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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 19.11. 1
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The three proposed amendments to be .
voted on at the election on Tuesday
next have played no part in the
campaign, scardy receiving mention |
from the stump speakers and other cam *
paigners. Those amendments looking to i
the increase of representation of Balti- ,
more city in the legislature should be
voted down. With the city in the hands
of the crooked gang that is controlling
politics there at the present time, it is
deserving of a smaller representation,
rather than an increase, and voting
against the amendments will at least
prevent the corrupt Baltimore gang from
getting a larger number of representa
tives in the General Assembly to
further some of their nefarious political
schemes.
Of the thirteen States in which elec
tions will he held on Tuesday next, only
five will vote for Governors, and Mary
land is one of the five. Congressional
elections will he held in several ot the
States for the filling of vacancies caused
by death.
In New Mexico the first state election
for Congressmen, Governor and other
State officers will be held, and by reason
of the fact that the result will be to in
crease the numerical strength of one or
the other parties in Congress the election
there will be watched with interest
throughout the country.
To the country as a whole the elections
will be of interest chiefly as showing the
drift of public opinion, in that if one
party should show any decided gain in
the voting, the faqf will be an indicator of
what may happen next year, when the
presidential election occurs.
The Whig says the County Road Engi
neer has not made the annual written re
port of all work done on the county roads
and bridges for the year, as required by
law to be made on the 15th day ot July.
ThisNisn’t all the County Road Engineer
has not done, as residents of this section
can testify. There seems to be little evi
deuce of much done to the roads in this
Sixth district by the County Road Engi
neer, notwithstanding bis promises. A
plan was laid before him more than a year
ago, looking to the dragging of a section
of road in this district with the split-log
drag, but to the best of our knowledge
even the drag hasn't been made, let alone
any other steps having been taken for the
fulfillment of the promised repair of the
Woodlawn-Calvert stretch of road, upon
which the implement was to be used.
But this isn’t the only neglect of the
Connty Road Engineer in this section,
and of just what practical use he has
been, except to draw a nice salary, we
are not aware.
Tuesday next is election day, and every
voter should make it bis duty to go to the
polls and cast bis ballot. With the secret
form of voting now in vogue the voter
has the opportunity to mar a his ballot
for those candidates whom be feels are
best qualified for the offices to be filled.
The mere voting for a candidate who has
no other or better qualification than that
he is a member of this or that party, is a
poor form of political procedure, and
one that makes it easy for the party
“boss” to acquire his selfish ends, which
are generally those of spoils. Don't
allow the cheap clap trap and tommy rot
of the biased “party” worker to influence
you in the marking of your ballot, bist
vote for the candidates on their merits,
selecting those with t v e best qualifica
tions, as you would in any other practical
business transaction called upon to de
cide. It is the voting for incompetent
“party” nominees that results in lax
methods of the conduct of our public
business,.and with less “party” and more
real mem in nominations, and indepen
dence in voting, there will be marked
improvement in the management of
country and state affairs in general
After one of the most listless cam
paigns the State has ever known, but a
few days intervene before the election.
The candidates and workers of both
parties have been hustling ceaselessly and
putting forth their best efforts to infuse
life into the contest and rouse the voters,
but with indifferent success. The refusal
of the bosses of the republican party v to
permit the selection of candidate* by
popular vote at the primary, and the
fraud practiced by the Baltimore city
democratic gang, cast a wet blanket over
the whole campaign, and old General
Apathy has been conspicuous in the ranks
of both parlies. To sqcb an extent does
this feeling prevail that the prediction is
freely made the stay-at-home vote will
break all previous records.
The spirit of independence asserts it
aelf more and more each year, the voter
of the present day showing himself little
in sympathy with the methods of the old
line politicians, who are making a last
desperate stand to retain their control of
party affairs, but are fast bring pushed
to the rear where they belong, by the
younger and more progeessive element in
their parties, who are more in accord with
the spirit of the times and disposed to
pay heed to the clamor of the people for
much needed reform in political affairs.
