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FORTY-SECOND YEAR. NO. 48
FWFIURG’S FIE NEW
WOO POSTOFFICE
How the Postoffice Business of Frostburg Has
Grown—Statistics that Show the Importance
of Frostburg As a Commercial Center.
Postmaster Hanna and His Efficent Corps of Clerks Have Done Much
for the Improvement of the Postal Service in Big,
Busy Fr
Mention was made in last week’s
issue of The Spirit of the opening of
Frostburg’s handsome new postofflce,
and the editor hoped that the con
tractor who erected the handsome new
building for “Uncle Sam” would
favor the local paper with an engrav
ing of the building, but up to this
time it has failed to materialize.
Nevertheless, engraving or no en
graving of the building, we shall pro
ceed to give our readers some infor
mation concerning Frostburg’s postal
facilities and service that we think
will prove of much interest to most of
our readers.
The Christmas season just closed
will go down in history as the busiest
\ ' ■■ • ;
Ulysses Haaaa, Postmaster of Frostburg, Who Urged the Appropria
tion for Frostburg’s Federal Building.
season that the Frostburg postoffice
force has ever experienced. During
the week ending Dec. 27, 1913, 666
sacks of mail .were received and dis
patched through the Frostburg post
office.
The largest day’s receipts during
the week footed up to $178.72. Regis
tered letters received and dispatched
during the year ending Dec.' 30, 1913,
wgre 5,545. Domestic money orders
issued and paid, $64,990.00. Inter
national money orders issued and
paid, $23,697.00.
The receipts of the office have been
steadily increasing ever since Post
master Hanna has been in office. The
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Col. Geo. A. Pearre, Ex-Congressman, Who Secured, the Appropria
tion for Frostburg’s Federal Building.
first year he was postmaster the sale
,of stamps and box rent amounted to
$7,371.84, and for the year ending Dec.
31st, 1913, $12,731.54, or nearly double
the amount of the first year.
Postmaster Hanna opened the new
postoffice to the public on Dec. 21st,
1913. It is a handsome and up-to-date
building, built of red pressed brick,
one story with basement. It has all
modern equipment and conveniences,
not only for the handling' of mail, but
also -in all respects that make for com
fort and good sanitary conditions.
The wood work inside is fumed oak,
and the boxes are of large and splendid
design.
The fine new postoffice, as well as
the greatly improved and extended
THE FROSTBURG SPIRIT
rostburg.
mail service of Frostburg, have come
to be realized largely through the un
tiring and persistent efforts of Post
master Hanna, who has proved him
self a very efficient and accommodat
ing public officer. He has been faith
ful to his trust and stands 1 high with
the Postoffice Department.
Mr. Hanna was made the first postal
savings postmaster in this state, and
in Frostburg is where the postal sav
ings banking system was given its
first try-out in Maryland. On Decem
ber 21st, 1910, Postmaster Hanna and
one other postmaster from each state
in the Union were called to Washing
ton to get instruction for the proper
conduct of the postal savings system,
and the postmasters chosen to start
the new system were selected on ac
count of their fitness in helping to
launch the important new feature of
the U. S. postal system.
Postmaster Hanna also has the
honor of being the postmaster who in
stalled city delivery in our town,
which is proving a great convenience,
and during his administration the
postoffice outfit has twice been moved
without any inconvenience to the pa
trons of the office.
As far back as 1906, when Col. Geo.
A. Pearre represented this county in
Congress, Postmaster Hanna suggest
ed to him that Frostburg should have
a government building in which to
conduct the postoffice. Congressman
Pearre, however, gave no encour
agement at first, as he did
not think that Congress would listen
to such a proposition, as at that time
Frostburg was a city of less than 8,-
000 inhabitants, and the postoffice
here at that time did not even rank as
an office of the Second Class. But
the postmaster appealed a second time
to Congressman Pearre, who then con
sented to ask for an appropriation of
$50,000 for a government building to
be erected in Frostburg, saying the
town had nothing to lose if he failed
in lauding .the appropriation, while, it
would gain much if he was success
ful.
