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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-09

WHEN "TOM SAW VFR" WIS
WRITTEN.

In his "reminiscences OF Mark Twain
IN Harper's tor August, w. d. Howell.
tells Of the time when MIR. Clemens
wrote Tom Sawyer and brought The
manuscript to him for criticism.
Il am surprised to find from the Hi-
~ographical authorities that it was 81
late as 1875 when he came with m,
manuscript of Tom SAWYER" and
asked me to read it, as q friend ana
critic, and not as an editor. I have
an impression that il was at Mrs
Clemens's instance in his own uncer-
tainty about printing it. She trusted
me, I can say with a satisfaction few
things now give me. to be her hus-
bands true and cordial adviser, and
was SO. | believe / never failed him
in this part, though in so many Of our
enterprises and projects I was false rs
water through my ternperamentaI love
Of backing of any undertaking.. /
believe this never ceased to astonish
him, and it has always astOnished me;
it appears to me quite out Of charac-
ter; though It is certain that an IN
dertaking, when / have entered upon
it, holds me, rather than | it. Bat
however this immaterial matter may
be, l am glad to remember that
thoroughly liked "Tom Sawyer. and
said so with every possible amphICa-
liOi. fSIy 4IACAS' L dA0t h@N lazy
suggestions FOR its Improvement, I
could not have been a real critic with
out that; and I have 10 doubt they
were gracefully accepted, and l hope
never acted upon. I went with him
20 the horse-car station in Harvard
Square, as my frequent wont was, ana
put him aboard q car with his Ms in
his hand, stayed and reassur@d, ST" lar
as [ could, concerning il. ] DO ''1
know what his misgivings We're; per-
haps they were his wife's mtsstT.nes
for she wished him to be known r'f
only for the wild and boundlrss han2r
that was in him, but for the f.aay
and tenderness and natural pl.it
and she would not have haH ",t
Judged bv a too close fidelity to he
rude condition of Tom SaREer's IL,
This is the meaning hat read into
the fact OF his coming to me with as
doubts"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-09

walking with Gladstone ~,
nm trees. Then he said showing
to see the sky n the light . want
cay ms last on earth. he --g @eE
nlmsell together, and said IN 9h,'"r7et
tor who was attending him. ,-g Dor
me doctor bowed his heaH Dat-L
said: That is we'll" I.org anu Is
tore MS faith had found e[rr De-
IN words Of radiant hope. 0>S''a
Thou wilt not leave Us in III.
Ihou madest man, he kr[. 'Nst
why; N''"9 hot
He thinks he was not made :,
And Thou hast made him Th@ d.r,
just" '5' az.
Crossing the Bar" written in 80.
was. it IS said, read to an old g'9l'
a nurse. who had asked the nag
write a hymn. When sha 49, %
poem read she burst into tao~s ,1g
remarked: 1T isn't a hvmn. ''l
PSALM Some Of these Inns =
Benson. ARE of the eternal STAN, 's !,
IennysOn, a few days before his 6o..h
told his son that he wished this a.
ways to come at the nc Of all e6ittnr,
of his poems. There may be -aa1
the confident hope Of this great nn1-
of the Victorian age that The Cra@,
Pilot will bring the traveller in ns4Ss
and safety to the JOURNEYS end
Christian Advocate CNeW York;
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-09

SPEAKING WITH AUTHORITY

(Everybody's Magaz4h- .~s
One Of the briefest and no ". h.
of the most sincere addresses ,.7-
livered on the subject OF cape. i.r-
ishment was made in Worce7l"i ...g-
ty, Massachusetts,, more thah 'N
erations ago..
A notorious character ny IL r.I-
Of Charley James, standing o." ..-. 4.
1 Wss s wi5n b before o1eS9 the e'c cap %as ar- ~
over his face if he would like L.
a few words.
Ladies and gentlemen-be4 '-5ars
gentlemen" he said. 'StandIhT ,aD-
[ do, I am ~unalterably opposed
ital punishment"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-09
enough to be cut with a KNIFE.

