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• AGENTS HE BUS!
GETTING TENANTS
Near Approach of Moving Day
Makes Thom Doubly Active
in This June.
i.nnx obtains lease
ON ADJOINING SITE
Playhouse Plans to Double Tt.s
Present Capacity by Erect
ing Addition to Broad
Street Theater.
Richmond realty agent* are devot
ing moat of their time these hot
August days to the rental proposi
tion so that when moving day arrives*
September 1 they will be able to make
s creditable showing for the property
owners.
While the number of houses* yet to
be rented is not by any means large,
the agents say that prospective rent
ers are net nearly so eager to sign
up In many instances as they would
like to be the cas^.
Time was. tney say. when renters
were only too glad to go torth and
look at houses without any coaching
and they never thought of being
, driven »n*>ut the city at the expense
or agents. Now. the times are dif
ferent. Renters must frequently be
. shown around in automobiles and
accorded every consideration given
the prospective buyer of a house or
lot in the suburb*.
Conditions t hanged.
This change of conditions netes
sarly makes the work of the agent ail
the harder. Competition, however. Is
stronger these days and It is rarely
the case that an agent, if he is up to
date, tails to meet the situation as it
confronts him.
. As for the real estate proposition
In general, dullness continues to be
the burden of the agent s song but
he finds consolation In the fact that
August is rapidly passing into history
and the fall, with its busy times, will
soon be here.
So far »•> can be learned, no deals
or sales of any special consequence
were turned during the week, al
though Inquiries tor both city and
suburban property continue fairly ac
tive There is nr* denying the fact
. that vacation season Is tough on
business and many of the ag' nts
realizing this full well, lire now enjoy
ing a much-needed vacation them
selves
i’tiai in and Hum* had one deal to
v * out ’bat netted $'<,000. This was
the -u , tv* ,, dwellings at 2010 and
id! 12 Food avenue, made for Messrs,
powers acd fonncll. Other details of
the transaction are withheld until
papers ire .n better shape for record.
Theater Sviirtw Iswse.
* 1 b»! lard and Rag to displayed an ac
tivs spintd tiring the week by nego
tiating the lease which the Rubin
theatre management obtained on
twenty feet frontage adjoining their
playhouse on North Broad street be
tween Kighth and Ninth streets. The
newly leased property, which i$ occu
pied by a small frame structure, will
enable the theatre management to
carry but their purpose of enlarging
the house so that It will have double
Its present capacity Work. It is
stated, will begin on the addition
early in the fail. The lease extends
for a period of eight Ami one-half
years, which i« the extent of the lease
the management holds on the main
site The new work will call for an
outlay of about 15.000.
As previously noted In these
columns, Moses Hofheimer Is laving
plan* for erection of a vaudeville
theater on the north side of Broad
stret between Adams and Jefferson
Street. The theatre will cost In the
neighborhood of $25,000. It will have
a seating capacity of 7u0 and will
be for colored people. It will be
torknown as the Star theatre. Ten
tative plans for the structure have
been filed with the building Inspec
tor.
Store to Cost gSO.OOO.
With this official. Mr. Hofheimer
>>«» also fled plans and specifications
for the construction of a four-story
brick store and office building on
the northwest corner of Third and
Broad streets, at an estimated cost
of $30,000.
Owing to some hitch In the plans
on which bids were asked a week or
two ago, .the Main Street bank has
determined to readverttse for bids on
> it* new' home to be erected at the
' northwest corner of Fifteenth and
•- Main streets. This building will in
ell probability be a four-story struc
ture with foundation for eight or
nine stories which roav be erected
later.
The R J Reynolds Tobacco CV>m
* psny is now having plans drawn for
a large storage warehouse It pro
S poses to erect at TwelTth and Byrd
street*. The building. It is estimated,
will cost close to $50,000.
GREAT PROFIT IN
I
(Special to Tho Richmond Virginian )
WASHINGTON, IX C.. August. 13.—
A comprehensive picture of the ad
vantages to be found in the fruit Brow
ing sections of the Southeastern States
Is presented In the August issue of
“The Southern Field," the official or
gan of the Land and Industrial De- I
partment of the Southern Railway and i
associated lines, tho circulation of!
which will begin in a few days.
