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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12
NEWS OF RITCH|E
COUNTY IS
TOLD
Telegram's Correspondent at
Ellenboro Writes inter
esting News Letter.

ELLENBORO. Dec. l1.-An import
ant business deal has been consum-
mated here. by which b. Perry Drcy
becomes a half owner in the extern
slve general store heretofore owned
by Alex G. Strickler. Mr.. Drcy. who
for several years has been the efiic-
lent office clerk and operator for the
Eureka Pipe Line Company at Schultz
in Peasants county. expects to enter
the store January l. and Is now re-
pairing the old ]. p. Strlckler resi-
dence, in which he and his wife will
reside.
Mrs. Shepherd. an aged pensloner,
who resides with her daughter. Mrs.
Catherine Boner. In the west end of
town. was stricken with apoplexy
while In the postoiflce few days ago
and is still in n serious condition. Her
son. who is employed by the Reserve
Gas Company at Clarksburg. has been
summoned to her bedside.
Joe G. Dawson. chief OF the infor-
nation department OF the Carter Oil
Company. has been business visitor
nj Philadelphia this week Mrs. Daw-
son accompanied him. and will visit
Washington. Philadelphia and spend
a few days the guest Of Mrs. Ferdinand
Emmel. in New York City. They are
expected home tomorrow.
Postmaster o. X. Wigner. wife and
little daughter Maxine. spent part OF
the week Mt Kilbourne. o.. where Mr..
Wigner owns a valuable stock farm.
Walter Hinton. Bert Wigncr. Will
Braden. Jennings Riley and Joseph a.
Wigner. all from this place, are work.
ing at Akron. o.
Kirk Goodwin is now clerking in
the store Of Ray Isner. on Main street.
Harlan B. Reed. Of this place, who
for years has been travelling repre-
sentative in central West Virginia for
the II. p. AcGregor China Company.
Of Wheeling. will resign his position
January to accept a proposition with
the Conservative Life Insurance Com
pany, Of Wheeling
1t is reported that Harry Gore and
others, who owned the valuable Will
liam MIisser oil producing lease and
others on upper Whiskey run. have
disposed of their holdings to the Phil
adelphia company. The consideration
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12

president; Remy Delmotte. secretary:
Oscar Andre. assistant secretary, ana
Hector RncQuaz, teasnrsEs
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12

G. A. Richardson. a prominent cit
zen OF Elizabeth. Writ county. and
father Of County Agricultural Agent
l. A. Richardson. Of Richie county.
died Tuesday.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12

Rig builders are busy completing
the derrick for tho test for oil on the
NJ. M. Lambert heirs land adjacent Ia
town, and all will be ready for the
drillers by the first Of the week.
Albert Crisis has purchased the Ed.
ward SchoAeld farm on Whiskey run
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12

The light of the sun is 100000 times
greater than the full moon.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12

Ellsworth Bumgardner and wife. Of
Columbus. o.. were here this week to
attend the funeral OF Mrs. Albert
Bumgardner. which was held Thurs
day.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12
LOCAL GLASS PLANTS
ARE GIVEN WRITE-UP

all but little more than 100000 was
the result of increases of postal sal
aries and additional railway mail pay
required by law.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12
lBy the GIassWorker, a Trade
Publication Issued Weekly
in City of Pittsburg.

PI1TsBpRG. Dec. 1.-THE cur
rent issue of the Glassworker men,
tons window glass factories as fol-
lows in the clarksburg. w. Va, dis
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12

F. a. Wagner, OF the Safe Insur-
ance Company, was n business visitor
at Terra Alta this week.
Miss Laura Clay. forceful speaker
from Kentucky. delivered an able adj
dress at the court house in Harris
vile. Tuesday evening. under the aus
pices OF the local equal suffrage asso-
citation. The meeting was largely at
tended.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12

Edward Morris. of Rutherford. was
arrested this week by United States
Deputy Marshal C. P. Cook, on a
charge of robbing the Rutherford post
office the night of July 10. 1914. Nor
ris was suspected at the time, but
left the country: he recently returned
TO his old home. and is in the Wood
county jail awaiting a hearing.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-08

mer. 7 he land that is being
farmed by the owner can in very
few cases be purchased unless
at a figure a great deal larger
than those mentioned above.
The opportunities offered in the
line of farming lands cannot be
found that are better than they
are here for the man Of small
means, and for a man with a
great deal of money to invest he
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-08
Corn

