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FROSTBURG, MD. AUGUST 3, 1912
HOME OF JOHN PAUL JONES
House at Fredericksburg, Va., Recently
Marked by a Tablet Erected
by the D. A. R.
Fredericksburg, Ya. —The only home
that John Paul Jones had in America,
which still stands in Fredericksburg,
has recently been marked by a tablet
erected by the Betty Washington Lew
is chapter, D. A. R.
Jones was appointed a lieutenant In
the continental navy while still a res
ident of Virginia. The famous Ameri.
can naval hero left here in 1775 when
he received his appointment.
Judge John T. Goolrick and Mrs.
Goolrlck have probably done more
John Paul Jones’ Home.
than anybody else to keep the history
of John Paul Jones.
Mrs. John T. Goolrick was recently
presented with a gold maltese cross
In recognition of her patriotic services
in securing the bronze tablet on the
Jones house. Judge Goolrick has devot
ed himself for years to getting out a
historical narrative of John Paul Jones
and has proved beyond all doubt that
John Paul Jones was a citizen of Vir
ginia and a resident of Fredericksburg
during the entire period of his abode
In this country.
Judge Goolrick is the authority for
the statement that William Paul, the
only brother of the great commander,
kept a store and a tailor shop in the
Fredericksburg house; that John Paul
first came hei'e in 1760, remaining
about four years, when he returned to
Scotland. He also states that John
Paul came here again In 1775 and that
he was living in this house when he
was appointed a lieutenant in the con
tinental navy and that he added Jones
to his name for the first time when he
entered the navy.
YOUTHS MET TERRIBLE FATES
Rochester Boys Who Threw Nitro
glycerine Cartridges Into
a Bonfire.
Rochester, N. Y. —The lives of three
boys were blotted out in Rochester as
the result of the foolhardy act of
throwing nitroglycerine blasting cart
ridges into a bonfire which the lads
had built. The explosion that fol
lowed killed one of the boys instantly
and the others died in the hospital a
few hours afterward. The force of
the explosion was so great that win
dow glass within a radius of 500 feet
was shattered and the detonation was
heard two miles away.
The three boys were John McGuire,
fourteen years old; Archie Clark, thir
teen, and William Perry, eight. All
of the boys were related, two sisters
of the McGuire lad being the mothers
of his two companions. The boys were
in the habit of gathering junk and in
their expeditions came upon the cart
ridges. It is estimated that 400 of the
cartridges were thrown into the bon
fire by the boys. This accounts for
the terrific force of the explosion. The
bodies of the Clark and McGuire boys
were hurled 50 feet away, landing on
the ground. The body of the Perry
lad was dismembered. The torso was
carried over a high tree and landed
in the branches of an apple tree, while
the head was found on the roof of a
back kitchen 100 feet in an opposite
direction. Other parts of the body
were scattered in different directions.
The eyes of the Clark and McGuire
boys were blown out and their bodies
were multilated frightfully. They died
without regaining consciousness.
Surgeons Appointed.
Drs. Timothy Griffith and J. Mar
shall Price, of this place, offered the
office of Surgeon of the Western
Maryland Railroad Company', have
accepted, and both are ready to re
spond to the Company’s call.
Death of An Old Colored Man.
At the home of his daughter—Mrs.
Joseph Redrick, 42 East Mechanic
street, this place, Tuesday morning,
July 30, 1912, Mr. Daniel Rollins, aged
78 years, 1 month and 14 day's. He
was a native of Richmond, Va., and, |
until emancipation, was a slave, owned
by' the Carrington family of Virginia.
He accompanied his master in the
Civil War, finally locating in Frost
burg. “Old Daniel,” as he was fa
miliarly known here, was a faithful
servant, and held one place 30 years
—in the working force of the H. B.
Shaffer family. Funeral Thursday
afternoon in the John Wesley M. E,
Church, Brownsville.
Gratitsville Generalities.
Messrs. William R. Gunter and
Charles W. Shaw passed through here
Sunday en route to Uniontowu, Pa., !
on foot. Got here just in time for j
dinner ; dined, and went on.
Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Bowen, of Grants
ville, and the doctor’s parents—Mr. !
and Mrs. William Bowen, of the East
ern Shore, were visitors to Frostburg
Sunday, making the trip in C. C. Mil
ler’s car.
