The Richmond Virginian., November 26, 1910, MARKET EDITION, THE PROGRESS SECTION, Image 6

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PURS NEW HOME
(Methodist Flock Will Erect
I Handsome Edifice in
We<t End
PROPOSE SPENDING
$40,000 ON BUILDING
Activity in General Line Con
tinues Good and Realty
Are Optimistic—Some
Sales Notes
BttUdin«: and r<»u! cst.u ration* ;
luriVit the r*a»t *'Wk have com-.
MtmtivrU i • live noo t'-of i"r Hi" fa li
ter Incident t'> ThankeifivinK the
kganta say the week would prormmy
tgye been above the standard.
JJo large transactions ir. really w ore
Kttd, ftltbiiigh there vr< several
(••dee •omvwhftt above the uvemi**
ktMIVtO' In the suburbs wa» fairly
To Buna rsew Church,
the building line, erection of
church in tin- West End «»«
id, and the filing of plans for the ,
home lor the MiUu .“tree! Hank.
Ifteonth and Main, gave assurance
this Institution liar fln»ll> de
I on the character of building it
k put up. The structure will l>e of
four stories high, costing in the
OrbtKaJ of $26."00. These figures.
«r, do not include installation of
rator. interior flxtur-s and tin -
; which will run the total cost
. tso.o&o.
. oh the new I’nlversity College
.dlcinc were opened, but the con
hag not yet been awarded it is
good that these bids run tii> as
m $126,000. out it is Ilk el > that
I contract price will not hi over
■ury Methodist is the new church
West End planning a new home
The building committee, at
Friday night, practically de
tti accept plans drawn hy a Ron
firm, and it la probahb that the
will be awarded In time for
to begin not later than January
new edifice is to be located on
I gwithweet comet of Allen and Park
and will cost about $40,oof«.
be a atone and brick structure,
after the plain Urecian style,
_ a dome like the Jewish Fyna
He and resembling ihe Fecund Rap
Church In sonic respects,
la the hope of the congregation
Into the Sunday school in the
Bent of the church the latter part
y, but it is hardly likely that the
Itself wlil he ready for necu
before the early part of next fall.
Old Church l* located tin t .om
Street, betwee n Hanover and
Avenues, and ha* a seating en -
of only aevcrul hundred. The
building, according to the plans,
*Wl more than double that num
enngregation has already sold
„ cm I.ombardy street for $11,000,
will probably dispose of the old
lb tig soon as a auilahte offer Is
ned.
the meeting of the building com
the quastnou of changing the
the question or . hanging tie
ho del.nitc conclusion was
i*.d. "Monumental' was one of
Bwni':< suggested. Thin sugges
howeVer. did not meet with much
, owing to tho fact that there
•everal churchag by that name
tie part of Virginia,
y. L. T. William* ha» been pastor
_ie Asbury Methodist for the last
pears and will doubtless be per
to>complete his term of four
Adds to Values.
j agents are especially pleased
news that another church Is
up iu the Went End. because
new building, especially of that
ter. adds Increased value to
*A VISTA. VA., Nov 26.—
Villa can new bi*a«t of a N'a
. Bank. Thu Manufacture# and
hanU Bank which has been In
for nearly twenty yean
capital of twenty-live tiiuue
and a aurplua of ten
dollars was converted lnt<:
National Bank of Buena
on Tuesday morning with a
Stock of fifty thousand Uol
a surplua of ten, thousand
The officer* ot ’the Hank
Vaughan. President; W. T
Vice-President; V. T. Strick
Msr. The Board of Director!
Vaughn. Lexington; 0. F,
Lynchburg; W, T. Paxton
lller, W. T. Paxton, W
jr, J. C. Glass and A. o
POSTMASTER
ED FOR VINTON
B. VA., Nov. Sfi.-w-M r
E. Trout ha* been named
of Vinton to succeed Mr
re, who, wishing to re
Id position in the Norfolk
Shops. declined to make
tat reappointment, Tht
|H anoualiy.
the real estate firm* who
pte Balya during the week, the
ndacn Realty Corporation had
following to report House at
Hill, 1.600; residence on Bev
r'Street. 62,600, frame building on
y.flfth street. |1,Sou; frame
on Twenty-fourth street. 61.
mrick residence on Kleventh
#6,000.
