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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
APPLIES POWER TO
ALMOST EVER YTHINC
Many Devices in the Home Of a
Maine Man Run by
Electricity.

GARDINER, Me-, Jan. 15-The
house at Sc Water street, overlooking
the Kenebec river, structure that is
known historically as the original In
dian blockhouse, might almost be said
to be electrified.
Edgar E. Ramsdell lives there. He
likes electricity and is full Of the sub
|ject. He likes to experiment along
both practical and theoretical lines.
He believes electricity has a mission
land he makes the subtle fluid work its
passage in his own abode.
AS one approaches the front door
1t opens automatically. 1t is oper-
ated from the inside by push buttons.
This plan was inaugurated chiefly to
save steps when members Of the
household are coming in at frequent
intervals during the day.
One Of the first objects seen on en-
tering the front room is calendar
clock that gives the day Of the week
and month, as we'll as the correct
time, and winds itself every eight min
utes. The dates all change instan-
taneously when the stroke comes that
marks the midnight hour. The clock
strikes the hour and the half hour on
three gongs located in different parts
Of the house. On a large switch
board there are also shown a number
Of fire alarm boxes, all Of them ready
to operate at any moment. Mr.. Rams
dell takes great delight in showing
the mechanism Of these fire alarm
boxes and the contrast between the
old and new patents.
The sewing machine in the sitting
room is run by electricity, all the
cooking can be done by electricity
close to the dining room table, where
all the latest devices are installed,
and the clothes are washed by cleo
tricity. There are electric fatirons,
devices for securing all grades of
light, especially constructed electric
reaectors for the sewing table and an
other very powerful white light for
looking down the Threats Of his chill
dren, II sick with colds or other NAL
aides. There is also full line Of
electric heating pads for keeping
everybody warm at night and for use
in cases of sickness. About every
thing in the dining room is run by
electricity except the thermometer
and Mr.. Ramsdell says he knows no
way to hitch that up.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
World Owes the Principle of
Electric Lighting to NewsboJ

the royal institution. Faraday made
coplous notes Of the talk and after
ward wrote them out. Dayy was
greatly impressed with the young stu
dent and, when he was disabled, took
Faraday as his chemical assistant.
A few months afterward Sir Davy
decided to make o long journey and
took Faraday with him. Dayys great
fame obtained for him recognition in
the most sacred circles, and accord
ingly Faraday met the most famous
chemists and inventors Of the day.
Ampere welcomed them at Paris, and
the great Volta, then hale and hearty
old man, visited them at Milan.
Upon his return to the royal insti-
tuition Faraday plunged into his work
with new vim and larger ideas. His
journey had awakened in him a great
er desire to accomplish big things In
the electrical field. He was advanced
to the post Of director Of the royal in
stitution and a short time afterward,
as IL to commemorate the honor, he
saw electric wires for the first time
revolve between the poles Of a mag
net. Rubbing his hands as he danced
about the table with great glee, Far
aday exclaimed:
"There they go! There they go! We
have succeeded at last!"
In 1881 came Faraday's great in
spiration-his discovery Of electro
magnetic induction, which made pos
sible the dynamo that in turn makes
current for our great industries and
our homes. Faraday saw that when
a wire is moved in magnetic field a
current is generated in the WIRE
In recognition Of Faraday's great
work, the scientists have named the
unit Of electrical capacity the "Farad."
This unit of capacity will contain one
ampere of current at one volt pres
sure for one second Of time. The
"Farad' is divided into million equal
parts. Each part is termed the mi
crofarad," and this is the term most
used in stating electrical capacity.
And so the great genius, Faraday
with an almost insurmountable bar
rier of no education. fought his way
into the electrical hall OF fame.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16

he said, "They got him treed!" he
was right.
The hunting party, with lanterns,
went down the road in the direction
of the baying, and found the whole
countryside up and out along the road.
A mile away they found the hounds
madly attempting to climb second
growth pine, and perched in the top
was Reynard.
freed But Not Caught.
The hounds. caught and leashed
and Master of Hounds Jones climbed
the tree to capture the fox. Every
thing went well until he laid hands
on the quarry, but at the first squeal
six hounds broke leash and there was
another five minutes Of excitement.
Finally all the hounds were again
under control, and Jones was able to
climb down the tree with the fox.
The hounds were then turned loose,
and they began to back trail. Back
to the machines, and there was the
trouble once more of rounding UP the
hounds. The two musicians" Of the
crowd blew and blew and allowed
amateurs to relay them, and at length,
just as good hounds should, the dogs
all came trooping back.
The dogs were counted and the hunt
was over.
1t was a good chase at that. IT
took the dogs thirty-seyen minutes to
stree" the fox, and in that time they
covered more than five miles.
Eight dogs Of the pack were owned
by ]. T. Jones. four by the McCurdys,
Of Stone mountain, and two by H. J.
Caldwell.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
STORAGE BATTERIES
SHOULD BE TESTED
Helpful Hints for Winter Driv-
ing Are Given by Willard
Company.

