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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-14

Il lUSSAu9e tuS 6uuISSS Chuuub NC 4OuuUi
4 and the address Of the sender is un-
/ known. 9, 81
More lodge pins and buttons are
lost in the mails than any other one
class OF articles. Apparently this u
because the packages are necessarily
very small, and 1t Is hard TO write
both the address dnd the return adj
dress upon them In a clear and legihle
hand. Also, many of them cut through
their wrappingss and are found loose
in the mail bags
Photographs OF. all sorts, and es-
l;pecially portraits, also 90 astray in
great numbers: and as they have lit
4 tie or no commercial value, are us
4 ually destroyed. y
A glanceSA the lists OF. articlesarc-
ported from all parts OF the country
show that the greater part. Of the
4 material sent by. parcel post is Of
Itriftng yalne.s Abook of sacred love,
ra ehomescope, a pair Of plated cuff
buttons,.a toy aerop lane, and q. rub
Eber ball, are among the things found
loose In the bags and sent to Boston
recently. n.
\ There are, however, some striking
7 exceptions to. this prevailing trivial
character of the dead parcels. Eve
cry year brings to the dead letter.of-
fce q crop OF. fine laces, often single
pieces being worth hundreds Of dol
lars. They are generally sent from
abroad. M
The international parcel post Is an
other cause OF trouble, for every ar
ticle sent to a foreign country must
have a declaration OF its nature ON
the cover, SO that the customs dues
may be assessed. Then, too, there are
a surprising number OF people who
are more economical than curious,
and will refuse a parcel post pack
age rather than pay the customs dues
upon It, Every Christmas large
number OF gifts are refused by the
recipients because Of unpaid customs
dues, often amounting to no more than
a few cents. In such cases the post
master can do nothing but send De
package to headquarters, from which
| 1t will be returned to the sender, u
possible.
Some very strange articles cross
the seas by parcel post during the
holiday season. Not long ago the
by the possession Of a cheese about
the size. OF small grindstone, which
had been sent from town In Italy
Ito someone in New Jersey; but the
latter had moved away, and there was
nothing for the cheese to do but start
on its long. homeward Journey. grow
ling stronger at every step.
The quantity Of the matter that
fails to find its destination is shown
by the fact that the government real
LIKED about SIC. 900 last year from the
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-14
some 80 miles from PORT Arthur. ) HI ii

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some 80 miles from Port9Arthur Hi
highness went close to the first line
of battle to watch the progress Of the
engagement. Sometimes he would
stand in prominent position expos
ed to the enemy's fire, quite unmoyet
by the occasional bursting Of shells
perilously close to him.
An anxious chief OF staff advised
the prince to retire to place OF great.
'er safety, saying that should anythlnf
untoward happen to his person, Il
would affect the morale Of the whole
army.
Him." replied the prince, abu
wouldn't my retreat affect the morale
OF the army still more?"
His highness remained In his posi-.
ton till the very end Of the days en-.
gagement. !.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-14
WAR STORIES
Are Being Collected by the Imperial
Academy Of Sciences.

Correspondence of Associated press,
PETRoGRAD, Feb. l3.-The imper-
ial academy Of sciences is making a
collection Of all manner of printed
and imprinted stories of the war. let
tiers, diaries, minor dispatches and
authentical stories Of deeds of dar.
ing. In time, the collection will be
carefully gone over, and the best q
the stories edited for publication.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-14

Government chemists In the Philips
pines are investigating the soapmak-
Ing possibilities OF a new species ofI
oil7bearing nut that has been disc6v=
erefl. ~ y ]. & N 81 n ~
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-10-29

AlIpsrisctly hardy trees should
be trsnspIsnted In the fall rather
thaa shs following spring Il We
can rely upon the results 81 tssts
made q tke Missouri Agricul-
tural Experiment Station. Johna-
than apps tress planted il the
fall made nearly twice as good Q
growth y those planted the nsxl
spring. 0f chasry trees trans
planted u thh fall of 1918 every
|one lived while only q third Of
|shossplansei in the spring Of
1914 survived the dry summer Of
that year. Those which did live
made only . quarter 40 good .
growth as those planted the fall
before. This comparison 10 based
mainly on the terminal growth or
length added to the branches
which i ! very important means
Of telling how an orchard is thriv-
Ing. Even peach trees and 9TH
ers less hardy than apple and
cherry trees do better when fall
planted IN the Southern quarter
OF Missouri. Fall planting is
better even farther north IL fol-
lowed BY 4 mild winter but q se-
we're winter is likely to kill the
trees.
10 ordering fruit trees for fall
planting. insist that they be dug
and shipped just when the leaves
begin TO fall and the remaining
leaves can be easily stripped
from the nursery stock. These
young. rapidly growing trees
hold their leaves from two weeks
two . month longer than those in
the orchard which have been
bearing Tor some time. During
most seasons the best time for
trsnsplantlug is during the first
half ois Nessmber but planting
anytime before the ground freezes
has been found to give better re-
sults than spring planting.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-10-29
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE.
CieAr4df from Exchanges N ade blythe Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot Some Origi-
NJ nais Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
BUT Nearly All Interesting Reading

