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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1913-12-19

bobsled, drawn by q big, iron-gray
horse, gay with sleigh-bells. glided up
before the schoolhouse door. Mr.
Teacher, looking as pleasant as any Of
as, jumped out andssaid:
"'Here you are! am going to leave
you to yourselves to enjoy your treat,
ne explained as he hastily fastened
the window shutters and shut up the
stove. He then locked the door and
put the key in his pocket. BY that
time the boys had unloaded the boxes.
and Mr.. c. at once resumed his
seat on the sled.
merry Christmas to ALI he
shouted.
1.-The same to you'll we chorused.
I'VE Immediately assailed the
boxes. The lid came off the box
marked oranges first. and one was
grabbed and the tissue wrapping re-
moved. Then there was wild Yell
Potatoes! Nothing but old potatoes'
I'VE glanced sheepishly at the big
girls who were holding their breath.
In a tremor of dread we took the top
OF the box labeled candy. Oh, utterly
shattered hopes! The box was full OF
nice white candles!"
The ample shoulders and girth OF
the colonels friend shook freely.
I'm" he said. He was some
teacher"
you bet" agreed the colonel. IF
we boys had had money enough l
think we'd have come pretty near to
buying him n gold watch."-Detroit
Free Press.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1913-10-15

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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-09-08
CANDIDATES FOR TREASURER
A Number of Well-knOwn Demo-
Gratis Spoken of in Connection
With The Nomination.

The retirement of County Treas
urer w. Hamilton Spedden from
the Democratic ticket, in order to
accept the position of cashier of
the new Peoples Loan and Saw
ings Bank, has given rise 10 much
speculation as to his successor as
the nominee of the party.
The names of several well-known
gentlemen have been mentioned in
this connection, the first mentioned
being that of Mr.. Edwin Dashiell;
there was some question in the
minds of many persons as to whe-
Their or not Mr.. Dashiell would &C
cept such a nomination, but when
seen by a representative of this
paper, he stated that inasmuch as
the nomination had not been ten
dered him, he was neither in a
many of Mr.. Dash!ell's friends, how
position to accept or decline. BY
ever, it is believed that if the
nomination. were rendered him, land
he believed that public sentiment
was behind it, he would be will
ing to make some sacrifices and
accept it.
Among others whose names have
been mentioned in connection. with
the nomination are Messrs. James
R. Jones, William P. Beckwith, and
BENZ. S. Insley, of Cambridge, and
Vernon A. Hitch, of Vienna.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-09-08
Robinson's All American Shop
is NOW OPEN
40 Poplar Street next door to Warren Hooper

Shoes repaired and all soles seweds.
by hand, harness of all kinds le-
paired and all parts made to order,
/ have the best Oak harness Gather.
in stock. All work done when pro-
missed and prices guaranteed to be
right, f'ats Paw rubber heels, black
and tan, trunk straps made, satch-
els and dress suit cases repaired.
After 20 years experience | belisve
hand work Is better than machine
york and | do all my work by | and
Try the all American shop
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-09-08
Monday, the 18Th Day #
September, A. D., 1918.

beginning at 100 p. m. and closing
at $40 p. m.
Sec. COB, of the said Chapter 664,
of the Acts of Assembly of 1912,
requires that, every applicant for
policeman must be of good moral
character, not addicted to the use
of alcoholic liquors or drinks in
any form, must be at least five
(5) feet eight (S) inches in height,
must weigh not less than one hun
dred and fifty (150) pounds, and
not more than two hundred and
seventy-five (275) pounds, must
be between the ages of twenty-one
CID and forty-six (46) years, must
be able to read and write legible
hand, and show good knowledge
of the rules of the said Board of
Police Commissioners aud of the
ordinances of Cambridge"
All examinations for policemen
must be in writing.
Every applicant must make ap-
plication in writing to the said
Board of Police Commissioners, the
same to be filed with either the
Secretary, VIM. E. Hearn, or the
President, Clement G. Rogers, be-
fore the beginning of the examina-
ton. The application must be in
the handwriting of the applicant,
and must state his street address,
age, height and the period of his
residence in the city of Cambridge.
By order of the Board of the
Police Commissioners of Cambridge.
Clement G. Rogers, Pres.
Levi B. Phillips
v. Calvin Trice
Police Commissioners of Cambridge.
Test: VIM. E. Hearn, Sec'y.
N. B.-Copies of Rules and Regu-
lations of Police Force may be Sc
cured by calling at the office of
the Secretary.
Adv. b-9-2-S-10. r-3-S-10.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-09-08
Opening Notice.

