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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09
COTTON MILL INDUSTRY VI
SHOWS UNUSUAL GAINS
Increase In Last Three Months Year Was About Five Million
Dollars, Almost AS Great AS That In Preceding
Nine Months When More Than Six Million
Dollars Investments Were Shown.

, Baltimore. Md. Jan. s. Reports -
D,he Manufacturers Record during the
last three months of 1915 show an
Interesting and unusual increase ln
plans for adding to the cotton NM
industry OF the South, TINS lncrease
was of such an extent that 'the esii-s
mated Investment for October, Novern-
her and Decem bcr--a three months
period-was approximately $4,000, een
| as compared with about S6,20o.o00 fot
the preceding nine months of the
wear. Presenting further details, the
Manufacturers Record says
The 1918 announcements repo-f7
454S04 spiudles and a,Sl2 looms, cons
servatively estimated as requiring an
Investment Of $1t37Q,100 for installa-
tions by cotton manufacturing estab-
lishnents located in the cotton grow
iug. section These additions IL thu.
Southern cotton mill industry included
an estimated investment of 50, III fe1
/ for extending the manufacturing la
I cilities of esta biished ertel2rises,
3Gt.o44 spindles and 5.Si2 looms be-
ing required. while s2.26a,000 is the
approximate expenditure for tins, IN
stallat.op of 90 $50 spindIes. with ac.8
complaining machinery. by new orr
CARNATIONS. 1t is of interest that most
of the new companies are coHtrcllea
by men who are mana ing or vine
are investors in other Cotton factories
and il is an emphatic proof OF con-.
fidence N the continued growth 0f
Southern cotton milling 4hat such
great proportion of the Investments
as above indicated, are additions TO-
esta hlshed plants For the last quar-.
ter of t"l5, comprising October, Ne.s
vember and Decent Der, there was .ait.s
uounced a total of 202,904 spindles
and 1870 looms, an estimated invests
ment of $j,0T2 500.
These amounts are divided as fol-
lows: 166,144 spindies and l,s7t
looms. a S4.153,600 investment. for
seventeen companies enlargin tnelr
mills; 367 spindles. a $4,000 in-
vestment. for the mills of two new
companies. The first, second and third
quarters of 1915 were as follows: .Ian-
nary. February and March. 10000
splndles and $50 looms. 4 $l.1I2, 500
investment. $625.000 being for the
25,000 spindles of new plant and
s1.ti-, 500 being for the 45a0n spin.
dies and $50 looms being added by
four companies. April. May and June.
101 GOO spindles and 1850 looms. a
s2525. 900 investment, for ten enlarR
ing enterprises, no new companies
havin. been announced. July. August
and September. S0.00o spindlos' and
6Ts looms. for sixteen companies III
vesting about $4,000 900, these figures
being divided into 81 900 spindleS and
672 looms. requiring = s1215.000 in
vestment BY thirteen enlarging conn
panies and a S725. 900 investment for
three new companies installing 10000
spindles "
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09
PRICES OF WHOLESALE
ARTICLES DECREASE
Majority Of Those Which Increased
During 1914 Were Farm Products,
Says Statistics Bureau.

