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TRIAL SHIPMENT MADE
ryyo Hundred barrels of Produce Sent
North From Old Church
Section.

OLD CHURCH. VA. July S.-ThrouGh
he influence of the Richmond and
Rappahannock River Railroad. Phillips
IL sons, Of New York. sent their repre-.
sentative, L. }. Mcrccllas. down TO
make trial shipment To demonstrate
that farm produce can he shipped AZ
we'll from THIS section as from other
places
With the aid of L. : sandy. county
demonstration agent. Mr. Mercellas
succeeded in loading one car with seven
barrels of onions. forty-tour barrels
OF potatoes and l4a barrels of cab
baGe. making a total OF 200 barrels. as
a trial shipment II the returns are
satisfactory. there is every reason to
believe that the farmers adjacent to
the Rappahannock road will be stimu-
lated to increase the production of such
articles as can he shipped easily to
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E. w. WlLLINGHAM ELECTED
Chosen President of Country Club of
Halifax nj Stockholders
Meeting.
Icno,i,I,n rho T;n,osDi.

Especial to The Times-Dispa tch.
SOUTH BOSTON, VA, July Sc. w.
willingham WAS elected president. of
the Country Club of Halifax at a
meeting Of the stockholders held hero
this week. lie succeeds Il. l.. Jordan
William K. Vaughan and j. o. Wat
kins were unanimously reelected sec
rotary and treasurer respectively. Mem
bers of the board of governors are c.
w. Walters +; w Willingham, w. H.
MoSelcy. T. y Webb. G. y. Pcnick
w. Il Lawson, j. r. Lacy, j. a. Wright
j. {. Harris. w. Il. Vaughan, V. L.
Eowlltcs and S. +. Gilliland.
The club was opened formally for
the summer on Friday night. when 200
guests were present. The rooms were
decorated and special music from Dan
Vile kept the ballroom well filled all
evening.
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Former state Senator B. +. Buchanan.
OF Marion: Herbert G. Peters and
Judge John w. Price. OF Bristol: Lee
Trinkle. of Wythcvillc. and Judge
Francis b. Hutton. of Abingdon.
The convention Will be held In Bris-
toll and most of the delegates are eN-
pected here for preliminary confer
ences on Friday evening. August IL,
The convention will meet at 10 a. NJ.
in order to complete it's work in time
for all delegates to leave in the af-
ternoon
The district committee. reorganized
by the reelection of DIR. J. ID. Buch-
anan. of Marion. as chairman. and J.
+. Wysor. as secretary. The other
members are j. II. Smith. of Russell
County; Charles w. Bondurant. of Lee
County. and Herbert G. Peters. of Bris-
toll.
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spector has seen something. Perhaps
II is only Il chip of paint that has been
scraped of. Again IL may he slight
flaw in the uphoiste; Ing or missing
bolt or nut. But no matter how small.
1t is noticed by the inspector. tagged
and sent back to be rectiiied.
Tho motor car buyer probably does
not realize what his means. 1t is APP
preciatcd. however. Dy the salesman.
who knows that he can drive off in
any new car without any fear of be-
ing in trouble because of faulty con-
struction. Oakland statesmen never
hesitate to go out in new car. for
they know each one will he right. The
Oakland standard of construction is
perfect or near perfect as human
ingenuity can make il.
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nrIstol,. New industries.

BRISTOL. VA, July S.-i5ristors
100000 hosiery mill will he ready for
tho installation of machinery before
S.ntember l. The superintendent of
the plant will come from Wilmington.
Del 1t is the purpose OF the Davis
Hosiery Mills. owners of the plant, to
be making hosiery by September 1.
Work is progressing on $4,000
building for the King Lockwood Com
uany. manufacturers of overalls. pants
and shirts
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troduced by r. L. Beale. member of
the House OF Delegates from Caroline.
The occasion will be community
picnic and big tournament. an all-day
affair. with fried chicken. roast piG.
and Sooseberry pies for luncheon.
Many persons will be present from this
county. King William. Hanover. King
and Queen and Richmond.
Twenty knights are expected to take
part i'm the tournament
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Northern markets. and thereby cut out
she long and expensive haul to Rich
mond, which is the greatest drawback
- sro.'ing trucks in this section.
The Richmond and Rappahannuck
hailroad has nAed perfectly satisfac-
DRY rates, as far as known. and made
good many concessions. which
should bring about perfect unison be-
ween the road and the shipoer
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SOUTH BOSTON. VA. July S.-J. D.
Hedrick. salesman from Whining
ton. y. g. is in the county Jail awaiting
trial on charge of obtaining money
undor false pretenses. In addition to
this. Hedrick and the woman who ac-
companied him here were fined $50
and costs each. upon information wired
here by Hedrick's wife from Whining
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SUGAR GROVE, VA, July S.-The
IRON Mountain Ore Company has been
chartered with $4,000 capital stock
to do business here along the lines
which it's name indicates. Philadelphia
men and 'capital are behind the enter
prise.
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quested authority to shoot some of
buzzards. but this could not be s4y
for state law, provides penalty
their slaughter.
1t is thought tho county officers hi
been so busy OF late in Keeping
suburbs clean that tho buzZards M
been forced to look for something
eat other than dead carca sses.
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IT WI IUp.
d..