Il AVING re-opened my oyster saloon at 10S
- Muse ST, will constantly keep on hand the
finest oysters to be had. positively handle no
oysters caught around Cambridge sewers. thus
Alltelephone orders will receive careful atten-
ton and prompt delivery. Saxon phone 354w
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-09-08
APPOINTMENT TO NAVAL
ACADEMY.

Washington. Sept. Sen. Will
ham r. Jackson today announced
that he would hold an examination
through the Civil Service Commits
sion for the benefit OF all the
Maryland boys who are ambitious
% enter the Naval Academy at An
n2polis.
The Senator has one appointment
- his credit at the Academy and
The youth making the highest grade
viii be designated to take the tests.
The two boys with next highest
grades viii be appointed alternates.
E0minations will be held on
October 70 by the Civil Service
Commission at Baltimore. Hagers-
lows. Frederick, Cumberland, Wash
t1gton. Salisbury. and probably at
Dastpn. This preliminary test will
~ six hours, and the subject mat
~ VIII be that in which the navy
exaUines candidates for entrance
- the Academy.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-09-08
Ihos. S. Robinson
40 Poplar Street
Dance
Oakley Beach
Frid y Evening, Sept. 18th.
MUSIC BY MERRY BAND
Admission, Ladies 25c; Gentlemen
25c.

Three more dan ces in Terpsichorean
Cup contest, to be awarded most grace
flu dancer.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-09-08
Paint-WiSe

is to paint when your property
needs it. Paint-foolish to wait for
the price to go-down.
But SO many are foolish, they'll
wait good while.
The whole rise in the cost OF
job is 10 percent. The first years
drop won't be more than half that,
more likely quarter.
Waiting for 5 percent more like
ly 2 IL.
The average job with Devoe)
is $50; S percent, $3.50. Put it
off for $3.50? Guess not.
You think OF that job as 500.
So it is with inferior paint.
Paint Devoe; do it now, If your
property needs it. DEvOE.
Herbert Hearn sells it.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-09-08
Oyster Notice.

l have opened my oyster saloon
and am now prepared to serve the
public with strictly first-class oys-
ters. / appreciate the patronage
have received in the past, and
will give the public the best atten-
ton in the future. Phone 472.
Adv. 9-1-tf Jas. R. Corsey.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-09-08
Notice Of Examination for
Policemen Of Cambridge.

By v,Itue of an Act OF the Cen
at its January session, les. the
same being Chapter 694, title
Dorchester" sub title. Cam
bridge" notice is hereby given by
the undersigned Board of Police
Comm ssioners of Cambridge, that
All examination for policemen OF
Cambridge will be held at the Of
lice oil tho Board Of Town COM
Inissioners of Cambridge, i. the
city CT Cambridge, on
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-09-08

Advertise In The Daily Banner.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-09-08
Don't Be a Buzzard.

1t requires judge and twelve
jurymen to legally determine 8
mans guilt.
What particular gift of Provi.
dence enables you to pass finite
Judgment upon your fellows? In
what burst of generosity did Des.
tiny bestow upon you the gift OF
omniscience?
Is it possible that you are a
soothsayer in league with the pow.
ers beyond? Or perhaps you are
an adept in the mysteries of the
psychic brotherhood. Or, again
which is most probable-you are
just a mean, loose-mouthed, ire
sponsible. slander-slinging gabbler.
Winding his own business is abou
as big a job as a competent man
can undertake.
The community. does not require
self-delegated monitors.
Control of the public morals is
branch of the public service.
We prefer our police with brass
on their buttons and not on their
tongues.
Busybodies are Invariably nuisan.
ces. always unreliable and invari.
ably addicted to inaccuracy and
|exaggeration.
We never yet knew a town srod
sufficiently intelligent to ccmpre-
bend the difference between true
right and wrong.
Criticism works two ways, and
the man who uses it solely for de-
|struction isn't fit to judge a neigh
boris motives or acts; moreover,
mote hunters have a habit of wear
ing cinders in their own eyes.
Condemnation as well as charity
should begin at home. and auto
analysis never. failed to supply
enough problems to occupy the
corrective tendencies of anybody.
We are all heir to weaknesses
of one sort or another, and under
given conditions none of us can
be sure what course to follow.
The vast majority of us are
striving earnestly to be as honest
as possible. to surmount our in
adequacies and to stifle mean and
unworthy impulses.
We know that thorns grow on
roses, but there is far more salts
faction in the knowledge that
roses grow on thorns.
If you cannot find pleasant facts
about people, don't discuss their
affairs.
Existence is saddened by far too
many inescapable sorrows.
The rest of us are trying our
best to forget and minimize the
miseries and sordidness that block
our paths, and We don't want you
constantly tugging at our elbows
and attracting our attention to
AAsobtOAo VI WHICH We NOulQ rather
not be told.
Quit peeping under shades and
peering through keyholes.
Contempt for the performances of
]. Iscariot. B. Arnold and the spies
of Torquemada has imbued us with
a forty-five calibre loathing for
your whole tribe
Sooner or later we all stand in
need of the benefit of a doubt.
When we listen to you we shud-
der as We picture our own reputa-
lions in the beak of the buzzard.
Besides, you are likely to be a
liar.
Folks who run around retailing
hearsay evidence have seldom
heard what they say.-Herbert
Kaufman, in World Magazine.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-09-08
Executors Sale
OF
Personal Property

