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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-12
SALESMAN Of MARM0h
AND QUICK LIVE WIRE

Do you know Monty stone7
He '.of automobile fame"

|. Do you know Monty Stone?
He .'of automobile fame"
1t seems that every one who ever
drove a car in Richmond knows him.
and II you care to know anything
about automobiles he In \ good man
to know.
like a book Any one around here
keep tab on the Bucks running
around Richmond-or. better still. ask
the big factory out at Flint Michi-
gan. il they know Richmond. Vir-
ginia. or II they ship any Bucks down
this way. 1t Is said the officials of
the Buick plant at Flint think SO
well Of Monty that his map"
adorns the presidents ONCE wall,
holding hrst place In the race OF
honor for successful Buick statesmen.
There Ii not more pleasant and
congeniai fellow in town than the
same Monty. and although crowded
with business and ever on the jump.
he can always ind time to favor any
one In need of service.
I Mr. Stone. though only in Rich
mond q few months. has made mar
veious record In the automobile In
dustry. which 10 the direct result OF
unttring and perssvering effort, back
I'd by = product worthy of every
claim for goodness. performances and
perfection.
Mr.. Stone has followed the auto
mobile industry since it's early days,
and 10 well known in automobile cir
cles generally. He has participated
in many noteworthy events through
out the country with credit. At the
automobile show recently held in
Madison Square Garden. New York
city. Mr.. Stone was appointed chief
demonstrator Of tho Buick and Mar
mon cars. an honor bestowed for hts
superior knowledge of automobile
construction and operation.
Mr.. Stone IN a masterfui driver. and
handles his car with .clock-I!ke pre-
cision. although continually on the
Jump eitAeT-ia- aae Of his faseHise
Buick SIS or the wonder Marmon,
driving everywhere under every con-
dition. Mr. Stone has never had tho
slightest SORT Of an accident,
Just call Boulevard 5000. and ask
for Monty II you want to learn
something Of his twin pets. the Mar
mon and tho Buick
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-12
PECAN TREES SUCCEED
WELL IN VIRGINIA

To the question, "Wiil pecan trees
succeed in Virginia ?" the reply may
be made that they not only will but
do. Trees OF proper varieties. that
were grown under right conditions
and planted in and around Richmond,
Norfolk and Petersburg as recently
as three or four years ago have al
ready borne nuts and trees planted
six and eight years ago have borne
regularly since their first crops and
in many cases have produced splendid
yields A Stuart pecan tree in Glou-
cester County transplanted Ave years,
bore seven and half pounds OF nuts
weighing forty to the pound. Trees
Of the same variety, northern grown,
are doing equally well in other parts
of Eastern Virginia.
The ornamental value OF the pecan
10 recognized In all the States in
which II may be grown and there
are hardy varieties now that will
succeed as far north as the New Eng
lad States. There is no more beau.
tiful shade tree and for the lawn and
yard II Is unique. 1t 10 combina-
ton OF strength. beauty and utility.
Its roots feed deep down in the soil
and do not rob the surface of nlois-
ture and fertility 80 that the grass
will GROW right up to their trunks.
Every yard and lawn and garden
should have as many pecan trees as
there II space for them,
There III considerable interest In
Virginia at this time In the planting
OF pecan trees and In addition to
those being set oat In yards and gar
dens, large orchards are being plant
ed. Some of these orchards have all
ready reached bearing age. and prom
iso large returns s.As 81
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-12
MRS. BOWIE TO BUILD
HOME NEAR WAYNESBO3O

Mrs. G. q. NJ. Bowe. of this city, has
recently purchased the old McFlroy
'pTace located on MOUNT Dunlop, near
Waynesboro Pa, and is now arrang-
ing plans for handsome home, which
will he known as "Carrosmar.
The acquired land consists of severn
ty-eight acres of land, and Ia situated
among the most picturesque spots in
the State Local architects are AZ
work on the plans for a $4,000 house.
and IL is the intention of the owner
TO make the place and its surrounds
ings one of the handsomest on Mount
Dunlop.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-12
WILLIAMSBURG LAND Is
STILL IN BIG DEMAND
-Four Richmond Agencies Open
. Branch Offices In states Ancient
Capital
WILL oPES SUBDIVISION
Richmond Firm First to Have Lots
For Prospective Ncwconiers-Wes
Point. Too, Begins 10 show Com
siderable Activity

