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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-22

Gus mineral springs. Patrick Springs.
seven or eight miles cast of Stuart,
are beautifully located in the moun-
tains. and every summer the place is
hllcd with visitors in search of health
from the waters. and that kind Of rest
that is to be had only amid magniti-
cent mountain scenery.
The Danville and Western Railway.
originally the Danville and New Rivers.
is the only railway touching the coun-
" except short lumber roud that juts
out OF North Carolina on the south
border and comes to a lumber camp, a
rev miles into the county. The Dan
vile and Western terminates at Stuart,
seventy-fve miles from Danville, and
about twenty-five miles from Stuart
connects with the Norfolk and Wes-
tern. The county does Il great deal of
shipping over these roads. More rail-
way facilities in other parts Of the
county Will come some sweet day, and
then capital will flow into Patrick to
develop the mineral wealth. to plant
out more orchards, to establish indus.
tries. and to raise horses, cattle and
sheep all along the slope of the Blue
Ridge in the western half Of the coun-
ty. There are plenty OF drcumers in
the county who believe most firmly
that the DAY is not far distant when
the Free State Of Patrick" as it is
sometimes called. will be the richest
county to its square inches in the State
OF Virginia. rerhaps they are right.
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TO AID STOCK RAIsERs
Halifax County Mnn o< Lnrge Expe-
rience Made ASslstnnt Director OF
Extension Division,

BLAcKsBURG. VA. July 21.-John
r. Hutchinson. of Halifax County. has
been promoted from the position Of
animal husbandman to that Of assis-
tant director. with headquarters at the
central office. BlacksburE Mr. Hut
cheson graduated with the degree of
3. S. at tho Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute in 1907. took the degree OF
Master of Science in 1909. and was en-
gagged as teacher OF agriculture in
the high schools OF Virginia and Miss
lssippi for several years after his grad
uatior. For the past two years he has
been animal husbandman for the ex-
tension division and has done much
to further the interest Of the live stock
industry in the state by encouraging
inc farmers and cattle growers to
raise pure bred live stock. He has help
cd the County Farm Demonstration
agents and local stockmen to form
pure bred live stock associations in the
cattle raising and dairying sections,
and has a wide acquaintance through.
out Virginia.
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SOME FACTS FROM AFFAIR
Industrial Brieflets From All Around
the Worid-Inventive Genius on
the Move,

Argentina yields a normal wheat crop
Of 1s2.o0o.oo0 bushels
Pet canaries in this country consum-
ed total of 3.704.625 pounds of bird
seed during. the last year
An electric light switch. to be oper-
ated in connection with the doorbell
push button has been invented by a
Canadian.
The Morengo tribe of Indians have
planted $4,000 worth OF seed this year
on the reservation nine miles east Of
Beaumont. California
woman Is the inventor OF a suitcase
made in three parts and with legs
that unfold to support 1t when II is
opened so 1t can be used as a dressing
table.
The manufacture OF toys for British
children is TO be encouraged as a Can.
adam industry. A collection Of the toys
most in demand in England will be
sent to Canada as samples
tract OF land in Clatsop county,
Oregon. consisting OF 1000 acres, on
which Is estimated to be growing
lo0,00o,000 feet OF spruce fir and hem
lock. has been bought by a paper com.
pany OF Portland
Seventeen thousand acres of beans
are now growing in the San Fernando
valley. California. Every man and
team in the valley has been at work
every hour Of the day preparing tho
soil Ten sacks OF beans an acre is a
conservative estimate, which will give
q total crop Of 100000 pounds, IS
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SOUTH CAROLINA TOBACCO
MARKETS HAVE OPENED UP
PrfminEs and Other Firnt Offerings
Bring Unhenrd-Of Prices-Enger
Buyers Crowd Markets.

