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GREETINGS FROM
GRIMES.
Mayor of Carlos Calls on Spirit and
Pronounces it “a Mighty Good
Paper.”
The Spirit is receiving fine compli
ments from all quarters. Some of
these are being received by mail, ac
companied by checks, while others are
being delivered in person and empha
sized by cool, comforting cash.
Fast Thursday evening while sittt
ting in our sanctum meditating on
whether to start a bank or buy an
automobile with the nice roll of moiT
ey received during the week on sub
scriptions from such good people as
Joe Findauer, W. H. Jeffries, Wm. C.
Morgan, Perry Weimer, Wm. H.
Howat, J. B. Frantz, Mrs. J. A. O’-
Malley, James A. Brown, Philip
Brown, James Fittle, Dr. G. E. Arma
cost, Mrs. .Richard Harvey, Wm.
Hanna, Conrad Ort, Miss Nancy Fiv
engood, J. M. Dennison, J. A. Ran
dolph and others, to say nothing of
the revenue derived from the sale of
papers at our office, who walks in and
planks down the price of another
“sub” but Wm. Grimes, the popular
Mayor of Carlos!
Mr. Grimes is a hardshell Democrat,
but a far better man than lots of Re
publicans. As he seated himself and
began to draw out his pocketbook, he .
said: “It’s a mighty good paper you’re
getting out here, and I want to pay
for a year’s subscription.” Then we
learned his identity and insisted on
calling out the militia and Frostburg
Boy Scouts to fire a salute and other
wise honor our esteemed guest, but
Mayor Grimes is a modest man and
wouldn’t even allow us to go to the
trouble of ushering in a pail of Pilse
ner and a brick of Fimburger and
thus arrange for a little feast of reason
and flow of bowl.
“Nope! can’t tarry that long,” he
said, “for I’m in a hurry to catch the
next car for home, and it’s about due;
but you just keep sending that paper,
along, for its mighty good reading.”
Well, we were mighty glad to get
acquainted with Mayor Grimes, not
not only because he is a good fellow
3fia Mayor of Carlos, but because the
name Grimes is an honored one. The
beautiful j r ellow and finely flavored
apple known as “Grimes’ Golden,”
? (so tradition has it) was named in
honor of Mayor Grimes, of Carlos.
Furthermore, where is the man who
is not familiar with the touching old
'song about “Mr. Grimes, that good
old man,” who wore “an old gray coat
all buttoned down before,” and sad
dened everybody when he died?
The old man Grimes celebrated in
song was not Mayor Grimes, of
course, but he nevertheless carried
the honored name, and was also a
THE FROSTBURG SPIRIT
good fellow, hence the soug. Well,
anyway, we have never known a
Grimes that wasn’t a good scout and
a gentleman, and we have known
many men answering to that name.
The latchstring at The Spirit office is
always out for Mayor Grimes and all
men of his type.
The Internatioal “Ben Htir.”
Fondon acknowledged herself as
vanquished in the art of stage pro
duction when Klaw and Erlanger’s
great spectacle “Ben-Hur” was pre
sented at the Theatre Royal, Drury
Fane, last January. Even, the critics
whose caustic pens have punctured
American hopes of dramatic glory in
the English metropolis many a time
and oft, found themselves unable to
pick a flaw in the new production of
General Wallace’s play. Witfh one
voice the press a’nd the public hailed
this spectacle as the greatest ever
shown in Fondon, even on the histor
ic stage of Drury Fane, where the
Christmas pantomimes for more than
a hundred years have been considered
the acme of stage beauty and spectac
ular surprise. Not even Sir Henry
Irving’s splendidly dressed revivals
of the Shakespearian classics, nor
Sir Beerbohm Tree’s productions at
His Majesty’s have ever equalled the
realism and beauty, of the Klaw and
Erlanger presentation of “Ben-Hur.”
It was the determination of these
gentlemen to show the British public
that America leads in tbe art of stage
equipment as she leads in many of
the other arts and crafts, and they
have succeeded beyond their greatest
expectations. The production of
“Ben-Hur” shown in Fondon was
that which was seen last year at the
New Amsterdam Theatre, New York.
The season at Drury Fane has just
closed, the Wallace spectacle having
made a phenomenal run of six months.