There wore several large real es-
tate deals H. williamsburg the tja II
week \ ninety-acre tract has been
thrown on the market and will be
subdivided Three or four Richmond
concerns rave already opened Offices
i'll WILLIAMSBURG.
At least Il dozen tracts have beeY1
sold during the week lust ended,
bringing good prices. The only move
ins picture show in the town sold
for 81. coo 10 a Richmond Spectator.
Another good sale was that of the
Colonial Inn which brought the sum
OF $4,000 II will be operated as
hotel by thu purchaser.
Morton G. Thalhimer opened offices
in Williamsburg last week and IL IN
his concern that is Offering a splendid
tract. when covers ninety acres. THIS
Land will be suhdtyided as stated
above. 1t will sell at $3.50 per lot. or
S2O0 for corner OTIS
plan TO Build Snur Railroad
Pollard q Bagbv HuffIn &. Sloan
and Shea n Keegan. all OF Richmond.
have opened business offices in VIII
Iiamsbt,rg. w. n l.. Smith has
charge of the office of Morton g.
Thaahimer Mr. smith IS n popular
Eictmorfa man ana his connectiou
with the work in Williamsburg Is an
assurance tfat il is in good bands
To B,il,l Spur Track.
The DUPONT Powder COMPANY. Il
is said. is now practically. certain TO
build . ,lant for commercial ua.r-
poses. near Williamsburg. in the near
future. The contract for the canstr,ic-
ton of the plaut il practically certain
anu the ,thosa peake and Ohio Rail-
wav IL planning n spur track from,
Williamsburg to the dynamite plant.
Though the contract for the branch
lire i, nor vet signed. there is little
doubt existing that ii VII be built
TO the plant
Tho plant Is located about fifteen
miles down York River TO West Point
West Point Too. II tctiyc.
The efrac. OF thc DUPONT plant in
locating on ark River Is far-rea OH.
ing II is sa.d ana The real estate ii
estors IN West f'oint are conlfncnc-
ing ia sit IN ant lake notice.
The pasing of the hill allowing
Rt.hn5ona 10 ACQUIRE a strip of land
IN West Point with dofkage has
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-12
DEMONSTRATION WORKS
VALUE IS SHOWN
Two Examples of What IL Is Doing
For the Women of Viz
GINA.

Especial TO The Richmond Nirginian.)
Blacksburg. Va. March 11.-Prob-
ably the greatest benefit that the
demonstration sand extension work is
to the girls of the country districts
lies in the new opportunities 1t opens
to them. Here is one illustration:
One of the women agents In her
weekly report says: THE week was
a bad one, and the roads even worse,
which prevented the lfTerymcn from
hiring their teams On one of The
worst days ] found a canning club
girl in town marketing some Of her
products. She had driven nine miles
over the mountains.
Before this girl Joined tho cam
ming club three years ago she was
rather Indifferent to this kind Of
work. Her interest has grown. and
nov she has charge of the farm. and
but for her effoi is do not know
what would become Of the family.
Last summer she marketed s20o
worth OF products from her own gar
den She told me the other day that
she still had seventy-fve barrels Of
apples to sell. and now is her OPP
pc tunity WI h the prices advanced
Anotherphasc OF Work
Another phase of this work is the
cooperation of the merchants and
hotels. This agent says in regard
to this interest; I'VE secured the CO.
operation of the merchants and ho-
tells in c. and they agreed to take
so many dozen cans OF tomatoes next
year. put up by the canning club
girls. This will do much to make
the work more popular with the girls
in this country, fer marketing has
been one Of the problems of the
county A list OF the names Of the
merchants and hotel men will be sent
TO each club girl
Striking Illustration OF Co-opcra-
ton i'm Demonstration Work.
That the county agricultural agent
can do his owu work we'll. aud also
pave the WAX for other good work
Is indicated by The following Incl
dent. which liz told by Miss Rhea O.
Scott, district agent IN demonstration
work in one of her weekly reports:
Il County is being opened up
for the first time and / spent three
days there TO pave the way for the
new agent when she goes into the
county The county agent had all
ready created much interest in The
work He had talked al each league.
about our work. and had Ii send at
least one representative before the
board OF supervisors to help secure
an appropriation far the women agent,
II said to one az the ladies that this
was rather unique case, and she said
they had Mr.. @ to thank for it
and that hut for his work and en-
thusiasnl the appropriation would not
have been given. Ia this way lie pre-
mamie ho
they really wanted it. which made
the situation an easy one To approach.
Jas never before mot hy a county
as enthusiastic, The DEMONSTRATION
wc.k among the girls aud women
should grow rapidly in this county,
for the cooperation ana enthusiasts
to begin their work are already there
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-12
QUESTION OF
TEACHERS COTTAGES

