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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-19

Little Thelma Conyers a five-year
old granddaughter of Judge and Mrs.
]. M. Gam, heard some one remark
that the pretty snow was melting few
days ago. She looked troubled a
moment and then said brightly: ooh
lets ask Jesus to send us some more
snow" and her prayer was answered.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-19

Miss Henrietta Black gave love
ly luncheon last Saturday for Miss
Elmer George. The color sc heme was
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-19

Mrs John s. Gambler entertained
with a luncheon Tuesday at her home
in Druid Hills for Miss Elmer George
and Misses Ruth and Agnes Hairston,
of North Carolina.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-19
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iheTe rs nothing wrong in phonine or seno n 81
ID items - ruolication. By SO doins you help
MS good paper and that pleases the
public ANNIE L. CARTER
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-06
HAMlLL BILL ENDORSED
Enthusiastic Meeting at Lyric Yesterday Afternoon
 Noted Speakers
 Present

The meeting of the local branch of the United States Civil Service Re- tirement Association, in the Lyric theatre yesterday afternoon, was most of a campaign to educate the public as to the purport of the bill of Con gressman James A. Hamill of New Jersey which is now pending in the Senate. The bill proposes g. pension for government employees who are re- tired when they become incapacitated. Fifty per cent of their salary during is proposed as an annuity for the rest of their lives.
 P. Fl. Howard presided at the meet ing. He is the oldest letter carrier in the city in point of service. Philip R. Carroll was secretary. A resolu- i'll bill which by retiring employees of 30 or more years service and who have reached the age of 60 will place our government in line with the best thought of the present day on this subject" A copy of the resolution will be sent to every member of Con gress, the President and his cabinet.
 Frank J. Mulcahy, vice president of the Crane Valve Co.,. who was to have spoken at the meeting, was absent MT. Mulcahy sent a letter endorsing the bill and explaining that a similar pension naQ been Tn DTactlce among employees Of the Crane Go. for six years.
 Rev. E. J. Craft spoke. He thought that the plan was only extending the scope Of civil service along its nat ural lines. M. F. ODonoghue of Washington, national secretary Of thu Civil Service Retirement Association, was the principal speaker. He def1ned the measure and insisted that it was the only feasible plan for annuities that could be devised. F. M. Buck ley, superintendent of schools in An sonia, gave an address on 'The Justice Of Our Cause.'' He urged that pub- lie opinion be directed to support the HannilI bill and then its passage would be assured. The Kimball Mandolin Club furnished music and there was singing by Joseph C1abby and Mrs. J. Fred Simpson. Miss S. Belle Black stone was accompanist. 5
 Mayor Wilson for obvious reasons diL not attend.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-06
THE REVOLUTION ON THE SEA
CAPTAINS AS ABSOLUTE MoNARCHs-DOUBLE AND
 PLEASURE ~

ef=:sr eIy-Jlock, be surveyed, renovat- ed and be off again in a week or ten days for a period of one or two years.
 Accompanying the decline of sail ing vessels is the, art of seamonship and the passing of the deep water sailor. In his place has come num- Der of specialists, from the educated, we'll trained marine engineer to- the illiterate, unskilled' coal passer. Sea- men are now more migratory in their habits. going into vessels of other nations in a way unknown before the era of steam. American ships on the coast have sometimes Spanish fire- men, Italian sailors, French cooks, engineers and American officers. American trans-Pacificl steamships carry Chinese exclusively as sailors, firemen,: cooks, stewards, and walters.
 There are more educated men on board ships but there is an increase also of uneducated. unskilled men. Scurvy, beri-beri and lime juice ars becoming "reminiscences. A sentiment against drinking is growing among seafarers. The total number of ab- stainers s has not increased but the men use liquor more tenperately than they did when it was to be had only at the end of 8 long voyage. Wages have increased but if the shorter voyage is considered I ques- tion whether the advance is worth getting hilarious over. The seaman has been left with all the hazards of the sea. without its pleasures to cheer the intending and wearing work of the steamer.
 Exclusive Service to The Farmer
 from The Survey Press Bureau.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-06
FIRST THINGS