enough to be cut with a knife.
December 3O.-AnOther severe snow
storm. Two cases of smallpox deVel-
oped themselves in the barracks ana
have been moved out. The inmates
are being generally vaccinated, though
l a~pprehend no diffusion OF the dis
ease.
December S1.-Last day Of the
week, month and year! The old year
takes its departure in the midst OF
gloom and clouds, as If conscious or
the Affections and calamities it had
wrought, it had no right to assume a
gayer or brighter garb.
I4o. now, when dark Defenders gath
ering storm,
With heavy wing o'ershadows many a
heart,
Beside us the Old Year with mailed
form
Stands waiting to depart.
Weighed down as with a ponderous
tale of woe,
How dim his eyes, how wan his cheeks
appear!
Like Denmark's spectre king. with
motion slow,
He beckons the coming year!
(To Be Continued.)
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-09

were t. be charged to the account -
North Carolina, and were to De ST.
tied at some future date.
The most important parts OF .a9
fiscal machinery of North CaroIiha
and the United Colonies for efert.n ID
the interchanges between the wy;
outside of the legislative branenss
Of the governments themses+es VIZ.
the officials at the head OF the ,""~1
mental treasury on the one h4h"' '.f
DELEGATES and the Governor 81
North Carolina on the other 1t
other officials were very lTAt.l- .I
but their duties were very large-5 ll:..1a
in their nature, and they We!g =
concerned in the financial reldl,',E
the state and the Continenta! con-
greSS. rr-Dr1
University Of Illinois.
(To Be Co%ntinued.l
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-09
dNT
FINANCIAL SIDE IN TIL
REVOLUTION.

Continued from page seVtH)
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-30
Holds Back 100 Suits.

The court signed an order on Monday.
Decembe' 25'h, restraining and enjoining
the G'alSer>' Mutual Fire Insurance
Company. Of this county. and Justice c.
ri. EckStrGi. from prosecuting any Of
number OF suits instituted bv the Insur-
Iance Company. The company had en-
cred suits against about 100 members
mr. the p urpoSe of collecting Z per
cylt assessment levied December 1907,
PAYABLE OH or before January 3oth, 1908.
IN assessments range from $3S to about
S4afnd amount to approximately 81, 500.
Ne persons sued, who are from the
couty principally all withdrew from
inc ompany in 1908 and did not pay
me assessment because. as they under
stooqt, their premium notes given by
the NUMBERS to the company only obi
gated be members 10 pay an assessment
lot act losses and expenses. In Janu-
airy. ,I9S, before the assessment was
levied hey claim that the report of the
company showed balance of SI4, 900
on hand 9th all the losses and expenses
paid to tae.
The ODER passed by the court re-
stralnlng be action BY the Changers
insurance company provides leave to
the defendat company TO move for a
dissolution Upon days notice after an
answer has cen filed.
Inc memsrs sued have asked for an
accounting othe surplus on hand. fhey
ciaim' also, bat heretofore thousands
have, withdraw from the company under
similar condltAs and state that no suits
were ever entesd TO collect the amount.
lney also alieA that a large number
wlthdrew at theFme time and no action
was brought.
The case wlllbe fought out as to
whether under all of the circumstances
Of these cases themembers are locally
allowed to withdrA from \ mutual in.
surance company ithout paving assess
ments for what isthought to be future
or continued lossal The solicitors for
the compliments IL Messrs. Coblenty
Waters and Brownsville Messrs Mauls-
by and Keedy repsent the Insurance
Company.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-30
Highway Commission Report
Road Work.

With the closing OF the season during
which road construction is practicable, it
was announced by Roads Engineer Walter
w. Crosby that ego miles of thoroughlare
had been completed and accepted by the
State. 1t is estimated that an additional
100 miles have been completed but as
the State only accepts roads when COM
pleted as an entirety by the contractors
this mileage is not officially part of the
State roads system at this time.
In addition to constructing roads the
commission has acquired nearly 100 miles
of turnpikes, including the Liberty, Fred
erick and Jefferson pixies, while the Har-
ford, Belair and York roads we're handed
over by the United Railways and Electric
Company. Within few months it is eX-
pected that the GAINESVILLE, Emmitsburg
and other turnpikes, negotiations for the
purchase of which are now pending will
have been acquired.
During 1910. 81 contracts were let,
aggregating about $50 miles OF road Let
during 1919 were 81 contracts, embracing
about $50 miles of road Consequently
there is about 100 miles of road work
completed for these two years out of a
total of 400, for which bids were accepted.
Engineer Crosby has not yet separated
the work done under the State aid law
from the work done under the S., 900, 900
loan. Hence the figures represent road
construction under both laws for these
two years.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-30
The Circui, Court.