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• WASHINGTON LETTER
The Government’s long-planned suit to
break up the Steel Trust was begun in "j:
Trenton last week in the United States J
Circuit Court. It is the most sweeping ‘
anti-trust action ever brought by the
Department of Justice. c
The Government asks not only for tbe
dissolution of tbe United States Steel Cor- |
poration, but for tbe dissolution of all
constituents or subsidiary companies
which are alleged to have combined in '
violation of the Sherman law to “main- *
tain or attempt to maintain a monopoly
of tbe steel business.”
There are 36 subsidiary corporations; .
19 individuals named as defendants, five j
other individuals being named as trustees 1
in connection with ore companies.
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What to do with Senator Isaac Stephen
son’s campaign documents, after be bad *
expended $107,000 in bis fight for nomi- (
nation in Wisconsin in 1909, proved to be
a perplexing problem, according to wit
nesses before the Senatorial investigating *
committee.
The documents, brought together at *
the Milwaukee headquarters after the
close of the campaign, were hauled from
town to town, taken ont of tbe State to *
prevent their being examined at a pre- !
vious legislative investigation of the 1
Senator’s expenses and were alternately
packed in a box in gunny sacks and in a
trunk before they finally landed before
the present investigators
It was shown that when the papers left
Milwaukee they weighed 200 pounds and
when they finally returned they weighed '
180 pounds. All witnesses declared they !
had no knowledge that any documents
bad been abstracted,
W. E. Black, counsel for Senator Ste
phenson, admitted he bad the papers
taken out of the State to prevent their
being examined at previous investigations.
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It may strike some persons as strange
that the proposition is seriously advanced
at San Diego, the Exposition city, to
teach poultry raisiug as a science. The
suggestion is made that it be made a part
of tbe curriculum of the rural schools.
A. E. Bletheu, president of the Poultry ■
Fanciers’ Club, is father of the idea, and
he wants to have the children given
chickens to care for, and to earn their 1
pocket money with. California now im- 1
ports many carloads of eggs from Kansas, 1
Nebraska, and other stato, whereas Mr. (
Blethen thinks that she should be export
ing benproducts. '
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Senator Bourne, of Oregon, has taken
up the cudgels against the prelates of the t
Catholic Church wbo have condemned 1
the initiative, referendum and recall. I
There seems to tie no doubt about the I
Senator’s courage.
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“Sam” Davis, the Nevada humorist
who is almost as well known as Mark *
Twain and Bert Harte, proposes to have a '
real, simon-pure, genuioe ’49 placer 1
diggio’s rigged up in a gulch at the f
Panama California International Exposi J
tion, to be held in San Diego in 1915 ,
Director General Collier favors the (
proposition. •
Visitors to the Exposition wilt be per- ‘
milted to wash out a little gold dust for )
themselves. They can put it in a tiny 1
vial and exhibit it ever afterward as a *
souvenir of San Diego and the Exposition. *
When it comes to realism Davis will t
have “rockers,” dance halls, faro layouts, I
old time shooting affrays and perhaps a <
vigilante hanging. It will make tbe J
beaits of tbe surviving argonauts beat j
faster to see tbe reminder of Haugtown, ]
Yuba Dam, Poverty Flat and tbe rest. 1
There will be stage coaches and a regular j
museum of relics which Davis will spend
tbe next three years getting together. <
This will be one of the best features of <
tbe exposition. 1
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, Complete control of all railroads of tbe ,
country by tbe Interstate Commerce i
Commission, and virtual elimination of <
the State Commissions from such control, 1
is foreshadowed in an opinion handed !
down on Monday by the Supreme Court ,
; of tbe United States. The Court held ,
i that herealter all locomotives, cars, or
other equipment used on auy railroad ]
which is a highway of interstate com- 1
merre must comply with the Federal j
Safety Appliaoce act. ,
In us opinion the Court held that com- :
pliance with Federal law is compulsory ,
on all railroads engaged in tbe transpor |
talion of persons or freight from one State
to another. Elaborating this, however, 1
it held that tbe cars or equipment of such 1
roads, even if engaged iu such trausporta- 1
tion within tbe confines of a State, must
he considered as part and parcel of tbe 1
road, and therefore completely under the
jurisdiction of the Federal Cotumisakni.
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THE CECIL FARMERS’ CLUB. |
Proceedings Of October Meeting Held At The Home Of
Joseph S. Scarborough, Near Pleasant Hill,
On 25th Of The Month.