The first movement for civil service reform in England was known as the Administrative Reform Association, and was organized in London fifty seven years ago. It was held that the suffering and disasters of the army in the Crimea were attributable to inefficient and irresponsible con- duct of the various departments of the State and to the general incompe- tence of heads of departments and employees. As a result of the agita- ton, commission was appointed and it reported most unfavorably on the existing system Of appointments. In 1855 commissioners were chosen to ex- anime into the qualifications of all ap- plicants, and in 1870 the system of competitive examinations for civil ser vice employees was made general. Tn the United States the spells system was in full effect from the admins tration of Jackson to that of Grant, and it was at the request of the latter, in 1871, that a civil service commission was appointed After long opposition on the part of polite ians, the system of competitive ex- aminations is now thoroughly estab- liShed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-06
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

Franklin Bartlett Camp, Sons of Veterans, will meet tomorrow night and initiate class of about 5.2 A special membership campaign to in- crease the membership before Memor- iaI Day is being made. Much inter est is manifest in the meetfn4 so.~A4s row night.
 MT. and Mrs Charles H. Bradley of 4s1 Clinton avenue, has had as guests during the past week, Mir. and Mrs. William Thaw, 3d., and their baby daughter. The little granddaughter will remain with Mrs Bradley until the return of Mrs. Thaw from Pitts burgh, where she went to attend a so- cial gathering in honor of Mrs. Will liam Thaw. Jr., her mother-in-law. Mrs. William Thaw. Sd. is a daughter of MT and Mrs. Bradley.
 The Young Mems Hebrew Associa- tion, recently organized, held an in teresting meeting yesterday afternoon in its rooms in Main street The as sociation orchestra furnished a mu- sicai program and there were speeches by Attorney Charles H. Shapiro and Rabbi Wittenstein. A debate on That Walkouts Are Justifiable' was a feature Of the gathering. The af-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-06
THE MONEY TRUST INQUIRY

That the Democrats in Congress are not in the least alarmed by cries of the standpatters that Congress has gone investigation mad" is prov en by the sincerity and earnestness with which the money trust inquiry has been undertaken. Even since the Democrats came into power in the House, the reactionaries have pre- tended that the various investigations undertaken and successfully prosecut- ed by the Democratic leaders have been without result, and that they were launched merely for political purposes They have fooled nobody but themselves, however, and the Democratic leaders are one in the opinion that the common people of the country will approve their course in turning light into places that have been without illumination for nearly a score of years.
 The greatest service that can be rendered the special privileged class in this country is the service of sil- .enee. A crooked trust would rather face a hundred prosecuting attorneys than a single ray of honest publicity. AS long as it is only district and fed- eral attorneys and grand juries that are on their trail, they always have d way of escape. They know how to block the legal machinery of the government, and defeating the ends of justice is easy as long as they can work in the old legal channels But when the committees of Congress haul these trust managers squarely before the white spot light of pub- lfeity, and ask them questions about
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-06

standing. The membership in Amer ica is now about 175,000, in some 13O temples. The Shrine temple has been called "the playground of Masonry" and the merry jinks at the meeting of the members justifies the designa- tion. Modern Freemasonry had it's origin in London in 1717, and the first lodge in America was organized in Boston in 1733. George Washing ton and Benjamin Franklin were among the early members. The grand lodges of the United States and Brit ish America, with membership of about a million and a half, are af- Inflated with the English Grand Lodge. of which the Duke of Con naught, Governor General of Can ada, is Grand Master. The Masonic Grand Orient of France, which has a number of members in Quebec and a few other sections of Canada and the United States, bears no relation to English and American Freemasonry. The French order is decidedly anti clerical and even anti-religious.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-06
DOLLAR A DAY PENSIONS FOR
 THE PRESERvERS OF THE UNION"

