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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-27
RAILROAD BULL DING
IN THE SOUTH LESS

execution owing to the pressure upon
railroad enterprises and the more or
less unsettled conditions in financial
lines. The prospect is that 1916
will add much less than ] Ola small
as this has been-to the total rail
roads built in this country.
Florida leads the list of states
with the largest amount of new
mileage. displacing Texas, which has
led the line for number OF years
but which now, for one year at least
takes second place. The total in
Florida is 20S miles and in Texas
1873 miles. North Carolina falls into
third place with 81 miles, this having
been her position year ago, and
Tennessee is fourth, but it is not
worth while to observe the rank Of
each state according to the amount
of new track built, because condi-
lions have been so unusual that the
figures are robbed OF Significance
other.than that they emphasize the
. disposition OF capital to hold alooi
from railroad enterprises until there
is more prospect Of the lines max.
ing money enough to attract inves.
Iltors. Al.
Herewith is appended table
-showipg the. amount of new line
built. Most of the data upon which
it is based. as we'll as that for the
FURTHER details of construction which
follow the table. came from ofiicia,
sources. Only new main line ans
branches are considered in the re-
view, second track and sidings beint
omitted. The figures show in mile.
land hundredths of miles the worl
accomplished in 1914 and what il
Contemplated in 1915.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-27
CARROLL
of UniontoWn, Wins a Seven
Game Contest from
DreSbach.

Il William Carroll, Of the Brunswick
bow ling alleys of Uniontown, defeat
ed Garlic: Dreshachi In n seven: game
duck pin match rolled on the Gore
alleys Saturday night, by nine pins;
The contest was one OF the most in
teresting and hardest fought contests
fever rolled In this city Carroll won
the match in the seventh game Dres-
bach had q seventeen pin lead In the
first six games but lost the seventh
game by twenty Ave pins, giving him
the contest.
After the seven game contest was
rolled three game contest was arr
ranged and Dreshach won thisiin easy
manner. Insthree single games rolled
after the three game contest pres-
bach won two and Carroll one. The
scores for all contests were:
Seven Game Contest.
lDfesbach
1874 12e IN l22 1o7 142 12i-sss
Carroll * =
12T III 1902 156 149 III 146.ssO$
Il Three Game Contest.
Carroll Y. o. SO Z. ~
IDresbacf.s. .122 l73 1'l6-4l1
Single Games. ssss :. 4;
Dresbach .s'.ssl33s 12l 11s-3T5
Carroll ...I.s..,. LII 100 100--S47
Z In the thirteen games rolled Dress
bach knocked down 1888 pins while
the best Carroll could do was -
topple over 1923, giving Dresbach b
lfifty-five pin margin in the thirteen
games. Dresbaclis average for tho
thirteen games was 100 and carroll's
was 125. -
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-27
British Sol iers. Play
Cards While Bullets
Fly over Their Heads

and -ip other very warily Zone Is,
carrying everything, and the nails in
lone's boots on the hard ground make
bad goiugl. zOyer fields, and then we
reach reserve trenches at about 1880.
II hate reserve trenches One Of my.
great fears Is suffocation, and to stag
ger into q hole in the ground and ind
oneself under the earth, head touch
ing knees ana roof above; in black
darkness. not knowing where one II,
and feeling caught in on every sice,
is dreadful TO me. We do guards,
each section TIL about 4:30 In the
morning, with slight shipping TO re-
mind one Of the Germans then We
form up and OF, again, and stagger,
ut seems, for miles across fields and
broken country. Here we are at lasr
at the first line OF trenches Black
silent figures Suddenly appear. a few
whispered orders, and We find our
selves In the trenches.
There are Ave OF us In our trench.
can see what is in front OF us. We
are evidently, ON top Of slope, or
rather. not quite the top. There has
to be one observer in every. trench
| for half an hour all through the day
and at night ono hour. The cold is
still intense, but We open tin Of
jam. and start having breakfast. SUD-
denly my slice Of bread and Jam IS
covered with clay, knocked on the
top OF the parapet. The Shippers are
at work, and wonderful shots. they
are; too Over a hundred bullets were
put just through the top 81 our trench
and whenever an observers head
went up to look through small i'm
closure, they were Mt it again. Sud-
denly their batteries opened FIRE on
us. and getting the range with mar
lyelous. celebrity they proceed in the
next hour to put close to one hundred
shells on about half dozen trenches,
| Including ours. We are crouchel
down. The noise is appalling, ones
;eardrums feel splitting as each shell
bursts. Clouds of black, evil SMELL
ing smoke, showers : Of earth and
stones, mangel wurzels, and pieces
of shell come flying into the trench
es. One man finds large piece of
shell In. his overcoat pocket, No one
was hurt Of our lot on Sotf left the
regiment lad Ydur killsd and several
wounded. This is. being under fire
properly, and we are glad they have
stopped and given US rest Not SO
the snipers. who keep 1t up a1l4day.
Night observation is very nerve
racking. Trees move about, showing
black against the snow and the sky
is very clouded, all shapes look hum
an, menaclng and advancing. There
lis q tremendous artillery duel going
on to our. left. like. q million stage
carpenters knocking together a scene
OF herculean proportions. Some. reg
Iulars come up to reinforce our trench
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-27
sTELL PROPS
Are Introduced In Yorkshire
Mines because of the En-
barge on Wood. :

