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FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1011.
By notice of the Town Commissioners,
as published in this issue, a special elec
tion will be held next Monday to decide
whether Rising Sun shall amend its
charter so as to enable it to install a
water supply and electric light”system for
the town and for the uses of the citizens
and thereby keep abreast of the times
and greatly enhance the value of all pro
perty within the town limits, as well as
' add to the convenience of the residents,
or to continue with the same scant pri
vate water supply and antiquated kero
sene lamp lighting.
The additional fire protection to be
afforded by a public water supply, it is
estimated will reduce the present insur
ance rates sufficient to meet the proposed
raise in the tax rate for that purpose
alone, and a further additional raise of
not over five cents on the hundred dollars
will insure us electric lights for the town
and an opportunity to secure the current
for home and business purposes.
From the expressions of sentiment at
the citizens’ meeting held last week and
since then on the streets it looks like the
one best bet is that the Sun do move and
we are going to vote to have both.
The Maryland Bar Association at its
recent session decided to present bills to
the next legislature repealing the law ex.
empting volunteer militiamen from jury
duty, and decreasing the number of chal
lenges granted the defense in criminal
trials.
The announcement made some time
since by Governor Crotbers that he favor
ed the abolishment of certain State offices
and a general reduction in governmental
expenses, has not been received with
loud acclaim by the politician Class, who
make their living by petty grafting,
while the tax-payers foot the bill.
The Governor advocates the doing
away with useless deputies and forcing all
officials to perform the duties themselves.
He says there are many useless boards
that ought to be done away with and the
expense of their salary lists saved to the
public treasury, declaring that before bis
term of office expires he will point out
very pertinently how the savings he ad
vocates can be effected.
The 41,500 rural free delivery carriers
in the United States are to receive salary
increases. An order of Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock provides for the disburse
ment during the current fiscal year of
|4,000,000, which will mean an increase
of SIOO over the present salary of S9OO for
all carriers on standard routes, with pro
portionate increases on the shorter routes.
The increase is due to the desire of the
Postmaster General to compensate the
carriers for any additional burden which
may be placed npon them if the parcels
poet system be has recommeuded is ap
proved by Congress.
The rural delivery system was started
15 years ago wit.i 83 carriers, who were
paid only S2OO a year each. On July 1,
there were 41,562 carriers, their aggregate
salaries being $35,793.°°°- The system
has been of untold benefit to the rural
communities, which is the primary reason
for its extension by leaps and bonds.
That the popular vote idea p slowly
but surely becoming an established
feature in our political system, as a means
of correcting the corruption Ad abuses
that have grown out the old boss con
trolled convention system, is attested by
the fact that in five States next spring
there will be held presidential primary
elections to choose delegates to the Re
publican and Democratic national con
ventions, and to declare the preference
of the voters of both parties for candi
dates for the presidency. These presi
dential primaries will he the first ever
held iu the United States, aud the dele
gates to the natioual convention selected
under them will be the first so chosen
The presidential primary idea bad its
origin iu Oregon, but has been adopted
iu North Dakota, Wisconsin. Nebraska
and New Jersey, all of which have presi
dentist primary laws based on the
N Oregan law. /
North Dakota 'will be the first state
next spring to have a popular vote on
candidates Tor president and vice presi
dent. Dates for the primary elections in
the states that have adopted the so-called
presidential preference law are as follows:
North Dakota. March- 19; Wisconsin,
April 2; Nebraska, April 17; Oregou,
April 19; New Jersey, May 28. *
WASHINGTON LETTER
Senator Rayner has introduced a reso
lution in the Senate directing the estab
lishment of a national park at historic
old Fort McHenry, Baltimore. He fol
lowed up the introduction of his
tion with a letter to Srcretary of War
urging that no steps be taken toward the
abandonment of Fort McHenry pending
action by Congress on*the national park
proposal
War Department authorities expressed
approval of Senator Rayner’s resolution
to make Fort McHenry a national park
and to be retained permanently as a mili
tary garrison post for coast defense.
This resolution is in accord with the
policy of the War Department, as an
nounced some two years ago, when it
was said there was no intention of wholly
abandoning the fort but a small garrison
would be retained there.
* *
*
Senator Gronna, of North Dakota, one
of the new recruits of the progressives of
the Senate, in bis speech against reciproc
ity accused President Taft of nsurpation
of power, interference with the legislative
prerogatives of .Congress and the treaty
making rights of the Senate?
Declaring that the farmers of the coun
try were against reciprocity, despite the
Administration’s statements, to the con
trary, Senator Gronna said their attitude
seemed indifferent only to those looking
icg at the situation through prejudiced
glasses. “Some of those,” he said, "who
are now so bnsily engaged in discovering
that the American farmers are indifferent
will have occasion to change their views
when the next ballots are counted.”