much about 50 cent dollars, and the
 infamy of a government that would
 discharge contract obligation call
 ing for the payment of dollars with money worth only 50 cents on the dollar. Yet today the same finan-
 ciers, who so earnestly and vigorously
 shouted for national honor in 1896,
 are denouncing as a raid on the
 treasury a proposal to pay the old soldiers who saved their country for
 them the .pittance of a dollar a day,
 that they may have foood and shell
 ter in their old age. and that some
 measure of justice be done them be-
 cause in those dreadful days of civil
 war they were paid dollars that were less in value than 50 cents for their heroic work.
 During the civil war the govern
 ment issued $2.o49,975,70O worth of bonds, which were bought by men who remained at home during the conflict, for less than their face value, OE $1,o IT, fI4,6Oo. AItoF the war was over these bonds were redeemed, not with 50 cents dollars. of the kind that were paid to the brave men who gave up the best part of their lives in the trenches, and on the battle fields. but with gold.
 'The Sherwood bill proposes to give justice to the soldiers who, through their terrific sacrifice, made 800 cent dollars possible for the bond holders, and who were paid for that service in 50 cent dollars. This bill proposes justice, and justice only. These old soldiers are not asking bounty. They are not asking charity All they want, and all we propose to give them is simple justice. The Sherwood bill proposes to make good the one great act of debt repudiation by this nation"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-06

their methods of conducting busi- ness, and about the wages they pay and the conditions of employment they impose, they become truly alarmed. They laughed at the law, but they fear the light.
 Chairman Stanley, of the Steel trust Investigating committee, is amused at the desperate efforts that are now being made by the reaction aries to discredit the work of these Democratic Investigating committees. "Not a single one of these commit tees has failed to accomplish some good result said MT. Stanley. "The facts uncovered and the vast amount of information brought out has given the individual members of Congress a better knowledge of trusts and trust methods than they ever had before. and this knowledge will be of vast value when it comes time, later on, to adjust the tariff schedules and fix the terms of the antitrust laws.
 "It is also true that the voters of the nation, merely from reading the facts brought out by these commit tees, have better knowledge of how the trusts and monopolies of this country are exploiting the common people at every turn, and the bene- fits of this knowledge will find ex- pression in the ballot boxes next November, or I will miss my guess. The reactionaries are complaining of these Investigations simply because they have nothing else to charge agalnst the Democratic party, but no harm is being done, because the peo- pie are not being fooled by their complaints"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-06
HYPNOTIzED WHEN WEDDED
MiddletOwn Woman Wants Marriage
 Annulled on This Ground.

Poughkeepsie, N. r.. May 6-De- claring that she was under hyp- notic spell or not in her right mind when she was married to Marriet F'raSher four years ago, Eleanor K. Frasher of Middletown, N. Y., has ap- piled, through counsel, to Justice Morschauser for the annMment of her marriage.
 It was alleged that she was about to be placed in a hospital by her mother for mental trouble when Frashe1. appeared and spirited her away. She did not realize she was married to him. she declares, until some time afterward, when her mind returned, and she has no recollection of any marriage ceremony.
 Justice Morschauser appointed Amos Van Etten Of Kingston as referee to take testimony and make report.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-06
FIRE GETS AT
 YALE STANDS

With their chemical supplies ex- hausted, a little band of fire-fighters, led by Johnny Mack, Yale's athletic trainer, fought yesterday afternoon, in an effort to save the Yale baseball stands from being destroyed until out side help could be secured. A raging fire of threatening aspect was discov- cred about o'clock by Mack, under the second stairway leading to the covered grandstand. The flames had made such headway that every ex- tinguisher on the grounds failed to have the least effect. With the flames licking the beams and sending up big black clouds of smoke, the fire fight CTS were forced to give way. A call
 for help was sent to the West Haven fire department and to the New Ha- ven fire department and just as all
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-06

