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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25
IN A CONE BACK
Livestock Industry Improved.
the Santa Fe Reports.
Survey Finds Southwest Due for
BOOm-Rain Helps.

The livestock industry of the south
west, which hit the bottom" last fall,
Is staging n comeback, according to
a survey made by the Santa Fe rail-
roads agricultural and industrial de-
Yelopment publication, The Earth,
and with the heavy rain this week, the
Improvement will be ever more
marked. u. F. farrell, the editor as
serts.
-Stoekmen. the reports show. are
feeling much better than they did six
months ago, because a mild winter
has helped the situation immensely.
Range cattle are in better condition
than they have been at any time of
year for a decade or longer. and
many farmers are investing in dairy
cattle.
BuiIdiug Boom Is On.
Most localities in Santa Fe states
are experiencing something of build
ing boom. which has made a notice
able Improvement in business, the
survey shows. A good many home
seekers and other investors are in
vestigating agricultural and Industrial
opportunities in Kansas and other
states in the southwest, which the
Santa Fe management regards as an
encourag ing indication.
Since the announcement that the
company would spend $43,0O0,O0O this
year in Improvements. the volume OF
Inquiries about opportunities has
shown a marked increase. This is
especially true with reference TO
Grant and Stanton counties, thru
which the Santa F'e will build branch
line this spring.
Rain Gives Promise of Crop.
The extensive wheat areas of KanT
eas Oklahoma and the Texas PAM
handle having had soaking rains with
in a week. promise good yields for
1922. according to the survey Lit
lie damage was done by the dry
weather in the fall and early part of
the winter. altho there was slight dam
ag, in spots caused by high winds the
first two weeks of February. The fall
wheat acreage in Santa Fe states is
heavier than that of last year.
The Santa Fe states OF California,
Arizona. New Mexico, Texas and
Louisiana are well along with their
1922 farm work, the survey shows.
The spring is favorable generally, and
things have begun to grow satisfac-
torily. In the irrigated districts there
is an abundance of water, and in the
sections that depend on seasonal rain
fall. the necessary moisture has been
provided. The acreage perhaps is
above normal. and crop prospects are
encouraging.
More CantaIoupes in Colorado.
Spring work is progressing in the
Arkansas valley Of Colorado, Where
an Increased acreage of cantaloupes,
sugar beets and vegetables is prom
ised This j.. an irrigated district,
and the reservoirs are full of water.
In the so-called dry farming sections
Of Colorado the season starts with
elenty OF moisture.
( Illinois Iowa and Missouri do not
begin their spring work so early.
THESE states have had plenty Of mois-
ture during the last three months.
Wheat is coming thru the winter in
good condition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

ton. to insure the highest possible eff
ficieney in refrigeration md conserva-
ton of foodstuffs. and calls for the
following import mt feature:
Underframe to be al1-steel, capacity
of car to be $4,000 pounds. equipped
however, with $4,000 pounds capacity
trucks. Each car to have two ice
bunkers Gone at eacii end) of the bas-
ket type. insulated bulkheads. and
floor racks, all as recommended by
the United States government and to
he insulated thruout. the sides and end
walls with thickness of one and one
half inches, and the roofs of two
inches of good insulating material,
the floors to be protected with cork
board two inches thick, thanked by
waterprooffhg compound above and
below, these measures affording pro-
lection at all Vulnerable parts. The
two ice bunkers per car, above referred
to, will have 2. capacity of $500
pounds of lump or broken ice and
in addition to other improvements
each car will be provided with a sill
step under each side door, as a con-
venience to shippers, for loading and
inspection. Lumber for the super
structure :. II be of selected grade and
thoroly dried to prevent shrinkage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

