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Mining San Journal.
J. BENSON ODER, Editor.
FORTY-FIRST YEAR. NO. 22.
ALL INVITED TO COME HOME.
The following- list comprises another instalment of the names
and addresses of former residents of Frostburg, now living outside
this county, registered by friends here for use of the Centennial
and Home-Coming Committee.
It is proposed by the latter body to supplement the general
invitation, already extended, by one special to each Frostburger, so
that as individuals they may be assured of a home desire to see
them at home; of a warm welcome when they come, and the tender
of generous hospitality while they stay.
The names, arranged alphabetically, will appear in succeeding
issues of the Journal until all are printed.
Meanwhile, should anyone observe that a name has been over
looked, or an address given incorrectly, an immediate report to the
Journal is solicited, as the Committee is anxious to specially
invite all without exception:
Anthony, George R., Jacksonville, Indiana.
Adams, Mrs. John W., 335 Cannon Avenue, Hagerstown, Md.
Arthur, John, Florence, Colo.
Anthony, Benjamin, Scranton, Pa.
Allwine, John, Lebanon, Pa.
Armentrout, Mrs. S., Annapolis, Md.
Bone, Walter, Girard, Ohio.
Bridges, Mrs. Joseph, Riverdale, Md.
Biddington, Samuel, 333 North Division, Duquoin, 111.
Beane, Mrs. Mary, 1312 Lincoln Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa.
Beer, Mrs. H. M., 58 Chicago Avenue, West, Valparaiso, Indiana.
Bardley, Jenkins, Box 247, Fdgewater, Colorado.
Bradley, George, Box 243, Edgewater, Colorado.
Byrne, Mrs. J. M., 423 N. Craige Street, Pittsburg, Pa.
Brady, Clarence, Bellevernon, Pa.
Barber. Mrs. John, R. F. D. No. 4, Snow Hill, Md.
Butcher, B. L., Fairmont, W. Va.
Brydon, J. C., Somerset, Pa.
Brown, Miss Isabelle, Durant, Oklahoma.
Bepler, Louis, Homestead, Pa.
Brace, Mrs. William, Williamstown, Mass.
Buckingham, Emory G., 1521 Park Avenue, Baltimore, Md.
Bradley, William, Van Lear, Kentucky.
Batchelor, Miss Ella, 1402 West Lafayette Avenue, Baltimore, Md.
Balfour, William H., 1018 West 7th Street, Wilmington, Del.
Bowen, William, 2142 Wayne Avenue, Scranton, Pa.
Counihan Bros., wholesale produce dealers, Wheeling, W. Va.
Crump, David, Perrysville, N. S., Pittsburg, Pa.
Crump, Thomas, Perrysville, N. S., Pittsburg, Pa.
Curley, Miss Bessie, Avoca, Pa.
Cook, Glover, Jenkins, Kentucky.
Carney, Miss Kate, Turtle Creek, Pa.
Cain, Miss Nell, 627 fST. Paca Street, Baltimore, Md.
Condon, William T., Van Lear, Kentucky.
Crump, Miss Esther, M. E. Hospital, 7th Avenue and 6th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Colborn, Robert, Windber, Pa.
Cook, John, Turtle Creek, Pa.
Carter, William D., 1411 Webster Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa.
Carson, Mrs. Elizabeth, 2153 Hollins Street, Baltimore, Md.
Davis, Misses Emma and Ella, 1300 Williams Street, Denver, Colorado.
-Donahue, Miss Katie, 423 N. Craige Street, Pittsburg, Pa.
DeWitt, Prof. A. W., Crellin, Garrett County, Md.
Dreste, John, Liveryman, Elmyra, N. Y.
Daingerfield, Louis, Frick Building, Pittsburg, Pa.
Delaney, Miss Mary'L. Georgetown University Hospital, Georgetown, D. C.
Davis, William, Scranton, Pa.
Dodwe, Miss E. J., 2148 Fiortda Avenue, Washington, D. C.
Dare, Miss Ray, 1943 4th Street, Harrisburg, Pa.
Evans, Mrs. William, Hunter Street, Stockton, New Castle, New South
Wales, Australia.
Emrick, Joseph, Kandallville, Indiana.
Emrick, George, Helmer, Indiana.
Emrick, Noah, Helmer, Indiana.
Emrick, Perry, Box 215, Berwyn, Illinois.
Emrick, Richard, Fairhope, Pa.
England, sr., Owen, Girard, Ohio.
England, jr., Owen, Girard, Ohio.
Emig, P. A., Wellsburg, W. Va.
Edwards, Miss Annie P., Wachapreague, Va.
