders for raw
material.
Continued advance in price of oil If
greatly stimulating the entire OIL in-
dustry in every branch throughout
The South and Southwest and every
effort is being made bv the boring oi
new wells 10 increase production 70
II Get the rapidly increasing consump-
tive requirements.
Tie American Gas and Electric
t,pn panN of New York. recently re.
ported was To build a So 500 900 elec-
trie plant near Weilsburs W Va
contempiates ali ultimate Investment
Of S5.0o0000 for piaut buildings
equipment and Industrial develop
ments on adjacent lands and q trans
mission system for furnishing cleo
triciiy 10 the Surrounding country
Increa sing activity is shown in tex
tile-mill enterprises aud the Btbb
Manufacturing Company. OF folull-
bus. Ga. has lei contract for the con-
struction of its proposed four-storS
ware house, 1o6xT5 feet NJ l.. Smith
Glover s C, Is organizing a $500, 00G
company to build a cotton mill. g
II. Miller president OF the Davis
Hosiery Mills of CHATTANOOGA will es-
bli'h a bsAnch plant to have d daily
capacity OF l. 100 dozen pairs of hose
The Waxahachie Cotton MIL Waxa-
haohie. Tex, has awarded contract for
additional building, two stories high
150x3T.
The Main Island Creek Coal Com.
pany, West Virginia. has increased its
=, capital to 5000, 000 and proposes e
open new mines and build steel tip.
| pies
I The Marietta Manufactures Com.
pany, Point Pleasant w Va, has
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19
QUAINT AND CURIOUS
DUTIES PERFORMED
BY TRUST COMPANIES

than IL any relative or friend had
such a commission.
In one of our large cities there is
so-called old line" trust company
which stands for everything that is
conservative and dignified. The build =
ing ia which it's business is conducted
resembles the interior OF some old
English cathedral There is all al
mosphc-e of solid dignity, ana the Wis
itor feels as hesenters the doors, that
there is an institution which. like Ten
nyson's poem, runs ON forever" This
trust company handles q vast mum
Der OF estates. with a combined value
of nearly 5000, goo la connection
with the administration OF these es-
tates. it is called upon TO perform
many varied duties, some of which
can hardly be reconcled with the
general atmosphere of dignity which
prevails in the home office. An inven-
tory of several of the estates shows
that as executor or trustee it is called
upon to continue the operation of
slaughter houses, meat-markets. gro
ceries. millinery establishments, and
many odds and ends of curious assign
ments. Almost every day women. veil
ed in mourning. visit the trust de-
partment, and between sohs ana tears
confide to the officer tales which are
ofttimes heart reading. They often
tell Of wayward. improvident sons
who are trying tn squander all her
means They tell Of daughters who
are about 10 enter into marriage with
some designing wooer. In fact the
trust officer becomes q kind of father
confessor' and To all who come 10
him he gives a sympathetic hearing,
tenders the best advice at his com
mand. and if he has ii in his power
as administrator Of an estate or as
trustee ana executor to keep way
ward sons and foolish daughters to
the straight and narrow path, he eX-
erciscs his power In that direction,
In his CUSTODY there are so-called
"Spendthrift trusts. where the trust
company is instructed by the maker
of the will ia allow tho axtravagant
son or daughter only certain definite
income, ana no amount OF persuasion
can move The corporation which IN
that case becomes a corporation with
out A soul for the good OF its clients.
It is also related how one day last
spring the trust officer picked up the
telephone and a voice at the other
end said; Please send hlumher 10
figs our bath-tuh 1t soon be time now
20 use him agen." The bath-seb had
performed service as coal-bin al.
winter. bat the trust company prompt
ly responded to the call through It's
real estate department, because IL was
part OF It's duties to keep q house in
repair which belonged 10 Il trust es-
tate in IT'S kcs ping What Is true OF
this one trust company applies Ia
nearly every big institution of this
kind which Is charged with the duty
| of Loyalty fulfilling the instructions OF
those who have joined the shadowy
army OF the past.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19