Sr Poindexter pulled oft deal*
extent of about $12,000, In -
a farm in Chesterfield, a
on ihe Seven Pine# road. Jot
Aland Springs, two lots in the
Bod.
A VISTA BANK
E NATIONAL ONE
Nearly Perfect S. C. Buff Orpington
!(<»« (mi:.
This. Ik a 1 > nical Hufl < irpinKUm lion about »nearlj lierf-xt a- « an be found.
She was hr-<1 ami is owned l'» th. U tntnont I’milin- yards. _ _
I, At H OF MCA RON IIOI.OS |H< I* !
1‘LA^TimS OF THI'i
»T %ti
__ *
ODDS AND ENDS SOLD
PHOH V It I > r*O,0tM» l*tH MIS HOI oil I
I P IN mi'll MON I>
THIS UFKK.
Cuiitinueil lark of season brought
another dull week in the Richmond
tobacco market- A few odds and ends
and that which planters rnuld-get to
gether, despite the dry and t ool wea
ther, was sold here this w eek. ' hi a«
count f Thanksgiving Interrupting
there were only three Miles day.-,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Pro
bably *0,000 pounds of the weed was
gold at price* a shade better than
were to be bad at this time lust
year.
It is expected that within twoP
hours after rain thousands or pounds
of the leaf will be dropped In Kteh
j morui. In Goochland, Caroline. Kind
William and other nearby counties
there is now in tile barns nearly all
of this year's or p | an I ll tvlii be
I rushed to this mart, at the earliest
; possible time after n handling season.
THE BROTHER OF
JIM JEFFERIES-N1X
1 (.Special to The Richmond Virginian.»
ROANOKK. VA.. Not. A week
or two ago sporting clr. :** hero vu.iv
much interest In the announcement
that Bob .Jeffries, ■ brother of Jim
JfelTrie". the famous pugilist "as in
the rlty. Jamming -T his presence
hero, young men, especially college
men, made the acquaintance of the
interesting stranger, and entertained
him lavishly. To-day it developed
that the viator was n well-known rail
road man from South Carolina, in
i Koaimkt on a visit to an old fric ml.
HI- remarkable resemblance t<> Jim
Jeffries, hi* great stature, and Ins
wonderful muscles made the joke
easy to perpetrate.
WANT GOVEHMENT
BUILDING FOR FAHMVILLE
i
•
(Special to The Ulchmoml Virginian i
FAHMVIM.K VA.. Nov. 26.—The
mayor of the town has appointed a
committee to visit Washington when
Congress meets to press for a Gov
ernnii-nt building for Harmville. The
postal receipts have reached the
necessary point' to entitle the town
to it.
LEAF TOBACCO REPORT
A laat' into*. < n report showing- the total "ales
and dark tobacco throughout the *tai- during Cv
made public Wednesday,
it folioww;
OCTOBER. Hi 10.
an 1 reeling of bright
mouth uf October, was*
Name of Market
In
Virginia
Total number of ptMimi.
H<»1 <1 at tirMi hand
Bright
Dark
leaf tobacco.
- ■ . i Dark
61.187
If.
r, i.4 05
11,855
550,366
5*0.790
1 i 4.077
5,183.820
Altavista
Amelia <\ H.
Appomattox
Bedford City
Blacketone
Brook n« a l ...
<"has*j (.'it> . .
< .’hat ham ....
Clarksville
Cumberland C
Danville
Drakes Branch
Farm villa ....
Ken bridge
Dawrt ncevilSe
Lynch burst
Martinsville
Ramplin City
Petersburg . . .
Kl« e Depot . ..
Itichmond
Kooky Mount .
Mouth Boston .2.851,824
Mouth Hill . 5*7.017
VtrgUina . 103.550
17,000
6.660
7no
I) 1,896
51.-4 05
38.1^7
2,07:
5#t*81
16/J(,‘0
106,720
f. 4.430
713.136
i 0,1 4 •)
62 4.767
86,40.'
