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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-09

ment deposits s5s2.Sso. This bank
has Ss$.soo of bank notes In circulation.
Both of the abovc-named banks own
their handsome and weI-eGuipped
banking house
The Peoples National Bank was or
ganized in 1905, with $4,000 ar capi-
tai stock. The officers or this bank
are @. NJ Robson. president and u l..
Bugs, cashier Tho surplus of the
youngest Of FarnyNliic's banks is nov
$ll,oue Deposits amount 10 s2Co,0u0,
loans. 100000. and the total assets,
including $4,000 OF united States
bonds amount TO s3o3, zoo Bank notes
in circulation. S5c.ooo. The Peoples
National has been living in rented
quarters since its birth. hut has re
Gently bought one OF the finest bust.
ness houses IN the town, located at the
corner OF Third and Main Streets ana
VIII probably move in the first Of next
year. that Is, az soon as the present
lease on the property expires The
large and commodious lower floors vii!
lie equipped for banking purposes
This bank enjoys the distinction of
having originated in 1911 the Christ
mas savings system, a plan tha; has
by banks all over tho state
No banks in the state do more to
help the agricultural interest and the
men engaged III filling the soil iu their
territory than do these three Flrmv.ilc
banks No act Of Congress was .acee-
sary 10 bring them to the help of
farmers. and that is 10 doubt the secret
of that success which has given their
town the reputation Of being tho
strongest banking town, for it's size
in Virginia.
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VIEWS AND NEAR VIEWS;
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
PnrkinE-Houses for SmnlIer Cities.
split Log Drag SuEEcs tion--Nir-
g:uia Potntocs nnd Vegetables.

II has been demonstrated in South
Carolina ana Georgia that packing
houses in small cities and large towns
!dends. as has been heretofore set
forth IN the Industrial Section but they
do a great work in cncoura ging farmers
in all OF the surrounding region 10 raise
hogs and cattle II has also been dem
onstrated that the farmers Will raise
he live stock IL ,',cy have ready and
convenient market. II would b"
great thing FOR Virginia IL small pack
warehouses;. subject to future enlarge
weni were established in Virginia
towns Richmond already has good
pack houses others would pay at
LynchhurE. Danviiio. Suffolk. Stnunton
and Newport News, and in the smaller
towns. Farmviilc. Chase City. and such
like. This is a suggestion that Is
worthy Of prompt consideration.
Tho split log drag" says the Chase
city Progress is the best piece Of road
mach!urry ever dcsigncd-and the
cheapest After the heavy rains OF the
pas, row weeks tho split log drag
should he put 10 work on every road III
the county in order TO smooth ont the
surface whcr" heavy vehicles have cut
RUS II is very strange that the
split log drag mas not come into com
mon usc in Virginia. especially in
those sections where much money has
been spent TO make good roads The
drag viii do a wonderful work in keep
Ing roads good after they have once
been properly built. and. as tho Prog
rcss SAYS, il is a mighty cheap con-
trivancc
Norfolk and all of Underwater vir-
Finia continue to brae of the potato
proilts ;hat part az the world is reap
I ing this Year. The latest report is
that up 10 tho fist OF this month n
total Of T27ITl barrels Of rota toes
were shipped from the rerion around
about \orf"'t. Largely moro than half
OF ;hcS" potatoes were shipped to New
York, aud th" Tidcwater people are
proud" rroolnimiuu that they are lend
ing helping hand in feeding the
millions in Gotham, and they claim
also that ,l"y viii ship $50. 600 barrels
more OF tn" tuhcrs before the present
season closes, and this years crop
will hrir- TO Underwater Virginia more
| than 81 LOCO 600 of Northern money. Then
add 10 that what Tidewater got from
| the Northern cities for its cucumbers,
cahharH, on "n3, lettuce, beets and other
vegetables au1 il viii he seen that
! trucking down that way has been a
! great money rnl;cr this good year.
/ \ mild suggestion that Tidewatcr is
/ not the only section of Virginia that
| can d" profitable trucking business
! may not b. out OF place in view of all
/ OF ines" nGUr"s and in view Of the fact
! that what the Norfolk region shipped
! ala NOS com" anywhere near to supply
ing tho demand for the hes: potatoes
ana other vegetables in the world. the
/ KIND that are grown in Old Virginia.
Now is tho timo To invite westcrners
hrc Northnrners wh have been looking
/ Southward TO escare tho rlgors of
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EnlarEing LynchburE Mills.

