Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 233, 8 August 1913 — Page 10

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PAGE TEN THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1913

i SHOW THE HARVEST THE PLAGUE REAPS Powerful Argument Advanced For Building Tuberculosis Hospital.

On account of the economic value of each man and woman to the community In -which he or she lives, it is asserted by Dr. S. Edgar Bond, a members of the Anti-tuberculosis Society of Wayne County, that a hospital for the care and treatment of tubercular patients would be a valuable asset to the county, by saving such ' men and women to a life of usefulness, instead of allowing them to die and leave their share of undone. "We have been prodigal with life, and now we are beginning to realize the value of the individual man. We have legislation in state and nation for the protection of our laborers in factories, and for the general public, yet in our own state the loss of life from tuberculosis every year is vastly greater than from all external clauses, including railroad accidents," he stated. , An Apt Illustration. "Suppose that a thunderbolt would descend from a clear sky and entirely destroy the city of Richmond, killing several thousand residents at once and causing all the others to die a lingering death. The entire world would be horrified, and would immediately put ( their vast resources at the command iof the stricken city, send their most able scientists to Investigate, and make every possible effort to help the suffering people, especially if they thought that they could successfully help the stricken city. But enough 'people die in the United States every 'year from tuberculosis to make a city ,the size of Richmond, and yet we are .entirely ignoring the situation, with the exception of a few active organizations who are trying to bring the matter before the eyes of the public. Millions of dollars will probably be spent to protect Dayton against a disaster similar to the one which befell it last (spring, and yet the only thing lost which can not be replaced was less than five hundred lives In and around Dayton. Compare this with the annual' loss of more than four thousand lives in out own state from this dread tuberculosis. i "The figures given on the deaths in Indiana from various causes are astonishing. Tuberculosis cause over four thousand deaths; pneumonia is responsible for over three thousand, and all external causes two thousand five hundred. Smallpox, so much dreaded, caused only twelve deaths last yer, and yet if a person became afflicted with this disease he is hustled off to a pesthouse, whether he wants to go or not, and yet tuberculosis, with its toll of over four thousand deaths a year, is allowed to flourish unchecked by any concerted effort" Call on W. G. Redrow, 234 S. 11th St. and see the beautiful University Felt Pillow. Can be procured by clipping coupon from page two of next Sunday's Cleveland Leader and payment of 45c .to .Mr. Redrow. Order your Sunday Cleveland Leader from UVIr. Redrow today. These Pillow tops are a $2.00 value and can not be secured any place else. INSTINCT IN PLANTS. Actions That Seem to Indicate Some 8ort of Nervous System. Plants sometimes appear to possess reasoning power. Charles Darwin inBtanced the case of the rootlet, which, piercing its way through the soil and detecting a stone or lump of hard clay in Its path, will go round it without touching It. "IIow does the rootlet or plant know that the stone is there?" be asks. "Certainly it cannot see it and as it does not touch it cannot feel It. The avoidance therefore seems to be in the nature of perception of some kind which is a mental operation." The species of mimosa known as the sensitive plant will contract its leaves even at the sound of a footstesp. and when snch a plant is being transplanted It crumples up during the process in such a way that It really appears to be suffering from fear. Afterward it recovers and resumes its ordinary mode of life. Plants undoubtedly possess consciousness of a kind which enables them to carry out certain operations necessary to their preservation, and this can only be done through the possession of some sort of nervous system. London Standard. Optometry Definition "The employment of any means, other than the use of drugs, for the measurement of the powers of vision and the adaption of lenses for the aid thereof." To Improve Your Sight I offer my services as a Registered Optometrist for the ex amination of your eyes. MISS C. M. SWEITZER,

