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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-23
A Little Talk on Thrift
ny $. w. strauss. President Amcri-
can Society for Thrift.

Saving under any circumstances IS
commemorative. but saving to such an
extent that it requires real personal
sacrifice will prove of the greatest
benefit.
Many leaders IN our national life
were made worthy OF the exalted po-
sitions which they held as result
of the bitter experiences OF their
early years. They learned the les
sons OF sclf-dcnial and sacrifice. They
knew what IL meant to suffer. TO
work hard ana to be deprived OF
many OF life's pleasant experiences.
To them the practice OF thrift
meant real heroism. Had they been
unwilling to endure these prlvations
they never would have developed
that ruEecdncSs OF character neces-
sary to the great accomplishments of
their later years.
In practicing thrift do not choose
the line OF least resistance. Do not
coddie yourself by yielding to whims
II you do these things. the benefit
TO your scant economies will be ac-
cordiugly OF small account.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-23
"GET-T0CETHER" PICNIC
IS PLANNED IN CAMPBELL
Governor TrinkIc Invited to
Address Gathering of City
and County Citizens

LfNCHBuRG, VA. April 22.-Gov-
ernor l.. Lee Trinkle has been In
vitcd to attend the first "Get-To
gethcr" picnic OF citizens of Camu-
pei county and the city OF Lynch
burg. to be held in May. The speci-
nc purpose of this picnic is to get
the people of the county and city to-
gether In an effort to promote a bet
Ter understanding and closer Eel :
ioWShip between the people of the
city ana their rural neighbors.
Mrs. G. S. Ferguson, county home
demonstration agent for Campbell
county. Is planning the picnic. and
the various organizations OF the city.
as well as the progressive county Of
hcials are enthusiastic and working
together to make this a gala day
for the entire community.
Athletic contests. including fat
banker and lean farmer race.
speeches, n barbecue and picnic din
ner, are among the attractions for
the picnic. the date OF which win be
shortly.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-23
FARMERS OF NORTHWEST
PLANTING SPRING WHEAT
Soil Reported i'll Excellent
Condition in Minnesota and
South Dakota.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI. April 2o.-
Crookston. Mimi. at edge of Red
River Valley, Is first important point
recording wheat seeding. Early har-
vestinE of the 1921 crop and extern
sive fall blowing made possible early
seeding.
Willmar, Mimi. reports soil In good
condition. Not much is heard yet
from North Dakota. but there is am
pie time for reasonably early start
Sioux Falls. S. D.. report. farmers
pushing seeding TO the limit, to get
the benefit OF expected spring rains
In some localities In the southern
part of South Dakota spring wheat
seeding is nearly completed. and
planting of oats is Well under way.
Oats acreage will be Increased and
moro barley will be put In. Soil Is
in better condition than ut this time
n year ago.
Farm labor supply is the best for
several years. State agricultural au-
thoritles make 1t 1913 per cent rela-
tive to normal supply; while seed
partly because there is less spring
blowing to he done in many locali-
ties. is 50 per cent of normal. One
OF the farmers most disturbing prob
lens of the past several years Is thus
Minnesota Cooperative
Crop Reporting Service finds condi-
ton OF winter rye in Minnesota sat
isfactory. While not much winter
wheat is raised In this State. 1t is
OF some Importance In the southern
counties, and it's condition mt this
time is 81 per cent OF normal. COM
pared with So per cent year ago.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-23
BROADWAY NATIONAL,
BANK BIDS RECEIVED
DOnrd Of Directors VIII Meet To-
morrow to Open BIDS for build
ing mn AddIfInn

Bids for the rcmodeling of the
present Broadway National Bank
building and for the construction OF
an addition thereto were received
Friday. and the sealed bids were
placed In the banks vault to await
the assembling OF the board of di-
rectors OF the Institution tomorrow.
Contractors arc greatly Interested
In the awarding OF the contracts.
Plans and specifications were sub
mittcd several weeks ago. The re-
modelled structure Will add greatly
To the attractiveness OF Main Street
In the vicinity of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway Station.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-23
OPERATION URGED
At FARMERS MEETING.
f. S. Farrar, Joseph NJ. Hurt
and r. C.. Blackwell Adj
dress Quarterly Meet.

