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THE FORUM. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY THE HOME BUILDING l CONVEYANCE COMPANY OF FROSTBURG. IST. RALPH MOORE Editor and Mgr. Address all communications to THE FRQSTBURG FORUM, Boa no 16, sTrostburg, Md. SATURDAY. .JUNE 8, 1901. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. The following rates for publishing political announcements in these columns have been fixed and will be charged to those who desire to make their wishes known to the voters of Allegany county. The charges are payable in advance: For State Senator, $10; Members of the House of Delegates; $5; County Officers, $5. FOR SHERIFF. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for sheriff of Allegany county,.subject to the decision of the Republican Nominating Convention, and solicit the support of Re publicans throughout the county. District 12. HORACE R. HAMILTON. The Forum has been the recipi ent of many sincere compliments of late—words of encouragement hacked up by substantial sup port in a business way. There is nothing more appreciable in the ex perience of a conscientious work man, whether iu the office, in the shop, in the schoolroom, oil the bench, behind the pulpit, or in the editorial chair, than the good, hearty, honest acknowledgement by an observant person of his or her appreciation of what is being done. Flattery and compliment differ widely from each other. Flattery means nothing and often deludes; a compliment means everything and usually furnishes the impetus to higher ambition, greater activity, and leads to worthy achievement. To wait un til one is dead and then say the kind words that might have been spoken in life is as valueless as a peuter quarter with a hole in the middle, and for this reason these expressions of appreciation are taken for their fuil face value. Thanks. On Tuesday night as the editor of this paper was hustling himse along upper Union street tightly a lone 10 ceni^ueegJ|H| \ n n £ and a ' BHBDDliinientary stamp, he was ( a- prominent Frosts in no uncertain tones demanded to know who was meant in an article headed “Five Girls” in last week’s Forum. We at. tempted tot offer an explanation, but wound! up by calling him a liar-and then the fun(?) commenced We inserted his hands in our hair, our thumb in his mouth, drew him down on the ground on top of us and proceeded to clean him up about right. We wear a punc tured thumb tied in a linen rag and the other fellow wears a look of satisfaction. If there are any more who want a slice, let them apply at 9:30 next Monday night, when we hope our thumb will be in condi tion for further chewing. The effort of any newspaper to KnUrl nn a. Irani is r>ra,ctica,llv null build up a town is practically uun ified unless it is backed up by the g business men of tlie town. A j. stranger turns from the news j columns of a paper to its advertis- a ing columns, and if he fails to find • there the business cards of the merchants and profssional firms he ( comes to the rightful conclusion i that the best enterprise in the town i is not appreciated and that it is a 1 good place to steer clear of. A town can not grow, with any rapidity without the active assist ance of a good newspaper. Busi ness men should realize this and remember that iu lending support to their local paper or papers they are not only building up their own business but are helping to support that which is steadily working for the growth of the whole town. •Speaking of the nuisances which the law doesn’t cover—that long eared stubborn little animal noted for its kicking propensities and evi dent admiration of its own voice is one; that man who attempts to tell you a joke and laughs before, after, and all through it, is another; but the worst of all is that editor who fills his paper with little clippings from other papers and then gets off cute little nothings in comment. We deny the allegation and defy any allegator who dares insinuate that this is directed at the Broad way Almanac. The hardest lick we have heard the poor old Journal get recently was delivered by a business man of Mt. Savage yesterday morning. The gentleman ran up against the big tin sign that covers the Journal’s door and remarked: “I see you have three papers here now. When did the Journal start—l never heard of it before.” We came to the office, threw the devil’s hat in the hell box, bought 5 cents worth of ice cream with five spoons and treated the house, and scored one for The Forum. The Broadway Almanac lapsed into poetry (?) last week at the ex pense of 115 Broadway. As Home was burning, Nero also wrote poetry, but made the mistake of not consigning his poetry to that fire. Possibly the Almanac man has his Tygellinus and Vitinius, as did Nero, and he may yet have a Petronius who will some day rise in the glory of outraged forbearane and