ISvvSSSSSSSS1~
Federal Judge Dyer yesterday
afternoon decided that the s75.-
900 bond issue voted i ysar ago
BY the citizens Of Poplar Bluff to
install . municipal light plant il
legal. The legality Of the bonds
was being contested In the U. 8.
District Court by James Il. Dali
ton adding machiRe plant which
formerly was located at Poplar
Bluff. Judge Dyer's decision.
unless reversed on appeal to .
higher court. means that the city
OF Poplar Bluff may proceed with
the work toward . municipality
owned light system-Cape Tri-
bune. %
The Parkville gas comp any
brought IN another good produce
Ing well in the gas field north
west Of town the early part Of the
week. The new we'll is located
on the farm OF Matthias Fickle,
and is q good strong we'll. The
company now has 1--WE producing
wells, and believes ths; there 10
an abundant supply in those
wells for some time TO come. The
apparatus is to be moved as soen
as possible to Weston where some
prospect work is to be done for
parties who are interested in iind-
ing gas in that region II possible.
At the Clarence Home Coming
last week the pistols used in the
duel between Alexander Hamil.
ton and Aaron Burr over 100.
yssrs ago. were on exhibition.
These pistols ara owned by q
lady who bought them about
eighty years ago and they have
q considerable historic value. In
this most famous Of American
duels, Hamilton was killed, hel
firing his pistol into the sir, while
Burr aimed at his antagonist and
shot 70 kill.
Ben Keller Of Elston had . hot
time at the dance over at Albert!
Disasr's the other night. Some
body jos.led Ben and he bumped
against the stove which had been
put on the winter schedule.
Warmed considerably BY the con-
tact, Ben spoke in heated tsrms|
Of the person who had jostled him
90 trcpically and the judge
thought the scorching comments
were worth about 81 and costs.
When q Bates county man
rsmbled to the circus in Butler,
his I'LL ole Ford got stuck in 81
rnudhole right in front Of the show
ground. A kind hearted circus
man saw his predicamsnt and
brought out an elephant who put
his trunk agsinst the rear Of the
car and with one little shove sent
II to solid ground.
Jefferson City has . motorist
Who pays g he goes. When out
riding the other day he ran over
and killed : dog. He st once
stopped his ear snd made inquiry
% to the ownership Of the animal
and without 4 word of haOclino.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-10-29

yySvvvvvSvSNSS
ss. Joseph va laid OF il Juns,
l84S, and named On the 18th 81
July, '' sg
Poultry f0rnishes an average
income of sl22 per farm IN Mis-
soati. ssidaa sag
From ths Cols county record
of MARRIAGE license we learn that
Miss Goldammer preferrsd to be
Miss Zehender.
The average ago Of the inmates
OF the Missouri penitentiary is ~
years, and there are 700 prison-
srs who are under 2s ysara.
Stung but satisfied were Eve
Lamar men who located Q bee
tree In the timber and after smok.
ing out the bees got 81 pounds Of
honey.
ssBeat 'em All'' has been sug-
gestsd as . slogan for the Shell
bina football team. A good slo-
ran hut hard tn live I'M to. even
IN high finance.
Ozark county's fret railroad
mortgage has just been recorded.
The Indebtedness secured is
$3.50, 900. The document require
ed $125 in revenue stsmps.
Whatever goes up is sure 70
come down and the Hannibal
Courise. Post sees in the old sdage
: warning to those contemplst-
ing investment In war stocks.
On Saturday, November 9th,
Jeftsrson county will vose on
proposition to bond shs county
In the sum Of $500, ,O00.U0 to be
sxpesdsd in building roads over
the county.
BY picking 142 bushels Of APP
ples In eight hours and fifteen
minutes. Charley Barrett Of Skid
more established himself % the
champion apple picker Of Noda.
way county.
The pocket book 100 years old,
owned ct Monticello by : man
who trsasursrs II as : heirloom,
could not have had very much
exercise for Ills said 70 b. in
good condition.
The six night riders who were
caught at 6ikeston last spring,
were given jail sentences Of from
elk months to year. The sew
enth was suffering from tubercu-
iosis and was discharged.
-
= south Missouii woman de-
>clares that the pedestal on which
she thought her sweetheart had
placed her during coursship turn-
cd out soon after their marriage
70 be merely . kitchen cabinet.
The trend Of the age is reilect-
Cd il this from the Liberty Tri-
buns: In driving from Exosl-
sior Springs to Liberty the other
day Frank Cameron met forty.
i've motor cars and one buggy.
Arnold 6hanklin Of Missouri,
consul general Ia Mexico City for
the last elk years, has resigned
from the stats department there.
He win take ! position with the
wstsFs- Pistss oil conpsay "a
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-10-29