According to the bureau of labor
statistics of the Department Of Labor.
wholesale prices in the tnited States,
as measured by the aggregate value in
exchange of $40 representative COM
modities. were nearly me per cent
lower in 1914 than in 1918. In each
of four groups viz. cloths and cloth
ing, fuel and lightine. metals and
metal products,'and lumber and build
ing materials, more than half Of The
commodities decrease in price from
1918 to 1914.
Decided decreases occurred in the
yearly average prices uf cotton yarns
print cloths. storm serge SiCiiian
cloth, worsted yarns coke, gasoline,
crude. petroleum, bar .run copper in
got. sheet copper, copper wire. iron
ore, pig lead lead pipe pL iron. east
iron pipe steel biilets steel tank
plates. steel sheets strFa tural steel
pig tin, wood screws. urrE iu New
York city. plate gt8S9 Douglas ffr
resin and cedar shingles
Increases in price arr shown fo1 cot
ton blankets, boots aud shoes leather
1914 bleached sheetiug. quicksilver.
linseed oil. turpentlne and a few other
articles In the four groups named.
\ maj ority of the articles which I'M
creased in price between J 9l3 and
1914 belong TO the farm products and
food groups. within these two groups
comprising 124 series of price quota
tions. seventy-two commodities o.
grades of commod ties increased in
price, forty-four decreased and eight
were unchanged. The articles show
ing the greatest increase were corn
oats. rye, wheat, fiaXseed. New York
State hops. calf skins. peanuts. tobaccp.
canned corn, rye -four. fresh and evap-
GRATED apples, prunes, raisins corr
meal. sugar. cabbage. onions. potatoes
and vinegar Some Of the articles In
these two groups which decreased in
price were cotton, butter. canned to-
mafoes. coffee. lemons and oranges,
OF ten commodities classed as drugs
or chemicals. five increased in price
four remained stationary and one de
creased in price in 1914. compared
laf33 The fs-e Fl 4eleS showing
an increase were alum. glyCerin. grair
alcohol. opium and quiHiue. The arti-
Gle which decreased in price Was wood
alcohol
: OF the $40 series OF prices secured
by the bureau for 1913 and 1914. l21
seriex showed an increase between
flese two years.ss54 showed a de-
crease, while sra change occurred II
the case OF sixty-four series.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09
FARMyILLE NORMAL.

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
Farmyille, Va, Jan. 8.--!The regular
work OF the Normal School was re-
sumed on Tuesday, January 4, with
few evidences OF the 6emoralizinG
influences OF the holiday season. The
faculty IL now busily engaged in map
ping out the organization for the next
term, which begins on january -.
According to the number OF requests
for school descriptive publications
there viii be substantial increase in
enrolment during the coming term.
The January class of this year con-
sists of the following girls who will
receive the full Normal School dipio-
ma: Mary Bennett, Stormont. Va.
Esther Bowies, cardwell Martha
King Bugg, Farmville; Irene Cooper.
Sontag. Mae Cox. Earlysville; zozo
Dixon. Rural Retreat: Grace Groves.
Remington: Alice 7. Richardson,
Farmville, Beulah Sedwick. Riieyville;
Jane Slaughter. Mitchells.
Professor S. r. Duke. ice-president
Of the State Association for the Fourth
Congressional District, is busily en-
gagged in arranging a program for the
district meeting to be held In Farm
Vile during the early part OF March.
Several unusual features are planned
for the meeting one of which is a
S0TicSF Oh uio0Cl icSSphS sAN6ht ~ ShS
trimming school supervisors in both
the old and the new ways. before the
main body Of the association. An
other feature will be the results OBJ
tanned by using all the scientific
scales for the measurment OF the pro-
duct of the children's work In the
training school. The equipment used,
the methods followed. and the results
obtained viii be explained to the as
ISOLATION.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09
BALDWlNS BUILT 800
LOCOMOTIVES IN 1915

Domestic business in the roEstruc-
ton of locomotives increased material
~ toward the end Of 1915 at the Bald
win Locomotive Works. Al the close
OF the year the works employed L.
Gee nieEs. La the year $50 locomotives
We're erected.
OF the total number se4 We're steam
locomotives, 1866 electric and nine
gasoline The number exported was
54 per cent of the total. France or
dersd 100 and Russia ESQ, The con-
tract with Russia stipulated that 100
should he-caua pleied 4 month, begins
ming sixty days from the date of the
contract, This was accomplished.
Amongst the domestic orders was
one from the Erie Railroad for two
more triple articulated locomotives
like the one built for the same COM
pany in 1914. The first engine of this
enormous size AIS tons. proved so sat
isfastorv that two more. practically
exact duplicates. were ordered Among
other domestic orders were seventy
five for the Pennsylvania Railroad,
thirty for the Atchison, thirty for the
Reading. twenty freight and fifteen
switchers for the Lehigh Valley, ff-
teen MaIlets for the Baltimore and
Ohio and ten Santa .Fe type locomo-
tives for the Erie.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09