sfcorrespondence OF slssociateds pressls
LONDON, Dec. 26.-The SembafH6
placed ION wood shipments from
Sweden and thes c6nseduen shortage
OF props for the mines has caused
many colliery owners toilook around
for substitutes.
In some Of the Yorkshire mines
steel props have been introduced, but
without the mems sanction or con6ids
Grafton and meeting Of the exec,ts
tives OF the Yorkshire miners assoc
citation asked permission to ballot on
the question Of the introduction Of
steel props and bars.
The secretary OF the. association said
he was afraid the outcome OF fhiS
Introduction would be . strike at the
colieries concerned.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-27

AS an attack Is expected can hear
the tremendous movement OF supply
wagons going on Just over the hfl!
crest; in the eneniy.s linet Small red
sparks show fitfully in the trenches
rockets are going up. and the sky
ever and anon is split with gfeai
names Of light A farm. behind our
lines Is one great blaze and they send
up rocket signals on our side. but
nothing happens We are relieved
just before dawn and we creep back
here very tired, dirty and cold, hui
very glad: TO have got through our
really hfst test Of endurance all
fright
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-27
SEASON
IN WASHINGTON
IS VERYQU|El
Owing to Absence of Solons
ana the Recent Death of
Presidents Wife.

~
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 26--
Christmas Day this year was clouded
by the fact of the suffering in Europe
consequent to The rayages OF the war,
and at the White House there was
no other sign OF the usual festivities
out Of respect to the late Mrs. VIII
son. than the simple wreath in the
windows. Mr.. and Mrs. Sayre ar
rived a week ago TO spend the holi-
days, and Mrs. Sayre. tits said, ex-
poets TO remain a month or SO with
her father and sister, who feel keen
-ly the loss at. this Joyous. season.
Only a year ago the wife and mother
was with them on. Christmas Day
and added tosthe happiness of all by
her CHEEKY presence.
Soions Are Home.
Up at the capitol but few of the
solons remain to do business, the
t'call of homen having taken many
of them back to their own firesides
for the holidays, 1t Is believed that
the vote on prohibition amounts to
very. little, owing to the few mem;
bers present to record their vote. No
poorer time could have been selected
to discuss the suffrage question than
at this season, when everyone is away
and the business of the old year being
wound up to make way for the new,
The National American Woman
Suffrage Association reaffirmed most
pertinently its resolution, unani-
,mously adopted at the annual con-
ventton at Nashville last November.
This resolution reiterates the non
partisan policy of the association
and asserts that it absolutely OPP
posed to holding any political party
responsible for the opinions and acts
of its Individual members, or holding
any individual public official, or can.
ididate, responsible for the action Of
his party majority on the question OF
woman suffrage"
Surely, to any man OF unbiased
minds such a broad and able state
ment can not but tend to open hill
eyes to the justice and strength OF
women's claims, and convince hin
of the reasonableness of equal silf-
frage. Even in the halls Of Congress
Ia little leaven, leaventh the whole
lump" Already the more astute
pUlttlClduf SotS t-IAS WILING upon Z tAs
WALL and everything poins to the
demand for Justice fol
women. The millions of women who
have been granted the rights Of cit
lzenship in the equal suffrage states
are the incontroyertable proof Of the
'absurdity OF the claims of those who
prognosticatsd all sorts OF lawful
results should females be permitted
I'd have the Ri hts OF s.people.@
ri New Usesof nSccnafi0s.'t
\ pretty story comes from the
West Of the happy reunion OF .hts.
band and wifeS which was made pos
Isible. by q Aim shown In Richmond
Calf Back IN 1911 man named
Robinson was injured by mine ex-
pIosion near Scranton, Pa. Before
the accident the wife had gone to pay
visit to her mother, ON learning
of the catastrophe the poor woman
on her way to her husband lost hei
mind. For two years she was Inn
INJURED in an insane asylum, Aftei
SECURING her freedom she immedi'
ately began a systematic search fol
her husband, Who had Tor years beer
eagerly endeaSoring to discover whai
had. become of her. 81
Fate brough Mr.. Robinson and his
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-27
FOLSOM FIVE
Defeat Pine Grove iii a One
Sided Game Played on
Home Floor.


