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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-03
| rIZ winners
Meet Is Have
Big Attendance
Many Farmer Boys to Benefit
by Lectures at the State
Uniye fsity.

+ The West Virginia state exhibit OF
boys and girls club work and the
#ptize winners, course M iich Is 10 be
conduct ed at the state university at
Nor antoWn January To {. IS exs
spected to be BY far the most largely
attended meeting of the kind ever held
in the state. The extension division
tof the asriciiit iiraI apartment OF the
university has been notified BY many
of the farmers and boys Of their in
stcntion to be present. /.
Week Program.
~ The program for the week Is on
Inter esting one and begins with next
Monday morning as follows:
Monday Regis tration and location
of rooms, Explanation Of Prize VIM
lnerS Course William n. Kendrick
and Sadie r. d GuSenhan IN; campus ffip.
Iacting President 3. B. srrottef, Dean
r. D. Sanderson and Director c. Il.
TitIow meet at Woodbuhn hall, din
ner reports on seed corn germina-
ton, Harvey Bennett, Ezra 5amSteai
and Lynn ia slor;, = Yields and PROFITS
in West Virginia Potato es, = Prof. A.
IL. pacy; refreshnie nts by club girls;
importance of Live Stock on the
Farm Prof W. G. Coffey, college OF
agriculture, Uniyefisty OF Illinois.
Tuesday Alfalfa and Other Les
gumes, Z, w. b. Kemp Work How
to Reduce At, A. ]. padistnans Farm
Boys Interests In l We Stock I, = y.
Sheets dinner 4 MIX y ting, = p b:
Rennetch !; etables That Pay, and
How to Grow Them Dean II b.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-03
CONTROVERSY
Involving Stage EnpIoy yes and
Local Theaters Announced
Salts toriIy Adjusted.

The controversy which arose sew
eral days ago with Local No. 10 !. OF
the Internal iopai Alliance OF The
atrical State Employees of the 5nitet
States and Canada. and involving
sewers heaters Of this city has
been adjusted sal sfactogily to all
concerned at a meeting over which
Oscar Sheck, of Cleveland, o. first
international yice-presid dent Of the
Internal Alliance. presided.
The local kindly requests the public
to support the theaters OF this city.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-03
IEAI| 0U!!I|B|RE|A
OF Foot and Mouth Disease
among Cattle in Howard
County Inc: Reported.

lNDIAlsAP0L Jan. new
outbreak Of the foot and mouth al
sease in Howard county, Ind, was re-
ported today by DR.. A. r: Nelson.
state Veterinarian He said five heads
Of cattle and twenty-five hogs we're
affected and would be killed tomor-
row. This is the first outbreak Of
the disease reported In Indiana for
more than two weeks.
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05
MIKE AT THE TELEPHONE
Could Hardly Be Called Success at
the Work to Which He Had
Been Assigned.

Mike had just come over from the
old country to work with his brother,
who was butler in a millionaire's s
home. 1t was a morning custom for
Mrs. Rich to have several chats with
her friends over the telephone. Some
times these talks stretched well into
the forenoon. James, the brother,
was tired of this, and inducted Mike,
the greenhorn, into the work.
The first morning Mike tried his
hand disaster resulted. Mrs. Bucks
called up.
Answer that" ordered Jimmy to
Mike. IF it is Mrs. Bucks tell her to
hold the line"
Mike took down the receiver and
listened.
''Is Mrs. Rich there" voice asked.
No answer from Mike.
"Who is at the phone?" in a mad
der tone.
Its me, Mike"
81 want Mrs. Rich-this is Mrs.
Bucks" said the lady in anger.
"All right" said Mike. Just hold
the rope"
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05