Teachers cottages. erected by the
community in or near the schoolhouse.
and used not only as the teachers res
idence. but also as the community CEN
ter. are advocated in bulletin pre-
pared by r. 8. Kellogg and distributed
By the Department OF the Interior
through it's Bureau Of Education TO
county snperintepdents and other Of
ficers In charge Of rural schools. The
bulletin describes the movement for
teachers residences in rural districts
and gives plans for cottages of various
sizes and types
Lack of suitable boarding accom-
modations liz one of the most serious
difficulties in the way of securing suit
able teachers for country schools,
the bulletin declares. There are more
than 100000 rural school districts in
the United States and over 100000
children OF school age, who live in
tho country or In towns of less than
2,50G population. yet II is Impossible
because OF the living conditions to get
teachers OF the highest type to re-
main in the country.
Mr.. Kellogg says: MANY farm
houses have no accommodation what
ever for a teacher. and often kitchen,
living room and dining room are
:
ether room in the house. The farmer
and his family have to spend most
Of their time working indoors or out.
eating and sleeping. Their occupa-
tons and hours OF labor in no way
correspond to those of the teacher,
which increases the difficulty OF fitting
the teachers necessary habits to
those OF the farmer with any satisfac-
ton, to either. A good teacher must
spend a considerable amount of time
almost every evening upon school
work. for which quiet. comfortable
room 10 essential. If she insists upon
such a room when she goes to board
In the country she Is likely to be
considered stuck up and exclusive.
If she geta a room by herself 1t IL
often unheated and too uncomfortable
for study In cold weather.
.sOn the other hand, II the teacher
is forced to spend her entire time
In the living room with the rest
OF the family, she has no opportunity
to prepare properly for her school
duties, and is also very likely to be
drawn unavoidably into neighborhood
gossip and factionai disputes to the
detriment OF her teaching influence.
Many OF the better situated families
In the country districts who have the
boarder. 20 that II teacher gets g
place to board at all she may be
forced to go to farm houses where
only the barest accommodations can
be secured"
4 It il because OF these conditions
that the teachers' cottage movement
has developed rapidly In the past
few years, until. according to an In
yestiTation by J.. c, Muerman. of the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-12
BUSINESS GOOD IN
FLUVANNA COUNTY

Especial to The Richmond virginian. J
Bremo Bluft, Va. March 1.-THE
farmers Of this section are Delighted
over the returns from their tobacco
shipments. Export tobacco = raised
almost exclusively here. The aver
age price was about % per hundred,
The frst Scannery OF Fluvaysna was
established several years ago. and
since thei, the Industry has Increased
most rapidly. Many people cIaim that
tomatoes are more profitable than to-
hacco, and 1t may be that In the nAAs
future the former Industry VIII
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-12
DIVERSIFIED TRUST
COMPANY SERVICES