Engleby, William, 444 Campbell Avenue, Roanoke, Va.
Eckert, M. J., Boylan Apartments, Pittsburg, Pa.
Foye, Frank, Beryl, W. Va.
Flury, Mrs. Frank, 311 Pitt Street, Wilkinsburg, Pa.
Frost, Ellis, Morgantown, W. Va.
Frey, Mrs. Otto, 400 Keacher Street, Pittsburg, Pa.
Fitzgerald, P. S., Kansas City, Mo.
Fleck, Rev. C. F., 639 Beach Street, Scranton, Pa.
Fuller, Mrs. A. S., 2220 East Cumberland Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Frey, John J., Aspinwall, Pa.
Grove, George W., Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Md.
Grove, O. L., 604 B Street, S. E., Washington, D. C.
Grove, J. H., Kansas City Star Office, Washington, D. C.
Gatewood, Capt. C. 8., Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Mass.
Gephart, O. D., 1034 Bth Street, East Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Gonser, Mrs. Mary E-, Bills, Pa.
Grant, Michael, Ellicott Street, Washington, D. C.
Gerlach, Charles, 1206 15th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
George, Mrs. John P., Merrill, Md.
Garvey, James, Piedmont, W. Va.
Hawkins, Clifford, Braddock, Pa.
Houston, Charles, 336 19th Avenue, Seattle, Washington.
Hawke, James H., 309 34th Street, Pittsburg, Pa.
Hamill. Thomas H., Austin, Texas.
Hill, Albert, Big Four, W. Va.
Helen, William, Uniontown, Pa.
Hurley, William, Meyersdale, Pa.
Horchler, William, 209 East Madison Avenue, 7th Ward, New Castle, Pa.
Hufty, Lewis, care of Victor Fuel Co., Hasting, Colorado.
Hitchins, R. E-, Olive Hill, Kentucky.
Hitchins, Clayton, Olive Hill, Kentucky
Hellig, E. J., 101 South 4th Street, St. Louis, Mo.
Hocking, John, Meyersdale, Pa.
Hocking, William, Meyersdale, Pa.
Hardy, Miss Emma, 345 West Mardell, Norristown, Pa.
Harden, Grant, 2153 Hollins Street, Baltimore, Md.
Jackson, Robert F., 1411 Webster Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa.
Jackson, Hezekiak 8., Keyser, W. Va.
Gibson, Mrs. Bessie S., 5722 Mignonette Street, East End, Pittsburg, Pa.
Nixon, Mrs. Lucinda, 531 sth Street, Marietta, Ohio.
Oates, John M., Meyersdale, Pa.
Odgers, Prof. Harry E., Wellsburg, W. Va.
Ort, George, 811 Jarvelle Street, Pittsburg, Pa.
Ort, Will, 811 Jarvelle Street, Pittsburg, Pa.
Ort, Miss Emma A., 811 Jarvelle Street, Pittsburg, Pa.
Oates, William, Meyersdale, Pa.
Price, James, Van Lear, Kentucky.
Pugh, Evan, Wilie and Jefferson Avenues, Washington, D. C.
Patterson, W. E-, 811 Leech Street, McKeesport, Pa.
Percy, George 8., 234 West 10th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio.
Payne, Mrs. Robert, Ridgeley, W. Va.
Pfaff, Jesse, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Rees, Rev. R. J., Providence, Scranton, Pa.
Robb, Scott, Big Sandy, McDowell County, W. Va.
Rogan, F. J., 119 Pratt Street, Baltimore, Md.
Russel, Scott, Elm Grove, Wheeling, W. Va.
Rehs, G. H., 3451 39th Street, S. W., Seattle, Washington.
Riggs, Thomas, Rowlesburg, W. Va.
Roeder, Mrs. Charles H., Sligo, Montgomery County, Md.
Randolph; B. S., Berkeley Springs, W. Va.
Stigler, W. G., Stigler, Oklahoma.
FROSTBURG, MD., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1912.
“The sleep of a laboring man is sweet.” —Ecclesiastes v, 12.
The sun's final splendor is burning
A flame on th.e forge of the west.
When come all the worKers returning,
E.ach worn from his separate quest.
They come from the clash and the clamor
Of factory, structure and street.
All day have the sledge and the hammer
Kept time with their rhythmical beat.
The worKers, broad-breasted and brawny.
With hair lying sleeK in the sweat.
With faces and shoulders all tawny—
And all of the world in their debt.
They fare to the uttermost regions.
They delve in the depths of the earth—
The lealest and loyalest legions
That give to the world of their worth.