7.00,83 7
389,500
1‘ 3,565
150,920
171,718
306.896
IP.. 886
3 6. *>96
1,298
. .11.929,317
1.270,80*
808,078 21.709
.lerka prepared
Total*
CommiMloner of Agriculture K*>it er, tvhoae force of
the report, appended the following to it:
The following warehouses Were requested to rend in their re porta for
the month i f October, but HO far same have not been received. It has
proven a difficult matter to got the report* «ach month promptly from the
different markets of the State. Therefore the .report from this-office la
often held up until the 15th or 20th of the month and then Is sent out with
a f»*w of the warehouse* not having made their reports. The report aa
compiled by this office arc accepted as official statistics and should by all
inetO'S show complete sales at each market of the state. Jt is therefore
to the advantage of the warehouseman to make hi* report promptly each
month, so that his market, may top properly reported.
Th» \vnr«'hoUju> above referred to. are: Farmers, Bedford City, star.
Chase V\ty. Slur Warehouse C<>„ F&imvflb*, Warehouse. Kevavlllc*. Farm
er*. Pam f din City. and Farmers, Houui Boston. Virginia.
It woufd be appreciated If notice v*HJ he sent to this «if Ace of any
ctoangoa that may have been in the management of these warehouses.
LEAGUETO PROMOTE
INTERESTSOFSTATE
i i m.ii: or \ ihm>i \ mi ni* ii*ai.i
TII-'.N ISHKS I.RTTF.RS To
OmiiALS.
ANNUM. CONVENTIONS
VIKI.IMV M,i:»S TO M I'PORT
i r%*.t i: to kekp \ 11111-;%vi
U ITU OTI1KH
\T1>.
• *!i* of 11 «* foremost means in the
Mfs’clo|inn*nt of the eities «n«l towns •
\l< yimt * i?» tin- lvalue of Virginia
Muunip.ilitit f», of which N*r. II. K
Su>i-u, i ll;, >. ierk of Non'- ‘k. is pre»i
Mi I. (Hrinsvin. . rn*mh« r of
tb»‘ Cit> ‘ oufu.il of Portsmouth, if* th*.*
secretary arnl treasurer of tin* organi
zation. To enlist in this eause tin*
various officials of the States, the f *1
low (Ok Utter has i-*t n n.suetl from th*
prositlen*. s offlee of tin league to the
mayors, city oftic* rs iukI membwH of
eoundhs of th*- oiti*s ntul towns of tin
Statu of Virginia.
' VV* i><»k respectfully to bring to ymtr
nUipalitics, organised t<> develop anti to
pro mot<• the host interests of th»* sey
oral cities and towns of the I’orntnon -
wealth :md !>- bring Hiftn abreast «•!'
the b'-tft comnimdlitin tin country.
Hy united efforts < "it the part of the
ntfl< lals of Virginia) t > .study rhe
various questions involved in municipal
administration. 1 »> sending representa
tives to the annual convention, and by
oit-opi-ration, much good can and will
result to each and ( very community.
“At the annual convention of the
league carcfull; prepared papers on
municipal subjects are presented oral
di-cu s< d, bringing nut many original
ideas and valuable suggestinn> be the
general improvement o* municipal ser
vice. Kvery municipabty in Virginia
should hear Its share of the burden
and help lo support this organization,
whose sol*' object Is t< improve tie
condition* of municipal administration
and affair*. Will yyu mu lend your
aid. influence and t o-ope rat ion to make
the Stem L* ague a success:
“Other Stales sir !i -rg. u
ttloii* doing ctTc•< ti\. - s< tv 1< <. and t"
which h htrg» per rentage «d the mu
- i«-iji.tiitie*s* eontribuie and lend their
assistance. You are respectfully urged
to consider this question and to ha\ a
' your city well represented at each
annual meeting.
* t ’orrcspondcnce is respectfully so
li cited.
“Respectfully submitted,
it. K. STKICD. Cresbhm.
REV. MR. ZACHARY'S BODY
REINTERRED IN RICHMOND
Tim body of Rev. George H Zachary.
* who died at tlie Memorial hospital
h. re iHcember 190!>, and who wad
burled at Columbia, V.n. was brought
here Wednesday and rouiterred in Kiv
» rview Cemetery. Rev. George K. 1>.