gone in bringing about retrenchments,
however, are indicated by the fact
which 81 per cent, including fifty
two locomotives, 2,31S freight. cars,
thirty-two passenger cars and four
miscellaneous units were constructed
in the companys own shops. In ad-
dition the company built S92 box cars
costing s2,S7O,456 for it's lines in Texas
and Louisiana. Shop facilities were
extended or improved during the year.
In summarizing operations, the COM
pany has issued a statement saying
that substantial betterments and adj
ditions to equipment and facilities
were made during the year, despite
the general depression and the par
ticularly trying conditions confronting
the railroads.
A closer relationship among them
selves, and plans for improving the
service to the public, especially in the
handling of freight. were discussed
Wednesday at a regular meeting of the
local Rock island staff The follow
ing employees were present: A. Lusk,
agent; A. B. era ford, chief. clerk;
A. NJ. Tucker, transportation clerk; C.
L. Dake, station accountant; r. L.
Jones, freight clerk: NJ. B. CroH, re-
vising clerk; F. W. Klasse, claim
agent; A. c. Norman. assistant claim
agent; r. Z. Hudspeth, abstract clerk;
L. J. Pfeifer, yard checker; C. f.
Quinn, car clerk: H. A. Quinn, o. S.
& d. clerk; M. Lusk, assistant chief
clerk; G. A. Klein, general yardmas-
ter; H H. Turner, general foreman;
Webb Disney, chief yard clerk; Ger
trude Real, freight clerk; j. NJ Nc
Coskrie. W. H. foreman: T. V Muir
ply, delivery clerk; I. H. Hooker, seal
clerk; P. a. Tho on. Snowman; r.
J. Quigley, Snowman; George Billings,
trucker; Charles Middleton, trucker;
T. NJ. Lowe. ok clerk; W. E. Rob-
erfs truclar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25
FREIGHT BUSINESS PICKS UP
Union Pacific Adds Fourth Switch
Engine to Local Force.

Freight business has picked up dur
ing the past few days to the extent
that the Union Pacific has found It
necessary to add a fourth switch en-
CINE and crew to its force at Topeka
Three switching crews are considered
regular but the fourth was needed to
handle the jam occasioned largely by
an increase in wheat and flour ship
ments, according to c. L. Sleeper, local
agent.
The wheat mo- ement is much larger
now than it was in December and
January. as many as fifty cars a day
now appearing on the Union Pacific
tracks at Topeka for inspection or
transfer. More demand for wheat by
the local mills has also resulted in a
notable increase in the output of flour
and shipments are picking up. While
most of the flour is for domestic
trade. the Union Pacific reports that
during the last ten days it has shipped
from Topeka ten carloads for Euro
pean export.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25
NEVIHS A KANSAS PRODUCT
New Valuation Engine of Rock
I Island Born at Baxter Springs.

r. J. Nevins. whose appointment as
valuation engineer OF the Rock Island
system with headquarters at Chicago,
was recently announced. is a Kan
sns product. He was born at Baxter
Springs. Cherokee county, in 1872 and
entered the railway service in 1892 as
3 clerk in the local freight office of
the NJ, X. & T. at Dennison, Texas.
Z One year later. NeVins returned to
Kansas as a freight brakeman for the
Missouri Pacific at Osawatomie, and
was successfully conductor, yardmas-
ter and chief clerk to the foreman OF
hridges and buildings. until 1904, when
ne became assistant to the chief main
tenance of way accountant for the en-
tire system with headquarters at St.
Louis. In 1905 he became chief clerk
10 the chief engineer of maintenance
of way, a position he held until 1910.
Nevins went to the Frisco in 1911 as
assistant to the vice president and
general manager. and in 1914 he went
10 the Rock Island as chief clerk to
the engineer in charge OF track ele-
vation work with headquarters at Chi
cage. He became chief accountant in
the valuation department of the Rock
Island in 1915. position he held until
his recent appointment as valuation
engineer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25
FRISCO MAY LEASE SHOPS
Reported Contract Will Be Made if
Crafts Reject Piece Work Proposal.

In the event that representatives
of the federated shop crafts. now in
session at Springfield. Mo, reject a
proposal for the return of piecework,
H. L. Woman superintendent of mo-
tive power, is credited with having
announced that the Frisco's shops at
that place would be leased to outside
contractors who would carry out the
work on a piece basis. Several con-
tractors have already submitted bids
for the job, it is reported. Union Of
ficials are said to have admitted that
a number of shop employees had vol
unfairly signed a petition requesting
that the former system of piecework
be adopted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25
CAFETERIA ON PAYING BASIS
Business OF II. Il. Y. NJ. c. AS New
Addition Is Increasing Steadily.


