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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

or to have patience with a postal deficit The Saunders resolution is destined to stir up trouble. The Virginia member, in speaking of it today, said:
 'The time has come for an investiga- ton. have been watching conditions in my own state. and have some very i'm portant revelations to make to the com mttee. I know there are postmasters in my state who are seldom seen about their offices They are off in charge of can.- | paigns, rounding up votes, taking political arguments, or laying plans for the fu- ! ture The work is left to subordinates. Tt Is also time that the House should inquire into the promiscuous discontinue tion of offices. Under the Hitchcock plan, offices are abandoned or moved on the word of a republican referee, who sometimes lives 100 miles or more from | the community affected. Every few days the Postoffice Department will order the discontinuation of sa postoffice, moving it | from one community to another, all be-
 cause political expediency demands such move, in my opinion. The conditions that exist in other states.
 | q do not know to just what extent this political machine has progressed, nor the reason for the strange things that are | happening, but one of the most lmpor- tant things that the committee on post offices may turn its attention to now is wholesale investigation of the peculiar state of affairs l q have ascertained that many post masters have become chairmen of politi- | cal organizations in their neighborhood, | that the office is held in conjunction with and because of their political influence, and that this has an influence in the ap- pointments. Such conditions should not
 be tolerated, if the postoffice committee begins to investigate this subject, they
 will find many reforms that can be in-
 sttuted."
 | It has been noted of late that, as the
 date for the next national campaign ap-
 breaches the Postoffice Department Is
 very active in the appointments in the
 south. Seldom a day passes but that Q
 number of fourth-class. postmasters are named in the southern states, and many of these nominations are changes. The
 subtle hand of the postmaster general.
 already on the hunt for Taft delegates in | 1912, is believed to be behind the ava lanche of nominations and changes.
 The Postoffice Department seems to ps
 particularly under fire these days. Res
 olutions have already been introduced in
 the House authorizing an investigation or
 Mr. Hitchcocks conduct of the office
 along general lines. One investigation
 has already been authorized by the dem-
 ocratic leaders. This has to do with the
 manner in which appropriations for the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
TOPROBE MACHINE OETHEPOSTMASTER Hitchcock Must Answer to
 Democrats BEGUN BY SAUNDERS Resolution of Virginia Congressman Calls For Sweeping Investiga-
 ton of Machine Build
 ing Activities
BEGUN BY SAUNDERS
Rx RoDERICK CLIFFORD

Washington, April 2S.-(Special)-The political machine that Postmaster General Hitchcock is building up by means of his authority at the head of the Postoffice Department is in line for an investigation by the democratic House. Behind the apparent routine resolution of Representa- tive Saunders, Virginia democrat. call ing for an investigation Of the methods of this department. is a well-laid plan to probe deep into the machine-building ac- tivities of the postmaster general.
 The democratic House has determined uron a number of investigations of he va rious departments, but it is admitted that there is no one department In the govern ment service where the searchlight will be turned on with more pleasure than In the Postoffice Department, presided over by the former chairman of the national republican campaign committee.
 For many months there have been re- ports that MT. Hitchcock, with an eye to 1912 has been quietly laying his plans for the capture of delegates, particularly i'll the south. That the democrats are aware that the POStOH1ce Department may Wei be put under the probe is indicated by the sweeping terms of the Saunders resolu- tion, which the Virginia member has in- troduced only after careful investig 4 ton of conditions in his own state. and conference with other democrats whc have seen the growth of the machine ir their own sections.
 The Saunders resolution, which is differ ent from all other resolutions asking foi investigations, goes to the root of tho question by asking:
 | Whether postmasters throughout the country first-class and otherwise, ar'
 the proper attention to their of 1 fees.
 ;, aether it is not a fact that many of these postmasters accept their trus | from the government as a 'side-line," t' be conducted in connection with privat | business.
 l Whether it is true that many post masters spend much of their time cam paigning for the republican cause, to tn detriment of official business. l For what reason various postoffice have been discontinued, or moved upol orders from Washington. without con
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

