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The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
Commissioners Office |
Westminster, August 1, 1908. +

Westminster, August 1, 1908. +
I'm pursuance of an act of the General
Assembly, passed at January SESSION.
1883, 4 hereby give the following notice
ta Taxpayers
This is to give notice that the County
Commissioners Of Carroll county have
made their annual levy on the assessa-
bile property of said county, forr State
ami County Taxes for the year nineteen
hundred and eight and that all persons
or incorporate Institutions that shalllpaY
their County Taxes on or before tha.finst
day of September, next, shall b@entii
tied to reduction of two per cent1lm
on the amount of said taxes. On State
taxes a 6eaa1etion of five per oentMm
will be allowed if paid on or befDre tine
first day of September; and if. paid ON
orbefore the first day of October; next. a
dediletioA of four per centum; andiif paid
on or before the first day of November,
next, a deduction of three per- cenfnnm,,
that said taxes will be in arrear ON the
first day of January, next, and bear i'm
terest from that date; that adj persons
or incorporate institutions failing to pay
their State and County Taxesbefore the
same shall be in arrears, willirender the
property and estate of such delinquent
liable to be sold for the prompt payment
FRANCIS L.. HANN,
july 81 4t County, Treasurer.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14
OPPORTUNITIES IN AGRICULTURE

There are doubtless many young
men of good average ability at present
working on small salaries in city Of
flee, shop or factory who are desirous
of starting out for themselves in some
line which will give them an increased
return for their labor and a greater
degree Of industrial independence thar
they have had. In short, they would
like some day to be their own bosses OF
at least have more to say touching the
kind Of work they ace to engage III
and how they are to do it. For those
Of this class of young men who are
not afraid Of hard work and do not
have a natural dislike for farming a
good opening would seem to be offered
along the line Of preparation in some
good agricultural college for special
lines Of farm work. While there is
no question that commercial centers
will continue to grow and inventions
will multiply, as in the past, 1t is just
as certain that business that Is des-
tined to be of increased Importance Is
that connected with the feeding of a
steadily growing population-in other
words, agriculture and horticulture.
So great is the demand for young men
especially equipped for work along
these special lines that the state agri-
cultural colleges of the country can
not turn out graduates fast enough to
anywhere near supply the demand. In
case boy is brought up on the farm
and has no desire TO specialize the
general Information and training which
he would get from such course would
be Of great value to him, for instead of
being a common, everyday hired man
from year to year-and such a man is
well paid-he would be in shape to
draw increased wages as a farm man.
ager or superintendent. In any event
he would be more Independent than
If he remained an employee in fac
tory, in constant danger Of having his
labor displaced by invention or being
thrown out of employment by strike,
lockout or hard times. The chief con-
ditlons Of success along these as other
lines are like for ones work, indus
try and application. The great unde-
veloped resource of this country is it's
agriculture, and he who fits himself
to follow it intelligently will not in
coming years be out of a job or have
much time to find fault with the
wrongs of an economic system which
he is powerless to remedy.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14
BIRD ENEMIES.

That the small red squirrel is blood
thirsty little brute and one of the
worst enemies that birds have to con-
tend with was verified the other day
when the writer inquired into the
cause of a commotion in the vicinity of
q robins nest located in large elm
tree. The parent birds were making
frequent dives into leaf covered
crotch in the tree, where a red squir-
rel was soon observed. Being stoned
in its retreat, the squirrel left it and
was seen carrying a little robin two
thirds grown. Having further fears
for his own safety, the squirrel later
dropped his victim from higher limb.
1t was found that the little animal
had bitten his prey just back Of the
eyes and had sucked out its blood and
its brains. This habit In squirrels.
which has been noticed by many OBJ
servers, would seem to prove that the
ordinances passed by many municipal
tiles protecting squirrels are main
tanned at a heavy cost in bird life.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14
HEIz;;y
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In Leaves From the Notebooks of
Lady Dorothy Nevill," edited by Lady
Dorothy's son, Ralph Nevill, there is
an amusing story of an old peer whose
considerable family pride was agree
ably tempered with humor.
One day he was surprised to be told
by his sister that she had conceived a
great affection for q well known al
though eccentric man Of science who,
although generally esteemed, was Of
very humble Semitic origin.
Not quite determined as to what
course Of action he should take, he
sent for the prospective bridegroom
with the Intention Of talking matters
over. After some conversation he said:
"And now, sir, should like to know
something about your family"
.''I think" replied the other, 'that 1t
I'LL be sufficient to say that l am of
the descent of the illustrious blood of
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob"
"Oh," said the peer, "of course our
family has nothing to compare with
that. If my sister really likes you.
you had better take her."
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14
sL,PsHoD HOUSEKEEPING.