The engagement just ended was the
second which “Ben-Hur” had played
in Fondon, the first occuring eleven
years ago, in 1902, just at the time of
the death of Queen Victoria, which
cast a gloom over England, but the
cloud did not dim even at that time
the success of “Ben-Hur. ” However,
in its present revival in England, it
has eclipsed in every manner and de
gree its former artistic and financial
success.
This mighty production has been
brought back to America and will be
staged at the Maryland Theatre,
Cumberland, for three nights and
Saturday matinee, commencing Thur
sday evening, Nbv. 6.
Birthday Party.
Master Kinney Baxter entertained
a number of his little friends on Mon
day evening of last week, at his home
at No. 94 Mt. Pleasant street, the
event being the celebration of the 7th
anniversary of his birth. Games of
various kinds, specially arranged for
little folks, were played, and at 9:30
o’clock a fine supper was served.
The dining room was tastefully dec
orated with autumn leaves and flow
ers, and the table was well laden with
a large variety of good things. In the
center of the beautifully decorated
table stood a birthday cake presented
by his grandmother Kinney. The
cake was lighted by seven candles.
Shortly after the feast, the guests
departed for their homes, wishing
Master Kinney many more such happy
birthday anniversaries, and each of
them left a gift as a token of friend
ship.
The out-of-town guests were Wilbur
and Esther Askey, of Fonaconing.
The Frostburg guests were Mrs.
Samuel Wiilets and Mrs. Alexander
McGregor, who helped to entertain
the little folks, and the other Frost
burg members of the party were Mar
guerite and Madeline Cook, Emma
and Thelma Cooper, Katherine Close,
Ruth and Mary Conley, Francis Mc-
Gregor, Glenrose Porter, Joe and
Henry Conley, John Dillon, Wm.
"Stark and Samuel McGregor.
Master Kinney was born in Mounds
ville, W. Va., Oct. 13th, 1906, but has
made his home with his grandparents
nearly all his life.
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Wanted, to know why it was so very
cold on Tuesday.
Everybody.
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Wanted, to know why J. B. Oder
continues to be a Democrat when all
other parties are so much better.
Republican.
Wanted, to know why at least one of
our police would prefer to arrest the
little fellow who acted in self defense,
and kindly lead home the big fellow
who started the trouble.
Eye Witness.
Wanted, to know why our city fa
thers go across the mountain to seek
springs of flowing water, when they
can find never-failing springs on
Broadway.
Broadway Citizen.
Wanted, to know if the new post
office will be done before Christmas.
If not, why not?
Everybody.
FROSTBURG, MD., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1913
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Rev. Wm. Gerhardt, D. D., of Martiusburg, W. Va.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF
A MOST REMARKABLE MAN
REV. WM. GERHARDT, D. D., OLDEST MEMBER
OF THE OLDEST LUTHERAN SYNOD IN THE
UNITED STATES, WILL BE 96 YEARS
OLD OCTOBER 28, 1913.
Of Special .Interest to All Lutherans—-Everybody
Should Send Post Card to Grand Old Man
in Time for His Birthday.
Rev. William Gerhardt, D. D., young
est son of John B. and Anna M. (Hens)
Gerhardt, was born Oct. 28, 1816, at
Beuern, Hessen Darmstadt, Germany.
His ancestois on his father’s side were
wealthy farmers. The standing of his
mother’s ancestors was semi-nobility,
and traceable as far back as the 17th
century.
His parents were well-to-do, but dur
ing the Napoleonic war their means
were materially reduced. Hence, for
their betterment, and to escape the
drafting of their sons into the army,
they resolved to emigrate to America,
the land of freedom and opportunity.
But on reaching Bremen, they found
to their dismay that they had not
enough money left to pay their pas
sage across the ocean. Provision had
been made to meet this emergency.
Families in this situation were given
passage on condition of being sold in
to servitude for a number of years to
such persons as needed laborers.
These persons were called Redemp
tioners.
To us at the present day this may
have the semblance of a species of
slavery; but in reality it was a wise
arrangement, for it not only gave these
families an immediate home, but gave
them an opportunity during their serv
itude to acquire a knowledge of the
language, manners, customs and laws
of the new country, thus making them
practical and useful citizens.
Availing themselves of this arrange
ment, the family composed of father,
mother and five sons boarded a sail
ship, and in 40 days reached Baltimore
in the fall, of 1819, where they found
farmers ready to redeem (hem for
their service. The parents with one
son found a home near Hagerstown,
Md., one son in Franklin county, Pa.,
and another in Somerset County near
Meyers Mill. The two younger ones,
being 4 and 2 years old, were exempt.