It is but just to Col. Pearre to say
FROSTBURG, MD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1914
that he had a high standing in Con
gress, and he landed the appropria
tion, greatly to the delight of this big,
l bustling community. Postmaster
■ Hanna cqncedes that his efforts for a
® government building for Frostburg
would have been futile without the
able co-operation and influence of Col.
j Pearre, to whom he gives much credit
for standing by his administration and
the needs of the people of this com
munity.
The ground for the new federal
building was broken by Postmaster
t Hanna, and an able address was de
livered at the laying of the cornerstone
by Col. Pearre. The Masonic fratern
ity of Frostburg also participated in
; the ceremonies, in an impressive way,
. during the cornerstone-laying.
Doubtless Postmaster Hanna has
- his critics, as all men have, but they
. are few and far between, while his
- friends are legion, and the patrons of
i the office in general are much pleased
with the efficient service he and his
1 able assistants have been giving them.
1 Postmaster Hanna is especially popu
lar with the miners, from whose ranks
3 he came when he entered the postal
- service.
1 Postmaster Hanna was a candidate
2 for nomination for Sheriff, on the Re
. publican ticket, in 1899 and 1901, but
r was defeated both times by a narrow
, margin. Had he not been the suc
. cessful candidate for Postmaster, a
little later, he undoubtedly would
have been elected to the office of
Sheriff at the next election following
his second defeat, as it was conceded
on all sides that he would be an easy
winner if he decided to run for Sheriff
a third time. But a great majority of
the people of Frostburg are glad that
Mr. Hanna was defeated for Sheriff
and given to them for Postmaster in
stead.
He is serving his second term as Post
master of Frostburg, and under his
administration the office has risen
from the Third to the Second class.
Mr. Hanna’s commission expires Feb.
16th, 1915.
Frostburg is the only town of its
size in the state of Maryland that has
a government building, and the Frost
burg postoffice ranks eleventh in the
state in postoffice receipts. The
government building here ranks' fifth
among the government buildings of
' Maryland, und is excelled only by
those of Baltimore, Annapolis, Ha
gerstown and Cumberland.
The parcels post business is in
creasing very rapidly at the Frost
burg postoffice, and beginning to-day,
the weight limit is 50 pounds in the
first and second zones, while 20 pounds
is the limit for packages to go beyond
the second zone.
The able corps of assistants to Post
master Hanna are as follows: Assist
ant Postmaster, C. S. Wade, who is at
the head of the money order and
1 registry departments, and assisted
by William Hanna and Miss
Pearl Kalbaugh; Postal Savings
Clerk, Wm. Hanna; Mailing Clerk,
Janjes Aspinall; General Delivery and
Stamp Clerks, Misses Eva G. Nash
and Pearl Kalbaugh, who also assist
in distributing mail and other work
about the office. The substitute
clerks are C. B. Davis and James
Aldredge. The carriers for the city
delivery service are J. B. Workman,
J. W. Timmons, Thomas G. Jeffries
and W. J. Daily, while the substitute
carriers are G. M. Taylor and Clyde
Flrick. The temporary fireman and
laborer is D. W. Griffith. This posi
tion will be filled by a competitive
examination in the near future. The
charwoman is Mrs. Charlotte Krausse.
The clerks and carriers are employ
ed on an 8-hour day basis, and Post
master Hanna attributes a large por
tion of his success to his able Assist
ant Postmaster and the other efficient
members of his force.
In order to give the people of Frost
burg and vicinity a chance to thor
oughly inspect the new postoffice, the
Postmaster has decided to have the
office open during the evenings of
Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 7th
and Bth, from 7:30 until 10:30 o’clock,
for that purpose, and he will have a
little souvenir containing some useful
information to hand to each visitor.
The last session of the Pennsyl
vania legislature passed a law prohib
iting the railroad companies from
giving half-fare rates to preachers.
Therefore, on and after Jan. Ist, 1914,
the clergy will have to pay full fare
when they ride over the railroads of
the old Keystone state. A very good
law indeed, one that should be nation
wide. Preachers are just as able to
pay full fare when they travel as
most other classes of people, and to
treat them as paupers degrades their
profession and has a tendency to
make incessant beggars of many and
“downright” blackmailers and hold
up artists of some. A fair price to
all, whether it is in railroad rates or
anything else, is all that any fair
minded man expects, and there should
be no discriminations on account of
race, color, creed or profession.