PORTSMOUTH, VA. July S.--The
Portsmouth Cotton-Oil Refining Com
pany have about completed their plans
for plant to manufacture by-products
from refuse OF cotton oil, estimated to
cost about Sl50.000.
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chickens for eggs. or for breeding. are
complaining of trouble unheard- of In
this section heretofore. for tho buzz
yards which sail: over, the suburbs in
large numbers are preying upon broods
for food.
One resident. a well-known physician,
called up police headquarters and re-
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]. G. POLLARD TO SPEAK
Will Address Large Crowd mt Com
munity Picnic In Caroline
County.

JERRELL VA. July S.-Attorney-
General John Garland Pollard will adj
dress the citizens of Caroline and adj
joining counties near here OH the
morning OF July 20. He will he In
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Dry Good. IRryic,y.

NEW YORK. July S..Cotton goods
are hrmer in nearly all divisions. and
some OF the coarser lines prices arc
moving up steadily. Print cloths are
e" thiS year. Cotton duck has been
advanced to the highest levels touch
sn IN many years. and probably high
II than at amy time since the scar
NY during the Spanish War, jumped
~ iceS to abnormal levels on certain
styles; Double filling duck is now
taoted ut IS GENTS pound army duck
'eht higher. the basis being % off
he list. Bleached cottonS arc firm
ma quiet: prints are moving without
mango. and all mapped cottons for fall
ire held ut top prices in first hands.
o 'ur me coming week new prices
ma dress ginshams for spring by
.arSe Eastern factors. Four OF the
.arSe lines of Southern dress ginghams
ire already under order for the bal
tnce of this year. Cheviots. denims
md heavy twills for working suit ma
;erals arc firm and high. The de
mand for khaki twills is very active.
Knit goods and hosiery are in very
active demand. mills having the laric-
est business in hand and the smallest
nstocks they have ever known. There
is very good export business, ship
The week ended July from the port
Of New York totalinc over S1.000.000
in value
Prices current are as follows: print
cloths, 2S-inch GiX6is. { Ia cents:
6iN6o's, ( cents: IS l-2-inch. Glx6i's, c
standards. SILT cents: denims, 2.:-oz
indigo. Is cents: tickings, S-ozM Is L.
cents: prints. : cents: staple ginghams,
cents; dress ginghams. l0l-2 cents.
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GASOLINE VS.. TRIPLE y MIXER

and
will ad furnish you with testimonials given by the c
that holes and damage the
edanda
me-h
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Chinese Architecture.

The monuments of China are among
the most conspicuous in the world.
Interpreted broadly they range from Il
coin or an oracle bone to the Great
wall. China has more than 1000 i'm
portant specimens of the pagoda. an
original form of tower architecture un-
surpassed for beauty by any similar
kind of structure. The Porcelain tower
at Marking deserved to be ranged with
the wonders of the world, and for
reasons which made it the superior of
the SO called seven wonders. Chinese
sculpture has never been surpassed.
and there is no evidence in mundane
art to show that it ever will be. There
Is a single fragment in the Metropoli-
tan museum in New York-a stone
head of the Tang period-whose gran
deur Of plastic mastery since its ap-
pearance has conferred distinction upon
the sculpture of the world.-Journal of
the American Asiatic Association.
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The Jumping FROG Story.