Coincidence 10 the maihspring OF
business. Il 10 not only essential that
the man or the woman who commit his
shall know that there Is willingness
to perform the service but It ID alb
solutely imperAtivs---or should be 90
considered--that the agent 70 selected
shall be able to do what Ii contracted
Furthermore, 1t IL highly desirable
that every possible safeguard shall be
thrown about the agent to assure the
faithful. the intelligent ana the honest
execution OF the stipulated commits
sion. It may have been true at one
time in the countryts business develop
ment that corporations have no
SOULS but that time has gone by.
constantly increasing sentiment of the
business world. there has sprung into
being a realization OF the Wide variety
OF service which corporations can rem
der, and with this has come apprecia-
ton that corporations not only can
have souls, but better yet do have
mindsr~ These minds may be employed
for the benefit OF others has been
demonstrated in q hundred varying
| ways.
No part OF mans affairs. perhaps.
70 Intimately concerns him and his
heirs as the manner OF the distribn-
ton OF his estate. Formerly. II was
the almost universal custom for =
testator to appoint his SON. his BROTH
er. his business or personal friend a.
his executor. Too frequently such q
trust has been misplaced. Inexpers-
ence lack of sound Judgment. dis.
honesty have thwarted the wishes and
the purposes Of men whose greatest
error was in selecting an individual
executor. Able to do everything 0at
an Individual can do. equipped with
facilities that no single person can
marshal making q vocation, Of what
another might affect as an avocatton.
trust companies have superseded In
large naeasure the individual In the
capacity OF executor and as trustee.
Co.'S plicated legal problems, trusts sde-
signed to extend over 4 period con-
siderahly In excess or the life expect
ancy OF tho middle-aged business man,
problems which demand tho best A.
nancial Judgment are constantly beinG
entrusted to the trust companies OF
our country. organizations which IN
addition to tAstF customary banking
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-12
LUMBER men APPROVE
NATIONAL PARK MOVE
Federal Government Buys More Than
100000 Acres in Mountains OF
Virginia and North Carolina.
FAVOR KENTUCKY PURCHASE
National Association OF Lumber Man
ufacturcrs Strongly in Favor Of Still
Further Extension OF Provisions OF
Weeks Law In Same Territory.

Chicago, ILL.,, March 1l.--Approvins
the purchase of $4,000 acres of. land
In Virginia, 10S,000 acres in West Vir-
ginfa, and 269, 900 acres in North Caro-
lima, as an addition to the forest re-
serve of the eastern mountains. the
directors of the. National Association
Of Lumber Manufacturers has come
out strongly in favor of further sx-
tension in the same territory of the
provisions Of the Federal Weeks law,
AZ proposed by the National Forest
Reservation Commission by the buy
ing OF much additional adjoining land,
including some in eastern Kentucky.
also.
The directors unanimously Endorsed
the proposed extension of the Weeks
law by which total purchase of l.
$4,000 acres at an average price Of
s5.22 per acre has already been made.
and have sent to lumbermen all over
the country pamphlet statement Of
policy for the manufacturers In the
association. by which the association
goes on record as strongly in favor
OF national forest reserves and urges
its members to use their influence
with their senators and congressman
in favor of this conservation moye-
ment. The lumbermen's statement of
conditions follow In part:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-12
WRIT OF ERROR
IN SALARY CASE

~ writ of error war granted yes-
terday in the Virginia Supreme Court
of Appeals in the case of l.. A. Cons
rad against the Eilison-H Harvey Conn
pany. The suit was appealed by Con-
rad from lie Law and Equity Court
of Richmond, the decision being
handed DOM in that court February
81, 1915.
According to the papers, Conrad
signed contract for one year to work
for the defending company at SAL
airy of 500 month. This contraat
was signed january |, 1910. and n
continued IN the companys' service
until June. 1914, when he was
dropped without notice or EXPLAINS
ton. However, at the time his SER
vices were dispensed with the COM
pany moved to Baltimore. He claims
that there was no change whatever
In the contract other than an tn-l
crease In salary to $125 per month";
Conrad claims that he Is due SIN
months salary from the company
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-12

The Japanese are sending u s0rne|
beautiful hand-embroidered materials
which are being made up into iingeri4
Perhaps the most striking examples
are the white silk pajama sets for Voc
men. The Jackets are beautifully erl4~i
broidered in grapes and leaves. cherxx
blossoms and chrysanthemuni hloe-
CONS. in the daintiest OF coiorA and
delicate pink lotus blooms.
The prices for the gaYineista SRI
pauged By the amount of hand woxx
upon them. This may ne had Ia d1li<I
te colors as well a. n plain Nitt1t
There Ii also, the short kim0no 9u]<
broidnrsd In tbs uaa1a 1dg4l9
white. pink M blus xfVst a
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-12