Doubtless some preachers are poorly
paid men and can’t afford to pay full
fare, but the same can be said of
many others in the various walks of
life. The only thing for a fellow to
do when he can’t afford to ride is to
■ watch his chances and walk. A good
long walk is often needed, anyway,
by the most of us.
“BILLY” SUNDAY
IS TRULY A STUDY
Impressions Formed Concerning a
Wonderful Man —His Late Work
at Johnstown, Pa., and its
Significance.
“Billy” Sunday, the noted evangel
ist who recently conducted a wonder
. ful revival at Johnstown, Pa., is truly
a wonderful man. And, truly, he is
a study. We have been reading quite
a number of the sermons he preached
during his religious campaign in
Johnstown, and have also read a great
deal of the comment of the Johns
town newspapers on his sayings and
his methods.
Our opinions of the man have un
dergone a change in some respects,
but not in others, and the impressions
formed concerning him since reading
many of his Johnstown sermons are
about as follows:
We no longer hold the view that he
is in the revival business simply for
money. We believe that he is sincere
in most of his statements, and that
he is following his present course
largely for the reason that he believes
he is doing a good work.
But judging from his scathing de
nunciations of modern church fads,
customs, etc., to say nothing of his
roastings administered to preachers
and others high in church circles, it
is a plain case that he considers a
great reformation imperative in the
modern church. He does not seem to
think that the church is fulfilling its
true mission. Whether he is right or
not, we must all judge for ourselves,
but it is a plain case that the Rev.
Mr. Sunday is of the opinion that a
great many church members, church
congregations and preachers should
first convert themselves and “get
right with God’ 1 * before attempting to
pose as pious examples, for he plainly
tells them so.
He goes to city after city at the
solicitation of churches and preachers
who live there, and then he roasts the
local churches and some of their
preachers as hard as he does the open
and avowed enemies of the church.
.But in spite of all that, and in spite
of all the coarse jslang and billings
gate he uses, and in spite of all the
silly palaver he gets off as to the con
servations that are going to take place
between God and himself upon the
Judgement day, he causes men and
women to “hit the sawdust trail,” as
he calls it, brings them to their knees
and to the “mourners’ bench” in large
crowds, and his converts are about
equally made up of church members
and non-members of the church.
“Billy” just gets up and tells ’em
all how blamed rotten they are, re
gardless as to what they profess or
do not profess, and most of them seem
to think he is telling them the truth.
He tells ’em just what he is going to
tell God on the Judgement day, and
what God is going to tell him right in
the presence of billions of people, as
he pictures the scene, who are going
to be on hand awaiting sentence or
reward, as the case may be, and peo
ple seem to take his word for all he
says.
God, who is supposed to know all
things, is nevertheless going to ask
“Billy” Sunday a big lot of questions,
according to “Billy’s” Johnstown re
vival statements, and “Billy” is just
going to speak right out in meetin’
and tell God everything, and accord
ingly to “Billy’s” statements some of
the answers are going to be pretty
slangy and forceable, but he seems to
think that God will be pleased with
his answers, just the same.
Well, maybe all the conversation
will take place between God and
“Billy” Sunday that the latter has
told of in advance, and maybe it
won’t. Personally, we believe it
won’t, and don’t believe that God has
authorized “Billy” Sunday to give
out any information for Him anent
Judgement day conversations be
twixt the Judge of the World and Mr.
Sunday or any other revivalist.
But,.nevertheless, “Billy” Sunday
is a great man in his line, and we are
forced to believe-that he makes thou
sands of men better. No ordinary
mortal can go about and get the re
sults that Sunday gets from his re
vivals. As we have said, he is truly
a study and a most wonderful man,
and as a creator of sentiment against
the liquor traffic, he stands without a
rival.
He converts saloon-keepers into
ardent temperance men, and if the
United Stateshad one hundred “Billy”
Sundays, the booze traffic wouldn’t
last as long as the popularity of a
new “coon” song. During his recent
Johnstown revival he was preaching
on the liquor traffic to an audience
containing several thousand men, and
when he closed his remarks by asking
all to stand up who would pledge
themselves to vote against booze the
first time they got a chance, every
man in the vast audience stood up.