Anybody who has driven motor
car knows that 1t is harder to start
the motor in cold weather than 1t is
at other times. The motor, on ac-
count Of the cold, is naturally sitter
and must be turned over more rap
idly in order to start. On this ac-
count the Willard Storage Battery
Company advises that the best Of care
be given a storage battery in order
to have 1t do its work properly.
The first thing they recommend is
that the battery be kept filled with
distilled water and that hydrometer
test be made at least once a month
To make sure that the battery Is suf-
Aciently charged. A fully charged bat
terry will not freeze at any temper
azure in which motor cars are driven.
In fact, It requires nlnety-eight de-
grees below zero to freeze the solu-
ton In battery whose specific grav-
ity Is kept up to the proper point,
which is 1880.
When battery does freeze, due to
low charge and improper attention.
the result is cracked jars and any
amount of damage from leakage. Such
things, however, are entirely unnec-
essary because 1t is an easy matter
for the car owner to avail himself of
the proper instructions for the care OF
his battery to prevent mishaps.
Probably the easiest way for the
car owner to make sure that his bat
terry is in good condition is for him
to take advantage of the free inspec-
ton offered by the Willard Storage
Battery Company, at any of their
600 service stations. There he, is CIV
en- a card which entities him to free
inspection of his battery once month.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
Life and Works Of Michael Far
aday Reviewed in This
Weeks Eiecturette.

Suppose all the electric lights
should suddenly go out! What a
scramble there would be for oil lamps.
candles and wherever possible gas
lights! Then suppose all the tele-
phones, all the telegraphs. all the
trolley cars, all the electric trains
with their switch and signal systems
and all the elevators, machinery
everything that moves by electricity
couldn't be operated. Do you Won
der what would happen?
The world would practically stand
still. The big cities would be in dark
ness. Railroad trains wouldn't dare
move. No cars would carry people,
and no one could communicate with
another. Just picture such calamity!
Add to 1t the loss Of all the electric
servants Of the home and the hun
bred and one odd uses we find for
electricity every day and you will be-
gin to realize how changed the world
has become since men began to put
into practical uses the wonderful
discoveries Of our inventors.
Telling the story Of some OF the
great men Of electricity from Volta,
Ohm, Ampere and Watt brings us to
Michael Earaday. the newsboy. After
Faraday come Kelvin, Franklin and
Edison and this series Of E-lecturettes
is complete Faraday made the great
discovery Of magnetic electric cur
rents, the principle upon which all OF
our modern dynamos and transform
ers are constructed and which is real
ly the foundation Of all electric light
ing and power transmission.
Like most of the distinguished pio-
neers in the electric science, Faraday
was Of humble origin. Like his cleo
trical contemporaries, he exhibited IN
childhood great precocity, love OF
learning and perseverance often
through hardship and hungre. There
are few persons indeed outside the
electrical industry who know that the
world owes the principle OF electric
lighting and power to this former
newsboy.
Faraday's life reads like a chap
ter from fairy tale. He was born
in an English village on September
%, 1871, Of very poor parents and had
little or no schooling. In 1905 Michael
was apprenticed to George Riebau,
a bookseller, as an errand boy. and
later as a bookbinder. He. literally
consumed volumes and quickly OBJ
tained the sobriquet Of "The Book
worm"
Faraday entered upon the path to
fame and glory through an accident.
In an encyclopedia he was reading
one day he came across an article on
electricity, which turned his mind to
the study Of this science. He con-
structed an electrical machine.
One OF his customers, noting his
interest in things electrical, took Far
aday to hear Sir II. Davy lecture at
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
Hard Cider is Barred
Under New OregonLaw