The parents had to serve three years,
while the sons, no matter what was
the- amount of their passage or their
age, had to serve until they were 21.
After their servitude, the parents
moved to Somerset county and settled
near Pine Hill, where Wiiliam spent
his boyhood, obtained his primary
education there and at Meyersdale.
From the age of 11 to 16 he was hired
out to farmers, with only a few mouths’
schooling in winter. He was an apt
pupil, and by close application he ob
tained a fair elementary education
that fitted him at the age of 16 to
commence teaching, which he follow
ed several winters at Mechanicsburg,
or Yoder Stadtle, (now known as Sum
mit Mills) and Meyers Mill ( Meyers
dale) doing farm work in summer.
In early life Dr. Gerhardt exhibited
the characteristics that led to his fu
ture career, and hence he longed for a
wider sphere of activity and useful
ness in life. And his religious train
ing by a pious mother, and the im
pressions received at confirmation
tended to direct his mind towards the
ministry. So, after closing his school
at Meyers Mill, in Feb. 1836, he made
arrangements to go to Gettysburg to
enter Pennsylvania College.
His parents were not able to give
him any financial assistance, and he
was obliged to make his way as best
he could. He utilized his vacations in
teaching, and during the greater part
of his course boarded himself. He had
to practice strict- economy and self
denial. Nearly all'his traveling was
on foot, and being a good pedestrian,
he generally averaged 40 miles a day.
Mr. Gerhardt graduated in 1841, and
after a course of Theology at the
Seminary, entered the ministry, serv
ing the following pastorates: Eliza
bethtown, Fancaster county, Pa.;
New Bloomfield, Perry county, Mt.
Bethel, Northampton county, and
Jonestown, Febanon county. His life
work was preaching and teaching, in
both of which he was eminently suc
cessful.
In 1855 the Futheran Synod of North
Carolina called him to take charge of
a literary institution established by
that body at Mt. Pleasant, N. C. He
was its first professor, and during an
incumbency of over five years, raised
it to a College standing, and in 1880
the College conferred upon him the
title of D. D.
In 1867 Dr. Gerhardt was called to
Martinsburg, W. Va., to take charge
of the public schools of that city. It
was soon after the war, and the schools
were yet in a crude condition in the
young state, and he entered the great
work of development with his usual
tact and energy, and as principal and
superintendent for nearly 20 years
was one of the chief factors in raising
the city schools to a high standard.
His experience and success has given
him the reputation of an educator of
high rank.
Dr. Gerhardt was married in 1844 to
Miss F. A. Riley, of near Gettysburg.
She died in 1887, and afterwards he
was married to Mrs. A. C. Maritty, of
Martinsburg, who is still living. He
has six children, two sons and four
daughters, all of the first wife.
Though a resident of West Virginia,
he continues to be a member of the
Synod of Pennsylvania, the first and
oldesf Futheran Synod in the United
States—a body that numbers over 300
members, of which he is the oldest
and heads the roster. He has outlived
all his relatives of his generation. He
has survived all his classmates, both
in College and Seminary. He attri
butes his longevity to heredity, an
even life, the kind attentions of a
care-taking wife, and to strict observ
ance of the commandment, “Honor
thy father and thy mother that thy
days may be long.”
Dr. Gerhardt is now travelling to
ward the 96th milestone of his life’s
journey, living in retirement and
daily awaiting the call—“ Come up
Higher.”
“Mutt & Jeff.”
“One good laugh deserves another. ’ ’
You just simply can’t laugh “Mutt &
Jeff” over in one night. See it again
and # catch what you .missed the other
time. Those two funny fellows never
do the same thing twice the same way.
Gales of laughter are sweeping over
capacity audiences at every perform
ance. An avalanche of delight has
caught the town. Be in the swim and
see “Mutt & Jeff,” Frostburg Opera
House,. Monday, Oct. 27th. Prices —35c
to sl. Children, 25c.—Advertisement.
] JS THE SPIRIT MOVETIiJ
A widow lost a hog. We do not re
fer to the death of her husband. She
lost a real hog and advertised for it.
The editor says the hog must have
read the paper, for he came hiking
home on the dead run as soon as the
paper left the postoffice. This is not
the first instance where a hog has
read anewspaper, and, incidently, for
got to pay for it.