= Mourning doves, like some couples in
the human species, seem to go about
their homemaking operations in very
desultory and slipshod manner. Two
or three twigs and straws seem to do
for nest, which is cften broken up
several times before the birds succeed
In Matching and rearing their young
Similarly when young couple start
in with little or nothing-perhaps a
bed, a table and couple Of chairs
there seems to be 50 little for the
nucleus of q home that the forces
tending to break it up are often
stronger than those serving to keep ii
intact. In starting homes young peo,
pie should follow the example of the
robin, oriole. grosbeak or wren rather
than the mourning dove. 1t will in
the end mean more stability and q
larger measure of happiness.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14
MUST LABEL CREAM.

: Pure Food Commissioner Pearson OF
New York has decided to put on the
screws more vigorously in the matter
of an enforcement Of the pure food
laws of the state and has notified the
makers of ice cream that hereafter II
their product contains any substitute
for pure cream it must bear label so
stating. Even IL it is nothing but skim
milk it must be plainly labeled as such,
.yhis is just common fairness and hon.
esty and will mean no hardship for
those who are doing a straightforward
business. The enforcement of the law
may advance the price of the genuine
article, but consumers Will be willing
to pay a trife more for cream which
they know Is genuine.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14
LOOK TO YOUR HEALTH.
BLISS NATIVE HERBS.


The Great Blood Purifier, Kidney
and Liver Regulator, Sure Cure for
Constipation, Indigestion, Dyspepsia,
&C. 200 doses for $100. Mailed to
any address upon receipt Of prices.
Also
BLISS NATIVE OIL
for Burns, Cuts, Catarrh, &C., and
NATIVE RALSAM
for Coughs, Colds, &C., at Is and SO
cents per bottle. Not sold in Drug
Stores. Prepared exclusively by the
Alonzo O. Bliss Co., Washington. D. e.
H. B. GRAMMER. Agent,
147 E. Main Street,
Westminster, Md.
He refers, by permission, to the fol-
lowing persons who have used the Ma
tive Herbs, and testify to their efficacy
as reliable family medicine.
Rev. p. H. Miller. H. H. Harbaugh
Joel s. Fisher, Mrs. VIM. =. Helm.
N. E. Campbell. Jacob F. Elgen.
John E. Eckenrode, Abram l. Gelman'
Joseph S. Witter. Mrs Rebecca WAGNER
Mrs Elisabeth J. Stoner. Carroll N. Lockard.
ian 3-ly
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14
DATIFICATION NOTICE..

In the Orphans Court of Carroll
County.
Estate of VIM. P Maulsby, deaeased.
June Term,. 1898.
On application it is ordered, this 4th
day Of Aug, 1908, that the saleof Real
Estate of VIM. p Maulsby, late off Car
roll county, deceased, made bv VIM.
P. Maulsby, Jr., Surviving EXenUteE
of the last will and testament of said
deceased, and this day reported to
this Court by the said Executor, besnati-
fed and confirmed, unless cause beslromn
to the contrary on or before the 1st Mon
day, Th day of September next; provided
copy of this order be inserted for three
successive weeks in some newspaper
printed and published in Carroll county,
before the 5th Monday, 31st day of Au,-
gust, next.
The report states the amount of sale
to be 81, $4,000. I'D.
JOHN E. ECKENRODE, (
WILLIAM L. RICHARDS, Judges
ROBERT N. KOONTZ,
True copy,-Test
John J. Stewart.
swg73t Register of WILLIS.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14
"Taft Nominee of Negroes"

To begin with, the Republican party
is the negro party in American poll
ties and that fact cannot be wiped out
or brushed aside. Therefore, the
Democratic ticket for President and
Vice President must be supported and
ought to be elected. Any Democratic
nominee for President, though he
were dreamer and a fool, would
stand for decency and against deprav-
ity in governmental affairs so far as
the South is concerned.-Charlest
News and Courier. a
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14

TO CREDITORS.