Can an ordinary man create sentiment
by wholesale like that? Not on your
life!
The Sunday seances lasted six
weeks, and during that time the great
evangelist made 13,100 converts, and
the people of Johnstown gave him
over $16,000 for his services. And the
newspapers and many of the best and
smartest people of Johnstown declare
that it was money well spent, in spite
of all the slang and silly sayings that
Sunday sandwiched in among a great
many mighty truths that he drove in
to the hearts and minds of his hearers
in thunder tones.
Yes, “Billy” Sunday is a wonderful
man, and we believe he is doing some
good work, even if we don’t believe
all he says. We have the idea that
he, himself, doesn’t believe all he
says, either; but any man who can
make thousands of professing Chris
tians hit the “sawdust trail” and pub
licly admit that they have been mere
pretenders, as well as bring the open
and avowed sinners to repentance, is
a power for good, taking him all in
all.
Aa Exemplary Citizen.
An exemplary citizen is genial
“Dan” Betz, who for 42 years con
ducted a jewelry store and “watch
and clock hospital” in “Old Frost
burg on The Pike.” Mr. Betz called
at The Spirit office on Monday and
“cashed up” for a year’s subscription
to the home paper, which he has al
ways patronized and paid for from the
time that Frostburg was given its
first newspaper by J. B. Oder, our
predecessor.
In talking over the importance of
loyalty to worthy home industries,
Mr. Betz said:
“In the 42 years I was in business
in this town I never had any printing
done away from home that could be
done here. Representatives from out
of-town print shops often called on
me and tried to land orders for print
ing by offering cut prices, etc., but
my answer to one and all was that we
had printers at home who were en
titled to my work in that line.” Con
tinuing he said: “I told them that I
preferred to spend my money in the
town where I made it, as that is the
only way to build up any community,
that in the long run it pays to have
your wants supplied at home, that the
money that goes to outside concerns
adds nothing to the value or prosper
ity of the home town, but detracts
therefrom. ”
And Mr. Betz was a very success
ful businessman, making enough out
of his business to retire and times
easy before entering the sere and yel
low-leaf stage of life. He agreed
with the editor that the merchant
who foolishly sends his orders out of
town for printing, helps to create the
impression that one can deal to much
better advantage for all other com
modities in some other town, and thus
for every dollar that goes away from
the home town for printing, at least
ten times as much trade for merchan
dise is influenced to go away from
home by the bad example set by un
wise merchants who are disloyal to
home industries.
Honesty Rewarded by a Frost
burg Merchant.
One day last summer while Rev.
Ed. Miller and his Tittle daughter,
Edith, of Springs, Pa., were in tliis
city, the little girl found a pocket
book containing a sum of money and
some valuable papers, the same be
longing to Richard Griffith, a we.ll
known Frostburg grocer. Mr. Miller,
and-his daughter promptly took the
little girl’s find to the store of Grif
fith Bros., where it was received by
the owner’s brother, (Richard not be
ing in at the time) and the brother
wrote down the name of the finder.
Mr. Miller, who is an expert ma
chinist as well as a minister of the
gospel and a scrupulously honest
man, is a staunch friend of the editor,
and last summer superintended the
moving of The Spirit’s big cylinder
press. While in town last Friday en
route to Oakland, he called at The
Spirit office for a short visit, and
while here related the pocketbook in
cident, stating that a day or two be
fore Christmas his little daughter re
ceived by mail a very handsome gold
watch from Mr. Griffith, in token of
his appreciation for the prompt re
turn of his pocketbook. “I never saw
a more delighted child in my life,”
said Mr. Miller, “than little Edith was
when she received that watch,” and
he seemed to be as happy over the
genorosity of Mr. Griffith as his little
girl was.
A Handsome Pike Calender.
W. E. G. Hitchins has our thanks
for a most beautiful calender, on
which is printed a fine picture of the
old stone bridge at Eittle Crossings,
a mile east of Grantsville, which is
one of the most beautiful scences
along the old National Pike. To the
editor of The Spirit, the old stone
bridge and surroundings constitute
an exceptionally dear spot, as there
he played and fished many a day
when a boy, and no boy ever had a
prettier or a more romantic play
ground.