Until recently this section OF
the country was considered too
far north for the raising of corn
but in the past f feW years a
great many of the farmers have
commenced to raise this crop
and now it is considered one of
the most valuable of crops raised
here. The yield per acre has
reached the so bushel mark and
there is always good growth OF
stock so that plenty of fodder
can always be had. This year
although the weather has been
backward. the yield will be as
great as On land in the states
that are considered in the heart
of the corn belt and the grade
of corn is as good as the aver
age raised in the corn states
Last year the yield was 40 BUSH
els per acre.
Homestead Lands
There are now available for
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-08

continental highways, the yell
lowstone Trail, passes through
this city.
The city of Lennon is sur
rounded by a farming commu-
nifty that is adapted to the rais-
Ing of all kinds of small grains,
grasses, vegetables, fruits and
corn. The soil is a heavy black
loan with clay subsoil.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-08
The TTaHAissou Empire The Place Where The Industrious Prosper

country have demonstrated the
fact. that even now. the building
IS too small and before long, il
will be absolutely necessary TO
enlarge the building to accommo-
date the large attendance which
is annually enrolled.
The best Of wages are paid TO
the teachers employed and the
most competent instructors are
engaged Beginning with this
season a d domestic science
d epartm ent has been ad-
ded to the High school work.
Every appliance for use in this
department has been secured
and installed during the past
vacation period and a highly
competent instructor is in charge.
Athletics are encouraged and
receive careful attention, from
the best talent that can be Sc.
cured. In the past few years
and up to the last year, this work
was wholly in the hands of the
superintendent. Beginning with
last season a special instructor
was engaged and again this
season. Lennon il always
proud of the record of High
school Athletes.
While on the subject of school
facilities and advantages il
might also be stated that Per-
kins county as whole is excep-
tionally advanced in this respect
for a new county and country.
All over the county the school
districts are well organized for
the purpose Of giving the school
children of the rural districts
the best possible training. The
teachers employed are high grade
and for the most part expert
enced and the school buildings
are made just as comfortable as
possible. In some districts the
teachers have co.operated with
the children in a noon lunch fea-
ture, whereby the children re.
celve warm noon meals the same
as they would if at home. and
at cost of a few cents The
success of this plan has caused
much favorable comment and it's
adoption by many other districts
is only a matter Of time.
Lennon is well supplied with
churches. five denominations be-
ing representa- while two or
three other denominations hold
services at stated periods. There
are several snail ,hurches scat.
tered over t h e country where
services ere held from time to
time so that oil hO are so in
clIned have opportunity to attend
religious ser wees number Of
times throughout lie year.
As may be sutmised these
things speak volub es for the
class Of people who iuake up the
citizenship Of this new and won
derfal country. No place or
country is stronger than its cit
izenship. and when it is observed
t hat any country or locality
gives heed to its churches and
schools, it may be said in facl.
that such a community has for
its citizen settlers. the necessary
material for successful up-
building of that community.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-08

to have had a school board win }
realized the necessity Of building
for the future. rather that the
present, when they put up the
modern brick building. which at
the time might have seemed
much too large and expensive.
However, in the short time that
it has been in use. the growth Of
the town and the surrounding
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-08