KENBRIDGE. VA. April 22-The
quarterly meeting of the Lunenhurg
County Farmers Union was. held at
the Grange Hail last Tuesday. 1t
was called TO order ut 10 o'clock. by
w. L. Smith, county president, who
said that as there was no special
business before the union. he had
advertised the meeting as an open
meeting. and had Invited all inter-
cstcd farmers to attend.
The following men made very
strong talks: T. S. Farrar. district
agent Of the extension division: JOS
eph NJ. Hurt. vice president and dI-
rector OF the Tobacco Growers CO.
Operative Associat ton. and r. c. Black
well. originally OF Lunenburg County.
but recently from Fresno. cal. where
he has lived for 4 number of years
Mr. Farrar made n splendid farm
ers' union talk: campaigning the
necessity of cooperation among
farmers: telling what the farmers
union had done through cooperative
buying; stressing the Importance of
raising all home supplies possible on
the farm
Mr.. Hurt gave very interesting
and encouraging report or the pro-
ceedinSs OF the directors meeting OF
the Tobacco Growers Cooperative
Associa ton: congratulating the as
ISOLATION on 1.-The caiibrc OF the men
whom IL had elected and employed
as its officers and managers: and
urged the members for Il continual
ton Of their hearty co-operation.
support. and good faith, in the men
whom they had chosen for the lead
crs.
Mr.. Blackwell narrated the his
tory of the Raisin Growers. the
Prunc Growers and various other
cooperative associations In Calicor-
mia: telling OF their ups and downs
during the process OF organization;
of their final success; and OF the
difference OF the conditions. both on
the farms and In the towns, since
the organization of the associations;
and emphasized the need OF the alb
soli,te loyalty. faith and trust OK the
members in their officers.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-23
WAR CLAIMS SETTLED At
1875 CENTS ON DOLLAR
Only Twenty-Five r nj a II
Unsettled. Involving From
100000 to SI4.OO0.OOO.

WASHGNGTON, April 2o-War
claims against the War Department
amounting II $3.50. 100000 have
been settled for 1904, 100000, II was
learned at the Office of the Secretary
OF war. The settlement was on the
basis Of about 1876 cents on the dol
lar. Out OF 32.a6l claims arising
from wartime contracts for MUM
lions and supplies. 2G.2l6 have been
settled To The satisfaction Of the
contractors and with due regard TO
the interests of the government;
3.202 claimants were denied relief,
and in $50 claims were withdrawn,
leaving but twenty-five still unset
tied April 10.
The remaining twenty-five claims
involve between Sl2,0O0.00O and sli.-
100000. IL is said, and relate chiefly
to ordnance claims filed ty the three
concerns. These claims now being
handled through the office OF the
Judge advocate general, il is believed
will be completed by the close of
the fiscal year and the work OF near
ly three and one-half years termi-
mated.
The work OF adjusting these
claims. which had involved the en-
ployment OF 1900 people. including
eighty army officers. was conducted
under the direction of the Assistant
Secretary OF War, until March l,
l922, when II was so nearly com
pleted that 1t was transferred to the
office of the judge advocate general
Of the army.
At one time in the operations OF
the war claims board. forty-two
local boards were sitting in different
cities throughout the country. but
today small force OF experts and
officers Is closing up the few remain
ing claims.
Many of the claims settled during
tho period OF l9lS-192o were salts
factorily adjusted on basis OF IL
cents on tho dollar: over 10000 con-
tracts having been adjusted for
about $500. 100000 which IL contIn-
ued to completion would have cost
the government In the ncighborhood
of $4,000. 900.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-23
BY Archer Will Dougins,

Chairman Committee on Statistics
and Standards. Chamber OF Com
incrcc OF the United States
In my travels through the country
districts last fan | was much struck
with the prevailing feeling among
the farmers that both prices and
demand for agricultural comm oditics
were humping along bottom, and that
shortly after the FIRST of the year
matters would begin to mend. The
only reason they could givo for the
faith that was In them was that when
things got to the worst something
always happens
Something Did Happen.
II was not an answer that would
pass muster In q school of political
economy, but far better than that. 1t
had behind II the experience OF life
time and of observation. Well some
thing did happen. and is still hap
pcning. and the checrfulness of the
countryside is widespread. though no,
vociferous. Current figures Of gem
eral business, constructed solely from
statistics. which tell of increase in
the volume of business as compared
with periods just passed are inter-
cStinS mental exercises. but they give
small conception OF the real situa-
tlon
There is no such thing as general
business. because buying. selling and
collections arc matters purely OF To-
cality and OF weather. Where the
roads are impossible from rain;
where the farmers have little or moth
Ing TO sell until another crop Is har-
vested. there is little or no business
doing and no collections. Where
farmers SIN have products to mar
ket' where fruits and early vege-
tables are being shipped: where In
dustry Is employed; where lumber IS
being cut; where mines are being op-
Grated; where construction and build
ing are in process. there is a mod
crate volume OF business gathering
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-23