The leading article of this issue is
devoted to a discussion of fruit grow
ing in Virginia, the Carolinas. Geor
gia. Alabama, Tepnessee and Missis- j
sippl. The story of the development j
of the growing of apples, peaches, her- j
ries and small fruits In this territory
is fully told and the opportunities for j
future development pointed out.
The farmer interested In. fruit grow- !
ing who reads this issue cannot fail to
be impressed with the great oppartuni- j
ttmm which await him in th# Southeast, j
SCENES AT THE NORFOLK & WESTERN'S MODEL FARM NEAR IVOR
'
WOMAN'S COLLEGE
Plans Well Advanced for Pine
School to he Established at
Westhauipton.
OPEN' IN TWO YEARS;
Building to Begin Next Spring
aud School to Open in Sep
tetnber
l'lan.i for the establishment litre.
In clone alliance wtth Richmond Cot- j
lug*. •>( a splendid college tor the j
ehuctitl' it of giri* ate n<>w pretty well j
perfected. The actual work ot build
ins v m t.i gin next spring and It is
hoped to have the school ready to he
opened in September. 1*12.
A* then li.es been a good deal of
misconception and misunderstanding
us to the plans for the Woman's
College- and its relation to Richmond
College. Rev. I>r. B. Cabell Henlng. j
corresponding secretary of the Bap
tist hldu' atlonal Commission of Vir- I
gtiua. has prepared an article giving
tin facts In the case, i>r. Henlng ,
w r:*u<:
li gives me pleasure to comply '
with your regueet for a statc-nmr.t
from me for your admirable paper ;
concerning the plane -of the V irgitcK ■
Beylists f..r the establishment of a
cilteglate Institution for women prop
erly endowed and »llh standard
egual to those of the last colleges In
the land. ;
Han- Fine Site.
• \Vt have secured as a site for the
Institution, by gift and otherwise, a
plot of land containing 2si> 77-100
acres. This land being a part of
Wcsthampton Bark, lies a little to
the west of Richmond, and is about :
thirty minutes ride by street car from ■
the city hail, in the center of it is j
a lake, led by a .urge spring, and con- I
taming nearly seven acres of water i
surface. To the south of this lake, |
apd toward the river road we will ;
erect, to begin with, a recitation
building for women and two dorml- '
tories. At the eastern end of the j
lake will be located our mutual light. i
heating and power plant. A little to
the north of this such buildings for ;
mutual faculties as a general library. ;
science hall, museum, etc. On the
opipoaite side of the lake will l>e erect- I
ed the new college for men. While the !
two Institutions are near enough to j
admit of the use of mutual utilities, j
which wilt be as effective for both as I
for either, they will lie separate and
apart, the distance between thorn i
being possibly more than twice that
between the present Woman’s Col- i
lege of Richmond and the medical
colleges.
Open In Two Years.
landscape gardeners and architects S
are already at work on the prepara- !
tory stages, and we hope to begin
the building In the spring of 1*11. If i
our subscribers to the fund will .pay
promptly and other friends contribute i
additional funds, which will be great- |
ly needed, we hope to enter the new ;
college In September. 1*12. Much of |
our 1500,000 was pledged on the con- j
dltion that we complete the amount, 1
and these conditional subscribers pay !
only as we collect from others. There- j
fore, both on this account, and on |
account of the urgent need of funds
to carry out the plan, those who have
pledged should pay promptly, and
other progressive and interested per- !
sons should generously aid us.”'yi, ...
IIORSE KEPT IN STALL
NEARLY TWENTY YEARS j
CINCINNATI. Auk. 13.—City officer*!
Thusday Investigated the home of Eil- j
ward Flynn, a 76-year-old hermit tiv- i
Inn at Terrace Park, and found a con- i
dltton of affairs which leave* them ul
a loss how to act.