* *
*
Tammany plans to be a bigger factor at
tbe next Democratic convention than at
any timeaince 1884. Jt will have not only
its big New York delegation, but an al
liance with the machines of Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Illinois, West Virginia and several
other important States. Tbe organiza
tion of a sort of greater Tammany with
national scope, linking together these
various State machines with tbe bigger
one whose headquarters are on East
Fourteenth street, New York, has been
going on quietly for years.
Tbe mere report in tbe press of big
Tammany influence at a national con
vention always opens a Presidential cam
paign with injury to the Democrats.
Murphy knows this, but he has not the
skill and tact to avoid the evil ap
pearance.
Murphy plainly wants to dictate the
complexion of the. uational delegation,
and it is well understood that he is for
Harmon. In any case, he will be
against Wilson, and against any man
wbo is backed by Bryan. New York in
1912 will be against ny man dictated by
h£urphy. Tbe revolt against Murphy
dictation in tbe Empire State is now so
serious that national success is gravely
endangered by it. Governor Dix has
failed to impress his individuality on the
State or tbe country. Had he turned out
a strong man and a "producer” in legis
lation, as Wilson did, be would this very
minute have been a leading candidate for
President. But Dix has been more than
a failure. He bas been tbe reflection of
Murphy, and New York is rebelliug.
Whether it were better to put through
tbe Senate the reciprocity agreeuieut, tbe
Free List bill aud tbi Wool bill, aud then
adjourn, and next year put up to Presi
dent Taft, on the eve of tbe Presidential
1 elections for his approval or veto a re
-1 vision of tbe cotton and steel schedules,
or to remaiu in Washington through tbe
1 summer in an effort to revise these latter
: schedules at this session, is being widely
' debated by Democrats in Congress.
In tbe opinion of progressive Demo
' crats there is no reason why some kind of
‘ a Free List aud Wool bill should not be
- passed by a coalition of Democrats and
insurgeuts. as soon as reciprocity is out of
r the way. These Democrats contend that
■ with the Republican insurgents bolding
I tbe balance of power iD tbe Senate it will
not be possible to pass the House bills,
9 and that wbatevei tariff revision comes
1 as a result of tbe initiative taken by tbe
1 Democratic House will in tbe end have
to be reshaped to suit the insurgent
E Senators.
Tbe more radical Democrats seem
* rather desirous of helping tbe Republi
. can i nsurgents by putting President Taft
1 “in a bole,’’ sbould tariff revision fail,
ft than of making the united Republican
' party, including tbe insurgents, respon
| sible for such failure.
At present the insurgents are in the
Mi. ■nMimV-'-iMffltlir--
attitude of being willing to give relief
from the Payne-Aldrich tariff only on
condition that they be permitted to write
the bills. The radical Democrats are in
clined to agree to such a course, because
it would strengthen the insurgents. The
other Democrats, not counting in the
small group of protection Democrats,
want to put the insurgents to the crucial
test of lining up for tariff revision, or
rallying around the high protection flag
by bringing them face to face with one
House tariff bill after another.
.**
Reports of revolutionary conspiracies
in Cuba have reached the officials of the
State, War and Navy Departments of this
Government. A watch is being main
tained on the leaders, with an expectancy
that their activities will in the near future
become concrete.
The storm centres around Gomez, the
President of the Republic, who is assailed
with charges of graft. There are several
aspirants for Gomez’s place, but all 6f
these are outside the pale of consideration
by this Government. Gomez's successor
will be selected in Washington.
General Guerra last winter threatened
to take the Cuban regular army into the
field and start a revolution He was
brought to a halt by the United States
Government, and, in a letter to General
Wood, stated he would behavfe himself.
He has since thoroughly organized his
rustic soldiers, and it is believed here
that arms have been smuggled into the
country by bis agents.
Colonel Piedra, at one time chief of
police of Havanna, is on the outs with
the Cuban President and has threatened,
according to reports here, to join with
Guerra and General Loyuaz Caslrillo and
combat Gomez for renomination. A fight
between the President on the oue side
and these three leaders on the other
means a conflict between the rurales,
over which the President roles with an
iron hand, and the regular army.
*
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The conclusion of a treaty securing the
world's peace is no longer a Utopian
dream. This is a far-reaching signifi
cance of the convention signed Friday by
the representatives o'! Great Britain, the
United States, Russia and Japan, guaram
teeing the preservation of the fur seal
herds for a period of at least 15 years.
The sentiment of the distinguished men
signatory to the treaty regard the
new treaty as anticipating in a practical
way much that is hoped for through in
ternational agreements for the arbitration
even of the “honor of the country” or
territorial disagreements.