news of the railroads

HANDLE JXPLOSIVES Colonel Taylor Talks to a Number of Railroad Men. Before a crowd of between 50 and 75 railroad men. Colonel Taylor, chief of the Bureau of Explosives, delivered an interesting lecture on the 'Transportation of Explosives and Imflarnmables" in the auditorium of the high school last night. Hia lecture was illustrated with stereopticon views. Colonel Taylor's talk held the close attention of the railroaders. He pointed out the importance of railroad men knowing the physical rule3 governing and relating to the transportation of exploseves and combustibles. "The explosives are foes worse than war. They are more deadly, more dangerous and more treacherous. Men must know how to handle them if they would call themselves railroad men," he declared. "In the six years previous to the establishing of the bureau which I represent, 90 per cent of the accidents which resulted from the transportation of explosives was due to the ignorance of the men who are responsible. Now the Interstate Commerce commission requires that railrOad men be instructed in this matter." NUMEROUS SPECIAL TRAINS ARE COMING Special trains galore will pass through Richmond tomorrow over the C. & O. and Pennsylvania. One coming over the C. & O., making up in West Virginia, gets here at 12:20 p. m. and goes to Chicago, where it changes to the Rock Island. Three specials will pass through here over the Pennsylvania, bound for Chicago. The first leaves Cincinnati at 9 a. m., carrying a baggage car, coach and four sleeprs and an observation car. The second leaves Cincinnati at 6:30 p. m., carrying a baggage car, a coach and five sleepers, and the third leaves Cincinnati at 7 p. m., carrying a coach, a baggage car, four sleeprs and an observation car. All the Pennsylvania specials will make an eight-hour run to Chicago. EXCURSION SUNDAY The C. & O. Railroad company will run its regular bi-monthly excursion to Cincinnati Sunday. The train makes up in Peru and goes through Richmond at 8:55 a. m. It leaves Cincinnati at 7 o'clock. TO VISIT IN WEST E. J. Valentine and his wife leave Saturday for their trip through the West. They will make the journey to Denver on one of the Specials bound for that city and will visit Salt Lake City, Cheyene and other points in the Western states. A SPECIAL TRAIN A special train from Mount Vernon, Virginia, carrying a coach, baggage car, diner, observation car and five sleepers and bound for Denver and the triennial conclave of the Knights Templar will pass through Richmond at 1 o'clock Saturday nlin over the Pennsylvania railroad. LEAVES FOR DENVER John Rupe and Mr. and Mrs. John Nicholson left today for Denver to attend the Triennial conclave of the Knights Templar. They made the trip over the Pennsylvania railroad. WAS IN RICHMOND General Superintendent McCarthy of the Southwest Pennsylvania rail road system, whose headquarters are In Columbus, "Ohio, came to Richmond for a conference today. He made a ten minute stop at noon and then returned to his office. LIKES RICHMOND Trainmaster George J. Derbyshire, of the C. & O. railroad, whose headquarters are in Peru, was an official business visitor in Richmond last night, leaving this morning for Muncie. Mr. Derbyshire formerly lived here and claims Richmond is the best town on earth. 1027 Main

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AGENT RTJOR WILL MAKE DENVER TRIP