/
The dreamers may dream, but the doers
Must change all the dreams into deeds—
The forgemen, the drillers, the hewers.
Forever are filling our needs.
And in their returning, their laughter
Is sturdy and stanch as their toil,
As stout as the beam or the rafter
Or girder or truss where they moil.
*Tis they that have spanned by their labor
The desert, the plain and the sea ;
Tis they that have made you a neighbor
To all the strange people that be.
And who shall have pride at the ending
Of dreaming and planning and deed ?
Whose striving shall need no defendin'-',
And who shall go straight to his meed?
For some are the lump, some the leaven
That gives it the breath and the life —
Then they shall march bold into heaven,
The men that face stresses and strife.
The stars round the gate shall be burning
As blazes the sun in the west,
When home come the worKers returning,
Each worn from his separate quest.
Copyright; 191 J. hy W. G. Chapman.
? 1882 1912
| THIRTY YEARS AGO. f
j The Items Below Were Current During Y
Week Ending March 4, 1882.
Henry J. Johnson, editor of the
Cumberland News, was nominated by
President Arthur for Post-Master of
Cumberland.
Results of recent wholesale vaccin
nation reported unsatisfactory. Many
ailments, it was believed, followed
the indiscriminate application of the
virus.
“Star,” writing to the Journal,
suggested William H. Koch for Mayor
of Prostburg.
A warm invitation was extended by
“Annie Eaurie” to the public to come
and hear Rev. R. E. Morgan, of Con
nellsville, Pa., at the Baptist Church.
Suggestions for Mayor and Council
came in as follows:
Peoples Ticket For Mayor —Enoch
Clise; Councilmen—W. B. Spill, John
Preston, Arthur Baker, William Mc-
Luckie, George Boettner, Henry Wil
liams.
Citizens Ticket For Mayor—Wil
liam McLuckie; Councilmen—W. H.
Evans, Owen Hitchins, William Payne,
Henry Seymour, Henry Williams,
Jacob Baker.
The Ticket For Mayor—W. H.
Koch; Councilmen —George Boettner,
Andrew Smeltz, Jethro Jeffries, Pat
rick Hoye, William Oates, George
Hiteshew.
“Scalpel,” writing from Cumber
land, reported that the two men in
Allegany county most envied were
Thomas Brown, mine inspector, and
J. W. S. Cochrane, school examiner.
Nearly every miner believed he could
“inspect” better than Brown, and
every school-teacher was sure he
could ‘examine’ better than Cochrane.
John Myers reported as breaking
ground on Bowery street for a new
dwelling and store-house.
Bruce and John Roy got lost in the
woods near their home in Michigan;
suffered with cold and fear during the
j night, and making a final attempt to
j get home, Bruce fell dead with heart
disease, and John was found next day
by the side of his brother, nearly ex
hausted. They were nephews of An
drew Roy, State Mine Inspector of
Ohio, well-known here.
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
John Rephann and U. Steineman,
of Eckhart, were awarded a gun and
watch, respectively, at the German
Eutheran fair, this place.
Davisson Armstrong was appointed
to fill the clerical position in the Bor
den Mining Company, succeeding C.
A. Greene, promoted to superintend
ency.
In the company’s store Mr. Arm
strong was succeeded by John N.
Benson.
Mrs.' Amelia N. Edwards, wife of
Philip C. Edwards, was stricken at the
family tea-table Friday evening,
February 24, 1882, and died 9 hours
later.
The ladies of the M. E. Church pre
sented the pastor, Rev. J. P. Wilson,
with a fine gold watch on the eve of
his departure for Conference. R. W.
Mason delivered the presentation ad
dress.
A bill to punish minors of the coun
ty for false representation of age in
purchasing liquors passed the House
of Delegates Tuesday, February 28,
1882. It applied to minors beween 18
and 21 years; fine from $lO to $25.
Messrs. R. K. Wimbrough and Jacob
Thrasher, of this place, reported very
ill.
Peter Eammert, of Eckhart, pur
chased the grocery establishment of
William R. Coyner, and W. E. Annan,
of Cumberland, was reported as ar
ranging to open a stationery store.
Mrs. Agnes McDonald died at Bar
ton.Tuesday, February 28, 1882, aged
69 years; Joseph Robertson at Ocean
same day, aged 55 years, and Mrs.
Elizabeth Miller, near Eckhart, Mon
day, February 27th, aged 40 years.
Frederick Douglas, colored orator,
was announced to speak in Odd Fel
lows Opera House Monday evening,
March 27th, on “Self-Made Men.”