A church without a kitchen and
commissary department, these days,
is a church not in Style. Are we to
infer from this that the religious sen
timent in man lies in his stomach and
has to be coaxed out with good eat
ing? It would indeed seem so, judg
ing from the great number of church
suppers that are deemed necessary in
most towns.
COM; GREATEST EVERT
Dl BARM'S BISTORT
The National Star-Spangled Banner Celebration.
Information Concerning a Coming Event
In Which Marylanders Will Take
Special Pride.
Great Military and Naval Displays, Imposing Patriotic Demonstra
tions, Interesting Side Tours, Orations By Prominent Men,
and Many Other Interesting Attractions Will Mark
Great Event.
Baltimore is at work on its plans to
make the centenary of the writing of
“The Star-Spangled Banner” the
chief national event of 1914, and to
group around it notable celebrations
of patriotism and peace. The success
ful defense of Baltimore at North
Point and Port McHenry comprised
the final battles which preceded the
treaty of Ghent, and those will be
emphasized. The range of the cele
bration will include Washington, An
napolis, Frederick and the whole of
the Chespeake Bay, with the main
program and the climax in Baltimore.
The National Star-Spangled Banner
Centennial Commission has been in
corporated. The Honorary Presidents
are Woodrow Wilson, William H. Taft
and Theodore Roosevelt. The Vice
Presid are the Vice President of the
United States, Thomas R. Marshall;
Champ Clark, Speaker of the House
of Representatives; the Admiral of
the Navy, the General of the Army,
Governor Goldsborough, of Maryland,
and the present Governors of the
other seventeen states which consti
tuted the Union in 1814. The active
President is Hon. James H. Preston,
Mayor of Baltimore; Executive Chair
man, Dr. A. B. Bibbins; Vice Chair
man, Allan S. Will; Secretary, Robert
E. Lee; Treasurer, T. Rowland Thom
as; Corresponding Secretary, Lynn
R. Meekins. There are forty com
mittees headed by leading citizens.
On Thursday, September 3, the elab
orate prograrh will begin with.a pil
grimage to the historic war of 12 sites
along the Patuxent River, arid to the
grave at Upper Marlboro of Dr. Wm.
Beanes, for whose release Key visited
the British fleet. Later while detain
ed on the cartel ship “Minden,” Key,
in full view of the bombardment of
Fort McHenry, was inspired to write
the national anthem.
On Sunday, September 6, the regular
program will begin with exercises for
Patriots’ Day, ■ on which the main
speakers will be Vice President Mar
shall and Speaker Clark. Other special
addresses, with appropriate music and
decorations, will occur throughout the
city.
On the second day there will be
special ceremonies centering around
the frigate “Constellation,” the old
est vessel in the American Navy.
This will be the introduction to the
presence of the largest fleet of historic
ships ever assembled in American
waters, including every form of naval
architecture from the caravels of Co
lumbus to the latest dreadnought.
On the third day there will be a re
vival of the fetes and of the riding
and running tournaments of the early
years. The tournament is still a pop
ular form of skill and recreation in
the South, particularly in Maryland.
It means wonderful riding and run
ning, superb tilting, and the crown
ing by the successful knights of
Queens of Love and Beauty and
Maids of Honor. At the Baltimore
tournaments, the best riders and
runners in America will participate.
With it will be notable modern athletic
contests in all departments of Ameri
can sportsmanship.
On the fourth day the Fraternal Or
ders of America will make the most
imposing demonstration in their his
tory. In these orders the strong note
is loyalty and patriotism. So it hap
pens that they will add to the occasion
not only a fine inspiration but a prac
tical demonstration of their strength
and influence in America. The Fra-
To Cwt Tract of Timber at
Klondike.
W. C. Wisseman, his son Edward
and Albert Livengood, of Somerset
county, Pa., passed through Frost
burg on Monday en route to Klondike,
near which mining village they are
setting up a sawmill to convert into
lumber a tract of timber owned by
John Miller, of Grantsville, and Uriah
Jones, of this place. The tract will
cut aljout 400,000 feet.
When the editor asked Mr. Wisse
man how long it would take to finish
the tract, he said: “It all depends on
the kind of hands we can get in this
locality. l lf we can git good hands,
such as you used to be when you fol
lowed lumbering, we can clean the
whole darned tract out in two weeks.”