FOLSOM. Dec. 26.-The ansinci-
Bile Giants lived upsto their reputa-
ton tonight, winning from the. Tx
velstora Of Pine Grove 1926 in a game
that was fast respite its one-sided-
ness. Talkington starred for the lo-
Gals and Higgins and Himelrick for
the visitors. The score:
Pine Grove. Folsom.
Long II. ..'... 3. Croker
Forward.
Edgar .......t.I..--...-. .,.S..y. LUCK,
Forward.
Himelrick s.,,s.3..e. ...i... Talkington
q Center.
Hilton Means
Guard.
Higgins ). y. =. .l...... Bradford
n Guard.
Field goals: Talkington S, Croker
a. Buck 2, Long /. Edgar IT, ~
Goals from fouls: Talkingtonss,10
out of 90. Edgar 1 out Of 8. Long Q
out Of z. II
Referee: McNutt.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-27
snINiEI,ss;I To REstfsiIiE..

z Such coal mines as have been in
operation lately IN this retion win
tes6me work Monday morning foI-
lowing q holldh, rfrif,l FIicS last
'Thnfsdaf line az before chr lnas
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-27
cRInaxAL coURr

While there win be. but littiesmort
jury service. the criminal court win
be busy the next several days winding
up the affairs Of the Decenib Der teitil
There VIII be court TOMORROW.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-27
DIVIDEND CHECKS.

Semi-annual dividend checks Of
the usual per cents win be mailed by
local banks to their shareholders
Thursday night. The banks have
done. very good business the year
ending and they look forward TO a
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-27

Two bridges ii 1 city IN india are
fnrported on Large metal tdni8.
which iioat on the Vr{ef and accom-;
inpdsls then.4e ltes 70 H. s3ss ~ d L8ii.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-27

IN 81 years, k4s.sg1 persons have
been killed III india by snakeblte. Il. 4
report may be believed. Y
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-27

VERNON was admit Cd 70 tlI6 Union
IN 1921 and Ksht6ck N 1ie2 il
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-06

van - S.r,e - >1.x. .>s>..&x-e.ASska Rnrr tna6
Prise. ana Won slsn1i hcSr s4roln IT
again. Just keep quiet and answer d.
question:. There are others 10 comm,
but I tavof you very much-"
BY and 6vz flv0 Hn6n hid been -
leeted from the nupaber pe0eeptig4
themselvp4 Not = bachelor ohQWAd
up. TAey took no interest a1 al -
Pr WORTH thousanan Of oolyaS
Wnem the i've W1oOWero Noro c94e3e
to9etner 'tHey Wore told what ene H.
n0 ~ 49, ~ a Sssa I.
.s -. N9wL ~ 49, nsn 80
49, ss.els u 1919 ...
c me SenSss.A.Sas 80 "
r1t.. ~. III % 49, 49, 49, ~
ma =, ~ s. ~. ). ~ - 80 =
49, ~ ~ 49, =. !. 49,. q. :
..fse.sst.s ~ =. .., - y, 8sltes
the maft.r ~ -. - 81 Sc 81 = ~
earden one dsv vlsen No. caited snSl
intrrIir,cSls Ss,s.eSIe ~s,,Ss - ernSsnS -
deiicsteiv' 81 he conid 14 e mafo hcr -
offer 81 marris9e. He m : 1900
man. ana eha - that he Vas honaGf
ana siucero. but ,t va probehay &c
suddenness OF the thing that made
her decline.
No. : came two days later. ana his
offer was also rejected. but he went
away with the highest respect for the
widow
The two calls had set Mn. Andrew
to thinking. WHY not? She had
been q lone Wonnoas. a0pond1I.g ur0o
herself for years Where vas the
gain in living such Z life? And the
boy had overheard enough to know
what was roin9 N. ma he aalA -
her:
I'm tired Of hired men around
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-06
Globe Sights
By THE ATCHIsoN GLOBE