condition that practically all the water
which fell on it was absorbed. AS a
result the land increased in value so
that the owner declined 500 an acre
for it. The cost of reclamation was
approximately $40 an acre. 1t is sim
pier, however, to prevent excessive
erosion than to reclaim land after 1t
has occurred.
Locations for Creameries.
In developing the dairy industry
throughout the South very important
matter is the selection of the loca-
tions in which to erect. creameries.
No one would build a sawmill where
there is little or no timber suitable
to be made into lumber, and it would
be equally unwise to start creamery
where the supply of milk and cream
is insufficient for economical opera
tion of the plant. In many dairy re-
gions creameries have been operated
successfully and have brought pros
perity to the community. On the 9TH
er hand, there are many closed cream
cries in the United States and many
farmers who have lost money by un-
wise investments in them.
The first essential for the success
of creamery is a sufficient supply Of
milk and cream. An insufficient sup
ply means a loss for all concerned.
The number of available cows in a
community is frequently overestimat-
ed. About six hundred southern cows
should provide raw material enough,
and il this is sent to the creamery
in the form of whole milk the cows
should all be within five miles of the
creamery.
In order to keep expenses reasona-
bly, low, an average of at least 1900
pounds of butter must be made each
week, which will require about one
thousand pounds of butter fat. The
smaller the output the greater the cost
per pound of butter, for some Of the
expenses will remain approximately
the same whether the daily output is
one hundred or two hundred pounds.
If careful canvass reveals the fact
that, excluding those required to meet
the demands of home consumption.
the necessary cows are available, the
information should be sent to either
the state agricultural college or the
Dairy Division, Department Of Agri-
culture, Washington, d. c., with re-
quest for plans and advice for the
organization, building and equipment
OF a plant that will be likely to sue
ceed under existing local conditions.
Next to an insufficient supply OF
milk, one of the most frequent causes
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05
Table Talk.

Gentleman Who Will Not Be- r
sick-I don't eat because the r
rotten, that's why.
His Wife-Now, Henry, why Il
you just try these scrambled se1|
Gentleman Laughing, hollowh}
You call these here scrambled =
You mean it's a scrambled half e.
His Wife-Oh, now Henry! n
salad is So good!
Gentleman (darkly)-If I'd wan
to eat stuff from a delicatessen =
Id have stayed at home.
His Wife (despairingly)-For 4
sake, Henry. won't you take III
this chicken?
Gentleman (making a concex
and trying it)-It's old-(chev<p
and it's tough (chew-chew. -
Deep thought) But 1t amt 90 Oh
1t amt so tough as some Of r.
New York chickens. Haw! B.
Haw!
(Having relieved himself Of =
joke Henry repeats 1t three tno
gets away with a combination pie q
ice cream dessert; and within tweu1
four hours becomes the life Of u
ble.)
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05

the water has carried of much of the
best soil and impaired the value of
what has been left. On moderate
slopes in the Piedmont region of
North Carolina erosion has been esti-
mated to cause a yearly loss in crop
values alone Of three dollars an acre,
making the total loss in this region
over two million dollars each year.
On the other hand, there are many
hilly farms in which excessive ero-
sion is effectually prevented. Farm
ers who wish detailed information Of
the best methods Of terracing and 9TH
er means of control, should write to
the United States department of agri-
culture for Farmers Bulletin Nc. 20,
Circular No. "a of the Bureau Of Plant
Industry or U. s. Department of Ag-
riculture Bulletin No. 1S0.
When land has once been badly
eroded the task of reclaiming it is apt
to be difficult and long. 1t can be
done, however, and at times may be
made very profitable. An instance Of
this is tract of 38 acres near John
son City, Tenn, which was purchased
four years ago for $50 an acre. At
that time the land was badly eroded
and there was one gully eight or ten
feet deep. This the new owner filed
with debris and soil, 200 loads of ma
nure were applied, and the soil was
plowed to depth OF ten inches, plant
ed to rye and the rye turned under.
The deep plowing and the organic
matter in the rye left the soil in such
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05
Accidental Inventions.

The ancients believed that there
was a certain kind of mineral sub
stance in existence by means of which
all the common metals could be turned
into gold. This supposed substance
was called the philosophers stone, and
the alchemists of classic times and
during the middle ages spent much
time and labor in search of this won
derful substance.
OF course. since nothing of the kind
ever existed, it was never found; but
it is worth remembering that some of
the most notable inventions were dis
covered in this wide search. 1t was in
looking for the philosophers stone that
the German chemist, Botticher, STUN
bled upon the secret of making the
beautiful Dresden porcelain. Roger
Bacon, in the same way, discovered
the composition of gunpowder; Geber
found the properties of acids; Van
Helmont discovered the nature of gas,
and Doctor Glauber found the secret
of making the salts which now bear
his name.
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05

