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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-25

sons sons seem actually to believe that
Others apparently think that agri-
cultural machinery is now so per
man. sitting on a fence. can raise
bumper crops from Il thousand acres
OF land by simply whistIing to his
magic plows. Sewers. rcapcrs and
fertilizers! There is no greater hu-
man folly than the cry, which is
now virtually raised by millions Of
voices: "lio for the joys of the city.
Machines and irrigating bitches viii
take care of the land"
Bcnutics OF Equatorial Life.
~ the close OF MS dciightfui book.
The Naturalist on the River ANA
IONS" Henry Bates wrote: 81 hold to
the opinion that. although humanity
can reach an advanced state OF cul-
turc only by battling with the inclcm-
cncies Of nature in high Attitudes il
Is unacr the equator alone thar the
perfect race Of the future will at
tain 10 complete fruit.on OF mans
beautiful heritage. the earth
Yes. under the equator nature re-
CURES almost no assistance TO en-
able her 10 supply the wants or the
simple. haif-clothed. or unclothcd. in
habitants, among whom society life is
team idylc. Bu, the tropical lands
and islands form only a broken belt
around the waist Of the globe. and
when mankind. following Batcs's
uEtdH, gathers in'Tc enjoy It's
heritage there VIII have to be :,
terrible wecdinE-out to reduce It's
numbers to correspondence with the
extent OF territory TO be occupied,
After all. the promises OF chemistry
and invention are more likely to be
fulfilled in. the temperate zones than
is the Turing hope inspired by the
equatorial sun. But no man can
yet distinctly foresec the time when
mans brains Will lift tho burden OF
labor from his hands. That burden
becomes perccptibly lighter from de-
cade TO decade. but still. in our time.
the decree holds good which the Lord
God Is said TO have uttered when
the first man was sent forth from
the Garden of Eden to till the ground
from whence he was taken
Advice to individuals is ticklish
and insure thing. but to multltudes
now Hooking. nay. rushing bli.dly in
to the great. struggling ccntcrs OF
population, l do not hesitate TO say:
beware, Think we'll what you arc
doing before you cut your self OF
from the direct nourishmcnt Of your
mother carths breast"
The farmer is the man who. lives
farther from the gaunt shadow OF
Giana Starvation's grim castle.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-25
LEAF TOBACCO SEASON HAS
OPEAED|N SOUTH CAROLINA
Richmondcrs Attend Salcs-Priccs
Two to Eight Dollars Higher
Than at Last Years Opening.

The long vacation of the leaf to-
bacco. dealers OF Virginia and the
Caro!imas Is about e: an end. and the
decp-iunsed leaf tobacco auc,ioncer
IS again heard in the land. that is.
1t WAS heard in all OF the South Caro-
.inc markets last week.
The palmetto state always starts
the ball in motion and this season
the beginning was little later than
usual All OF the markets there
opened for the season last Tuesday.
quite number OF Richmond leaf
buyers went down TO attend the open
ings. some 10 buy the bright leaf and
others merely To look on and see how
the tobacco season OF lo2Q-2l would
open up.
OnrrinrS Higher THAI LAST Ycnr.
The offerings on all of the markets
were largely Of the com'Doncr b"adcs
or the leaf. although here and there
usually the case. The leaf started off
In South Carolina higher than the
dealers had expected. the average be-
Ing from 81 TO IS per hundred higher
than AZ the opening last year. being
81 TO 81 higher on common goods and
- TO - higher on thu limited guam
titles of good to fine goods tina;
showed up.
Tuesday. the opening day. and there
vas some weakening for the remain
deg OF the week. However. the mar
kcis closed strong on Friday with
INC averages Wen IN advance OF thoSc
OF a gear ago. On one OF the larger
markets the average for the week
was SIS per hundred against an aver
age OF 81 last year. The farmers
were highly pleased with prices.
An the Big Houses Are buyers.
The offerings showed a rather large
proportion of what the dealers call
wet dog" o. soggy tobacco. but the
farmers always. rs Il rule. market
their poorest leaf and worst condi-
toned at the first OF the season
The tobaccos offered last week were
nixon mainly by the larEe comnanics.
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LARGE DEVELOPMENTS IN
LITTLE MOUNTAIN STATE
Ncw induStrini Center ON Itnnuwhu
H'cr-Tinibcr Getting In
trccnbrinr Counts