say as he said to that Ceasar: ‘ ‘Kill, but do not write poetry, ’ ’ According to the Mayor’s mes sage to the city council, Cnmberland needs “more light, electric police clubs and a patrol wagon.” Until notice has been given that these things have been secured, this might serve as a warning to Frost burg’s bloated bondholders who are in the habit of visiting Cumber land in the evenings without a special detective at their heels. THE HOME MERCHANT. The appearance of a number of cata logues of such firms as Montgomery, Ward & Co., Chicago, Seigel, Cooper & Co., New York, Wannamaker & Sons, Philadelphia, and others of like nature, brings to mind the injustice that is be ing done to local merchants by many citizens in every town and city in the country—and Frostburg is not an ex ception along this line. Persons who receive these immense elf catalogues grab them eagerly, qpicl their imagination to ayioi *■*!* JSsSP lifvM J pfSls? work where they believe 7 they can save an immense amount of money by dealing direct with these department stores and promptly fire off a $7 money order for a #ls (?) suit oi clothes, $2.25 for an $8 (?) silk skirt, and sls for a S3O side board—not to mention $1.37 for a pair of $6 (?) patent leather shoes—and a $1.75 telescope thrown in. The goods come—are unsatisfactory two-thirds of the time, but because it involves con siderable trouble and a very strong effort to get the cash back in hand, the goods are kept. The victim swears under his breath for a few days, and —then makes a fool of himself again. Thus the merchant at home who contributes to all the institutions of the community, pays his taxes and improves his property, is placed in un just competition and left to hustle for trade and eke out a hard-earned exis tence. Ten-to-one if the purchaser from the city store had gone to his home mer chant he wonld have found as good bar gains and by buying of him would have helped place the merchant in a position > to give him better bargains in the fu ture, besides keeping at home the money that otherwise Roes entirely away from . a community never to return. The t home merchant, also, is invariably a ( genial sort of fellow glad to rectify any mistake, and to make satisfactory any and all purchases. i That the home merchant is a victim ( of the city department stores and the ( cerdulousness of the people, does not Warrant the belief that the home merchant himself is not responsible to a certain extent for this state of affairs. In fact he is responsible, and to a large extent. If the home mer chant by proper and judicious adver tising kept before the public the bar gains he has to offer, there is just reason to believe that buyers of foreign firms would see the advantage of trade ing at home, and would do so: but in this progressive age of hustle and ad vertising schemes, people judge, and rightly, too, that firms who do not ad vertise have nothing to offer—conse quently they go elsewhere. However there is a class of people who seem to think they must go to “the city” after anything and everything they want, on the assump tion that they can not secure at home the things they desire. This is cer tainly a mistake and we believe in jus tice to home merchants it should not i be practiced. The idea to be conveyed herein is that those persons buying out of town should give a little more consideration . to the old addage “do unto others as ’ you wish to be done by,” and that the > home merchant should take advantage of The Forum to place himself and his ’ wares before the entire public of Frost : burg and vicinity. THE CITY’S NEED. Does it not seem a little incongreous i that a city the size of Frostburg should not have a Board of Trade, or some other organization through which the citizens might act in harmony and altogether for the city’s progress. At present Frostburg is prosperous, but only because of a generousness on the part of nature. We have black diamonds, but will mother earth con tinue forever to yield up in bounteous ness as at present. Even though the miner’s pick should never be laid down in the vicinity of Frostburg, is there no spirit of progress here that sug gests the idea of doing more than sit still and pluck the ripe banana, or eat the bread fruit already prepared. Although we do not desire to sound an alarm bell, we state it as a fact that the end of Frostburg coal veins will certainly be found sooner or later. It may be twenty-five years, or it may be fifty, but when that time comes Frostburg will need other means of support —will need enterprises of a different character to employ labor and thus support the business life of the city. A man has no right to live only in the present, nor has a city, but in order that future progress may be made, it is necessary to be active in the present. What Frostburg could have at present and will need in the future is