DANES V. F. Argyle b. r. Cowherd.
r.. Tucker Hughes, Tucker CARING
ton Leigh. l.. r. willard. Misses
Thomasia and Edwinia Cowherd,
Frances Leigh. Lucy Mosby, Marie
Payne, Marion Nelson. Isabelle Will
lard. Eliza beth Richardson. Avis
Wood. and sallie Smith, of Rich
mond. Mrs T. Tucker Hughes WAS
the winner of the first prize. Miss
Thomasia Cowherd won the second
prize Miss Isabelle Willard won the
third prize.
Miss Virginia Bennett, OF Richmond,
spent the weekend with Miss lsucs
Mosby.
On Tuesday afternoon Mrs, E.
Tucker Hughes entertained the Auc-
ton Bridge Club at her residence on
Columbia Heights,
Staige Blackford, student at the
Episcopal High School, was the guest
for several DAYS OF his brother, Rev.
Amber Blackboard, at the rectory.
Miss Sue Hodgson has returned TO
her home here after visit to rela-
tives in Richmond.
Mrs. r. Tucker Hughes and daugh-
ter, Brooke, are visiting Mrs. w. A,
McGee, 1919 Grove Avenue, Rich
mond.
Miss Grace Cooke has been spend
ing several days with friends here.
Edward Nelson has returned TO An
napolis after spending the holiday
with his parents here
The Five Hundred Club met this
weak with Mrs. r, r. cowherd, There
were five tables playing.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09
STATE HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY PROGRAM GOOD
Annual Meeting Will Be Held Charlottesville Wednesday
and Thursday of Coming Week-Apple and Peach Grow
ing and Proper Methods of Orchard Development
Are Among Topics For Discussion.

stanton, Va, Jan. S.-At a meet
ing at the Virginia Hotel OF the board
of directors of Virginia State Horti-
cultural Society the final draft OF the
program for the annual meeting of
the society, which takes place at Char
lottesville January IL and 13 was
passed upon.
There were present r. n. Thompson.
president: w r. Massey, secretary;
John Thwaite, Colonel Stedman, DIR.
s. w. Fletcher. Paul Bowton and Rus
sci Bargamin All were most enthusi-
astic about the coming annual session,
and predicted that 1t would he the
most successful ever held in the
State.
More than 500 in cash prizes will
be given for the best exhibits OF the
different varieties of apples. splen-
did program has been arranged, and
everything for the entertainment OF
visitors will be provided.
Following IL the official program;
Wednesday, January H..
Morning session, 10 O'Clock.
Opening exercises: prayer by Rev.
DR.. H w. Battle, of High Street Bap-
list Church.
Address OF welcome. Hon A. ".
Conway, Mayor Of Charlottesville,
Reply to address OF welcome. "
Presidents address,. II. n. Thomp-
son. Harrisonburg. Va. ~.
Secretary's report, w. p. Massey,
winchester, Va.
Treasures report. T. w. woolien,
Crozet. Va.
Announcement OF committees on
resolutions. on memberships. on audit
and on nominations Of officers.
address. s.6onae New Light on Peach
kfarxswfiSfsk - Pro f6mnorS a. C.. Sfarchar,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09