Zachary and bin slater. Mrs. William
X. Shepherd, of No. 17 North Harr!
son Street, children of Mr Zachary,
accompanied the body to Richmond.
The recommit a I ceremonies were con -
* ducted hy Rev. Martin Johnson
EGGS PflODUGEB
ey era food
UKt RE«»: l\ 1,41 IM. < v> HI
III HHBII’.nVIMi M H
'IKH COIBIIKI'1'.
USE DIFFERENT FOODS
FOOD. HO\f> FRK*ill
\\ mill 'il PPLV KKm I
MTKS run
VAH..S.
U) (hnely p. Miller.
I 'll..- ino»t perplexing ut t li i.s
rti a . < n ot me year is wnut t » a ecu ana
now n» tveu in urutr t 1 in« r» are our
*..$4 ju'tiuiHuun. intro is a it'vat di
ver* io *- ot opinion dm mg me uiiter
< 11l i i • vio / ai* io raviolis tor a laying
non onto premier win >• **»-• one r*».uou
vMtn uvM.iut-ti *uc« e«s. wane unomer
using me earn*) would rinu nun*cki
going into i«iuirupuj i «in h arm
neil* \ or oi OoiLil (tU t:tfJi • l dliU glVtjli
»o*no a?- a prominent part ot a la.v ing
mu s unity ration.
To iTmo in>H assertion it is a well
known tael mat anj tnmg Unit wears
iVaim-rs mat wm ia} at aii wiu lay
tno gieatest amount of eggs io spring
an t summer mouths, w uen * J >ume
.Nature* is tavitm in to r distribution
of Doth green vegetation, as w«u a*
a plentiful supply ot animal food tn
the Hnape of i>ugs. worms ami insects.
Pms tins not Milov.* Unit u we wiah
to obtain ogg:< during winter we mum
supply the same food mat they nave
a< < oss t»> duri: g the spring and sum
trier. There is a large variety *>i green
! ' H »l 1
! mu'.
that we i an *mJ*J■ ■ during till*
lorcmost uinuiu them nro cu*
lover tuul alfalfa. 11
gut ihi iu cessary lano
raise these artietes, ttli n
hought Hum then It
have not
on width to
they must In.
hi in u great
nuiJor. serve to cheapen nur tee*,
hill, amt at the eame time increase
our egg yield, the object sought for.
Thin up have the eh"h e between
sprouted oats, turnip aim n angel wur
20 tops.
No nialter « hat kind gr-eii finni
lined, there should he n pl-nittiil SUp
pty of it all times.
I- resit Hours
i’nuliKTr,
III regard to antma leu
'none, with adhering nn at
contains a im go amnuet
in iai t. v< lenunc ealcuhue<
on it to contain more tin
ounco than there is to
ounces id grain,
what makes the
of bugs, worms
f und by the busy
* up to the lin ed
'■in in the «Intel
obtain the . *gs.
d fresh l ilt
.uni gristle,
of pro,i in.
n has prov
!"tein to the
i onnd In .'i.i
Trott in arid v liter is
egg. Iters, again. Is
.another proof that vr« obtain mo,re.
• ggs 111 the summer an 1 latt spring
because of ,ne ntiin
and insects to l>
fowls. Therefore It
er to supply pr.
| timo if v* e wish h
Just so tin best r.ii cheapest « t! in
which tins mut' ! may In; supplitd is
; through the no-dimn of green i in
hone. As said he;ore in a former ur
I tide, green hone i m he obtained from
1 the local butcher nr the slaughter
houses for pr«i it ally nothing With
a good Mann hone . utter it Is easilv
converted into "in ..f 'he best winter
egg producers to h.- found. The prae
!)' . id feeding sprouted oats at this
lime ..r th. year has almost become
g- to ml throughout the country . These
an easily prepared and are greatly
relished by the fowls. Kiir a small
trays (these tan
flock provid*
he ruatie of We. ;!
iron i about ni l.
in size and abm
ih-gin by tilling
with oats to if
I or st '.a n day c.
trap should he li,
cn
r either galvanise..