W. E. G. Hitchins, George Stern,
George Lewis and George J. Wittig, j
of Frostburg, motored to Grantsville
Wednesday in one of Mr. Wittig’scars. |
ONE OF THE AFRICAN STYLES
Dusky Damsels Adorn Themselves by
Repulsively Distending Their Lips
With Wooden Discs.
many strange things and queer peo
ple, and not the least odd of the lat
ter are som* of the natives living in
the vicinity 6f Lake Chad In the cen
tral part of ihat puzzling continent.
As a result oi his tra.rls on the dark
continent Lan ior has given some fine
descriptions of the people and their
grotesque customs.
The accompanying illustration gives
an excellent idea of one of these. One
may be excused for not believing It
to be the picture of a woman, for
there is nothing to suggest the fem-
African Victim of Style.
inine in this case, unless it be wom
an’s inherent love of adornment. Hav
ing determined that elongated lips
are a thing of beauty, these dusky
damsels go the limit, using wooden
discs in the process of creating and
maintaining this frightful, repulsive
condition.
“It was on the Shari river,” writes
Landor, “that I found the custom of
elongating the lips more exaggerated
than in any other part of Africa, the
women actually Inserting small wood
en or tin saucers in their upper lip
and sometimes in both lips. It was
most ludicrous to hear these young
ladies talk, especially when they had
two plates, one in each lip, as they
clapped like castanets, and the voice
became nasal and unmusical. These
women were otherwise well formed
anatomically and quite statuesque
when young. They adorned their
ankles and arms with brass rings and
wore shell ornaments around the
neck. The plates in the lips were oc
casionally removed, when the upper
lip hung down so low in a loop as to
reach lower than the chin, leaving a
repulsive aperture under the nose
through which one could see the
teeth.”
Not a very pleasant picture, truly;
but style is style, and Africa is Af
rica.
FINDS LONG LOST PET TURTLE
Farmer Had Carved Inscription on Its
Shell in 1888 When He Was
a Boy.
Harrisburg, Pa. —A farmer In south
ern Pennsylvania, w'ent sw'imming
very frequently last summer in Green
lake. On one occasion one of his toes
was suddenly caught and held with a
vise-like grip. He sputtered and tried
to get loose all the way to the shore,
almost fainting with the exertion.
His catch was a large snapping tur
tle which had to be removed from his
Finds His Pet Turtle.
toe with a chisel and hammer. The
following inscription was found carved
on the shell: “H. T. 1888.” “Why,”
gasped the astonished farmer, "I carv
ed that on a pet turtle when I was fif
teen years old, and I’ve been looking
for him ever since. He found me first,
how'ever.”
Latest News Frotn Braddock’s
Army.
The commander reported yesterday
that—
“ The army is complete.
“Uniforms and guns will be here
next week.”
“All recruits,” he orders, “will as
semble in the Base-Ball Park at 3
o’clock Sunday afternoon, August 4th,
for drill and dress parade.”
Order, as shown the Jouknai., is
signed by “John Chambers,
Commander.”
Not Stolen.
Mrs. Mary J. Rank, Loo and Hill
streets, lost 25 chickens Wednesday
and Thursday nights—all killed by a
weasel.
WAS RATHER TAME.
Grace —1 heard that you were hurt
lr a football game recently?
Harry—Oh! not of any account. I
was only two days in the hospital.
Business Movements.
The Lonaconing Advocate compli
ments carving executed by the J. B.
Williams Company, of this place, upon
“the Smith monument, erected in
Oak Hill cemetery,” as “a splendid
exposition of high-art memorial work. ”
The same paper reports a recent
visit of George Stern, of this place, to
Lonaconing, to “look over the Mary
land Hotel, which he recently pur
chased, with extensive improvements
in view.”
The Keyser (W. Va.) Tribune gives
particulars of considerable remodel
ing of the First National Bank, of
that place, much of the work to be
done by Olin Gerlach, of this place.
Two passenger-autos are running
between Cumberland and Mt. Savage.
One leaves each place every hour, be
ginning at 6 a. m., and continuing
until late in the evening. The enter
prise is enjoying liberal patronage.