Blackshurg. Va
Address, Making the Young Or
chard Pay Its Way" &, $. Ralston.
Round table conference. conducted
by Dr. s. w. Fletcher.
"Wednesday Afternoon. 2:30 O'Clock.
Address, Air Cooled Storage for the
Individual Urchardist,' Professor w.
HUT Raleigh. n. C,
Address. The Pro and Con of
Growing Apples in Virginia. Profess
sor Bennett
| Address Advertising and Market
ing Virginia Apples" DIR. j. b. Emer-
son, New York City.
Round table conference, DIR. s. W.
! Fletcher.
"Wednesday Night, 1880 O'clock.
Banquet IN Armory Hall by Char
iottesville Entertainment Committee.
Thursday Morning. 10 O'Clock.
Executive session; reports of com
mittees on audit. resolutions and
nominations.
Election of officers for 1s18.
Place of next meeting: call for in
vitations.
Reports-Packing Schools. Profes-
sor G. c.. Starcher; Legislation. Russell
Byrd Society Exhibits, Russell Bar
gamin: Advertising. ii. Il. Bargamin
Address. Membership In the State
horticultural Society Means--What? 2
Round table conference, DR., s. w
Fletcher.
Thursday Afternoon. 2:s0 O'Clock.
Address. Selling Apples" E. N
I.oomss. New York City.
Short experience talks by mem
/ hers Of the soctAty.
Round table conferences. Pr. 8. w
Tisarsdsx Nisht, I a,clsrk 81
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09
Statistics for China j..

The following missionary statistics
Of China are taken from the China
Mission Year Book: Roman Catholics
/, 500, 600: frotestants, Christian
community of a65.209; ordained pas
tors tnativel, 502; eVanselists ina
tive), 1881; Bible women tnative).
1883: congregations tnative). S,4ls,
amount contributed by the churches
for one year for church work. S216,-
900: Protestant foreign missionaries
5,t44; Roman Catholic foreign mis-
sionaries. f,475- There is one Prot
estant missionary to every $4,000 in
ha bitaRts.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09
The Real Mcanest Man.

When 1t comes to having a mean
disposition Douglas County farmer
certainly takes the cake, As he was
driving home from town a few days
ago his wagon broke down. He con-
tinued his trip under difficulties, and
learned his wife was visiting at a
neighbor's and that the chores were
not done. This was more than he
could endure. so he poured Kerosene
on the floors, set fire to the house.
took a shotgun and killed pen of
hogs, shot the COW, and was just about
to shoot his team, when he saw some
neighbors approaching Correctly In
.terpreting their mental attitude to-
ward him he took his valise. which
he had saved from the fire, and started
travelling. Members Of his family
think be has gone West and indi9nan mt
citizens of that locality hint that It
WI ~ e. hin 10 ny thsrses
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09
RADFoRD NORMAL.

Eadford Va. Jan. 6.-On next
Saturday Professor r. T. SteDhensun.
of Abingdon, president of the Ninth
! District Teachers Association. and
Professor w NJ. Black, of Lynchburg.
president OF the sixth District Teach
ers' Association, will meet at Hadford
! to confer with DR.. ]. p. McConneH
and Professor ]. p. Whit as to the
plan for the third joint educational
conference for twenty-five counties
land four cities of Southwest Virginia.
which will be held at the Normal
School late in February or early IN
March. More than five hundred teAch-
ers, representing >all grades OF in1tt-
tuition from the university down ta1
the primary school. will probably ~
tend this third annual conferences #
The second quarter OF the Normal
School opened January 4. MOST AZ
the new students who entered tim
Normal School at that time have been
| teaching for the last five or six monthe
and are l-prepared to take IN TN
professional courses in the Normal
school Al the opening of the third
quarter. March 81. "A still larger NUM-
Der of teachers will enter. Many ~
them will remain, not only for tlN
third quarter. but throughouE tn
summer quarter. opening In June ana
CLOSING in August.
/ A bulletin on Bible study work III
connection with the public high schoei
and the higher state institutions Na3A
! be issued this month by the SOrxnM
School. This bulletin explaiffx tlk4
Radford Normal plan OF FivinE cre4ZS
for Bible study done outside 0S1
!, Normal School and il also sumMAr1%
the various plans that have been =
ted out in many of the Northern AN
/ Western States and cities for plabl
thigh school credit for bible wQrls s6s
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09