This is to give notice that the sub,
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Carroll county, in Maryland,
letters testamentary on the Personal
Estate of
MARY ANNA AWAIT,
late of Carroll county, deceased. All
persons having claims against the de-
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit the
same, with the vouchers thereof legally
authenticated, to the subscriber, on or
before the 31st day of February, l909;
they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit of said estate.
Given under my hand this 28th day OF
July 1908.
FRANK w. AWAIT,
july 81 At Executor.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14

1t is said that at Cheshire, Conn,
stands an apple tree which Is known
to be 100 years cid and is believed to
be still older than this. The tree is
about seventy feet high, while the
trunk has circumference Of seven
teen and a half feet near the base.
There are eight large branches, five OF
which bear fruit one year and the
other three the next. One year this
giant tree bore 130 bushels OF apples
The tree is regular in form, and the
area shaded by its branches is 13O feet
I'm diameter.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14

India Is said to have a wheat area
estimated at 27,O00O00 acres. The
average yield per acre is low, and
much Of the work of handling the crop
Is still done in a primitive fashion.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14
RACHEL R. YOHN,

RACHEL r. YOHN,
late of Carroll county, deceased. All
persons having claims against the de-
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit
the same, with the vouchers thereof
legally authenticated, to the subscriber,
on or before the 31st day of February,
1909; they may otherwise by law be ex-
cluded from all benefit of said estate.
Given under my hand this 28th day of
July, 1908.
EDWIN D. CRONK,
iuly 81 4t Executor.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14

The total value of the olive crop 10,
Greece in the year 1867 is rero.;vd ~
have been S12.O00.O0O.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14

An Oregon apple grower last year
shipped several thousand boxes Of ap-
pies to Australia and sold them at
substantial profit. This year he plans
to increase these shipments to 10000
boxes
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14

Maryland leaf tobacco is in demand
and prices ere said to be the highest
in five or six years.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14

The government crop report for July
places the acreage Of Irish potatoes for
1908 at 3,198,O0O acres, which is "a
per cent, or "A, 900 acres, more than last
year. The condition Of the crop on
July 1 was S9.6 per cent Of a normal
as compared with 90.2 per cent year
ago.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

This is to give notice that the sub.
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Carroll county, in Maryland,
letters testamentary on the Personal
Estate of
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14

In the light Of present day forestry
agitation the title of the poem which
we used to recite when children in
school, "Woodman, Spare That Tree, y
has a good deal more meaning than 1t
did at the time the author penned it.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14
Apply TO
DEMOCRATIC
ADVOCATE.
D. 4llI!''']....

A beautiful set of teeth is absolutely
essential to a pretty smile. Did you
ever notice that people with poor teeth
never laugh? You need mot be without
set of regular naturalIappearing teeth.
In these days of cheap, but artistic and
fault if you are not possessed of teeth
that beautify your smiles. Visit DR..
Selby's Dental Parlorss and learn the
economy of beautiful teeth. Bridge
and Crown Work, Gold, Silver and
Amalgum filling. Full sets of teeth
made. Broken plates repaired and
made good as new. Painless Extracting.
Charges always moderate..
DIR. w. j.. SELBY,
SO East Main Street,
Westminster, Md.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14

FCLIPSE Wall Plasterneedsno guar
IL tee, but Smith & Reifsuii8hT will
give you one if you desire..
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14

10000 feet Hemlock Boards at kind
= ling wood prices. Smith & Relfsn,-
der.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14
TO CREDITORS.

