The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-29
(By ". ". Morris)

his obligations; and the temporary
suspension of the cotton market has
wrought great hardship upon all
classes; for, as all know, most all
towns are in o great measure depend
ent upon the country around them for
their support, and the prosperity, or
depression OF the one has its. effect
upon the other. 1t Is true that there
Is some building going on at the pres
ent time. 4 counted something like
dozen ordinary buildings now under
process Of erection; but there are still
some carpenters idle and anxious for
Jobs. r
There will be quite bittof work on
street construction and improvements
I'm the. near future, but coiored men
will. be mostly employed for this
heavy work.
What this section of the state most !
needs lust now is,A lot of able bodied
men of the younger generation who
are willing to endure the hardships,l
OF pioneer life for a time to clear out
and develop, the vast area Of the vir-
gin forest that surrounds this region;
and to- the persons so inclined, this
section offers opportunities not
to be found in other parts OF our
union. The land seems to be very
productive for all classes of vegeta-
bles or citrus fruits, and is especially
adapted to the Satsuma orange; the
best and most hardy Of the orange
family; even the severe cold snaps
of last week did not seem to injure
them. I'D
To give an idea of the vast unde-
veloped areas that lie adjacent to
this town: it is seven miles from Lynn
Haven to Panama City by rail, and
after leaving the environments Of this
town, there is not q house to be seen
along the route until Panama is
reached, and the surface of the
ground is all level with few DOGGY
places that need draining, and the
soil is said to be very rich.
The town OF st. Andrews, and many
other houses are situated between
these towns. but they are along the
Bay Coast and are reached principally
by boats which ply the placid waters
of the bay.
attended the ceremonies Of the
laying Of the corner stone for the
new court house for Bay county last
Tuesday. The ceremonies were In
charge Of, and conducted by the Mys-
tic Circle OF Freemasons; which were
rather imposing, as we'll as impress
sive; though one OF the speakers was
rather arrogant In claiming author
ship about all the good that had ever
been accomplished from Adam down
to the present time. 1t may not be
generally known that Bay county was
recently created by act Of the legisla-
ture, and ceded from Washington
county. So Bay county is still young
er than this town, and both are but
in their infancy. From the appear
ance Of the foundation (which was all
in) the court house will be an impos-
ing structure, though of plain brick
walls, and much larger than our Har-
irfson county court house.
Panama City, though environed by
some swamps and bayous (bios) is
situated on elevated ground, which
gives 1t good drainage. The people
have taken on new energy and are
supplying concrete side walks all over
their town, and most OF them eight
feet wide. Upwards of two miles of
1t have already beenYlaid.
Reverting again to, Lynn Haven, or
the Magic City" as the people here
are wont to call It; no one should ex-
|pect to find gold paved streets or
! SKY scrapers'' towering up to the
clouds. Some Of the streets and ave-
nues in the outlying districts are yet
al cty
boys. But the town has recently
been bonded for $60, 900, which will
be mostly used in street improvement.
The business sections have already
been provided with fairly good board
walks, and some very good residences
lare being built near the beautiful
park along the bay front. The peo-
pie here try to make life worth living,
land the women aid societies and
other circles have programs Of var
lious sorts every week to draw the peo-
pie together. both for amusement and
intellectual entertainment. Good
music is predominating feature in
these entertainments.
A basket picnic was given at the
park Wednesday. which was the in
ItfOuuCtlon " CudulduNuh b6rleS Vi
lectures and music by home talent.
Christmas tree programs were rem
dered at all three Of the churches
lChrlstmas eve. l attended the enter
ltainment at the Methodist Episcopal
lchurch where nice program consist
ling Of music, Rotations. etc., was
well rendered, and the tree was un-
LOADED with treat to everyone In
the we'll filed house. OF course, such
outings and entertainments are no
unusual thing in any town, but Il
mention them to show your readers
where am spending my leisure time.
liz might tell you also that spent
nearly a half Of the day Thursday
watching the men extracting large
pine stumps from the ground with y
machine operated with two small
thorses. Some Of the main roots ex-