The woman In one OF our large
cities who was afflicted with the
dread that she might be buried
alive" and who left instructions in
her Will tina; a trust company should
perforate her heart with hatpin
after her demise. had a truer concep-
ton of the so-called modern trust
company than the men who have
spent a lifetime in piling up huge
fortunes only to have them dissipated
after their death by unwisely leaving
their estates in charge of "confiden-
tial friends who appropriated the
funds for their own use on lost them
III speculation. But the records of
probate courts in this and other cities
reveal the fact that rich and poor
men alike are coming to realize the
advantage of appointing a corporate
trustee, as represented by the trust
companies. to take charge of their
affairs after their demise The idea
that a corporation has no soul is
also being rapidly dispelled by the
personal and sympathetic attention
which trust companies are extending
TO their clients.
Incidentally, in connection with
this personal service. there are many
curious and remarkable facts rela
which make the daily routine of the
II oIitNeT oiip VI tctlStef
interest. He is called upon to do
many things which prove that the
corporation which engages his ser
vices not only has soul. but a
heart and human sympathies as well.
About the same time that the Pitts
burg trust company was making "as-
surance double sure" by piercing the
heart of the deceased woman client,
a trusted employee was sent by one of
to carry the cremated remains OF a
wealthy widow across the Atlantic
and TO the mediterranean. where the
ashes were cast TO the four Winds,
N accordance with testanentary in
structions
In the underground safety vaults of
one of the large trust companies there
so-cailed tomb OF departed
spirits" There are no less than twev9
eeceptaciss. steel lined and under
'oek where the ashes of deceased
clients are kept IN silver or golden
irns for safckeeping. ard where flu
1ure generations may express their
,everence. The same trust company.
ike many others. has an employe
whose duties include the preservation
Of cemetery lots and monuments. In
other words, II performs duties which
festators preferred not to entrust Ia
individuals or relatives. Many wills
have been written in which trust
companies have been instructed to
keep graves green. Ito see that mon
uments in graveyards are maintained
In good condition. They set aside 4
certain income from, their estates
, which are conveyed To the trust com
ranies for this sole purpose and their
, experience with trust companies has
been such that they felt their wishes
/ would be- more faithfully followed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19
JEW HEADS ATLANTA'~
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Atlanta. Dec ts.-The election OF q
Jew as president of the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce has done more
To convince the national press that
they slandered Georgia in the Frank
case than years of interviews aud de-
malls could have accomplished.
The Chamber of Commences elected
Victor Krie eshaher not because he
was n lew, but because ne was the
best man In Atlanta for the high nf-5
ice and the Chamber Of Conmetca
lid not have the Frank case i'll the
back OF their heads when They bal
lotod for president. but the circan-
stance has turned out nonethaless
happily for Georgia
The New York Times says that the
election OF Mr.. kriegshaber "cencsu-
sively refutes the impression created
In some minds by the Frank case that
there Is in Georgia. and especially in
Atlanta. n feeling OF antagonism to
Jews as such. Atlanta can now point
- a fact which proves that the bitter:
rage of which Frank was the victim
was not the result Of his race. but NJ
the peculiar conditions which exist
ed in Atlanta prior 20 the murder
Of Mary phagan and other special
conditions which arose during the trial
of Frank.
This Is the very point which Cow.
ernor John NJ Slaton and other loyal
GeorEians eioouently hut vainly trie0
10 impress on the world by Argument.
Today 1t ssanda proven BY fact
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19
HENHOUSE SHOULD BE KEPT
CLEAN AS WHEN 1T WAS NEW

taking II second. il seems 20 be the
nature of a hog to want feed that is
not only nutritious. bat filling. The
water buiks out the feed and leaves
the hog with his digestive apparatus
comfortably distended. Ii il best, OF
course, 10 give some bulky food also
for the same purpose.
Feeding the Farm Mule.
When the farm mule is working
hard feed him all the grain and hay
he Will eat. He Will not eat too
much. Unlike a horse. he will not
bolt his grain and leave his hay, but
Of the other. When he has had enough
he knows enough to stop. writes
Grin Croker in Farm and Home.
During the winter give him all the
corn fodder he can eat. A little hay
may be added If desired. but this Is
not necessary. Many mule owners
winter their animals entirely on corn
fodder. What Is not cleaned up in
the racks is used for bedding. When
mules are not working. they will ea,
about per cent of their weight day
OF corn fodder
Preventing Cold and Roup.
These are the most common
troubles notice2 bic III the fall and
early winter, says the editor OF Farm
and Home. The two common causes
for colds arc roosting in a draft and
overcrowded sleeping quarters, Chick
ems which have roasted out of doors
all summer and fall are very Likely
TO catch cold when shut into winter
quarters Colds often, but not al
ways. develop into Group II neglected.
Before placing the fowls into winter
quarters. the houses shnuld be thor
uughly cleaned out Whitewash shed and
disinfected. then Supplied with fresh,
clean Latter The hack and sides
must he made tight To prevent drafts.
but plenty of ventilation must hc pro-
vidcd II Is especially inlDoytant te
clean the roost boards Two or three
times a week
The windows n the front of the
house should be left open or removed,
and the openings covered with wire
netting. As severe weather ap-
proa ches part OF the sash can be re-
openings covered with burlap or cot
ton cloth.
Profitable Side Line.
A profitable side line that can be
worked at odd times when other work
is slack will go far towards boosting
the income of the average fariu
Where there is "a ledge of salab,e stone
a quarry may be made TO fiji in gaps
In the labor schedule. An outcroppin;s
of limestone may be made profitable
ITO the advantage of the whole neigh
borhood by the installation of a stone
crusher or il puiverizer TO furnish
ground limestone.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19
CTtIIHoWIl1.