The city of Lennon is located
100 miles west of the Missouri
River on the state line of North
and South Dakota and is in what
is commonly known as the Trans
Missouri Empire. Although only
eight years old it is a thriving
city of about 1000 inhabitants
and is the Commercial Center of
a territory embracing 2. 500
square miles.
The business section of the
city is made up of: five general
stores; two clothing and gents
furnishings stores; one second
hand store; one exclusive groc-
cry store; one racket store; two
hardware stores; threeimplement
dealers; four good hotels; two
bakeries; three banks; four res
taurants; two rooming houses;
two pluming and tin shops; three
lumber yards; four elevators; a
bottling works; three drug stores;
two weekly newspapers; three
garages; two livery and feed
barns; two feed stores; three
cold storages; two meat markets;
three blacksmith shops; three
pool halls; one jewelry store;
one electrical supply store;
one photographer; a cigar fact
ory; three barber shops: one
tailor shop; one gun smith; one
shoe store; one shoe repair shop;
one harness shop; branch Office
of J. |. Case Threshing Machine
Co.. and a municipal saloon. Be-
sides this there are eight attor-
neys, four physicians, two den.
fists and seven real estate firms
in the citv. There are also a
great number of others who are
in the stock business.
Lennon is a city of beautiful
homes, built by the progressive
business men of the city. A
great number of magnificent
residences are scattered over the
city and well kept lawns and
rapidly growing shade trees, in
termingled with beds of flowers,
are TO be seen on everv street.
lha streets are we'll graded and
the entire town is we'll laid out
with wide streets and avenues.
A live Commercial Club and a
county fair association are two
organizations, consisting of the
business men of the city and a
number of the progressive men
from throughout the neighbor-
hood. that are doing a great deal
toward the advancement an d
development of the territory
tributary to this trade center.
A fast ball team. a twenty
piece band and a good orchestra
are sources of entertainment for
the people who enjoy the nation
al pastime or the strains of
lively air. The reservoir dam
north OF the city is an ideal place
Tor an outing and the good roads
through the country afford splen-
did opportunities for a drive.
The city is lighted by electric
ity and has a $25. 900 waterworks
system.
we are on the main lire of
the Puget Sound division of the
Cnicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
ny aid the greatest of trans
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-08

never suffers the hot sultry heat
of summer or the bitter cold
days of winter in this climate.
1t is a land of. sunshine and cool
breezes. The blizzard is dream
of the people who have never
wintered here. The coldest of
weather never sees the ther-
mometer below 80 zero and as
stated above, the cold here is not
bitter as it is in the damp states
of Iowa and Minnesota where
the altitude IS SO much less. 1t
is not rare occurance to see a
man in his shirt sleeves around
out doors here in January and it
is general thing to have thaw-
ing weather every month during
the winter.
Reports state that Iowa and
Minnesota crops have suffered
from frosts, but here there has
been no frost as yet.
The People
Nowhere under the sun can
class of people be found that are
more democratic than they are
in this Great Trans-M Missouri
Empire. A stranger is made to
feel at home and every one is
a friend as soon as they arrive.
The people are progressive and
working together for the up
building of the community and
every one has his shoulder to
the wheel in advancing any pol
icy that is for the betterment.
Our Schools
One of the best assets any
community can have is a first
class school, 0, first class school.
ing facilities and in this respect
Lennon folks may be pardoned
for a justifable pride. 1t is
well known fact that Lennon
has school facilities of any town
in the Trans Missouri Empire.
From the primary up through
the grades and High School work
no expense is spared to make it
the best, and give to the pupils
every advantage Of modern
school work. The people of Lem
mon were fortunate TO begin with
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-08

entry In the Lennon Land Dis
trict 365, 600 acres Of land. This
land is what remains of the or
iginal 1900. 600 acres which COM
prise the district.
This land is mostly from 20 to
80 miles from this city and q
greater share Of it is a little more
rough than the land that has
already been taken but as it
comes under the enlarged home
stead act it is a good proposition
fer a party that wishes to go in
to the stock business.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-08

The land is mostly rolling al
though there are many large
local valleys.
We will here give a detailed
al ticle on the different possibil-
tiles of the country under sep
arate heads.
Wheat
The raising of wheat in this
section of the northwest was one
of t h first things attempted
after he farmer replaced the
ranchman in the settlement Of
this territory. Wheat has been
and now is the chief crop Of the
country.
Is to 80 bushels per acre of this
cerea is raised every year and
even in the years when t b e
country was supposed to have
been absolutely without a crop
of any description 10 to 70 bush
els were raised by the farmers
! in t h e territory. The cost OF
raising wheat can be figured at
S4 per acre and at that, with
only 10 bushels to the acre, the
farmer will make a net profit OF
at least $3.50 per acre, which is
conservative estimate to say
the least. With land selling at
from $40 to $50 per acre this
means a percentage of 10 to 80
percent.
Oats
This cereal is one of the great.
est quick money makers the
farmer of this territory has.
Crops of this grain will average
| SO bushels per acre most any
| veay and this year the yield will
he from so to 100 bushels per
acre.
Barley
Barley has been raised with
oreat success even during wear S
that there has been so-called
crop failure and the yields nave
been on the average as great as
those of the states to the east
that are considered the greatest
of barley growing territories.
The yield here this year VIII De
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-08