The signing of the convention fully and
finally disposes of a principle in keen in
ternational dispute for more than 40
years. Not only past differences of a
serious nature among four of the promi
nent world Powers have been eliminated,
but a plan has beet agreed upon which
which prevent a recurrence of such dis
putes for a long time to come.
Under the new treaty the sealing pro
hibition confined to the old common-law
limitation of three miles from shore is
abolished. The compact covers the entire
ocean wherever the fur seal feeds, as well
as his habitation on land.
The Aldrich Currency Scheme.
The Philadelphia North American, a
republican paper, prints the following
from its Washington correspondent:
“By his indorsemeut of- the Aldrich
plan to place control of the money and
credit of the nation absolutely under the
Morgan Wall street financial combina
tion, President Taft has raised another
issue between himself and the progres
sive republicans.
“He has presented himself atid his ad
ministration as a new menace to public
interest, shown a new line of agreement
between himself and the aggressive
money power of Morgan and raised the
progressives to a higher plane of public
usefulness, as the only efiective force the
public can absolutely rely upon to resist
both that power and the president’s
efforts to serveit.
“Absolute commercial and industrial
slavery must follow the adoption of the
Aldrich plan, declare the progressives.
Its adoption would place the-individual
credit or every business man and every
independent corporation under the super
vision and control of a committee to be
chosen by the money combination.
“It would place in that committee
absolute power to determine which in
dividuals and which corporations should
be permitted to continue in business. It
would make control of all lines of in
dustry and all commercial enterprise sub
ject to the will of this committee.
“Anti-trust laws and laws regulating
priees, if enacted in the future, would be
absolutely puerile and useless as means
of public defense once - the Aldrich plan
is put into effect. It is the boldest and
most iuiquitous special privilege scheme
of legislation yet produced.”
This is the opinion of a fearless repub
lican orgau of a scheme to place the
finances ot the couutry in almost alwolute
control of the Wall Street gang. And
yet the Maryland Bankers’ Association in
recent convention, heartily endorsed this
defarious currency scheme.
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SECOND SlGHtr
An Apparition That Was a Meiianger
of Doath.
The third Lord Templetown used to
tell of an extraordinary and really au
thentic case of second sight. His
brother, Henry Upton, the second vis
count, was with his regiment abroad
when be and several brother officers
saw an old friend wearing trousers
and shirt only pass through the mess
room to another room from which
there was no outlet. They followed
and saw nobody, and the sentry per
sisted that- no person had entered.
Henry Upton wrote to his brother,
afterward third viscount, to request
him to go to their friend’s lodgings In
London and find out what he was do
ing at such and such an hour on a cer
tain day. The brother in London com
plied and found that their friend had
died, but not on the day he had been
seen abroad.
Later the landlady was asked on
oath as to the date and hoar of death
and whether he bad died In a white
shirt with a blue check. After some
demur she confessed that her lodger
did not die when she first stated, bnt
on the day when his friends had seen
him pass through the mess room.
It seems the date of demise had
been falsified on account of his pen
sion, which was almost all his family
had to depend upon. And be died In
a white shirt with a bine check, his
landlady having lent one of her hus
band’s to him on the morning of his
death.—London Court Journal.
SHE WANTED LIGHT.
And 80 She Had the Windows Fixed
Exaotly to Her Taste.
The architectural feature ot the
new house that caused a decided do
mestic rupture was the windows. The
man was In favor of medium sized
windows, with small panes to match
the rest of the house, but his wife in
sisted upon enormous sheets of plate
glass.
“You are away all day and do not
know whether I can see my band be
fore me at noontime or not,” she said,
“but I am In the bouse most of the
time and must have plenty of light
and sunshine.”
80 they bad big windows. Before
the carpenter left she ordered Inside,
shutters put up. The family’s first
night In their new home was cele
brated by adjusting two sets of win
dow shades, one white, the other dark
green, which served as a background
for two pairs of curtains, one of silk,
the other of lace. On the third day
the man helped his wife to hang addi
tional sash curtains, and on the fourth
day be found a man tinkering with the
outside of the window ledge.
"He Is just getting ready to put up
the awnings,” she explained.
Her husband looked at the shatters,
the two shades, the two curtains and
the sash curtains and the arrange
ments for the awnings at each win
dow, and then be laughed, but she
could not understand why.—New York
Times. >
Superfluous Verbiage.
It was Sunday evening and llkewls
his first call. She was entertaining
him at the piano, and he was not fond
of music. Of course she couldn’t be
expected to know that, poor girl! Sb
was not particularly accomplished, bur
she didn’t know what else to do, and
he hadn’t suggested anything. So she
played on and on, occasionally skip
ping a few bars that she didn’t re
member and trusting to lack. Finally
from sheer weariness and to make
conversation she turned to. him and
said:
“Papa thinks It Is wicked for me to
play the piano on Sunday.”