When they do anything for you thesa people refuse to set price on their ac- ccmmodation and you must press some sort of compensation on them.
 Mrs. H. saw women, young and old, blowing in the fields and she has become a suffragette for the woman on the farm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
, the wishes of the patrons of the

sulting the wishes of the patrons of the office
 The Saunders resolution authorizes the
 House committee on postoffices and post
 roads to begin an investigation of these
 and a number of kindred matters. The investigation of this committee will be conducted independent of others that con- cern the administration of Postmaster General Hitchcock now under fire be- cause postoffice employees have been re- fused permission to organize into unions, or to affiliate themselves with the Amer ican Federation of Labor.
 MT. Saunders and other House demo- crats feel that, right under the eye of the democratic House, the willy postmaster general is putting in order political ma chine, the full force of which will be felt when the republicans come to nominate a. candidate for President two yeacs
 hence.
 Not only that, but 1t is claimed tha. the service is being crippled. It Is claimed that in many towns, men are named for postmasters who have private businesses
 that require all their time It is openly charged by MT. Saunders that in his own
 state, Virginia, there arc men holding commissions as postmasters at important offices who spend practically no time at lEelr uutlcS 1Hc icdi Woi IA, 1t Is alleged, is left to subordinates, while
 the politician -postmasters, secure in the
 knowledge that they can deliver a cer- tain number of delegates when the time arrives, content themselves with looking after other matters.
 It is claimed that the postmaster gen. eral has named for the office of post master, bankers, lawyers, merchants and others who regard their allegiance to the postal service as secondary to their own private interests. It is claimed that these politician n-postmasters show great activity in organizing their friends fin support of the republican cause, that they are chair
 men of county or city republican commit tees, and that much of the time is spent in campaigning.
 How much time do these postmasters srend upon personal vacations, and how much in speechmaking and campaign ar- guments?" is one of the questions which the House postoffice committee is asked to determine in its sweeping investig l. ton.
 If the committee should find that the political machine W hich the postmaster general Is supposed 10 be perfecting is
 such that it interferes with the duties of public servants, then the committee has the jurisdiction to recommend suitable
 reforms, and, if they are not forthcom- l ing, the democratic House will be in no mood to countenance increased apprO-
 priation for the Postoffice Department,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

would not have the reader believe that a lawless class predominates in the hills This Is not so, but my intention is to show that the man who establishes his own code of behavior is sometimes as hospitable as his neighbor.
 When distillery in one of the counties of north Alabama was raided by officers inc pastor of a local church was found in charge. The owner of the still. also minister, was filling his appointment at the time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

New Orleans, April 29.-Stories of hard ships, distress and suffering in struggles against death during the storm of Tues day night and Wednesday are drifting in with the return of belated oyster luggers and schooners caught in the sounds and bays along the Louisiana and Mississippi coasts. Rescue parties in launches are patrolling the coasts.
 Dispatches from Biloxi tell of the re- turn last night of Daniel Gorenflo, son of a prominent packer, who with the crew of the schooner Arapahoe had a ter rible experience during the 4S hours hur- ricane Losing their bearings and blown from their mooring. they ran short of provisions and subssted on boiled shrimp for three days, the only drinking water available being that which they caught during the downpour
 Oscar Colson of Scranton, Miss, cap tain of the schooner Reindeer, was near
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
THRILLING EXPERIENCES
 DURING TUESDAYS STORM

the Arapahoe. The anchor line parted duying the terrific blow the Reindeer drift Ting two days and nights across the long stretch of Louisiana marshes and bayous to Catfish pass. Colson reached Biloxi last night after rowing more than 40 miles across a dreary waste in a small skiff to carry relief for his crew. He was nearly famished and exhausted from ia tigue and exposure.
 A pleasure party in schooner anchored rear Grandeur Island when the blow started. The hurricane became so fierce the crew was forced to cut away the nasts to prevent capsizing. Water and provisions had been exhausted when a passing power launch was signalled to tow them into Ship Island
 Six good-sized schooners were blown upon the beach at Pass Christian. Many of them had cargoes of oysters and near ly all were seriously damaged Their crews report thrilling escapes from drowning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
FAMINE GROWS
 WORSE IN CHINA "A Returning Transport Re- ports Thousands Dying
 for Lack of Food