1t was i'm the Angel Camp bar that
Mark Twain heard from an ex-pilot
called Ben Coon the jumping frog
story. Clemens related it to ArtemuS
Ward, who urged him to write 1t, to be
included in book that Ward was pub
fishing. Clemens dallied and sent il
to the publishers too late. but they
handed it over TO dying paper called
the Saturday Press. which gladly gave
1t pride of place in its columns on
Nov. Is. 1865 Professor Sidgwick
synopsiZed it in Greek form for his
book Greek Prose Composition" and
thus arose the legend that the Jump
ing frog story originated in ancient
Greece, legend in which Clemens him.
self believed til Professor Sidgwick
undeceived him in 1890 by telling him
that the Greek version was merely a
translation of Clemens own work.
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Academic Dress.

Academic dress is a sort Of scholars
badge consisting Of gowns, hoods and
caps copied or adapted from styles
long prevalent in England. the combi-
nation of articles being so arranged as
TO indicate the degree or academic
status of the wearer. The code was
formulated by an intercollegiate COL
lege commission chartered by the Uni
versity of New York and has been
adopted In many American colleges.
There are three distinct types of gowns
and hoops-the bachelors. the mas
ter's and the doctors. The bachelors
gown is most commonly worn and has
long pointed sleeves; the masters gown
has long closed sleeves with a slit
through which the forearm prOtrudes;
the doctors gown has velvet bars ON
round open sleeves and velvet facings
down the front. Caps worn with such
gowns are the regulation mortar boards
with black silk tassels.-P Philadelphia
Press
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Remedy For Anger.

The greatest remedy for anger ts de
lay. Beg anger to grant you this at
the first, not in order that it may par
don the offense, but that it may form
a right judgment about It II 1t de,
lays it will come to an end Do not
attempt to Quell it all at once, for its
first impulses are fierce. By plucking
away its parts we shall remove the
whole. We are made angry by some
things which we learn at second hand
and by some things which we ourselves
hear or see Now, we ought to be slow
TO believe what is told us. If
you were about to give sentence In
court about ever 80 small a sum of
money you would take nothing as
proved without a witness, and a wit.
ness would count for nothing except on
his oath. You would allow both sides
30 be heard; you would allow them
ume.-Seneca.
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Could Ext m Wall m Writa.

Dr. johnson was a great tea drinker.
1t is stated that he would drink thirty
or forty cups Of tea during an evening!
Yet he lived to a fair age and appar-
emily suffered no very Ill effects from
bis great thirst for tea. He was one
Of the most notable Of feeders and ate
bis food in what we should now think
rather piggish fashion, making great
grunts and groans Of satisfaction or
enjoyment the while and going the
round Of the menu very thoroughly.
Charles Reade, the famous novelist.
is reported to have been one Of the
strangest feeders on record. A contem-
porary, writing Of his meals at the Gar
rick club, says: HE took q cauli
flower, -flanked by a jug Of cream, as
his first course, and a great salad to
follow, washed down by curious drinks
Of the shandygaff order. He would
drink coffee associated with sweets
black pudding and toasted cheese, to
the amazement Of any onlooker."
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His College Handicap.

II remember when it was really a
disadvantage 10 have had a technical
mining education" said John Hays
Hammond Il remember going to one
Of the large mining nIaGnares of the
day In California. who had got his in
formation and experience by hard
knocks, and asking for job. He
said: There is one serious objection
to you. You have been at Freiburg.
and you know you have to unlearn a
good deal when you get into active
practice | am sorry 10 say there is
q great deal OF truth i'm that too.
Well l said. 1 will tell you in con-
fdence, but do not repeat this to my
poor father. who llaS made every sacri-
fee to send me abroad for a mining
education-l did not learn a confound-
ed thing at Freiburg. Then he said.
4 will take you. And that was the
drst job ever goI"
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Washinuton at Nidht.