manufacturing plants of all kinds, ar.d through the medium of a Board of Trade or like organization such things could be secured. It takes a strong pull, and altogether, to put a city in the direct line of progress, but once there it takes a stronger pull to dump it back into the old rut. Can’t a few of these little hatchets be buried, and knives sheathed and let the dove of peace and horn of pros perity settle down over the city? The columns of The Forum are open to any discussion of this- important question. “President McKinley is sitting in the White House bartering the lives of the American soldiers away for the almighty dollar and is too narrow to act,” and like statements appeared in a certain Indiana paper just after the explosion of the battleship Maine. The editor of that paper is now endorsed by Senator Beveridge for appointment to a postoffice that is in the Presidential list. Will the gentle man from Ohio swallow this little pill and appoint the aforesaid editor or will he give him an augur^J'frw just under the short ribs. J ‘ An exchange giving a lis* of “dant’s at the table,’ for the bem®t of a-nirs at tne taDie, tor tne Deuesdt' *4j[ •' 1 ‘ :71 ‘ 11itiinWra— tim' U1 I' tthe T ~ <t j. ‘don’t rise from the table until Ythe I meal ts finished.” That editor!: is i certainly a bachelor else he wluld t know that it is the hardest matterf in i the world to get a youngster aWay j from the table when the meal\ IS j finished. • : —: ~ ) 1 Last week the Journal taffied Mr. , Benjamin Jenkins and the rest of the council in regard to their ability as business men, and this week among other mean things, speaks of 1 their “very unsystematic and UNBUSI -1 NEsS-LIKE work”. How does that i strike you, gentlemen? : That Pennsylvania newspaper man 5 who says the highest ambition of his 1 life is to have two good pairs of suspenders at one time, should moder f ate his desires to a United States Senatorship and there might be a possibility of the gratification of that ambition. We have heard it stated that one e reason there is such a kick on the a present assessment is because the l * council this year will have $6,000 more 7 money to spend than it had last year and there is no good reason why even ( more money should be dropped into the coffers. j 1 Before the recent municipal elec- j tion, circulars were gotten out by a . certain ticket to the effect that if , elected the candidates on that ticket would serve the city gratis in all extra session's, work, etc. It remains to be seen just how well these promises will be kept. The action of 5,000 Chicago people applauding an assertion of Alexander Dowie that he is “Elijah” is excellent food for the anti-foreign-missionary sentiment. That there is great oppor tunity for home-mission work can not be doubted. That the editor of the Carroll Record will not be able very soon to buy a seat in the Wall Street Ex change is ably demonstrated in a brilliant (?) article which is repro ■ duced in the Garrett Journal. ; Maryland Democrats, finding the ' word “Gormandizer” inadequate ’ when speaking of their Senator, have coined a new word —“Gormaniac”— 1 which seems to fi'l the bill at present. 1 3 Mrs. William McKinley continues to ; improve and it is believed that she : will be entirely recovered within a * short time. There is universal satis faction over the prospect. y CANDIDATE FOR SHERIFF ? i j . j A Citizen of Midland and Lifedodg Re- ] publican Announces Himself. ] Mr. William M. Clise, ol Midland. j whose portrait accompanies this sketch, takes this method of announc- i mg' himself a candidate for Sheriff of j Allegany county, subject to the Re- ! publican nominating convention. I WM. M. CLISE. William M. Clise was born on a j farm near Pompey Smash, (now Vale | Summit), in 1856, and he is now in s his 45th year. He resided with his - r parents on the farm until 16 years of | age, when he started out on his own | hook. He secured employment at coal | digging and worked in the Miller and | Midland mines for eight years. From | 1880 to 1887 he worked periodically in s the mines at both ends of .the region. 1 Mr. Clise did not enjoy the educational | opportunities of many young men of | his day, audit was not until he had \ reached manhood’s estate that he jjj found time to apply himself to such studies as he found would be nesces- | sary for his future, and, although not jj a college graduate he has acquired jj sufficient knowledge to enable him to | transact any business matter with ac- | curacy and promptness. His practical f. experience of many years has given | him a marked capacity for business, | and he is competent in this respect to | fill the office to which he aspires. | In 1887 Mr. Clise engaged in the | lumber business, 1 operating a saw | mill upon his own and other timber jj lands, and in this enterprise he has i achieved notable success. He has s withdrawn from all other business V interests and is directing his entire f attention to his saw mill and lumber f industrv. 