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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-11-22
Unique Clock.

A modern travelling clock shows the
popular tendency to compression. It
Is as nat as an untitled wallet and can
easily be slipped in handbag.
One Of the newest has the clock
an eight-day affair, about the size Of
a mans watch--a barometer and Their.
mometer combined Thus the traveller
can not only tell the hour OF day. but
the probable weather she viii have
for her outings.
In selecting one Of these nat travel
ing clocks. make surs of an eight-day
movement.
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fashion was very popular several
ysass aso anu ~ ~ style Wnich woms
sh y snla,l ana pretty Ieatures nnd
.soons, ~. n - s.rons measure
- cul ons nair quite snort ana am
i. Z o rano, 'nat me neaos saw az
ne Snavsae. peprssenced the eccentric
~ =. inuivi1ual .asce ratner tnan the
VIC. aiu y . posslDle revival
4 sreAs many Diack ana dark blue
evenlng gowns were worn, ana In all
cases these toliets We're covered with
E,cn emproioeries. which sparkled and
sifteereo unoer tne SOFT light OF
tnousano lamps Inc keynote OF our
fashions q To-Day SO iar "a evening
gowns are concerned, Is sparkle! 1t
az me age o. eciectic extravagance. but
there are moments wnen one feels In,
cnneo 70 gasp at the sight or embroid-
elass covered win diamond facets and
wltn SEED pearls massed together In
EecAless PERCUSSION Never were jet
emDfoioenes more popular for eve
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-11-22
NOTICE

BYTHE oRFHAss' COURT ron olorL oouzxx,l
January !. 1904.
ORDERED, That all Administrators, En-
ecntors and Guardians that have not staten
an account within a year. come forward arc
do the same. or show cause 70 the confralS
or they will be cited up.
Tesi' rHos. B. MILLER. Regis.el
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-11-22
Function d parnyard Manure.

Barnyard manure is very essential
in garden making because it furnishes
both plant food and humus. 1t also
warns the soil. and makes 1t easier
and cheaper cultivated. 1t cannot cas-.
ily be dispensed with.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-11-22
ORPHANS. COURT.

The Stated Meetings of the Orphans
Court of Cecil county will be held on thu
second Tuesday ofevery month. Executors
Administrators and Guardians, wanting
their accounts stated, will please bring in
their vouchers few days before Court.
Test: THOS. B. MILLER. Register.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-11-22
NHEsAPEAKE STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
"cHgsAPEAkE LINE"

a NHESAFEAAE STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
CHESAPEAKE LINE"
ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMERS "CITY
BALTIMORE" and CITY OF NORFOLK,
For OLD POINT COMFORT ana NORFOLK.
Steamers leave Baltimore daily at $50 P. NJ,
arriving Old Point Comfort at 800 A. NJ, and
Norfolk at A. NJ. where connection Ia made
with the Rail Lines for all points South.
Northbound-Leave Norfolk 6.l6 p. NJ, Old
Point Comfort q. 10 P. M, arrive Baltimore A. N
YORK RIVER LINE"
ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMERS
For WEST POINT and RICHMOND. VA.
Steamers leave Baltimore Tuesday, Thursaa
and Saturday at p. M. and arrive West Point "
7.46 a. m, and Richmond at Q 30a. m.
Steamers call at Glouchester Point. Yorktow
Clements, Clay Bank and Almonds, weather
and ice conditions permitting
STEAMERS LEAVE BALTIMORE FROM Plkh
10 AND 10 EIGHTsTRRET WHARF.
Through Tickets to all points may be sscureu.
baggage checked and staterooms reserved II I'm
the City Ticket Of1ces, 1l9 E. Baltimore stle>t
ARTHUR W. ROBSON. Agent. l2T z. Baltimore
street, or the General 0fices, Light and ZEE
Streets Baltimore, Md.
E. J. CHISM, N. CHAPMAN.
Genl Pass. Agt. Asst. Genl Pass. Az.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18

