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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-14
lust LAUGH

Don't let's set too serious
DUn't let's get too gay;
There's nothing going to happen
To frighteD peace away.
We take events too sternly.
We grow too grave by half
The o0untEy's coming on all right
JUST LAUGH"
-.TnInr,o nrAnn
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-14
WANTEDl

Statesmen to represent us In
tie sale Of cur High Grade Goods.
Don'S delay, apply at once. Steady
employment liberal terms. Exper-
ence not necessary,
ALLEN NURSERY co.
Rochester, n. Y.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-14

In all the above cases one or more
Of the parties had heretofore ven
tured on the sea Of matFimony only
to have its waves overwhelm their
barques and cast them lonely on the
shore Of single blessedness. The es-
cape however did not deter them
from another voyage which we trust
may be serene and without teInpeuis,
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-14
T I M E
Dedicated 10 ALICE G. MocAwrry

Day in its glory is passed,
The shadows Of evening are cast,
Night will come soon,
And IN stars in their full array
Shining forth in the milkyway
And the crescent moon.
Then nights splendid will lsss away
Aurora will open the day
Again, and so on
Morn, twilight and evening and night
Alternating darkness and light
For centuries till time is DONE
Time counts for little, still much,
AS i takes its fight, for such
Twill count as we've used it. The years
That were ours have we spent them well9
The records of heaven viii tell.
Our hopes are compounded with fears
CECILIA A. CULLEN.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-14
HYMENEAL

A marriage license was granted
Wednesday to John William Mexican
and Mrs. Ella Garrison both Of NIL
ford township.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-14

Lester w. Swain of New York ami
Carrie B. Fisher of Monticello N Y,
were married Wednesday at the Pres
byterian Manse by Rev. G. A.
White. The boys recognizing the
gayety OF the OCCASION while the cere
mony was In progress handsomely
decorated the sleigh and adorned il
with becoming tokens aud mottos.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-14

Michael ]. McAndrews and Maggie
Decker both of Hawley Pa. obtained
n marriage license Wednesday and
the same day were married by ].
Henry Ludwig. Justice of the Peace.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-14

The Farmers Institute held in
Grange Hall at Layton on the after
noon and evening of the inst
brought together crowd that filled
the hall.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-04-16
WE SUBMIT TO YOUR CON.
SHERATON

" HE County Commissioner and
Auxiliary Board received the
special committee appointed
by citizens OF the First, Second, Third
and Fourth districts on Wednesday
afternoon OF this week. The Commit
tee presented the claims of the Chesa-
peake City-Fair Hill road for per-
manent improvement under the $780,
OF the Auxiliary Board, moved that
this road be adopted for improvement
this year by the local authorities. The
motion was seconded by County Com
missioner Deshane. Upon taking the
vote the motion was lost, Messrs.
Steele and Griffith voting for it and
Messrs. Deshane, Shippers, McVey and
McCreery voting against it. Nobody
seems to understand just what the OBJ
lection is to this roads Improvement.
The next improvement made under
the 100000 loan law requires that the
roads selected be in the Third, Fourth
or Seventh districts, and any attempt
to evade the law will be met by iniunc-
ton. As no other road is being asked
for in the Third or Fourth districts
and as the Fair Hill Chesapeake C;'y
road is concededy the most largely
used, it seems difficult to understand
what influence is opposing this move
ment. Personally we have no inter
est, whatever in the matter OF the
work to be done, either under the
Shoemaker law or the State Road
Commission We have been travel
ling recently over some of the stone
roads i'll this county and found them,
though completed only few months
ago. more undesirable than our old
dirt ones We think this whole bust
ness is going to prove an unfortunate
experiment, for which thee ounty and
State will have to pay most dearly in
the near future. Our tax rate for the
coming year will be $I.32 according
to current reports But that will not
meet the countyS and States indebted
ness. Nor will it relieve the taxpayers
burdens. Either the rate will continue
to rise or the new assessment will be
on a very HIGH scale, i we are to pull
out 81 the slough into which this road
building business is leading us, When
taxation becomes so burdensome as to
amount to confiscation, the people
who cannot now be stirred to any in
tereSt on this subject one way or the
other, will probably be the. ones to
cry out most loudly. In short, our
own desire is TO see no more bond
issued under the 100000 loan law,
unless the money SO raised be ex-
pended by our own local authorities,
ON practical, less expensive improve
ment in entire enforcement from the
Shoemaker law. So lar as the State
Commission goes, we are not in the
least interested. They will keep on
dong something, OF course. to get
away with that five million dollars, and
we will just have to grin and bear Our
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-04-16