confidence as 1t adds to its size and
momentum.
Waiting on the harvest.
There is ,i;tle concern about the
immediate future and general ten
dcncy not TO do much guessing nor
10 make many commitments until
after the coming harvest. The nu-
merous prophecies of nearby prosper
ity. inspired by the study OF various
baromctrics. are generally regarded
as being written principally for pub
lie consumption and are not taken
very seriously. The immediate con-
Germ Is to get n volume OF business
commensurate with an expense uc-
count that Will not down.
At this writing the whole country
Is soaking wet. which is the best
possible preparation for the coming
harvest. Wet soils delay farm work
in most sections, but bring to life
many fields of wheat thought to be
dead in the Western reaches OF the
Great Plains States. The growing
wheat is doing well on the whole,
although spotted in some sections.
Cotton acreage promises to be
larger than last season. Business Is
better, though. In the grain regions
than in the cotton belt. The outlook
is best in that section where farm
crs still have live stock and corn to
spare and for sale.
Something happened in Europe
when nothing came OF our various
plans TO lend her money or else to
give II TO her. For she set about
taking care Of herself by selling US
her securities. and by selling us more
goods and buying less from us than
she had been doing-and that is why
exchange Is going up and why Europe
is threatening to pay back our loans
or else the interest on them.
Food Production.
In recent trip through Mississippi
/ noticed that every town had an
icc-crcam factory. when quarter OF
"A = E.-l. L.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-23
ATTRACT TIVE RESIDENCES
GOING UP ON MONUMENT
Square Between Cleveland
and Belmont Avenues viii
Be "Homclike.''

Owners Of property on the north
3idc of Monument Avenue. between
cleveland and belmont Avenues, are
preparing for the construction of the
most "homelike" block in the city.
BY agreement the homes to be erected
will be thirty feet from the street
line, allowing for terrace work, and
plans being drawn call for the latest
modern conveniences. Ground has
|oeen broken for one of the resi-
Fences and the work upon the others
will start soon.
Cost s25.ONO to $4,000.
Colonel John w. williams, clerk
pr the House OF Delegates. and J..
2Lee Davis. banker, contractor and
builder, VIII Jointly build two resi-
Fences. each of which Will cost s25.-
poo. Mrs. NJ. NJ. Lewis. of Oak Hill
nv. Va, will build a 100000 home,
Itnd w. NJ Anderson. the weU-known
fwholesaior. will build Il $50. 900 rcsi-
Hence. Colonel williams will olso
build his home. which will be n struc-
turo in harmony with tho other rcsi-
siences on the Avenue.
The entire block, with the excon-
Zion o fthree lots under the contro,
pr those now building, Will be i'm
proved this spring. The agreement
pr the property owners is to tho eff
feet that no apartment houses will
pc permitted on tho square. 1t ia
proposed to make this ono OF the
most attractive residence blocks in
The city.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-23
RAINS RETARD COTTON
PLANTING IN GEORGIA
Late Season, With Mild Win
ter, Indicates Boil Wccvi!
Will BE Serious.
ACREAGE HEAVY
Fertilizer Manufacturers and Dealers
Report Improved Business, nnd
Automobile Sales Are Also an the
Increase.

