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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-26

question of farm life in Maine. | own
a farm just out of the City of. Port
land. | have lived on it in the sum-
twenty-seven years stumbled around
in the dark, using old fashioned
lamps. both morning and night.
lived in a house without modern con-
veniences and without enjoying any
of those appliances which eliminate
drudgery and which it is now pos
sible for the farmer to enjoy. Since
electricity came, life is different.
Today on the modern farm, made
modern by the use of electricity,
wood and fodder are cut. water is
pumped, COWS are, mi lked, and n hun
drCd other things are done by cleo
triCity.
We have q most efficient State De-
rartment of Agriculture that CO.
operates with the farmers and which
is always ready to offer advice and
suggestions.
Grange
The Grange is a mighty force for
good in Maine. 1t can do even more
Grange grow. | want to see its
activities widen. for l believe there is
no force in the community that can do
as much for the State as the Grange
Much depends. however upon the
leaders of the Grange for they shape
it's policies. You leaders must be men
of broad mind who are free to act for
the highest interest of the Grange and
of the State. and who are fearless in
the face of opposition. The Grange is
non-partisan and non-sectarian, and
this it must always be. By getting
out of politics you can work together
for the best interest of the State. and
your influence should always be found
on the right side. The members of
the Grange should all become interest
ed in civic affairs, for only in that
way can they fulfill their obligations
as citizens.
The farm problem in Maine is a vi
tai one, especially in what are called
the shore counties, extending from
York county to Washington county.
There are too many abandoned farms,
and there should be some way to en-
courage people to take up these farms,
many of which are splenddly located
and near good markets. The problem
of marketing is a serious one. Today
the Maine farmer gets from 35c to soc
on each dollar that his products bring.
This proportion is not what it should
be. If farm products could be stand
ardized, properly graded and packed.
there will always be found ready
market. OF course in Aroostook
county they have no difficulty in sell
ing their potatoes because they pro-
duce them on a large scale, and grade
and standardize them. l have had
some experience in selling small farm
produce from my farm, and it has
been altogether discouraging.
The State of Maine does not even
produce that portion of its food sup
ply which can be grown and raised
within the State. Our summer hotels
make practice of buying a large por-
ton of their supplies from the Boston
market while at their very doors
there is land enough and men enough
to produce everything they need.
Appointments
When man becomes Governor he
IS raced with a good many problems
one OF the difficult ones being that of
appointments. Often-times there are
several excellent men suggested for
position OF Importance; at other times
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-26
CHINA

SOUTH-A special meeting of
China Grange will be held on Fri
day evening, at which time the first
and second degrees will be conferred
on a number of candidates.
The meeting of Pomona Grange of
East Kennebec at South China was
held on Tuesday It being such a
very busy time of the year for farm
ers. the attendance was rather small
but the meeting was a success.
Elmer Seward is visiting relatives
in Kennebunkport
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-26

set them through. We should adopt
a State policy that Will intimately
regain waste lands in every part of
the State, and thus begin reforesting
in a practical way, to the end that in
generations to come, the people in
the State will control, under State
ownership, forestry domain of
which they may be proud. The peo-
IlC of Maine once owned over 9,000,-
600 acres of timberland. The State
now owns 100000 acres and this is so
cut up and distributed in small par
GELS that it represents comparative
lN small areas in various parts of the
State. Group these areas together
and they can be used as a nucleus for
the purposes | have outlined. If we
had a State forest domain it could he
so managed that the State could
derive a splendid revenue from it.
have seen it stated in one of the
large daily papers that it takes fifty
four acres of cumberland to provide
enough paper for one edition of Chi
Cages great newspapers. That seems
quite q large acreage for one edition.
but there arc many persons who are
interested in the paper business who
can tell you whether or not that paper
exaggerated the statement
A year ago it was my privilege to
climb Mount Katahdin and / shall
never forget my sensation when I
viewed the tremendous expanse of
lakes and forests which formerly
were the property of the people of
Maine AS ] stood there below me
there seemed to be enough timber to
supply the needs of all New England
for centuries to come, but when I
was told that timber experts had es-
timatcd that Names supply would
, last but twenty or thirty years, and
that from 100000 to 100000 acres
were stripped and denuded each
year, realized that the days of
Names forests were numbered un-
less something was done to check
this destruction and to replenish the
supply This is evidence of the i'm
mediate need of taking such steps as
will take care of our future needs.
and keep Names forests what they
should be. Some day / want the
State of Maine to own Mount Katah-
din. 1t is one of natures wonder
spots.
Farms
One of the really great problems of
the State of Maine is that of it's
farms. When 1 took up the census
and saw that there We're Hts fewer
farms being operated in Maine in
! 1920. than in 1910, I was amazed.
/ This means that approximately 100
! farms a month were abandoned in
the State for a period extending over
ten years. What can we do to rem
edy this condition.; what steps can
be taken to reclaim and repeople
/ lands which are now neglected? Per-
| haps the question of taxation affects
the farms as much as any other
question. We should plan to aid the
farmer in securing the enjoyment
and conveniences that are so easily
obtained by men and women in our
, larger centers. This can only be
done by making accessible to them
the use of modern inventions, and
our water power, if developed, will
place them in a position to take adj
vantage of electricity in their farm
work thus eliminating the drudgery
and long hours now necessary to the
farmers success. believe that the
question of electricity will have
very important bearing upon the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-26
Lena Bassett