The Circuit Court bebre adjourning for
the holidays, with Judges Motter and
Peters on the bench, Completed the fol-
lowing cases:
The Magaha-Trundle shit for damages
was decided in favor of the defendant
An appeal was taken ~ the plaintiff.
Harp and Weinberg for pllintif, Newman
and Maulsby for defendant
The case of Jesse F. R. Aeagy VS.. DIR.
VIM. G. McComas and VIE was taken
up before the court. The ase is a suit
on a promissory note for A35.e7, exc
cuted August rs, 1906. A verdict was
rendered for the plaintiff FIR the full
amount with interest from dat. l. F. R.
Heagy appeared for the pldutiff, and
Jacob Rohrback represented tie defend
ant.
The cases Of the Fredericktowi Savings
Institution VS.. The Central Natcaa Bank
and the Myersville Savings BAk gar
nishee of John II. Grove, were TAKEN up
before the court.
The cases are suits on seven judtmen.s
obtained by the Frederlcktown Swings
Institution, aggregating about (SSoo,
which were laid in the hands of ThSCen-
trail National Bank and MyersvlleSav-
ings Bank as garnishees of John H.
Grove. In one case judgment was Aven
for the plaintiff for $3I.3S against the
Central National Bank, as garnishee, nd
the other was verdict for the plaimff
against the Myersville Savings Bank hs
garnishee for SII.I5. In the remaining
cases non pros was entered. JaCtb
Rohrback represented the plaintiff aie
Reno S. Harp and Stoner & Weinberg
appeared for the defendants.
A motion for a new trial has been flee
by the plaintiff, in the case OF Bond Bros
VS.. The Reliable Junk Co., for which ;
verdict was rendered the plaintiff fo
$3.50. Jacob Rohrback is attorney TO
the plaintiff, and Albert J. Long, o
Hagerstown, and Oscar B. Coblentz, ap
peared for the defendant.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-30
Suicide Follows Murder.

Leonard Thomas shot and killed Isaac
Copeln and then killed himself in the
Christmas Eve celebration, which was
held in Isaac Copelin's house, at Law
louisville, Montgomery county, on Satur-
day evening. December 24th, where a
lot OF colored people had been invited.
Thomas, who was there and who has
had grudge against Copein for some
time, began to give abusive language
TO Copelin and they started into a fight
which lasted for several minutes. They
then quoted down for while, and then
Thomas walked over to Copelin and
said to him: "Tll fix you now" and
pulled a .32 caliber revolver out of his
packet and shot Copeln in the temple
Copelin died in about five minutes.
Thomas ran out of the house and
down to the house of Edwin Allnutt,
where he had been employed. Mr.. ALL
mutt made him leave on account of the
language that he was using. A posse
of citizens started after him on Christ
mas morning, and tracked him from Mr..
Allnutt's house to a fodder shock, where
his body was found. He had shot him
selfin the temple and the people thought
that he had been dead eight or ten hours.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-30
Fire in Newspaper Plant.

The plant of the Evening Times at
Cumberland, Col. John W. Avirett, edi-
tor and publisher, was almost ruined by
fire and water early Monday morning
The loss is put at SEC, 900, and Colonel
Avirett says it is covered by insurance
The colored janitor allowed the water
to get low in the boiler, and the furnace
set fire to the woodwork. At O'Clock
firemen were called and used chemicals.
They put out small blaze. Two hours
later flames were seen in the rear of the
building, and the firemen had a long,
hard fight. The job printing, the COM
posing room and the mailing departments
were wrecked. A carload of paper was
soaked. The press was not injured, and
enough paper was stored elsewhere to
last day or two. The linotype machines
are soaked.
Col. Avirett, his general manager, John
T. Taylor, and the force of men at once
went to work to clean up the plant, and
with the aid of machinists, electricians
and carpenters, the machinery was placed
in temporary condition to get out paper.
The entire second floor had to be propped
up, and much of the machinery was found
to be in bad condition.
The type in the newspaper composing
room has been found 10 be worthless and
in as bad condition as the type in the Job
ROOM Type that apparently escaped
the blaze has since been found to be too
low for use, probably caused by the in
tense heat of the fire On some Of the
stones in the job room the type had
melted and run together in a mass. The
machinery in the Job room will be total
loss and fit only for the junk pile.
The men worked all night, and two OF
the linotype machines were gotten in
order for use. 1t has been found that
almost an entire new equipment will have
to be put in the composing rooms--job
and newspaper-and that much of The
/ stereotyping plant will have to be re-
newed.
The E0ening Times, despite the bad
fire on Monday morning, was able to put
out its regular editpn Tuesday from its
own plant.
The newspaper Offices in Cumberland
all offered Col. Avirat aid
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-30
Admitted to the Bar.