same"
Sometimes utmost caution causes = lot
of misery.
We are OF the plain people, and prefer
spectacles to a monocle
Funny how many words can be used
without saying anything.
The finish is most important, but a good
start helps in that direction.
The average man sometimes thinks that
all his druggist put in the bottle was
water.
Rich men are often generous but not
As generous as the poor think they
should be.
Starting something you can't finish isn't
20 bad As starting something you won't
1t sometimes seems. also that there is
no such word as sense in the bright lexi :
con of youth.s
And any number prefer to do their
rallying around the flag at q safe distance
from hoztilities.
The political machine, like the motor
car. wears out in time and Is supplanted
by new model.
You hear much of Shakespeare and
nothing Of the captains of industry Of his
time. II there were any such.
II l had my way about It, the motor
cycle brigade will be the first to 20 into
action. '-Rufe Hoskins.
Times have changed, and you can no
longer tell what SORT of woman she is
from her dress and decorations.
Occasionally a man hustling to support
q large family finds time to believe that
the poems are not all confined to Mexico.
A great musician refers to ragtime as
''uneducated music.'' an it isn't 80 strange
that its popularity is largely with thai
sort Of people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-06
QUAKER NlEDITATTONs.
IFrom the Philadelphia Recon

lfrom the Pn1I0deipnia Record.1
1t isn't the fly trout that rises to one.
Even the coming man doesn't always
prove to be . go.
He SCOTS 1t scars who has never been
At war with himseR.
1t Is never too early to realise that It II
never too late to mend.
Many man who II blind to his own In
terests n looking for trouble.
TIE bent pin On chair isn't the only
JOKE the point OF which IL hidden
A man will sometimes pocket his pride.
but . woman can never find her pocket.
The suspicious tailor Is apt to siee nm
his customers even before he measures
them. =
It's al right to be slow but sure but ut
the same time many = fellow has missed
q train that way.
Would you say Of the man who keeps
time to the music by tapping his foot that
he has music In his sole1
1T IL better to Give than to receive, -
quoted the Wise Guy Yea. what you
don't want" gr0Wfed tho Simple Mug.
WtgWaoE"We are apt to see only the
worse side Of q married man." Henpekke
Yes, his wife generally gets the best Of
him.
Liquor keeps man down. shouted the
Temperance lecturer. oh, don't know, %
interrupted the man onthe hack seat. '-fhs
fellow who Asla1he 70 Aecan = DEektx SURE
to get head.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-06
Javhawker lots

An Atchison man. Sc years old and
having voted at every presidential cleo
ton since 1868. holds the distinction OF
never yet having voted for q SUCCESS
full presidential candidate.
Reported by the Manhattan Ma
tionali.t: The automobile with the
music box on the side tuned out THE
Gangs All Here as it sped by some
Of the churches Sunday evening. just
as the crowds were gathering.
There arc 81 kinds Of grasses and
40 lowering plants in Rocks county,
according to the Ltndsborg News.
Elan Bartholomew. q resident of that
Of them mounted and named.
More than week after he was SO
quoted Senator Bristow denied that
he called the Presidents Mexican
policy 'idiotic," notes the Lawrence
Gasette. and It adds: He had prob
ably heard heard from the country.
Weather conditions in Atchison fifty
years ago were about the same az
they are now occasionally: An item of
that age In the Atchison Champion
says: Fifteen or twenty different
kinds of weather this last week. each
one meaner than all the rest.
Miami county, which has conn
pany OF militia. il ready for war, says
the Ottawa Herald. but 1t suggests:
What Miami county should do is to set
it's militia at work in q war against
the chinch bugs, which are more of q
danger to the country than the Mex
leans are.
Projected on the screen by the
Lindsborg News Vitascope: Some
folks expect 4 Denny's worth Of reli-
gion to hast them all week.
Some folks get a whole lot of salts
faction out of fiddNng on one string
1t is really surprising how
many women there are who believe
that they have an option on every
man who treats them civilly
There's always something to be thank
full for. II you do not own an auto
mobile you can be thankful that you
are not paying interest on the Dor
rowed money invested in it.
Some Of the Potpourri served by
Tom Thompson to the readers OF his
Howard Courant. There is no better
way Of covering up your faults than
Oy keeping busy. {. Some Of these
girls who think they know more than
their mothers are right about it, They
do. However, lot of girls will
have to learn a good deal yet before
they are as smart as their mothers
II every man would take adj
vantage of his opportunities to keep
i still. the world would be a whole lot
more peaceful than It is. Some
people keep SO still when they lose
and brag SO loud when they win that
people think they are always lucky.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-06
Byfhe.W au