The greater portion of land
offered for sale can be purchased
at from $40 to $25 per acre, de-
pending on how bad a man wants
to sell. The land which is Of
fered is not the poor land, as
some may suppose. but is land
that is owned by some one who
has interests in another place
or by someone who is not a far
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-08
will far exceed that mark.

will far exceed that mark.
Flax
Flax is a crop that is raised by
almost every farmer that is in
the country. 1t is a crop which
is usually used on the virgin soil
and it has always proved a good
money maker. The yield Is from
10 to Is bushels per acre and
the price ranges from $l.50 to
$500 per bushel.
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can find no place whore there 10
a greater chance for a rapid in.
crease in values.
The Climate

"The only climate tells the
whole story when you speak OF
the climatic conditions of this
great agricultural section. The
air is light and dry and a person
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-08
on an av erage of 35 bushels per

This is another cereal that has
made the growers an abundance
of money in the past few years.
The yield per acre will come up
to the Is bushel mark on an
average. This year the crop
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-08
Homestead Lands

There are now available for
Newark post., 1915-06-30
State School Notes

A vote on a consolidation plan
will be taken in districts sur
rounding Loves Cross Roads, Sus-
sex county, on July 6, from 2 to 4
o'clock p. m. at the school houses.
Supt. E. J. Hardesty observed
the work of the Summer School at
the State College at Dover on July
18th, and lectured to the school in
the evening on School Work in a
Democracy"
Supt. Carroll oversees the work
of the Summer School at the State
College at Dover. He visits it fire.
quently. He has made several ad,
dresses at the opening exercises
and delivered an evening lecture
on Mason and Dixon's Line"
Newark post., 1915-06-30

Dover: Grace Reynolds, Dagsboro; !;
Mary S. Reynolds, FELTON,; Laura
S. Richardson, Bellebue.
Misses Edith Robinson, Newark
Phoebe NJ. Sapp, kirkwood; Mr.. R.
Dale Scarborough, Georgetown !;
Mr.. Alfred P. Scott, Newark; Isa-
bel A. Scott, Elkton, Nd; Alice c.
Shockley, Milford; Maude Starkey,
Templesville; Elizabeth Spicher,
Greensboro; Isabel Steele, Elkton,
Md; Mr.. Corbett Steen, George
town; Misses Estella NJ. Steen,
Georgetown; Margaret I. Stevens,
Baltimore, Md; Clara E. Stroud,
Stanton; Rachel E. Stroud, Chris
tiana; Mr.. Ira E. Tatman, Houston
Mr.. A. Bailey Thomas, Philadel-
phia; Misses Reba Thompson, Bear
Mr. Daniel W. Tressler, Green
wood; Mr.. Francis C. Truitt, Snow
Hill, Md; Misses Neva NJ. Truitt
Nassau; Myrtle Wakeland, New,
ark; Florence Warner, North East
Md; Ethel F. Warren, Glendale
Mae Warren, Harrington; Mrs
Effie NJ. Warrington, Midway
Eliza P. Webb, Greenwood; Sarah
West ,Millsboro'
Newark post., 1915-06-30
Uuniform High
School Courses

The State Board of Education
has adopted a High School course
of study which is to be followed
by every High School in the State,
1t is so arranged that students
having completed one or more
years of work in one school are
ready to enter the next higher
class in any high school in the
State.
The examinations of pupils of
rural districts to enter town high
schools will be given in August at
several places in each county, and
will be directed by the county
superintendents. Students who
have already attended a town
school will not be affected, but al
pupils entering such for the first
Newark post., 1915-06-30
SUMNER SCHOOL
IN FULL SWAY

Continued from page y
Deposit, Md; Agnes P. Medill,
Newark; Mrs. S. c. Mitchell, New
ark; Mr.. Raymond E. Moore, Mills
boro; Misses Rosa w. Moore,
Houston; Misses Verna L. Nelson,
Delaware City; Ella Owens,
Georgetown; Hazel S. Palmer,
Laurel; Mr.. Harry c. Parker,
Avondale, Pa; Misses Ida Paris,
Harrington; Anna S. Patterson,
Blythedale, Md; Emily K. Pedrick,
New Castle; Mr.. Greensbury Pep
per, Georgetown; Rosa NJ. Pepper,
Georgetown, Mrs. Angie B. Per-
kins, Newark; Misses Hessie NJ.
Phillips, Rehoboth; Mary S. Phil
lips, Rehoboth; Anna M. Platt,
New Castle; Myrtle B. Raymond,
Newark post., 1915-06-30
DEVELOPING HOME.
GARDEN WORK
continued from page i
Plenty of Small Tracts

