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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-03
ADVOCATED EMPEROR
OF CHINA Grows LIONEL Y
Seven!ce.,- c--.J -.lhchu
Lives Virtually as a
Prisoner.
Sevcn!cc.,-. 80 ...lchu
Icy Associated Press. ]

PEKlN, Sept. 2.-Iisuan Tung,
whose abdication as Emperor in 1912
ended the Manchu dynasty. is de-
Scribcd by the Chinese press as be-
coming tired Of his Isolation. Hsuan
ls in his seventeenth year. He lives
in palace within the Forbidden City
and. although he must often hear the
noises from the busy streets just out
side Of his wall. he is virtually a
prisoner. having only twice, IL is said.
seen the sights OF the Chinese capital.
Under the terms OF HIS abdiCation
HSuan was given unusual PRIVILEGES
by the Chinese Republic.
lie was permitted to maintain a
court, with all its royal appurtcn-
sances. including about 1000 servants.
The republic agreed to paw him
100000 Mex. annually for expenses
as a condition of his abdication. The
financial plight OF the republic made
these payments Impossible, with the
result that In the last ten years the
hoy Emperor" as he Is still called.
has received only 100000. His pleas
for the remittance of s39,400,0O0 still
due as "imperia! household expenses"
have gone unanswered. This is said
to have Increased his desire to change
his mode of living.
Iisuan's English and American tu
tors describe him rs a diligent stu
dent He has keen desire to see
something Of the world. One OF his
diversions is to write on a typewriter
OF American make.
In June. 1917. an attempt was made
10 restore the monarchy in China.
hsuan sat on the dragon throne for
Just one week. That episode is
thought to have ended forever the
cnancc OF restoring the monarchy in
China. :"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-03
ROTARY CLUB PLANS
TRIP TO TAPPAHANN0CK
Delegation Will Include State
and City Officials, Headed
by Governor and Mayor.

President John 6. White. OF the
Rotary Club. announced last night
That plans for the pilgrimage TO
Tappahannock arranged b. the
Rotary Club have boon practically
completed. Besides 200 members Of
the Rotary club. II + said about 800
other citizens ard business men Will
DC in the party. Invitations have
been extended other civic orSAniza.
lions and a numhe~ Of State ANA
city officials are expected to b. in
the party Including Governor Trinkie
and Mayor Ainslie.
The citizens or Tappahannocl and
the surrounding country viii c,tc--
tain the visitors AZ dinner. and en-
trriainnents OF various kinda have
been arranged. Tho par;y will leave
the CITY Hall early next Saturday
morning. the nrst automobiles start
ing at I.30 o'clock. According 20
Mr.. White, the return trip Will be-
gln at ! o'clock. thus giving the
travellers daylight going and coming.
BESIDES tn" Governor. other State
officials eHpccicd are: Chairman H.
q. Shirley, Of the state Highway
Commission: George =. Coleman. o;
the Highway Commission. and mem
hers 81 the Governors staff. Mayor
Ainsltc viii be accompanied by his
ADVISORY Board, including Directors
Sav!!!c, Myers Levy and TraGord
President J. j. Marcuse, OF tho
Chamber OF Commerce: officials and
members Of the kiwanis Club. the
Retail Merchants Aisociat.on. the
Richmond First. the Advertisers. and
the Lions Clubs also will be in the
party.
Chairman W. C Carpenter. OF the
plans committee. has invited both
branches o! CITY Council. with their
officers and attaches. and the invi'
tation has been accepted.
The Rotary Club viii engage In a,
ball game with tho Tappahannock
team. and a brass band Will be car.
RED 20 cnllvcn the proceedings.
committee from The club headed
b! President White. Gordon Shca!n
and Allen ]. Savillc viii go 20 Tap
pahannock today 20 pcrcec, all ar
engagements for the trim. The roads
VIII be plainly marked. so that no
dithcu!ties may be experienced by
those who go. James T. Ryland.
general chairman, calls upon ali who
expect TO take the trip TO get In
touch with him not later than Tues
day.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-03
DAREDEVIL AIR STUNTS
WILL Be SEEN At FAIR
One of the Main Attractions
This Year Will be Cody
FLYING Circus.