This fearless editor may offend and
lose a subscriber, but if he is right,
in the end he will gain twelve. He
may lose one advertiser, but if he is
light he will gain five thereby. If he
tries to ride all the horses in the field,
he will be unhorsed by each of them.
The editor should follow his earnest,
well-considered convictions, and the
man that he should labor to please is
himself. If he does this with ability
and without fear or favor, he will have
a greater following and better support
than he who trims his sails to every
changeable breeze and without chart
or compass, principle or purpose,
drifts aimlessly about with every
shifting tide.
Owing to the almost prohibitive
prices of meat, the people in some
localities are again organizing socie
ties pledging their members to eat no
meat for 30 or 60 days. If they stick
to their plan, the prices of meat are
bound to come down. The American
people eat far too much meat, any
. way, and to travel on the vegetable
wagon for a few months, will undoubt
edly improve the health of those who
have all their lives been “riotous eat
[ ers of flesh.” But, fellow citizens, to
live on Battle Creek horse food and
vegetables, even for only a month or
two, doesn’t look very alluring. We’d
rather have some beefsteak, and now
and then some ham; or else, perhaps,
a veal bake,'or a slice or two of lamb.
At chicken, too, we like to chew, and
turkey is quite nice; but what the
blazes can we do when we haven’t
got the price? When we haven’t got
the price of meat, what in thunder
L shall we eat? “A little old molasses,
t some sugar on the sly, potatoes, if
j you’ve got ’em, root hog or die!”
’ NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS.
As the year 1913 is rapidly fading
away, it is time to select your New
[ Year resolutions, and to aid our read
. ers of different temperaments in mak
. ing selections, we suggest the follow
. ing:
During the year 1914 I will vote
nothing but the straight Republican
j ticket, and vote it as often as I can.
, I will not kick my wife out of bed
L for having cold feet, unless she re
fuses to get up and kindle the fire in
the morning.
I will not drink mail-order whiskey,
- unless my home territory is voted dry.
r (This one, of course, is for Democrats
only).
I will not smoke cigarettes, unless I
1 make up my mind that I want to
smoke in the next world also.
I will wash my feet at least once
every three months, whether they
need it or not.
’ I will cut out morphine, opium, co
caine and other dope that produces
ideas as crazy as those which afflict
Socialists.
I will not be surprised if I learn that
Bryan and Debs are getting ready to
run again in 1916.
I will love my neighbor’s wife as
myself, providing she is handsome
' and lovable.
I will not lie to my neighbor, ex
f cept in a “hoss” trade.
I will not lick my neighbor, unless
he tries to bring reproach upon me by
telling others that he has a better
dog than I have.
' I will at least put up a bluff at mind
ing my own business.
I will abstain from patronizing
speak-easies in dry territory, unless I
fail to locate a moonshine still.
’ (This one is for Democrats only).
' I will vote the Republican ticket the
balance of my life, unless I make up
( my mind that I don’t care to go to
heaven when I die.
I will not lie awake nights study
ing how to evade payment of my debts.
I will not stand up in church and
sing “Jesus paid it all, all the debt I
owe,” when I know that I’m owing
money on subscription to my home
L paper.
I will not borrow the home paper
from my neighbor, thereby showing
that I’m a mossback and cheap skate,
but will subscribe for myself and pay
for it in advance.
’ I will advocate warm weather for
winter, when it is needed, and cold
1 weather for summer, when it is often
too hot.
I will advocate a 6-hour working
; day, if my wife will agree to work IS
hours to keep the family from want.
(This one is for professional labor
1 agitators only).
I will try to tell the truth when I
find that a lie won’t answer my pur
pose. (This one is for candidates on
■ ly).
I will make no promises I don’t in
-5 tend to fulfil, unless I take a notion to
1 run for office on the Democratic or
1 Bull Moose ticket.
' I will not take myself too all-fired
. seriously.
; Distinguished Visitors
* Governor Goldsborough and Wife,
Accompanied by Prominent Road
Officials, Visit Frostburg.
Last Thursday morning Governor
’ Goldsborough and wife, accompanied
by members of the State Roads Com
-1 mission and others, arrived in Frost
: burg on a tour of inspection of the
1 state’s improved roads. The party
' was composed of the following named
persons: Governor and Mrs. Golds
borough; Dr. Ira Remsen, President
of John Hopkins Uuiversity, of Balti
[ more; Miss Irene-Graham and Walter
’ B. Miller, of Salisbury, Md., Andrew
’ Ramsey, of Mt. Savage; Chairman O.