b LYNCHBCKG, VA. July s-Tho
Lynchburg Hosiery Mills have pur-
chased all Of the machinery for the
enlargement Of the capacity Of thcu
splant, increasing the daily capacity ia
1880 dozen pairs Of hose. The new
equipment Consists OF forty.avc knit.
sters, with accompanying ribbers, loop.
;,ets, etc.
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tSTRiAL CENTER or RICH
AGRICULTURAL TERRITOR

The surrounding territory IS one al
..gh lands that grow all Of the grains
ana grasses TO perfection. 10 say moth
,rg Of tobacco and Vegetables and
fruits, Immediately around the town
there is much trucking; tomatoes 10
supply the big canning establishments
here, lettuce that is. shipped in large
quantities to Virginia and Northern
markets. potatoes and cantaloupes he
ihg the specialties. a German colony
mat settled near the town several
years ago and invested in small farms
ranging from twenty to forty acres
each have given Il great impetus TO the
trucking industry. These thrifty and
Industrious Germans have. without a
single exception, prospercd and they
could not he driven back West from
whence they came to settle In This
county, and they have given the old
timers some pointers about successful
trucking.
The Industrial and manufacturinr
enterprises Of the town consist Of -four.
iriG mills Woodworking establishments
canhcrN, an ice making and ice cream
ilih'' an overall factory that has :,
large pay roll, broom factories uca,
town aud some smaller Industries
INC tw" Touring mills here have quite
:. reputation. and ship goods all over
/ Souths!dc Virginia and down int.
/ North carolina. Their combined ca.
p"N',N iau barrels Of flour, several
/ hundred bushels Of meal and tons n,
S"'pS'"n' rh"pS etc. per day The ic,
I factory ships ice and cream all IN and
/ down the Norfolk and Western, South.
/ rrh ana Underwater and Western RAN.
ways One OF the woodworking estab.
I lIShihentS makes speciality Of manu-.
( iac'urinc p!ow handles, and ships then
( an down south as far as Georgia and
t Aiahama. and in addition does an i'm.
h''hS" business IN dressed tonguod anC
Ef""Ned house building timbcrs, posts
/ Columns, etc The other concern ais,
d"eS planning mill business. prepar.
/ ING al manner Of timber for the i'm.
mediate uses of the contractors anc
nous" builders y third WOODWORKING
piaut confines itself largely TO ~,
mann'h@'nrc Of shocks and hogshca,
S'aNcs All cf thcs" concerns are vcr,
iars" shippers ~ tho products Of ,bai,
fnninl.Ins -
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fellows for information for II they
do. they Will surely catch Virginia
FOYER and the chances are that the out
com" will br = removal to the best
state on the American continent And.
even a person who really does not want
TO change lis or her habitat, would
never regret the correspondence that
resulted in such a move
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-09
VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT


Mrs. Lora Stinson. OF CLARKE County,
reports:
LAS the result OF fy chart used In
the county last February. as The be-
ginning OF IA crusade for "A better town
our Homo Demonstration Club at
Boyce has been able TO do some pcrma-
nent work for the town. II conducted
"A cleanup week last week. The town
council became interested, homes and
streets were cleaned, streets oiled. and
trees and shrubbery set out. and per-
manent Village Improvement League
formed"
Miss Lucc Clcaton. OF Dinwidd!e
County. has been having a series OF
house parties for the Canning Club
girls. These meetings have been held
In the homes OF girls in the county.
one held AT the home OF Miss Fannie
Parkins. near Reams. is of special in
terest. Miss Cleaton tells OF it a fol.
lows:
we assembled in the early after
noon. The girls were called TO order
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-09
oLp-TIME TOBACCO MAR,!ET
THAT Is MODER NIXED