The Democratic platform declara- ton for . dollar a day pension for the surviving old soldiers of the civil var was not made as . mere. empty promise to catch votes-a promise to be ignored and violated in the event of party success. On the contrary, 1t was an expression of the conscien- tious conviction of that great body of Democrats that such legislation as promised was justly due the surviv- ors of the war, not only as a mark of gratitude, but as mark of jus tice.''
 Thus did United States Senator Kern, of Indiana, in what was ad- mitted to be one of the strongest pen sion speeches of the present Con- gresg. endorse the action of the House in passing the Sherwood dollar q day pension bill. and urge the Senate to pG0 the same bill. Senator Kern emphastzed especially the fact that t00 V0ESy Ado PIOIhASSO thlU lsgislation before election. and ho eeatended that the Democrats wAo alreaAy had amply proven that they believed in the policy of doing aftse election what they promised to Ao be6sge election, should be quick &o De0 ths Sherwood bill into law; Ao thak the veterans could have i'm. 1ood1ate aAva1taSe of it.
 '1EeaGusUd by its dsalings with .aeAse esooltcs1.s cid Senator Kern. '(his Oeyssnmene has failed to carry bss tAe plaia tsovisaoas of its con- hacts W1eA thes eoldless of the civil Wsn 1Ae esvsVmsnt psoanised to pay Mbe oso1SsE1 e1e . meath. h dollars UA10 vsgs Gseasllv Da1l h currency - asUsssesee1 in vAlUe e to be 80o 1o0 than % csoAU on tho dol. ooos . . soosaG eanpaign we heard
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-06
ios ANGELES MECCA FOR MOBILES OF MYSTIC SHRINE

ySsz1 CAnads end Msxico as wetl - al9 tho laEgsR oities of the United Uta4e0 tho Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine gathsped yesterday In Los Angeles for the Imperial Council meeting and g week of good fellowship and jollity. Not slnce the great gathering of the Mlss has the City of Angels been call- ed upon to entertain 90 large an as- semblage of good fellows as will make the pilgrimage. in caravans of palace cars. over the ''hot sands of the desert" to the southern California Mecca Most of the temples in large eastern cities have sent special trains. the itinerary in most cases providing for . return by the Canadian route. The Ancient Arabic Order of the Eobles of the Mystic Shrine is not a regular Masonic body, but its mem bership is confined to Masons who have reached the thirty-second de- gree, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. or the eighteenth degree in England. and to Knights Templar in good
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-06

You can't scare the travelling pub- lie. Six steamers sailed from New York for European ports last Satur- day, carrying 1900 cabin passengers. It is safe bet that very few of the passengers inquired if the vessels had sufficient lifeboats and life preserv- CTS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-06

James Aloysius O'Gorman, United States Senator from New York re- ceived congratulations yesterday on his fifty-second birthday. The dis tinguished lawyer and law-maker, probably has larger family than any other Senate Solon. being the father of six charming daughters and one son.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-06

firmative side won. represented by Ar thur Weiss, Abe Schwartz and Harry SiIverstone. They were opposed by Mitchell Stone, Louis Cohen and Sam uel Lefkowitz. Resolutions of pro- tests against the Burnett end Diliing- ham bills. now pending in Congress. were adopted, the claim being made that the bills show discrin1fnatfoa against iFiiterate immigrants.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-06

hope by the spectators had been given up the flying squadron from the Olive street house appeared
 The prompt arrival of the apparatus from the New Haven department saw ed the stands from probably total de- struction.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-06

4 Kentucky physician has dfscov- cred that the Mammoth cave is cure all The air is very pure and he believes that sanitariums built over the cave would conserve many lives. Wonder if sojourn in the cave would cure the desire to run for of feet
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-06
EDITORIAL NOTES

It is said that King Henry VIII was the first to wear silk stockings. The summer girls of the present day should pass resolutions endorsing the late monarch's good taste
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-06

How about Sidna Allen, the awe inspiring Virginia outlaw? His name hasn't appeared on the front page lately. The Titanic disaster and the opening of the baseball season have kept Sidna out of the limelight. He will find. it hard to hold the fickle public,s attention unless he shoots up another court room.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-06
Uhe- a. @. Rrah Wnmraty.
 Eatahltahrn 1H57.
his Week Demonstration of Wear, Ever" Aluminium, Cooking Utensisl.