SALEM, Ore, Jan. 15.-Twen.y dis
trict attorneys from various Oregon
counties met here in conference with
Attorney General George W. Brown,
to discuss ways and means for en-
forcing the Oregon prohibition law.
One Of the questions decided was
that farmers will not be permitted to
sell hard cider. The farmer, it was
held, may allow his cider to turn to
vinegar and sell the vinegar, but it
will be held unlawful throughout Ore
gon for cider to be sold while 1t is
between the sweet cider stage and
the vinegar stage.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
Sixteen Relatives Have
Enlisted For The War

ST. JOHN, N. B., Jan. 15-Walter
c. Montford of the 115th has been Sc
lected as one Of that corps to go to
Halifax and take non-commissioned
officers course. Mr.. Montford is an
Englishman, native Of Shropshire,
a member Of family which has CIV
en- many of its members to the en-
pire. His own enlistment In the 115th
followed the enlistment Of three broth
ers. Two brothers, Arthur and Frank,
are with English regiments, and VIII
liam is with Colonel Harrison in the
ammunition column. Three Of the four
are married men with families. Mr..
Montford has five cousins and seven
nephews wearing khaki and doing
their bit.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
schools Of Ohio county and making
her home in Wheeling.

Aot hOMV IA "AoShADs
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. N. Downs have
returned from a trip to Glasgow, KY,
where Mrs. Downs's mother. Mrs. ].
e. Smith, was buried.
Miss Winlfred Hendrickson. OF Graf
ton, while visiting Mr.. and Mrs. E.
H. Kelly, in Locust street, was at
tackled by diphtheria. but she is i'm
proving rapidly.
The Rev. Richard Aspinall preached
in the Methodist Episcopal church at
Philippi last Sunday and the church
was filled. The Rev. Mr.. Asphalt is
very popular in Philippi.
W. E. Bot, Of Hornor. is here the
guest OF his nephew, Troy Bott, and
brother-in-law, OF Councilman J. F.
McCue.
Mrs. G. H. Wilkins, OF Weston. who
has been the pleasant guest Of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Munday.
has returned home.
L G. Burr and son. Gordon, left
Tuesday for Clarksburg where they
will attend TO some business matters.
Miss Grace Bot, Of Young's drug
store, who was i'll last week suffering
from la grippe, is able to be on duty
again.
Miss Maude Lewis, Of Baltimore, is
a guest IT her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Cyrus - Lewis, Of West Main street.
G. M. Marble. prominent citizen Of.
Lorentz, and former sheriff Of Up
shur county, was in the city last
week on business.
Miss Blanche Montgomery, who has
been at the bedside OF sick brother
at Clarksburg returned to her home
Monday.
A. P. Russell. the local furrier. is
at Parkersburg and other points out
in the state taking up and shipping
furs to the New York markets.
Mrs. B. ]. Fallon. OF Meade street,
has as guest this week Mrs. Ocie
Levey (nee Ocie Downs) of Atlantic
City. Mrs. Levey formerly lived here.
The stieif Piano Company will open
branch store in this city in the near
future.
J. ]. Jenkins, Of the Buckhannon
Bank, is confined to his home this
week with sickness.
Bailey Fowkes, the artistic young
Job printer OF the Jorentz Press. has
been on the sick list for some time.
II. E. Marshall and wife, OF Akron,
O., have returned here to make their
home.
The Hon. U. G. Young. of the law
firm OF Young and McWhorter, was
at Grafton last week on business.
The Hon. Roy V. Chichester, Of Wes-
ton, was here last week on business.
Mrs. Phillip Hyre returned last
week from short visit with friends
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16

in Randolph county.
Helen Hlllery is recovering from
the fever,
S. G. Weaver, OF the Buckhannon
Bank. is again at his post after a short
Illness.
C. I. Farnsworth left last week for
Parkersburg on business trip.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
BUCKHANNON
HAPPENINGS
CHRON|CLED
News of Upshur County Told in
News Letter from Cor
respondent.