Especial to The Rtchmopd Etrsirian)
GhHhowies, Va Dec. iS,--Mrs. a. c.
Beattie returned Monday from q visit
to Roanoke.
Miss Helen Davenport returned 10
her home sunday after spending sew
eral DAYS with Mrs. N. y. Meek. q.
Mrs. James L. Vance gave an after
noon tea in her home yesterday af-
tern0en.
Mrs. George Huff returned Saturday
from a visit to relatives in Roanoke.
Or. Thomas Mckee. of Saltville. was
business visitor here Thursday.
Mrs James d. Tate spent Monday
In Bristol
DR. Y. NJ Cox is attending the south
west Virginia Medical Society in ses-
sion In Bristol this week.
H l. Bonham spent Tuesday In
Bristol
The Civic Petterment Organization
here gave concert on Friday night.
Miss Iseckie, of Washington, u. G.,
sang, and Miss Helen Davenport, OF
Abingdon. played on the violin. The
process going to school Improvement.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19
settled Bv Arbitration.

. Abingdon. Va, Dec. 1s.-C. w.
Hughes. Waiter Mfnnick. Robert
Robinson and A. w thurman. com
posing a board of arbstrators selected
TO sit In hearing the evidence leading
up to the accident occurring some
sixty days ago on the Kings Mil Road
when an automobile driven by John
Fserr,. Of G~eensnrine collided with
the buggy OF J. L. Brown. on We'd
nesdsv sdjudeed damages in favor of
Brown in the SUN, of $1,000. which
was paid the following day and the
case fully settled, Damage suits We're
bending. but il was finally agreed TO
refer the matter to four srbitrators.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19
MISSOURI ROADS ARE
WORKED ON IN NIGHT

Building roads at night with trac-
tors equipped with headlights Is the
latest novelty in highway coustruc-
non evolved by State Highway Conn
missioner Frank ". Buffum OF Mis-
souri,
Directions were issued by his de-
partment to two road building out
nus IN Usage County, one at Linn and
the other between Westphalia aud
Roiltns Ferry, To work two shifts.
IL Is To take advantage OF splendid
weather and unusually fine conditions
for grading work that the directions
were issued.
The two Usage County outfits "
said Colonel Buffum. viii work six-
teen hours day. one shift from (
A. NJ. 10 noon and the other from
noon at p NJ. by eouipping the
tractors with powerful headlights the
work car be done Just as we'll at
nights as In daytime.
Similar directions were issued 10
three grading OUTFITS operating in
Texas County and others will go out
10 other counties.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19

Giving q lot OF IL with their feed saves
1t has often been said that hens al
ways lay bes, in a new house. The
reason for this is that new house il
perfectly clean. Dust, filth, lice and
disease germs are absent. To get a.
meany eggs III an old house it must be
made from a sanitary standpoint a
good as new
First the walls and ceilings must be
swept 10 remove dust and cobwebs
Then all the dirt on the floor should
be taken off II there is a board OIL
concrete floor the Job OF cleaning Is an
easy one. but il there is only a dirt
floor then all the dirt should be re-
moved that has been worked in by
the hens.
After the sweeping and shoveling
are done cover all cracks in the walls
with tarred paper fastened on with
lath, and then the walls and ceilings
can be whitewashed. is the excellent
advice given by c. n. Whitaker, in
/ Farm and Home. The orchard sprayer
may be used, or bucket sprayer will
answer the purpose equally well. The
i whitewash should cover everything
and penetrate every corner and
I crevicc
/ Half a sack OF hydrated lime makes
/ Ave or six pals of good wash and
! practically all Of il will pass through
"a nozzle BY adding halt a pint Of
crude carholic acid to each pailfui the
henhouse will he thoroughly disn-
fected
Leave the nests out of doors to he
purified by sun ANA rain and replace
IN the house as fast as the hens need
them. first giving them a thorough
going-over with disinfectant r. when
all this is done, the windows are
washed. suitahle ventilation and sur
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19