One Of the main free attractions
billed by Secretary W. Conway Saun-
ders for the Virginia state Fair. be-
ginning October = is The Mablc Cody
hying circus. The contract calls
for the exhibitions to begin Tues
day. and continue day and night
through Friday. October G.
There will be changes from plane
10 plane. wing walking. red. white
and blue parachute drops from the
plane. including double. Miss
Cody will also change from an auto
10 plane travelling at a high rate
Of speed. and she Will also give the
dance Of death on speeding plane
in midair.
The Bellclair brothers. master
acrobats. Will give Misunderstanding
tricks. and one Of the latest loop.
the-loop" stunts. during which a
great steel loop is Used. and around
which one Of the performers rides
in small carriage at terrific
speed, launching himself through
space and being caught hands to
hand by another member Of the
troupe making fitting ciimux for
what is termed wonderful per-
Torrance.
For the hrS1 time In the history
OF the fair there will lie display
OF Spotted Poland China swine this
year. Fred l.. Obenchain, secretary
OF the National Spotted Poland
China Record. Of indianapolis. Ind.
says thc exhibit being sent TO Vir-
Sinia is the best shown at any fair
Few other Stale fairs in this coun-
try. lie says. have been more prog
ressive in building UP a widespread
interest In live stock, and this eff
fort on the part Of the Virginia
state Fair Association will bring
number of entries OF all breeds OF
swine Many Of the prize winners
at tho State Fair will be shown al
the National Swine show in Per-
ioria, Ill, the latter part of Octo.
Der.
Every breed OF live stock is to he
represented By some OF the mos,
otcwcrthy animals ever raised in
this state The horse show. the
cattle barns. the sheep pens and the
swine. dog and poultry exhibits will
crowd the capacity OF tho space al.
looted to each. There will be more
live STOCK and better grades shown
this year than ever in the history
of the state Fair.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-03

OF lesser weight Stcin's band vii,
play continuously and the crowd will
be entertained further by "A special,
arranged playict OF the Richmond
Tuberculosis Association. under the
personal direction of Miss Nora Spen-
Ger Hammer Tho play is intended TO
give helpful suggestions in disease
prevention.
Dancing Will be the order from
1850 to 1870 O'Clock. and Refreshments
have been provided for all. Thu sa;cs
w:ii open at II o'clock. special
feature to be given on the streets ;s
a parade Of All race cars. Entrnr;s
hay" been notified TO report at tho
Kline knr Corporation. Seventh and
Cary Streets, at 1880 tomorrow: morn
ing. when the cars Will no taken
through the streets, proceeded by o.
brass band
The Virginia Railway and Power
Company has promised plenty OF c:rs
an! the jitnGys nave extended their
routes to the Fair Ground. via ;hr
Boulevard. Popular prices Will pre-
vail at tho grounds,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-03
PERFECT PLANS FOR AUTO
RACES AT FAIR GROUNDS
Racing Course Has Been Gone Over, and Track Is Re.
ported in Applc-Pic'' Order for La
Dor Day Events.

Plans hare been completed for the
big automobile and motorcycle races
I" be held A. the state Fair Grounds
at the annual Labor Day celebration.
under the auspices OF the Central
Trades and Labor Council. tomorrow
The grounds have been gone over
by workmcn and the track liz reported
la perfect shape for sensational
race program.
Cars and motorcycles from many
cities in this section have been arriv-
inE daily. and ty tomorrow morning.
II iS said. there will be more racing
material OF this character assembled
III this city than ever before The
program will begin promptly at /
O'Clock, with motorcycle races last
Ing until 2:30 O'Clock, when the more
powerful automobiles VIII get under
way. Races between these cars Will
carry the program until o'clock,
when tine celebration viii close.
Amcr; the entries are such power.
ful cars as cAdillacS. Duscnhergs.
ESSEX. Klincs. and number OF cars
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-03
Man. Head crushed From Ambu,n

WINCHESTER. VA. Sept. 2.-Au-
ihor!ties OF Hampshire County, w.
va. were said today to be thorough
~ investigating the ambushing sew
eral nights ago Of Herbert Lee, %,
unmarried. OF De! Ray, w. Va,
whose skull was fractured and also
crushed in one place By large
stone. which is said TO have been
thrown from clump OF bushes az
ne was passing through Capon
hrIcge with Vernon Baker, and the
i"',crs family Lee and a man at
Capon Bridge garage were said
10 have had "a hight while Bakers
car was being supplied with gasoline.
ana That the ambushing of Lee oc-
Cured soon after he and Baker left
the garage. Lee was brought TO
Memorial Hospital here. and is in a
serious condition.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-03
Test Worlds Biggest
Airplanc in France
icy Associated Prcsy.l