“J. H. Grosnickle, night car dis
tributor for the Consolidation Coal
Company here for several months,”
says the Fairmont (W. Va.) Times ,
“has tendered his resignation to the
company in order that he may accept
the assistant trainmastership of the
Western Maryland company, with
headquarters at Frostburg, Md. While
a host of friends will regret that
“Gros” is to leave the city they will
be glad that he again enters upon
duties much to his liking and into a
position which will prove well worth
his while.”
In the Realm of Sisterhood.
Mrs. Daniel A. Porter, of this place,
has gone to Denver, Col., to attend
the Supreme Council Convention of
the Pythian Sisters. She is a repre
sentative of the Grand Council of this
State. Much important business will
be transacted at this session.
The Sick.
Miss LaVergne Johns, daughter of
Mrs. Mary Johns, was taken last Sat
urday to Western Maryland Hospital,
Cumberland, for surgical treatment.
Underwent operation Monday and is
recovering nicely.
Mrs. G. W. Griffith, a recent patient
in Western Maryland Hospital, Cum
berland, has returned to her home, on
Mechanic street, and is rapidly recov
ering.
The First Train.
Several hundred people gathered at
the new Western Maryland Railroad
station Thursday morning to see the
first train go through.
There wasn’t enterprise enough in
town to have the three bands of music
out, but the crowd was representative
of all the town’s elements—the church,
law, medicine, education, journalism,
architecture, mercantile, commercial,
musical, artistic, building, mining,
railway and others of possibly more or
less moment.
Some patriotic ladies also helped to
augment the volume of welcome.
1 After a long - wait locomotive No.
152, drawing one passenger, one par
lor, and one dining-car, but the prem
ier chiefs had passed in the cab
of a B. and O. freight locomotive.
Bernard Dilley, agent, paid much
attention to the visitors from town
pending the arrival of the train.
The town’s welcome, though not
! noisy, was very cordial and sincere,
and all could see that the complexion
of things reflected lots of reciprocal
business benefit to town and road in
the future.
Birth-Day Surprise.
Mrs. Thomas Bond, Steyer street,
on her return from prayer*-meeting,
Thursday evening, was surprised to
find a house-full of friends, who had
gained admission during her absence.
The occasion was her 64th birthday,
and many of those who knew it gave
her the surprise in memorial of the
anniversary.
They had brought a bountiful sup
ply of good things to eat, and a season
of merry-making was continued in
edible discussion of the eatables.
Coming Events.
A great picnic under auspices of St.
Ambrose Catholic Church, Cresap
town, is announced for Saturday, 17th
inst. Gunning’s Grove, fully equipped
for the purpose, is the spot, and. the
committee in charge will provide all
the modern accessories for a day of
complete enjoyment.
The Foresters have a dance an
nounced for Friday evening, 16th
inst., in the Junior Order Park
Pavilion.
A lawn fete will be held at No. 51
Water street Monday evening, 19th
inst., under auspices of the Dames of
Malta. Ice-cream and cake will be
served to the girls, cake and ice
cream to the boys.
A Handsome Testimonial.
The friends of Robert Stephens, a
member of the Consolidation force of
workers during the last two years,
met him at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Douglas Snyder, Bowery street, Tues
day evening, to extend a formal good
bye.
Though Mr. Stephens’ stay here has
been short, his genial manner and
general amiability have made him
universally popular. Hence, the intel
ligence that he had taken a position
in Cincinnati, Ohio, was received with
the same measure of profound regret.
His chums, however, determined to
make it known that it. paj's to be a
genuinely good fellow. Accordingly,
a pretty gold watch was presented to
him as a memorial of Frostburg’s ap
preciation of his good qualities. Not
onl3' so, the orators eulogized his
merits in speech; the vocalists em
balmed his excellencies in song, and
the rest helped him dispose of the
j delicatessen which garnished the din
ing-tables of the little home.
Others present were—
| A. J. Willison Karl Mayer
Walter Aspinall Holt Hitchins
Glenn Beall Jabez Workman
Victor Lammert G. Kear Hosken
Frank C. Ort N. T. Hocking
Bryson Tucker Roy Martin
John Mclndoe Philip Hohing
G. W. McElfish Allan T. Hartman.
Y. M. I.
At the quarterly meeting of the
County Board, Young Men’s Institute,
Sunday afternoon, in Clarke Hall, del
egates were elected to the Tenth
Grand Council, Atlantic CU3', N. J.,
14th, 15th and 16th inst’s, as follows :
Cresaptown Julius Grabenstein
Cumberland .Dennis O’Hara
j Eckhart Bernard B3'rnes
Frostburg Michael McDade
j Midland James Durkin
Mt. Savage F. Hergott
These gentlemen will be accompa
; nied by Frank McDermott, of Mt. Sav
age—a Grand Director.