serious consideration during all the
weeks it was incubating, under the
careful supervision OF its concoct-
ers, the Governor included. Was he
unaware Of its provisions. of the party
caucuses held over it in his pwn
shadow, of the party unanimity (and
indecent rush with which it was jam
med through both houses Of the Legis-
lature? Did he only wake up to a
serious consideration" of it over
night, so as to reverse his whole atti-
tude between Suns? A pretty spec
tacle he makes OF himself and his
partyl Here is piece of legislation
which they have been blowing about
with great airs, and much flourish of
their guns. And then they run, after
the first fire. All of which simply
proves what we have always contend
ed-that these fellows are only inso-
lent so long as nobody shows fight
Open on them, and they hunt cover
They will now retreat to their old
devices-Wilson Laws, trick ballots
and other things that are dark. They
are better at stealing on nights that
are not moon-lit than at fighting ir the
open day
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-04-16
WHAT A SPECTACLE!
. HE distinguished constituti

"H HE distinguished constitution
al lawyers who devised the
= Digges Bill and stood spon-
sors for its constitutionality have
made nice exhibition OF themselves.
Maryland ought to be proud of such
members OF the Bar. These retainers
OF the Democratic Machine have not
only contributed to the ''gaieiy of ma
tons" but have assuredly deepe
the public's respect for Marylands
legal talent, when it gets to work on
schemes OF partizan legislation.
Messrs. Marbury, Machen, Digges,
ct. al have GRATED profoundly on
their thoroughly digested form of
procedure in the isfranchisement
program; the Governor has declared
it IAN orderly and legal method OF
testing the Fifteenth Amendment"
The whole Machine has assured its
clientele that nothing could be done
about it, until a test case had been
presented to and decided by the STU
preme Court; all things were ready
except little ordinary horse-sense
which the veriest layman could exer-
else without having to make several
different sorts OF a fool OF himself in
doing it. 1t took no extraordinary
legal acumen, it only took a school
boys ability to read to discover that
Federal Statute No. $50 provides
severe penalties for violations OF the
Fourteenth. and Fifteenth Amend
ments. We take no credit Of int,
gence forA having made this ronten
ton frofnsthe very beginning CT the
agitation OF the Digges plan. What
we cannot understand is how these
conspirators, sitting up nights to de-
wise ways and means for the nullihca
ton OF the Fifteenth Amendment;
connecting scheme which was sup
posed to be most deliberately safe
guarded; wasting their strength and
spending the States time and money
over partizan program that was to
be perfect in every part; what we can
not understand is how these gentle
men should have overlooked an ex-
animation of the Federal statutes that
deal with the Constitutional provision
which they were to whistle down the
wind. 1t is no wonder the State has
been made laughing stock in all
sections, =" the whole silly periorr
ance. But IS it not Notifying to think
that the States name and tame has to
be linked in the public Judgment with
the acts of men who are LAWYERS
amongst politicians and polite
amongst lawyers-and moss-backs or
demagogueS everywhere.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-04-16

HE Baltimore papers reported
Governor Crothers as so
wholly occupied in considering
and signing bills, that meals were
sent to him from the Executive Man
sion" But the Governor was not so
wholly occupied" as to overlook some
little local affairs in Cecil county,
which caused him to spend parts Of two
days in our midst this week The Gov
ernor makes it clearly understood
hereabonts that his word IS lawTHE
law--for Cecil county as conditions
now exist, and the people are accept
ing il quite placidly, having apparent
ly decided to turn everything over to-
his dictation, roads, Commissioners
Office, assessment, elections, every
thing. If now the Governor will also
pay the taxes-BUT HE LET'S THE
PEOPLE DO THAT His function
is to dispose Of them, after they are
paid.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-04-16
THE STRAIN OF 1T