ton even thus early 1t is the fact
that Mr.. Underwood is man of South
ern birth, Representative from a South
ern State. There is a feeling, rather
than definite opinion, which finds ex-
preston more often in his own section
than in the North, and perhaps more
often IN his own party than in the op-
posite party, that this fact would be 4
source of weakness if Mr.. Underwood
were named by the Democracy.
OF course, this is matter not easily
to be decided with confidence in ad-
vance. There has been no occasion for
a distinct expression of public sentiment
regarding It 1t is half century since
Southern candidate for the presidency
came before the Nation, and a good
deal longer than that since one was
elected. Great events have interviewed
and left their impress on the minds
and hearts of men. the depth and di-
rection of which no one can surely es-
innate. Our own judgment is that a
candidate from the South-other things
being equal-would not be weaker and
might even be the stronger for that fact
In broad way, it may safely be said
that there is in our people now a sense
of tried and proved and established
nationality which might, and probably
would, welcome an opportunity for
manifesting itself. This sense of ma
tionality has grown progressively ever
since the close of the war for the
Union. 1t has been steadily strength
ened by the conditions of our National
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18
UNDERWOOD'S INTEGRITY, PURITY
CIVIC COURAGE AND ABILITY

In this mornings magazine section
of The Times our readers will find the
very interesting report of an inquiry
by staff correspondent into the record
and repute, in his own home, of the
Hon. Oscar w. Underwood of Ala
bama, who has recently been discussed
as a possible Democratic candidate for
the presidency. 1t is needless to say
that The TIMES is not concerned to adj
vance the interests of any gentleman
m this direction in preference to any
other: 1t is concerned only in laying
before its readers such information,
carefully gathered and impartially pre-
scented, as will aid in the formation of
sound public opinion and a choice that
will be to the greatest advantage of the
Nation.
We think our readers will agree that
any party may be congratulated among
whose prominent men, to whom the
eyes of the party are directed on the
eve of a presidential campaign, there
is one with such standing among those
who know him best as Mr.. Underwood
has. Plainly he is 4 man to be trusted,
because he is trusted, for his integrity,
purity, civic courage, and ability, by his
own people. Whether, when the time
comes for a choice, he will be consid-
it is now too early to decide. But there
is one element that will enter into the
problem which may well receive atten-
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18

The emphasis here is placed upon Mr..
Onderwood's wisdom, but along with
this is mentioned his honesty.
These two qualities greatly impress
every one who comes into association
with Mr.. Underwood, or who closely
follows his course in Congress and in
public life He is wise: he does not
disturb himself about little things; his
own personality is not obtruded; his
political ambitions play no part in gov
erning his words and actions. He has
an eye single t. the performance of
duty and believes that duty well per
formed is the most urgent considera-
ton. If doing his duty should mar his
fortunes-as he certainly believed it
would when he voted against the pen
SION bill-he will take what comes with
out complaining. Not every man can be
president, he thinks, but every man can
try to do the best that is in him for
his country and for the times he lives
in.
And this is honesty. He plays no
politics; he stands out against raiding
the treasury-no matter what be the ex-
cuse ofered-and he opposes his own
friends and associates quite as firmly
as he opposes his opponents when, in
his judgment, the thing proposed to be
done is not for the common good
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18

In politician this would be accounted
recklessness, because party and spoils are
translated in many minds to mean the
same thing; but it is the highest wis
dom IN q statesman. Even should Il
have but partial success in controlling
party following, 1t must be productive
of immense good m showing that the
South has in Mr.. Underwood a mas
who can be trusted by the Nation-a
man whose patriotism is not limited by
small things, nor suffering from the
burden Of any prejudice.
For our part, we believe that such
wisdom is of more practical value than
would be the keenest political schem-
ing; and that this very absence of SELF
seeking, this contempt for the arts Of
the politician, is working for him, while
he himself has his mind conferred upon
things he regards as of more moment.
The country could do no better than
to put its eutire trust in such a man;
and there is good reason to think that II
Will do so. AS Mr.. Lewis says II
should not hesitate to employ him as
night Waterman" This coming, not
from the South, but from a writer whose
attitude is critical and whose atmosphere
is Of the North, is certainly a tribute
not to be despised; its significance is
very great-The Mobile (Alabana)
Register, January p, 1912
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18
Southern Leaders
and the Tariff