'.The National Forest Reservation
Commission has approved for pur-
chase 1,3lT.000 acres, at an average
price of $5.29 per acre. All OF the
lands which are being acquired are
situated in the eastern mountains, a
portion being in the White Mountains
of New Hampshire. bnt the larger
acreage being In the Southern -Appa-
lachians, In New Hampshire the pur-
chase included 25s,a9a acres: iasNir-
ginta, 90 600 acres: in West Virginia,
los, 900 acres; in Tennessee, $4,000
acres: In North Carolina 26s,090
acres In South Carolina. "a, 600 acres.
and In Georgia, IS 900 acres. The
lands which have been acquired in the
several states are grouped within pur-
chase areas. which are situated so &c
to protect the watersheds of the most
important streams and facilitate the
protection Of forests throughout the
region and serve as examples or for
estry.
The National Forest Reservation
Commission has entered upon pro-
gram of purchases in the Southern
Appaiachians and White Mountains,
which will involve the acquisition by
the Government of about six million
acres I'm fiye-year periods. The pres
ent appropriation. which is now al
most exhausted, will obtain only about
one-fourth OF the acreage, which Is
necessary
.On the part OF the lumbermen IL
Is generally recognized that tho move
nent for the Government to acquire
this mountain land In the East is for
the permanent good Of the whole COM
try. The work ought 20 go on. and
there ttfsift to be Interruption In
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-12
Cl,estsauts 3 u Creme.

Pour some boiling water over the
chestputs Ia order to take of the skin.
Boil them In little water. sugar. and
them well and let them cool. Pass
ali through large sieve, forming d
sort of yermiceili; place 1t on q
round dish and make 4 large hole In
the middle OF the dish. which should
be nlied with whHpped cream. Ssrvs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-12

kcont,nns os lshth enxss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-16
UP AND DOWN BROADWAY--By Allen Griffin Johnson

even in this they sometimes fail dismally. Perhaps you have heard the story-up here they tell me it is true-that a certain financier, and man of prodigious. preda- tory pesos, offered to wager large sum that he could successfully invade virtues strongest stronghold, by attacking it with plenty of gold. The wager was accepted by another party who was permitted to make the selection of the stronghold
 This having been carefully selected, big money attacked with every means at hls command, and after a long siege, was forced to confess defeat. And-but there's good magazine story in that, ana IL hasn't anything to do with the report Of tie Rockefeller bureau.
 Some of the findings of this organi- zation may be of interest to those who would like to get even an irregular and inaccurate line on the wickedness Of Gotham The bureau found only 4S2 vice resorts in Manhattan. with 771 inmates; 23 disorderly houses, with 50 inmates, and l40 other women on call; IS disorderly furnished room houses; 90 massage" parlors, and 1S47 disorderly women on the streets
 on the streets or in houses was 36S9. which may seem rather a large total until one's attention is called to the fact that in 1912 before New York city became the largest city in the world-there were found no less than 14962.
 The report goes on to tell us that there is now no collision found) between the police department, or it's members, and the exploiters of vice in it's various forms. So now every one can feel perfectly safe in coming to New York city, the best little burg this side of HadAs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-16

the same class with the McArthur They have no electricity and no con- densing and refrigerating plants. The accommodations for the men and officers are bad The Endeavor was used in the civil war as a Confederate gunboat. The Gedney was constructed in 1875 on the Atlantic coast, and she came around South America to make Alaska give years ago. She is 140 feet long and 24 feet wide. She is now charting the waters about the Prince of Wales Island.
 The Patterson, which aided in rescu- ing the wrecked steamer Tahoma, is making surveys in the neighborhood of the Shumagin Islands, and the Yukon is the ship of which I wrote as survey ing the Kuskowin river. She was built in Nome by Captain Pratt IS years ago, and was used in surveying the Yukon. She has also surveyed about Kodiak Isl- and and Cook inlet
 The Taku, which was originally built to be sused in making surveys at the mouth of the Yukon, is now laid up in Prince William sound. as she is too small to make the trip farther south. She is only 15 feet long. Her captain is G. T. Rude, who has been long in Alaska. The captain of the Yukon is R. R. Lukens.
 As to the wire drag parties there are two of them. One is under Captain Dan- els. whose boat. the Equator. I have de- scribed The other party is commanded by Capt l.. o. Colbert, who has the King and Wing, a power boat that rescGed the survivors of the Karluk, the Canadian arctic exploring ship. Captain Colbert has been working this season in the vii cinity of Point Dexter.