By that time The Spirit man began
to suspect that “Billy” Wisseman
was farming him for a “set-up,” and
the pencil-pusher at once made his
escape.
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3 ternal Qrders have been prime movers
f in all the Centennial work.
5 The fifth day will be devoted to
o municipal and national pageantry,
s and exercises showing the civic, his
- torical and educational progress of
i the century, and with notable speak
-1 ers.
e The sixth day will be the parade of
e the Army, Navy and National Guard.
- It is expected to make this the milita
ry event of the year. One of the fea
f tures will be the reunion of British
1 and American soldiers at the North
. Point battlefield, where the last arm
r ed conflict on land took place in 1814,
- before the treaty of peace was signed.
5 This will follow the unveiling of the
t peace monument there. Among the
; speakers will be Col. Theodore Roose
-2 velt, the British Ambassador, the sec
; retary of War and others. At night
2 there will be a brilliant banquet in
f honor of distinguished guests.
, On Saturday, September 12, which
, is the Centennial Aniliversity of the
: Defense of Baltimore, the exercises
- fill the whole day. The main events
2 will be the address -of President
, Woodrow Wilson, and the singing of
- the national anthem by a “human
- flag” composed of thousands of
t school children. At night the bom
bardment of Fort McHenry will be re
-1 produced, and there will be a water
- Carnival with illuminated fleets and a
spectacular rendering of the national
- anthem by the combined bands.
On Sunday, Peace and Memorial
5 Day will be observed by various ex
-2 'ercises in all cßurches and other
. places of public assembly, including
1 addresses by Ex-President William
- H. Taft, Hon. William J. Bryan, Sec
, -retary of State, and other representa-
E tives of the World Peace movement.
: Monday, September 14, will be
Naval Pageant Day, with the partici
pation of many of the history-making
r ships of the century, the presence of
i Admiral Dewey, a. trip to Annapolis
- and a salute at the tomb of John Paul
1 Jones, who was the first to raise and
1 defend the American flag oh the high
: seas. Among the speakers will be
Hon. Josephus Daniels, Secretary of
: the Navy; Admiral Dewey, Gen. Hor
[ ace Porter, Admiral Baird and As
. sistant Secretary Roosevelt, who will
. describe the 1812 British trophy flags
; on exhibition at the Naval Academy.
: Tuesday, September IS, will be Key
i Memorial Day, with a pilgrimage to
. the birthplace and tomb of Key, at
- Frederick City.
This program gives but an outline
. of the ten days. There will be a great
' Chesapeake Regatta off Fort McHen
■ ry, and an aviation meet with demon
. strations of aviation in relation to
i warfare. There are 10,000 boats in
, the Chesapeake Bay, and there are
. almost as many in the Delaware.
. From these and from the craft of New
: York and southern points will come
[ the swiftest and best, and the contests
; will include the various forms of
[ marine architecture and skilled sea
manship.
: Baltimore has long been known as
. the “gastronomic capital of the uni
verse,” and Maryland hospitality is
. proverbial. These two will
. be conspicuous during the city’s great
. est celebration. One exhibition will
|be the New Baltimore. Since the big
! fire of a decade ago, and especially
■ during the past few years, the city
has been evolutionized from cobble
stones to modern pavements, and has
been made one of the most complete
and progressive municipalities of the
■ world.
Traveling Passenger Agent Darby
Reports Prosperty.
F. R. Darby, traveling passenger
agent of the Western Maryland Rail
way Company, who spent Monday in
Baltimore, brought satisfactory re
: ports of business with him from Cum
-1 berland, Frostburg and other points
visited by him from time to time.
The well-known Western Maryland
• passenger official says that things are
booming in the Western part of the
■ state, and that nearly everybody he
1 meets is an optimist as far as the
i future is concerned.
1 “The people in Western Maryland”
remarked Mr. Darby in commenting
• on the situation, “are prosperous,
; and Jhey believe that the outlook for
business is satisfactory. You find
i activity in most every line, and the
i prevailing opinion seems to be that
■ the favorable trade conditions will
’ continue to exist. Up in our section
the merchants and manufacturers are
too busy to be worrying about pessi
■ mistic predictions which you hear
now and then.”