No sensible man. certainly no one
friendly to the Sor-h, wishes to see the
tariff made a sectional question. The
course of Mr.. Clark and Mr.. Under
wood tends to prevent this. They stand
not only with their own party through
out the country, but with the strong
public sentiment in support of tariff re-
duction that has divided the Republican
party, and thrown the House into the
hands of the Democrats. When we say
that IN this they are serving their own
section, we have in mind the important
fact that they are bringing to bear on
national affairs the intelligence and
strength Of their section, and giving it
the opportunity to take a leading part
in the affairs OF the Nation. They are
undermining the unfortunate section
alisTn that has, perhaps unavoidably,
pervaded Southern politics for a long
time. They are ranging the South on
the side of progress and in the line
OF the most significant movement of
national opinion that has manifested it
self in years. Nothing is more certain
than that our vast and intricate and
oppressive tariff system is TO be
reformed, and its reform is bound to
be the one task of craftsmanship in the
next few years. 1t can be determined,
and under certain conditions it can be
led by the men of the South.-NeGU
York Times, January 81, 1911.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18
FEDERAL APPROPRIATE FOR THE
IMPROVEMENT OF OUR PUBLIC ROADS
Right and Duty of Congress Unquesoned from the Founda
ton of the Government

from speech OF Oscar W. Underwood the u s.
6 H s h Ssms nn d0mS the Whole
RRe lSS for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal
Mr. Underwood
system so0d 'hat 0 nasds the %
p sss the no reserved %aR on sa floor S
their duties perform and should without hindrance on
legislative that BELONG S so i o h s GSseFpfn
given by Constitution? tSst hl ho G
h co@stao S'is to "e es 9
to 5 n 99 Gp'; s ws5fvsf that the
build pOohce posod means to uT ean S to
3d 1 md S e fathers aS RS; %
coming when the a cou f tI wdnts; and
'e the ser 0F 6 RGs to
R8ssf b %ess G @ s'4 5 P s the Constitution
Federal S inc p0"
very aaH'4H thong f aaas s:S
decided favor By Of T S
Sa5"oa that made today by til. leaders of the
iGaaI the States building Tan
% o1 9 OF the nation during the hr half century our
S Ga March H. 1873 the House of Representatives passed the following res
Improvement es' wa a1ay ana other
Thomas Jefferson IN a 20 Mr. Lipcr. in
Give revenues liberated debt then if
be necessary be carried without
object end de should G 'ia de s9ed
of Y on ws and lalS a. h c4Gs S S
@ % s SJ9e '& s9s sa there mus. s: s
5 In addition this Cons; has specific warrant
tonaiI Law, says: '" 4" "A 0O0N o" O0"'u'u
and naysaSIs State
vision made for the transportation the
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18
JackscreV~ or Axe

That with the Democratic party al
ready in power III the House, and hav-
ing a visible chance of coming into COM
plete power in the National Govern
ment, it is of interest to learn from
what viewpoint the actual pilot-in-charge
of the Democracy's legislative ship looks
at his task and by what stars he shapes
his course.
Are they fixed and steadfast lights OF
the political armament or are they mere
ly those wi.l-o'-tLe wispS that flame up
as paramount issues" for this year,
only to be forgotten next year? We
get a comforting light on this question
from another remark by MIR. Under
wood:
q think the big question is the tariff.
1t is the question OF the development OF
the industries and commerce of the
nation"
From a Democrat that is a remark
well-nigh startling. 1t exhibits such an
unusual viewpoint. 1t is almost like
hearing Andrew Carnegie confess that
there might be such a thing as a right
eOus war. Heretofore. our Democratic
statesmen have so uniformly declared
that there was nothing to the tariff
question but stopping robbers" from
robbing.
They never seemed to think of tariff
as having anything to do with the de-
velopment of industries and commerce
Mr.. Underwood does. He says we
should reduce our tariff because with
| the settlement of the West we have left
behind the days when our home market
absorbed the products of our factories
| and left us no surplus for which we
| needed to look for market abroad.
He holds that our industrial develop
ment has outstripped the increase in
domestic demand, and that we are pro-
ducing, or at least have the existing ca
pacity to produce, a great surplus of
manufactures for which we must find
markets III other countries. Therefore,
and since I'VE cannot trade with other
people unless we permit them to trade
with u.s." reduce the tariff to a competi-
tive basiS-to the lowest rates that will
raise the revenues that the exigencies
of the Government require"
One may agree or disagree with that
theory of tariff-making. One may disbe-
lieve that its effects. will be develop
ment of the industries and commerce Of
the nation" But at least it is theory
consistent with itself and protesting
constructive aims and not merely clam
oring for destruction.
And its prepayment is no doctrinaire
fresh from academic halls with his nod
die crammed with Solutions" of every
thing. Neither is he the freak product
of passing popular delight with the latest
novelty among political entertainers
! Chicago Infer-OceGn, September 20,
/ 1911
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PURITY