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TT7 HE Cecil Farmers’ Club met
® I at the home of Jos. 8. Scar
borough, near Pleasant Hill,
on Wednesday, Oct. 25, with the
following members and visitors in
attendance Prest., I. Wayne
Reynolds; Secy., Cecil E. Ewing;
Treas., J. H. Maxwell, R. K.
Rawlings, R. T. • Cameron, M. C.
Reeder, Elwood Balderston, J. T.
Grove, J. Harry Maxwell, J. 8.
Scarborough, C. Ross Biles, A. H.
Mendenhall, A. B. McVey, J. H.
Kimble, W. R. Cameron.
Visitors —Prof. H. B. McDonnell,
of Md. Agrl. College; Rev. J. W.
Wooden, Chas. Gatchel, T. B. Boss,
T. T. Reynolds, J. B. Roberts,
Walter Scarborough.
Minutes of previous meeting
were read and with slight correc
tion approved.
The president stated he had re
ceived suggestions from Prof Hil>
bard, of the U. S. Dairy Division,
in reference to organizing a milk
testing association in this section
and that Prof. Hibbard would be
pleased to address the dairymen on
the subject at any time. It was
suggested that the matter be dis
cussed at the forthcoming institute.
W. R. Cameron was asked what
his Harvest Pride bearded wheat
yielded and said 32 bushels per
acre, which was better than his
other wheat had done.
Nearly every member spoke of
the great damage being done to
the wheat in the bin by the millers
which were hatching out and heat
ing the whole mass besides other
wise damaging the grain.
Elwood Balderston said he and
his son bad selected 12 ears from
their seed corn and planted an ear
to a row in 12 oonsecutive rows, all
seed being of same variety and
each row receiving the same treat
ment. A careful record had been
kept of each row and the following
was the result:
r-Per cent—.
S f wg>sswss
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s ft g *5 S
1 140 94 115 64 18 18 60bu
2 143 140 184 75 18 7 105
3 142 118 116 74 18 8 88
4 189 135 131 75 19 6 101
5 134 125 110 65 16 19 94
6 141 137 134 74 20 6 102%
7 140 126 137 77 20 3 94
8 147 112 126 65 20 15 84
9 135 119 128 77 17 6 89
10 137 120 128 66 27 7 90
11 137 US 124 72 18 10 88
12 130 110 128 74 25 1 82
Aver. 138 121 126 72 19 ~9 89%
From these different lots he had
selected six for seed purposes,
chose those which showed the
largest number of pounds and the
smallest per cent of barren stalks.
His account of this testing and
selecting his seed corn was of much
interest to those present.
J. H. Kimble spoke in favor of
the King road drag for our dirt
roads and hoped for a law similar
to that in Illinois, which he read,
as follows:
THE ROAD DRAG LAW OP ILLINOIS.
Section 1. Be It enacted by the People of the
State of Illinois, represented In the General
Assembly: That the commissioners of high
ways in any township in counties under town
ship organization, or the commissioners of
highways or boards of county commissioners
in counties not under township organization,
are hereby authorized to have earth roads
dragged at all seasons of the year whenever
they may deem it beniflcial to hare the work
done; and they may contract, a preference to
be given adjoining land owners or tenants, to
have a given piece of road dragged at a rate
not to exceed one dollar ($1.00) per mile for
each time dragged, if such work is done during
the months of December, January, February
or March, and not to exceed a rate of seventy
live cents (75) per mile for each time dragged,
if such work is done during other months of
the year than aforesaid: Provided, that -the
width required by the highway commissioners
to be dragged shall not be less than twenty (30)
feet, if the width of the roadway will permit:
Provided, also, that dragging is done as
nearly as practicable in accordance with the
instructions of the highway commissioners of
the township. g
Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person
or persons to place loose earth, weeds, sods or
other vegetable matter on the portion of a
road whloh has been dragged and so maintain
ed in good condition, or to place any material
in such a manner as to Interfere with the free
flow of water from the dragged portion of the
road to the side gutters or ditches: Provided,
that this restriction shall not apply to dqpoeits
of earth or other material that may be made
by the authority of the proper road officials, if
necessary, for filling or raising the elevation
of a given section of road or other necessary
construction work.