Nerg nearly Il quarter Of q billion
dollars, WAS spent in highway con-
struetton and maintenance in the
United States during the year 1914
AS shown by statistics just issued
by the Office OF Public Roads and
Rural Engineering.
one-tif,h OK TIE work was done I'M
der the State aid system the State
Highway Departments paying s24.
a2e, 900 and the counties and town
ships s25.ta3.000, state aid laws are
In effect in fortyfour States. New
Jersey having instituted the system III
1891 and Tennessee and Georgia
being among the last to adopt il. in
1915
Thirteen States spent s25.so5, 600
during the year in the construction
and maintenance OF State roads solely
At their own expense. making II total
OF almost $50 0o4 coo paid directly out
OF State funds.
one-thlrd as much tsi2.5oo 600
was spent for repairs and mainte-
nance as was spent for new construc
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19
BIC TRACT SOLD ON
THE COLUMBIAN PIKE

Rosslyn. Va. Dec. 9 Thomas Il.
trustees. this week sold to Inc Column
hia Land Company Of Wytheville Va.
the VIM. IL Young farm on Column
ha Pike, near Arlington postofiice, in
this county. The price paid was $685.
600, and the place contains about ] ~
acres. making about $24J an acre.
The front land is assessed for next
year ut $500 an acre. aud the back
land at siT5, The owner. II is state
ed, intend TO go before the board Of
review and get the assessment re-
duce1
IT is understood the purchasers viii
open UP the property a 4 subdivision.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19
CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY IN NEW FIELD
CONCRET DRIVEWAY
THROUGH HOPEWELL

HopeweH. Dec 1S.-In line with
'helr eNtehlVe plans of conVreting. the
Dupont Company is aow building "a
splendid driveway from the now Nor
toik ana Western station through
tutIr plant. The driveways through
n village are about completed, and
II Is said concrete boulevard will he
huilt through Hopewell from "A" to
"B" village
Heavy, wide wooden walks are be-
ing laid through "Rt' village. which is
Quit" convenience to- the thousands
living there
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19

Especial 10 The Richmond viresnian
Frederick shurs. Va, Dec Is. Christ
mas holidays for tho school hecan last
Friday evening. Every student in
school has left 10 spend the holiday
either at home or with friends The
following members Of the faculty viii
be out of town;
Miss Peoples win be in Washington.
y. G., Mr.. and Mrs A. t. Chandler,
In Bowling Green. at the home Of AIR
Chambers parents; MIR. and Mrs p
Y. Tyner, In Wingate, \. C.; Miss
Black in Norfolk. Va; Miss Stone
in Graham, Va. Miss Marshall. in
Lexington. XIV; Miss Atkinson. in
MONTGOMERY. Ala: Miss Merrill. In
Washington. p, c,
That the two literary societies OF
the Normal school are doing excellent
work was shown last Thursday even
ing. when a joint open meeting was
held A very interesting and instruc-
tive Xmas program was rendered.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19
FARMERS Of AUGUSTA
AfE NOW AWAKENING
kexiuning Ia Realize Possibilities OF
eSsteufiiic Farming over Qua
Methods.
ow EDUCATION IL HELPING
ets,at Iattre-t Taken by Farmers In
Recent Lecture series Given Dur
ing s4xpcrt~' Tour Through Valley
section,
.ts8itton. Va. Dec 1S-Aususta is