• n i y fifteen Inches
• ’ four inches deej)
orn truy each day
depth of one inch
't i- r being (tiled tht
with warm watei
and allowed to remain for sever;
hours. Iti order that they may becum
W eil soaked. Tile w .ter is then draii;
• d oif aim the ira. are platted In
warm li„ht room while earn shoul
Iakeii that they are sprinkled on,
a day with warm taler. Kept at UP
operation each day until the seve
la's »r* tilled, when the first Ira
' 11 be sufficient I ('routed to be f.
to ihe fowls, t’oid.rme tilling the ira
thai is daily fed i„ the fowls, an
there win always i. a sufficient aur
*rvcn f"otl Cut clover and u
,lalfa is simply v • H cured clover .
alfalfa that has ,.ut into ha
ul!,i’t r"Kth .arul thoroughly scaltle
unMI It is soft and has become to ii
former color.
Water >lii», be Kreah.
kow.s should i . supplied with go*
iresh water at .,1; times. in sun
no r the w afer ■ intaina should I
protected irern ih.- glaring heat *
the midday sup an i should be chung*
. .... j* .ifi (.'are should be
fik.n vo that ti.. fowls should not
huvo to drink from partly frozen
'vat,‘r fountain in u,, early morning.
k omo »r< cd* rw l>. i.\it that drinking
. old. Icy wi.t r or the eating «t
roow has a tendency to check their
laying proclivities During the cold
u‘ul, dreary wirit.r the water intend
cd tor the fowls sh.'uld have the chill
I f0,n0v/‘‘l hefore to them. Scien
tists have de.-iar.,, that an egg is
composed or water, protein, fat and
mineral matter .,, mis it is claimed
that sixty-fu.. per . ut. of the whole
i 'S-f* lfl ,,f wot, i, and taking the ave
rage egg to b. „r two ounces in
weight, more than an ounce of water
, *H „to 1,0 found In .very egg. There
V|M Importance that
i ^ aopi'ly must be pure and
1 ‘-rh.'s "rh ' . s,,m« one will say.
I hen a hen has to drink an ounre
ol water each <1;, • Jn order to pro
duce an egg, be. ,j, , the amount noed
I to »UKtaln lit, ,v.(> thj„ ,, IIOt
the case. In almost every form of
a fo.wls ration the,,. |« to be found
; a certain per cent, of water. Wheat
alone provides u small per cent, of
lVfir- a omsh will contain
nearly fifty per cent, of water, and
In this way the fowl secures the ne
i pessary amount of water to continue
egg production.
Variety or r„„g weedaal.
* are should also i„, taken that the
low Is are provided with a variety of
food, for there is >t.t to bo found a
given food that contains all of the
elements of an „Bg. corn conUIns
the fat nut not the protein, while this
is the reverse l„ the matter of wheat
to u certain extent. Fowls fed on
a continuous diet ,,f ;i S|ngl0 grHlll
have to wait until it has stored the
necessary amount of matter for each
egg. Then is it much wonder that the
fowls do not lay when they are fed
Continued oa SmuuuhA jFaxad
An Up-To-Date Poultry House
TM« type of houne will air# aalisfac tlon. Such a hou«* can b* conatrucUd
by anyone who can aaw a board^ or drl v* a nail.____
CONVICT LABOR ON
ROADS OF VIRGINIA
Mr. Wilson State Highway Commissioner Tells How the
System Has Worked to Advantage
in the Old Dominion. .
Air. 1’. St. Julian Wilson write* In i
"Southern Hood Hoads":
The statu of Virginia extends to ;
her counties, for the purpose of road I
improvement Hid in two forms, vi*.
com lot labor and money.
While It is not proposed at this time :
to discuss the money aid form. I d
it be briefly said that an annual ap
propriation for that purpose Is 1t
vlded between the counties applying
for this form of Mate aid in propor
tion to the total amount <>f the reui i
estate, personal property, income and j
capitation taxis paid into the State
treasury by such counties during the ;
preceding fiscal year. county to ;
obtain money aid obligates itself to
put Hi) an amount equal to that re
ceived from the State and to have
the work done in accordance with
the plans and specifications of the j
Slate Highway <’omrnisstoner and un
der tiie supervision of a representa- ,
tivp appointed by him.