life and especially by the intimate, ex-
tenslve, and increasing intercommuni-
cation within our borders. Our people
have for forty years literally lived to-
gether, and always more and more
closely. They have gradually ceased
to think In terms of sections, and the
South is to-day no more distinct and
apart from the East o. the Middle
West or the West in the minds of those
who dwell elsewhere
In the next place, no one under sixty
has any personal experience of the
civil conflict, and that means not mere
ly that the majority but that the great
body of voters are without this ex-
perience- 1t is more than q quarter of
century since the Southern Ques-
ton" entered even nOninaily into a
National contest If it were raised
now by any party, and those who would
be influenced by it had 20 stand Up
and be counted, we believe they would
be ludicrously few. On the other hand,
we are confident that, were the issue
made, a great many voters-chiefiy
among those who were most earnest in
their loyalty in the civil w2r-would by
a common impulse of generosity and Of
self-reSpect incline toward the Southern
candidate. If forced really to think Of
the matter, and to act on their conclu-
sions. it would seem too absurd to act
in the present on the issues long since
settled. settled in their favor, and set
tied forever-Tke Neac York Times,
November %, 1911.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18
UNDERWOOD LOOMS UP

Whether the disclaimer of Represen-
tative Oscar w. Underwood of candi-
dacy for the Democratic nomination for
president is to stand or not, there is no
question that he is looming large and
seriously, no less at the North than at
the South, as a possibility, if not this
time, then in the near future Mr..
Underwood is making widespread and
distinctive impression, not only as the
honest, bold, sagacious leader of the
House majority, and not only as mas
terful Southern Democrat, but as an
American publicist and statesman
man of affairs and broad concept OF
his responsibility to the whole people
Richmond, Va, TimeS-DiSbGteh, re-
printed in the Birmingham, Ala, Age-
Herald, January p, 1912.
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n Voice
From Florida

Oscar Underwood, however, has
more friends than any man mentioned
for the Democratic presidential nomi-
nation. He is more popular throughout
the country with all the Democrats than
the others. He is almost the unanimous
second choice. If you ask the Harmon
men who they would be for in case
Harmon could not be nominated they
will say Underwood; when you ask the
Wilson men the same question as to
Wilson, they reply that if Wilson can
not be the nominee, Underwood is their
choice; and the same thing is true of
the Champ Clark men."-T. A. Jennings,
National Committeeman from Florida,
in the Pensacola EVening NetVS, Friday
evening. January Y, 1912
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18
UNDERWOOD-HOUSE LEADER
CLEAN COURAGE HIGH HONESTY
FAITHFUL IN HIS FRIENDSHIPS

His name is Oscar w. Underwood !;
his years are on the sunshine side of
fifty. AS chief of the Ways and Means.
and chairman of the Committee on Com
mittees, he is Speaker Clark's right arm
in the House.
Mr.. Underwood's cry is Tariff for
revenue onlyp When Mr.. Bryan, eaten
of a rule-or-ruin spirit, came to Wash
ington at the beginning of the special
session to trouble the waters of party
hope with an attack upon the wool bill
as proposed by the Democrats, Mr.. I'm
derwood, in going after Mr.. Bryan,
stated his own tariff position. Said he /:
The Democratic party stands for a
tariff for revenue. The Democratic
party does not stand for free trade.
and / do not believe the people will
be misled by the statement of Mr..
Bryan"
That Mr.. Underwood is against pro-
lection, and fights it, evinces his cour-
age. He comes from the Birmingham
district in Alabama breeding-ground
of protection. In Mr.. Underwood's dis
trict there are nine railroads, one hun
dred and forty-eight miles of street-car
tracks, $150,000,000 of invested indus
tries, an annual pig-iron output of
100000 tons, and a production of
100000 tons of coal. The city of
Birmingham has an annual payroll of
$500O0,000. The Tennessee Coal & Iron
Company, which is a part of the Steel
Trust, controls one-third of all the prod
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18
UNDERWOOD IN THE WEST