Flynn has for years kept four horses
a* pets. One of them was born In a
stall 17 years ago and has never left j
It since. The other horses are between
the antes of 27 and S3 years. None of J
them have ever been harnessed. Rath* j
er than permit his horses to become j
beasts of burden. Flynn has made two i
trips a day for two miles to brine food/
to his pets.
Humane officers fonnJ the animals fn
excellent condition, but will demand
that the horse that has been kept
penned up during his lifetime be al
lowed to run at large. Flynn In em
phatic terms resented tits visit of the
Group of photo* depicts scenes at Norfolk and Western farm at Ivor, Va.. where members of State Farmers Insti
tute were entertained Thursday by officials of the company. On* picture, gives realistic Illustration of stump blast
ing with dynamite while another reveals mammoth gasoline traction plow. Third picture Includes far rahouee an 1
some of those who were guests of the railroad.__ _
OVER MILLION FOR
STOTE’SITERW
$'250,000 Coining for Improve
ment of the James
River.
At tho last session of Congress Vir
ginia received appropriations aggre
gating J 1,154,700 for the improvement
of waterways Of this sum the James
river secured a quarter of a million
dollars.
The following table shows how the
money will be spent:
Virginia.
Potomac river, Alexandria.. $60,000
Cape Charles City harbor.... 20,000
Milford Haven harbor. 3,000
Norfolk harbor and ap
proaches with channel to
Newport News. 645,000
Appomattox river . 33.000
Dymers creek . 9,000
James river . 260,000
Nansemond river . 5,000
Nominl creek . 5,000
Onancock river . 13,500
Pagan river . 4.600
Rappahannock river . 15.000
Upper Maehodoe creek . 10.00
Urbana creek . 6.500
York, Mattaponl and Pn
munkey rivers and Occo
quan creek . 50.000
Coast waterway . U.100
Chincoteague bay . 1,000
Waterways from Norfolk to
Carolina sdunds . 10.000
Total ..$1,154,700
BIJOU WILL CLOSE
its doobs mm
Summer Vaudeville Season a Dis
appointment to Managers from
Financial Standpoint.
Saturday marks the end of the sum
mer season of vaudeville at tho Bijou
Theater, and for several weeks the big
amusement house will bo dark, pre
liminary to reopening for Its winter
season of melodrama.
The announcement that the theater
would close came as a surprise, It be
ing expected that attractions would be
offered for several weeks to come. Ac
cording to representatives of the Prin
cess Theater Company, which has
beep managing the local playhouse, It
Is said that the season has not been
as successful from a financial stand
point as had been expected, and that
the early closing is due .largely to this
Uet>.- . •
BIG WHEAT CROP
Expect 1.000.000 Bushels front;
Virginia, Texas, Maryland, i
Tennessee and Kentucky.
Preliminary figure* of the w inter i
wheat crop indicate a total !n the
South this year of cloee to lcG.OoO,
000 bushels. Five States, which
yielded 67.0 per cent, of the Southern
crop In 1908. show an aggregate of
62.201,000 bushels, or about l.ijOO.OOO
more than the total In the South In
1909. Comparison* of these five
States in the two years follow:
Bushels
States. 1909. 1*10.
Kentucky ... 7.906,000 9.267.000
| Maryland . . .. 11,166,000 12.816.000
Tennessee ... 2,8 20,000
Texan . 5,060,000
Virginia . 8.848.000
LO.20D.OO0
12,720.090
10,048.000
Total . 41,289,000 62,201.000
United States 4*8,246.000 456,294,000
The Increase indicated for the
whole country Is froth 446,366,000
bushel* to 46s.294,009 bushel*, or by
11.228.000 bushels, equal to 2.7 per
rent., and. for the five Southern
State*, from 41.389,000 bushels to
62.201.000 bushels, o rby 20,912.000
bushels, equal to 50.6 per cent. If
the crops In the remaining Southern
State* Increased at the same rate, the
total for the South would be'120.000,
000. It must ha remembered, though,
thut the Increase of 18,720,000 bush
els in Texas over 1*09 carries the pro
duction In that State but 8,626,000
bushels beyond the production of 1908
as the 1909 crop was an abnormally
small one. and that the 1910 crop In
Maryland Is but 1,270;000 bushels
greater than the 1*08 crop. The year
1909 wa» a poor cm# for the crop in
moot ref the States, showing an ad
vance this year. If the remaining
Southern States show only the same
crop a* last year, the total-In the1
South would be 71,218,000 bushels, j
But there has been a general increase,
which leads to the expectation That!
the total will be nearer 100.000,004
bushels than 75,000,000 bushel*. '
Want Co-Operagon.