ATLANTA. GA. April 22-The
Georgia Railway and Power Company
issues the following Information on
business conditions In Georgia:
Farm operations this spring have
been hindcred by the heavy rainfall.
Planting OF cotton was started in
south Georgia during the latter part
of March. the amount of rainfall in
that section being smaller than else
where In the State. In the middle
Georgia sections farm work is from
ten days to two weeks behind schcd-
ule. The late season. together with
an unusually mild winter. indicates
that the boil weevil menace will be
serious
Heavy Acreage I'm Onts.
a heavy acreage has been planted
In oats and wheat in South Georgia.
which Will be ready for cutting soon
Fertilizer manufacturers and deal
ers report that business improved
greatly during March. utter having
been very dull during the early part
Of the season. Railroads coming into
Atlanta report that shipments OF
fertilizer during March were l5 per
cent greater than In March, 1921.
The largest increase has been in the
sale Of raw materials. such as sui
phatc of ammonia. cotton-sced meal,
etc. Farmers are purchasing the raw
materials and mixing their own fer
tiliZcr AZ a measure Of economy.
After long period of depression,
automobile sales are again showlng
an increase. Several Atlanta deal
ers reported sales In February and
March which equalled and. In some
instances exceeded, the highest total
sales during the same months in the
past three years.
The largest single shipment OF cot
TO non record from Atlanta for eX-
port 10 continental port left for
Savannah on March 10. a solid train
OF forty cars. loaded with 3.50O bales.
Reduction of the Federal Reserve
redtscount rate from to 4l-2 per
cent on March % was OF Importance
in that 1t came in time to enable
farmers to borrow money for the
years crops at n lower rate.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-23
DECIDED, UPWARD TREND IN EMPI OYNENT
REPORTED BY PRESIDENTS CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON April 22n
~eN'N
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h has goneu to fifty
Woods hal
tnct continued
cidedy January
an n ter" >"N ''o'''
committee
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-23

product was condensed milk, brought
from Northern attitudes. Also [
learned that in 1921 the dairy prod
ucts of the State ;otalled Sl5.0 900
In value. as against S750.OOO four
years ago.
One OF the sideliGhts in food pro :
duction Is found in the increased out
put of syrup and molasscs in this
country. so far us estimates to that
effect can be depended upon. Sorghum
and cane syrups are about of equal
volume with maple syrup In com
paratively small proportion. During
the past two winters these long
SweetinEs,' rs they are known in the
south. have been OF the utmost value.
for along with corn bread, they
formed the staple diet OF many
workers. both black and white. to
whom the low price of cotton made
rigid economy n necessity.
Tho continued progress in the
growth or textile manufacturing in
the South is one OF the economic
phenomena of the times. 1t Is the
story OF great natural ADVANTAGES. OF
proximity to raw material. and the
possession OF hydro-electric power.
all furnishing an incentive to the
development OF dependable and in
creasingly efficient source of labor
from apparently most unpromising
material.
Tho railroads find themselves fac
ing growing demand for lower
ra'es' because rates are In many In
stances heavy handicap on BUSH
ness. while. on the other hand. the
costs or operation do not seem to
warrant any such reductions. Alex
hnder the Great started the fashion
OF cutting Gordlan knots that could
not otherwise be undone. That seems
TO be the only remedy now in sight
ana n somewhat impatient public
grows more impatient with those who
are unwilling to bear their share in
salaries anu
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-23
BUILDING RAILROAD
CARS AT BETHLEHEM
Orders for S...OU.000 Worth OF Dag
Ense and Passenger Cars On
Hooks Of the COmpnnN.

RETFiLEHEM. PA, April 22.---The
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
announces that new orders on It's
books for railroad cars total s2,700.-
goo.
These orders include thirty-fve
baggage ana passenger cars for the
Pennsylvania Railroad and ten bag
gage cars for the Central Railroad
OF New Jersey.
IN addition the Bethlehem Ship
building Corporation is constructing
for the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad, forty-hvc suburban coachesa
i've suburban and combination cars;
thirty passenger cars; five conbina-
ton cars, and five baggage cars.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-23
LOCAL FIRM TO BUILD
100000 RESERVOIR
WIlkes-Unrre, Pn.. Awards Contract
tn Winston 81 Company. of
Richmond.

winston & Co.. contractors, with
headquarters In the American Ma
tional Bank Building. were notified
yesterday that they had been award
ed tho contract for the building OF
the reservoir 10 supply water 10 the
city of Wilkes Barre, Pa. 1t IL estI-
mated that the total cost VIII he
100000 and 800 men viii be used in
making the earth and concrete I'LL.
The reservoir will be located about
four miles from Wilkes Barre and
work upon the contract VII, be start.
ed at once. FS1l
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-23
S6,4 47,848 Increase
in Bank Clcarinus

Tho Richmond Clearings House
association reports tho local bank
clearings for the week at {i4,3l3.-
soa' which compared with tho cor
responding wsck In 1921. s37.SG5.-
635. shows an increase Of 1g4t7
siS. The total for the preyiou.
week was {i2.2l3.205. the Increase
for last week being &2.IO0.27s.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-23
Hotel ncInr ENLARGED.