From time immemorial Farmville
has been very important tobacco
market. II has been for nearly a CEN
fury a great selling place for the dark
iobavros raised in ten or a dozen coun-
ties around The market was never in
better shape than now. and is still
growing. During the tobacco year
closing June so. the four warehouses
here sold S,l26.617 pounds of the dark
shipping tobaccos. being an. increase
over the sales of the previous tobacco
year or something over 1000. 600
pounds. These tobaccos are handled in
prepared for shipment direct TO Europe
rho breaking out of the war now rag
Ing in Europe handicapped Farmville's
tobacco business for a year. but the
ways being opened again, the market
has entirely recovered. and the farmers
who market their weed here obtained
the best prices during the year lust
closed they have had for two years
past. and they We're eminently salts
led with the profits they made on last
years crop.
Farmvil!e is the trading center for
parts OF nine OF Nireinia's crack agri-
cu!tura counties, TO Wit: Prince Ed
ward. of which II is the county seat;
Cumberland Buckingham. Appomattox.
t.unenburG, Charlotte. Nottoway, Pow
The county has built. and is stiu build
ing, IL every direction brings big trade.
here from the counties named and
therefore the town is famous for the
heaNN supply business /, does. There
IS no town OF its size in the state that
enjoys a larger supply and general
mercantile business
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-09
THERE Is YET ROOM FOR
INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION

Unlike some other towns that have
made progress. Farmvillc is not salts
fed with what has been accomplished
II wants more industries, and with
competing freight rates two railway vs.,
tho Norfolk and Western and the Tide
water and Western. being the com
p"titors, with raw material in the lum-
Der line plentiful in all this region.
with the farmers growing hay, cattle.
hogs and sheep TO supply crcamorlcs
and packing houses with material; with
water ana other power at hand: with
labor plentiful, and with church faclli-
ties and educational advantages to at
tract people who work in industrial
establishments and withnll surrounded
by tn" finest agricultural TERRITORY.
Farmvillc invites the cap!talist - IN
vest In any and all kinds OF factories
here. Farmers and dairymon arc ship
ping milk and cream daily from hero
to Richmond. Petersburg ana Lynch
burg that would keep large creamery
supplied with the material necessary
10 make Il success. The State Normal
School. with it's thousand and more.
students and its hundred and more on
fcers and teachers. would Of itself fur
nish consumers enough to make q small
creamery paS, and then here is Tho
Who'll" town ana "a rich territory nearby
10 he served by one Of large proper
tons and output.
And packing house would un-
donbtcdly pay here The farmers
around about are ready TO SIMPLY the
hogs. cattle and sheep I" keen a small
concern Of that kind busy. and in a
short while they will! have the stock
10 keep large one going. for tuoy arc
inCr"asing th"ir live stock very
rapidly. rarmvillc wants these indus
tries. and her people viii heartily wci-
come ard help and encourage now
corners 10 engage in any Of them. and
there arc men Of means horcHbuuts
who viii take stock in them, when the
T. % ali
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-09
HOME DEMONSTRATION
WORKERS ARE ACTIVE
Good Showing Made in Various Parts
of the State During
June.
COMMON BIRDS ARE STUDIED
County Agents Make Interesting Re.
ports, Which Indicate Wide Range
of Subjects Covered at Meetings OF
Clubs OF Girls.

The Home Demonstration girls and
young women In various parts of Nir-
ginia are right In their glory just now.
for the good work is growing rapidly
In this State and there is no work in
hand in Virginia just now that is
doing moro for the industrial and agri-
cultural upbuiidng of the State. Com
mencing with May tho women and the
girls got active with the club work.
and in the month Of June they made IA
good showing, as will be seen from cx-
tracts from reports OF some of the
county agents
Mrs. Margaret King. OF Allegheny
County. gives the following Interesting
account OF Home Demonstration
meeting:
Il want to make special mention of
the Home Demonstration Club at Mall
low. II met last week. sending mo
word TO he present If possible and 10
bring frcless cooker. l took the
president and two other active workers
of the Low Moor Club with me Not
having the time TO cook meat In the
cooker. We put oatmeal in and started
out We also took materials for a
floor mop The club was waiting for
us when We got there. One woman had
brought a lard can. another IN oyster
can. another papers, etc. With these
and the aid Of an old broom handle. we
went TO work and made hrcless
cooker in little while. Each woman
brought a pie made from her own re-
cipe. No two pies were alike. and the
recipes were exchanged. They are
planning TO make a little book OF their
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-09
Conf md Timber Dcye,opm.nt.

ELkINS. w. VA, July s.-The Inter-
mountain Coal and Lumber Company
has been Incorporated here with $500,
600 OF capital stock. The company
viii proceed AT once 10 develop coal
mines and timber lands that have al
ready been acquired.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-09-14
POWER OF THE HUMORIS1
Tercentenary of cervantes Recalls q
Readers Of History Memory Of
{ .Ier Satirists.

