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FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1907.
Democratic Ticket and Platform.
After much slate malting and breaking
tbe Democratic State Convention on
Thursday evening of last week placed in
nomination the State ticket, headed by
Austin L. Crothers, of Elkton, for Gov
ernor. The nomination of Judge Croth
ers came as a surprise' to most of his
friends, notwithstanding his name had
been mentioned in this connection.
Cecil county is proud of the honor
bestowed upon one of her sons, and
while Mr. Crothers has been the central
figure in local factioual strife in former
campaigns in Cecil, he has not been a
party to the factionalism that has long
been rampant among tbe leaders of the
democratic party in the State, and in
addition his liberal political views, exec
utive and judicial ability, gift as a public
speaker, as well as his affable manners,
peculiarly adapt him as a strong man to
head the party ticket at this time.
Dr. Joshua W. Hering, the nominee
for Comptroller, has been twice elected to
the office, and his re-nomination shows
the confidence his party reposes in him.
Isaac Lobe Straus, one of Baltimore’s
ablest lawyers, the nominee for Attorney-
General, has served in the House of Del
egates, been general counsel to the Super
visors of Election of Baltimore, and is an
eloquent public speaker.
Caleb C. Magruder, the nominee for
Clerk of tbe Court of Appeals, has not
held political office since 1567, when be
Was a member of the Legislature that
called tbe constitutional convention. He
is a member of Bar of Prince George’s
county and enjoys a large practice.
The salient features of the platform
adopted by the convention were, resolu
tions favoring party primaries at which
candidates for United States Senators and
State officers may be voted for directly by
the people; declaring that the Governor
should not be a candidate for any other
office during his term; favoring a corrupt
practices act; submission of a suffrage
amendment; a fair trial for tbe Hainan
Oyster Culture law; construction and
improvement of public roads.
These and other features should prove
strong vote getters, and if they are not
intended alone for this purpose, as polit
ical platforms and campaign promises too
frequently are, outline plenty of good
work for the party at the next
Legislature.
The voting direct for United States
Senators has proven popular in every
State where adopted, removing in a great
measure, as it does, that feature of trade
and dicker among the bosses which is
openly practiced in every State where
the Legislature is vested with the power
of election, but the resolution as framed
hardly seems to fill the bill, still leaving
loop boles for trades, etc.
The declaration that the Governor
should not be a candidate for any other
office during his term, while having the
ring of sincerity, might also be construed
as carrying with it another meaning as
well, at this particular time.
Tbe speedy adoption of a stringent
corrupt practices act, covering both pri
mary and general elections, would be
hailed with joy by every voter except
that specimen of humanity whose sole
object in voting is to make tbe most
possible, commercially, out of the
suffrage.
Any measure looking to tbe promotion
and encouragement of a class of immigra
tion that would lend improvement and
development to our agricultural resources
would be popular, as would the further
ance of the improved road work, and tbe
success of the ticket will place the Legis
lature under heavy obligation, which, in
this event, it is devoutly to be hoped will
be more nearly fulfilled than has been
the case in times gone by, when the
worthy legislation accomplished has, in
most sessions, been a mere bagatelle as
compared to the campaign declarations
and promises made.
In the nomination of Hon. Austin L.
Crothers for Governor of Maryland Cecil
county has received an honor of which it
may well feel proud. The nominee, a
native of tbe old Eighth District, was not
born to the purple and to have risen from
a poor barefoot boy, with his heels full ol
chestnut burrs as he has stated, to tbe
position he now cotumauds in bis native
commonwealth, is deserving of unstinted
praise from all his fellow citizens, irre
spective of party, and the showers of
congratulations which Judge Crothers
has received shows that the esteem in
which be is held is not confined to his
own party, all lines being obliterated by
the high honor conferred upon the dem
ocratic nominee and the county of his
birth.
Of his fitness for the office there is no
question, his rapid rise from tbe political
ranks to positions of trust and leadership
testifying to his ability That |ie could
and would administer the affairs of state
in a manner befitting tbe position of
Governor of the sovereign state of Mary
land there is no doubt. So, here’s to
Governor Crothers !
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Will Secretary Taft approve the plans
of the Republican leaders of the Senate
and House to postpone the revision of the
tariff until after the presidential election.
This is the question which is being dis
cussed with great interest in political
circles here.
Before Congress adjourned the Republi
can leaders, with the approval of the
President, entered into an agreement by
which the tariff was to be taken up and
revised at a special session of Congress,
to be called in 1909. Even Represen
tative John Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, who
is stronger in the faith of “standpatism”
than Speaker Cannon, agreed to this
plan, and recently gave out an interview
describing the beauties of the scheme.