E. Weller; Ex-Senator E. E. Goslin;
H. G. Shirley, Roads Engineer; H. M.
Eauzins, Secretary of the Maryland
’ Automobile Club; Harold E. West, of
the Baltimore Sun; Joseph Y. Brat
tan, of the Baltimore American, and
Howard I. Harman, of the Baltimore
’ New's.
The party made the trip in four
automobiles, stopping in Frostburg
several hours. At Hotel Gladstone
the party was met by the Miners’
Hospital Board, several State Normal
School officials, and other prominent
citizens of the town.
Escorted by the Hospital Board,
. some of the party, including the
i Governor and wife, walked to the
hospital and explored the institution
thoroughly. The Governor expressed
much pleasure at finding a building
so large and well finished for the mon
ey expended. On this point he dwelt
with much force and pleasure, citing
several instances elsewhere in the
state where the results do not meas
ure up to the expenditures.
Mrs. Goldsborough was not only
pleased with the edifice, but entranc
ed with the beautiful landscape views,
which reach the hills and vales of
Pennsylvania. Hence she spent more
time on the outlook than in the inter
ior of the edifice.
The members of the board, knowing
that the money confided to their
business care has been expended
economically, are much pleased with
the Governor’s unsought endorse
ments of their work. Other members
of the party were also outspoken’ in
approval of the building in every
way.
From the hospital two automobiles
carried the Governor and Mrs. Golds
borough, Dr. W. A. Remsen, Walter
B. Miller, Miss Irene Graham, Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Ramsey, and
Messrs. Clayton Purnell, Dr. Timothy
Griffith and Roberdeau Annan to the
State Normal School.
After having been shown through
both the main and new model build
ings, the party was ushered into As
sembly Hall, where Prof. Edw. F.
Webb, Principal, introduced Dr. Rem
sen.
The doctor delivered a brief address,
calling attention of the students to the
fact that they should not feel that they
have completed their education when
tdey graduate, emphasizing this point
by citing his own experience and pol
icy; that, although a retired teacher,
he is still a student.
-Governor Goldsborough, also intro
duced by Prof. Webb, recalled the
fact that this school was made pos
sible by a bill introduced and enacted
when a distinguished citizen of Alle
gany county, his friend, Lloyd
Lowndes, was Governor. “And it is a
matter of pride to me,” said the Gov
ernor, “that the measure providing
for the model addition was secured
through the Legislature during my
administration. ”
He stated also that he is in favor of
increased assessments for public
school purposes; that an equitable
plan with this object be enacted into
law, both for state and county appli
cation, and taking the matter of ap
propriations from the general fund in
each case from the discretion of pub
lic administrators. “My text through
out the state,” said he, “is good roads,
efficient schools, and, through these
elements, prosperity and intelligence. ”
The Governor was earnestly profuse
in complimenting the faculty upon the
school’s growth and unquestionably
good work.
After the members of the faculty
had been introduced, the Governor and
party left to continue their tour of the
roads to Oakland, via Grantsville.
Senator Goslin said while here that
the improvement has been marked
since May of last year, when the com
mission traveled over the roads. He
said the distance from Baltimore to
the Pennsylvania line, north of Gar
rett county, as embraced in the good
roads system, is 19S miles, and of this
stretch ISO miles have already been
modernized.
From Frederick to Hagerstown the
party traveled over the modernized
turnpike. The improvement, which is
still in progress, has been going on
for over a year.
Will Furbish Outlines for Tuber
culosis Day Serfflok^s.
Outlines for sermons to be preached
on National Tuberculosis Day, Decem
ber 7th, have been prepared and are
being sent out by The National As
sociation for the Study and Preven
tion of Tuberculosis, to thousands of
clergymen of all denominations in
Successor to
The Frostburg Mining Journal
Established 1871
WHOLE NUMBER 2,175
various parts of the United States.
The outline is designed to furnish
material for the preacher in the prep
aration of his sermon or address on
tuberculosis, in the educational move
ment which it is expected will be
carried on in about 100,000 churches
and schools during the early part of
December.