\ NNAPOLIS, MD, April s.
~ Governor Crothers announced
= n to-day that no hearing on the
Digges Bill could be granted until
about the middle OF next week.
Annapolis. Nd, April SIS s eeifte1yfe:aor
Crothers has announced his determin-
alton to withhold his approval from
the Diggcs Bills
Wednesday, April 6-Governor Gro
theirs. in one OF his elaborate Sun paper
interviews enthusiastically endorses
the Digges Bills.
Friday, April S-"Governor Croth,
erS i'll statement to the Sun, an
nounces his disapproval OF the Digges
Bills"
MI OF which acrobatic performance
must have been extremely trying to the
Governor mental apparatus, and we
are glad to note his arrival in Elkton
on Saturday, April Q, Such lightning
like changes of opinion were doubtless
exhausting, and the Governor needed
the rest curc.'
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-04-16

share OF the increased taxation there
for We shall do that with greater
alacrity, il only they keep their road
building out OF our region-as they
most likely will. Being much concern
cd in farming and not at all in auto
MODELLING, we are quite willing to see
the five millions squandered some
where else.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-04-16
No. 1856
REPORT or THE CONDITION
or THE
National Bank of EIkfon
AT ElkroS. IN TINE STATE or maryland
At THE CLOSE or BUSINESS.
MARCH 2sih. 1910
RESOURCES

Loans and Discounts. s641. 79e 20
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured..... 1888 Is
U. S. Bonds to secure circulation $4,000 90
Bonds, securities, ,s71 So
Banking house, furniture, fixtures..... 10000 90
Due from National Banks mot reserve
agents. .................. .......... 1883 50
Due from approved reserve agents.... 96.122 Al
Checks and other cash items 269 40
Notes of other National Banks....... 6s5 90
cen,s................: 80. 1872 IS
Lawful Money Reserve in Bank. viz:
Legal-tender notes ........ 1885 90 s2.7ss 90
Is per cent. Of circulation] ....-.... $500 90
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-04-16
LIABILITIES

Capital stock paid in ,............... $4,000 90
Surplus fund ............. 100000 90
Undivided profits, less expenses and
taxes paid Observation-Disclosures. $3.50 80
National Bank notes outstanding 1880 90
Due to other National Bauks......... 4.6S6 IS
Due to Trust Companies and Savings
Observation-Disclosures. ........ II 03
Individual deposits subject to check. 1857 90
Demand certificates of deposit. $1,000" 523.16s 95
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 81 2OS, 1927 SO
State of Maryland. County OF Cecil, IS:
/, Chas. b. Finley, Cashier of the above-named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above state
ment is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief.
cHAS. b. FINLEY. Cashier.
Correct-Attest:
CHAS. NJ. ELLIS,
FREDERICK I. HAINES,
FRANK X. SCOTT,
apr 9-4t Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this I'd
day of April. 1910.
JOHN w. ANTHONY, Notary Public.
The National tribune., 1910-05-19
The Call of yesterday" "

(By c. z. Allyn, Los Angeles, CALI
Behold them, marching down the street
With halting steps and progress slow
Those are the men whose sprightly feet
Marched to the conflict years ago.
They heard our country's call for aid,
When armed rebellion filled the land;
They heard the call, but unafraid,
Marched forth in battle line to stand
They marched and fought on many
fields,
Where wars red carnage held full
sway;
They fought for right and would not
yield
Until the wrong was swept away!
All, those were days that tried mems
souls
When men of worth gave up their all
By writing names upon the rolls
For life or death at Lincoln's call.
Then, when the victory was complete,
Like noble heroes from the strife,
ClaSped hands with those who bore de-
feat,
Each pledged to guard the Nations
life!
And some are left to ''fall in line
To strew with flowers their comrades'
clay,
Until the coming Of that time
The last roll call from yesterday"
The National tribune., 1910-05-19
Many Years Agonc.
Selected. }

Notiecleu-D
Twas many years ago the news of
Sumter's fall
Reused the Nations ire and woke the
trumpet's call
The call of Father Abra'm'' sounding
loud and long
And, loi an army rose, 900, 900 strong"
They came from hill and dale, from
school and shop and farm;
They came from every place-a patriot
ic swarm;
They bade adieu to friends, and gave
the parting hand.
Then bravely marched away to save our
native land.
into the fray they charged, mid storm
and shot and shell;
They boldly dared the hot and hungry
jaws of hell.
Thus many a noble boy fell in that aw-
. full strife
And, sacrificing all, they saved the Ma
tiOn's life.
Dear boys, We're growing old; our locks
have turned to gray;
The ranks are thinning out; they're fad
ing fast away;
The Captain of the Guard is on his final
round,
And soon we all shall bivouac on our
last camp ground
The dear old Flag that once a ruthless
hand did seize,
We leave it all unstained and floating in
the breeze;
And when the soldier boys are sleeping
in the grave,
Then ever let "old Glory" proudly Ger
Chorus -. 20
Oh, the years-the speeding, speeding
years!
How they fly-see how they fly!
And the ev'ning time is drawing nigh;
AT the setting of the sun and the final
battle won,
We shall camp again in the glad by
and-by.
The National tribune., 1910-05-19
Mai. NJ. II. Peters