BUCKHAENNoN, Jan. I'D. D.
Casio and W. H. Hollen, two well
known Buckhannon men, have formed
n partnership anl are entering the
mercantile business in Buckhannon
and will conduct general store. D.
H. Hollen will be the manager and
the company will be known as the
Peoples Store Company.
Mrs. c. P. Dorr, widow Of the late
Congressman c. P. Dprr, Of Web
ster Springs, passed through Buck
hannon Tuesday enroute to Pocahon-
tas' county to look after some Of the
estate left by her late husband.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16

This informs him of the exact con-
dition of his battery and what is nee
essary, II anything. to keep it in a con-
dltion which will guarantee good
lights and easy starting.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16

Miss Leta Snodgrass, art teacher
at wesleyan College, has returned
from a short visit to her sister, Miss
Erma, who is teaching in the public
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16

A. P. Russell, the local furrier. is
at Parkersburg and other points out
in the state taking up and shipping
furs to the New York markets.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16

The Hon. U. G. Young. of the law
firm of Young and McWhorter, was
at Grafton last week on business.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16

Miss Blanche Montgomery. who has
been at the bedside OF sick brother
at Clarksburg returned to her home
Monday.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16

The Hon. Roy v. Chichester, Of wes-
ton, was here last week on business.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16

Mrs. Phillip Hyre returned last
week from short visit with friends
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16

Mrs. b. J. Fallon. OF Meade street,
has as guest this week Mrs. Ocie
Levey (nee Ocie Downs) Of Atlantic
City. Mrs. Levey formerly lived here.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16

@. M. MARBLE. prominent citizen Of
Lorentz, and former sheriff Of Up
shur county, was in the city last
week on business.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16

Bailey Fowkes, the artistic young
lob printer OF the Lorentz Press. has
been on the sick list for some time.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-03-23
Succession Sale.
Succession Of Felix Racial
No. 2906 18th D. C.. La,

Pursuant to an order from the Hon
18th d. c., Parish of Natchitoches
La, issued in the above entitled sue
cession, of date February 21st, 1916,
me directed, and to that effect, |, Mrs
Alexandria RACIAL, Administrative O
said succession, will offer for sale, a
the principal front door of the Cour
House in the City and Parish of Nat
chitoches, La, for the purpose of pay
ag the debts of the succession, to thu
last and highest bidder, upon the term
hereafter stated, at the hour of l.
o'clock q. m. on
SATURDAY, MARCH 18th 29I6,
the following described property, be
longing to said succession, situated il
the Parish of Natchitoches, La, to-wit
120 arpents of land, more or less
wing on the right descending bank
s Jane river. bounded above by land
now or formerly of j H. Henry; below
by property now or formerly of Mrs
4'lorens; in the rear by Bayou Der
,erne and in front by Cane river, les
i acre, more or less, belonging to Johl
u. Toures, on which his store buildinf
5 situated, as per sale duly recorded
35 acres of land, more or less, lying
on the right descending bank of Cane
liver, bounded above by property now
5r formerly of Felix Vercher; below
oy property of the succession here.
after described; in the rear by a divi.
ion line and in front by Cane river.
65 arpents of land, more or less, lyinl
IN the right descending bank of Cane
liver, between Cane river and Bayou
l]erberne, with a front of 4 arpents,
-1ore or less, on Cane river. and
7epth to Bayou Derberne, bounded
bove by lands of the succession
hove described; below by lands now
" formerly of Louisa Monette o,
Paul Balthazar and in front by Cane
liver.
Sc Acres of-land, more or less, lying
n the left descending bank Of Cane
liver. bounded above by lands now OF
ormerly of A. NJ. Metoyer; in the
ear by lands now ar formerly of Hert-
og; below by lands now or formerly OF
Iertzog and in front by Cane river.
Said property to be sold subject tc
use contracts for the Year 1916, daly
ecorded.
Terms of Sale:-Casn, for not less
han the inventoried appraisement.
MRS. ALEXANDAINE RACIAL.
administrators,
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-03-23