CHRlSTIANSBuRG. VA. April %.
The virginia Inn. ChristIansburg'
newest hotel. which began business
one year ago. Is now being enlarged
by the addition OF new story, in
order 20 accommodate its increasing
patronage.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-23
Colonel Hnwcs IIas New Post

Colonel JInwcs IIns New Post.
Colonel G. Percy IIawes, for many
PEARS connected with the firm of s.
r.. ffawes & Co. has become affiliated
With the Twin States Fuel Company,
kn Huntington. W. Va. handling
|vholcsnle coal In Virginia and North
carolina, ], !, =. -,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-23
Directors Meet Tomorrow.

]. c.. Earnest, secretary of the
Builders Exchange of Richmond. has
issued call for n special meeting of
the board OF directors. to be held at
IL o'clock. noon. tomorrow,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-23
J. w. Hazelgrove Elected Chairman

CUMBERLAND, VA. April "a
Following the large meeting of
farmers Of this county on Monday
afternoon, at which cooperative mar
keting was stressed by Oliver Y.
Sands and other officials of the To-
baeco Growers Cooperative Associ-
alton, j. w. Hazelgrove was elected
chairman and II. o. Garrett secre-
tary of The Cumberland County
branth OF the organization, y
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-23

confidence as it adds to its size and
The Washington herald., 1922-11-28
Hopper Stages
Real Comeback

pERHAPS the most surprising
theatrical, comeback of recent
years has beenfthat Of De Wolf
Hopper, who left New York last
spring after one of the most sig
nal failures of a season that had
been singularly rich in failures.
Some Party" which De Wolf
Hopper's "Funmakers" put on at
Jolson's Fifty-ninth Street Theater
had missed fire with almost bril-
liant distinction after few
weeks. 1t developed later that the
average salary of the principals,
paid on a cooperative basis, had
ben S26 a week.
And now, behold, Hopper has
been drawing down mama from
heaven with the Gilbert and Sui
Ivan Opera Company in a tour
of the South. Rumblings had
reached Broadway that Hopper was
cleaning up" with the revivals of
old time classics at a period when
the road had become a charnel
house for most attractions. 1t
seemed almost too good to be true.
but those who made inquiry found
that it was even so.
To the cities where he has gone
hundreds of farmers and their
families have come flocking for
miles around in flivvers and all
sorts of odd cOnTeyances. Special
railroad excursions have been or
ganiZed from outlying towns. The
population down there have had
no Gilbert and Sullivan revivals
in years, but remember the per-
fOrmances of their early youth.
and few Of them in the provinces
have yet succumbed to the jazz
craze.
So they have made as much
fuss over Hopper's advent as
though h were the circus, and the
giant comedian finds himself at
the age of So as popular in the
South as Barnum and Bailey's:
The Washington herald., 1922-11-28
Film Features
Bill at Cosmos

PERHAPS the most striking
this week is the new "Hoot"
Gibson photoplay. shown here
for the first time. 1t retains
! the rough-riding cowboy true to
his type with a tendency to
break into civilization as a rich
mine owner. after narrowing ex
periences in flooded mine.
1t is called THE Lone Chance"
the title being taken from the
only escape left to the hero after
the mine has been flooded by
the girl he loves.
Winifred Gilrain and company
present several character ensem-
bles and other dancing features
Of an attractive type. Nearly
Married." the story of two brides
left waiting at the church, seems
rather amateurish. but Ii prettily
staeed. vi and Tulley opens with
some wonderful hand and head
balancing, the man playing the
mandolin while balanced on the
woman's head being one of the
feats.
Eddie Sloan, in blackface. sings
new songs and chatters nonsense,
and Kelso Brothers and Kelly
present pretentious offering
of nut comedy and fake presti-
digitation. The girl of the Prince
and Edwards team, in a slap
stick comedy offering. is strenu-
GUS and funny, as well as an unu-
sual comedienne in her line.
Other offerings include a film
farce, the Urban Movie Chats
and the International News.