Maj. NJ. III. Peters, of Watseka, Ill,
went to Dayton to attend the Reunion
of his old regiment, the 74th Ohio, and
is the only surviving field officer of the
regiment. He had a varied career in
his youth, being left an orphan in New
Orleans and having hard struggle for
life. He finally drifted to the home OF
a poor widow in Springfield, O., where
ne remained until the war broke out,
When he promptly enlisted in the 18th
Ohio, and after that re-enlisted in the
18th Ohio. in which he rose thru all
the ranks until promoted to Captain for
gallantry On the Atlanta campaign and
then enlisted as Major. He was twice
severely wounded and once reported
Killed After being mustered out he
fe1oined his foster mother at Watseka,
where he has lived ever since. and the
papers of the town say that he has
aone more tnan any other one man in
puliaing up and beautifying the town.
lie has served in the State Legislature,
and Is now serving his third term az
mayor OF Natseka. He is a candidate
FOR Commander of the Department Of
Illinois.
The National tribune., 1910-05-19
The Peoples Song of Peace.

(By Joaquin Miller. from THE Song of
the Centennial")
TIE grass is green on Runker Hill,
The waters sweet in Brandywine;
The sword sleeps in the scabhard still.
The farmer keeps his flock and vine;
Then VINO wculd mar the scene to-day
With vaunt OF battlefield or fray?
The brave corn lifts N regiments
Ten thousand sabers in the sun;
The ricks replace the battle tents.
The hammered taSsels toss and run.
The neighing steed the bugle's blast,
These be but stories of the past
The earth has healed her wounded
breast
The cannons plow the field no more;
The heroes rest! On, let them rest
In peace along the peaceful shore,
They fought for peace, for peace they
fell;
They sleep in peace, and all is well.
The fields forget the battles fought,
The trenches wave in golden grain;
Shall we neglect the lessons taught
And tear the wounds agape again?
Sweet Mother Nature. nurse the land,
And heal her wounds with gentle hand.
Lo. peace on earth, Lo, flock and fold,
Loi rich abundance fat increase
And valleys clad in sheen of goldi
Oh. rise and sing a song of peacei
For Theseus roams the land no more
And Janus rests with rusted door.
The National tribune., 1910-05-19
The Heroes Rest.

(By S. NJ. Butt)
Do you see on yonder hill
Headstones gray with moss and still,
Sentries of the present day,
Marking where hero lay?
There is history written there,
On these graVeStones, cold and bare,
Telling those who pass this way
Heroes rest beneath this clay.
1t was from the Canton plain,
And from Shiloh's dark campaign,
Myriads came to silent lay,
Waiting for the Judgment Day;
Men of Drawn and courage came
From the city and the plain.
Stalwarts for their country's cause,
Succors of its civil laws.
Mother gave her only son
At the call in sixty-one
And his heart with joy did thrill;
Now he sleeps on yonder hill.
When the Dons in ninety-e eight
Sent the Maine to it's sad fate,
Thousands rushed these ranks to fill;
Many rest beneath that hill.
Let US crown the silent grave
With the laurels of the brave;
Let us write the hero's name
In the present Hall of Fame.
Let the distant future know
These were heroes long ago,
That won the cause that made then
great
In siXty-four and ninety-eight
The National tribune., 1910-05-19
THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN
CONTINUED from page one.)

dinates to ride with all haste toward
Richmond, and interpose between the
Union cavalry and the Confederate cap
ital How many men he gathered IN
front of Sheridan we cannot know.
John Esten Cooke says that he only got
about 1000 there. and other Confeder-
ate historians, with their customary
eagerness to minimize their defeated
forces. follow Cookies estimate. This is
obviously glaring understatement. The
worst thing for Stuart was that his mis-
conception of Sheridan's plans made
him terribly overwork his men and
horses in order to concentrate them for
the defense of Richmond, and When
they arrived at the point of concentra-
ton near the yellow Tavern both men
and animals were faint with hunger
and worn out by fatigue. Stuart real
lied this. as he did the alarm of Jeffer-
son Davis and others over the near APP
proach of the hated Yankees, and he
sent a dispatch to Richmond to cheer
them, saying that "his men and horses
were tired, jaded and hungry, but all
right Stuart was one of the most
interesting personalities in the whole
Southern Confederacy, and was intense
ly admired and loved by his people. J.
Esten Cooke says with regard to him:
Stuart was a man of remarkable
| frankness, and the least penetrating
person could see at a glance his whole
nature-that he was young, ardent. am
bilious. fond of applause, but brave
devoted and ready to die for the cause
which he firmly regarded as the right
His gayety and fondness for bright col
ors, music, adventure and hard fighting
were simply the outcome of the strong
health and Zest of life in the man.. He
was full of animal spirits, delighted in
jests and practical jokes, was a thoro
soldier and cavalryman from natural
taste, and no doubt enjoyed all the
pride. pomp and circumstance of war
| to the utmost but this was only one
side of the picture 1t may be said. in
deed, to have been only the surface
Under the laughing demeanor of Stuart
the cavalryman and good comrade was
the hard dber and genuine military
genius of Stuart the commander. Thai
The National tribune., 1910-05-19