81 am gratifed to see this State NOV
ing onward in almost every line and
note the wonderful growth of Birming
ham. l observe that The Age-HerGId
has kept full step with the progressive
spirit and has led in the work.
"The growing strength of Oscar I'm
derwood in the minds of the people
throughout the United States has given
Alabama a kind of publicity that the
State could obtain in no other way,
particularly on the great question of
the tariff, for it was not thought that
one would come out of Alabama with
its varied interests who would be a
David to defy the trusts. Oscar I'm
derwood is regarded by many men as
the best equipped, cleanest, fairest man
to-day mentioned for the presidency. If
ne is nominated, he will undoubtedly
win. If any strong sentiment of the
South demands his election he will be
nominated Out in Colorado, with its
thousands of visitors from all parts
of the United States, he is the first man
named by most of them. The prom
inence given to his candidacy by the
magazines and the public press has
caused a strong tide to rise which
hope and believe will carry him TO the
White House I took much pleasure
in aiding in organizing the Underwood
Club in Denver. and it is doing good
work tionably"-Harry Hawkins,
Of New York. in the birmingham, Ala,
.ige-HerdId. January 8, 1912
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18
DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP

The most salient fact connected with
the story of the bill in the present Con-
gress is the remarkable strength of the
Democratic tactics, and the high quail
ity shown by Mr.. Underwood, the leader
of the party on the floor. The farmers
free list" bill was master stroke, and
Mr. Underwood utilized it in the debate
with an effectiveness that left nothing to
be desired. What gives real strength to
the Democratic position is that the party
is graphing with a big and difficult
question in a spirit that is at once
courageous and practical. If there is to
be an era of such leadership as that rep
resented by Mr. Underwood. the term
practical politics" may be rescued from
the ignominy into which it has fallen
and recover the meaning to which it is
legitimately entitled-NegV York Ege-
Ming Post, reproduced in The FL Dorado
Sun (Weekly), FL Dorado Springs, Mo.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18
UNDERWOOD
AND THE PAPERS

The careful reader of the newspapers
is surprised at one notable feature of
the papers from practically every sec
ton of the country. This feature is the
general notice and attention paid to Con-
gresham Oscar Underwood as a c2ndi-
date for the Democratic presidential
nomination, and the uniform praise
which invariably accompanies the men
ton of him and his candidacy. This is
all the more surprising because Mr.. On
derwood maintains no press bureau. On
the other hand, prominent candidates
for the Democratic nomination like Gov
ernor Harmon of Ohio, Governor Will
son of New Jersey and Speaker Clark
of Missouri, maintain large and active
bureaus, which are continually sending
out campaign literature to the papers
of the country.
Notwithstanding this, at the present
time Mr.. Underwood IS receiving more
attention than any other, we might say
any other two, presidential candidates
combined. The attitude of the voters
towards Mr.. Underwood may be doubted
until that attitude is made clear in an
election, but it cannot be doubted that
his record and his strong personality
are admired by the newspapers of the
country. For now he is receiving more
free and favorable advertising than any
other public man OF the country
Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser.
January 5, 1912.
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ucts of the district. One-third of all the
iron-ore holdings of the Steel Trust are
IN and around Birmingham. Surely, at
first glance, bad outlook for a tariff
reformerl And yet Mr.. Underwood
succeeds and re-succeeds himself with
ever climbing majorities.
1t is the Underwood honesty that
does it-that, and his clean courage.
The dominant quality in Mr.. Underwood
is honesty, and folk have found it out.
Honesty is among the scarcest of earth
ly commodities, and when q community
has discovered 1t in the possession of
an individual, it guards it and works it
like a gold-mine for every final ounce
Mr.. Underwood is honest: His cleo
ton was not the work of money. He
was not chosen as either the pet of the
railroads or the hrst-born of the trusts
His seat was given him by the people,
and because they believed he would fill
it to the best of public advantage.
This emanation of the popular gives
Mr.. Underwood the House high ground,
and he is so far military in his genius
that he knows how to fortify and hold
1t. From his place as a peoples repre-
sentative, he can overstare and keep in
check the Paynes and the Dalzells and
the Crumpackers, who are present mere
ly by the grace of pirate money, and
dwell, therefore, on House levels much
lower than his own.-Alfred Henry
Lewis in the CosmOp oIit0n, New York,
January. 1912,
AS the head of the Ways and Means