Bob Stands, aged 46, and his
son, Bill, aged %, were killed al
Gunter's store, about four miles
southwest Of Hornersville, near
the state line in Dunklin county,
October 10th. James Laxson,
aged 30, and his son, Oscar, aged
10, are held for the killing, the
latterit 10 charged firing the ahots
thst caused their deaths. The
shooting was during and follow-
ing q fight started by James Lax
SON and Gus Shands, aged %,
the latter anephew OF the elder
Of the slain men. The two Lax
sons and Gus shands we're
brought to Kennett Saturday
night and lodged Ia jail; the lat
tor charged With assault with A.
tempt to kill, he being held for
the atsbbing OF the elder Larson,
who sustained . stab in the back
and = slash across the head in
The firht. Oscar Laxson il ! sop.
Law o; Bob shands: ana Il 4
said that the two families had
had preyious trouble. youno
LAWSON claiming !ne Snanos nad
'tr'sd @ separate MN ana his VIE ;
'nss 'nere nso osen : quarrel :
Isnor' y nms y, oslore ne .l'ling' y
no'nefsvi''s; ~ ol which, now
evef' = out rumor'
While welding ! corn knife in
the iield a ns0so farm hand uast
s--< e@<e>> = @<8 - - 3@A - @4ettA W89<
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-10-29

Noting that ! bschelof at ps'
culiar u hsId lisbis fof -. .00l
worth oi ! grass vidow's AiIs,'
lions, ths WArrsnsburg Star
Journsl says there's nothing pe'
cuIiar about the affair except Ii,
bachelors postoflics address.
Leslie Dennis, : well knowI
young man of this town, mo
death some Tina early Thnrsda,
morning BY heing run ovsr by,
train. Thsrs wsrs two train,
through hsrs that night but y
far the blame hsn't been csnter,
ed. -Oran Tribnns.
A Kirksville man has growing
in his yard . walnut tree Of his
toric interest In that II was growr
from q walnut brought from
Mount Vernon, the home oI
Washington. The tree is now /:
years old, and Tho Express re-.
ports this years crop at aboul
two bushels.
Even though the oyster season
is reported as backward, the Car.
rollton Republican Record be.
lieves It will not be very long be-.
fore some newspaper 10 printing
the storyof . young woman find.
ing a $1,000 pearl in her bowl oI
soup and then everybody win BE-
eating them.
"old Glory" is q grand old
nag and when an s'Uncle Toms
Cabin" troupe playing Edna un-
der canvass hoisted the English
colors above the stars and striped
the barn stormers came nesr gel.
ting what was coming to them.
Peace was restored when the
English flsg was taken down.
When Andy Wslch, constable
Of Trenton township, Grundy
county, found hidden In the brush
six pint bottles Of whisksy. he
for the owner 10 call
and claim the property. So far
there has been no application for
The tooze and the Trenton Times
doubts II there ever will be one.
The Glasgow Missourian pro.
tests that that city has not one
loot Of river front that It can call
Ito own and asks pointedly by
what right the city has been de-.
prived Of the wharf donated BY
'he founders Of the town. at
behooves somebody to do . little
explaining, adds the Missourisn.
Henry LaRue. nna Of our pros.
porous farmers, residing south Of
Essex, died last Tuesday, Octo-
Der 9th, from being kicked by q
young filly. Death came upon
him just twenty-six hours aftsr
be sustained the Injury. LsRus
was in the lot Monday afternoon
watering bis horses. He was
|esding . team when the filly.
which was loose IN the lot. kick.
ID at him. striking him in the
neigh borhood Of the spleen. He
Has Immediately taken to the
house and medical attention civ.
sn, but could not Be revived -
Bloomfield vindicator.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-10-29