No county can receive both forms ;
of State aid iri any one year, and
application has to he made for either
J.at Is desired before March 1 of each"
year.
should a county decide to use the
convict road force, its local road au- |
ihoritles to obtain such aid have to
agree to furnish the teams, machln- j
cry, tool*, materials, etc., necessary
ior an economy al etui expeditious
prosecution id lno work, to pa> me
salary of an appointtce ot the Stale
Highway t'otiinassioner, wvnose duty it
,s to see that me work Is carried on
m accordance who the plutis amt spe- ;
.ideations of the Highway l omrau
elon and t<> proci.b; such medical at- j
ii nUHiue an may be required tor the
prisoner*.
Trie state convict road force is com- ;
posed of malts over sixteen years of
age who are imprisoned in the. Jail*
or confined in liiu penitentiary for
terms not exceeding live years.
This force is guarded, fed. clothed
and transported at me expense ot the
; .slate under the direction of the super
i intendcnt of tho penitentiary, and is
furnished by him to such counties and
\ in -such number* as the highway com
missioner may direct.
in counties where the road force is
j to lie used and the road nork Ik let
■to contract, the convicts are furnished 1
to the contractor nt 10 cent* per man
; per hour, and their hire is deducted
front the monthly payments, the roun
11 \ set: or lug the betteiils of till* deduc
tion. At one time a form of contract
was tried by which it was agreed
that all the labor necessary for the
work should be furnished contractors,
but it was found that under that sys
! tent the labor was not used a* eco
nomically a* whin a ->er dlctn charge
| is made.
, i limps are located with a view to
securing proper drainage and a plen
tiful supply of good water. The men
are quartered in two hocus that have
i corrugated metal roots ana canvas
! siuea, anu are o constructed that tney
1 may be readily taken down ana set up
'again when camp I* moved. The eat
| ing shed in provided with tables and
j benches, and the sleeping sued with
I Hoot ing and Minus. Tney arc of am
ple capacity for taking care of from
j iitty to seventy-five men. bmailer
[ buildings ol toe Name construction are
provided for me sergeant in charge’,
! guards, cooking, etc. As a rule five
| prisoners are Kept in camp Tor tne
purpose of cooking, w ashing, cleaning,
etc. In addition to the sergeant, four
or five gaurd* are employed at each
camp. Our law prescribes that the
number of guards shall not exceed
one to every eight prisoners. Thi
gitsrils are required to direct and su
pervise the workrt of the men as far
as ifractlcahle. The pay of a sergeant
begins usually with $u0 per month |
and hoard, and may not exceed *;s j
jguard begins with per month anti
! hoard, and cannot exceed Jj5 per i
! month and hoard. Much salaries con- I
ptitute the heaviest single Item of ex
| pemie In the maintenance of the road
j force, and while trusties are made as
i frequently as possible, our experience
| has not yet enabled us to materially
! reduce the cost of guarding,
j Tho cost of the Mate of providing
| convict labof has thus far averaged
i about seventy cents per man per ten
| hour working day.
i Since the organization of the road \
force about four years ago, It has
been worked In seventeen counties.
Starting with six camps, the number
was gradually Increased to fourteen,
representing about seven hundred
prisoners at work on the roada of the
State. At present, however, owing to
1 the Inadequacy of the appropriation,
[ there are only twelve camps being j
I maintained by the State, though when !
It became necessary In order to re- 1
duce expenses to withdraw from
Washington and Nottowa counties the
! campa that had been located there,
i those counties arrange to continue the
road forces at work by paying for
their maintenance out of the county
funds, which tends to show that the
i experience of the county authorities j
with this class of labor had been satis
i factory.
A great deal has been said about
Lha i—of convict labor as
compared with free labor, the favor
ite arguments being that the physical
condition of the criminal classes la
below that of the average labor and
that a man who Is working under
compulsion with no compensation nor
hope of avancement will naturally
hot do as good work as a paid laborer,
our experience leads us to the opinion
that the labor of convicts humanely
and Intelligently handled la Just as
efficient as any other form of common
labor, In addition to which it possesses
the great advantages of regularity, of
being under perfect control, and of
being operated at about 80 per cent,
of the cost of ordinary labor. It must
he borne In mind that In drafting
prisoners Into the road force they are
put through a physical examination.