Highlander
British III
learning how
Hamilton
dashed covered with
to
records which
fill while his medals and
like
mail
ballads history Of the Jap
military methods He married
London who
has
any ldren.
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Nearly four million acres in the
United States, it is estimated, have
been devastated by sell erosion. and a
vastly larger area has lost much of its
fertility. Nowhere is soil erosion
more serious than in the South. The
climate, the character of the soil, the
economic conditions, and the type
Of agriculture, which has hitherto pre-
vailed. have all contributed to the
damage, yet with the exception Of the
amount Of rainfall every factor in ero-
sion can be controlled by man.
Soil erosion is the carrying away of
the soil by the action of wind or wa
ter. In the South the action of water
is much the more important. If all
the water that falls upon given area
were to be absorbed by the soil, it
would cause no erosion. This, how
ever, scarcely ever happens. Where
the slope of the ground or the char
acter of the soil is such that the wa
ter runs off rapidly, it carries with it
a very appreciable quantity Of soil
particles, the quantity increasing as
the speed of the running water in
creases. Where this erosion is exces-
sive the soil is left bare and quilted.
The land is hard to cultivate and so
much organic matter is taken from it
that it is frequently abandoned as too
poor for profitable agriculture.
To check this process, terracing.
deep plowing and the use of cover
crops are advantageous. Vegetation
not only hinders the flow Of water
over the surface, thus lessening the
amount of erosion, but the roots strik-
ing through the soil loosen it and en-
able it to absorb the water more read
lily. In the South the use of cover
crops for this purpose is particularly
important because SO much of the
rainfall in this section Is in the win
ter when the land is frequently bare
of crops. Winter rye is particularly
advantageous in holding the soil. The
value of deep plowing lies In the fact
that this loosens the soil for consid-
erable distance below the surface and
thus enables the water to be absorbed
quickly. Terracing obviously is de-
signed to provide level areas for the
water to fall on instead of steep hill
sides down which it can rush.
The Importance of measures that
will check erosion Is indicated by the
fact that in some southern states vast
areas amounting sometimes to so per
cent Of the arabic land in these Sec
tions have been abandoned because
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05
WT-OF@DNARN
PEOPLE w.
HAMMERING The TURK

Gen. Sir Ian Standish Monteith
Hamilton, in supreme command OF
the British-French army now landed
on the Gallipoli peninsula to coop
crate with the British-French feet for
the conquest of the Dardanelles and
Constantinople, is a poet-soldier. with
the tough, wiry frame of the Scotch
and the Scotsman's long, narrow
head, strong nose and bold chin. and
with the big ears of the generous
Irishman and the Irishman's ingratiat-
ing smile. The eyes are shrewd and
calculating, as becomes a canny Scot
but no less emotional and full OF fun
the endowment Of a son OF Erin.
The son of Scotch father. stern,
industrious and far-sighted, distin-
guished military man himself, and OF
an Irish mother, fascinating. vi
vacious and artistic, Hamilton was
born sixty-two years ago in the
fortress at Corfu.
Hamilton came under the notice
of Roherts I'm the ROpr war of 1880,
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05
DEAR OLD BEN"

His intimate friends refer to him
affectionately as Dear Old Ben" His
superiors describe him with the single
word loyal" His subordinates call
him human" And, in brief. coupled
with his record for steady advance
ment and absolute depeadability.
which has made him the prototype
In the navy of what Brig. Gen. Hugh
Scott, chief Of staff, stands for in the
army, these characteristics give per-
haps as good an idea as can be OBJ
tained of the kind Of man Rear Ad.
miral William Shepherd Benson, chief
of naval operations, really is.
But be not misled by the nick.
name, or by the fact that he was
graduated in ~. and is nearing his
sixtieth birthday, into picturing him
as a crotchety and bewhiskered old
seadog; for after you have heard his
friends call him "Old Ben" and have
heard how he has spent % years at
sea. circumnavigating the African
coast at one time and going to the
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05
ILLINOIS, FIRST WOMAN MAYOR