ST. RAPHAEL. FRANCE. Sept
2.-"ha, is said to be the largest
airp!anc in the world Is about TO
undergo tests a; tho French naval
air station here. on the Mcditcr-
rancan coast. The machine is a
uuadruplanc, fitted with four mo-
tors. each OF cI0 horsepower.
making 1880 horsepower IN all
ne wings measure nearly 100
icet from tin TO tip, and the ma
chine is II feet high and &c feet
from back to front. 1t can de-
sccnd either on land or water.
and is intended for the future pas.
sengcr air service between Mar.
scilles and Alsiers.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-03
Takes Position with Bank.

Announcements was made yester-
DAY that Randolph &. Harrison. who
mas oeen with Frederick G. Noting
" 20. since 1919, had resigned his
position To become Connected with
ihc oohd department o: the State and
Ivy SANK and Trust Company He
VIII assume his new duties tomor-
row MT HARRISON, who is a graduate
OF the University of Virginia. lives
az SIG West Franklin Street. and
saw active service overseas as ~,
artillery observer.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-03

w. II. Schwarzschild. who will adj
dress the Richmond Advertising Club
at the weekly luncheon at the Y. ".
C. ~, Wednesday at 1855 o'clock.
VIII not limit himself to the sched-
u.cd topic Does Bank Advertising
Pay?" but Will touch on other things
important to all members of the club.
T.. H. Howard. chairman OF the pro
gram committee. urges all members
TO attend the meeting and hear Mr..
Schwarzschild's message.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-03

perintcndent w. e. Gates aud Con-
gressmaa- elect Glitter a. Wood
rum were speakers. while Mrs G.
+. Womack and Mr.. Woodruff gave
several delightful vocal solos. Mr..
Gates spoke on the Towncr- Sterling
education bill now before Congress.
and Mcssrs. Woodruff and Smith
spoke on tho patriotic tencts OF the
order. The banquet was in charge
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-03
Nonunion Man Slain I'm 1emnh,,

MEMPHIS. TENN, Sept. =
Charles Lanier, nonunion railroad
shop worker. was shot and KILLED
today when the automobile in which
he was en- route from his home I'm
n suburb 70 the shops in which ne
was employed. was fired on. An
other man VINO was in the auto
mobile with Lanier. was not in
iured
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-03
Juniors Hold Annual I,unouc,

MARTlNSNILLE, VA. Scpr. .
Inc annual banquet Tuesday eve.
nins OF the local lodge. Junior Or.
der American Mechanics. was quite
an enjoyable afralr, In which about
200 juniors, their wives and friends
participated. *. G. white vs.
toastmaStcr. and John y Smith G.,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-03
Jap Insurance Cont,,o,. c.,

loh 70, Sept. 1.-The lifo insur.
ance contracts concluded in japan
uurihs inc first five months of the
year amounted to 2s3.075.G0O yen in
"'ad''hg an Increase OF 35.SOO,OO0 ven
u.er INC corresponding period OF
Tho preceding year,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-03

OF a committee composed OF II. N
Dudley. chairman; d. W. CnesNlre
b. ID. "hitlow. w. s. S!aydon AMI
II. u. Cheshire,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-03
rhomnS S,dnor nct,.r..

The condition OF Thomas G. Sydnor
who IL still at st. Eilatcth's Hos
pit2l. is reported as greatly inn
proved.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-03

Two or three sets Of such Pajamas
as these belong in every schoolgirls
trunk, and mothers will find them
here tomorrow in attractive two
piece styles Of pink and blue dimitv
at Sl.5O instead of $3.50.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-12-20

tied the principal wheat-growing re-
gions, he found no stem rust on wheat,
oats, barley or rye. Although there
we're many barberries, few of them
showed any signs of this rust, but in
Spain plant pathologistss Informed him
that the common barberry and ar in
digenous species are responsible for
the early appearance Of stem rust in
the spring.
Doctor Stakman reports great inter-
est in breeding and selection Of wheat
varieties resistant to this disease and
emphasizes particularly the work Of
several eminent French investigators.
While travelling through France,
Spain and Italy he found little stem
rust, but this little was always asso-
ciated with barberry bushes. The con
sensus of opinion in these countries is
that, although stem rust does occur re-
mote from the barberry, it develops
later in the crop a and causes
very much less damage than In those
sections where the shrub is common.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-12-20
The Fee System Again.