Home Gardening done by the
children under the direction of
the schools seems to offer what is
needed. In all the manufacturing
villages, suburban communities
and smaller towns, and in the
outskirts of the larger towns and
cities there is much valuable land
in backwards, vacant lots and else
where which might be used for
this purpose.
IN every school community of
this kind there should be at least
one teacher who knows gardening
both theoretically and practically.
This teacher, who should, of
course, be employed twelve
months in the year, should teach
the elementary sciences in the
schools during school hours, and,
out of school hours, direct the
home gardening of the children
between the ages of six and four
teen or fifteen.
IF possible, the teacher should
have the assistance of an expert
gardener. Teacher and the gar
dener should help the children
work. aid them by some co-opera
tive method in having the lots
ploughed for cultivation, help
them select seeds, and show them
how to plant, cultivate and har-
vest so as to obtain the best re-
suits.
vegetables, berries and fruits
grown should be used first as food
for the children and their families
then the surplus should be mark
ed to the best advantage. Ten or
fifteen cents worth of vegetables
each day from the gardens of 200
children would amount to $50 or
$50. For the children this plan
will mean health, strength, joy in
work, habits of industry and un-
derstanding of the value of money
as measured in the terms of
labor"
Newark post., 1915-06-30
due to cold weather and excessive

due to cold weather and excessive
rains.
The few local plots of alfalfa
are very encouraging. Several
farmers expect to make paintings
this season.
Silos have struck this commun-
ity. Quite an epidemic.
Pastures short. Wet season but
too cold.
Potatoes looking pretty well.
Fewer late paintings being made
Tomatoes-early canning varie-
ties looking fine. Late paintings
injured by recent storms.
Newark post., 1915-06-30

time must pass an examination to
show they have completed at least
the work of the sixth grade as
specified in the last State course
of study. Times and places of ex-
aminations will be duly announced
and rules governing the examina-
tions published.
Newark post., 1915-06-30
Among The Crops

Cutting wheat-prospects for
normal crop. Straw short.
Oats looking fne-a big yield
expected.
Hay better than last year but
cold weather has held it back.
Corn to date not up to normal
Newark post., 1915-06-30
Four Special Price Lots

All new, and offered for the time
d ~ ssies OF al,wool Cassimeres Neat figure hair line
ana oue grey check dark and mixtures no;r t
e lined throughout full peg Norfolk coat WITH n+S
iiiiNHn ->i1>Ii i-ri' L
2-several styles of Fancy AlWool Homesnun pt+n ..
FORTY FIVE CHECKS and pads; Norfolk Styles etc FOUR
a-all-Woo Blue Serge and several stvles of fro ou
Terms; SUITS worth more than this with on ono pat
iu peg. bulgarans, Norfok FOUR NINETY
lapeess Bouses-Real beauties sizes d to "a , 49, ,
terms and perfect patterns - 20 years; swell pat
Newark post., 1915-06-30
WRIGHT'S
Boys and Children's Clothine
Extra Trouser Suit,

BY buying extra pair of Trousers BOYS Suit Won
double the ALWAYS 90 fret
Mother knows this to be fact! e ~ Lively
nave mao extra trousers made to with best
styles in Boys Suitsand they certainly splendid
Shortly the boy lays aside his on warm davs ooo ~ ~
oouse and trousers With these Suits he has ne
the coat. o 0 '0sii' " wear
Newark post., 1915-06-30

TPEAkING Of Country Newspapers,
- do you recall when THE POST ever
failed to print any news which reflect
ed credit on the town. Isn't it true,
if you ever were forced to admit the whole
truth, that the news columns of THE POST
reflect the best there is in the Community The
weekly edition of THE POST tells pretty
fully what you as citizens are accomplishing.
Every act Of yours designed and executed for the
benefit Of the public is given the fullest publicity.
And we always try to so present 1t that your
neighbors will see and award to you that credit
due any worthy act.
q Admitting, as you must, that your work is
being faithfully recorded---are you satisfied?
q So you see its really up to you to make THE
Posi- better newspaper.
q AS it is its worth the price. Come pay
your Dollar