Vo diseased men, or men Incapacitated
tor hard work are taken, and almost
invurlably a prisoner's physical con
dition is improved by the outdoor life
and. wholesome and plentiful food
This results In his being fit to do more
work than perhaps he has ever been
able to do before, and while the men
h r*< hnrH rlHt nn 4* l a
each one does a full day's work. Con
tractors, tvho are doing road work
with convict Igbor, an- satisfied with
It; in fact. some have expressed them
selves as preferring it to hired labor at
the same rate.
Men in the road force for good be
havior are. allowed a reduction In their
terms of Imprisonment of tour days
a month. When they prove eoin
petent tney are given position* of re
sponsibility on the work, and there
are a number of Instances where men
upon the termination of their sen
tence.-! have been employed by con
traciors at good wages.
Convict labor on road work, how
ever, we have found not to be with
out Its drawbacks. One of the chief
of these becomes apparent on w,.rn
where the gracing is light and the
men could be used to the best ad
>amufe ii si-aueied along the line.
The cost of employing a sudloient
number of guarus to permit this 1*.
of course, prohibitive.
There Is no doubt about the fact
that convict labor can be used eco
nomically when com nitrated and
when employed close to where It Is
quartered. This has led to the opinion
expressed in the last two annual re
ports of this department that to a
largo extent such labor can bo more
successfully employed In quarrying
and the preparation of road material
than In actual road construction. In
such work can he secured the econ
omies of a reduction In the number
of guards required, of less frequent
escapes, of time saved In getting the
men to and from work, and In what
is of the greatest Importance, keeping
l/ie men employed during weather
that makes necessary a suspension of
road work. The condition of the
ground may, especially In winter, en
force idleness of the. road torce for
uay* and sometimes weeks.
We have In several counties when
local stone was not obtainable or was
of nnuerisable quality, been forced to
purchase stone from sources some
times outside of the State, and there
is n<> doubt that much money could
have been saved had we been able to
furnish the material from quarries
operated by convict labor.
It would, of course, be necessary to
locate crushing plants at points where
desirable stone could be advantageous
ly quarried und good transportation
facilities obtained. It would also be
necessary to secure the co-operation
of the transportation companies In
the matter of low freight rates, and.
if possible, to make an arrangement
similar to that existing In the state of
Illinois by which railroads would take
stone ballast in part payment of
rreignis.
We believe taht under such condi
tions. crushed stone of better quality
could he prepared and delivered In
some counties at a lower figure than
the stone now being taken from local
deposits Is costing.
Whether or not this method of em
ploying our prison labor Is ever adopt
ed i* problematical, as there is strong
opjftr.ltion to It In some quarters, but
one thing Is certain, the establishment
of our convict road force and their
work has quickened the demand for
Improvement of our highways and
given an impetus to the good roads
movement in Virginia that nothing
else has ever done. Applications for
convict labor soon far exceeded our
ability to supply It, and the legislature
at Its next session, in recognition of
the -awakening of our people to the
importance of bettering our road con
ditions, besides Increasing the appro
priation for the maintenance of the
road force, made an additional appro
priation to be used as State money
aid by the counties that could not
secure the services of the convicts.
While the appropriation of money
is by far the most common form of
aid for road improvement extended
by the various States, our observa
tion leads us'to the conclusion that a
dollar spsnt In the maintenance of
conviot road labor is productive of
better results than a dollar of State
money aid- .
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SCHOOL SYSTEM
FORGING IHEHD
Great Educational Awakening
Throughout State Marks
New Era of Progress
CONFERENCE SHOWS
EXTENT OF MOVEMENT
More Concerted Efforts Be
ing Directed Toward Bet
ter Methods—Students’
Health Is Receiving
Special Attention
Educational awakening in Virginia
la rapidly assuming definite and sub
atantial form, if report* and addresses
made at the annual Virginia Confer
ence Juet brought to a close are an>
sign.
From every quarter cam* reports of
progress, and to ail appearances there
is practically no section of the State
which is not thoroughly alive to the
importance and value of education.