Mrs. Angela Rose Garfield of
Warren. first woman mayor in ILL.
nois. who was elected over two other
candidates by plurality of four
votes, has ideals for her little city.
Warren, situated within half mile
OF the Wisconsin state line in Jo
Daviess county. Is not a bad place
at all. she says. She will try to make
the city even more attractive than It
Is during the two years she will over
see its municipal affairs.
The first woman mayor in Illinois,
and. incidentally, the second in the
United States, is seventy-four years
young.
Young as I certainly am" she said.
Il am confident that l have reached
years Of discretion. | know I can run
Warren's affairs better than they have
been in the past.
There are things in the city of
Warren that need to be remedied.
have not lived here for 35 years with.
ont knowing all ahouf tbop U;-..
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05
SING SINGS new WARDEN

When Governor Glynn appointed
Thomas Mott Osborne warden Of Sing
Sing prison he said he did so that
those who claim the present method
of trying to reform men who have
gone bad is wrong might have a
chance to prove that their theory is
the correct one. Mr.. Osborne is un-
hampered by any power except the
laws. and the trial of his system Of
treating prisoners is being watched
by the country with keen interest.
Mr.. Osborne, who Is heir to a
large fortune, has been intensely in
terested In prison reform, and he be-
Iieves there is something good in
everybody, even in the unlucky
wretch who has to wear prison gray
and sleep In a cell.
Not only does Mr.. Osborne believe
In the men In the cells, but he goes
further. He does not believe in the
cells. II he could have his way, there
would be no Sing Sing; there would
be no more of the dank cells, dark
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05

Of creamery failuves is the erection of
poorly planned and cheaply construct
ed creameries equipped with expensive
but more or less useless machinery.
Many creameries have been organized
by promoters who derived their profit
from the sale of the plant and its
equipment, not from it's successful op-
Grafton after they had severed their
connection with it. In consequence,
it was to their interest to unload as
expensive and as poor a plant upon
the farmers as they could.
Cases are on record in which promo
ters have secured the signatures Of
farmers to documents which purport-
ed to be nothing more than q general
expression of opinion that a creamery
in that place would be a good thing.
Later it developed that the document
was an iron-clad agreement to take
stock In the company. Creameries Or
ganized in such a way prove profitable
only to the organizers. Moreover the
failure of one or two such companies
serves to discourage dairying in that
region for many years thereafter.
Before 1t is decided to build a cream
cry, therefore. its prospective share
holders should convince themselves
of three things: ID That there will
be milk and cream enough for 1t to be
operated economically; (2) that the
marketing facilities are adequate: and
(S) that the plant to be built is well
designed and equipped and the cost
reasonable.
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05
LIME IS POULTRY ESSENTIAL
Abundance Of Article Should BE Pro-
vided for Hens At All Times TO
Produce Egg Shells.

Hens produce SO many eggs during
the heavy laying season that a large
amount of lime is necessary to pro-
duce egg shells. Nature furnishes
some of this, but nature did not in
tend the hen to lay more eggs than
the pheasant. 90 those who have
natuye-faked her into an egg machine
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05
The uplifters

81 believe that humanity is born
with the desire to improve ITSELF" said
the altruist
II don't know about all humanity"
said the cynical person, "but I'm con-
vinced that half humanity is born with
a desire to improve the other half, re-
gardless of consequences"
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05

and gloomy with their walls dripping
would ne no more OF the wearing down with solitary
ens mis- health and running his selfresp that he is nd
prison made when he again 10 a
believes
driven to crime maybe
putt he believes that of them
more he knows had good bringing
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05
Success in Dairyina.

The highest financial success in
dairy farming depends upon the
ability of the dairyman to select. grow
and develop profitable cows.
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05
Really Quite Arduous.

"Tillbury seems to have no truel
in winning the favor Of the fair "a
mo trouble? Are you aware a.
he spends hours every day pracueh|
the latest dance steps?"
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05

and foremost them graft Graft has
Garfield the
Nashville
When the Molly
occasions
invariably carried through successfully Now
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05

Many farmers who are now raising
q few pigs could easily add great
many more at good profit with very
little extra work.
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05
No Exceptjon.

'It is an i'll wind which blows no
| good to anybody"
why, even an i'll wind blows good
to the doctors"
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05
Not Proportjonate.

"They say the national conscience is
growing"
They can't prove it by the national
conscience fund"
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05

should see that she has plenty of the
article. which is best provided in the
form OF cracked oyster shell.
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05
Quite Contrary.