“Papa Is certainly right,” he replied
wearily. “But why does he—er—speci
fy Sunday?”
It Is perhaps needless to record that
he was never again Invited to that lit
tle flat.—Philadelphia Ledger.
A Treasure of a Cook.
Mr. Newedd—What l No cook Btove
In the house? I gave you money to
buy one. Mrs. Newedd—Yes, my love,
but I found I hadn’t enough to buy a
stove and hire a cook, too, so I let the
stove go. But the cook Is here, and
she’s a treasure, §he has just gone
out to get us some crackers and cheese.
His Idea For Theorist.
Tommy—Pop, what Is a theorist?
Tommy’s Pop—A theorist, my son, Is a
man who thinks be is learning to swim
by sitting on the bank and watching a
frog.—Philadelphia Record.
Marriage Licenses.
William J. Herstine and Martha
£. Marcus, both of £lkton.
■Washington Pennington, of Elk
Mills, and Jennie Olstrom, of
Philadelphia.
Hatch D. Gordou, of Lynchburg
Va., and Eva D. Gorsncb, ot
Havre de Grace.
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I BUFFINGTON’S j
M JULY CLEARANCE gfL
ft : SALE! Jfl
Now is your opportunity—do not miss it. We fJpC
Cffo name a few of the golden plums. Shake the tree
and secure your share. s^s^
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Clothing m CfcO
6 IMS*
The latest up-to-date patterns and cuts.
Men’s Suits—
slß.oo now only sl4 00
SIB.OO “ “ $12.50
sl3 50 “ “ $llOO 57 s *
$12.50 “ “ slo.qo
SIO.OO “ “ $8 50
Shoes and Oxfords “
Men’s, Ladies’ and Children’s— jJb/Jt
$3 50 now only $2 50
$3.00 “ “ $2.35 -
$2.50 “ “ $2.00 Ct/gP
$2.00 “ “ $1.65
A few odd pairs at less than half QKO
their former prices.
Dry Goods ““ •
Remnants of Percal, 10 cents.
“ “ Gingham, 6 cents. \
“ “ Lawns, 7 and 10 cents. Jwjf )
“ “ Muslin. 5 to 8 cents.
Ready-made Garments—Ladies’ Shirt Waists at
the very low price of SI.OO JsSs*
SPECIALS—Enameled Ware, Galvanized Ware *
and China Ware.
Visit basement for new and attractive novelties.
CASH SYSTEM PRICES.
$1 00 Shirts go at 95 cents. ■
.50 “ “ 47 cents.
_ Goal Oil at 8 cents a gal. Gasoiine at 12 cents a gal.
Magic Yeast 4 cents a box. 'oOy*
Brer' Rabbit Molasses, 8 cents.
10 cent Can Success Milk, 7 cents and 4 for 25 cents,
5 cent Can Staley's Flaking Powder, 4 cents. Wfx?
Ginger Cakes, 5 cents a lb. 5 cent Bag Salt 4 cts.
10 cent cake Ivory Soap, 8 cts. 10 “ “ “ 8 “
s£n We offer a large and desirable stock, carefully |pf^
selected, popular designs and styles, which we wish to
turn into money during July. Cconsult your best
interests and visit
E. R. BUFFINGTON & SONS. Igg
XjjyP t&'Stores open until 9 o'clock Monday, Friday and Satur
day evenings. Closed other evenings at 6 o'clock.
Attention! Attention!
Special July Offer!
IT’S an old saying that “it’s an ill wind that blows nobody good,”
but it exactly suits our offer for this month. We have carried
over a large supply of NORWOOD LAWN FENCE, and we
have decided to give our customers the advantage by selling the
same slightly in advance of cost. Here are the prices:—
No. 100—35" high, 7 cents, was 9 and 10 cents ft.
a •* 4Q“ <1 g u 11 ]q .1 44 •<
“ 101—35" “ 4 “ “ 6 “ 7 “ “
“ 104— “ “ 7 “ “ 9 “ 10 “ “
ii << 40“ <1 8 “ 11 40 •< 44 >< “
“ 400—35" “ 9 “ “ 11 “ 12 “ “
“ 800 “ “ “ “ “ 11 << 42 “ “
“ “ 40” “ 10 “ “ 12 “ 13 “ “
Flower Guard—lß" high, 5 cents a ft. was 6 cents a foot.
1 Walk Gates@s2.6o and $3.00, were $3.00, $3 25, $3.40, $3.50.
Remember this offer is good for this month only.
> Terms to suit. Come in and let us show you the fence. Seeing
: is believing.
Yours for a “square deal.”
HAINES & KIRK.
fSrStore closes every Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock. Keep that fact in mind.