The South Carolina leaf tobacco mar
kets, always the first to start the
auctioneers to lecturing on the new
crops. have opened up. some of them
starting on the 18th and others fol-
lowing last week. Editor G. E.. Webb,
of the Southern Tobacco Journal, went
TO the Palmetto State to attend open
ing warehouse sales. He visited the
markets OF Florence, Hemingway,
Johnsonville and Timmonsville, and re-
ports in a general way as follows:
We were prepared to see. high prices,
but must confess we were not prepared
to see such an average as was obtained
on these opening sales. Common to-
baccos went out of sight. and mediums
also. We noticed a few piles Of a bet
ter grade ranging from 20 to "a cents
that were more reasonable, and which,
in our opinion. will go higher.
II will he remembered that one year
ago the average on opening sales in
South Carolina was about S1-2 cents
This year, SO far as we could see and
find out. the average went to about II
cents, or an increase OF at least 100
per cent. This is remarkable in
crease. 1t is a well-known fact that
the offerings on the South Carolina
opening sales consist of the lower
grades and first curings
Judging from prices last week. we
should say that the South Carolina
crop Will average from 90 to 25 cents.
provided excessive rains do not injure
the crop on the hill. We estimate that
the thirty markets which opened on
Thursday sold about $4,000 pounds
OF tobacco. at an average OF around
II cents. 1t is the opinion that the
State will produce this year not less
than 100000 pounds OF tobacco
The Henderson. n. c.. correspondent
of The Times Dispatch writes this
paper as follows: =.
South Carolina markets last week was
In the largest quantities and brought
the highest prices ever known in the
history of South Carolina markets, ac-
cording to reports brought hack here
by James I. Miller and c. B. Cheatham.
OF this city. members OF the firm OF
the j. l.. Taylor Co. who attended the
openings MIR. Miller said that the
average for all the markets in the
entire State was approximately IT
cents per pound, and that the opening
sales on Thursday totaled 100000
pounds. The price paid at the open
ing compares, II is said. with an ap-
proximate average Of ~ or 13 cents
for the entire season OF last year, and
a considerably smaller figure in 1915.
South Carolina's yield this year Mr..
Miller thinks, will be the greatest ever
first two days Of the season The
quality of the weed offered. virtually
all OF which was primings, has never
been of such a high grade at any open
ing of a season. II was declared. There
was a great demand on the part OF the
buyers. all Of whom seemed to have
orders in large volume.
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SOUTH'S VEGETABLES
Including Fruits Two Hundred Million
Dollars Worth Go North and
West Annually.

The South is furnishing annually
about $500. 100000 worth Of early vege-
tables, fruits. fish end oysters to the
North and West. without which these
sections would suffer a food famine.
especially for potatoes, onions, citrus
fruits. peaches. apples and other prod
ucts," is the statement made by the
manufacturers Record in this weeks
issue. based on reports compiled
through the cooperation OF the rail-
road officials OF the South.
The Record shows that one Southern
road alone handled $4,000 carloads of
vegetables and fruits originating on
It's line. while the total traffic Of this
kind shipped from tho South to the
North and West amounts annually to
about 100000 carloads, or over 3,00o,-
600 tons. and at low valuation it is
estimated that the aggregate is over
$500. 100000.
The extent OF the potato indus
try Is indicated in shipments from
the Charleston section of over $4,000. :
600 worth OF potatoes this year, while
Florida shipped a still larger amount.
and the aggregate shipments from Vir-
ginia will reach about 4,o0o,oO0 bar
rels. worth to the growers about So0,-
100000 On one day In July SIS car
loads OF potatoes were shipped from
Virginia to the North and West The
total shipments of potatoes in the
United States on that day was s3s
carloads, and OF this amount all but
81 carloads originated in the South, and
OF these 81 carloads produced in other
sections % were from the Pacific
coast
In addition to these enormous ship
ments OF vegetables and fruits, the
South, from the Chesapeake Bay to
Texas. furnishes the bulk of the oys-
tiers consumed in the West and large
proportion of the fish
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pursuits. and in this respect, at least.
tho world may be the wiser and tho
better of in industrial ways for hav-
ing he'd tho great war.
A STORY TOLD IN FIGURES;
RAISE MORE, BUY LESS CORN
No Good Reason Why south Cannot
Equal the West In Milking
Creamery Butter.