He ports from country districts wars
especially Inspiring and encouraging.
Tha day of tho one-room rural school
house of the cabin type la past and in
Its place is to be found the consott
dated graded school at some central
point where the pupU can obtain In
struction equal la many Instances to
that afforded by the best class of
graded schools In cities and towns
The question of transporting chil
dren to and from these schools ha*
brought about a better system of
roads in many districts and will doubt
less continue to aid in this very Im
portant movement. Frequently the
consolidated school Is five miles or
more from the home of a pupil and in
i such cases it la necessary' that some
means of transportation he provided.
In this connection it might be stated
th«t Hnoerintendent Enlulun of the
.State (educational Board 1* In favor of
the State furnishing transportation to
the put'iis as far aa It la practicable
to do so. He ao declared himself In
his annual address and none doubt
hut that he will use his every en
deavor to bring about the ends de
sired.
Values Increased.
Values of school property In Vlr*
1 alula have increased amazingly since
i the new educattonallsm began to take
' hold. In some instances the increase
1 haa been almost Incredible. Jn the
| cities, towns and rural districts ne«
buildings have gone up on every hand
and the end la not yet. In the city of
Norfolk, fourteen years ago, the value
of public school buildings and prop
erty was approximately ISO.000. To
day It Is placed In the neighborhood
[of $1,000,000. Other Instances equally
| as notable might be cited.
In the same city fourteen years ago
the sum of I20.UUO wits appropriated
toward the public schools. To-day ths
annua! city appropriation borders
closely on JlSO.OOO.
Through the efforts of the Vlrglni.
! Library Association much has been
done toward the establishment of II
brarles at d dissemination of whole
some literature In every part of the
i State. Comparatively few free pub
| lie libraries have been established, it
; is true, but the movement has gained
a strong foothold and the tvay looks
clearer than ever before. Progress
In the promotion of the traveling libra
ries has lw*en especially marked w ithin
the past few years
Help Libraries.
To further aid the library movement
j In Virginia, the legislature at lta negt
session will probably be ashed to en
| large the powers of the State Library
i Board and to create organisers, who
i will visit communities, confer with
i trustees of local libraries, go over plana
( tor buildings, and aa far as possible
make sentiment for the growth of the
j system.
Speakers during the conference as
cribed this broadening Interest In II
i braries to a inure democratic form of
i education which la In. operation to
| day.
! Another strong Impetus behind
, school work In Virginia is the Co-oper
i alive (education Association, whose
j purpose is to bring about greater uulfl
! cation of effort and co-operation. The
association pays special attention to
| the encouragement of beauty In school
architecture, the cleaning up of school
grounds, and the development of ttw
love of the beautiful In the children,
i l'nd<T the direction of the assorts*
! tlon citizens' league* have been formed
i In various parts of the HtMe In the In
i tersst of schools. In thla line of work
Caroline proved to be the banner coun
i ty, having tw-entv-dve local leaeuea
I which raised nearly *6,000 during the
year.
Lees Higher Culture.
Notable among the result* of the
new education Is the fact that more at
tention I* being paid, these day* to
grammar and high school education
uno less to higher culture In colleges
and universities. As one of the confer
ence speakers said, the day has come
when every year of a student s school
ing must be of such a character as to
stand lor Itself and to be as depen
dent on succeeding years as little as
possible.
Manual training and kindergarten
wora are now essential features of the
Virginia educational system, advances
In tnesc special llnea having been ex
ceptionally marked.
By no means the least Important
step in the direction of Improved adu
catlonal methods and system has been
: the Increased attenalon to health and
hygienic conditions.
Page Talks Health.
Dr. Waiter H. Pago, editor of The
World’s Work, In his very Interesting
paper read at the closing session of
the conference, declared that progress
in schools as well as In other lines
, comes through the health of the hu
man animal, and then he went on to
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see that the boy la physically walk
Are his eyas goodT If thay are not,
the school mast see to it that they are
mode right. HU ears? Most of ut
are somewhat deaf, arid yet most cases
of deafness were at some stage of our
llvsa easily preventable. And his
teeth and Ms nossT If the hoy hasn't
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