Under the auspice*, of tt»e board of
trade of Brlatol, Va., an effort Is he- ;
ing made to secure the co-operation 1
of railway management* and other'
experts In the Industrial, commercial j
and agricultural development of j
Southwest Virginia and Hast Tenne*-1
•true* kr UgfetSlW- I
WIN8TON-SA1JE88. N. C.. August IS. j
During an electric storm here yesterday
afteraeon, D. T. Watkins t
Huffman, while Wording F* '
< yard of the former, wkrtt . _
oral feet by a stroke of lig
Is thought they will recover,
kin s horse, standing n*ar
arobd
i3i
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kM*
a
*mOOT TROLLEY
Southern Makes Experiment in
Thickiv Settled Milling Sec
tion of South Carolina.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
GRKBNVILLE, S. C.. Aug. 13.-—
Electric motor ear sen-ice without the
use of trolley wires or the third rail
attachment is being given on the line
of the Southern Railway and the Blue
Ridge railway between Greenville and
Anderson, the intermediate territory
being perhaps the most thickly settled
milling section in the South, including
the important points. Piedmont, Pel
ser. Wllliamston and Belton.
The car is run by electricity gen
erated by a gasolene engine, The
powerful machinery is compactly plac
ed In the forward end. It is eas
ily manipulated, and the car is han
dled with perfect ease. The greatest
Interest is felt throughout this section
in the motor car, and It is crowded
•very trip. The first day it was greet
ed by great crowds at every station.
At one place a citlsen was so anx
ious to get a view that he left the
barber's chair, running to the station
with his face covered with lather.
The new service is in addition to
the steam trains run between Oreen
ville and Anderson, and Is expected
to prove a great convenience. The op
eration of these cars, the first of their
kind in the South, will be watched
with great Interest.
MISS LOUISE REES
IS GUEST OF HOXOR
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
OXFORD. N, C., August 13.—Miss
Gertrude Landis delightfully entertain
ed at cards Thursday afternoon In hon
or of Miss Louise Rees, of Baltimore,
who la the jfuest of Col. and Mra. W(l
Mam XaftdTs. The parlors were deco
rated for the occaalon. and the oolor
scheme of yellow and brown waa oar
rled out in the score cards and alao in
the refreshments which were served in
two courses and consisted of salads,
sandwiches, ices and cakes.
Punch was served by Mias Julia Win
ston and Mies Janet Gregory. The
fussts were: Misses Louise Rees, of
altlmore; Florence Brem. of Brook
lyn; .Weaver, of Princess Ann, Md.;
howling, of Lynchburg; Beatrice Lew
is. of New fork; Edith Spratley. of
Richmond; Aliens Whitaker, of Nor
folk; Alleae Cooper, of Fayetteville:
Annie Furman. Lillie White, Lucy Webb
Mary B. Williams, Mary Cooper, Mar
tha Fere bee, Sophia .Taylor, Julia Wln
stom Fannie and Nst jajre'gory. Annie
rows. Janet Gregory, Katherine Flem
lng, Florence Landis, Mra. J. C. Canna
dy and Mra, Morris*, at aokaonvilie.
Will Talk on Dairying.
Mr. Benjamin JU Purcell, deputy
State Dairy and Pood Inspector, wfil
be among the speakers for the boat
farmers' Institute to take place from
August 14 to 17, He will talk no
TOBACCO REPORTS I
ARE ENCOORAGINS;
Crop Will Be About Same Size
as Last Year and of
Better Grade.
BURLEY
EXPERIMENTS
Planters Will Again 1 ry Band
With This Grade, Though
Past Was Unsatisfactory.