The Harding on and Gas COMPANY.
capital stock 100000. has been in
corporatcd At Charleston to bore for
OIL and gas in the Kanawha Valley.
The Fulton-kcnovA Mine Ca Com
pany has increased capitai stock from
$3.50. 900 to Sl.J0O.00O
West virginia capitalists have or
gan!zcd the Victor Coal Company
with Offices at I'inson Junction. Ky,
TO mine coal aioni; the West Virginia
Kentucky border.
Tho Union Flint Glass Company has
bccu Incorporated at star City and
VII establish glass factory there
The Love Coal and Coke Company
mas been Incorporated at Sh!nnston
with 100000 capital stock. has pur-
chased a large coal tract in Harrison
county. and viii install Il mining
p!ant and build atty or more miners
homes there.
The Spring Creek Lumber Company.
orEhnlzed by Ek!ns manufactured.
branch OF the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad in Grcenbricr County
The South Fork Goa! Company OF
Huntington. has increased capital
stock from 100000 20 100000 and
proposes TO enlarge its coal mining
operations in the kana"ha region
me Putnam development Co,nDanv
has been organized at putna:n-on-
kanawha with 100000 capital stock.
ana proposes TO develop - industrial
center there. having acquired 1000
acres OF Hand along kanawha River.
go acres OF which ~ reserved for in
dustr.al sites.
The Daniels Orchard Company has
been Incorporated at Morgantown
w!;n $4,000 capital stock
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HUMAN INTER VEN7YON NEEDED
TO GET MOST OUT OF SOIL
Man Pays Attention to Inventing Modern Machinery
for Manufacturing Purposes, but Thinks Little of
Doctoring Worn Out and Sick Land

Although | am not a farmer.
thank my stars was born on Il
iarm-an Old-fashioncd New York
farm. in the days OF pumpkin pics
ana milk. husking- bees and home
made maple sugar. was boy
farmer for short space OF time.
which was. Imagine. less run than
being boy scout. not because the
WORK WAS harder, but because IL was
not presented In the guise OF play
III 1t had been, l might have ac-
CURED unconsciously mastering
!onuneSs for the occupation OF agri-
culture that would have kept me
at 1t in good earnest. What / did
acquire for that occupation. however,
was Il great respect. which has re-
manned with me all my days. together
cDmpensations and independence
which has caused me always TO cham
plon the farmer and the farmer
life.
Sow, in view Of what / shall say
little further on. some reader may
come at me with the sarcasm: WIZ.
didn't you make farming your own
business. II YOU think il is SO good
for others" Many persons mistake
this for argument. but the ~ quo
que style of r!pOste never touches the
heart OF a. discussion. What L am
abou; 10 say | am personally con-
not becoming a farmer do not in The
least affect the matter.
ldcns of Mrn Change.
II | had been able to see things
when boy as see them now: or
II the circumstances OF that time
had been those Of this hour. pos
sibly should never have lief, the
old farm.
The. plaincst truth is frequently
the on. that people are the most
unwilling to see. Its very c!earncas
is irritating TO those who do not
like il. One OF the plaincst truths
OF today is the fact that. while the
millions OF the carth's inha bitan;s
are dependent .or life upon the pro-
duets Of the carth's soil. and while
those mlil!onG are constantly, and in
!nany places rapidly. increasing in
number. :hc total production OF the
fuel Of life from the soil tends TO ue-
crease.
The soil Will not produce food CT
feciivciy. and with increasing album
dance, without human Intervention.
This Intervention cannot be supplied
CAT least not YETI. In the absence OF
human hands. Invention has gone
!a- toward rcleaa!ng men from toll.
and toward stimulating the produce
tive forces OF nature, but inventive
genius. up 10 the present day. has
chimes and methods for Increasing
tn" production OF such things as
clothes. adornmcnts. cOnvcniences OF
all sorts. manufactures partly use
ful and largely luxurious than with
tn. means OF getting more proven
der OUT OF the only source OF pro-
vcndcr-thc ground
what chemistry might do TO feed
mankind that some thouyhtless pcr-
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vision OF representatives OF the
Louisiana State Department of Edu-
cation. Each boy is allowed mini
mum OF $3.50 ns expense money.
The itinerary will include visits to
Chicago ana Champaign. III: Wau-
kcSha. Fort Atkinson. GAINESVILLE.
Madison and Monroe. Wis: Waterloo.
Webster City, Amcs and Des Moines.
Iowa. and probably points in Mis-
; from Baton Rouge. La.
Various methods were used In Sc
Letting the boys to represent the
numerous communities. Some come
as leaders of club work. others as
boys picked for their ability to learn
quickly and for their interest in
farming. \ majority OF them will!
represent the newly developing por-
lions of the State. wnere diversified
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THREE

agriculture Is making headway
growing nothing but cotton. Fst5-
This portion OF the state, known 40.
the Delta comprising 5000 square
miles. is region bordering tho Mis-
from deposits. IT has been protected
from overflow BY ievces along tho
river and drained by canals and
bitches. 80 that II Is making great
ton.
1t is to further its development
that the boys are given special In
struction In general farming. the
states leading mon realizing that a
good foundation built by the boys
themselves will mean much In future
efforts TO "uncrown King Cotton" and
grow foods as we'll as cotton
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LOUISIANA FARM BOYS TO
TOUR NORTHWEST STATES
Youngsters VIII study Improved
Farming and Development
ixr