The funeral services fox the late
Lena Bassett were held from her
nome at Lakeside. Wednesday at 40
r NJ. Rev. Charles, Matte official
ing Two beautiful selections were
rendered by Mrs. Matte. The nu-
merous floral offerings, like the large
gathering of friends, testified tn tbe;r
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-26
BY FRANCIS n. SISSON,
Vice President Guaranty Trus
Company OF New York.

%OR more than year the
- American people have been
dlscounting the future. The
time has arrived when they
should begin to cash" the present.
There Is ample evidence that many
of the establishments which we
have undergone In the last twelve
months have practically been com
pleted, and, although there will in
evitably be further REIMBURSEMENT in
other directions, we are rapidly sue
ceeding In laying foundation for
the reviyai of business on sane,
sound and stable basis.
One Of the most significant in
dices Of that is improved credit.
The chief obstacle to general
revival of business is the difficulty
Of developing an adequate demand
for goods. Superficial consdera-
ton Of that problem would suggest
that the solution would lie wholly
in the REIMBURSEMENT Of prices. But
lower prices in many lines haze not
aided materially in stimulating buy
Ing. AS matter of fact, in some
Instances, paradoxical though II
may seem, the lower the price the
less buying there has been. This
curious antithesis has been due, of
course, to the belief generally en-
tertained that practically all com
modify prices were certain to re-
cede even more than they have
which has tended, naturally, to pro-
long the so-caIled buyers strike.
While there IS great unevenness
in price levels and some commodi-
ties must undergo further liquida
ton, 1t is equally true that other
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-26
Appointments

When man becomes Governor he
IS raced with good many problems.
one OF the difficult ones being that of
appointments. Often-times there are
several excellent men suggested for a
position Of Importance; at other times
Smyrna times., 1921-12-28

Total Expenses General Fund ..... S215 .535.S2
Dec. lst, 1921. Balance General
Fund Observation-Disclosures. 27.764.57
Uncollected Taxes ................S 17.4S8.51
BONDED INDEBTEDNESS FUND
Oct. Is. 1921 Balance ............$ 100000
Expenditures to Dec. lst, 1921 -. 1.625.00
Smyrna times., 1921-12-28
COL. HENRY wATTERSON, DEAD
Picturesque Career of Noted Kentucky
Journalist Ends in Eighty Second Year