A statement recently Issued by the
North Carolina Agricultural Extension
Service. showing the prices paid by
merchants for farm products in some
OF the leading> towns Of that State.
corn as ranging from S1.75 at Winston
Sslem, the lowest price quoted. to So
per bushel at Greenviile, the highest
quoted, the general range being from
$3.50 TO $1.s0 per bushel Other farm
products are quoted at prices some-
what commensurate with these high
figures.
In commenting on the above and
other interesting facts brought out by
the statement. the Manufacturers
Record, breaches a little sermon as
follows:
"ln the past It, has been considered
that about 81 per bushel was good,
high figure for Southern corn buyers
to have to pay. but these prices are
almost double that. and indicate the
extremely high cost OF producing this
years cotton crop by all farmers who
have to purchase their grain supplies.
They indicate also the necessity Of
raising in the South the largest pos
sible crops OF corn. beans, cowpeas,
potatoes and vegetables generally.
The soy beans are quoted in this price
report as selling at from 81 to $3.50,
and cowpeas from SECS to SO per
bushel.
One interesting but unfortunate
fact is brought out that Western
creamery butter sells at very much
higher price than the creamery butter
produced locally. For instance, West
ern creamery butter was bringing in
Asheville last week 65 cents a pound,
while North Carolina creamery but
ter commanded only Al cents In
Charlotte there was difference OF S
cents; in Durham. 10 cents. while at
Fayetteville and Lumberton prices
were the same. With the ADVANTAGES
OF North Carolina for dalrying, that
State ought to be able I. produce as
good butter as any part of tho West,
and it should be so made and so packed
that 1t will command as high prices
rs Western butter.
What is true in North Carolina as
to the prices OF corn and beans and
butter and other things Is true to a
large extent in the entire South"
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ALL ABOUT IN VIRGINIA
Industrial Notes-Portsmoutht to HIVE
sky-scrnrer-work Commenced. In
TnPpnhnnnock's Burned District

Work has been commenced on the
naval hospital on the jamestown Ex-
position grounds to be used in con-
nection with the naval operation base.
Hampton Roads.
The work OF rebuilding In the
burned district OF Tappahannock has
heen commenced. G. N Anderson's
new store 100 by Sc feet being the first
to get under way
The Norfolk and Western Railway
Is building an up-to-date freight and
passenger station at Graham Sheds
to cover the tracks will also be erected
The Texas Company (oiD has let the
contract to Norfolk concern to build
sky-scrapper office building in
Portsmouth 1t will be a twelve-story
nreproof building with stores on the
ground floor and Offices above. Tho
cost Will be not less than $4,000
The United States government pro-
poses TO erect at once a building on
the Langley field near Hampton to be
used as research laboratory for
aeronautics
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
has let the contract for the Immediate
extension Of the roundhouse facilities
in It's Fulton yards. The cost OF the
extension will be about $4,000.
Two new stores with modern equip-
ment are being built in Herndon by
Washington contractors for A. T.
Walker
The Norfolk and Western Railway
proposes to erect mammoth power
mouse for the automatic signals which
are now being installed on the main
line between Radford and Bristol.
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Happiness Again in Pulaski.

DUBLIN. VA. July 21.-The fierce
drought In this section has been
broken. and while a good deal more
rain is needed yet. for the present
pastures. corn and gardens have been
amazingly helped, and the dry ponds
again afford water.
The threshinG machine is putting the
wheat crop pessimists in bad. A mum
Der of yields of from twenty to forty
bushels per acre are reported. and the
crop generally is yielding 25 to 100
per cent better than expected.
The last shipment of lambs has been
made. and. though the number was
about a third less than last year. vet
the aggregate money received for them
was about the same. To the credit Of
the generous buyers. be 1t said, many
Of them paid much over the contract
price. one Arm paying on a single
shipment $500 more.
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Give "California Syrup of Figso
ut once II bilious or
constipated.