Senator Lodge in his recent speech in
declaring for revision was careful to
specify that there should be no revision
until after the national election. So far
as that is concerned the President is on
record in his message as favoring the
postponing of revision to tbe date fixed
by the Republican leaders.
But Secretary Taft has not declared
himself in favor of this postponement.
On several occasions be has intimated
that immediate revision is desirable. He
is regarded as more liberal in his tariff
views than even the President. He is
more impressed with the importance of
new tariff legislation than the President.
The President is so deeply engrossed with
anti-trust policies that he has never given
tbe tariff sufficient attention to have strong
convictions upon either side of tbe
question.
* *
In his extended travels abroad and as
Governor of the Philippines Secretary
Taft has come face to face with the evil
effects of the Dingley schedules. He is
convinced of the necessity of tbe revision.
The defeat of the Phillippine tariff bill
last session was a bitter disappointment to
Taft, and he is just as auxious to see
other changes in tbe tariff.
Through late legislation and other anti
corporations agitation, Speaker Cannon
and his “stand pat” lieutenants were able
to keep the tariff in the background in
both sessions of the last Congress. By the
promise of revision at a special session
after the presidential election they expect
to repeat their performance. But if Sec
retary Taft demands immediate revision,
postponement may become impossible.
•
* *
Another broadside for the Standard
Oil Company is contained in a report to
President Roosevelt by Herbert Knox
Smith, Commissioner of Corporations,
Department of Commerce and Labor,
which has just been made public. “Dis
crimination in Prices” is its title.
Abounding in invective, it pillories the
Standard Oil Company for selling its
products abroad cheaper than at home,
for maintaining the highest prices
possible in those parts of tl|£ United States
where it has a complete monoply, and
cutting prices relentlessly where it meets
competition; and for using its vast freight
traffic as a club to compel railroads to pay
its high prices for lubricating oil. Finally,
as a bint that tbe half has not been told,
Mr, Smith closes bis report to the Presi
dent with this passage:
“By your direction, in view of the pro
ceedings of tbe Attorney-General against
the Standard Oil Company, some of tbe
more detailed evidence secured by the
bureau regarding price discrimination is
at present withheld from publication; and
the same is true of other unfair practices,
the most important of which are the
maintenance of bogus independent com
panies, espionage over the business of
competitors, especially by bribing rail
way employes to disclose their shipments,
and deception as to tbe quanity of oil
sold.
•
• •
A bitter political contest between former
Senator Edward W. Carmack and Gov
ernor M. R. Patterson, who served two
terms in the House, is in prospect in
Tennesee, Senator Carmack is credited
with ambitions to return to his former
seat in tbe Senate. As a step in this
direction, it is said that he will become a
candidate to succeed Governor Patterson.
By electing him Governor, Mr. Car
mack’s friends expect to place him in
control of the party organization in Ten
nessee, and thus put him in position to
succeed Senator J. B. Frazier, whose
term expires three years hence.
There is a bitter personal fued between
Senator Carmack and Governor Patterson
of many years’ standing. Tbe hostility
between the former Senator and tbe Gov
ernor was opened years ago, when
Senator Carmack defeated Josiah Patter
son, the Governor's father, when the
former was a candidate for re election to
Congress. Through the defeat of the
elder Patterson Mr. Carmack sprang from
obscurity to national prominence as a
member of the House, and now he will
attempt to return to public life through
the retirement of the younger Patterson.
That the campaign in Tennessee will
not be a calm and dispassionate discussion
of the issue involved is assured when it
is announced that former Senator Car
mack is to take part. It is doubtful
whether he ever delivered a speech in the
Senate which did not contain a sting.
No member of the Seuate ever wielded a
more bitter tongue, and* Senator Car
mack never hesitated to go any length in
indulging in personalities. In Washing
ton a tragedy is expected if Senator Car
mack enters into bis Campaign with the
same spirit that be engaged in some of
the Senate debates.
A Bnautiful Flag.
Every American with real red blood in his
veins loves our flag. But do you possess a good
one? You can get a beautiinl flag almost free il
i you will send a check tor 13.30 to TEE PHILA
DELPHIA PRESS. This will entitle you to THE
PRESS daily, except Sunday, for one year by
i mail, postage paid, and also a fine band sewed
flag, size 3x5 feet, last colors, fully guaranteed.
This flag also is really worth the amount asked
and then you get the great home newspaper of
Philadelphia. Be a patriot! When you have a
good flag you can demonstrate your patriotism
at a time when “Old Glory” should be displayed.
It your children are set a good example they
i will learn to love “Old Glory” like they should
. be taught. To-day is the time to order. Send all
I orders to Circulation Department of THE PRESS,
or hand your order to the newsdealer or post
master.
i A vigorous attempt is making to preven t
1 the sending of the battleship squadron to
i the Pacific. Back of it are the workmen
r who will be thrown out of employment
, and the contractors for supplies who will
i find their business gbne. Both classes all
i along the Atlantic coast are dismayed
i over the prospect of having the Pacific
; coast gobble up their incomes.