The British are not the only people
who this year may celebrate the ter.
centenary of a great writer. Madrid is
ere"ting d monument to the author of
don Quixote." Cervantes was more
than a man Of letters; he was More
than a great humortst; he was an
epoch. Master Of ridicuie, he laughed
the defunct age Of chivalry out of ex-
istence.
People often forget the social func-
ton of the humorist, a New York
Tribune writer states. He restores
sanity. He clears the atmosphere of
extravaganza and humbug. Bergson
says that laughter has survival value"
as a corrective of social abuses. Ger
talnly some of the worlds most ef-
fective reformers have been it's mas
tiers Of ridicule and satire. There are
humorists, like Mark Twain, in whose
laughter there is no sting, and there
have been bitter satirists, like Jona-
than Swift and La Rochefoucauld, who
have simply Knocked the "all too hu-
manness" Of mankind at it's noblest.
But in almost every age there has
been some bold nonconformist spirit
whose laughter in the face Of some
traditional scarecrow has ended the
tyranny of a truth which had out
lived it's usefulness and become a lie.
knighthood in the days of Chaucer
had still it's noble aspects, but knight
hood after Cervantes wrote "DOn
QuiXOte" could never quite escape q
touch of the burlesque. Therefore, men
turned to less antiquated and more
real of human service.
Similarly, the laughter of Aristo.
planes wrought confusion among the
ancient Greek sophists. Lucian's mock
cry corrected much of the sentimental.
ism of the effete Greco-Roman So
ciety. The sound laughter Of Eras-
mus, the humanist, spread the infiu.
ence of the Renaissance in northern
Europe. Buffers "Hudibras' helped
correct the extravagances of early
English puritanism. Voltaire laughed
the last remnants of "medievalism out
of the eighteenth-century France and
cleared the ground for modern democ-
racy. Carlyle's "Sartor Resartus"
made nineteenth century romanticism
ridiculous. The sly humor of Thack.
cray brought common sense into early
Victorianism, and the sardonic spirit
of Bernard Shaw in these times has
left little in modern commercial so.
ciety unchallenged.
May the Cervantes monument stand
as a reminder to moderns that there
have been reformers with a sense OF
humOr!
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-09-14
HOW MAGNET IS USED
PROVIDES MEANS OF 0ENERAT.
ING ELECTRIC CURRENT.
Made Of Hardened Steel In Order %
Retain Their Magnetism-Attrao-
ton Of the Poles.

The greatest use for horseshoe mag.
nets is found in m%agnetos. Practically
every magnetic has horseshoe magnets
to provide the magnetism necessary to
generate the electric current when the
magnetic is run.
The magnets are charged by winding
them with a coil Of wire as shown In
Fig. 1 and causing a current of cleo
tricity from a battery or a "direct cur.
rent" generator to pass through the
coil. The number of turns of wire to
use depends upon the strength of the
magnet desired and the strength OF
the current which is to run through the
coil. Horseshoe magnets are called
permanent magnets and are made OF
hardened steel so they will retain their
magnetism. How we'll the magnet will
hold its magnetism depends upon the
hardness Of the steel and the treat
ment the magnet receives. Pounding
a magnet will generally destroy or
weaken it's magnetism. After one is
equipped for charging magnets the cost
of the charging is very low.
The two ends Of a magnet are called
poles and are distinguished as north
pole and south pole. The pole which
attracts the north pointing needle of a
compass is the south pole. A north
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-09-14
fGB[IC
KAIN
GOOD ROADS ARE NECESSARY
When Dragged Regularly, 10
Quite Satisfactory.