Look at the tongue. mother. II
coated. 1t Is a sure sign that your lit
tie ones stomach. liver and bowels
need a gentle. thorough cleansing at
once.
When peevish. cross. listless. pale,
doesn't sleep. doesn't eat or act natur-
ally. or is feverish. stomach sour,
breath bad: has stomach ache, sore
throat. diarrhoea, .ull OF cold. give a
teaspoonful Of California Syrup OF
Figs" and In a few hours all the foul,
constipated waste. undigested food
and sour bile gently moves out Of tho
little bowels without gripping, and you
have well. playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children to
take this harmless fruit Iaxative";
they love It's delicious taste. and Il
always makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent
bottle Of California Syrup of Figs"
which has directions for babies, chill.
dren OF all ages and for grown-ups
plainly on the bottle. Beware OF coun-
terfeits sold here To be sure you get
the genuine. ask to see that II is made
by California Fig Syrup Company"
Refuse any other kind with contempt.
Adv.
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Richmond House In the bidding.

ALTAvISTA. VA. July 2l.-The
school board has closed all OF the con-
tracts for the immediate erection Of
Altavista's improved school building
and equipment. 4 Lynchburg con-
Germ gets the contract for tho $4,000
building, an Altavista house the con-
tract for the $4,000 hot-water and
heating equipment. and the Virginia
School Supply Company, Of Richmond,
for the school furniture, black
boards, etc. :.
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virginia and Carolina Con,,,, ,

WILMINGTON. y. c.. July 21.-Vir.
gina and North Carolina capital has
joined In to establish a large enter.
PRISE at Ocean Fisheries. near here.
me company will be known as the
or with $4,000 capital stock sub.
scribed. Brooke Taylor. Of Norfolk.
heads the Norfolk capitalists, and d.
\. Chadwick, the Wilmington contIn-
gent interested In the industry.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-07
HOLLAND LETTER
The Biggest Daily
Financial News Feature of
the Country's Best Newspapers

Between mid-June and the first of
September. the American people have
paid for 5000, 10000 of liberty bonds.
The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr
McAdoo, in speaking of these pay
ments said that much of them reflect
ed utilization OF credit. While that
statement Is regarded by bankers as
correct, nevertheless sooner or later
the actual cash reflected by these cred
its must either be paid into the Fed
eral Treasury or paid out of It.
WHAT is regarded as a striking fea-
ture of the placing Of this loan out
side of the rapidity with which it was
subscribed Is the fact that it occa-
stoned not a visible ripple in the
money market although it did un-
doubtedly affect banking operations.
Nevertheless at the time this loan was
under subscription our bankers lent
Canada 800, 1000, 900 and the Canadian
offering was rapidly absorbed by banks
and by investment. So also by means
of private banking operations. short
time British notes issued weekly, ag-
gregating each week s15,O0o,OO0 and to
aggregate $70,000,0 900 were discounted
by American bankers. Furthermore
they marketed a large loan issued by
New York City and on the day Of the
final payment to the first liberty loan,
s., 900, represented by one-year
notes issued by a railroad company,
were sold almost upon the instant.
Perhaps one reason for this rapid sale
as well as the easy marketing OF
other notes and loans is to be found
in the attractive terms. But this,
bankers say. does no more than prove
that there are ample funds eagerly
awaiting investment provided the
rates are favorable and the issue of
securities is for a short time.
In tho statement issued by Charles
NJ Schwab, president of the Bethle-
hem Steel Company, in which he
gives clear and what are spoken of
as satisfactory reasons for new
financing whereby the company can
secure millions of fresh capital. there
occurs one paragraph to which at
tention has been frequently called.
Mr.. Schwab intimates that one of
the reasons why the securing of
fresh capital is imperative is to be
found in the large payments the
company is compelled to make and
will hereafter be obliged to make
on account of Federal taxes. In
other words, this corporation is now
paying or will soon be obliged to
pay so many millions to the govern
ment in the form of taxes that it is
necessary to secure new capital. 1t
may be that this will be the expert
ence of some other corporations. so
that the payment of very heavy war
taxes will be represented by increas-
ed capitalization or increased bond
obligations issued by various corpo-
rations.
Bankers while commenting upon
The Washington herald., 1917-09-07
The Commissionership.