NJ OT1CE 10 ChED1IORS.
This is to give notice that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Carroll county, in Maryland,
letters Of Administrator on the Personal
Estate of
MARIA E. BENSON,
late of Carroll county, deceased. All
persons having claims against the de-
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit the
same, with the vouchers thereof legally
authenticated, to the subscriber, on or
before the 9Th day of March, 1909;
they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit of said estate.
Given under my hand this 4th day of
August, 1908.
FRANK T. BENSON,
aug4 4t Administrator.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14

The pail or barrel on which hoops
have burst and which threatens to fall
to pieces may be rendered serviceable
by the use Of homemade wire hoops.
These should be measured, cut to the
desired length, the ends twisted fast
and then driven on tight.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14

A friend who Is now in his eighties
relates an interesting fact which came
under his observation many years ago,
when a boy living in the vicinity Of
Sacketts Harbor, in Jefferson county,
N. Y, near the shore of Lake On
tario. He tells of having observed
growing on a boggy piece of land on
the Leffenwell farm, about two and a
half miles from the town mentioned,
two giant cedar trees twelve feet in
diameter and close to 200 feet high.
He states that in company with other
boys of the neighborhood he used to
detaeh and pry Off sections Of the
fibrous bark Of the tree forty feet in
length, from which they made lit
tie boats. There were also growing
in the sag where these trees stood
white cedars and high bush cranber-
ries. While the redwood and big trees,
two species Of the genus sequoia,
are supposed to be native only on the
Pacific slope in California, the descrip-
ton of the trees given would seem to
indicate that they might be stray and
Isolated specimens Of one Of the two
species. 1t would be interesting to
know If the two giants have escaped
the greed Of the lumberman and still
stand in the same lonely spot.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14

When a father has the boy problem
on his hands it is often worth while
for him to set his imagination to work
and look at the question or questions
at issue from the boys standpoint.
Doing this may alter materially plans
which have been outlined for the treat
ment or disciplining Of the boy, but it
will usually be with far better results.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14

Now that the pearl and pearl button
industry along the Mississippi river
is on the wane as a result Of a grow.
ing scarcity Of the bivalves a good
many fishermen have of late been
making good money from the sale of
smoked sturgeon. This fish, consid-
cred almost worthless when fresh,
makes a very palatable article of food
when smoked and fetches 171a cents
per pound.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14
Frankin's n'sLiveY

Having bought the entire Livery out
it.of Benjamin Dorsey, and improved
~ same by adding some first-class
horses and vehicles, would like
NAto serve you when a team of
any kind is wanted. Will board your
horses by the meal, day, week or month
at fair price. Give me trial.
JOS. L. FRANKLIN, PROP,
At the Old Thomson Stand,
dec13 tt Westminster, Md.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14

The juniper shrub or bush, the ber-
ries of which are used in the prepara-
tion of certain Medicines grows in
the dry and rocky portions of some of
the New England states. The bush
spreads from single root, which often
grows from a crevice in the rock.
When the shoots are about three feet
high they begin to lop over and finally
sprawl on the ground. Here they
often grow for a distance of several
rods, roofing at intervals. When the
creeping shoots encounter those from
other juniper bushes they have an
odd habit of turning up from the
ground at right angles instead of min
Cling and interlacing with them, as
one might suppose. Growing in this
way, the whole bush, with shoots run
ming in all directions and turning up
at the extremities, has much the ap-
pearance of a huge inverted umbrella.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14

A wide awake high school in Min
nesota town has purchased ten acre
tract Of land in the vicinity which Is
being handled this season as fruit
and vegetable patch. If this garden is
cultivated as 1t ought to be during the
summer months, the young folks who
tend 1t will not only be kept out of
mischief, but will have nice sums Of
spending money when fall comes. In
many other sections, owing to a scar
city of farm help, boys between the
ages of ten and seventeen years have
been able to secure employment at
paying wages on nearby farms. While
there are doubtless certain economic
conditions under which immature boys
and girls may have too much work for
their own good, there is little question
that most of them living in the rural
communities suffer more because they
don't have enough for their best exer-
else and. development. The example
set by this Minnesota school might be
followed with profit by others.
A reader Of these notes who lives in
indianapolis, Ind, and who in past
years has been successful In the grow
ing Of asters writes that this year
when his plants reached five or six
inches in height they withered and died
without any cause that was discern
ible from a careful inspection, and he
inquiries what the cause of the trouble
may be. While the condition Of the
plants described may be the result Of
an overfertilizing Of the soil with some
commercial product, it is more likely
) to be the result Of the work Of the
; stalk borer, which seems to attack
without partiality pigweed, ragweed
corn, tomato and potato vines. asters
salvias and other stalky plants. This
pest Is hard to combat because II
, works entirely on the inside Of the
stalk. While it would not remedy the
difficulty entirely, 1t would be helI
to root up and burn plants which have
been attacked and ruined as we'll as
to hoe out from the bed all weeds IL
which the worms would be likely tt
work. Had the damage to the aster!
been reported early In June 1t nigh
have been due to the work OF th'
. white grub, which later changes int
the June bug, but this would hardl!
be possibility flve or six weeks later
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14