4 <~t@r ft&Ht - - nAoA HtH8 tEsSAN ~
. shipment Of German .'war''
bread. such 10 Il fed tho German
army at the front. tits made Of
lrye flour, potatoes And water, and
ssid 70 contain ! great deal more
nourishment than any other food
product Of equal weight, He die
posed Of this lot almost as soon
% II was unpAcksd. ~ Poplar
Bluff Republican.
In the great throng which SUR
rounded the entrance to Braen-
ing 4 Kerstner's store yesterday
morning at the opening Of thoir
big sale, William Byrd Of this
city was one oi the first to enter.
Shortly after entering the store
he made . purchase, and q few
minutes later discovered that his
pocket book was missing. a.
search failed to reveal it, and Mr..
Byrd began to suspicion that it
had been taken by someone in
" " a IN 3. d
the crowd. He went before
Squire j. g. Putt and had Q
search warrant issued and serv-
ed up . party that he suspected.
Upon being searched, however,
the pocket book was not found
upon the suspect. = Jackson
CASH Book.
L. B. Pritchett, aged 20. q FAR
mer, was found in q dying con-
dition. Ostober 10th, in a COW
shed belonging to G. A. Furlong.
who lives about 100 yards from
the depot ut Dsventer. He lived
only . few minutes after being
found and did not regain con.
sciousness. It developed that he
had been killed BY being struck
over the head with some blunt
instrument. As q result OF the
Coroner's inquest, Otis and Steve
Reeves, br -thers, ars now in the
county Jail, charged with the kill
ing, and Devo Ross, a young man
10 also confined as an accessory.
Family affairs, in which the de-
ceased was reported to be engsg
ed to the Reeves boys sister In
opposition TO their wishes, caused
the trouble.
Tommie Grsenwsll, one Of the
young farmers, south CT this city,
happened to q very bad accident
last Friday, which almost result
ed in his death. While feeding
the motor hay press on his farm
hs seemed to lean forward too
much, his foot clipping, and he
fell over the hopper. The hay
tamper came down on bis left
leg breaking II almost hallway
below the knee, and ssvering
several muscles and arteries. He
also suffered several bad bruises
and cuts on the face and the back.
Drs. @. W. Phipps and NJ. B.
Hendrix Of Charlottesville were
Immediately called and dressed
the wounds, trying to save the
leg. Sunday he was taken to
s.. Mary's hospital at Cairo for
treatment, and It Ii thought that
Il will be impossible to save his
limb. Hayti Herald.
While trying 10 chop . small
hole in . large oak tree. on the |
school grounds at Dexter rscsn-
tly, to put out . iIre inside Of the
tree, which had caught from
burning grass in the school yard |
. hard metallic substance was
struck with the axe, and upenl
removing i, It Was found to BE- . /
six pound she'll made ofiron and
round, such ss was used BY the
northern soldiers during ihs civil
war. When the shsll was re-
moved from the reeitwas smooth
and contained ! time fuse that
showed indications Of having
burned evon with the outer SUR
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-08
MISS NANCY LEE broadly HEAD
OF BLOUNT COUNTY SCHOOLS
First Time in History Of the County Woman Has
Been Chosen Superintendent Mercy
nOIds Remains Court Chairman.

at $500, and that of the county
superintendent was fixed at 81, 900.
The salaries were fixed before the
elections were held.
The auditing committee remains
unchanged.
John w. Shields was chosen as
constable in the fifteenth district.
Henry Jones, of the sixth district.
was elected to wait upon the circuit
court.
Mondays session was one OF the
busiest eyer held by the court.
Interest was centered in the contest
for the county superintendency, and
also in the proposed repeal of former
action as to the High school bonds
issue. The High school board had
planned the erection of three High
school buildings, but inasmuch as
there was some opposition to the
sites chosen for the schools, and as
it was thought $4,000 would be an
insufficient amount to erect three
buildings of such character as the
county should have, the action OF
the former term was rescinded.
This action precipitated quite a
good deal of debate, and the halls
of the court house rang with
the oratory of members who dis
cussed the issue, both pro and con-
The resolution said that it does
not seem wise and for the best
interest of the county to sell said
SAC, 900 bonds as authorized. The
resolution was presented by Squire
Davis, amended by Squire Willard
and seconded by Squire Gamble.
It seems to be the general opinion
of many members Of the court that
the bond issue will carry by popular
vote. The county now has an in"
debtedness of about 100000. and
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-08
HIGH SCHOOL BOND ISSUE KLLED-ROAD ELECTION FEB. IS
WhatMaryviIIeHas