President Wilson has delayed in
naming the successor to the Commits
sionership made vacant by the resig-
nation Of Maj. Oliver Newman.
While the position is one that should
be filled without delay there is an ele-
ment in the delay. that should make
the people of Washington thankful.
For the delay means that the Presi-
dent is probably giving more con-
sideration to the wishes of the peo-
pie of the District.
A week or so ago there was a gen.
eral impression going the rounds that
the President had already made his
decision and that his appointee would
be someone who could hardly claim to
be a citizen OF the District.
II the President is really reconsider
ing such radical move, we will net
be impatient at the delay.
AS far as a candidate is concerned
The Washington Herald has none to
put forward, but we will heartily sup
port any man from the District whom
the President might name. And we
know that the best interests OF the
city will be protected by the naming
of local man.
There is certainly enough material
in the District for the President to
choose from, and appointing a man
from some other part of the country
is like taking a man from Chicago
and making him the mayor Of New
York City.
We trust that the appointment will
soon be made, but the delay is par
donable If It will lead the President
to make the logical and most advan-
tageous appointment.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-07

vious Instructions. The necessity for
training troops at night to ensure
thorough coordination Of units during
darkness will not be overlooked
Surg. Gen. W. c. Braistcd, L. 5. n,
has announced that on Sept. Il, at
each Of eighteen naval hospitals
throughout the country, the Bureau
will conduct examinations to I'LL sixty
eight vacancies in the grade of as
sistant surgeon in the navy. This IN
crease is in the permanent establish
ment; and WAS authorized automat-
ica1y under the statute with the in
crease Of the naval personnel. The
candidates. 100 in number, are men,
bers OF the Naval Medical Oficers' Re-
serve Corps; and they will be selected
for promotion in order TO merit as
determined by this examination. While
the examinations will be conducted
in all parts of the United States, the
papers will be passed upon by board
of examiners in the department at
Washington. 1t is expected that most
of the candidates who are not selected
will receive temporary appointments
for the duration of the war They
will receive commissions as lieuten-
ants. Junior grade, with the pay and
allowances of that rank. Under the
same law there are now twenty-one
vacancies in the Dental Corps, to be
The Washington herald., 1917-09-07
Dead as a Door Nail.

1t Is nearing a month since Pope
Benedict sent his peace dove out into
the blue, and Germany, which has
been watching the wheelings of the
bird with feverish eagerness ever
since 1t breasted the heavens in Rome,
remains silent. There is no word yet
from the Berlin foreign Office.
Is this to be taken as an indica-
tion that Berlin bitterly knows that
peace, 1917 model" Is dead as last
years fashions, or Is 1t merely a
hiatus befbre a new waving of the
olive branch? We hear Herr Heyde-
brand. of the Reichstag. predicting
that peace will come before the year
is out. Does he base this prophecy
on renewed German hope in the sub
marine, on the collapse of Russia, or
Of general war-weariness among the
allies? Anyone Of these premises is
rather far-fetched to any rational or
unprejudiced mind. The allies are
going to fight until they make a
mighty bid for a decision. That final
bid may come next summer. or 1t
may be postponed until 1919. But un-
less the masters of Germany are liv-
ing on a hectic, fhlse, unreal mental
level, they cannot possibly believe
that there is any hope of peace with
in the next twelve months-unless
they are willing to meet the enemy's
terms, and that apparently they are
not.
The Socialist organ vorwaerts pre-
diets that the fall of Riga is merely
premonitory to other and greater mill
tary eyents-possibly meaning the fall
Of Petrograd. But all the allied mill
tary strategists willingly concede that
Germany can take Petrograd II she
desires, without having advanced a
single inch in her efforts to put Rus
sia out Of the war. Before Petro-
grad Is captured, winter will be fair
ly on the way and the Germans will
then know what II means to hold the
enemy's capital under conditions
which will cost them dearly in life
and treasure. In the meantime really
substantial progIss in effectins the,