The State Board of Law Examiners,
consisting of D. G. Mcintosh, !. Wirl
Randall and John Hinkley, completed
the rating OF the applicants who took the
examination for admission to the bar on
November rs and 20 last. Thirty-nine
applicants were successful and will be
recommended by the bo7rd to the Court
of Appeals for admission to the bar.
Two of the successful applicants are
residents of Frederick county. One o.
them is Charles Nice. Matthias, son o.
Senator John P. T. Matthias, of Thurmont
He was student in the law department
of the University of Maryland, at Balti
more.
Alban NJ. Wood, who was also success
full in the examinations, is son of !. E
r. Wood, of this city, and is a graduate
Of the University of Virginia, Charlottes
vile, Va.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-30
Claim Bill Passed.

After a delay of six days, due to the
opposition of Senator Bristow. the Burn
ham Omnibus Claims bill passed the u.
s. Senate 1t carries total of about
S2o4o, 900. OF this SS43, 6SS is for the
payment of the French spoliation claims,
a number of them to Maryanders. There
are church claims, due to damages in
ficted during the Civil War, aggregating
S377, I74; individual war claims aggregat
ing S475,I23, and claims for overtime
amounting TO S345,ooo.
Among these are individual war claims
of SIo.SS5 church claims pending since
the Civil War of S6,6o3, and overtime
claims aggregating So, 273, making total
of $40, 80 for Maryanders. The aggre-
gate number of claims in the bill is 1909.
of which 652 grew out OF the French
spoliatlon.
Among the claims which will be paid
are:
Elizabeth V. Belt, Administrative Of the
estate of Alfred c. Belt, Montgomery
county, S2,7eo.
Grace Reformed church, Knoxville,
this county, $40
Christ Reformed church, Middletown,
this county, $3.50.
ST, Pauls Episcopal church, Point OF
Rocks, 500.
La Grange Lodge, Odd Fellows,
Boonsboro, $50.
Methodist Episcopal church, Boons-
boro, $42o.
United Brethren church, Boonsboro,
$40.
Evangelical Lutheran church, Burkitts-
vile this comfy S2oS
Mount Vernon Reformed church,
Keedvsville, Washington county, $50.
DR. S. S. Maynard, this city, executor
of Augustine D. O'Leary, SI,45o.
Elmer X. Ramsburg and Alvah S
Ramsburg, executors Of the estate Of
Urias ID. Ramsburg, Frederick county,
$SIe
Presbyterian church, this city, $500.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-30
Girl Killed by Caller.

Daisy Crockett, colored rs years old,
was shot and instantly killed December
2o by Oscar Dove, colored, I'll years old,
who was calling on her. The shooting
occurred at Scotland, near Rockville.
Dove, who had been paying attention
TO the girl for sometime says the shooting
was accidental He was examining a
shotgun belonging to the dead girls father
he says, when the charge in one of the
barrels exploded, entering the left side OIL
the girl and killing her instantly. She fell
across the body of her father, who was
sleeping on the couch in the same room.
Dove made no attempt TO escape. He
walked to his home and awaited the ar.
rival of Sheriff Welt, of Rockville. He
is held without bail.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-30
THE PosToFFICE FIGHT ON

Petitions have been in circulation favor
ing the candidacy Of Mr.. VIM. c. Birely
as postmaster to succeed the present
incumbent, Mr. Adolphus H. Har-
rington.
This is Mr. Harrington's first term and
he has made most efficient and cour-
teous official. The knowing ones say
that he failed to support for the nomi-
nation. Mr.. Warner, who was the organ
ization candidate. Mr. Harrington adj
mts that he was for Mr.. Pearre, and had
he not supported HIM he claims that he
would have been an migrate. In recent
interview he stated that he had used
every effort to accommodate the public,
and he was satisfied that he would be
endorsed for reappointment by the com
munity at large.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-30
Few Unemployed in State.

