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J. BENSON OB Eli, Editor. .
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FROSTBURG, MD. - - JULY 27, 1912
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THE ROAD’S RIGHTFUL PLACE. j
The Supreme Court of Pennsyl- :
vania has decided that townships, 1
municipalities, counties or States )
maintaining water-bars in public high- :
ways are responsible for damages to :
automobilists or their cars, caused by 1
contact with these unnecessary ob- ;
structions.
Taking their cue from this and
similar decisions, the motorists are ;
now contemplating action against the
toll-road companies with a view to ,
showing that if, in accordance with i
the precedent established by the
courts regarding water-bars in public
highways, the local governments can
be held for damages, it is also true
that companies operating toll-roads
can likewise be held for damages
caused to cars and motorists through
water-bars on these private roads.
“The toll-road” is usually accepted
as a public highway, but as a matter
of fact, and probably of law, it is a
private road—a thoroughfare free only
to the comparative few who are al
lowed to own it.
Not only free to them, but a revenue
resource, if not a base of speculation.
It is to be hoped, therefore, that the
motorists will press their proposed re
form to the limit; that, in wiping out
all private ownership of public roads,
they will thus establish State and even
National maintenance and protection.
As the situation now is—the coun
try is beset with two anomolies of ad
ministration—■
1, Ample provision for water trans
portation—ocean, river and canal, with
practical free trade in merchandise
carried on American ships, and—
2, No provision for inland highway
transportation, and in many instances
a high tariff on American products
carried over private roads.
Why this two-fold discrimination in
favor of the seaman and against the
farmer? *
Even the rural delivery of mail is
frequently contingent upon the style
of road the community keeps up, and
the Journal, whenever it sees the
parcels-post proposition mentioned,
wonders how much benefit it will con
fer upon the out-of-town dweller when
he must—
1, Earn all the goods cost, and —
2, Earn—then as now, all that it
costs to get them placed in his hands?
So far in this country as the public
highway problem has been solved,
“the cart has gone before the horse.”
And the cart is still so far ahead
that, in the gloom of popular indiffer
ence, it seems a far cry to call a halt.
But some day—soon, it is hoped, the
public highway will “come into its
own”—its rightful precedence in both
State and National guardianship.
CONDITIONAL
Mary Ann —Pat, will yez love me
always wld all yer heart?
Pat Dunn—Shure, unless 01 have
heart failure.
“Tarn Terrace.”
The Miners Hospital Directors met
in Hotel Gladstone Monday evening
and after some discussion determined
that the “Tarn Terrace” site is the
preference.
The site is easily accessible from
Union street, via both Beall’s Dane
and Fairview street.
The landscape from this point is
very pretty, but does not afford so
great a variety of features as are
visible from the Mt. Pleasant summit.
The final determination rests with
the Town Council, and the matter will
be settled at the regular session,
August 5th —at least so far as “Tarn
Terrace” is concerned.
In the Realm of Fraternity.
William A. Jones, Grand Secretary
of Maryland Odd Fellows, called on
Savage Mountain Eodge, No. 128, last
Saturday' evening and left some good
news for “the brothers- all Odds, no
evens.”
Died.
In Western Maryland Hospital,
Cumberland, Wednesday, July' 24,
1912, Mr. Moses Logsdon, of Eckhart,
at an advanced age. He had suffered
long with cancer. One son—Hiram,
lives in Frost burg. He was an esti- ;
mable citizen.
At the family home, in Eckhart,
Thursday, July' 25, 1912, Mrs. John
Bishop, after a protracted illness.
Husband and four children are be
reaved, and many friends who es
teemed her highly' deplore her loss.
At the family home, Loo street,
Monday evening, July 22, 1912, Miss
Ina Shearer, 27 years old, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Max Shearer. Miss Ina
was afflicted with a chronic affection ]
of the heart, a weakness which gave |
her much trouble. She was an excel- j ;
lent young lady', and her untimely ’ ;
death is deplored by' all who knew her. | c
Besides the parents, two sisters and I <
three brothers are bereaved—Mrs. j i
Edelman, of Belair, this State; Miss j !
Annie, and Messrs. Isaac J., Jacob I ’
and Morris Shearer, all of this place. .
Funeral Wednesday, and interment
in the Hebrew cemetery', Cumberland.
Firemen’s Meeting.
Last Tuesday evening the Frost
burg Fire Department met in Fire
men’s Hall, Town Council Building,
and the occasion proved to be an in
teresting one.
For some reason hitherto unlearned
members of the Fire Department felt
that the Home-Coming Executive
Committee had ignored them as a
factor in the display and festivity of
the great occasion, but several repre
sentatives of the Committee appeared,
and after a satisfactory explanation,
it was determined to delegate a Com
mittee of Firemen to the Executive
Committee meeting next Monday' even
ing and arrange for a big feature of
the Home-Coming demonstration—if
not the biggest.