MEMPHIS, TENN. July 2i.-To OBJ
tain new ideas and instruction in
modern agricultural methods and
livestock raising. 2o5 farm boys
from the state of Louisiana will visit
Illinois. Wisconsin, Iowa and other
Mid West states in August travelling
at the expense OF their respective
communities. They will have a splcn-
did train fitted up especially for their
comfort and convenience.
INC tour will be under tho suner-
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TO Save Fruits and Vegetables.

NEWTON. =. z, July ia COM
pany is being organized here. the
Ifoliinrsworth Mercantile Company
PEI the prineipai pariies behind
diatcly a large fruit canning and
vinegar making plant. Thousands OF
dollars worth of fruit and vegcta blc.s
grown In this immediate section go
to waste every year for the lack of
a nearby plant to put them up for
future sale and use.
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Moro Money for Norrols Yard.

NORFOLK. VA. July 2i.-The Blu
rcau o! Yards and Docks Of the Navy
Department has accepted the plans
Warehouse at the Navy Yard ana bid
for it's construction VIII be asked FOR
at an early date.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-09-04

The Only Flour Made i'm Duluth

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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-31
TWO CANADIAN
TOWNS BURNED

ST. JOHN, N. r.. May 3O.-one-half
the residents OF ST. Quentin. y. B., har-
ing population OF approximately T.
900, were homeless tonight, as the result
of a forest fire which swept through the
village Saturday. The property dam.
age IS estimated between s75O,00o and
81. GOO. 900.
There was no loss OF life reported.
The forest fires have been raging OH
crown lands in Reistigouche county for
the last ten days. Famed by strong
wind. burning embers were swept into
the lumber mil yards OF G.. l.. Michud
and the, first blaze in ST. Quentin started
there.
The fire quickly spread beyond con-
troll and when il had exhausted itself.
sixty-hve dwellings. three mills. two
hotels. the Canadian National railway
station, the Provincial bank and many
business places were in ruins.
Relief trains have been despatched
from St. Leonards and Completion. to
bring out the homeless.
Resides the destruction of homes and
business property. there was heavy loss
in manufactured lumber
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-31
BELLAIRE NEWS



Tne Wheeling & Lake Erie oaseoa II
team Of Nefrs lost its first game or the
season yesterday afternoon at Plncn
Run TO the fast Florence Athletic cruz
: Of this city The score was TO l. Pre,
vious to this game the Netr team had
gnrnered tive straight Victories this
season. Walter Patterson did the Twill
ing for the Florence team. 49,,
The tyo teams clash in double Oil
today al Nefrs. one game being SEIZED
uled for morning and the other IN the
afternoon.
-. veteran For onics.
s Lawrence Imhoff. Of Barton. has filed
n petition with the Deputy Supervisors
ofrice OF clerk OF courts. lmhoff Is a
Democrat. He is a veteran or the World
I War and served in France where he was
severely wounded. His opponent, on the
ton will be Bert Bumgardner. the pres
! ent clerk Of courts.
Carnegie Team Won
The baseball team OF the Carnegie
! steel works plant OF this city selected
! from the office force. won another bat
, lie Saturday afternoon. downing the
!, IA 81 National Tube team by the score or
$40 to 4. The game was played at the
Carnegie diamond here and was w.t.
messed by FPS big s T.Sss " lan''
s The newly organized baseball team OF
, Klbe downed team from the Sellaire
. Enamel plant yesterday afternoon al
the Klee diamond. The final score was
to ?, A large crowd OF fans saw the
Glencoe Team won.
, The fast Shadyside ba ball team was
, beaten yesterday by the team from Glen
, final score was 10 3. Mazeila and
Thornton formed the battery for the VIC
torious team and for Shadyside Camp
bell did the twirltns and Lovejoy was
/. Team TO sznithasld.
: The Central Athletic Club baseball
Y team OF this city. will go TO Smtthfield
= Jefferson county this evening for two
games With the fast teams sa, or Shss place
The local team went TO Fatrmont yes
I terday for a game with the fast team
of that place.
:, The st. Johns baseball team Of this
city won another game yesterday ar
ternoon and gave the fast Allan club
team OF Benwood. severe druooing
Tho game was played at tho Sixteenth
Johns %: Allan club ;. Neimlc and
Reilly formed the battery for the locals.
Local hoy Scorss-
Z Walter W. Anderson Of this city. the
star two mile runner Of the Ohio state
University track team. was the winner
In the two mile run OF the Ohio state
Michigan meet Saturday. Anderson
made the two miles In the fast time OF
nine minutes and 65 seconds. He passed
Maynard OF the Michigan team In the
last a20 yards and ketp the lead until
the finish. The meet was held at De-
troit. state lost by the score OF 81 TO
NO verdict Yet.
Although Coroner John R Wyatt. OF
South Bellairo, has conducted tho In
GUEST into the death OF Sam Zaterel. for
{ eiKner. who was stabbed in an alterca-
4 hon at Pinch Run q week ago yesterday
ne has not yet rendered a verdict. The
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-31
HOLD ExA1uNAT1oNS 1o1
Yo1X11H AID YH1 900o11