Congressmen along the Atlantic coast
are being urged to fight the proposition
! from the standpoint of public policy or
I any other standpoint that seems to have
a chance. Of course, it is not public
I policy that worries the workmen and
contractors so much as need of the
money, but the latter argument would
I Drobably not go far at Oyster Bay and
; the former may.
f It is estimated that 15,000 Atlantic
coast workmen will be thrown out of em
’ ployment if the ships go west, for the
f expectation is that the torpedo flotilla
, and most of the minor vessels will follow
, the battleships.
! HEARTBURN AND SOUR STOMACH
Quickly Relieved and Permanently
Cured by Rydale’s Stomach Tablets.
i Heartburn and Sour Stomach are caused by an
, acid or sour condition of the stomach. Quick re
lief Is obtained from these distressing symptoms
of Indigestion by taking one or two tablets when
t needed. Taken regularly after meals they tone
and strengthen the stomach and enable It to
I digest the food and prevent fermentation, which is
the cause of heartburn and sour stomach. Sold
* and guaranteed by EH T. Reynolds.
General Murray Vandiver has
been re appointed chairman of the
Democratic State Central Corn
: mittee.
AUGUST 2
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TT /°E have but recently made an innovation in our line of
\l\[ business, one which we have been contemplating
for some time past, and which we hope will meet
l with the approval of our numerous customers—this departure
[ 18 HARNESS!
, There was a man in here recently who said that in his
younger days he would as soon have thought of going to a
blacksmith shop for quinine as to a hardware store for har
: ness, but times have changed since then,
s Doubtless j'ou who have been so insistent in your
, inquiries and demands for Whips and Harness will say we
have been too conservative, and maybe we have, but con
> servatism has been the policy of this store for nearly forty
I years, and we find it pays in the long run.
s Of course our line is by no means full. You couldn’t
i expect that all at once, but we intend adding to it gradually
’ until it is complete. At present our stock includes :
, WHIPS, which range in price from 10c to $1.25.
, CARRIAGES HARNESS in Nickel and Imitation
Rubber, starting at $10.50 and ending at SIB.OO.
Extra Traces, Lines, Hold-Backs, Hame-Strings, Saddle-
Pads, Fly-Nets, Ear-Bobs, &c.
t If you wish anything in this line give us a call. It
• won’t cost you anything and maybe you can save something
; when you come to buy.
i Perhaps some of you think we have gone out of the
l regular hardware business since taking on harness. Oh.
no ! We are still doing business at the same old stand. Try
> us and see. How about a
\ GASOLINE or BLUE FLAME OIL STOVE
for Camp? We have them here at reasonable prices.
It’s too warm weather for hot desserts. You have the
* cream, ice, &c. We have the freezer. Surely we have
something here that will suit you.
Why use so much Tanglefoot when you can keep the
r Hies out by putting in a good Screen Door or Window Screen ?
Does your grass grow rapidly, and is your machine worn
> out! We intend closing our Mowers out at greatly reduced
i prices. Don’t miss the opportunity !
I Every time you pick up a reputable magazine, you see
r in it an advertisement of
| KEEN KUTTER GOODS
We have the agency for them here in Rising Sun.
Machine, Paint, Harness and Fly Killer Oils.
> A car load of Oliver Plows and Repairs just received.
Headquarters for hardware of all kinds.' We are always
> at your service.
HAINES & KIRK.
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From all accounts the utmost tranquil
ity prevailed at the republican couuty
convention on Monday and a complete
1 slate was framed, excepting for the office
1 of sheriff, before the delegates went into
i the meeting. For sheriff there were
! three nominees placed before the con
j vention, J. Will Perkins, John Clayton
[ and Wm. H. Abrams, the former win
ning out on the first ballot with plenty of
margin. The ticket as a whole is an
[ average one, without being particularly
strong at any point.
Property Transfers.
1 Martha J. Lee to Howard W.
’ Lee, property at Pilot, SIOO.
i The Perryville Real Estate and
Improvement Company to Margaret
| O. Jackson, property in Seventh
! district, $lO and other con
; siderations.
r George A. Blake, Trustee, to
Elizabeth C. Beck, 14 acre property
near Frenchtowu in Seventh dis
trict, SIBOO.
\ William T. Warburton, Assi
i gnee, to Catherine R. Wilson,
Alexander Wilson, Andrew Wood
! all Wilson and Emma Mauldin
i Cochran, “Woodlawn” farm of
286 acres in Cecil County. (Farm
i bought for $12,700 by the late
1 Capt. J. Fletcher Wilson.)
‘ Andrew J. Schofield and wife to
[ Arrie Louisa Biggs, property at
Fredericktown, $360.
i Omar D. Crothers and wife to
1 Walter F. Cain, Simpers property
] in Sixth district, SBSO.