Night life comes ON swiftly when II
gets really started. Night in Washing.
ton is Il beautiful girl drawing a black
velvet, jewel bespangled cloak over
white shoulders. The streets are light
ed with dull bronze. rather low lamps:
artisticaily perfect lamps that hold dull
white. glowing globes. The lamps are
very close together. They are the
pearls that the girl winds about her
throat and in her dusky hair.
The White House stands out, glim
mering boldly against the black Of the
foliage. its lighted windows dimmed
with tightly drawn curtains What of
national portent may not have hap
pened behind those same curtained
windows. Perhaps fear has grappled
with bravery behind the shelter Of the
friendly walls: perhaps hatred and love
have clashed. Perhaps towards have
become strong. and surely strong men
have wept Characters and homes and
nations have been nodded behind those
friendly blinds.-Margaret E. Sang
ster. Jr.. in Christian Herald.
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India's Hoarded Gold,

For many years London has been
steadily drained Of her gold by India
In ten years India has absorbed from
circulation 100000 gold sovereigns
and boarded them away. The coolie
has learned that silver rupees are. a
poor investment, especially If he melts
them into anklets or a nose ring for
his wife, as over 80 per cent Of the
silver is lost in the melting pot, while
the gold sovereign preserves It's value
whether he keeps it as a coin or melts
1t. When a coolie collects Is ru-
pees which he finds to be temporarily
surplus he buys a sovereign with it
He has come to understand the wis
dom Of boarding away only the gold
coin, which be knows he can always
realize on at its original value.
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How jefferson Dressed.

In dress President jefferson was gov.
erned by comfort rather than by ele-
gance. Pride costs more than hun
ger. thirst and cold" he used to say.
and as he lived in an epoch that wit
messed a mighty revolution in mems
clothing as well as in mems govern
ment. monarchy's queues and velvets
giving way To short hair and the useful,
ungainly pantaloOn. only the watchful
ness OF his body servant saved him
from unbelievable anachronisms Of cos
tune Indeed. in later life at Monti
cello. where this democrat ruled abso-
lutte king. he often wore the garments
OF several different periods together
like superimposed geological strata or
the historic remains In the Roman
forum.-Century
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Persimn.cns as Food

The only fruit. says a bulletin
the department of agriculture Will
equals the persimmOn In its yaIna =
a food Is the date. Nevertheless mo-
persons with fine persimmon trees :.
their possession are allowing the rr,i,
to go TO waste. either through 70
norance Of the many uses to which !,
may be put or through preiudioo
There Is a saying in the persimmon
country that persimmons are good fo.
dogs. hogs and 'possums." This. HOW
ever. Is declared to be a gross injustice
to a very valuable product.
One reason for the neglect Of tbis
fruit Is the mistaken idea that nor
simmons are unfit to eat until thor
have been touched by frost As
matter Of fact. much Of the best frri,
Is lost every year because It ripens and
falls to the ground, where, not beinc
touched by frost, it is left to rot. Sucb
persimmOns as are not edible before
frost comes are a late variety of tho
fruit. and the reason that they puckar
the mouth is because they have no,
yet ripened. In general, the best fr,,,t
Is that which ripens just before the
leaves fall
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Remembering Faces.

Hotel clerks have a way of recogniz.
ing guests aS soon as they sign a REQ.
lister. The most successful hotel keen
ers have to have this power of remem.
bering the faces of their guests and all
about them or they would soon lose
their custom by the mistakes they
would make
Bank cashiers carry in their memo
ries the faces and signature Of most
Of the customers Of the bank.
Detectives. too. get into the habit of
remembering the faces of every one
with whom they have to deal. whether
criminals or not.
81 don't think l have ever forgotten
q customer" a clerk in one Of the bic
safe deposits recently said. There are
hundreds of safe deposit boxes rented
In our vaults. and can generality re-
member. without referring to our
books. the name. number and pass
word of each customer.
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African Fashion Notes.

The prettiest dress of the Mpongwe
woman is a cloth drawn up under the
arms, a scarf on the shoulders and a
handkerchief folded over the coiled
hair in high stiff fold set well up on
the head, rather like a childs idea of
a crown. There is a great fancy for
purples and lavenders set Off with
shades of rose and red and q sudden
keen note Of gilt With black there
will be a touch of most delicious bright
green. A cloth and a scarf worn by a
woman Of beautiful gesture e-and Ga.
bonnaise is always that-have certain
mutable charm; the movements Of the
body, the wind that blows from the
sea-these renew and display the folds
Of the garment so that the eye Is In
trgued.-Atlantic.
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Pure DRINKING Water.