Journalist Ends IN Elgnty-oecOnu lear
A simple service attended only by
members of his family marked the fu-
neral last Friday of Henry Watterson,
journalist and soldier, who died early
Thursday at a hotel at Jacksonville,
Fla. The body will rest in vault
there until spring when it will be TAX
en- to Louisville, Ky, for burial in the
family plot in Cave Hill Cemetery.
Colonel Watterson, passed away as
the result of heart trouble, superin-
duced by bronchial congestion, after
an illness of only few hours. With
only their son and daughter present,
Colonel and Mrs. Watterson celebrat-
ed their 56th wedding anniversary in
their apartment Tuesday. During the
day Colonel Watterson contracted
slight cold which was not regarded
seriously, but he suffered an acute
bronchial attack and was ordered to
bed Immediately by his physician.
Death came peacefully, the vener-
able editor retaining consciousness al
most to the end and conversing during
his last half hour with his wife, son
and daughter.
Thus Marse Henry passed to "that
beautiful shore" where last October,
he wrote his comrades of the Confed-
crate Army he was sure "the bonnie
blue flag will be flying at the fore and
the bands will be playing Dixie on
parade, and the pretty girls will be
distributing the Chattanooga Rebel,
the newspaper published by him dur
| ing the war between the states, to
groups of ragged, red-nosed agels who
have not forgotten the rebel yell"
Born February 16, 1910, barely more
than a year earlier than his friend and
contemporary, James Gordon Bennett
who died two years ago in France
Henry Watterson may be said to have
been the last survivor of the "person-
al journalism" typifed by such great
editors of a past generation as Horace
Greeley, the elder Bennett and the
younger; Charles A. Dana, Murat Hal
stead, Henry J. Raymond, Samuel
Bowles, Colonel Alexander X. Mcclure
General Charles H. Taylor and long
list of others that might be enumerat
ed. One of these, the brilliant George
d. Prentice, was, in deed, a newspaper
associate of Watterson's in the latter:
youthful connection with the profes
sion in which he gained celebrity; ant
it has been said that many of the wit
ty and forceful editorial utterance
credited 10 the gifted but erratic Prem
tice during their joint control of tn
Louisville Courier-Journal were reall!
Smyrna times., 1921-12-28

Tax Receiver Observation-Disclosures. llI,s
From 2nd Dist. (Rebate) .........
Smyrna times., 1921-12-28

From December lst, 1920 to December 1st, 1872
Paid Salaries of County Officers IS 42,5S9.9!
Attorney for Levy Court 225.0O
Board of Assessment and
Smyrna times., 1921-12-28
KENT COUNTY RECEIPTS
REACH A TOTAL OF S243,3OO
EXPENDITURES FOR YEAR $780,
535, LEAVING BALANCE OF S27, ,764
Report is Made Officially by Thomas
Meredith, Comptroller of Kent
County in Another Column

county In Another column
County Comptroller Meredith has
submitted his annual report of the
condition of the financial affairs of
Kent county for the year from Decem-
Der 20, 1920, to December l, 1921, as
required by law. The report in part
follows:
Receipts, General Fund-Decembe
l, 1920, balance, 2,961.72. Received
from county officials, $21, 1872; mis-
cellaneous receipts, $22,170.02; from
State Treasurer, Mothers Pension
Fund, $5,6O6.00; received from tax col
lectors, balance for 1920, $33,324.13;
total receipts, including balance, $243,-
3OO.39.
Expenditures salaries of cOun-
ty officers, SAP, 2,589.99; appropriations
to towns under legislative enactment,
$7,505.73; Board of Assessment eX-
penses, $2,467.61; board of prisoners,
Kent county, $1,535.47; board of pris-
oners of Kent county at New Castle
County Workhouse, $3,678,80; bridge
repairs, ,$11 ,790.24; commissions to col
lectors of taxes, $5,142.91; county
building supplies, $2,598.72; county
building light and heat, $1,321.20; Del
aware Industrial School for Girls, ap-
preparation, $1,185.60; furniture and
fixtures for county treasurer's offices
and Board of Assessment, $4,651.40;
interest on Kent county bonded in
debtedness, $12,100; petit jurors, ST.
334.48; Jail supplies, $1,523.40; Kent
county almshouse, appropriation, $1O,-
900; Mothers Pension appropriation
$7,052.50; printing and stationery, ST.
412.47; miscellaneous expenses, $685.
901.99 (including money loaned from
general fund to good roads fund.- roaC
repairs, ETC., $2,865; road supervisors
S2O,938.S5; total expenses, genera
fund, $216,535.82. December l, 1921
balance, general fund, $27,764.57. Tn
collected taxes, SIT ,488.51.
Bonded indebtedness fund, OctObe
Is, balance, $4,000. Expenditures Il
December l, 1921, 81 ,625, balance, De
cember 1, 1921, $18,375.
Kent County Indebtedness-Eighty
five funding bonds, value of $1,0G
each, $S5,OOO; 200 Kent county goo
roads bonds of value of $1,000 eacl
$20O,O0O
Good Roads Account-December Is
/ 20, balance good roads fund, 9,474.2
Z interest on deposits, $191.34; material
0 sold, 1925; amount received fror
Q general fund, $1O,97556; from count
4 treasurer, $4,000; State appropria
4 ton, $4,000; total receipts includin
7 balance, $6O,64958.
l Expenditures, from December 1, /!
, 20, to December, l, 1921, $51, ,369.12
0 balance, December /, 1921, good roaC
o fund, $9,28O46.
Smyrna times., 1921-12-28

