Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-08-15
The Great Celebration.

1nC OFCNt OCleDTUtIOus
From all we can gather by correspondence
and special report, the Great Celebration in
Baltimore in September is going to he one of
the grandest sights and parades ever seen in
the country. Prominent among the active
movers of the enterprise is Ochms Acme
Hall, 5 and Z w Baltimore st near Charles,
who are ever foremost in good Clothing good
words or good deeds. This is Baltimore's
Leading Clothing House and employs
number Of gentlemen from this section.
They extend u cordial welcome to the COM
forts and convenienccs Of their vast and Gle.
CANT establishment. Don't fail to call.
We note a wonderful advance in the meth
dds of Frederick Citys business men and we
are convinced that to the newspapers of that
town almost wholly may be attributed this
breaking over old customs and out of ancient
grooves. If Frederick follows the lead of
her newspapers, in the main, she will sur
prise herself and others: she h,s the wealth
and talent and her latent energy once dcvcl-
oped will produce results, the hope of which
but few wears ago seemed chimerical. With
the advent of the broad spirit of modern en-
tcrplisc will come a dcspising of petty sci.
fshness and a weakening of the appetite for
the pap of county office and their divers
cmolumen,s Frederick City should bc able
to be worth so much to itself that the county
nav roll should become by comparison an
incons,dcrabe item. In the past it has been
ITS main reliance. Rise superior to that
you can if you will.
RATHER Too LATE.-Wc clip the follow
ing from Saturdays issue of the Daily Times
FREDERICK COUNTY WILL NOT lie REP.
RESENTED PROPERLY.
"Thc Catoctin Clarion in last weeks issue
criticiscs the indifference of the press of this
county. and more particularly of the city, to-
wards the State exhibition that will be held
in Baltimore next wcok. The ground taken
bv the CMrion is well taken, the indifference
here has been lncxcusablc, no matter wheth.
err arising from "scltishness, jealousy or poll
tics" The first county in the State in many
respects and almost unrcprescnted ut an cX-
hibition designed to show what the State can
boast of! With fertile fields producing crops
of all kinds, with stock farms wherein roam
herds of choice cattle stables wherein may
be found the best bred horses in the State. 1t
is indeed too bad that no effort has been
made to have the county represented at the
Fair"
The criticisms referred to above, were not
the first that appeared in the CLARION con-
ccrnlng the marked apathy of Frederick in
the matter of the coming Exposition at PIN
lco. In the first issue after the meeting OF
editors for organized effort, We called atten'
ton to the surprising fact that not n single
Frederick City newspaper was represented
at that meeting. We have on several occas-
ions asked why Mr.. Geo. w. Cramer had
seen proper to wholly ignore the request
made by that meeting, that lie act as the Of
fetal head to organize, plan and proceed by
method to have our great Frederick County
represented, but until the Times articlel of
Saturday last, our pleadings passed unnotic-
ed and our questions remained unanswered.
Had the 7sn,es thirty days ago, sounded
the advance had there appeared ringing
aggressive statement such rs the above. we
can safely assume that ear would have been
given it the other newspapers would have
been driven to follow its lead aud if they had
not the Times would have been fully equal
to the occasion. One intelligently conduct
ed, courageous newspaper is able to lead
more considerable communities than Frcder-
lex City and we regret very much the fact
that the Times has gwen itself too little time
to accomplish all that has been desired.
1t is a source of much qualification to THE
CLARION to find even at this late day that ITS
efforts have been rewarded though it re-
quired some very plain speaking t" accom-
plish it,