funston told MA bunch nof IN fsre
thu fr1k shot IL NJ Maas rot 1s,e~v.
but he didnsf conssi5er n necesaerv -
give any illsfrucfS6i5s A 10 Mn shouid
S.
One Of the trfal. Of = man With =
grown daughter A flndfng = place on
the hall rack TO hang his Ma
Beside an unknown river. Col. Boose-
! of South American sAvageo to whom
clothing OF any sort IL unknown. 30 we
needn't expect him right away. He will
nrst wash the unknown savages In the
unknown river and then show them the
advantages of the unknown clothing.
ing na1Iopeka correspondent days a
Aeulnalao or KeLy-pooI. - now
paIaefa1lng ON the Kay See Post, ano
ms extenoea the customary paragranc
yum. Inc kindness Is recognised. but
ne w1u nave to be content with u
hecoie z caifDre pops In return. az
our main Oattery Is out OF ammunition.
In enumerattng his old Youths Com
panlon levorltes. Dodd CASTOR did not
menuon dJalmar HJorth Boyesen. the
Denasn- american writer OF clean
Hjalmar was not ON the Job when Dodd
was = boy. He was one OF t1oee who
made the Companion our favorite lit
erature about - or so years agone.
x.,x -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-06
Journal. Entries

sulky people are probably the most
Bad news seems to be tho kind the
people like to talk shout best.
Any number OF people have the fac-
ulty Of yelling before they're hurt
It il difficult to set any two people
to see thing in the same light.
Sometimes the boy who works his
way Through college doss It By work
ing his father.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-06
PERFECT FAR1MNC oUu,oox.

Herbert Myrick. president or Farm
and Home, and editorial director Of the
American Agriculturist and Of the
other Orange Judd farm weekIies. IL q
recognized authority in his neld Of en-
deavor whose natural conservatism
makes his views on tho agricultural
prospects for the summer and fall all
the more remarkable. He expresses
them IN the current issue of Farm and
Home. as follows:
Summer, almost here, finds agricul-
tural conditions more perfect than at
thix date in years. The reserves Of
moisture in soil and subsoil are larger
and more universally distributed
throughout the country than ut this
suited in the bumper crops which ush-
cred in the good times that followed
Now, as then, stocks Of goods on mer-
chants shelves are small, people have
liquidated their indebtedness, money il
easy. winter wheat is in more than per-
feet condition. a full acreage Is being
planted to other crops
With ample reserves Of moisture, fire.
quent cultivation will insure even
against drouth. The great crops now
in prospect. together with q reasonable
degree Of peace at home and abroad,
indicate healthy improvement in busi-
ness from now until harvest. to be fol-
lowed by renewed activity in comnaerce
and industry. Indeed, the business
prosperity which should follow any
thing like q full harvest may exceed all
expectations.
Conditions fustify confidence opti-
mism and wise preparation for expand
ing business. This is my Judgment after
personally touring many states. get
ting special reports from all sections.
and Weighing carefully every factor in
the agricultural. Industrial and hnan-
cial situation. Except for untoward
events, good times are at hand. Away
with pessimism!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-06
kdy,sds Commend


NJ s f1II - . 3]oS vscSssn =,
seAt1l wof& a X1Slofj61 lnd NJ -
= SIN traflinx IT, lneu II stht amodnt
of remuneration Tor her work. -
~ Sc TIE womsn supsFtntendemte
lar1e cities e1npluyino WoEnoA - The
heads Of their school sy41odn ,5Aelr
1eMee are we'll known. 11fs. ma
Elaeg Youne.| gupoF1ntendent Of tbs
Cnlca4o schoole, y known ~ NAME
educational circles knows the naua6
OF the uen who - supoyinten6out Of
New FORKS schools. The feWnoSos Of
women II thee higher positions IN
plains OF course : part ~ the diocro6e
and women teachers. But In Kan1os
women county superintendents afe
not uncommon; there are numefoue
cases Of women city ouporint6kdent
= good many women pr1nciEals -
high schools and women principals b
Yet the discrepancy in salaries OF men
ana women teachers II striking. The
average diNeefences between the cal
aries OF men and women in high
school work In Kausaa II 91o i monfh.
Only : part Of thts II explsined by the
fact that there are . good many more
men. The greatest part Of the differ
encD b found in the fact that boarAo
Of education have not adopted the
practice OF paying women - well ~
they do men for identically the same
work In this the schools differ but
little from the practice In all bu6l-
ness: woman has not yet come into
her own. So Tar ~ we know the In
ternAttonal typographical union-of-
1lctaI name OF the printers' uni0n-ls
the only Institution in the world that
=