San Francisco, April 29-According to the accounts of famine in China, brought here by the United States transport Blu ford, which reached San Francisco yes terday, whole villages have been depopu- lated by famine and even in the large dis- tricts of the city of Ranking. men and women may be seen dropping dead from the lack of food
 The Buford carried a cargo of food stuffs to the sufferers. The foodstuns were taken 100 miles up the Yellow river and distributed among various villages.
 According to estimates, secured by off cers of the Buford, there are about 200o,OO people in northern Aihui and 1,000,o00 1T mortimer Kiaghu in a starving condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
Long Fishing Trip

New Orleans, April 29.-Probably the most extensive fishing trip ever un- dertaken by a woman is that of Miss Lolo F. Vance of Noblesville, Ind, who passed through this city today en route to Peru, swhere she will spend the summer fishing for queer speci- mems for the University of Indiana. Miss Vance is making a speciality of ,zoological under Professor Ingleman of the Indiana university. Miss Vance will be met in Peru by her brother and will make the larger portion of her trip into the interior on pack animals She says she intends to return to the states next fall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

Postoffice Department have been ex- pended. In addition, the House also pro- poses to ascertain if the department has dscriminated aganst the rural free de- livery service, the mail carriers, who want to organize and the personnel of the department as a whole. which is demand ing better pay and shorter hours. Now comes the resolution directed particularly toward the political astuteness of the postmaster general and his apparent in clination to turn the postmasters of tho country into political agents for the re- publican party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
Kitteredge Very III

Hot Springs, Ark, April 29.-The phy- sicians attending former Senator A. B. <itteridge of South Dakota, who is criti- cally i'll here, issued the following bulletin tonight: Senator Kitteridge was con- scious today longer than at any other time during his illness but his vitality was also lower than it has been He recog- nized friends who came from his home to see him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
Charged With Filibustering

Ban Juan, Porto Rico, April 29-Gen. Carlos F. Morales. the former president. and Maurice Jiminez, the former vice president of Santo Domingo, were ar raigned today, charged with planning a filibustering expedition against San Do- niiko. Tn default of s250o bail bonds they were sent to jail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
DROWNS IN THREE
 INCHES OF WATER

Gremarcy, La, April 29.-While walking along a railroad track yesterday after noon, Devere Loup, aged IA, was stricken with an attack of epilepsy. He fell into a ditch and was drowned in three inches of water.
, 1911-04-15
BekemdtaoTelse

mET b~ekendtgoles herved, at Guverno-
~ mentet har t~ilstaaet Guyernements-
sekretnr HELWEG-LARSEN, r. If Dbgo
Peise. adele til L. opa "a. 10 Maahode'
fra den 3die DIS. at regne, at Underdommet
r.. BAUMANN, r. af Dig, er konstltueret
som Observation-Disclosures SAINT at hSL
FuIdmngtig WILL. JACOBSEN vii fungere
som Ekspeditioussekrete under hans Fra
vVrelse.
Gouyarnemonts Secretariatet, St. CrolN,
den ste April 1911.
BAUMANN.
est.
, 1911-04-15
W I'LL. JACOBSEN.
translation.
Publication.