With the patronage increasing
steadily. the Railroad Y. NJ. C. A. cafe
terra IS now on a paying basis, ac-
cording to Thomas E. Prout, secre-
tary of the organization.
The cafeteria was opened early in
November after the entire Y. NJ. c. a.
building had been thoroly overhauled
and remodeled but during that month
there was an average of only forty
four patrons daily and the venture
resulted in a loss of S1OS.OO.
But Prout was getting his first
experience in the cafeteria business
and little more was expected. He
promptly reduced the overhead and
By serving AN average of sixty per-
sons daily during December caHesout
with a profit of SS7 for that month
The cafeteria had a profit of SOL in
January and still further gains are
being made this month. The number
OF persons served in January averag ed
eishty-seven daily. and Sc far in Feb
r1ary the daily average is ninety-two.
Il may reach one hundred, Prout
believes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

crease of seven in the average num-
Der of executive officials and their
staff assistants on the payrolls during
the four months, while there was an
increase of 119,257 in the number of
other employees during the same
period
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25
REPAIR REFR7GERAroR CARS.
Frisco VIII Increase Shop Forces to
Carry Out Improvement Program.

Following the announcement a few
days ago that nearly eight million
dollars would he spent this year for
equipment and maintenance, it is re-
ported that every refrigerator car on
the Frisco system is 10 be repaired at
he company's shops at Monet, Mo.
Fifteen hundred cars are affected by
this order, and altho fifty new men
have been employed at Monet. it is
said that the work will continue thru
out the yea It is said that other
repairs will also mean an increase in
the shop forces st Springfield and
Fort Scott
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

wae in
month sbeng f o in history t b coming to
for stopping for
occurring % indie Ia d f speed
Erection Many y ia u
"a passes o
fl rains N IL to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

The locomotive shops of the NJ, K.
& T. roundhouse at Parsons, Kan,
have just been improved with $780,
900 worth of new machinery, and
100000 square fee of asphalt floor
ing costing $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

The Baldwin Locomotive Works re-
port for the year 1921 net profits of
$5,O44,O96, equivalent to $1S.22 a
share on the s2O,OOO,0oO common
stock against net profits of s4,42S,51s,
or S1514 a share on the same amount
of stock, in 1920.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

The conference OF shop craft repre-
sentatives and officials of the M, K.
& T. lines, which was to have been
held at st. Louis, February 81, for
the purpose of drafting a working
agreement conference, has been post
poned Indefinitely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

The Union Pacific has declared a
dividend of 2 z per cent, quarterly, on
common stock, and per cent on pre-
ferred. both payable on April 1 to
holders of record on March /.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

Thirty per cent OF the 1902 in
juries on the Rock Island in 1921
were eye injuries, according to rec
ords just completed by the chief sur
geon. THE majority of these acct
dents could have been prevented by
wearing goggles" he said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

Only two Katy employees in the Par
sons, Kan, district were killed during
the performances. of duty in 1921,
compared with eleven in 1920, ac-
cording to figures announced a few
days ago at the staff meeting held at
Fort Worth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

The Southern Pacific last year &C
quired $10.65S,510 worth of new
0-u'nment FOR the Pacific system. of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

Willis Curry, who has been clerl
of personal records in the Santa F.
division offices at Dodge City, Kan
has resigned to go into other bushes
at Roswell. New Mexico.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

Another cut in the force at the RocA
Island roundhouse at Liberal, Kan.
is reported. The car department
there, however, is taking on more men
it is said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

The statement of earnings of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad for the
twelve months ended December 81,
1921, shows a net railway operating
income of $21,S53, SAT, against a de-
ficit of S4,466,041 in 1920.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

The American Association of Rail-
road Superintcndents has decided to
hold its next annual convention at
Kansas City, August %, "a and 25,
1922 The convention was secured by
Kansas City largely thru the efforts
of C. o. Brophy, division superinten-
dent of the Union Pacific.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-07-26
HEEVHS PLENTIFUL r..
OVER THE COUNTY

Reports coming into Lexington
frem several sections Of the county in
ydicaee that the boil weevils are taking
large toll this year. Up until the
cloudy, rainy weather of last week a
good many Of the farmers were look
ing forward to fairly good crop, but
for the past week a great increase in
the number of weevils present has
been noted. 90 -
mr.. Sam P. Roof states that in his
-cottan where two weeks ago there
r.eFe no weeyiis to speak Of that at
fhe present they are destroying the
squares as fast as they form. This
same condition has been reported
from other sections.
In Lexington county less than half
crop was planted this year-a good
many farmers who heretofore have
planted considerable cotton have dis
continued the crop altogether for the
present-and with the weevils in such
an abundance the outlook for cotton
this fall is small.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-07-26
AAnCK'S FERRY NEWS.