The undersigned, executor of the
estate of Mrs. Annie j. Mowbray,
deceased,will sell at public sale, on
Saturday, September 18th
at 1 p. M, at the late residence
of the deceased, on Cemetery Ave:
Lot of Household and Kitchen
Furniture
consisting of carpets, rugs, furni-
ture of all kinds, such as beds, bed
steads, chairs, tables, buffet, etc.,
and many other articles, too numer-
Gus to mention.
Terms.-Cash.
Levin H. Mowbray
Executor Mrs. Annie J. Mowbray,
deceased.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-09-08

.Cornwell, Bowdle G Co. offer
this week lot of womens suits
at about half price. Also table
damask, in full lengths. and other
goods at lower prices. Read adv
Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-09-08
Challenge Accepted.

The owner of Mary Case accepts
the challenge of the owner of Or
ange Boy, to race at the Ham
brooks track, any day on or be-
fore Sept. 26.-Adv. 1t.
Herman s. Johnson
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-09-08
COULD RAISE lERRAP|Ns
Alexander M. Barbee Demonstrates
Conclusively That Diamond Back
TesrApins May be Hatched and
Raised in IncubatOrs.


Raised in Incubators.
Within the memory of many citi-
sans Of Dorchester county is the
time when diamond back terrapins
were 50 plentiful that they were
not considered any special delica-
CT, but instead were fed to the
negro slaves. being considered a
cheap food that could be better
utilised in this manner than any
other. These same persons have
saen the demand for this same
tarrapin increase, and the supply
% decrease. as to put terrapin out
OF reach Of the person of ordinary
0eans, and. worse still, it appears
evident that unless some method
can be devised by means of which
the propagation of the terrapin
nay be carried on under the di-
section of intelligent human super
Vision. the supply will become ex-
tinct.
This county has always furnished
considerable portion of the mar
ket's supply; diamond back terra
Mn from the waters of the Chesa-
peake Bay and Its tributaries pos
sess . flavor that no others do;
there Is delicacy about them which
= not found In those from other
waters, and In consequence of this
tact the demand for them is greater
and the prices realized are in ex-
eses Of those obtained for terra
pins from other sections.
What can be done to increase
the supply and to prevent it from
becoming extinct is a question that
may often be heard in those sec
tions OF the county where the ter
fapins are caught. Any of the
local dealers. among whom are Ste
vens, Smith & Co.. D. H. Lee
compte z Sons. and Hon. VIM. F..
Applegarth, may be quoted as au-
thority for the fact that almost
Avery year sees gradual reduce
tion in the number caught.so that
the question is one of great i'm
portance.
Nr. Barbee. who has successful
y solved the question Of the propa-
CATION, states. according to an ar
1icle IN the September number of
the Metropolitan Magazine, that
~ sought-ver diligently for some
Aefhod OF securing a supply of ter
fapln eggs. the trouble in propagat-
tne being due to his inability to
socnre such q supply. and that his
Aiscovpry Of = manner in which
- n19hf secure them was purely
III kAeN {haf the tor
g Is = In the
i = U lSEt ~ ha{ekihg TO ma
fStu IL also knew that in most
Sases the rising OF the water and
eofine Of the eggs by the terra
nfnn themselves. and the damage
wrought by insects, almost invari-
ably DESTROYED practically the en-
M supply. How to find these
ae~r before they were DESTROYED
~ the question that had long
battered him: but one day. purely
- accident. he left a pile Of sand
IN his men. and the next morning
he "a. surprised to find the cows
aehtine Tor positions in this pile
e eand: he Immediately searched
ehrx.uxh the nile and was delighted
@ find ! supply of eggs: since
than he has always kept fresh piles
a sand In his pounds and gets his
suprly az axRs in this manner.
h counted the terrapfns that
n hatched out until they number
a more than 1000: since then he
- keut NO count. but continues to
nther hia esxs. nut them into his
tseuba,ors. which consist Of boxes
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-09-08
Tomatoes For Sale.