The Grand Council will choose rep
resentatives to the Supreme Council,
| which will sit in Santa Cruz, Califor
nia, September 10—20, next, and this
number of the business programme
j arouses considerable interest.
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Picnics.
The Boys Band picnic in Jr. O. U.
A. M. Park last Saturday was a profit
able affair and very many enjoyed the
evening with the boys.
The picnic Tuesday brought out
many colored people and the same
Park was thronged with them all
afternoon. A base-ball game between
Meyersdale and Frostburg terminated
unsatisfactory. In the 10th inning,
due to a tie at close of 9th, a differ
ence arose which could not be ad
justed satisfactorily to the visitors
without injustice to the home team.
Result—a draw.
Proposed Church Improvement.
The members of Mount Zion Welsh
Baptist Church have determined to
re-model their church edifice at a cost
of about $1,200, and work will begin
at once under the direction of S. W.
Duggan, contractor.
Political.
Messrs. Emory G., Adam E., Paul
L. and James J. Hitchins will attend
the National (Roosevelt) convention,
in Chicago next Monday.
.jjL Breathes there a man with soul so dead,
[. Who never to himself hath said,
1 This is my own, my native land!
Many changed scenes will meet the eyes of our jll
■ old friends who have been without our midst for
: the past twenty years, and yet many old landmarks
’ Fy and familiar sights will cause one to forget the
’ lapse of time. Jk
" If you choose —Jack Carter and the old grey jL
team, which carried you and your happy bride to gL
* Cumberland, will meet you at the new Western
Maryland Station.
SThe Old National Pike, Dan’s Rock, St. John’s
Rock, Borden Woods, Beall’s Lane and Pearce’s Jh
1 Chocolate Soda are still here —the latter always of fa
1 unequalled quality, can be found at the same old Jh
t stand —better than ever! JL
i 1 G. E. Pearce Drug Co. f
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Streett’s, The Place!
s Bas ' s °f
: Jgggfgll Friendship.
Confidence is the real basis
I s°f friendship, and our fine
bread keeps the friends it makes
| because they find it trust
worthy. The high quality never
1 varies, never disappoints, year
J fI after year. It is the standard
of all other loaves.
* Save the labels from Streett’s Mother’s Bread and
i get a nice prize free.
j The Preseiving Season is Here \
• And we are fully prepared to meet all demands. J
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 £
J • 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. 9
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Still Against the Roads.
Prompted by President Taft, Con
gress has included an appropriation
of six million dollars in the river and
harbor bill for levees and embank
ments along the Mississippi river, and
people living within the sound of the
pick-and-shovel echoes from the “im
provements” are chuckling with ap
plause. But no opportunity is ever
given the farmers to hurrah for a
cent’s worth done by the government
for the public roads!
On a Long Trip.
An automobile party of three left
Wednesday morning for a tour of two
weeks extending through towns and
cities of Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Kentucky.
The car —an “Oakland,” was deco
rated with Home-Coming pennants
and loaded with matter advertising
the town —to be liberally distributed
along the line.
Messrs. A. Johnson Willison and
l Karl Mayer, of this place, and Frank
l C. Ort, of Midland, comprise the party,
, the first named enjoying the pleasure
of owning and driving the car.
Well Lighted, Ventilated and
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
THE H. B. SHAFFER CO.
DO NOT BE SATISFIED WITH LESS THAN THE BEST
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those claiming to do A W LV>A
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work has no equal.
T. S. COOPER, SOLE AGENT, 5 BROADWAY, FROSTBURG, MD.
A STERLING BANK.
ffie Fidelity of prnstburg.
“THE RELIABLE FIDELITY.”
We do a General Banking Business.
3 °Jo Interest Paid on Savings Accounts.
Assets $285,000.
D. F. McMullen, Pres. G. Dud Hocking, Treas.
We Solicit Your Business.
jl “My Bank” [
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to its safety, the best advertisement a
U 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 onr officers. We want you to feel when
U you come in that this is “my bank.”
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