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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1907.
Postmaster General Meyer will make
some radical recommendations for the
improvement of the postal system in his
forthcoming annual report. Among these
recommendations will be the establish
ment of a parcels post, and also a postal
savings system; the restoration of the
postal note, and the simplification of the
money order system; lower postage for
certain foreign countries. Another rec
ommendation will be the installation of
stamp-vending machines as a conven
ience for the public.
October i and 8 are registration days,
while October 15 is revision day only,
and every person entitled to a vote this
fall, and not properly registered, should
bear this in mind.
Those entitled to vote who require)
registering, in order to take advantage of
the privilege of suffrage, include: Those
who have become twenty one years of
age, or will be on November fifth; those
who have been naturalized, those who
have moved into the county six months
before the election and into the State
twelve months, and those who have
changed their voting residence from one
precinct to another.
This includes are large number of
citizens of the county, and uuless they
give attention to the matter on the days
the registers sit they will not be able to
cast their vote this fall, when a full State
and county ticket is to be elected, and
primaries held for choice of United
States Senators.
Pennsylvania’s two-cent fare railroad
law, passed by the last Legislature of the
State, has been declared unconstitutional,
insofar as it applies to the Pennsylvania
railroad, by Judges Wilson and Audenried,
in an opinion handed down.
The decision of the court applies only
to the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, but the language of the opinion
is general, declaring that the act is con
fiscatory, unfair and unreasonable, and
that it is in direct conflict with provisions
in the Federal and State Constitutions.
The act, the court says, seeks to abrogate
a lawful contract between the railroad
and the State which allows the former
to fix passengers fare at not more than
cents a mile and, also, that it pro
vides for the taking of the company’s
property without due process of law.
The decision is the result of an in
junction suit brought by the Pennsyl
vania company in order to escape the
provisions of the law, which goes into
effect Oct. 1, and while it may success
fully resist the enforcement of the law,
it is at best but postponing the time when
the railroads will be compelled to sub
mit to the demands of the public for
cheaper rates of fare and freight, or see
themselves entirely under government
control.
The Democratic State Central Com
mittee, after meeting and considering
the direct voting for United States Sen
ators, concluded the best way out of their
predicament was to let the platform
makers at ihe State Convention shoulder
all responsibility in the matter, and
“stood pat” on the resolution as adopted.
The resolution referred to while having
the ring of sincerity was so amended as to
virtually coutradict itself and leave the
choice of Senators about as it has been, —
in the hands of the slate makers.
True, all arrangements have been made
for the holding of the primaries on No
vember fifth, the general election day,
but the plan as evolved does not neces
sarily admit of the candidate receiving
the popular vote of the people being the
nominee, as any candidate who receives
a plurality of .votes in a county or a leg
islative district is entitled to the votes of
the democratic members from that county
or district only in the Legislature, the
popular vote of the State not being taken
into consideration at all, and the plan
not being what the voters had hoped—
one whereby the candidate receiving the
highest number of votes in the State
would be declared the party nominee,
without any chance for deals and dickers,
as is at present the case.
There will be separate ballot boxes in
each voting precinct, and the ballots
used will be official ballots provided by
the State Central Committee, contain
ing the names of all the candidates
who desire to be voted for. The ballot
ing will be as at the general election, by
the voter placing his cross mark in the
square opposite the name of the candi
date he desires to designate as his choice.
The system as devised does not meet
the approval of the rank and file of the
party, and is not what it professes to be —
a provision for choice by direct popular
vote.
WASHINGTON LETTEE.
That there is a wide difference of opin
ion regarding the advisability of sending
the naval fleet to the Pacific becomes
daily more obvious, although it is wholly
unlikely that the President or the gecre
tary of the Navy will be in any way in
fluenced by the public criticism of their
policy. It was declared at first that the
Democrats in Congress would make it
the basis for drastic criticism of the ad
ministration during the next session.
Then Senator McCreary of Kentucky,
came to Washington and said they would
do nothing of the kind, that the policy
was a wise one, that if there was any
nation which objected to the United
j States sending its own navy to its own
western coast, the sooner this country
knew it the better, and that as for the
expense it would be well worth all it
would cost in experience to the officers
and men , and in the example of power
and efficiency it would set to the other
nations of the world.
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*
Chekib Bey, the more or less myste
rious Turk who has been in Washington
for six years, presumably as Minister,
but who never presented his credentials
and therefore was unable to transact any
official business for his government, has
finally been recalled and is to be succeed
ed by a new minister, Mehemet Ali Bey.