Total Receipts including balance.
December lst. 1920 .........S So
Smyrna times., 1921-12-28

Milford Red Men are planning for a
large celebration probably ON the
Saturday following Christmas, open to
the public. A part of the program
will be the presentation of regalia to
Seward Simpson, of Milford, past
great sachem of Delaware. 1t is pro-
posed to have all the great chiefs IN
Delaware attend.
Smyrna times., 1921-12-28
EXPENDITURES

Total Expenditures ................S Ol,5oJ.lZ
December LIST. 1921 Balance Good
Roads Fund. ..................S 9'26O.46
State of Delaware.
Kent County, IS.
Personally. appeared before me, a Notary
Public of the State Of Delaware. Thomas Mere
dith. Comptroller of Kent County. who by me
being duly sworn according TO law. deposes
and says that the foregoing statement is true
and correct 10 the best of his knowledge and
belief -
THOMAS MEREDITH
Comptroller
Sworn and subscribed before me this goth
day of December, 1921.
X. L. COWGILL
Notary Public
Smyrna times., 1921-12-28

Balance December 1st. 1921 ...... lS,375.00
Kent County Indebtedness:
IS Funding Bonds of the Value
of 81 100000 each as provided by
Act of General Assembly, March
II, A. ID. l913................ S5,O00.O0
200 Kent County Good Roads
Bonds Of the Value of Sl000.00
each as provided by Act of Cen
eral Assembly. approved March
goth. A. ID. 1913. and April 18th
A. D. 1917 ................... 2OO.OOO.OO
GOOD ROADS ACCOUNT
Dec. 1st, 1920 Balance Good Roads
Funds ....................... 29,47443
Interest on Deposits ......... 1874
Materials Sold ...'.............. 1926
Amount Received from General
Fund IO975.56
Received from County Treasurer . 10000. 90
Received from State Treasurer .... 100000
Dec. ist, 1920 .....~........... sO.649.5s
WrWT no
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-14
sl5:95
for Wash Dresses

of imported fabrics
originally marked to $500
HE materials include i'm
ported tissue ginghams,
imported voiles, organizes and
dotted Swiss-they are, ex-
quisitely beautiful materials.
The styles are in accord with
the very fineness of the ma
terials and the making couldn't
be improved. Indeed, many Of
these Summer Dresses were
brought from New York by
Mr.. Osgood only two weeks
ago to sell at $500.
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Sports Skirts, $685.
Values to S15.95 in both
silks and flannels

THERE isn't anything on the
L market newer than these
sports skirts because many of
them arrived following Mr.. Os-
goods last trip to New York. He
bought them then. You'll find
baronet satins, crepe silks and
sports styles in white and striped
flannels. Plain, fancy andpleat-
ed models.
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s9.95
for Wash Dresses
-some were priced $15.95
and are Worth it!

MAY we ask you first to
lyl please remember that
these Dresses-even at the sale
price-are standard, 0sgood's
values bought for regular sell
ing. That means they are fine
in quality; made perfectly and
styled quite different from
Dresses you can buy everyday
at $685.. We've simply taken
our regular stock garments
and reduced them for this
event. In dotted Swiss, organ
die, wolfe and gingham.
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We will sell a number Of
very good Osgood's Suits
s24.75
formerly priced up to S5s.5o

alone because Of the very low prices this sale at.
fords. Bear in mind that there are days and evenings
scoolsenough all through the Summer when a Suit is
indispensable and then, Of course, most women want
one of the medium weight garments for Fall. That is
hy so many women wait for just such an opportunity
as this. AT $24.75 the values are the best we've ever
Offered.
All Other Suits in Stock IL Price
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Silk Sweaters, 1895
Bought only recently to
sell at $3.50 to $500

" Els, these are the new
i sweaters so many wom-
en- already are wearing and
we are mighty proud to Of
fer them at such a low price.
They are wonderfully great
values! Made of excellent
fibre silk in black, black and
white Every popular) navy,
gray, tan, tomato and other
colors.
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Surprising Values. Indeed
100 New Hats
$500
-including "Garden" Hats

Including "Garden Hats
VALUES actually run as high as
v SIS in this unusual offering Of
Summer Hats. And some Of them
are the newest things in our store.
You'll find the popular garden
hats, sports hats and fine straw
sailors.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-14
About so Hats
Sl.O0
worth many times s1.O0