City Ticket Agent C. A. Blair of the Chesapeake & Ohio railway in Richmond will be among the local persons to make the trip to Denver, Colo., on the special trin which leaves here at noon tomorrow. He will attend the Knights Templar conclave and then go j Colorado Springs, Los Angeles, San ' Francisco, Portland, Ore., and return to Richmond via Vancouver smd Winj nipeg, Canada over the Canadian-Pa-! ci fie railroad. Three weeks will be ; required to make the trip. C. E.Cain, J I relief agent of the C. & O., will have charge here during Mr. Blair's ab- ' sence. FATHER'S INJURY CALLED HIM HOME W. H. Barber, son of Alfred Barber, who was injured at New Paris, Ohio, yesterday, has ben called home. He is employed in the operators' room of the Pennsylvania railroad at Anderson. His father's condition, he says, is slightly improved today. Three hundred pounds of rock struck Mr. Barber while he was on a ladder, knocking him to the ground and breaking every round in the ladder. Mr. Barber was repairing a stone crusher at New Paris and sustained a scalp wound and broken bones in his ankle when he was struck by a glancing blow. He was unconscious for a few minutes. BACK HOME AGAIN Will Balser and his family have returned from about two months' visit In Florida where they went for their son's health. Mr. Balser is agent of the Pennsylvania railroad at Millville. His son's health is better as a result of the stay in the south. . VISIT IN CITY C. C. Renner and his wife were I visitors in Richmond yesterday. Mr. Renner is C. & O. railroad agent at Williamsburg. EXAMINING BOOKS C. A. Ryan, traveling auditor of the C .& O. R ailroad company was here today examining the books of Ticket Agent C. A. Blair. TO ATLANTIC CITY William Clendenin, of the Fertilizer works, left today, accompanied by his wife, for a visit to Atlantic City. SPECIAL RATES FOR THE OLD VETERANS Tariff sheets giving the rates of fare from points along the Pennsylvania to Chattanooga, Tenn., where the national encampment of the G. A. R. will be held, have been received at the local ticket office. It will cost $10 to make the round trip, and stop-overs will be permitted south of Cincinnati. Tickets will be sold from September 11 to 18, and will be good until September 2Sth. ON RAILROAD ROW. Mrs. James Enoch, mother of Arthur Enoch of the Pennsylvania railroad shops, left yesterday for Chattanooga and Nashville, Tennessee, where she will visit relatives and friends for a month. H. Keller, George Winters, Ben Prus and W. H. Bonner, Pennsylvania shop employes, have returned from a turtle hunt near Kokomo. They caught fifty pounds in all. H. J. Korbes, boiler inspector at the local Pennsylvania shops, went-to Columbus today on official business. Percy Smith, who has charge of the car service at the freight depot of the Pennsylvania, is off duty touay to attend the funeral of his aunt at Oxford, Ohio.who died at College Corner. C. F. Hoefer and Dr. Menhall with their families, are camping at Henley's cottage near Fountain City. O. J. Standback, Pennsy engineer leaves soon for Mackinac City to spend his vacation. Frank Critchet will be among the Pennsy employes to make the trip to Denver Saturday on a special train. Fireman Justice of the north local on the Pennsylvania who lives at Logansport, is now on his vacation. E. L. Decker, Hamilton Yards engineer on the Pennsylvana railroad, is now on his vacation at Buffalo, New Phone 2577 Fancy Ripe Peaches Bartlett Pears Oranges

York, and his place is being filled by Mose Minnick. A. C. Smyser of the Pennsylvania railroad will acompany the Knights Templar of Richmond to Denver to attend the conclave. A. Brown of the Pennsylvania, who because of sickness, went to Hagerstown, has returned to Richmond. Chief operator Fansher, who is on his vacation, returns to his duties on Monday at the Pennsylvania offices.

RAILROAD NOTES. Following the Pennsylvania railroaad's embargo on less than carload shipments to Cincinnati because of the teamsters' strike, now comes the Bir Four, Queen and Crescent and Ixuisville and Nashville railroads. These companies took this course upon the request of Cincinnati shippers who did not care to see their perishable goods go to waste. The amount of package freight sent out from Cincinnati has decidedly decreased because of the strike. More than 300 cars of package freight (less than carload shipments) are sent out from Cincinnati daily and the lack of transportation facilities has cut down the deliveries a great degree. A new roundhouse, turntable and other improvements have been made under the direction of the C. H. and D. railroad company at Lima, Ohio. The largest engine and car repair shop of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad are located at Lima and between six and eight hundred men are employed. You can get Whitman's Sampler Chocolates at Price's, Agency for Whitman's Chocolates.

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We're Glad to Hand You These Savings on Qualify Furniture for the Dining Room Our August offering points out the way unfailingly whereby the high cost of living may be reduced. Dining room pieces used as floor samples but none the less desirable rather are they more desirable because as samples they were built with especial care in as much as from and through them, large sales were effected

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DINING CHAIRS $24.00 Sample Dining Room Chairs, fT Qp Slip Seat, Golden Oak, per set ..... .tD JL I VD $18.75 Sample Dining Room Chairs, ' Gt A QT Leather Seat, Sale price tDJLdb.OO

Other Dining Chairs reduced to $1.35, $1.60, $2.25, $2.75, $3.40 up.