As he never presented his credentials,
Chekib Bey will not now present any
letter of recall. In fact he has received
none. When Chekib Bey arrived in
Washington President McKinley was out
of the city. Chekib had credentials
addressed to him. Before his return the
President was assassinated and Vice-
President Roosevelt became Chief Exec
utive. Chekib then returned his creden
tials to have new ones made out addressed
to President Roosevelt, but the new ones
never came Why, no one knows unless
it is Chekib, and he wont tell. Chekib
does not even know of his recall. That
is, he dont know it officially. The State
Department has been notified of the
appointment of his successor and has
given the news to the press, and so it
was that Chekib first learned from the
American newspapers that his presence
in Washington was no longer desired by
his government. Whether he is to be
promoted or dropped from the diplomatic
corps he does not know. He can learn
nothing from his government and he will
soon return to Constantinople to endeavor
to ascertain “ where he is at,” to borrow
the expressive phrase of a famous Amer
ican statesman.
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*
Apropos of the Atlantic fleet’s going to
the Pacific a curious row has been raised
by the owners of American coast wise
vessels. Under the coastwise laws no
ships except those of American register
can transport passengers or coal from
one American port to another. But, in
1904, Congress passed a law which says
that in an emergency the coast wise laws
shall not apply to vessels carrying coal or
other supplies for the army and navy.
Now when the Navy Department sought
to charter American vessels to take coal
for the fleet to the Pacific coast, it was
confronted by a great scarcity of such
vessels and exorbitantly high prices.
Accordingly, availing itself of the afore
said law, it proceeded to charter eleven
British tramp steamers, to the infinite
disgust of the owners of the American
vessels who felt they ought to be allowed
to hold their own government up by the
throat. Now the owners of the coast
wise ships have sent their attorneys to
Washington to protest and threaten the
government. These lawyers have ob
tained no satisfaction here and they say
that they will seek injunctions in the
courts to prevent the unloading of the
British vessels when they arrive at their
Pacific coast destinations. The law
officers of the navy do not believe they
can obtain the injunctions but they are
somewhat anxious over the situation, as
they realize that if the shipowners are
successful it will make the Pacific cruise
cost the taxpayers a sum far in excess of
: what might be termed the legitimate
expense of the voyage.
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*
This week, Representative John W.
Weeks, Republican, of Massachusetts,
has come to the national capital and
declared in emphatic terms bis opinion
that the entire scheme is “unwise because
of the expense, and injudicious from
every standpoint.” Mr. Weeks seems to
be staggered at what be considers the
extraordinary expense of the trip, the
coal that will be consumed and the ex
pense of coaling and docking for repairs
on the Pacific coast. He also believes
that the United States should maintain a
navy large enough to cope with that of
any foreign nation but as for the practice
of a cruise arounjl South America, which
would be the first thing necessary were
diplomatic relations with Japan severed,
Mr. Weeks would have none of it.
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* m
The Secretary of Commerce and Labor,
when ' in Hawaii recently, was advised
that the greatest hardship suffered by the
far insular possession was the infrequency
of ships to the United States and the
fearful penalty imposed if, ever in an
emergency, a resident of Hawaii patron
ized a foreign vessel to come to San
Francisco. A man, a father, found him
self recently in Honolulu with no Amer
ican vessel sailing for this country for a
week. His daughter, the cable told him,
was dyiug in San Francisco and begged
to see him. He borrowed the funds and
came on a foreign vessel which was
sailing immediately, but it cost him #2OO
penalty in addition to his passage.
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*
Numerous rumors to the effect that
1 Viscount Aoki is to be transferred to Ber
lin and a new Japanese Ambassador sent
to Washington are denied at the Etu
' bassy. The Ambassador is still away at
the resort where he has spent the sum
-1 mer, but his representative here says he
• has heard nothing of any transfer and
that he would have heard of it had such
a move been contemplated by his gov
ernment. As a matter of fact, he has
represented Japau with signal ability in
Washington and it is entirely probable
that his government appreciates that it
would be a serious mistake to supplant
[ him by another diplomat, even for the
sake of enjoying the benefit of his ser
vices at Berlin.
Lost And Found.
1 Lost, between 9:30 p. in., yester
day and noon today, a bilious
attack, with nausea and sick head
ache. The loss was occasioned by
finding at Eli T. Reynolds drug
store a box of Dr. King,s New Life
Pills. Guaranteed for biliousness,
malaria and jaundice. 25 cents.
Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick, the woman
who obtained a million or more by fraud
and is serving a term in prison, has be
come totally’ blind through a severe
nervous attack.