The geologic resource of greatest
value to the health of communities Is q
supply of pure drinking water. 1t is
generally recognized that number of
diseases, prominent among which are
typhoid fever and amOebic dysentery-
disease more common in tropical eli
mates. but found also In the United
States-are contracted through contain
mated water or contaminated food.
Therefore a supply of pure water will
eliminate one OF the sources Of such
infection.
1t Is highly desirable 10 obtain sup
plies of domestic water from sources
other than the shallow wells, some of
them open. that are found near many
houses. The water obtained from deep
wells has percolated through sands and
other material for so great a distance
that its impurities have been removed
by filtration, and it possesses sani
tary value that cannot well be overes-
tmated. for such water is free from
the bacteria causing typhoid fever and
the prOtOzoa causing amOebic dysen
terry, and its use obviates the necessity
for shallow wells that may serve as a
breeding place for Anopheles. the mos
quito To which malarial infections is
due.-Geolosical Survey Bulletin.
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Luminescent Illumination.

There are several substances that be
come luminescent after long exposure
to the rays Of the sun. although none
OF them emits brilliant light. It Is
believed that this luminescence could
be greatly increased if the problem
were investigated with as much care
as that given to the development of
the incandescent gas mantle. 1t has
been suggested that if a luminescent
paint were spread on buildings exposed
to brilliant sunshine they would give
on stored sunlight during the night
and thus preserve one element Of the
radiant energy of the sun. One au-
thority remarks. The general use Of
such a paint would enable the more
powerful methods of artificial illumi
nation to be limited to special locations
and cOnfine the use of existing systems
to indoor service and to SPOTS where
little daylight penetrates Washing.
ton Star
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~ You cell Off the Earth.

After you have learned that the
earth Is spinning through space like q
great top and that we are all living on
the outside of this top you probably
wonder where we would all go II
we fell of. The earth itself has enough
power Of attraction to keep everything
on its surface from falling of.
Now. just imagine that this power OF
attraction stopped altogether. If that
happened and you were indoors your
head would hit the ceiling. If yo9
were out of doors you would go
straight up into the sky for long
time. and gradually you would begin
to move slower and slower and slower.
for the resistance Of the air would re-
tard you. At last you would come to
a stop. and there you would stay. And
very cold you would find it
If the air did not resist. with the
least little jump you would go sailing
Off into space That is the only way
you could fall Off the earth. when the
earth's attraction stopped and when
the air did not resist-Exchange
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Our Navy a Century Aqo.

One hundred years ago the naval
force OF the United States on the At
lantic coast consisted of thirty-three
vessels. twenty-seven of which were
In commission. Among them were a
dozen great ships. first class frigates
and sloops Of war. some of them car.
rying as many as seventy-four guns
each. They were all sailing vessels,
The era Of the steam warship. how
ever. was close at hand. With the aid
ot an appropriation from congress
there was now nearing completion a
floating steam battery" designed by
Robert Fulton This ship. which was
launched a few months later, was the
first steam war vessel ever built and
was destined to revolutionize the meth
DDS Of naval warfare throughout the
world-EXchange
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The Expandinu Stone,

In the rock of st. Gowan's chapel, IN
Wales, was a natural cavity upon
which the name of the expanding
stone" was bestowed by popular tradi
ton, because the strange fancy prevail
ed that this stone automatically adapt.
ed itself to the size of any one who
entered the cavity.
The legend ran, as quoted by Mr..
George r. Kunz In "The Magic of
Jewels and Charms" that once, dur
ing the pagan prosecutions, when a
fugitive Christian, hotly pursued, reach,
ed this rock it opened up of its own
accord so that he could slip into II
and then closed about him so as to
hide him effectually from his enemies
This expanding stone was believed to
manifest its magic power by bringing
to pass the wish expressed by any one
who entered it, provided he did not
change his wish while he turned
around within 1t.
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Turks Names For Greeks.

The Turks have definite names for
the Greeks who inhabit Ottoman terri
tory and for those who are their own
masters. The latter are Yunan and
their country Yunanistan-names de
rived from ''Ionia"-while the Greeks
and Turks are Rum. By origin this Is
simply Romans" and is an inherit
ance from the Byzantine days, when
the inhabitants of Constantinople, the
new Rome. were called Romaioi. while
the provincials were known as Hella
dikoi Rum was the conquering
Turks name for the Byzantine empire.
1t survives in ROumelia. while the
popular Greek language of the present
day Is still known as Romaic. But
every Greek. in Greece or in Turkey.
calls himself Hellene.-LOndon Spec
tator