Catoctin clarion., 1898-11-03

Company. has representative at Cumber-
land for the purpose Of getting franchise
from the city council to erect poles and string
wires through the city. The line will rur
from Pittsburg to Cumberland and from thai
city along the National pike to Hagerstown
and thence to Baltimore.
Rev. Samuel Splitter, q well.known minis
ter of tho German Baptist Bretheru Church
died very suddenly Sunday night. He was
addressing his congregation at Mt. Zion
Church, near Luray, and when closing, re-
marked, Brethren, I'm going away" when
he fell in the pulpit, and in a few minutes was
dead. Mr.. Splitter was seventy five years old
A small party Of boys and girls took I'D
vantage of the beautiful moonlight night OF
Friday and walked to Arthur ROuzers home
about mile north Of town. The party
made use OF the time between 8 and 1890
in making caramels and boiling and roasting
chestnuts. The refreshments, which were
prepared by the stronger constitutional male
sex, were raw, roasted and soft boiled chest
nuts, warm and cold cucumber pickles, milk,
apples, caramels, water crackers and cheese.
Those present were Misses Mary Landers,
Eff1e Baker, Margaret Rouzer, Lima McGui-
gan, Messrs "Cooney" Rouzer, San" Shaffer,
Midget" Rouzer, "Carp Cassell.
A Coop MovE.-At their meeting last
Thursday. the County Commissioners decid-
ed to have new route surveyed for the new
road between this place and Knoxville. We
do not know whether after thinking the
matter over, they concluded that the
route surveyed several weeks ago, would be
most unsatisfactory to the county as we'll as
to our people or not but it is certainly one
of the best decisions that they have yet made
in this matter. The principal reasons which
prompted our people to ask for new road
were, a firmer roadbed and safer distance
from the railroad. This they most certainly
would not have gotten in the route already
surveyed. -. Brunspick Herald.
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Our Fire Company IS about to provide
itself with coats and caps for parade purposes
and has several sample outfits here for exam.
ination. - Carroll Record
A word in your ear, friends; we raised
here at our first attempt, nearly $500 to equip
our Fire Department.; of this, all told, more
than one half was spent on the spectacular,
"for parade purposes" as above. As an
officer of the company, we opposed putting
the money to that use, but were out voted;
we got ourselves into rather bad favor. but
today there are few who question the wis
dom of our position at that time.
Whyi Because from the point OF added
Efficiency at any time, or of present worth as
an asset of the Company or community today
it's value must be assessed at 100000.
1t is all that county towns can do to main
tain fancy drill fire companies; in country
towns and villages 1t Is impossible. Ask
Emmitsburg and Union Bridge and profit by
our hlnd.sight. ED CLARION.
SOME LIGHT-We have been little OBJ.
tuse in the matter Of that "Clerk of the Cir.
cult Court" item in the County Statement.
We have received some light on the subject
however, and find that had the item appeared
as Court Expenses (ontside Of the Index
Clerk charges) we should have understood
it better.
We are still of the opinion, however, that
through fees and other charges, there there
come to the county certain revenues, both
from the Clerk and the Sheriff, that should
appear as such in County Statement.
We are sure too that there should be some
statement of the uncollec!ed and uncollecta-
be taxes: every one knows that the exact
amount levied is never collected; that is, for
instance. personal property assessed and
taken into the basis, but before the taxes are
due, removed from the county and other
items of loss or every levy.
By the Statement. as it is annually pub.
lished, it would appear that exactly so much
as appears is levied, collected and used in a
word, there should be 40 exhibit of the Cash
condition of affairs-how much cash in the
hands of the Treasurer: how much due from
uncollected taxes running back to the limit
of icollectabilty and how much due and
contracted to be paid by the county. The
Board of Commissioners, the Treasurer and
former Tax Collectors should, for once at
least. join in showing of county finances
that would give the taxpayers an idea of the
exact financial condition of the county: ,oere
such to be done, we would scarcely find too
years election expenses entered up in one
County Statement, brought about by the
peculiar financierng OF previous Board, as
explained in the foot.note to the recent State
ment.