Health In The Canal Zone.
The high wages paid make it
mighty tempting to our young
artisans to join the force of skilled
workmen needed to construct the
Panama Canal. Many are restrain
ed however by the fear of fevers
and malaria. Ii is the knowing
1 ones—those who have used Electric
. Bitters, who go there without this
fear, well knowing they are safe
from malarious influence with
Electric Bitters on hand. Cures
blood poison too, biliousness, weak
ness and all stomach, liver and
kidney troubles. Guaranteed by
Eli T. Reynolds, druggist. 50c.
SEPTEMBER.
• • • •
SUMMER is over, and with it vacation time. Once more
the sound of the bell which summons the scholar to his
task in the school room is heard in our midst. The
farmer is busy plowing, or calculating the outcome of his
corn and apple crop, while the merchant is preparing for the
Fall trade. We belong to the latter class, and we think we
are about ready for the “All-comers” with goods in our line.
We give below a list of articles to which we call particular
attention principally because they are Seasonable.
Picking Baskets—drop handles, 2:1 cents, still' handles,
20 cents.
Corn Baskets from 40 cents to 00 cents.
Market Baskets starting at 10 cents and finishing at 155
cents.
Corn Knives 20 cents and 40 cents and in between.
A fresh stock of Fodder Yarn (just received. We will
have it ready for you in a few days.
You don’t need to climb the tree, skin your shins, bark
your hands, and maybe break your neck getting apples.
Come get an Apple Picker, and save a doctor’s bill—the price
is only 25 cents.
We sell the kind of J -bu. and peck measures that are
just the thing for peaches and apples.
And you Mr. Farmer, how about stalkhoes, potato forks,
potato shovels and drags ? You will need them before long.
We have them here waiting for you.
Maybe you are thinking of putting a fence around your
i farm to keep your cattle or horses from trespassing on your
: neighbor’s property. Perhaps El wood or American Wire
Fence will save you a legal controversey. Give them a
trial!
• The Paint story is one that is old, but ever new. Fall is a
; good time to paint, and Haines & Kirk’s is a good place to
buy. We are agents for Lucas Paints, Stains and Varnishes,
- also for Fetton and Sibley Oxide Paint for painting roofs, &c.
We can furnish you from stock in gallon lots, and upon very
short notice when you wish larger quantities,
i We have paper for both rooting and lining purposes.
; Russelloid is our chief seller in rooting papers. We have it
: in £ ply at $1.60, and in J ply at $1,85. The prices include
r caps, nails and cement.
: Lunch Boxes and Buckets for the schoolboy and girl,
and labeling man.
Our Harness line will soon be complete. We invite in
spection and comparison.
Our sample line of Stoves is nearly up. Come look it
over now. You may want one later.
We are agents for the celebrated Keen Kutter goods in
, Rising Sun, also for Oliver Chilled Plows and Repairs. We
want your trade.
I
HAINES 4& KIRK.
i -
Maryland's Old Home Week.
5
t A perfect deluge of letters is being re"
j- ceived at the headquarters of the Mary
, land Home-Coming Association, 602
t Fidelity Building, in response to the iu
, vitations sent broadcast to absent Mary
landers to return to the old State for the
great reunion and Old Home Week,
October 13 to 19. The great volumes of
* these letters, that indicate the inteutiou
j of the absentees to come home, shows
„ that the expectations of the Association
r that thousands will be present were well
„ founded. The acceptances are from all
3 quarters of the country, and the letters
show the existence in the hearts of form.
, er residents of Maryland of a deep and
tender regard for their old mother State.
In one mail there were letters from
persons living in the following places
who signified their intention of coming
I home: Spokane, Wash ; Omaha, Neb.;
I Collingswood, N. J ; Jersey City, N. J.;
j La Grange, Ky.; Boothwyn, I’a.; Dayton,
j Ohio; St. Louis, Mo.; Brisbee, Ariz ; St.
Joseph, Mo.; Chicago, 111., and Belling
ton, W. Va.
j A fair example of the sentiment em
bodied in these letters is shown in a
t portion of the epistle received from Mr.
John Donovan, of St. Louis, Mo , who was
t born in Talbot county, and spent his
earlier life on the Eastern Shore, going
, west when he was not yet of age. He
I writes :
, “I have seen the growth of the middle
. West and in a measure have been identi
-5 fied with it. I have seen this country
| develop from the laud of the Indian and
j buffalo to the granary of the United
t States. In this formation none have been
■ more active and influential than the sons
of Maryland. There are many of them
here, and their names are an honor to
their native State.”