Among some of the interesting
headings of the outlines, is one show
ing “What Tuberculosis Does,” un
der which the information is given
that 200,000 people are killed each year
by tuberculosis; that one-third of all
deaths between the ages of 18 and 45
are caused by this disease; that it costs
over $500,000,000 a year to the United
States; and that not less than one
million people are sick with it all the
time in this country. Some of the
other headings show what tuberculo
sis is; its predisposing and immediate
causes; its commonest early symptoms;
how it may be treated, cured and pre
vented; and what is being done in the
movement for the prevention of the
disease. Under the last heading an
enumeration of the various agencies,
including the sanatoria, anti-tuber
culosis associations and open-air
schools engaged in this work, is given.
Copies of the sermon outlines will be
sent to any clergyman or other inter
ested person, free of charge on appli
cation at the office of The National
Association for the Study and Pre
vention of Tuberculosis, 105 East 22nd
Street, New York City.
TALE OF A TIGHTWAD.
Every Man Should Take to Heart
, the Moral it Points.
We once knew a man who was too
stingy to take the newspaper in his
home town, and always went over to
borrow his neighbor’s paper.
One evening he sent his son over to
borrow the paper, and while the son
was on the way he ran into a large
stand of bees, and in a few minutes his
face looked like a summer squash.
Hearing the agonized cries of the
son, the father ran to his assistance,
and in doing so ran into a barbed wire
fence, cutting a handful of flesh from
his anatomy and ruining as 4 pair of
trousers. >
The old cow took advantage of the
hole in the fence, got into the corn:.,
field and killed herself eating green
corn. Hearing the racket, the stingy
man’s wife ran out of the house, up
setting a four gallon churn full of
cream into a basket of kittens, drown
ing the whole litter. She slipped on
the cream and fell downstairs, break
ing her leg and a sl9 set of ialse teeth.
The baby, left alone, crawled through
the spilled cream into the parlor and
ruined a S4O parlor carpet. During
the excitement the daughter eloped
with the hired man, taking the family
savings bank with them.
The moral is that every man should
be a subscriber to his home news
paper. —Brooklyn Eagle.
Will Locate In Frostburg.
Nelson J. Folk, who resides near
Sutton, in Garrett county, seven miles
west of Frostburg and one-half mile
south of the Natioual Pike, called at
The Spirit office last Thursday to
have posters printed announcing a
public sale of live stock, vehicles,
implements, household goods, etc., to
be held at his place on Wednesday,
Nov. 5, beginning at one o’clock p. m.
Mr. Folk expects to move to Frost
burg soon, and next summer will like
ly erect a house on some lots he re
cently purchased in the upper end of
town, unless he can find a suitable
home for sale at a price he is willing
to pay. Mr. Folk is a good citizen,
and The Spirit is glad to note that he
intends to locate here.
of Columbus Elect
Officers.
Frostburg Council No. 1442, Knights
of Columbus, at their regular meeting
held in they rooms in the Engle build
ing, on Friday evening, Oct. 10th, 1913,
elected the following named officers
to serve for the issuing year:
Grand Knight, Stanley Logsdon;
Deputy Grand Knight, Joseph M.
Condon; Chancellor, Philip F. Blake;
Recorder, Thomas J. Keating; Finan
cial Secretary, Wm. J. Davis; Treas
urer, Wm. T. Kirby; Advocate, Thos.
J. Green; Warden, John T. Lyons;
Inside Guard, Joseph Eberly; Outside
Guard, Leonard Monahan; Trustee,
(2 years), John J. Jackson.
The council is in a flourishing condi
tion and is made up of an energetic
membership.
Royal Arch Masons Elect Officers.
At a regular convocation of Ohr
Chapter No. 26, Royal Arch Masons,
held in Masonic Temple, this place,
Thursday evening, Oct. 16th, 1913, the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing term: Most Excellent High
Priest, Harry C. Hitchins; Excellent
King, James H. Fuller; Excellent
Scribe, Josiah Ford; Secretary,
Thomas T. Spier; Treasurer, Conrad
Hohing.
Later in the evening, 'at the same
place, Mountain Council No. 17,
Royal and Select Masters, met and
elected officers for the ensuing term
as follows:
Thrice Illustrious Master, Dr. John
C. Pfeiffer; Deputy Illustrious Master,
Henry F. Cook; Illustrious Principal
Conductor of the Work, Jonathan
Sleeman; Treasurer, Alexander G.
Close; Recorder, J. Taylor Crump.