Just a little whisper behind the
door. 1t seems TO be mighty. mighty
probable that Congress Will submit the
prohibition amendment with an un-
derstanding that such action Will pre-
yenz the question being dragged into
polirical party conventions in 1916.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09

Mr.. William II. AnderS0n. asxpS
atendert of the Antt-Salo0n
The Springfield herald., 1916-09-22

wish to make of legislation he
believes to be essential for the
welfare, prosperity and up-jift of
the good people of our common
wealth.
Another thing is the lack of
time and opportunity for thepeo-
pie to consult with their repre-
sentatives. or their governor, or
other officials whose influence it
may be desiI ed to get in the
passage of measures Of either
com munity or of general impor-
tance, in which they may elect
to take an interest.
AS to when the legislature
should convene, if delayed at all
it should give plenty of time for
the accomplishment of tie things
for which the delay was made.
1t could be the first of the year
following the election, but as
legislators are often elected en-
specific issues, such legislation
might possibly be of such press
ing Importance as to make a
years delay partly or wholly
abortive of it's purposes.
We believe that all that is need
ed is to give all parties concern
ed time to properly prepare for
the occasion, and for that purpose
the first of May following the
election would probably meet the
requirements, besides giving the
most delightful part of the sea-
son for such gathering;an if we
We're drafting a bill to cover the
case, as we see it now the first
of May succeeding the election
would be incorporated in the bill
as the time when the legislature
should convene.
We recently stated in the Her.
aid that, while the primary has
some little imperfections, and is
in need of remodefing, we be.
lieve it do be a good thing-wher
the law is properly framed and
the present Objectionable fea.
lures are eliminated, and more
important ones incorpora ted.
In other words, we believe ir
the principle, and believe that
the right kind of primary
would meet with popul lar favor.
The primary next week,
Watch for it-and tell youI
neighbOrS about it.
The Springfield herald., 1916-09-22
West Flat

Earl Evans came in Friday
from Lamar with a grain binder.
The Thorps brought in II corr
binder Thursday.
Quite number are running
their binders cutting feed.
Everything was quiet rather
too quiet at the primary. Two
dollars a vote is too expensive,
so if the people want to keep .
voting precinct there they had
better turn out and show that
they want one.
Several more harvesters came
back this week. They are prac-
tically unanimous in the opinion
that crops look better here than
they do in Kansas.
The Springfield herald., 1916-09-22
North Grandview

Bess McCoully, who has been
working at the Farmer Hotel at
Elkhart spent Saturday and Sum
day with her father, Jim Craw-
ford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dunivan and
Leona spent Sunday at j. W..
Stephenson's.
Everybo dy met at Grandview
school hou.e Sunday and organ
lied a Sunday school.
Grandma Potter is visiting ).
w. Stephen. pn's.
Mr.. Howa ri and family re-
turned Satui day from Oklahoma
where they have been the past
month,
Grandpa and Grandma Adams
called on Mil.'by's Thursday
evening.
The Springfield herald., 1916-09-22
Congressman Keating
Will Be at Our Fair

Congressman Keating will hon
or the Baca county fair with a
visit. He will arrive about 4:3O
the first day---Thursday, and will
deliver an address at the court
house hall Thursday night,
Friday night he will deliver an
address at Campo.
Saturday he will be al points
as follows:
Richards 500 to $50
Stonington Oils to 1000
Artesia lO:45 to Ills
Two Buttes 1900 to 1:30
All candidates are requested to
be at Springfield Friday, and to
make the running trip around
with the Keating party from
Springfield to Two Buttes.
The Springfield herald., 1916-09-22