Wednesday, August 28th, will be
set aside as Firemen’s Day. Several
other companies will be invited to join
the home organization in a strenuous
effort to make Firemen’s Day at least
one of the biggest of the six. An at
tractive program will be arranged;
reel-races will be run for a substantial
prize, and foot-races also will bring to
winners good wages for swift sprint
ing.
A prominent member of the Depart
ment told the Journal that—
“We are going to work in earnest,
and as the idea of celebrating the cen
tennial of our town originated with the
Fire Department almost two years
ago, it would be deplorable, indeed, if
we were not assigned to a salient part
in the celebration.”
Ex-Mayor Peter Lammert was pres
ent and asked the Department for
some data of the history of the organ
ization, as he wishes to write a sketch
for the historical work the Mining
Journal Publishing Company is get
ting out.
It was determined that Mr. Lam
mert should be furnished with the
date of the Department’s organization;
a list of the charter members; some
account of the Department’s proven
efficiency; a list of incumbent officers
and members; a cut of the chemical
engine, and a portrait of the Chief.
INVALID’S CHAIR IS USEFUL
Designed by New York Man With
View of Carrying It Up and Down
Stairs—Lighter Than Others.
Most invalids’ chairs are of a
cumbersome type and when the oc
cupant Is to he transported up and
down stairs he and the chair must
be carried separately. A New York
man has designed a chair which Is
not only much lighter than the av
erage. but has appliances to assist
in moving it up and down stairs.
The front legs of this chair are
equipped with castors and the short
hack legs are mounted on wheels.
The back rises into two curved
handles and a pair of supplemental
handles are pivoted to the rear legs.
Ordinarily these supplemental handles
are fastened in a vertical position, but
when the invalid is to be taken from
one floor to another they are let down
in a horizontal position and held firm
Invalid's Chair.
ly there by catches on the front legs
of the chair. This provides support
ing means at both back and front
and greatly facilitates the transporta
tion of the chair.
New Flying Machine.
A Scotch inventor is building a fly
ing machine weighing about six tons,
designed to carry 20 or 30 passengers.
It will cost about $25,000. In shape it
resembles a bird and embodies the
rotary theory of flight. Each wing
will boa large gyroscope, revolving
horizontally, like inverted basins. It
is claimed that the rotary wings will
enable the machine to travel in any
kind of weather and by its own power
raise itself vertically from the ground.
Aviators and experts, however, ex
press considerable doubt as to the
success of the machine, and question
whether one weighing so much can
lift itself from the ground or prove a
decided success in other ways.
Real Estate Transfers.
DeWarren H. Reynolds, trustee, to
Mary' A. Grant et at., property in
Western port, sl.
The New Railroad.
Great B. and O. trains still going
through on the new Western Maryland.
Bernard Dilley, of this place, has
been appointed station-agent for
Frostburg.
Business Movements.
George Davis, of Hill street, has
accepted employment in Youngstown,
Ohio.
Daniel Powell is the manager of
Hotel Gladstone cafe, beginning ser
vice this week.
Brady Brothers, contractors, have
acquired a new cement-mixer, which
they will put to work on the long wall,
east end of town.
The First Quartette.
Messrs. G. W. McElfish, Karl Maycr
and Allan Tonic Hartman, of this
place, and Frank Ort, of Midland,
were the first passengers from Frost
burg to Cumberland on the “DuQuesne
(B. and O.) Limited.”
W. C. T. U.
The Women’s Christian Temper
ance Union will hold the regular
monthly meeting at 8 o’clock Monday
evening, July' 29th, in Grace M. E.
Church, South, Beall street. The fol
lowing program has been prepared:
Solo „ Miss Hazel Wade J
Recitation Miss Eleanor Snryth
Address Rev. F. E. Allison
Violin solo Robert McMannis
“Everybody invited.”
8.-B.
Midland vs. Frostburg
The game here last Saturday was a
good one, and the result goes to shoiv j
conclusively that if the Frostburg!
boys will only stick together and prac
tice a little “inside ball,” they are at
least equal to the best in what Mr.
Pink Whiskers of Pocahontas calls
“these here diggings.”
Jenkins (“Big Bill”) held the star
position and he was there with the
jewels all the way through.
What are “Big Bill’s jewels?”
Curve.s, drops, and speed —each of
these when the other side is looking
for something else.
“Skeets” McKenzie, behind the bat,
helped “Big Bill” mightily all the
way through, and is entitled to a big |
share in the dividend of credit.
All the other boys were good back
ers, too, deserving to win by playing
neat, nice, clean, artistic ball.