~ is hereby brought to public notice, that
= on the 9th instant the undersigned
Governor viii leave the Danish West India
Islands for some days, aud that by virtue
of ROYAL Resolution Of l2th April 1907 The
acting Government Secretary, Judge BAU-
MANN, KID, will act as Vice Governor
during my absence.
Government Of the Danish West India Is
lands, St. Thomas, the 9TH April 1911.
LTMPRICHT.
, 1911-04-15
Bekendtgorels

NET o~ekeudtgores hsryed, At andertc7
~ nede Guvernor den ode dennes WI
forbade de dausk vestindiske Ger / noSIe
Dage, og at den koustituerede Guverne-
mentssekretser, Underdommer BAUMANN,
RID. Overensstemmelse med kougeIIg
Resolution at lite April 1907 vii tun9ere
som Viceguverror under min Frlyorelse.
Guyernemeute for de dausk yestindiske Der,
St. Thomas, den Tide April 1911
LIMPRICHI.
, 1911-04-15
Translation.
publication

~ Is hereby made known, that Govern
- ment has granted Government Secretary
HELWEG-LARSEN, X. D., leave Of alb
sence for a period Of about 10 months, to be
reckonel from the Bird INST. and that Judge
r. BAUMANN, X. d., and Government
Chief Clerk WILL JACOBSEN have been
appointed to ne; respectively as Government
Secretary and as DespatcLiu8 Secretary dur
ing his absence.
Government Secretary's Office, St. CroiX,
9Th April, 1911.
BAUNANN.
dcty.
, 1911-04-15
Translation.


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- Mrs. GORDON has resumed her duties
as district midwife III the 8th district.
Government Secretary's Office, St. Crolx,
5th April 1911.
BAUMANN,
dctg.
, 1911-04-15
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est
The Sentinel=record., 1911-06-22
Neckwear

We always sell more ties than any other house in town
 250 dozen four in hands, Cheney pure silk, Cheney tubulaf silks, every conceivable color, including black and every solid coor 50c now ...... 33c Every $1 tie in the house .................. 65c Every $1.50 tie in the house ................ 90c 150 dozen fancy and solid color four in hands,
 Wash Ties 50 dozen fine four in hands, all new goods, at } for .......... Zoe Every 25 cent wash tie at ..................17 17c Every 50 cent wash tic at . 33c Bat wings, string ties bows, tecks stocks, clubs, wndsors, large varites
 30 cent grade .................s..... .33c 25 cent grade ...... ...................... 17c
The Sentinel=record., 1911-06-22
Largest Underwear Stock in the City

Long seeves short sleeves, athletic, long drawers
 or knee drawer
 B. V. D., all styles soc, now ............... .35c India crepe all styles 50c now. ..... .35c Wilson Bros. nainsook all styles, 50c, now 35c Wilson Bros lisle white, 50c, now. 35c Wilson babriggan, natural, 50c, now .35c Short sleeve white balbriggan, also stouts
 25c, now ........................ .l9c penpere elastic seam drawers soc .... 35c Scrvens elastic seam drawers 75c now ... .55c Imported nainsook $1.00 now ............. .10c Bon Bon French lise, $1.00, now .......... .70c American Hosiery Co.,. 80 w sle, also stouts
 S2 now " .. .$1.40
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-09-23
Land Office Warrant.

Having received from the Commits
sioner of the Land Office special war;
rant to survey and lay out for and in
the name of Frederick Gunby Bell, of
Wicomico County, State of Maryland,
one acre, more or less, of vacant land
in the Second Election District of Wor-
cester County, State of Maryland, be-
ing an Island in Chincoteague Bay, the
said Island lying South Of larger Island
named Whittington's Point, being sepa-
rated from said Island by about 300 feet.
The Island is about 200 feet long and
about 40 feet wide. It lies near the
intersection of longitude rs degrees, Is
minutes. and latitude 3S degrees, 6 min
utes. 1t is the middle Island of three
Islands, the most northerly of which is
called Whittington's Point on the Mary
land Virginia Typographical Map. Green
Run Quadrangle. ISSUED by U. S.
Geological Survey, Edition 1901 The
three Islands mentioned are the most
westerly of a number of Islands in that
vicinity. Now. therefore. hereby give
notice that shall proceed to locate the
said warrant on the 18th day of October,
1911, at ten o'clock a. m.
The above warrant was issued May
1st, 1911.
w. u. SCH0OLFIELD,
Surveyor for Worcester County, Md.
tsept. 9-3t)
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-09-23
Interest In Alfalfa