Special to The IntelliEenccr.
MORGANTOWN. w. Va. May 3o.-
From Inquiries which. have come to
Prof. A. 6. Callen; who IS ~ charge OF
the short course in coal mining to DO
given at the West Virginia University
from June 81 to July 81. 1t appears that
many men are hesitatinE about enroll
ing for this course because they rear
that the state department OF mines VIII
not hold an examination for ming Tore
man and fIreboss certificates 1t the
close OF the course.
1t is true that Morsantown was not
listed on the poster announcing me
dates for state examinations, but this
was because the exact date Of the ex-
animation at MorRantown had not been
decided on. Chief r. II. Lambie has
now announced that an examination ioY
mine foreman and fireboss certificate;
two DAYS OF the shor; course. July sc
and 81. for the special benefit Of the
short course students. This announce
mcnt should set at rest all uncertainty
regarding the examination for certifi'
Gates.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-31
MIRA Mary Dolan.

A. The family resIdence M. Ut "'I
,oan,b street on Sunday morning al ~
o cSe%tT occurred the death Of Mrs May
Doian, widow of the late John n D,iaa
alter a lingering illness or c",np,'ca.
tIons. Mrs. Dolan was IN her "',m ;H,e,S
OF age ana was ~
' The deceased is survived by inc ta,,s ,[o'
lowing: William. l.u"r" ana ,'r.'T NJ.
a; home: John. Of W. Air%nnn I "a,
chsel Of Elm Grove; Mrs. FraEH ,'T Tpi.,s-
bine OF Beaver Fails; Berna' u
burg and James OF this city.
The services will be held AT me ,i re-
Reouiem high mass at St L2sepn :
cathedral at $40 o'clock. tF I r,rr
sncctfullv invited to attend. l"'er'''"'
nj Mount calvary Cemeclr9'
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-31
Soldiers Bonus Bill
Doomed to Long Sleep

. WASHINGTON. May 3O.-The soldier
bonus bill. passed by the house yestcr-
day 2S9 TO 80, will be received tomor,
row by the senate. The measure Will
follow the usual course and be referred
TO a committee.
Inasmuch as recess and. possibly,
nd journment. will be taken by congress
Saturday until after the political con,
vcntlons. the bonus bill seems doomed
10 long srep in the senate committee
If a recess Is taken leaders do not con-
template recovering until about Sep
TENDER l. Some senator's are quite frank
In saying that the bill will never gel
any further and that tomorrow's refer
cnce to 4 committee will in fact be an
"internment." ~
Opposition to soldier relief has been
more pronounced in the senate than IN
the house where yesterdays vote showed
only 40 Republicans and So Depocrats
recorded against the measure. TAX
provisions of the. bill are considered
particularly od!ous by a number Of MEM
bcrs Of the senate.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-31
NOTED LAWYER DEAD.
Colonel Alexander samus. Bacon Passs'
Away After Extended Illness.