The batting of both teams, however,
was weak, each getting 7 bingles,
though the home team swats were
more opportune and effective.
Commodore McGuire, the scrappy
second baseman, is managing the re
organized Midland team and he pre
sents a very formidable line-up.
“Stevie,” the veteran pitcher, and
for years the very backbone of the
Midland team, did the twirling, and
but for one bad inning, the game
would have ended differently; Mid-1
land would have scored a triumph in
stead of incurring a defeat.
Wood, as usual, did good work as I
catcher, and McFarland, on first, is !
an ideal holder of the initial sack.
Riggins, though out of place on
second, “delivered the goods,” as he
generally' does, and the balance of the
' team played a stubborn game to the
end, never losing hope, strength or
grit until the very last man was out in
: the very last ninth inning.
: “Pat” Brophy, hero of many hard
-1 played games, umpired, and the close
1 plays kept him “on the move.” His
1 judgment is excellent, and his hon-
esty of purpose being undoubted, his
decisions were acceptable to all—
players and patrons alike.
Score —Frostburg 4, Midland 2.
Coming Events
Manager Hartman and Secretary
, Byrnes, of the Frostburg team, are
arranging for many games before the
season of 1912 expires.
In proof whereof, it is their an
nounced expectation to have at least
1 one game daily' of high-class ball dur
■ ing Home-Coming week. Of this fea
-1 ture they are making special study
t and promotion.
: That the lovers of the game will re
i ciprocate with liberal patronage goes
without saying. The “knockers” who
usually have their “hammers and
■ i sledg'es” out when such promises are
• made are requested to lay their tools
! away—at least until next season.
: What is also cheering is the promise
, that everything possible will be done
[ —not only to make the team a strong
I one, but the Park and grounds will be
rehabilitated into nice conditions, es
pecially for the pleasure of Home
-1 Coming visitors. Keno.
1 “My First Home.”
Everybody will welcome Miss C. B.
Trout’s poem with intense pleasure.
As indicated in the poem, she is a
native of the town, but left long be
fore she was able to comprehend all
there is in scenic grandeur and
beauty.
But of all the town’s many daugh
ters she is one of the most talented.
Of a father who was an eloquent
minister of aggressive type, and a
mother religiously devout, she belongs
alike to the aristocracy of intellect and
the nobility of merit.
Her poem is a splendid tribute to
her birth-place and all Frostburg will
be proud of it.
Political.
Col. William J. LaVelle, widely
known in this county, was nominated
the other day in Preston county, Va.,
by the democrats for State Senator.
He is a very popular man, and num
bers among his personal friends Wil
liam E. Noel, of Tunnelton, a former
Frostburger and a staunch republican.
Otto Hohing, sr., of this place, at
tended the State Convention in Balti
more this week, held in the interest of
i Theodore Roosevelt for President.
Emery G. Hitchins, of this place, is
one of the two alternate delegates to
the Roosevelt National Convention—
to meet early' next month.
The SicK.
Amputation of the right leg, near
the knee, followed Raymond Wagus’
entry to Western Maryland Hospital,
Cumberland, last week, and reports of
his condition are cheering to his rela
tives and friends.
Miss Edna Rees has returned from
Western Maryland Hospital to her
home on Bowery street, much im
proved.
Joseph Richardson, of Washington
street, is in a Baltimore hospital suf
fering with a badly-hurt foot.
Frank S. Rayburn, the steeple-jack
whose life has been at stake over a
week from injuries incurred in a fall
from the Presbyterian Church, Cum
berland, is improving, and those at
tending him feel sure he will recover.
A note from Charles E. Stephens,
Washington, Pa., convey’s the cheer
ing information that he is improving
1 from the nervous break-down which
befel him last September—intelligence
that will be welcomely received here
by his many friends. He adds that
“the arrival of the Journal is always
. greeted as the visit of an intimate
friend.”
Coming Events.
“Special business” calls for a large
attendance of members of the Knights
of the Golden Eagle next Tuesday
evening, 30th inst. Hence, all mem
bers are urged to attend.
William H. Cole, a prominent Free
j Mason, of Cumberland, will pay a
visit to Mountain Lodge, No. 99, A.,
F. and A. M., of this place, next Tues
day evening for an interesting pur
pose, and those who are best advised
want all members of the Lodge to
attend.
The Second Annual Farmers’ Fall
Fair and Festival of the Allegany and
Garrett-County Agricultural Societies
will be held in Lonaconing Thursday',
Friday' and Saturday, October 17th,
ISth and 19th. This display last y'ear
j made Lonaconing a centre for the ex
hibition of farming enterprise of this ;
county and portions of West Virginia |
and Pennsylvania, and was a great j
success.