.ta8uton. Va. Dec lS-Aususta ts
.i,teuiy waking up to the posi-
or modern farming methods
lr lhe old slip-Shod ways Of I'm
|clentnc agriculture, The modern
srnlng campaign IN this county
ates back now five or six years
khen the first agricultural demonstra-
|pr began his work here. Al nrst
here was little response to the call
Or Improvement of agriculture along
|cientiflc lines. corresponding to the
progress and enlis htenment III all
3ther branches of. human endeavor.
Tut according to Agricultural Dem
5nstrator w. :. Campneid, the
awakening has finally come, and Az
kusta farmers dairymen, eattleInen
Ind horticulturists are beginning 10
hike wonderful strides.
Farmers Interested.
nlonstrator Campfield, who Is
he third man to be stationed in Au-
usta by the Federal Agricultural De-
5Artment. Riley Conner and Wallace
trimhls having been his predecessors,
Ays that Augusta is waking up IN
very branch OF agriculture and It's
accompanying industries. and that
Arming Is rapidly becoming recog-
lied IN this county as science.
AN illustration OF the interest now
cling taken in scientific farming"
aid Demonstrators Campbell, lis the
reat success Of the series of lectures
n dairying and hog-raislng. just con-
$ludeh We visited eight places in
he county. and in spite OF bad wealth
r. had an average attendance of
3yer thirty. One of the most reliable
Indications that the farmers are really
becoming interested Is that they are
kskiug questions. and our lectures
low lead to general discussions. in
,hich the farmers themselves parti-
ate In this way. what the lecturer
3ipate on the subtect is applied TO
pacific cases. and the farmer soon
las concrete Illustrations of the su-
erior.ty of scientific methods on mis-
wn farm"
Experts Lecture.
The lecture tour on dairying and
roS-raisifte Included Weeynesboro.
fuayt's Draft. cave Station, New
hope, Middicbrooi<. Swoope. Church
lie aud riscah Srhoolhouse. \ W.
Reward OF the State Dairy and Food
Department, lcetared on 1airying ana
Methods of improving the dairy COWS
Ilsa discussing soil improvements as
|elnted To dairy.ng. Professor e W.
Apidawuy, Of the Blacksburg Expert
hent station. spoke on feeding as
Pertaining to datrying. and touched
Ia Important points in the selection
II COWS for dairy herds and Dem.
nstrator Campneld discussed hog
aising. 1t was noticeable that the
taunton and Waynesboro creameries
lad representatives at almost all OF
he meetings.
The farming industry, at least in
he South, has proved one of the
lowest to respond to the discoveries
nd teachings Of science. The agri-
ulturists failing for a long time to
ealize that agriculture is as truly a
cience as any other branch OF hu-
han endeavor so-ciassed. But with
he realization that intensive farming
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19
MISSOURI RIVER BARGE
TRAFFIC MAKING GAINS
Water Carrying of HEAVY Freight IN
crease In Volume and Slowly
Rebuiids Industry.

Kansas City, Mo. Dec. 1s.--The
shipping interests of Kansas City
and it's immediate territory are hope
full that the centenary of the hrsi
steam navigation of the Missouri
River will see permanently eStao-
iished the big revival of river traiflc
which for the first half of the last CEN
fury was the only means of transport
ing heavy freight. The first steamboat
assembled the river in 1873. going as
far a. the present site of the city or
Council Bluff. la, across the river
from Omaha. In 1892 boat steamed
as far north As the mouth OF the
Yellowstone River. and in 1888 boat
went to the head OF navigation a.
Fort Benson. Mont.
Until the advent of the railroads IN
the sixties steamboats, CARR" ali tn
freight for these out posts Of CiViliZa-
ton The river traffic kept up in a.
steadily diminishing volume unti
along in the eighties, when IL became
pra cticaily nonexisteRt, TWO spas
modic attempts TO revive it failed be
cause of the practice Of the railroads
of stimulating trade with rebates 70
Large shippers. with the passage Of
laws to stop this practice the shippers
turned TO the river again. There IVES
much discussion. but little progress
until 500 when The Kansas Fjt} Mis-
souri, Navigation Company was or
ganized and Incorporated The pre-
ferred stock of this company was SUBJ
scribed by A,220 Kansas city tlrms
and individuals To a total amount ii
Stage, 900. The form of the incorpera-
ton Was such a. to secure and retain
the control Of the line in the hands Of
the merchants and shippers OF Kansas
City.
Secure Government Aid.
The officers of the new boat line
laid their plans before tho Federal
government and secured from the
men then in charge promise Of
government ala in putting the channel
of the river. long neglected. IT. naYl-
gable condition. 4 survey was made