$50 Jiggs is just broken down
Yes; completely broken ups-bs
timore American.
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05
another, meeting Admiral Benson


includes considerable o a ~ '
In appearance od Ben fine of oynve He ia
wen KNIT ana compacy sinewy His
SHOWS traces OF symg His mouth friendly eyes
deep SEX win the light OF instant
have to say thing to "od Ben" than once " '
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05

Anything that can be purchased for
five cents will have a large clientele.
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05

A woman never entirely forgives
her husband for not being hero.
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05

When a jealous wife finds her ~
bands keys she starts in to look ~
trouble.
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05

The more money a man has the
louder his children talk.
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05
Somethino to Wish.

my husband is jack of all trades.
Don't you wish he were an ace in
Just one?"
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05

Many brig head is full of empti.
ness
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-25
When charIemaene Took a Bath.

When Charlema9ne look a Bath.
Like SO many Of the European warm
springs and bathing places, Baden
Baden was first appreciated by the
Romans. The Emperor Caracalla in
especial honored it by his patronage
and adorned it in various Roman ways.
With the fall Of the empire and the ar
rival together of the barbarians and
Christianity. bathing and, above all.
bathing in warm water. fell into disuse
all yer Europe as an %enfeebling and
immoral practice. 1t was only when
Charlemagne. whose name was one to
conjure with. dipped his imperial per-
son in the hot springs of Aix-la-Cha-
pelle that bathing. after seven CEN
turtles of disuse. became again permits
sible, if not almost desirable. From
that time on. with varying fortunes.
Baden Baden was a health and pleas
ure resort Harrison Rhodes in Har-
per's Magazine.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-25

just as it is Wien go1d letters are
placed on show windows. I had never
noticed that when the painter is at
work putting the leaf on he is careful
to conserve all the leavings. Just SO
in the shops. All refuse there is care
fully brushed into a pile and kept. In
three months time there will be a
great deal of what appears to be rub
Dish around a sign painters shop. but
the painter knows it's value. This rub
Dish is cleaned up, slowed in bags and
sent to Philadelphia, where it is
screened and the particles of gold leaf
extracted. My friend informed me
that it is not unusual to get as high as
500 out Of n shipment of rubbish, all
of which goes to the workmen in the
shop and not to the owner."-Washing-
ton Post,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-25
From the Hutchinst II Herald

A message was received by R
Seydel Tuesday stating that his
brother, Joe, was struck by a train
at Canton and seriously injured
Reinhold left on the first train
(rhe injuries proved to be fatal
aud Joe was buried at Memo las
Friday.)
Phil Slattery left last week fol
Rapid City where his father has .
real estate office. He is a famous
left handed base bali pitcher, hay.
ing been with Sioux City and Del
Moines, but just before leaving
Memo he signed up with Marsha !.
town for next season at q fancy sal
AIRY, something like 5000 pei
month aud all expenses. That's
sure going some for a young maj
not yet twenty years of age. He
always draws the crowds when il
is advertised that he is to be in the
box.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-25
From the Tyndall Tribune

DR.. Keeling, Of Springfield, pass
ed through TyndaH last Tuesday
morning on his way to Chicago.
After spending a few weeks in
Chicago he expects to go to Cali
fornia on a pleasure trip.
John DeRoos, Sr. arrived last
Tuesday evening from Holland
whore be has been visiting for
about a year. He says it is about
as hard to get war news in Hol-
land as it is in America although
be was only about 80 miles from
tbs scene of the conflict.
Mrs Gardner Davis fell on the
Icy sidewalk last Friday evening
trackesing her arm badly. The
rail-. which fell in the evening froze
to tho walks making them very
ia, 9esous and she person who did
MT @ down was the exception
rather than the rule.
Tie legislature has passed a bill
wit an emergency clause attach
ell IL it changing the dates Of terms
OF .anrt in this circuit. The
soring term Of court in this coun-
~ will nos be held in March in
sseaa III May, while the fall term
Il sf,il dated for December. The
cnangs was doubtless made to ac-
com,nodata Charles Mix county,
as the tie rms If conlt thefe will
hereafter be held IN April and Sep
tenber W. have no objection to
accommodating the paaple Of Char.
les Mix county, bns it looks to us
as If Bon HomYns county was
handed something and somebody
was asleep when the bill was pass
cd.