NEW YORK. May 3o.-The death OF
Colonel Alexander Samuel Bacon, law
yer, soldier and for more than thirty
five years identified with Brooklyn pol
itics. was announced to-day He was
borr in Jack3on. Mich. In 1858.
Colonel Bacon became Ill In London
last autumn. while abroad in the inter-
asst Of clients and on his return to the
United States. complications set In
thet kent him in n hospital for several
weeks. He was graduated from West
Point in 1875, but resigned TO study
law after two years OF regular army
service. --,,,
At various times he had been affili-
atcd with the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties. the Independent League
and the American party. He was elect
ed to the state legislature as a Repuo-
lican in 1877. but left that party after
a controversy with Thomas c. PIatt:
growing out Of an investigation Of
municipal conditions in Brooklyn by
legislative committee OF which he was
chairman, He was a bitter critic and
opponent Of Theodore Roosevelt.
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inquest was held late Saturday. Police
have no; yet been able to locate Pas
Qualo Ropelli wanted in connection with
the murder.
High OFFICER Here
Edwin J. Schanfarber, Of Columbus.
B.. attended the Bnai Birth lodge
meeting here yesterday afternoon and
gave an interesting talk. The meeting
was in the Odd Fellow hall Jacob
Wetzer and NJ. Hlrsch. who attended
the district convention recently at Day
ton, submitted their reports.
Memorial Day.
Memorial Day will be observed in Bel
laire today. Graves Of veterans Will be
decorated and services will be held at
the river by the Woman's Relief Corps
Members OF the G. A. r.. the Womans
Relief Corps and veterans OF the World
War will go to the cemetery in autos to
decorate the graves and hold exercises.
Tho services at the river will follow:
All persons who can are invited TO do
nate their autos for the occasion. Peo-
pie are also asked to decorate their
homes with Old Glory.
Special Memorial services for the G.
A. r. were held at the South Bellaire NJ.
E. church last night and Rev. George w.
Byrnes delivered an interesting address.
B6liaire Briefs.
Bob Gordon. local areVpIane man, ana
Ralph Nicholson are spending Few
days in the east.
Albert It'd" Heatherington. former
well known local man, Is spending a few
DAYS here. He is from Akron now.
Mr. and Mrs. George RunncN. or
Pittsburgh. are here 10 spend rev
days with friends
John Walchli has gone 10 Massillon
to spend Memorial Day with relatives
Flags were placed on graves or Civh
War veterans and veterans OF the late
World War at the local cemeteries yes
terday
Alex Mayer. aged SIS years. Is Hat
his home on Belmont street.
Lou Finkle. OF Cleveland. Is spending
a few days with friends in this city
Mrs. Olive Cooper and daughter. Miss
Irene, of Cleveland. arc here for Few
days visit with friends.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-31
GOVERNOR NAMES
NE|GHBORS' DAY

Governor John ]. Cornwcll has issued
a proclamation naming Saturday. June
18th as Neighhors Day, in pursuance of
a resolution passed at a national con-
ference in Washington. n. c.. not long
since. when five hundred delegates from
thirty-thrce states agreed to request
governors Of all states 10 set aside this
day for community gatherings To estah-
lish q spirit of fricndlincss and helpful
ness throughout the entire land.
Governor Cornwcll. in his proclama-
ton, asks that Rotary. Klwanis and
Women's clubs. Chambers on Commerce
and Labor and Fraternal organizations
Join in making the movement success.
II IL stated that chief executives Of all
states have Joined in the sir!t and the
celebration will become countrywide
affair
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-31
Noyes Resigns From the
Rhine|and Commission

PARIS. May 3o.-Pierpont b. Noyes.
American member~cf the inter-allted
Rhneland commission has resi- ned that
post and his resignation has been &C.
cepted In Washington. II was stated mere
today. All his powers Will be taken
over by Major General Henry T. Allied,
commander in chief Of the American
army OF occupation who will continue
likewise in military authority.
This will give the United states
single presentation in both civil and
military affairs In the Rhineland. =
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-31
william Happy, /,

William Happy. we'll known r'sidrnt
Of Elm Grove, died sunday morning az
lOi5 o'clock at the North wheeling
hospital following a, short illness n o.
considerations The deceased sp+n' ms
entire life in this city. and several
Years ago moved from his home In Fnl-
ION out on Big Wheeling creek. lie
was in his hfty-ffth year Of age. ne
Sides his wife he Is survived by one
laughter and several relatives.
Funeral services will he held We'd
ncsday morning at O'CLOCK AT ;he
hcmc Of his brother-in-la law. RIcharn n
stein No, gao National road. Fulton
T"nmiem high mass will y, offered at
s. Josceph's cathedral at $40 o'clock;
in;rTmcn! will he made in GREENWOOD
cemetery,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-31
RAILROADERS meet
Ionr ssssion Xsld Last 1vsn1a( st 1hs
Ohio valley Trades ana LABOR
Assembly IAN

A meeting OF the railroad men EN-.
ployed in tie various branches OF the
service. OF the roads operating into the
local district was held last night. iasl-
at the O. v. T. & L. 4. hall, but no word
was gwen out relative TO the action
taken by the men.
However. It Is understood that they
We're not al all in favor II the delay OF
the board relative 20 the wage scale and
some heated speeches are said to have
been made. It Is the second meeting
held by the men during the past week