The Blaine country had a sen:
sational case of kidnapping yester-
day, when Henry Ready and
wife kidnapped their own child
from Chas. Ready and wife, who
adopted it when the former cou-
pie separated a year ago. The
couple became reconcile, and
failing to induce Charles and his
wife to give the child up, they
took the child yesterday by force,
and vamoused for parts unknown.
Chas Ready and wife were here
yesterday with John Schmidt
to get out warrants and intend
to push the case.
The Springfield herald., 1916-09-22
Zion Chapel

Mr.. Dillon ate Sunday dinner
with the Thompsons.
Mr.. Shelton has bought the
lilly REIMBURSEMENT.
Henry East sold out last week
and will now return to Arkansas.
Mrs. John Hagerman spent
Sunday with Mrs. Thompson.
Miss Freda Harp began school
in this district Monday morning
with a fair attendance. .
There will be special services
and basket dinner at Zion
school house the first Sunday in
October. Everybody invited to
bring their dinners and come in
time for Sunday school-9:3O.
The Springfield herald., 1916-09-22
Short Grass

Mr.. and Mrs. Will Long, Ian
Long, Mrs. NJ. l.. Long. and
grandpa and grandma Ruthrauf
visited with Mr.. and Mrs. L.sf6s
Lester Sunday.
Fred Page from Oklahoma Ia
visiting friends in this vicinity.
Little Georgia Long has been
quite sick the past week.
n. Wolf and Mrs. John Neal
left for Missouri last week to he
at the bed side of their mother.
who is very low.
Nettleton and family moved
down grom Lamar to be on their
homestead-last week.
The Springfield herald., 1916-09-22

p. J. Callahan has traded for .
Ford
Geo. Elley has new Dodge.
Broom corn hands are greatly
in demand.
Mr.. Patchen is on the sick
list.
The sick of this community
seem to all ne on the mend.
Rather quiet in town since the
primary.
John Green says he has q new
broomcorn puller at his house.
Ward Ritchie and family, Geo.
Dean and wife and Mrs. Morris
from Oklahomo visited Lawson
Whitehead and the Dean Bros. .
few days last week.
The Springfield herald., 1916-09-22
Big Flat
Septemb er l6

Septemb er l6
A party was e iven at MISS
Dewey's last THU sday night.
Broomcorn pulli ng is the order
of the day.
Marie Conner is. still Oh the
sick list.
Clarence Alt, e. and wife trad
ed in Villas Sat ur dav.
Mrs. Jackm an visited at Con-
ner's Saturda y.
Frank Hair vi sited home folks
Sunday.
The Springfield herald., 1916-09-22
North Fork

w. L, Cotton and family, Gro
yer Battles and wife, and B. f.
Battles have gone to Okla.
C. J. Gas per is pulling broom
corn this week.
L.. w. jackson is drilling in
wheat.
Mr.. E. Novels has returned
from Elkhart with a load OF
wheat.
Mrs. Ida Bray is cooking for
Roy Haney's hroomcoln pullers.
G. F. Loveall made trip to
Springfield Sunday.
Miss Ovanda Fluke Is attend
ing school at Springfield this
winter.
The Springfield herald., 1916-09-22

.pleySu!IoS u! dn-lel Su!pi!aq
AUG a,usI oIeqL 'leeJ Otx9S
eIBMpIgq s!u ol uo!l!pps tlB pl!nQ
HIN puB Anna oSnou-9Inoo plo ava
uMop 5u!Ieel 5! l@ef auqo1eN
Two more weeks immunity
from frost will put Baca county
in pretty good shape as to feed.
The Springfield herald., 1916-09-22

Don't forget to enter your ba-
bies-under five. 1t isn't beau
ty that counts, but points OF per-
fection in physique and intellec-
tuality aud temperament.
The Springfield herald., 1916-09-22

insist that the pictures we're tax.
en- in Mexico during the recent
unsettled times.
Was anything more Infamous
ever attempted by politicians in
the history of this country?