Madam, do you know that if you put pint of milk in an Aluminium Saucepan, place it slow fire, and without stirring let the milk boil down quarter of pint the milk will not scorch? That is because Aluminium will retain and distribute heat bet ter than any other material used for cooking utensils Which you most anxious about when you smell food burning the loss of the food the ruin of the utensi1?
 We have arranged for interesting and practical demonstration of Aluminium
 Cooking Ware this week. Come
 and see, and learn
 Kchenware Store, every day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-06

* Some indignant citizen of Port Jef- ferson, l.. l., charges that the pretty school teachers of that township think more of holding hands in the front parlor than they do of advance ing the cause of education. Some of the teachers formerly boarded with the aforesaid citizen and 7 it is said they left because the landlord wouldn't provide hot water for more than one bath week.. About the only form of amusement for girls in Port Jef- ferson is to hold hands and school teachers are merely human.
 "Cince de Mayo" the Fifth of May, is national holiday in Mexico and was celebrated both by those who are for and "agin'' the present gov: ernment. It commentaries Zara- geza's victory in Puebla, May 5, 1862, just half a century ago yesterday, when the Mexican troops defeated the army of French invaders. This was one of the greatest battles in the his- tory of the southern republic, and has been celebrated generally by the Mex jeans ever since.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-06

Farmer Want Ade. 1 Cent a Word.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-04-13

Daniel O'Neill succeeds as canal lock-
tender at Delaware City, George Bowen
who was disabled by injuries received
some time ago when one of the Ericsson
steamers coll'ded with the lock- CharleF
Wingate took the position temporarily.
The Red Mems Cornet Band Of New
ark, reali ed about $215 from the bazaar
md festival held in the Opera House last
week. for its Uniform fund. R, E. Clark
won the set OF dishes, F. G. Jester the
Norris chair, George P. Cullen the par
Tor lamp and Mrs Delaware Gregg the
large pound cake, offered as pri es.
Barge owners, it IL stated, purpose
protesting to the Interstate Commerce
Commission against alleged dtcessive
tolls, with cash payment demanded, on
he Lake Drummond, Chesapeake & AL
oemarle and Chesapeake q Delaware
Canals.
Newarks town election will be held
next Tuesday. Joseph r. Luton will
likely be reelected to Council from the
Eastern district From the Western
district e. B. Fra er, j. w. Cooch, R. S
fallaher, Ernest Fra er and L. x.
oowen are suggested as candidates, and
rom the Middle district F, Fader, Dr..
W. H. Stee'e, Robert Jones, c. B. Ma
'or, w. H. Barton and j. p. Wilson are
mentioned
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-04-13
Children cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CAS- TORIA.

George Goodrich, a youth, who about
two weeks ago stole a horse and buggy
from his employer, w. c. Psvington, of
wilma, Har'ord county, sold the team to
a party living near Baltimore for $40.
He was captured by Deputy Sheriff Sheri-
dan and held for Court by Justice Ar
cher, of | ell Air. Ii is stated that the
owner had to pay the purchaser $40 be-
fore the latter surrendered the team.
+*Harsh physics react, weaken the
bowels. will lead to chronic constipation.
Doan's Regulets operate easily 25c a
box al all stores.
Calhraith p. Rogers, the noted aviator,
who flew across the continent last No
vember was killed at Long Beach. near
Los Angeles, Cal last "Wednesday, when
his biplane fell on the shore, in about
two feet of water, crashing him under
the wrs ckage. He was IA grandson of the
late Col. Robert s. Rodgers, of Sion Hill,
Havre de Grace. HIS father, Capt. C. +.
Rodgers, of the Army, was FILLED by
lightning in a tent in Texas in 1875 while
sitting between two Indians, both Of
whom escaped.
Chicken thieves are active in the New
ark section. They carried oft nearly all
of Lee Cooch's fowls, and several other
farmers report numbers of theirs miss
ing.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-04-13
children Cry
FOR FlETCHER'S
CASToRIA

Young people of Glasgow NJ. L con-
gregaton will present the ''Deestr.ct
Skule' in Red Lion Church hall next
Wednesday evening, for the benefit of the
latter church. The play was given at
Glasgow several weeks ago, 10 the pleas
ure of .arge audience.
The Hebrew feast of the Passover,
concentrating the del.veran2e of The
sraelites from the bondage OF Egypt,
began on Tuesday and will last eight
lays.
Herman Exburg cla-.iing to hail from
the Bowery in New York, was found
sleeping in the public school building,
near Lambsons station, Kent county,
one night asst week. He had broken into
me building to spend the night. When
searched in Jail at Chestertown. he was
ound 20 have 1872 upon his person. He
said he had slept on the previous night
i the Kenmore Paper Mill at Providence,
as county.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-04-13
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