and slave labor, meagerly overgrown
with briers, sumac and scrub-pines,
were 5000 of the cavalry which Stuart
had led with such dash and eclat for
three long years. No one can deny that
these were cavalrymen such as the
world has rarely seen, high-spirited
young Firginians, veteran horsemen,
riding like Centaurs, and fighting in the
saddle or on foot as only young Ameri-
cans can fight. They We're commanded
| by the best soldiers the Southern Con-
federacy could furnish, most of whom
had been educated at West Point and
! trained in the superb school of the old
Regular Army. Veterans of innumer-
able conflicts with the fierce COmanches,
! the dreaded Apaches, the redoubtablS
Pawnees and Sioux, they were names
to conjure with then and long after
ward, for many of them rose to high
| office either in their own States or un-
der the United States Government. One
| division was commanded by Wade
Hampton and Fitzhugh Lee, with the
brigade commanders Wickham and Lo-
max. Gen NJ. c. Butler, afterwards
| United States Senator commanded
division, with his brigades commanded
by DunOvant, Young and Rosser. A
| third division was commanded by Maj
| Gen. W. Fl. F. Lee, with Barringer and
Chambliss at the head of its brigades.
Many of these men, including Stuart
4
of them personal friends and regimen
tai associates of our own commanders,
Gregg, Merrill and Custer, who now
confronted them with a line of 10000
men, filling the fields in front with
long, sinuous wave of blue. glinting with
polished steel and terrible with the
floating banners of the might and mai
esty of the United States.
1t was a great stake for which the
battle was to be waged. For the Con-
federates it was the defense of the
Capital of that which they had delu-
sively hoped was to be a great Nation,
the safety of their so-called President,
Cabinet, Congress, and the preservation
of the immense arsenals, storehouses
and factories which had been gathered
there
On the Union side it meant even more
than the ca pture, for defeat meant de-
structiOn. Lees army was only few
miles away, and an infantry force could
be readily detached to grind the daring
Union cavalry to destruction between
the milfstOnes of an attack in front and
rear. Jefferson Davis confidently hoped
for this, and in his superior military
wisdom, which Gen.. Grant admits was
of such service to the Union cause, gave
directions that this should be done. The
MONDAY sun looked down upon a field
that would be big with history before
he bade it farewell as he descended be- q,
hind the western mountains
(To be continued.)
The National tribune., 1910-05-19
The GIorious Stars and strines

("Our National Flag a Fourth of
July 'oration, dialogue between father
and son which was in vogue over 60
years ago, and sent IN by Comrade NJ:
c. Dunn, Veterans Home, Napa, Cal }
Son: Father, look up and see that Flag.
how gracefully it flies;
Those pretty Stripes they seem to be
the rainbow in the skies.
Father: 1t is your country's Flag, my
son, and proudly drinks the light
Der ocean wave in foreign cline, a
symbol of our might
Son: Father, what fearful noise is that,
like thunder in the clouds?
Why do the people wave their hats and
rush along in crowds?
Father: 1t is a day of jubilee, the glad
shouts of the free.
II is a day of memory dear, shout you
aloud with glee.
Son: Father, ! wish / were a man; I'd
fire my cannon, too,
And cheer as loudly as the rest; but.
Father, why don't you?
Father: I'm getting old, but still my
heart is full of joy
I've witnessed many a day like this
Shout you aloud, my boy.
Son: Hurrah for freedoms jubilee, God
bless our native land,
And may j live to hold the boon of
freedom in my hand.
Father: Well done, my son. Grow I'D
and love the land that gave you
birth;
The land where freedom loves TO dwell,
paradise on earth.