Rev. H. E. Van Cleve, ex-Briga
dier General under Major-General
, Rosecranz, of the U. S. Army, de
livered a temperance sermon in the
English Eutheran Church Sunday
. evening, February 26, 1882.
Wednesday, March 1, 1882, was re
: ported as an anniversary of St. David,
the patron saint of Wales.
Bread dpop U/aters.
Cast thy bread upon the waters! After many days
It shall return again, perhaps tenfold.
Who knows o’er what rough paths or by what devious ways
It goes ? Or how much good there is—untold ?
We have not all great wealth and power with which to give
Help to the poor, nor do we have the might
Which can work miracles, but each of us can live
So that our life can be a beacon-light.
Just one kind word to some tired, aching heart! Not much,
’Tis true, but all the day is made more bright;
Or to some poor guilt-stained hand the friendly touch
Of Christian fellowship may set him right.
One cup of water, given in a disciple’s name—
Not much to do for Him whose life was spent
Among the poor and needy, the blind, the halt and lame —
Dispensing love and aid where’er He went.
“Inasmuch as ye have given”—thus the Master spake—
“To one of these, ye also gave to Me!”
What glorious compensation when, giving for His sake,
We hear these words when we His face shall see.
Sara Roberta Gltty.
REV. JAMES B. AVIRETT, D. D.,
Soldier and Preacher, Scholar and Author.
Rev. James Battle Avirett, D. D.,
father of Col. John W. Avirett, editor
of the Cumberland Times, died sud
denly about 4 o’clock Friday after
noon of last week in Western Mary
land Hospital, Cumberland. He had
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REV. JAMES BATTLE AVIRETT. 1 v
Born March 12, 1835. Died February 16, 1912.
New Berne, N. C. Cumberland, Md.
Interred Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va., Feb. 19, 1912.
been an inmate of the hospital about
two weeks and seemed to be improv
ing. His sudden death, therefore,
was a painful surprise.
Rev. Mr. Avirett was a native of
North Carolina; acquired a college
education, studied law, and later en
tered the priesthood of the Episcopal
Church. Ordained at Staunton, Va.,
in 1861, his first service was rendered
as chaplain of the Seventh Virginia
Cavalry under Gen. Turner Ashby.
His commission as chaplain was the
first issued by the Confederate gov
ernment.
In 1862 Miss Mary Williams, eldest
daughter of Philip Williams, of Win
chester, Va., probably the State’s
greatest lawer at that time, became
Railroad Mileage.
The census shows that there are 180
railroad systems in this country, each
with a mileage of less than 8 miles.
It is an accepted fact also that the
less mileage a road can boast, the
more favorable it is to Belt-Line
accommodations.
A Fine Affair.
The Leap Year Dance in Frostburg
Opera House Friday evening, 16th
inst., was a most enjoyable affair.
Under the auspices of Mrs. L. R. Ash
and Mrs. Peter Lammert, of this
place; Mrs. Lewis Vang, of Cumber
land, and Mrs. L. J. Ort, of Midland,
patronesses, everything went off splen
didly. The out-of-town attendants
were Misses Mae Thomas, Nettie Hoh
ing, Ella Mae Gunning, Kate Steven
son, and Messrs. William Mclndoe,
Leslie Kilroy and Ellis Dunn, of Lona
coning; Miss Anna Ort, Miss Mary
Clise, Mr. and Mrs. August Frenzel,
and Messrs. John and Frank Ort, of
Midland; Misses Winifred Hannon and
: Althea Fuller, of Piedmont, W. Va.;
Raymond Houck, George Reidler, Dr.
Bosteller and Harry Shaw, of Mt.
• Savage; Cariel Blackwell, Karl Kobb
and Walter Ort, of Cumberland, and
James Pierce, of Pottsville, Pa.
his wife, and at the close he settled in
that town and established a school for
girls. Later he had rectorships in
several parts of Virginia and Mar 3 --
land, finally retiring and devoting his
rest periods to writing- for church and
t newspapers and magazines. Several
- fine books—memorials of the war, are
, products of his pen.
Funeral services were held at the
E “Rose-Hill” mansion of Col. Avirett
; Sunday afternoon, and Monday morn
- ing the body was taken to Winchester,
1 Va., and laid by the side of his wife
, who died over three years ago.
1 Three flags decorated his bier—
l State flag of North Carolina, Confed
. erate battle-flag and the Stars and
; Stripes. His Confederate uniform and
- priestly vestments, the Southern Cross
and the Bible were other features of
t an unusual funeral scene.
Had he lived until March 12th he
3 would have been 77 years old.
Professional.