Charles !. Fox, superintendent of the
State Bureau Of Labor Statistics. is COM
piling his report for the year. 1t will be
some time before it is completed, but
Mr.. Fox has already delved enough into
the subject TO find out that Maryland has
made gratifying industrial and agricu
tural strides in the last year
While farm labor is always something
of problem, he does not believe that it
has reached the stage where the def.
cheney can be regarded active in this
State. On the other hand, labor is well
employed in Maryland in fact. 1910,
promises to be banner year for it.
Municipal government have provided en-
ployment for an unusually large number
of men. This has supplemented the
usual demand. Few people, he finds, are
unemployed in Maryland, and the wages
are good. Moreover, the dry season,
while detrimental to the farmer, has given
labor the opportunity to work steadily.
Hence the earnings for the year have
been larger than usual There have been
no strikes.
Mr.. Fox's study and ANALYSIS of figures
will serve to throw light on the big prob
lem of living expenses. He has gone
back to 1910 to estimate the proportion
of cattle to humans. Then it was .SS to
a man. Now it is I.6I. Pigs used to be
40. Now they are SO. Other things
show a relative falling off.
He finds, too, that the proportion of
people employed on the farm with the
whole number of people in the country
has showed a corresponding decline.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-30
Muth Signs VIII the Orioles

Buddy" Muth, thNounq left.hander
who set the local basbaIl world a@oa
last spring by his xceptional wort
against the BaltimoA Orioles vas
signed up recently Il that team by
Manager Dunn. Muth AaSebalI history,
strange as II may seem, almost a du-
plicate of Lefty" Russis career be-
fore he entered organizedbaseball He
fame began when he enteAl the SUNDAY
School League in Baltimd Ninth was
too good for the amateA circles I,et
summer. however. and, &er twirling
for Maryland Athletic CD received
tempting offers from the MaAger Ranch
mans aggregation, which clS he ioined.
He remained here until thdteam Dis
banded. and by his pheuomell twirI;ng
helped TO win many games.
'Buddie" twirled three gank ao.inst
the Orioles last spring, andthe early
part OF the summer for the SredericI
nine, and wish far less claA bnnch
of ball players back of him. hll down
to two victories by scores of and
2 to l, in the first pair of contel ub;le
in the third he trimmed the Birdb 70 -
In none of these games did he DIV the
Orioles more than eight singles lille in
the dip he gave them in kalsomiE fonr
lonely safe swats we're doled outo The
Eastern League team by the youIster
That game settled Dunn and he dlided
to watch Muth more carefully than Sver
Ninth is only I9 years of age, altlS,oh
he appears 10 be older. and is poss,sed
OF fine physique. He stands a Vie
over six feet tall and weighs oveTzo
pounds. In this respect he difft, = !
little from Russell, who is sli,tlv
smaller in build. He lives withb;s
parents in Forest Park, being emplted
in the city during the winter, whereSs
he has made an excellent impressII
for his integrity and general busines
ability. Tf1v
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-30
Monday q Holiday.

Next Monday, January 2, will be legal
holiday in Maryland and the day will be
celebrated as New Years Day by many
business houses and the banks. While
the day will not be as universal holiday
as was last Monday. Governor Crothers
states that he hoped as many business
houses as were able would treat their en-
ployes to at least half day Of leave on
January 2.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-30
Falls From Train and is Killed.

A negro, said to be from Alabama,
who was working his way to Baltimore
in company with another coIored man,
who gave his name as kid" Hoy, fell
from the freight train he was riding, on
Sunday morning, about a mile beyond
Monrovia, on the B. and o. r. R., and
was run over, death resulting instantly.
The two were riding on the top of a
box car and the one. being overcome
with the cold, fell The other noticing
his friends misfortune at once went to
the rescue but when he arrived found the
man had been cut in two, the wheels of
one of the cars having run the length of
the body.
Hoy then went to Monrovia and told
of the accident. A number went to the
scene, and the remains were taken in
charge by Undertaken Falconer, of New
Market, and buried Hoy continued on
his way to Baltimore, where he claimed
he was scheduled to appear in a boxing
bout.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-30

troll both of these combinations, or our
whole fabric of free government will fail
and be succeeded by government Of
imperial power. This is the great issue
in this country today, and not only in
this country but also in England as well.
1t is the contest of the people against
monopoly and the privileged classes.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-30
Pearre is for Washington.

Representative Pearre says that if the
business men of Washington prove they
are really serious III wanting the Panama
Canal Exposition there he will give his
support to that city when the question is
decided by Congress. Why should
not be for Washington said Colonel
Pearre. Pm for Washington because it
is practically part of Maryland, and any
thing that Maryland wants am in favor
Of"