In a letter to the editor of The
News, not intended for publication, a
constructive citizen Of the upper
section of Greenville county writes:
zone thing I think the legislature
do Immediately after it meets
is to put all county officers or a sal
airy. I suppose it is not known how
much some of them under the system
get, but / have been told that there
is at least one of them who receives
some $4,000 a year."
The fallacies and inequalities of
the fee system are notorious, having
been fully divulged during the long
period which the system has been I'M
der fire. This letter points out n of
the discrediting features of the sys-
tenn, the objections Of a more Sc
rious nature. The fee system is I'M
b%usinesslike and antiquated and in
pl oppressive states has been discarded
for years. 1t perpetrates glazing in
equalities, rewarding certain officers
richly and others, equally as impor-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-12-20
STUDY MANY FARM PROBLEMS
There Are 1850 Projects Dealing With
Aeronomy Being Worked
Out by Experts.

The state agricultural experiment
stations are studying ALTO specific
problems relating to the agricultural
industry Of the country, according to
a compilation of project subjects re-
Gently made by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture. Broadly
grouped, there are 1850 projects deal.
ing with agronomy subjects, including
field crops, soils and fertilizers, or
about one-third of the total; 932 bo-
tanical and horticultural problems are
under investigation; animal-industry
subjects, including dairying and dairy
products, comprise about %one-eighth
Of the total, leaving three-eighths OF
the projects for all other subjects.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-12-20

under boil weevil conditions and at
the same time build up the fertility
of these soils. But when we say that,
we are not advising the cotton farmer
to quit growing cotton, and try to at
once make himself a great breeder of
purebred livestock of himself. Some
seem to think that to produce more
livestock" one must breed %purebreds
fer breeding purposes. That is the
last kind of livestock production the
average cotton farmer should go into.
1t may be true that most cotton
farmers will make as great a failure
with livestock as in trying to produce
cotton under boil weevil conditions,
but that merely means that they are
likely to fail with both. Such farmers
should not try to grow livestock be-
yond their own farm needs, but
should find some other crop to take
the place of cotton on their poorest
lands, rather than go on with cotton
as the only crop, at least until they
have learned how to grow cotton in
spite of the boil weevils.
Successful Livestock production is
not easy. The cotton farmer cannot
go into it and make it successful af-
ter he has bankrupted himself trying
to grow cotton under boil weevil con-
ditions.
But there is no other real obstacle
to the making of some sort of live
stock production a source of addi-
revenue and an economical
means of increasing soil fertility, ex-
cept the lack of a will to do so.
The South should not quit the
growing of cotton to produce live
stock, but we should produce more
livestock as an additional source of
revenue, and produce more ,livetock
as an economical means of enabling,
us to produce more cotton on less
acres.-Progressive Farmer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-12-20

quently they make up announcer sruur
that should be used in forming the
breeding flock next spring. Leg bands
may be used to distinguish these prof
table birds, or, better, the early mol
tiers may be marketed so that they
will no longer have an opportunity to
keep down the average egg production
of the flock.
The general-purpose breeds, which
include the Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Is
land Reds, and Wyandottes, as a rule
are not profitable after the second
year. 1t is therefore advisable to Gull
out all of the older birds of this class.
OF these, the late molters are the
ones to select for breeders, just as in
the case of fowls Of any other breed.
But the selection of birds on the
basis of age and time of melting is
not all the preparation that need be
made for raising the foundation for
the new flock. The health and thrift
of the fowls must be looked after
carefully during the winter. After
selecting the breeding birds the poul-
try house needs close attention. Keep
hight In sanitary condition is n of
the important points; also the COM
fort Of the house, which is closely con-
neeted with the health of the birds.
Fowls are very sensitive to moisture
conditions, and these should be con-
trolled carefully by ventilation. When
moisture from the fowls gathers on
the ceiling and walls there is apt to
be trouble soon. In cold weather this
moisture may collect in the form Of
frost, but the heat from the sun in
the middle of the day will melt the
frost, and the water, dripping down,
will make the litter wet. Hens are a
good deal like sheep in their sensitive.
ness to wet feet, either in the house
or when outside, and they cannot be
kept in good health on damp litter.
A sick hen is a hard proposition to
deal with if you expect to get out with
q profit on her. It is a lot cheaper to
depend on dry litter than on medicines
to cure colds and roup. Roup is the
sequel of colds, and when it gets into
a flock, as n poultryman puts it,
you are on the rocks.
Plenty Of fresh air in the house is q
well-recognized preventive of colds in
humans, and it is just as %efficacious
in the case of poultry. The open front
house with cloth curtains is the most
practical means for the average flock
owner to keep the house thoroughly
aired, and the fowls will not suffer
from the cold if the building has been
properly planned; also the egg produc-
tlon will keep up. By going into the
house frequently in changing winter
weather it will be easy to judge Of the
condition of the atmosphere and bring
it to normal by adjustments of cur
taips and windows. Moisture can be
kept from accommodating by opening up
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-12-20