John H. Hammers, Trustee, and
others to Ira W. Humes, property
t in Third district, S6OO.
i “Regular As The Sun”
t is an expression as old as the race.
' No doubt the rising and setting
1 of the sun is the most regular per
• formance in the uuiverse, unless it
: is the action of the liver and bowels
when regulated with Dr. King’s
1 New Life Pills. Guaranteed by
\ Eli T. Reynolds, druggist. 25c.
: The newly discovered comet is
l now visible to the naked eye. It
j can be seen between 3 and 3.30 A.
1 M., by looking due east at about
forty live degrees above the ho
: rizon. It is in Pleiades, a star
\ cluster well-known, and in astraight
\ line underneath it is the bright stai
? Aldebaran.
Endorsed By The Country.
I “The most popular remedy in
Otsego County, and the best friend
/ of my family writes,” Wm. M.
. Dietz, editor and publisher of the
Otesgo Journal, Gilbertsville, N.
Y., “is Dr. King’s New Discovery.
8 It has proved to be an infallible
a cure for coughs and colds, making
® short work of the worst of them.
“ We always keep a bottle in the
t house. I believe it to be the most
valuable prescription known for
Lnng and Throat diseases.” Guar
t anteed to never disappoint the
i taker, by Eli T. Reynolds, Drug
- store. Price 50c and SI.OO.
Trial bottle free.
j BUFFINGTOn’S 1
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If Mid-Summer Sale Now M
, f§ In Vogue. if
f We ave conc lu<ied to commence AT once
to reduce a stock which is too large in many
of our departments. We name bargain prices
that mean just what the name implies.
* /5/Pj Suits for Men and Boys $2.50 each. One
lot goes at half price. Many reductions
I throughout the stock.
jlji Straw Hats,
While the top remains in Straw Hats the
J/T? bottom has fallen out of the price.
I. .
Men’s $3.50 and $3.00 Russet Bals. now gIW
$2.69. Ladies $1.50 and $1.25 Oxfords 95c. gaK
Shirt Waists- gp
During next month we propose giving Gig/
away Corset Cover, Belt or a Collar with
every Waist sold.
Lawn Dress Fabrics go down in the gen- iX/
eral mid-summer tumble. •
Remnants of Bleached and Unbleached
Muslin away below regular prices. Qg/
A number of those Toilet Setts already
sold. Seeing them and learning the prices
1 l ea ds to a purchase, saving money to the
customer and putting a small amount into the Gfcp
! Furniture and Carpets-
' v-Jb os?
The new Lounges are now in stock. Four
' more Parlor Suits just to hand; two hair cloth
•SvS covered sent out this week.
, ypS* They keep us on the move, small profits
make ready sales. The wheels of trade must
3T/t5 be kept revolving. No stagnation on this
\sija corner; we have the goods and to make a long
jKpgP story short they have got to go.
E. R. BUFFINGTON & SONS. ATO
Pennsylvania Railroad
SPECIAL EXCURSIONS
TO
Tolchester Beach
Wednesday August 21, 1907
Round Trip Rate 75 Cents From RISING SUN.
SPECIAL TRAIN
Will leave 8:16 A. U., connecting with Special Bteamer for
Delightful Sail On The Chesapeake Bay
RETURNING, Steamer leaves Tolchester 4:00 P. M.
Tickets Good Only On Special Train In Each Direction
J. R. WOOD. GEO. W BOYD.
Passenger Traffic Manager. General Passenger Agent.
ABOUT COFFEES.
WE would beg to say we have a very fine Bleud Coffee at 16c per
pound and an excellent straight Rio at 14c per lb. Last but not
least, our well known “Golden Santos” Coflee, better known
as 22c. We claim this coffee to be a mild and excellent drink, to which
our customers have attested for the last 15 years. We too have a coft'ee
called “Royal Santos,” to which we invite your inspection and a trial
will convince you of its quality.
CANNED GOODS
Coffers, Teas, Spires, Wooden and Willow our own Lard in 2,3, 5 and 10lb. cans,
Ware, Pillsbury Flour, Gold Medal, Gold and Salt Hams and Sbouldera, Breakfast
Leaf. Magnolia, Oasis, Corn Meal in sacks Bacon, Syrup and Molasses, Pickles,
and loose, Worcester Salt, Ground Alum, loose and in bottles.
33. IE 3 . ILTICIEZOXJB,
Cor. Queen & Cherry Bts. RISING SUN, MD.
Cecil Farmers’ Telephone.