1 £ ojl industry. j _ _ Republican. He manifested an early j<| interest in public men and affairs in S the country and state and even before g he was old enough to vote he became familiar with political matters and issues and his advice and assistance jg were frequently sought in local con- 5g tests. He was always liberal with his S own hard-earned money and contrib-' g uted generously to each canpaign and Kfl for the success of his party, Mr. Clise {3 naturally took a leading part in Re publican politics in the county in later fej years, and has at times aspired to i other positions, oft times being unsuc- =-a= cessful. It has always been charac teristic of him, however, that when either he himself or the candidate S whom he was supporting failed in the 0\ primary or convention, he joined hands with the successful candidate V and worked zealously and earnestly Xi for his election. C. In 1897 Mr. Clise was nominated in SJ the county convent ion for County Si Commissioner, and notwithstanding a rupture in the ranks of the party K and the bitter personal attacks made upon him and his candidacy, he was C elected by a gratifying majority which S was a tribute to his Republicanism, S' campaign management and personal g popularity. Mr. Clise was elected for 5 four years, and he will retire from % this office—the first he has ever held— { in January next. During his first {J two years he was associated with t Commissioners Armstrong, Pritchard, p Cook and Ivifer; Mr. Kifer subsequent- J ly resigned and Mr. D. P. Miller was | appointed, and he resigned, Hon. * Joseph B. Stottlemyer being his sue- { cessor. During the past two years the > board of commisssoners has been com- f posed of Messrs. Clise, Cook, Prichard, Gunnin g and Hendrickson. _ Of Mr. Clise’s administration of the n office of County Commissioner, the 1 excellent condition of the roads, the large number of steel bridges and the many notable improvements made throughout the county attest his knowledge of the requirements, his ' disposition to be generous in the mat- le ter of public improvements, and his W experience in road making and bridge ' building, all of which the public have | g , been much benefitted. SI Mr. Clise, therefore, solicits the con -5 tinued support of his Republican _ ; friends and the voters generally to the 5 end that he might receive a sufficient - number of votes in the convention to • secure the nomination for Sheriff, and if successful he promises the same 0 faithful and conservative administra- { e tion of the office that has characterized i his public service as County Commis- t - sioner, and in all his public and busi- c ' ness transactions. i Here j tu want | r sio suit. | H We think we have better values than i y you’ll find anywhere. The line is ex- j j|f tremely large and embraces all the j jjl well-known wearing fabrics such as j | Thibets, | | Cassimeres, j I> Worsteds, — Cheviots and Worsteds. All the styl- J ish effects in Stripe Flannels, Cheviots and Serges, also an extensive line of Blacks and Blues. j These suits are Carefully Made and Thoroughly Well Tailored, Elegant j Fitting and Chuck Full of Style. J 1 ,AU sizes Longs and I II Stouts, $lO. .Men’s Blue Flannel j y Uniform Panjf $3. Men’s jSI Worsted mKks, $3. Men’s, i Office CoMm .so. , J *■ lannel ft I m ttlflH Bft I | Clothiers, Furnishers, Hatters, | | Baltimore St- Cumberland. | mmrammxicmctxx ; "W-A-S 2 i _]vro'w | Q} Those two words mean a difference to you. They are Xi •J a saving of 10 per cent, on your pvrchase. *5 }x If you buy a suit the regular prici of which is $20.00, 5x JJ you get it for SIB.OO. 5c 15 If you select one higher pricei your discount is pro- *5 •X portionately larger. XX We make the reduction to clce out 25 Light Colored Jx ■ x Suits before the summer season s over. The goods are X£ ■X this season styles— mostly Sripes and Plaid Mix- C 5 5x tures. CALL AND SEE. Jx M Prices marked in plain figures M 8 WILLIAM GMILLER, S| $ THE RELIAILE TAILOR 8 X 100 Broadwt, Frostburg. JJ wsssranfii Frostburg, Md. harness maker ASS SlSSeSt’ *nd upholsterer. leased by experienced hotel peop -■ ■ s&srs: ■* ***. w „ k ,.. fort and excellence. Refined and €j learned the trade in Germany. No luSassed! 6 ’ Wrfte d for U ra r teT dIDgS ’ factory work-all done by hand. Giv MRS. M. L. SPRIG'S me a trial and be convinced. Real Estate. ECKHART MINES, MD. Bo " e “s3ta. old °“ t ' T ‘ sU "“ ° ! John Chambers $62,000. OO To Loi JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. I can be found at my old estab All business entrusted to his care will re mentor at The First National B ceive careful and prompt attention. Pen- Siring business hours, slon & ° th<ir government cla.ms a specialty. Marx Winelai OFFICE ON BROADWAY.