Sec. 3 It shall also be unlawful for any
person or persons to drive or cause to be driven
a vehicle of any description in or upon any
portion of the highway immediately after the
same has been dragged and before such
portion of the highway shall have partially
dried out or frozen: Provided, that nothing
in this secti on shall apply to those Instances
where it is impossible to drive with safety at
one side of said dragged portion of the road,
or where a vehicle does not make a rut on such
dragged portion of the road, injurious to the
work accomplished by the use of the road
drag, or where a vehicle does not make a rut
nearer than nine (9) feet from the center of
the dragged portion of the road.
Sec. 4. Any person violating any of the
provisions of this act shall be considered
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall on convic
tion before any justloe of the peace be fined a
sum of not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor
more than five dollars ($5.00) for the first
offense, and for snch offense thereafter a sum
not less than five dollars ($5.00) and not ex
ceeding ten dollars ($10.00), said found to be
paid into the road funds of the township or
road district where the damage may have
been sustained.
Sec. 5. All acts or parts of acts which are
inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Messrs. Harry Maxwell, A. H.
Mendenhall, and W. R. Cameron
were appointed committee of in
spection and an adjournment was
taken for dinner.
After enjoyiDg a bountiful re
past, prepared by the host’s daugh
ter and assisted by several lady
friends, the company took a tour of
inspection.
On reassembling, the host stated
his health had not permitted him
to prepare an essay for the occasion,
but he would ask Dr. McDonnell,
State Chemist, to give the club a
talk instead.
Dr. McDonnell responded with a
most interesting and instructive
address on farm legislation, espec
ially confining his remarks to the
Feeding Stuffs law and Fertilizer
Control law. He has had consider
able experience in the drafting of
such laws and gave in detail a
a number of points which should
be incorporated in the next Ferti
lizer Control law.
At tne conclusion of his remarks,
Elwood Balderston moved that the
Club endorse Dr. McDonnell’s
efforts to have such a law as he
outlined placed upon the statutes,
and the motion prevailed.
The committee of inspection re
ported a particularly fine repast as
a start of labors. The first thing
outside the house was a load of
very fine corn which had just been
hauled in from the field, new hog
house and machine shed since clnb
last met here, new manure spread
er, fine sow and pigs, Poland China
boar, 9 shoats, fine flock of turkeys,
flock of 18 ewes, 9 cows and one
bull, five of the cows and the bull
being registered Guernseys, 5
horses and 2 colts, flock Rhode
Island Red chickens, a mow of
wheat not threshed, bay, some
baled and some in mow, two partly
filled corn cribs in wagoD house, a
promising field of wheat and a fine
young apple orchard and the prem
ises generally well kept'.
The resignation of Rev. A. R.
Brown, corresponding secretary, as
an active member was tendered,
Mr. Brown having moved to
Toughkenamon. On motion the
resignation was accepted and Mr.
Brown was elected an honorary
member of the club.
Cecil E. Ewing/was authorized
to act as corresponding as well as
recording secretary until the next
election of officers.
Wayne Reynolds said he had
sown about ten acres in grass in
August and it bad not come up.
He had since harrowed it and put
in timothy and it now looks fine.
He asked why and was told it was
on account of the frequent rains
this fall.
Elwood Balderston said be had
tried to stimulate his potatoes by
putting on 100 lbs. of nitrate in ad
dition to the potato phosphate.
He was not satisfied with the result
as he bad only gotten 360 baskets
from two acres.
Mr. Boss who recently moved to
this section from the western part
of the state was asked to relate his
experience with potatoes. He said
he had planted the McCormick
variety which seemed to be un
known in this section. This
variety must be planted late and
not taken up until first week in
November. He had planted two
acres on July 15 and 1} acres en
the 20th. He added nitrate of
soda and got better results, getting
a yield of 125 bushels per acre.
This variety is a large potato and
, should not be maiketed until
spring as they are very poor eating
before that time. If marketed
just before new potatoes are ready
a good price can e obtained and at
that time the McCormick has at
tained its best flavor.
A vote of thanks was tendered
noth Prof. McDonnell and Mr.
Boss for their interesting addresses.
Mr. Kimble asked about using a
1 sulky plow and wanted to know ]
how deep it would plow. He was
told from 3 to 10 inches, provided ,
1 enough team was used to pull it.