Each year interest in alfalfa growing
in this section is increasing. There
would be more general interest taken
were it not for the reports of so many
farmers failing with it. These failures,
however, are caused more from the con-
dition and nature of the soil than the
climate. 1t has been advised to use
barnyard manure and especially to grow
COW peas and SOFA beans in the plot of
land and follow these with alfalfa. The
land must be put in rich condition
twenty-five tons of stable manure to the
acre would be good investment. Even
should the stand of alfalfa be failure
the manure will not be wasted. The
land should be drained Should the soil
be very tough, heavy limestone clay.
loosen it up by means of heavy manuring
else it win throw out the alfalfa the first
winter. A limestone soil is best. If
such soil is not available spread evenly
about twenty bushels per acre of freshly
Stacked lime. and harrow it.
II good stand is obtained it will be
the making of the land. Two wagon
loads of soil taken from the roots of
growing alfalfa win inoculate another
acre for the extension of the crop, and
it can be thus carried on until half the
farm is in alfalfa. The bacteria acts
like yeast in dough. and will continue to
spread. There is no deception about
the truthfulness of bacteria in the soil
producing alfalfa. Many soils already
have the bacteria, but such soils always
have much humus and nitrogen in them.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-09-23
MIR. GORMAN NOTIFIED
OF HIS NOMINATION
Great Gathering of Prominent Democrats at His
Magnificent Home in Howard County
On Last Tuesday.

Senator German next touched on good
roads and the benefit of the whole state
by the development of Baltimore. These
progressive policies, he said, the Demo-
Gratis would carry out. Other planks in
the platform were indorsed by the speak
er, who concluded by stating that he
proposed to fight under the banner Of
progress.
After the demonstration following
Mr.. Germans speech had concluded,
former Judge Glen H. Worthington, of
Frederick, made his speech to Mr.. Poe,
who replied, and w. Mason Shehan, Of
Talbot County. made the final notifica-
tion address to Emerson C. Harring-
ton, who also replied briefly.
Following the ceremonies the guests
were entertained at Luncheon by Senator
and Mrs. German.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-09-23
Tuesday, October 3, 1911,
Tuesday October 10. 1911,
From s A. M. to Z P. M. each day.

From s A. M. to z p. M. each day.
In the First Election District, Cos
tons, at Pocomoke City, in the Office of
the Worcester Democrat.
In the Second Election District. at
Snow Hill, in the county voting house.
In the Third Election District. East
Berlin, in the county voting house, Ber-
lin.
In the Fourth Election District, New
ark, in Newark, in the store house Of
Harry w. Bowen.
In the Fifth Election District, st.
Martins. at Bishopville, in the Office of
Whaley & Co.
In the Sixth Election District, Coul-
b0urn, in the county voting house on the
Joseph Godfrey farm.
In the Seventh Election District, At
kinson's in the county voting house in
said district.
In the Eighth Election District. Stock
ton, in King B. Johnson's barber shop,
at Stockton.
In the Ninth Election District, West
Berlin. in the county voting house, at
Berlin.
The Registrars will also sit at their
respective places of registration on
TUESDAY, OCTOBER nth, 1911, from
8 A. M. to z P. M, for the purpose of
correcting and revising said registration
lists.
No new names will be registered on
that day.
Registration Officers will appear be-
fore the Board Monday, October End, to
receive Registration Books.
J. SAMUEL PRICE, Pres.
JOHN H. BLADES,
HARRY P. DALE,
Board of Election Supervisors.
ALGERNON C. HILL. Clerk.