Two very striking facts present
themselves to those who have noticed
u country roads this season. The
first fact is that proper drainage is
vitality. necessary in order to have a
permanently good road. The second
fact is that a well-graded and drained
earth road, when dragged regularly,
will give us a passable and fairly good
road even under abnormal weather
conditions. Some of the best roads we
have passed over this season have
been simply dirt roads receiving log
drag treatment. Someof the worst roads
we have gone over this season have
been extensively made g~raveled roads
which have been bad simply because
of lack of drainage. The fundamental
principle Of road building, after all is
said and done, is to SO grade u roads
and provide drainage that the water
a get away.
seems to be gradually settling down to
the opinion that good roads IRE q ne
cessity and not a luxury. Building
roads for automobile owners o
means building roads for farmers and
not for city people alone. The farm
tractor and the farm truck of the fu-
ture will further emphasize the i'm.
p%ortance of good country roads. The
only thing that must be insisted on is
that roads must be made of the best
materials at hand, and the work must
be done under the supervision Of those
who understand ~road-making. This
supervision naturally adds to the cost.
Another thing that must be understood
Is that maintenance of the road year
after year, prompt attention being paid
to repairs, is just as necessary as the
first construction.
We predict that good-road building
will continue to be one Of the most
popular subjects for discussion for the
next few years. The proposed federal
aid for road building, providing $751;
100000 to be spent during the next
five years when a similar sum Is raised
by the local community, means that q
national system Of roads is to become
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-09-14
REQUIRE BUT LITTLE WATER
Seasoned Soldiers Learn to Make Long
Marches on q Minimum Amount
Of Fluid.

The water question with troops on
the march and in the field is one OF
greater difficulty than civilians know.
In few ways does the superior effec.
~tiveness Of hard and regularly trained
troops show above raw or unframed
troops than in the matter of water dis
cipline. The regular American soldier
will make a days march on his can
teen of water. If he has been in the
service long he will carry his rifle, am
munition and pack over u shadeless,
dusty road, through a sweltering day
and come to the end Of the march in
fit physical condition. He has learned
to make that canteen Of water answer
his needs. It may have been a hard
lesson to learn, but he has learned 1t.
When the soldier has learned to do
with the minimum of water he minis
tiers to his comfort and health. Cut
ting down the water below the real
needs Of his body causes the man to
lose flesh, but in a very large number
Of instances this Is beneficial, most
well-fed men having flesh to spare. It
Is better for q man to be dry on q
march than to be always guzzling wa
ter. TO be "water wise" Is one Of the
accomplishments Of u good soldier.
Much less water Is required by the
human system than most men think,
and troops from hot and dry countries
march and campaign on a surprisingly
small amount A yurifor tolIinu of INA
Beluchis, several regiments of whom
are with the Indian contingent of the
British army in France and Flanders,
has said of them:
'"Their most extraordinary physical
characteristic is the facility with
which, camellike, they can for so long
q time 60 without drink in their burn
Ing cOuntry-a draft of water once
In the "a hours Is sufficient"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-09-14
Farmers Demand the Best.

Experience has shown automobile
manufacturers that the farmer of to-
day is following the lead of his city
netghbors In his method of judging au.
tomobile values. It used to be that he
studied well the mechanical features OF
the a he had in mind and paid but
little heed to appearance. Now, how
ever, attractive lines in an automobile
are just as necessary in winning the
approval Of the modern agriculturist
as is durability or economy.
The motor a that is popular in the
big cities is bound to be in favor ameng
the farmers.
The farmer o. today insists upon a
a that will give him luxurious riding
comfort and stand UP under all kinds
OF rough going. At. the same time it
must be of such distinctively attractive
design and finish that he will be proud
Of 1t when he drives into the city.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-09-14
NO FAVORITES IN FAMILY
ror in Showing Open Preference
MAY Spoil Young Life.

FavOritism among children should
never be shown, for it is this over
sight of parents, this habit Of making
favorites, preferring n child to an
other, which often rankles in children's
minds, and is later the cause Of jeal.
ousy and dissension in families.
Often enough the early treatment of
one of these children by the parents
causes the younger n G to expect too
much from the Cinderella Of the fam.
lily.
She should, they think, give in at an
times to them, relinquish her own de-
sires and tastes in their favor, and, SO
used are they to her giving in to them
that they almost fail to recognize the
fact that she is their sister, that she
should possess any individual rights.
an opinion of her own.
Many a young girls life has been
spoiled in this way her youth and girl.
hood blighted. Such a girl, down-trOd.
den and subdued, naturally thinks lit.
tie of herself; and not realizing that
she possesses good qualities, PROPOSES.
sing features that might attract, be.
comes old-fashioned in her style, dress
and manner; and often as not her very
unSelfishness In not seeing after her.
self, dressing herself better, is the
cause of her being looked down upon
as dowdy and a fright.
Men, even, in seeking a wife often
enough fail to notice the good quail.
ties Aneath that plain costume, and
many suitors recognize when too late
that they would have been wiser in
choosing that loving, tender, sympa.
thetic girl, who was only considered
the "ugly duckling" for their wife, than
any of her more snowy and brilliant
sisters.