Tobacco planters are beginning to |
display a title anxiety on account ot r
the drought which has continued for ;
several weeks, but still are in hopes 1
of more rain within the next lew :
days. It is believed that the heavy j
shower of Saturday was not entirely
local, but reached out into the State j
and was of material benefit to the j
growing leaf.
Richmond brokers are keeptng j
close tab on the prospects for the
IS 10 crop. Most ol them are of the
opinion that It will be of about the
same size as last year's yield, declar
ing that the acreage set forth this
year has not been increased to any
great extent
Nothing Doing Here.
Since June there has been noth
ing doing in the local market, The
tobacco men are whiling away their
time in storing the weed and making
a few scattering sales and sampling.
According to repor's of farmers
i who recently visited Richmond the
experiments last year with hurley
were not as satisfactory as expected.
However, the planters have again de
cided to try their hand at making Vir- j
ginta a producer of this grade and |
have against set forth ubout the same !
number of plants aa last year.
Normal Crop.
Generally speaking this year's crop
will be normal. It Is expected to
come in about October 15, although
there will probably be a few sales
next month of primln s.
The plants this year. It is said, will
i be slightly stunted on account of the
late frosts last spring, but they were
not materially damaged and aside
from this it is believed that the grade
xviil be above the usual average.
As a whole, the reports from the
tobacco territory are encouraging.
BIG MEETING OF
BIBLE CUSSES
i
Plans on Foot for Great Assem
bly of Sunday-School Folk
in the Fall.
On Tuesday evening a meeting of the 1
Executive Committee of Federation of i
! Men'* Bible Clause, was held in the
! home of Col. Eugene C. Massta. No. 412 '
1E. Grace street The committee out-;
: lined plans for a meeting similar to '
: that held In the auditorium In N'overa
j her, 1»0», to take place about the sec- j
, owl Sunday In November. Committees ;
: were appointed to secure speaker*, j
i music, advertising, etc. Some of the
I most prominent speakers In this i
(country will be Invited for the occa-j
i slon. It 1s hoped that every adult 1
i class In the city will Join the Fedora {
I tlon and that the parade and meeting |
will be the largest of Its character, in
; the history of Hichmond.
FARMER'S FXTON MEET
(Special to The Hichmond Virginian.) ,
KEY8VIL.LE. VA. Aug. 13.—Tho;
County Farmers Educational and Co
operative Union held a picnic at I’hoe- !
nix. on the Vtrgtnla railway, yesterday. 1
An Immense crowd was in attendance.
State Preaident David M. Gannaway
and State Secretary H. U Petty, deliv- j
ered public addresses.
After the dinner hour an executive ;
session of the Union'was held, at which j
muoh business of Importance to the or- i
der wes transacted.
Called to AJbemtu le.
Mr. Charlea A. MUler. nhtof cleric
1 of the Department of Agriculture. !
i «m called to Albemarle « panty Erlr ;
i day on account of the i lines* of a j
ahUA ■ ‘ J
lino HOST OF
1G1JPEB5
S'. and W. Gives Deraonetrslioa
Showing How Slumps Am
Blasted With Dynamite.
experimental station
MECCA TOR HUNDREDS
Members of State Institute Spend
Day Near Ivor and I aspect
Scientific Methods Prac
ticed by Company.
H]r JOHN P. MADISON.
* staff < ormpoodeul.
IVOR, VA., August 13.—Scientlfl*
larming in Virginia received a strong
m pet us Thursday, when upward ot
1,000 fanners from various section*
f Ihe State were guests of ths Nor
folk and Western railway at the road’*
sperim.ntat farm near Ivor, midway
between Petersburg and Norfolk.