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agriculture.)
The %improvident man who sold his
heating stove in July because the cir
Gus was near and the winter far of
differs only in the degree of his short
Isightedness from the poultry raiser
who waits until spring to select the
breeding stock that is to be used to
ireplenish his flock. This important
work Of picking out the superior birds
must be done in the fall to get the
best results, says the United States
Department of Agriculture, for 1t Is
then that the greatest contrast be-
tween the profitable birds and the poor
. ones shows up. OF course the culling
,out of the poor layers should go on
all through the summer and fall, but
lat last the top-notchers should be
iselected as foundation for the coming
flock, which ought to be better each
year.
Never Use Immature Pullets.
One good rule to follow is to keep
the pullets out Of the breeding flock
until they are fully matured. An i'm
mature bird may be a good layer and
may be from the best stock, but still
1T Is undesirable. Eggs from puliets
mot vet fully developed will not pro-
iduce as large or a strong chicks as
those from older hens or fully grown
bullets. There is no difficulty in know
ling when a bird, is mature enough to
be used as a breeder, as at that time
the eggs laid will have reached the
size of the average produced by the
general run of hens in the flock.
Ynnng pullets always lay q rather
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-12-20
More Livestock, Not Less
Cotton.

r.HL.E# .EaaF. Na.h
It is still being repeated that those
who give information to the farmers
regarding methods of fighting the
boil weevl, are advising that they
quit growing cotton and substitute
other crops, livestock, for instance.
Of course no one having the kind
of knowledge emitting him to offer
information to. the farmer has ever
done anything Of the kind, but it
would perhaps be too much to ask
those who think it popular to criti-,
cize experimenters and teachers of
a better agriculture to stop their false
statements. lit would deprive them of
the only thing they know to say, that
they think would be popular. The
writer has recently been asked:
"Why do you advise people to stop
growing cotton and go into the live
stock business when you surely know
that it is even more difficult for large
numbers of them to grow livestock
under their conditions than to grow
cotton under boil weevil conditione2"
The only answer possible is, that
we haven't done it. But if we had ad-
vised some to do that sort of thy
and they had accepted u advice,
they would not now be in any weese
condition. In fact, the mar who stops
growing; cottonentirely after the sec
ond year of boil weevil invasions,is
certain to come out better. than the
nonresident landowner who contin-
ues to try to grow cotton with negro
tenants and without white supervi-
sion, in the old way and ~underthe
Fold system of cotton as the only mon
ey crop. But that is not telling him
to stop growing cotton and go into
producing livestock.
We have told the average cotton
farmer, not after the boil weevils
broke him but before they came, to
increase his livestock production. We
here at this time and place repeat the
statement, not as advice, but as fact,
that the man who finds and learns
how to produce another money crop
before the weevils reach him, and re-
|duces cotton acreage when the wee
wills begin to do damage, comes out
better than the man who goes on put
ting all his land in cotton in the old
way and depends on cotton as his
only money crop. We have stated
time and again that it was not a SUBJ
stitution for cotton that the South
needed, but an additional source Of in
come and a system of farming that
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-12-20


ties, Anderson and spartanburg, took
the progressive step and placed Off
GERS on a definite salary basis. Now
that economy is the keynote in coun-
ty government it becomes more i'm
portant than ever that other counties
follow them, or else that the fee sys-
tenn of remuneration be abandoned
throughout the state by a single
stroke. The public a be of assist
ance in bringing about this reform by
doing as the writer of the above let
ter has done by making . it's voice
heard in the matter.-Greenville
News.