1t is a growing conviction on the
part of fruit raisers in some of the
southwestern states that the reason
for the poor service given shipments
of fruit in less than carload lots is
that by so doing the railroads hope to
force such shipments to be sent by
express. In view of the fact that the
roads get about 30 per cent of the high
express rates charged, the suspicion
would seem to be pretty we'll
grounded.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14

1t is pretty good index of the kind
of farmer a fellow Is if he wants to
keep the manure pile at the smallest
size possible and doesn't care bit
when it is spread on to the land. Usu-
ally such fellows have a crouch against
the fate that attends them and lam
baste the existing political and eco
nomic order.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14

With substantial wire window
screens, costing not more than rs or
80 cents, and screen doors obtainable
for $1.25, there would seem to be no
good reason why any home should be
overrun with flies by day or hordes
Of mosquitoes by night. If one feels
that he cannot afford to buy doors and
window screens ready made, he can
get the screen in bulk at the hardware
store Of the proper width and in
short time make his own screens if he
has any knack at all in use of plane
and saw.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14

A friend Of the writer who is this
year working his 400 acre farm with
out other help than that of his own
wife, boys and girls is wisely following
the plan Of giving them an outing
varies the monotony of the hard work
whenever the oportunity offers. This
they are doing and likewise makes
them feel that their efforts are appre-
ciated. This is a plan that might be
followed to advantage by more farm
owners
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
Zion Hill Cemetery.

The Tribune is requested to say that there will be an all-day working to clean up Zion Hill cemetery on next Saturday, Oct. IT.
 Everybody interested far and near is invited to assist ir this work. The ladies are invited to come and bring dinner for the working men and help hunt up and identify lost graves.
 This is commendable under- taking and the community should give the call a generous response.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
FAIR SEASON BUSINESS
Cannery People Put Up 27 Car Loads During Present Year

The Green Forest Canning Co, closed their plant down for the season last Saturday, having wound out the last of the finest all-round tomato crop ever yet produced here.
 The seasons business may be briefly summed up. as follows:
 Tomatoes. s.......... ,23 cars.
 Peaches eS..........".3
 Strawberries. es........1 ;"
 The company is we'll pleased with the result, notwithstanding the fact that the volume of busi- ness is cut in half over last year and the profits to the company are less on the investment by about 10 per cent than on any previous season's work. The figures, while yet in complete, indicate an earning to the com = pany of about 20 per cent.
 This is a remarkable showing in view.,of the discouraging condi- tions upon which the spring opened, the killing frost that cut the plants low on first effort at setting, and the nearly total ab- sence of every other products t, can except tomatoes.
 As we have stated before, the q uality of the tomato fruit this year has been the best ever produced, which has contributed much to make up for the loss occasloned by the absence of other products.
 Nearly the entire output of the plant has been sold and ship ments will go out now as fast as the cars can be loaded.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Land office at Harrison, Ark. Oct. g, 1908. Notice is hereby given that Josh B. Smith of Green Forest, Ark, who, on Oct. 20, 1902, made H. E. No. 2sSso, Serial, No. 0ss6. for the SEE IA SW 1-4, 1-2 SEE IA. & SW If SEE 1-4, Section 4, Township 20N, Range 23W, 5th prin- cipal Meridian has filed notice of his inten- tion to make final five year proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before Circuit Clerk of Carroll Co.,, at Berryville, Ark, on the 17th day of Nov. 1908. Claimant names as witnesses: Arthur Buck, Maple, Ark, Hiram Rice, Green Forest, Ark, Andy Duncan, Green Forest, Ark, Charlie Duncan, Green Forest Ark. JOHN l. WoRTHINgroN,
 Register.