hear it in their talk. They pull
together in all kinds of weather.
Maryville college, one of the old.
est and best known institutions Of
learning in the south is located in
Maryville. 1t has a campus of $50
acres; has an enrolment of about
800; fifteen buildings thoroughly
equipped with laboratories, recita-
ton rooms, etc; and has nearly
81, ,000,0 900 endowment. 1t has
sixty. eight instructors and admins
tratiYe officers.
Maryville has the Polytechnic
School. with an enrolment of about
200. This was one of the first pre-
paratory schools in the south to
establish an agricultural expert
mental station. It's campus COM
prises ten acres, has three build
ings and a faculty of eight members.
Maryville is located on the Louis
vile & Nashville, Southern railway,
and Tennessee & Carolina Southern
railway. There are tw elve passenger
trains into and out of MaryYille
daily.
Maryville has 81, ,25O 600 invested
in manufacturing plants which turn
out more than 100000 worth o.
goodq annually.
| Maryville has one of the largest
plants of the Aluminium Company
OF America, which is located on 8
tract of 900 acres of land
Blount county, of which Mary
x'isthe county seat. is rich II
7 H4Ss farming lands, timber belts
mineral deposits and mineral springs
Some Of the most famous springs o.
the south are in this county
Marble. iron ore, copper, lead, anc
ether minerals are found in thii
county.
Blount county has over 100 miles
of graded roads and sixty five milel
of macadamized roads. There arr
nearly seventy five concrete bridges
in the county.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-08

Twenty four members Of the
Blount County Girls Canning and
Poultry club raised A, ,462 pounds
of tomatoes on one.tenth Of an acre
of land the past season. The club
has thirty. two members, but eight
of these did not submit reports to
Miss Nancy Lee Broadly. collaboration,
in time for their estimates to be in
cluded in the reports made by state
agents at recent meeting held in
Washington. The Tennessee reports
were presented by Miss Virginia
Pearl Moore, state agent. ".s
The Blount county club has been
organized only one year, and the
results we're most gratifying. The
total value Of tomatoes raised on the
tenth acres Of the twentY-four girls
reporting, was $496.28. The mum.
ber Of pounds represented filed
1854 No 8 tin cans, which is the
regulation can adopted by the
government bureau for use by girls
canning clubs. These cans contain
one quart each.
| Besides the tomatoes raised, other
products reported on the tenth. acres
showed $50 No 8 cans of beans and
fifty cans OF pickles.
Quite surplus OF OF her fruits and
vegetables were also saved from the
orchard and farm by the Blount
county girls. This included SOC
cans of berries; 100 cans of pickles,
500 cans of peaches; 200 cans oi
beans, 800 cans Of apples; 200 cani
of corn, making total of 2 200 cans
of various articles, exclusive Ol
tomatoes, put up by the girls.
Thus it will be seen that the
twenty four canning club girls in
Blount county the first season Of
organization, canned 4,864 cans oi
fruit and vegetables.
Further analyzng the report, it
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-08
PROF. MCCALL TELLS
OF SCHOOLS GROWTH
Forty-four New Buildings
Erected During His
Term in Office

In retiring from the Office Of
county superintendent of public
instruction, which he held twelve
years. Prof. II. B. Mccall. review.
ed his work as follows for The Times:
The County Court elected me as
County Superintendent of Schools
in 1902. During the twelve years
of my service wish to say that
appreciate the opportunities that
came to me to help a cause that is
most dear to nae and a cause in
which shall continue to be interest
ed.
I want to believe that conditions
educationally have been much i'm.
proved during my term Of service.
Nothing done, however, to bosst
about, but only a good substantial
gain made each year. Nothing OF
the sensational or butterfly display,
for that is not my method. With
the means that have been placed at
our disposal we have endeavored to
improve the conditions as to houses
and their equipment. Forty. -four
school houses have been built and
about that number we'll equipped
during my service. The salary Of
teachers increased from $25 to $40
per month.
II am unable to say what results l
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