Louisiana, on Friday the 91st day o.
March, 1915, for the purpose o.
submitting to the property tax payer
qualified under the constitution ant
laws of the State of Louisiana to votc
at said election, the following PROPOSE
ton, to-wit:
To levy special tax of mills or
the dollar on all the property in johnson
School District, Parish of Natchitoches,
Louisiana, subject to state taxation
annually, for period of five years, foI
the purpose of giving additional aid t.
the public schools of said school dis
trict.
For the purpose of said special cleo
ton the polling place will be at Chopin
Louisiana, and the following commits
siOners and clerks of election have beer
appointed to serve at this election, al
of whom will serve without compensa
ton: Alfred Carnahan, Lee Sharp, G.
w. Quinn and J NJ. Johnson.
At said special election the polls vii
open at seven O'Clock a. m. and close
at five O'Clock p. m. and the election
will be~conducted in accordance with
the laws of Louisiana applicable
thereto.
Notice is also given that at ter
O'Clock a. m on the 3rd day of Apri
airy, 1916, the said Parish Board ot
Directors of the Parish of Natchitoches
Louisiana, will meet at Natchitoches
Louisiana, and in open session proceed
to open the ballot boxes, examine ano
count the ballots in number and amour
examine and canvass the returns anC
declare the result of said special cleo
ton.
This the15th day of February, 1916
EDGAR LEVY,
President of the Parish Boar
of School Directors
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-03-23
MUST QUIT Eating
CROP BEFORE MADE
South Must Stop Tlme-Honored Sys-
tenn OF Economic Suicide,
Says n. G. Hastings

Atlanta, Ga.-(Special. 1.-THE peo-
pie Of the south must quit eating their
cotton or other so-caIled cash crop
before it is made if they ever expect
to accumulate wealth and have the
C mforts and Injuries of life due
ITEM" says H. G. Hastings, agricul-
tUral vice president of the Atlanta
( amber of Commerce, and fore
n )st authority on farm conditions in
the southeast
THE south must stop forever its
time-honored system of economic SUI
eide" says Mr.. Hastings. Advance
steps were made last year toward .
condition of farm independence in the
Cotton Belt. They were forced steps,
it is true, but they marked an advance
just the same, and more bread and
meat, more grain, forage and other
food and feed stuffs were made in
1915 than ever before, with the result
there are tens Of thousands Of farm
ers better off than in past years,
despite short crops and business de-
preston.
with higher cotton prices, it is
going to be a great temptation to
ting cotton, or whatever other cash
crop one may be growing, In pawn
for bread and meat We are suffer
ing today from the old system fore
ed on US 1y conditions following the
Civil war, necessary then, but unnec-
essary now.
year after year we have stayed in
the same old rut as q matter Of habit,
eating our crops, so to speak, before
they were made, a financially suicida-
policy for the farmer, each year put
ting his nose a little closer to the
credit grindstone.
"Tf the south had not been 80 rich
in natural resources, this system
would have bankrupted US long ago.
What's the answer? 1t is home pro-
duction by each farmer Of every dol
lars worth of food and grain supplies
needed on his farm that it is posi-
BILE to grow on his own acres. This
means good big home gardens; hogs,
chickens, cows and something to feed
them on through, the year."
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-03-23
IaXaDle aluaLlon
Signature of Voter

| NOTICE TO VOTERS: To vote i
favor of the proposition submitted up
on this ballot, place a cross Ky mari
in the square under the word ''YES9
and to vote against it, place simila
mark under the word mo-.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, etc
That the Secretary of the Parish Boar
of School Directors be, and he is here
! by ordered to cause to be prepared TO
use at the said election the tally sheet!
lists of qualified electors, assessed valu
alton of property, blank statements 70,
the compilation of the vote, in numbe
! end amount, and other election blank
that may be required for the purpos
Of holding the said election, to caust
the same to be placed in the ballo
/ boxes for use at the precincts, ant
make provision for the transmission o
the ballot boxes to the precincts of tn
school district at which the election
to be held.
Sec. A. Be it further ordained, etc
That the polling place or precinct TO
said election shall be Chopin, La, an
the following commissioners and clerk
of election are appointed as follows
Al1T0u OdEUduaIl- Lee OudIpSJ VI.
w. Quinn and J. M. Johnson
all of whom shall serve without com.
pensation.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, etc
That the Parish Board of School Direc
tors shall meet at ten o'clock a. m. OF
the 3rd day of April, 1916, fol-
the purpose, in open session, of ex
aiming and counting the ballots, can
vassing the returns and declaring the
result of the said election.
Sec s. Be it further ordained, etc
That the President of the Parish Boarc
of School Directors be, and he is here
by instructed to give public notice
the said election by proclamation to bf
duly published, according to law, in the
following form.
PROCLAMATION.
Pursuant to resolution passed by
the Parish Board of School Directors OF
the Parish of Natchitoches, Louisiana,
at its regular meeting held on the 15tf
day of February, 1915, I, Edgar Levy
President of said Parish Board o.
School Directors, hereby give notict
that, in compliance with said resolution
4 special election will be held in johnson
School District, Parish Of Natchitoches