The day served as a fitting closa
to the seventh annual session of tha
Virginia State Farmers' Institute,
which convened in Petersburg Tues
day Delegates to the ouuv entlon
hav ing disposed of alt routine business
and discussion, set out Thursday
morning in fine, jovial spirits for Ivor
station. Many of the farmers wer*_
aecompanled by their wives and other
members of their family ana every
body was talking .rqps when the train
t thirteen ..aches pulled out from
Petersburg In the watt.* o the Can
non Hall soon after A. If. '
The Norfolk and Western farm,
consisting of acres, is located
In the heart of the largest peanut
producing section < t \ irglnla and
Into this vicinity some of the earliest
settlers drifted across from Jamestown
island, less than twenty miles dis
tant. and established homes 300 vyars
ago. The farm war * ar,-based by the
railroad company nearly half a cen
tury ugo for the ilrt'Ood growing
thereon to tie , tii as luel In its en
gines. In th. se days the road wu
known as the Atlantic, Mississippi and
Ohio, having been projected and built
by General William Mahone, of Con
federate fame. United States Senator
trorn Virginia in readjuster times.
First of Its Kind.
Four years ago the Norfolk and
Western turned the farm over to its
Industrial department, with a view of
establishing a modern railway demon
stration farm, the first of its kind In
the country. The land was by no
means the best that could -be found
and the soil composing It below tha
average. This fact, however, is said
to have largely governed In the selec
tion of It for the purpose in visw.
To-day more than 100 acres stand
cleared and under cultivation.
Occupying a conspicuous place on
the farm near the railroad tracks 1# a
large, commodious 14-room building#
the home of Manager S. M. Gayer,
who had had wide experience in the
West before coming to Virginia. He
Is a practical farmer and creamery
man and has great faith in the future
of farming in Virglnla.
Mr. Geyer was on hand to greet the
fanners when the heavily loaded an—
cial stopped in front of the place and
his guests of the, day began to alight#
Mr. F. H. l.a Baums, agricultural end
industrial agent of the company, had
come down with the party of farmer^
and he, with Mr. Geyer's hearty
sistance and co-operation, proces
to make his guests feel at home
Blasting of stumps on a freshly clear*
«d piece of ground near the farm*
house was already In progress, and
this first engaged the attention of th*
visitors. They were warned not te
get too close to the blasting for fseg
a stump or two might fall on the® f
heads after mounting skyward somd
hundred or two feet. However, they •
were given an opportunity- from tlian .
to time of inspecting the result of Ot*
work at close range.
Blasting Kxclte* Inw-rrM.
While not altogether new to many
of the farmers, the blasting wad
watched with' great interest. A hot*
was first drilled Into the stump a*
near us possible to the ground, and
into this hole was Inserted a dyna
mite cartridge manufactured by til*
powder company that made Dela*
famous. A fuse led to an ele
charged battery some feet away,
the rest was easy. Frequently
erul stumps were blown up simulta
neously. the dynamite stick in as
being connected with the
different fuses.
The thundering detonations Jarrad%
the ground for some distance away, I
and caused the unsuspecting to stH u#
and take good notice.
What interested the farmers chit
was the cost of blowing up a slagl*
stump. This was estimated at a
tie over forty cents. The opinion
ventured by some that the
was greater than the old pulling-a
methods. They were impressed, h<
ever, with the rapaldlty at which
stumps disappeared, even If a 1
troublesome roots perhaps re*
In the ground. Sbme of the
were practically blown Into atoi)
while others of a more stubborn qua
ity were shattered Into larger
meats. vJi
Later In the day art exhibition
ditch diggings by the same methi
was given, in this lnstanca dynaml
sticks were placed in the ground
short intervals apart for a distance
about eighty feet. Explosion rtf tl
dynamite revealed a welt defined drs
about two feet in depth and needfc
but little additional touch front h
man hands to nerte all the purpOS
for which a ditch of its kind is 1
tended. The coat of opening a did
by this method was placed at «M
$3. Some of the farmers thought t)
cost a trifle high, but they wera atdj
than pleased with ths quick work;:
the dynamite.
Then came the exhibition of/g
mammoth gasolene traction plow. ni
a width of ten feet and having gW
li-Inch shares. This exhibitions
Cited the greatest interest. n*djfl
observed of all obeervere, Ufa
ed its Way across the epenfliMs
front of the farm honse.;.***-**
chine looked more like a huge M
rails* than ■ a • Uicw it