MI. ..5B. e. Snelgrove spent Sunday
with Mrs. Saelgrove's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. 1. Shealy.
!: Mr.. B. E. Amick and family wor-
shipped at Cedar Grove last Sunday
and dined with Mr.. Walter Shealy
j'and family.
!! Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Nichols and
little children spent Sunday with Mr. {.
Jim shealy and family.
Mr.. D. L. Epting of New Brook
/ land visited Mr. D. D. Amick and
family last Sunday.
7, Mrs. l.. T.: Seigler and son, Hoyt,
visited Mrs. jim. Boles last Sunday
morning. :7;E.".' :.
|, Mr.. W. M Goff and wife spent
Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. .
D. D. Amick' and family.
Misses Matte Pearl and Lizzie Mills
spent Sunday evening with their
chum,~ Grace Amick.
Mr.. Heber Amick spent Saturday
might and Sunday with his chum, Mf
K. A. Anick.
| Miss Matte Pearl Mills after spend
t ing a pleasant visit with her aunt of
knear Batesburg returned home Sun
day.
Grace Amick spent Friday night
: and Saturday with her chums: Misses
Margaret and Alice Ruth Hollis.
Rev. j. D. Shealy spent short
while with D. D. Arnick, and family
Sunday evening.
+ Mr.. and Mrs. D. W. Koon and
little daughter, Matte, spent Sunday
in Newberry with relatives.
Mr.. Vernon swald made pleasant
call on sonf sweey Sunday night in
this section.:
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-07-26
FINES COLLECTED BY
MAGISTRATES OF COUNTY

The ten magistrates in Lexington
county turned into the treasury for
the fiscal year ending June 80 ST.
S73 40 in fines paid by law violators.
The money was apportioned as fol-
lows: E. r. Steadman s100.60; J.
w. Hook S16. 40, C. r. Rish $40 90,
Sim L. Hendrix $529.75, Fletcher
Sem 5000 r. L. Lybrand $135,
A. B. Bachman $3.50. 40, Ioor Hayes
s242.SO, ]. b. Addy s62.45, T. O..
Studemayer $1,000.
The above figures represent only
the money turned into the treasury
prior to June 80 when the annual
settlement was had. Some money has
been remitted since that time, state
ment of which has already been print
ed in these cvolumns, and which will
be credited in the next report.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-07-26
Meeting Next
Monday Night

T. The congressional candidates for
the Seventh district will speak at the
court house next Monday night, be-
ginning at 8 o'clock. They have
made the campaign over practically
the entire district and report good at
tendance at other places, and as this
is very. important office the voters
should attend and acquaint them
selves with the speakers and the is
sues.
j. In the race for congressman from
this district are: Hampton P. Fulmer,
encumbent, Andrew J.P Bethea and
John j., McMahan..
The meeting Monday night will be-
gin promptly at o'clock and all vot-
.ers are urged to attend. The meet
ing will be presided over and the
speakers introduced by County
Chairman T. C. Calliscn.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-07-26
Mrs. Harnaan
Died on Monday

Mrs. jamie Rebecca Harman.
widow of the late Franklin J. Har-
man and mother of Henry E. Har-
man of Atlanta, Ca, nationally
known as the poet Of the South
died at her home 4 few miles from
Lexington Monday Afternoon at $50
o'clock. She would have been IS
years old had she lived until Sunday.
Mrs. Harman had been feeble for
se"eral months, but her or1ition was
not considered serious until few
days before her death. She was a
member of one of the oldest and most
prominent families of the county.
being a daughter of the late Henry
and Caroline Meetze, and had a large
family connection of prominent people.
Mrs. Harman was a devoted mother.
a Christian woman and was loved
and respected by all, both young and
old. Her life was devoted to her
home and her church, and her many
deeds of good will cause her memory
to live. She will be sadly missed in
the community.
Mrs. Harman is survived by the
following children: Henry E. Harman
of Atlanta, Ga, Brooks F. Harman
Of Columbia, Mrs. T. L. Harman,
Van D. Harman and Van B. Harnlan
Of Lexington.
The funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock at
Providence Lutheran church, OF
which she had been lifelong mem
Der, and interment was had in the
church burying ground. The SER
vices were conducted by the Revs.
O. B. Shearouse, H. A. Kistler and
H. A. Whitten.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-07-26
MR. GEORGE SUFFERS
A BROKEN SHOULDER