An old-timer, nearing his eightieth mile
. stone, writes from Lilydale, New York,
5 and says he is coming back to Maryland
. after an absence of thirty yea:s; for “it
r will be the last chance in my life to see
r my dear old native country again.”
> PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK.
j A general outline of principal features of the
celebration in Baltimore, is as follows :
Sunday, Oct 13, Church Pay—Old Home services
in all churches, the pulpits filled with former
j | pastors.
Monday, Oct. 14, Reception Day.
Tuesday, Oct. 16. Military Day—Grand military
. spectacle, participated in by National Guards of
Maryland.
' Wednesday, Oct. 10, Fraternal Day—Parade of
uniformed members of fraternal orders. At* night
grand ball at Fifth Regiment Armory.
Thursday, Oct 17, Municipal Day—Parade of all
branches Baltimore City municipal service, in
► eluding Fire Department. At night magnificent
electrical pageant.
Friday. October 18. Carnival Day.—Concert by
r school children, church choirs and singing
* societies iu Druid Hill Park. At night Kiug Car
i nival and his merry makers will parade.
Saturday, Oct. 19, Patriotic Day—A pilgrimage
by rail and water to the capital of the State.
* j ' The Touch That Heals
: Is the touch of Bucklen’s Arnica
i Salve. It J £ the happiest combi
i nation of Arnica flowers and heal
i ing balsams ever compounded. No
i matter how old the sore or ulcer is,
this Salve will cure it. For burns,
l scalds, cuts, wounds or piles, it has
’ no equal. Guaranteed by Eli T.
Reynolds, druggist. 25 cents.
j I BUFFINGTON’S I
, H JIT ANY large cases have arrived since last
IfUg iVi report in way of Dress Goods, material iCjLr
* I'l for School Dresses, Ladies’ Wrappers, Ctg?
* Corsets, Underwear, Clothing, Foot- jj/j?
wear of all kinds. We are simply stocked FKa
I from 4th story to"basement with the cream of JY
the market.
Grocery Department- my* ■
We are giving special attention to fine
Groceries, and pushing this department to the
front, making it a prominent feature of our
J business.
Come to us for Jars and Jellies, and com- wj?
pare prices.
Keep your eye on 5 cent counter, some
thing entirely new this week, extraordinary tmC
values. Remember this counter of Plums only WjY
, lasts for a short time, it then vanishes in the Aifjt
r C-Jp midst of the fall rush; come now, do not delay..
| fj|| Furniture and Carpets- Ijg
• Another lot of Suit Chairs and Rockers, vjaV
1 YSideboards, Mattresses Springs and Bedroom
Suits just placed in position at Furniture De
- ('jFjA partment; Still they keep coming and going, CjFp
, the life of trade never dies. Rare assortments '-Fjj}
and low prices give it vitality.
YJp E. **• BUFFINGTON & SONS.
VjTs \\r) VjO VAC V\r> y-JV \'f) \'f) YtD.
Oxford Fall Fair
September 24, 25, 26, 27
Great Tri-County Agricultural Exhibition
Two Thousand Dollars Offered in Premiums
The fair this year will have all the old attractions and a
number of new ones. Owing to the fact that it will extend
over four days instead of three as heretofore, entries must be
made on Tuesday and Wednesday, at which time the sec
retary will be at the fair grounds. Positively no entries re
ceived after 5 o’clock Wednesday or on Thursday morning.
SSO in premiums offered for the best display by
Farmers Club or Grangers.
RACING THURSDAY and FRIDAY.
Follow the Big Crowd!
A J JOUT COPFEUS.
WE would beg to say we have a very line Bleud Coffee at 16c per
pound and an excellent straight Rio at 14c per lb. Last but not
least, our well known “Golden Santos” Oottee, 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 coffee
called “Royal Santos,” to which we invite your iuspection aud a trial
will conviuce you of its quality.
CANNED GOODS
Coffees, Teas, Spices, Wooden and Willow our own Lard in 2,3, 5 and ro-lh. cans,
Ware, PillsbOry Flour, Gold Medal, Gold j ana Salt Hams and Shoulders, Breakfast
Leaf. Magnolia, Oasis. Corn Meal in sacks Bacon, Syrup aud Molasses, Pickles,
and loose, Worcester Salt, Ground Alum, loose and iu bottles.
18. HP. USTICIEBOIBS,
Gor. Queen & Cherry Sts. RISING SUN, MD.
Cecil Farmery' Telephone.