DINING

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$29.50 Dining Tables on Other Tables on sale at Bring this dise. Always

Wayne County Farmers Should Improve Wheat Is Statement of Cobb

By ALEX D. COBB, County Agent. Reports from different farmers would seem to Indicate that the wheat crop in Wayne county this year had been successful. Reports of 25, 28 and 30 bushel yield sound good, but it is always to be remembered that the big yields are the ones that are most often reported. Some Investigation has shown that there are farmers in the county whose wheat only averaged 10 to 15 bushels. Taking it all around it is hardly likely that the county average will be much over that of the last few years, from 13 to 15 bushels. Not a Paying Crop. The average farmer of the county, when closely questioned will concede that wheat is not considered a paying crop on his farm, and is sown mainly to round out the crop rotation, and to aid in securing a stand of clover. This is not at all a healthy viewpoint from a business standpoint, and practical investigation tends to show that it is not a necessary condition. Considering the rental value of land to be about $5.00 per acre, it costs about $12.50 to produce an acre of wheat. A 15 bushel yield barely pays this expense. The county average in 1911 was 15.71 bushels.

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TABLES value is made of Solid Oak, $39.60 sale at $22.40 $9.50, $11.70, $18.40 and up.

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It is no longer a question of whether or not this average can be Increas

ed, but a question of doing the things that will bring about this increase. The average production of wheat in Kngland and Germany for the past 20 years has been 30 bushels. The average yield under ordinary farm conditions on the Iurdue Kxperiment Station farm for the past 25 years, has been about 2S bushels. Experiments conducted on representative farms in 10 counties of this state, have shown it possible to increase the average yield and the net Income from the crop. Time for Action Now. With planting time only about sl weeks distant, it is high time to consider the attention to be given the planting of the crop in order to make next year the banner year for Wayne county. First consideration should be given to the preparation of the seed bed. Wheat requires a Arm. well settled seed bed. If the ground be plowed, it should be done early, and worked often. If the seed is to be sown in standing corn. The field should be free from weeds, and the soil kept loose. Where possible It is much preferable to cut the corn early, and to go over the ground with a disk and

CHINA CLOSETS China Closets in All Staple Finishes $28 China Closet in Early English Oak, now $22.40 $32 China Closet in Fumed Oak, now . . . .- $24.90 Others on sale at $15.95, $19.80 up.

BUFFETS Extra Big Assortment at Sale Prices $65.00 Golden Oak Sample Buffet, Sale price $49.50 $45.00 Fumed Oak Buffet on sale now at $36.00 $24.00 Buffet, Sale price now $17.40

Refrigerators Reduced $8.00 Refrigerators, now $5.85 ' $11.00 Refrigerators, now $8.55 $15.00 Refrigerators, now $11.60 $21.00 Refrigerators, now $17.20

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harrow. Th ed should b drilled in rather than broadcasted, muttloj in more even seeding, and depth ci planting. The amount to sow varies with th seed and the soil. With medium siie4 seed- on a good seed bed. six peel I will usually be sufficient- On som soil eight to ten pecks hT bee I, found profitable. Interesting Problem. A problem that Is interesting ti farmers of Wayne county is that o fertilliation. As far Is it has bees, possible to ascertain, fertilitatlon ol wheat has not been successful Is, Wayne county. There are except tions to this statement, but not many) The main outstanding renson. in th opinion of the writer, for this failure U obtain satisfactory tvsultM Is the fac that too little has been?applled. small application of fertiliser l fa economy, feeding the crop only dnrinf its earlier stages of growth, and fail ing to yield a maximum profit. Thi average amount applied In Waynt county seems to be about 150 to 171 pounds per acre.

Some of the fertility la returnej when a proper rotation is belnit fo lowed. Ity plowing under clover th deficiency of nitrogen may be largely Mipplied. The phosphoric acid must be supplied by the use of commercial fertiliser and also some of the poll ash. In general, from 250 to S04 pounds of fertiliser containing 2 pel cent nitrogen. S rcr cent phosphori acid and 4 per cent potash should b used. On some sotls In the county th requirements will be different, but un til they are worked out by actual e perlments. definite recommendaUoi can not be mad. Y r I our Merchan-

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