) Miss Nell Kalbaugh, of Shea’s Drug
1 store, will enter the Maryland Univer
• sity Hospital, Baltimore, within a few
3 weeks, to take a three-year course in
5 professional nursing.
One Sign of an Early Spring.
A Washington (D. C.) dispatch of
r last Sunday says “a flock of bluebirds
} which Frank Lanning, a motorman on
the Easton Washington trolley line,
! says he saw yesterday, is taken by the
3 weather-prophets here to be a harbin
. ger of early spring. In spite of the
hard winter, robins have shown them
_ selves here from time to time, but
3 Lanning is the only one who has seen
. any bluebirds.”
Visitors Entertained.
Five members of the Kirk Brown
f Company, leading theatrical mana
, gers, playing at the Maryland Theatre,
f Cumberland, dined with Mr. and Mrs.
I James H. Fuller, of this place, last
; Sunday. The Messrs. Brown are
'. cousins of Mr. Fuller. Other guests
:. were Mrs. James Pollock and daugh
t> ter, of Shaft; Miss Althea Fuller, of
i Piedmont, W. Va., and Mr. and Mrs.
Walter E. DeNeen, of this place.
HENRY F. COOK, Manager.
WHOLE NUMBER 2,107
Should Be Done Now.
Sometime ago the Journal sug
gested that something should be done
ere “Home-Coming” week to place
the “Braddock-Road Mile-Stone” in
proper position and within a respect
able enclosure.
But so far as heard from the propo
sition has not been considered, or even
iii \ 'i 3** fjfjis
; .. ■
BRADDOCK-ROAD MILE-STONE
discussed—not even by The Badies
Civic Club, to whom it was specially
made.
The time will soon be at hand when
work along restoration of “old-land
mark” memorials can be done, but
now is the time to prepare for it
financially, especially in this instance.
If this duty is overlooked or neg
lected, with the “Home-Coming” in
centive prompting its performance,the
stone will remain as a monument to
Frostburg’s lack of both public and
patriotic spirit.
The Daughters of the Revolution
have some money for the purpose in
dicated, but not enough.
How can the sufficient amount be
raised?
And how soon?
Country Life.
A delegation recently appeared be
fore the Farmers’ Conference Com
mittee and the Agricultural Commttee
1 of the House of Delegates asking that
: a commission be appointed to study the
: conditions in the rural districts of
Maryland and suggest plans which
would better the social and commer
cial life of the farmer.
A bill was thereupon drawn and in
troduced in the House authorizing the
Governor to appoint a Country-Bife
Commission and appropriating $15,000
for expenses.
Trained Teachers Needed.
The officials of the State Normal
School are strongly advocating the
bill before the Legislature appro
priating $600,000 for a new State Nor
mal School building in or near Balti
more City.
“Maryland is one of the most back
ward States in the country in the
preparation of public school teachers, ’ ’
said Miss Sarah E. Richmond, princi
pal of the State Normal School. “Pro
gressive in so many respects, it seems
strange that such a matter should
have met with the neglect that has
surrounded it.
“With need for 350 new teachers
every year in the counties, we supply
less than 100. This means that the
remainder are mostly untrained, caus
ing a great economic loss.
“It is very important that a site be
chosen near the city- This is the only
way by which the city and State sys
tems can be incorporated. It is also
necessary that dormitories be built for
the girls who will come to us from a
distance. The dormitories should be
large enough to accommodate 300
girls. There is great immediate need
for the school. I feel confident that
with the proper facilities a school
could be built up that would send out
300 graduates each year instead of the
present 70 or 80. We need the teach
ers in Maryland. We must either train
them, go without or allow some other
State to do it for us. —Baltimore Sun.
Those are excellent arguments for
the Baltimore School.
And equally good for the Frostburg
. State Normal, which asks for only
one-twelfth the amount Baltimore de
mands.
Under the circumstances, Hon.
Frank G. Metzger has a good case,
and he should make the most of it.
A State Normal School in Frost
; burg, now worth $50,000, with a $50,000
addition of equipment, would be a
brilliant feather in his legislative cap!
No Politics.
: Governor Goldsborough has said
' some good things—one as follows:
: “Take the whole oyster business out
1 of politics.
After endorsing this injunction the
Ellicott City Times shapes it up in
effect this way:
i “Take the whole oyster business on
■ the Eastern Shore and the whole road
, business on the Western Shore out of
. politics.”
t Although Allegany county doesn’t
: seem to have gotten its fair share of
i the road fund, one thing seems sure—
- that politics, under the bi-partisan
E commission system, has had less to do
. in building roads here than since the
National Pike was surveyed in 1805.