Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-25
VIEWS AND NEAR-VlEWS;
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
New Kind of Guncotton-Flush Times
In Prince Observation-Disclosures
From Peanuts.

that y Wild Hover THAI grows pretty
much AL over the United states. and
known as the "cat-tail.' Is likely 70
come into great value. and Uncle Sam
viii be 4 big customer for IL. \ Colo
RADIO man named Goard has discovered
that the Cat-tail has a bulb carrying
u pint or more OF 4 silky substance
that is good or better for making
| Euncouou explosives than cotton itself
and that il will surely come into use.
SO that all the cotton may be used for
clothing. etc. 1t seems that the Ger
! mans have already discovered this sub
I Stitutc. Several weeks ago the Manu-
+. facturcrs' Record stated on good au-
thority that Germany was depending
TO considerable extent upon cat-tails
I in place of cotton In the manufacture
of explosives. The cat-iails grow lux
uriantiy i'll Virginia. and no use has
ever been found for them. but sooner
or later some use will be found for
everything that Virginia grows
| The Farmville correspondent OF the
James River Clarion briefly tells Of
/ flush times in Prince Edward County
and Whereabouts. He writes:
| Its good TO talk with farmers in
/ these days. Ono OF them said TO me,
came 10 market with 4 little scrap
tobacco. for which expected TO get
a few dollars. and to my surprise got
S62 ana Il fraction. Another told me- i
have full supplies for my family for
u year and good surplus for the allies
sun another. who was down and out
a year ago, is now on his fee: again
having sold $1,000 worth Of tobacco.
~ buckingham farmer came to
farinHitlc with load Of tobacco and
carried back home. or rather deposited
| IN bank. $500. the proceeds of the sale
Three coicred farmers in Prince Ed
ward VIII sell this season from 5000
10 $l,2eo worth of tobacco. y leading
white farmer OF the county sold /. 300
bushels Of wheat at s2.2O a hushel will
sell S2.'Vo OF tobacco and is fattcning
pen OF sixty hogs. The list could
be continued, but this will show that
the farmers are no slackers. bu, earn
est workers.
prominent New York banker the
other day told this story 10 the Wan
Street Journal: y boy fresh from high
school. the banker soon discovered. hld
bent for mechanics and was some
what Indifferent; 10 financial affairs.
one day the DO? said 10 his employer:
y hrhl which is making shells for the
government has offered me = position
me salary is So a week 70 star,
cannot give YOU tho best tia; is in m.
so am going TO leave" The boy be-
came 4 holper With tho mum ions Arm.
re studied shells. And in his spar,
,imc he also studied machinery. In
80" = Hlcntn he mad been as
S'Sheo 10 q machine and his wages had
hcen aGvarced 10 $50 =. week. H. yay,d
enough IN seven months 10 enter coli,c.
'IC axe 1p course in mechanical!
tns!neerinE. The lesson is sale 10
""hH' /! You w'cI!n succeed !ooh for
ne "rS' u: others AID give he bcs;
YOU can.
IN Dallas. Texas. . compan,. is being
,Ee1 Win capital stock CT ST..
:" huil! large plant FOR ;he
NAM ,actnre Of PEANUT oil ana various
E-HErducts from the COOLERS ,hAsa
- .tt.i!4e Nol!, peanut butter. p..rr.
90 cnHlcoCad, peanu, meal and cats
- --"e-eai kinds o: livestock feed,
- 80 @C"!.'afE 10 this central manu-
- .hE p-a7t ihe company vii! LlI,la
80 ,Svs TO De located al different,
...S u! ne State and - be used TO-
scr ns ne peaau;>
Il! FSinia. where the bes, ne.,,.
- ne co2H;Ty grow, We JUS, 80.
..''.''' clean them in so-Ca.l.d 49,.
,-eiories and sell them. Thev a.. 80
"a, |2ea out O! ne State. Yhe.. es,at
rs ire That proposed for D.I.
49,, ne! -. ;i things out o: hen
80 se' al o: the Trimmings ann 49,.
me world for such a plant ,hu1 So "a
;"ond, Let's have it. ''''' zen
IN ordinary years cotton ah,y. g,
.@h'S a POUND wouG Great. a
n1t no" II is hardly nofIc.a
-. ".ek ~ New York !; maGc
;LH'' O 90 points and lanaed &C.,
- ~. cents. or $1,000 A
-, H.'ef befos: In ;he forty vea,s
he e%!sienc" Of The New YoyE O..
Ion Exchange has THIS 49," %
vgua!ec P''Ie been