Mr.. Erby J.. George, we'll known
'citizen and proprietor Of Georges
flour mill, had the misfortune Tues
day morning of breaking his arm at
the shoulder. Mr.. George was en-
deavoring to catch a cat which had
been killing his chickens and become
and fell from the
porch, and in the fall suffered the
above consequences. After the
broken member had been attended by
DR.. G.. F. Roberts he was carried to
Columbia for an x-ray picture, which
disclosed the extent of the injury.
Mr.. George is resting as we'll as could
be expected, and his many friends
wish for him speedy recovery.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-07-26
RESOLUTIONS on THE DEATH OF
REV. j. A. CROMER BY ST.
PETERS MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

Whereas. by the death of Rev. }.
A. Cromer St. Peters Missionary So
ciety has been deprived Of one of its
most faithful and beloved members,
therefore be it resolved:
/. That we ever acknowledge,
worship, and l.. who meas
ures our portion with perfect hand.
2. That We look trustingly to AL
mighty God, the source of all life and
light, to repair our loss and to make
us more faithful witnesses of This
love and mercy by reason of this dis
pensation of His providence,
3. That we herewith pledge our
selves anew to the cause for which he
so INCREASINGLY labored and that we
emulate his sterling virtues Of discre-
ton, determination and fidelity.
4. That we offer to the bereaved
family our heartfelt sympathy in it's
bereavement together with the assur-
ance of our undying affection and
reverence for Rev. Cromer, whose
death is to us the loss Of a brother.
whose memory we shall always hold
in sacred veneration.
+: 5. That a page in our minutes be
inscribed to his memory, that copy
of these resolution be sent to the be-
reft family, and that copies be fur
nished 1.-The Lutheran! and local
papers for publication.
GEORGE F.. SCHNEIDER,
MRS. w; .. ROBERTS.
MISS BLISS e ~KLECkLEY,,
..-. -. Committee.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-07-26
TO RESTORE WESLEY'S TOMB.
(Kansas City JournaD

American Methodists will be inter-
ested in the movement under way in
England to restore the tomb Of John
Wesley, which is in an advanced
stage of decay, and the renovation OF
his chapel on the thoroughfare known
as City road, London. 1t Is pro-
posed to extend the movement to the
United States, whehre there are many
millions of Methodists who will
doubtless be eager to participate in
the better preservation Of the memory
Of the man who founded their de-
nominat ton. ...-. o..
The tomb, the chapel and Wesley's
house occupy a site given to him in
1875 by the city of London. 1t is not
far from the old cannon foundry on
Finsbury square, which was the first
home Of Methodism in London. Wes-
leys death occurred in 1871 in the
house which had been granted him
by the city.
The esteem in, which Wesley's
memory is held by his millions Of fol-
lowers by no means would have de-
teriorated hahd the popular belief
been allowed to stand that he was Of
humble origin Nevertheless, pron1i-
nent English genealogists, in tracing
his lineage, have established hihs re-
lationship with one Guy Of Welswe,
who was created an earl by King
Athelstane in the tenth century. Wes-
ley is descended from the same an
cestor. according to these findings, as
the Duke of Wellington, whose name
was made famous in history by his
connection with the Battle Of Water
loo. Wesley was graduated from
Oxford. where he was a membS"
the high patrician Christ church.
Wesley came to America in 1885
settled in Georgia, and started the
second rise" Of Methodism. The
movement had been founded at OK
ford ten years before. Although he
died and is buried in his native land,
his tomb. chapel and his former home
are none the less hallowed by his
American adherents.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-07-26
oFFICEass GET STILL.

= 5 4
County and state officers raided a
stia below Castor last Thursday and
ssaSsrpyed q Its gallon still and 100
ons et mash and arrested Johnnie
allaW who is charged with manu-
facturing whiskey.:. Fallaw was
found near the still, which was ready
Cor operation at the time. The Off
seers making the raid were: Rural
PoIicemas LA. Lown and State
Eonstables Smyrl, Coleman and Spig-
sner R1ra1 Policeman Lown made
the arrest.
FaIiaw gave bond for; his appear
anee at the circuit court and at the
federal court.