Saturday, August 24th, is the day
set apart for a re-union of all the Alle- j
gany-County Divisions of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians in Buena Vista
Park. A committee is at work upon
an interesting program for the day'.
Under their own auspices and in
their own interest the Boys Baud will I
hold a picnic in the Junior Order Park
this (Saturday) evening, and all who !
| can should patronize them.
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Home-Coming Notes.
Hon. David J. Lewis, Congressman,
will deliver the address of welcome
Monday, August 25th.
The next day his competitor—Hon.
Charles D. Wagaman, of Hagerstown,
will probably congratulate the town in
a public address.
Wednesday, August 27th, will be
Firemen’s Day and Hon. William H.
Ruppel, of Somerset, Pa., will re
j spond to a tender of honor as the
I town’s guest.
j Thursday, Civic-Parade day, Gov
ernor Phillip Lee Goldsborough will
be the orator of the day.
For Friday and Saturday the pro
gram seems still open, but all missing
j numbers will be filled.
At the Convention.
Monday’s Philadelphia Press con
tains a group picture of the five offi
cers of the National Photographers’
Association, now in session in that
city.
1 The last, not least, in the group is
Will H. Towles, of Washington, D. C.,
second vice-president—a Frostburg
boy who has risen to eminence in the
art.
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T*N Basis of
Confidence is the real basis
(rffistfatk f °f friendship, and our fine
'x* 5 / hr VjrfvCfyff bread keeps the friends it makes
because they find it trust
/f— YSiflf j wor tby. The high quality never
varies, never disappoints, year
a f ter year. It is the standard
of all other loaves.
Save the labels from Streett’s Mother’s Bread and
get a nice prize free.
j The Preseniing Season is Heie j
e And we are fully prepared to meet all demands. 9
We have Mason Jars, old-style, wide-mouthed, and E. Z. •
• Seal, in pints, quarts and half-gallons; Jar Caps and Gums; •
• Tin Cans; Sealing-Wax and Parafine; Jelly Glasses; Preserv- •
• ing Kettles, in tin, granite and aluminum; Strainers, Fruit •
• Presses, Colanders and Graduated Measures. •
• Our Store has been headquarters for Fruits, Berries and *
• Country Produce, and we are making every possible effort to •
• get a good share of same this season.
Our salesman is in Frostburg every Wednesday. We •
• would be pleased to have him call and give you prices, etc. •
® C. & P. Phone 77-k. •
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Meet After Many Years.
Mrs. Agnes Noakes and daughter—
Mrs. Harman, and two children of the
latter, all of Springfield, Mo., are
Home-Coming guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Wegman, West Union street.
Mrs. Noakes is a sister of Mr. Weg
man. Heaving Salisbury, Pa., in 1877
—35 years ago, for Missouri, this is
the first meeting of sister and brother
since.
Fall From a Wagon.
Elmer S. Kight, member of the firm
of Kight Bros., Broadway, met with a
painful accident Friday of last week.
Mr. Kight was driving a horse be
longing to the firm when a chain on
the harness fell, striking and frighten
ing the animal.
Mr. Kight jumped from the wagon
in an effort to stop the animal, when
his foot caught in the reins. He was
thrown to the ground and dragged
several yards. He sustained severe
bruises and scratches on the right leg
and portion of his body, necessitating
his confinement to his home, Bowery
street, this week.
The accident occurred near the in
tersection of Union street and Broad
way.
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j • 2200 Feet Above Sea Level.
THE BIG STORE
IN THE “GROWING END”
IS THE PLACE TO BUY ALL KINDS OF
GROCERIES
Headquarters for Flour and Feed
A gas engine, recently installed in the Chopping-
Mill Department, gives greater facilities than
ever for serving you with all kinds of Freshly-
Ground Feed
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T. S. COOPER, SOLE AGENT, 5 BROADWAY, FROSTBURG, MD.
A STERLING BANK.
The fidelity d Frostliurg.
“THE RELIABLE FIDELITY.’’
We do a General Banking Business.
3 °/o Interest Paid on Savings Accounts.
Assets $285,000.
D. F. McMullen, Pres. G. Dud Hocking, Treas.
We Solicit Your Business.
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to its safety, the best advertisement a
bank can have is the treatment it affords its
customers. To see that every patron of this Bank
is served with thoughtfulness and courtesy is the
aim of our officers. We want you to feel when
U you come in that this is “my bank.”
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OF FROSTBURG, MARYLAND
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Assets Over One Million Dollars
Depository of the United States Depository of State of Maryland
WE INVITE YOU TO BECOME A DEPOSITOR
Officers —RobERDBAU Annan, President; Olin Beall, Cashier
Directors— Robert R. Henderson, Duncan Sinclair, Timothy Griffith,
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