On motion the club adjourned to
I meet with C. Ross Biles on Wed Des ;
day, November 15.
BUFFINGTON’S
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Our many changes and improvements have given a
system to our business unusual in a country town.
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We direct yonr attention this week to Men's and Boys’ Suits
and Overcoats above the ordinary. We name a few prices and
invite comparison.
Men's Suits—s7.so, SIO.OO, $12.50, $13.50. $15.00, $16.50. $lB.
Boys' Suits—s2.oo, $2.50, $3.00, $4,00, $5.00, $6.00. $7.50.
Odd Pants with a guarantee—sl.so, $2.00, $3.50, $3.00, $3.50 up
wards to fine tailor-made goods.
We are agents for one of the most popular tailoring companies;
measures taken and fit guaranteed. Reasonable prices—no fancy
prices asked.
New invoice of Ladies’ Chats in the styles adopted by the cen
ter of fashions for Fall and Winter 1911-1912. Measures taken for
Ladies Tailor-made Suits and Coats at prices below the average,
special arrangements having been made with a company that leads
in the tailoring business.
Dry Goods "■
Many new staple Dry Goods and attractive designs in Dress
Goods arrived and placed on sale. 25 cents to $1.25 per yard.
Ladies and Gents’ fancy and staple noveities disjflayed in glass
show counters; large variety from which to select
Blankets & Comfortables
The season is upon us demanding Blankets and cold weather
goods. We offer a variety at our low cash prices.
/ Blankets 50 cents to $9.00 per pair.
Comfortables ji.oo to $4.00 each.
Grocery Dept. '*
Is large and varied, giving rise to much comment as it embraces
the most reliable staple goods at prices that surprise those accustom
ed to-the old way of doing business.
Cash! Cash! is the watchword for progress in business in keep
ing with the 20th Century.
Furniture, Carpet & Rug Dept. —-
New things this week. More Royal Sewing Machines just on
hand—sl4.so, $16.50, $23.00, $25.00, $27.50 each. We have sold
them for many years. Always reliable.
For anything you need—Furniture, Floor Covering, Rugs, Art
Squares, Linoleums, Oil Cloths, etc., go to headquarters, which
means go to Buffington’s.
E. R. BUFFINGTON & SONS.
VS*Stores open until 9 o’clock Monday , Friday and Saturday
evenings. Closed other evenings at 6 o'clock.
NOVEMBER
Is hog-killing time. The air is just crisp enough for
it. Are you ready for the season ? It is very necessary
that you have some things in order that you may prop
erly do your work. For instance you will need:—
Sausage Stuffers, Meat Choppers,
Hog Scrapers, Butcher Knives,
Scrapple Pans, Lard Cans,
and possibly an Agricultural Furnace.
You can find any or all of these things here.
Repairs for Enterprise Choppers and Stuffers always
on hand. Let us serve you today.
Cordially yours,
HAINES & KIRK.
tS"store closes every Tuesday , Wednesday and Thursday evening
at 6 o'clock. Other evenings at 8:30 and 9 o'clock.
Mineral Production Second Only
To AOrlculture.
Nearly a third of a billion dollars
was added to the wealth of the
United States from the iniueral
production of the Western States
daring 1910, according to the
figures of the United States
Geological Survey. This includes
about 166,000,000 worth of coal,
the remaining production, princi
pally metals, having a value of
practically a quarter of a billion
dollars. The total figures of
western mineral production as
compiled by the Survey are $313,-
944,981. This is about one-fourth
the total agriculture production of
the same areas, the proportion
between mineral and agricultural
production being about the same as
for the entire United States. The
agricultural production of the
Western States, derived from
figures of the Department of Agri
culture, was approximately $1,394,-
791,000. The area considered in
cludes the belt from the Dakotas
south to Texas and the territory
westward.
Balked At Cold Steel. \
“I wouldn’t let a doctor cut my
foot off,” said H. D. Ely, Bantam, '
Ohio, “although a horrible ulcer
had been the plague of my life for
four years. Instead I used
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, aDd my
foot was soon completely cured.”
Heals Burns, Boils, Sores, Bruises,
Eczema, Pimples, Corns, Surest
Pile cure, 25c at Eli T. Reynolds.