1T would seem too extreme to
l quote the former prices which
some Of these Hats carried. Hats
bearing the labels Of our best
known makers are in the group;
some were pattern hats of finest
quality.
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~
for Silk Dresses
formerly up to $4,000
in our regular stock

formerly up TO S4U.UU
in our regular stock
YOU know how popular silk
i Dresses are this Summer
not much need to remind you
of the fact, is there? And
because of their very populari-
ty these Silk Dresses are I'M
usually good values at the
price to which they will be re-
duced. You'll find Canton
Crepe, crepe de chine, geor-
gette, taffeta, ETC., in the lot.
You'll even find some of the
very newest silk sports dresses
among them.
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Silk Petticoats, S3.75

DIN = elLiSOdlS, 9o.1o
fine weave jersey silk
formerly priced to $500
are regular stock items
: but the assortment is limited
which accounts for our strenu-
Gus price-cut. You will learn
that they are made Of very good.
jersey silk and that some have
taffeta ruffles while others are
jersey silk from end to end. The
colors are all desirable.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-14
All Other Suits in Stock IL Price
Atwood Skirts, $500
Regular stock values
up to $3.50

,TAT HEN you read "all-wool
wv skirts" note the hyphen.
We don't mean that all our wool
skirts are reduced to $500 but
we do mean that these skirts
specially featured are stripes and
checks in both plain and pleated
styles and unquestionably are
worth more than the new mark
put on them during this sale.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-14
Wash Skirts, S2.45
Regular and stout sizes
fully worth $500 each

TN round numbers there will be
j about $50 Wash Skirts in the
lot to sell at S2.45 each and, we
assure you they are exceptional
values. A specially good grade of
gabardine is the material and
they are made with wide belts
and deep hens. Several differ
ent styles among them.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-14
Georgette Blouses$2.95
"a very low price for
values up to $3.50

ON some Of these georgette
- blouses you will find original
price tickets of $3.50 while none
is worth less than an even $500.
Long and short sleeve styles, all
the wanted colors and white and.
a variety from which to choose
are other features Of this good.
offering.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-14
Wool Sweaters, $500

Every last one in stock
regardless of former prices!
n HIS is a rather sweeping
L clearance Of all the wool
sweaters in our racks for, re-
gardless Of previous markings,
we are determined to sell them
at,this veryiow price. Some are
newest arrivals and others have
been here longer. All colors and.
all sizes and ALL GOOD
GRADES.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-14
A Sports Coat or a Long
Model may be your need
sl4.75
values up to $500

YOU certainly will be on the profit side Of the deal
l if you happen to pick one of the wraps Wewil sell
for STATS. They are by no means undesirable-on
materials, almost all well dressed women are wearing
on cool Summer evenings. The assortment in the
group at this one price is well enough varied to cover
every demand for color, length and size. Mostsof the
coats cost more to produce than our sale price.
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1890
for Silk Dresses
desirable Dresse,
formerly up to $500

NATE feel certain this win
w prove one Of the really
great attractions of the Mid
June Sale. We do know these
Dresses are among the finest
ever received in this store and
that they are extreme values at
the new price Of $3.50 each.
You'll find the popular Canton
Crepe, Roshanard Crepe and
other silks in the group and
also some of the finest sports
models we have
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All-Wool MiddiesS4.9 IS

beautifully made Of
flannel in new colors
have been selling these
garments at $3.50 right
along because they are worth the
money. But as a special attrac-
ton they go into this sale at a
mighty tempting figure: Beauti-
fully made Of fine grade all-wool
flannel, in clever styles and in
navy, turkey red and green
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Wash Waists, S1.95

-Vefy line BLOCK WHICH
was priced up to $500
OUR only regret is that many
= Of these wash waists are
slightly soiled and mussed.
Otherwise t~heywould easily COM
mand their full prices-but, what
woman minds tubing them once
to enjoy their handsome saving?
Made largely by hand and beau
tifully trimmed and embroidered.
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Other Coats Will Be Half Price
Fine BIouses, $500

they are of silk fabrics
and were priced at $1,000
VoU will enjoy simply looking
: through this big assortment
Of georgette, crepe de chine and
mignonette blouses whether you
need one or not. The sale price
is about half what they formerly
were marked. Your choice of a
vast array Of styles with long or.
short sleeves.