1 will furnish private families
with choice selected tomatoes for
canning purposes, at soc. a bas-
ket, delivered. Daniel B. LeCompte,
Phone 176.-Adv. 6-3t.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-09-08
Oyster Saloon Open.

l have opened my oyster saloon
at Ill Cedar street, and am pre-
pared to serve scalds and supply
families.-Adv. 5-1w.
H. M. Moore
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-02
The Druid Priests and the
Water Monopoly

Senate Committee has reported favoaby
the House bill that gives San water sup
ply great city now within haing distance of the
accomplishment the splendid project for so many
years dream of the farsghed planners the West
The of this plan than the reaza
on of dream than triumph modern sanitation
it elimination victory selfish monopoly
that have held back the progress of a great city.
During early years the fight water company
able block the project by the familiar pc
tica corporation. Those days domination n the
railroads by such local corporations company the
days of corrupt city administration the days boss de
vered such goods by Big Business able to
pay, and other
So the monopoly of the Spring Valley Company was
preserved and seemed the only way its thadom
Francisco purchase inadequate water conven
fence at the eXorbant price set by the monopoly itself
years brought honesty and municipal indie
pendence Municipal ownership railroads marked the
growth of spirit was come when corpora
ton rely longer or indirect bribery to
prevent city getting pure and adequate supply
Then began what probably most remarkable cam,
pagn undertaken by corporation went up that
the beauties of the mountains be deecraed artists
and nature appealed to to prevent the transformation
natures wonder spots into a city convenience
Hetch Hetchy a wild and beautiful canyon probably not
thousand people have visited discovery SO nacces
sble The changing OF rugged floor mountain lake
only enhance the apparent height sheer cliffs that
walls Improvement compe building and main
tanning Of adequate roads which will make easy reach as
any other part O the Yosemite country.
Druid priests enlisted Phistine service
the attempt the monopoly private water
company Francisco
1t only remains United States Senate to confirm the
committee Western metropolis VIII reap
the benefit and persistent fight for the welfare Of its
people q city made.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-02

Max Lille Chicago aviator the martyr flight
Almost ever since the air game has been played
country flying every every
other outdoor function aeropne might be added
attraction there Lille flying safely sanely, steadily He
looped loops he dipped dips living example of
the art of making dangerous pursuit safe
As aviator East the West Europe
tumbed from the clouds the immunity of Max Lille became
and widely known.
Lille himself modestly explained why this
Flying my business, he said l expect to keep up my
long profitable My business turning
somersau seeing breaking my neck,
but it is to exhibit the art of flying
1T is AS SAFE AS RUNNING AN AUTOMOBILE AT
LEAST.
If a man insists on jumping fences in automobile
running with one wheel in the ditch seeing sharply
could he would be doing practically what those
doing who looking for applause because of the
thrills they furnish
this man who flew every day and any day, who
up without thoroughly inspecting his machine who
anybody knows the highways of the upper air has demon
strated that what may store THE
FLYING MACHINE IS NOT YET SUITED FOR A POPULAR
TOY OR VEHICLE
Something went wrong wire string snapped a heart
string snapped overstrained of sky
fell that which came to the
daredevi of the game.
doesn make any difference more hundred more
thousand more, may fall but the campaign for
quest will fight as common as sail
ing on the waters.
WE TAKE OUR HATS OFF TO ONE MORE BRAVE MAN
WHO HAS GONE DOWN IN THE FIGHT AND LOOK FOR
THE NEXT ONE TO LEARN WHAT WAS THE ELEMENT OF
SAFETY THAT SAFE MAX LILLE OVERLOOKED.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-02

Generally the parents were di-
vorced or separated, but almost
invariably the home was a place of
disCord.
The inference is unacceptable
the children who come from happy
homes in which the father and
mother get along peaceably to-
gether also behave themselves.
They are not juvenile criminals.
and so, fathers and mothers, if you
want your children to grow up into
being good men and women you
must give them the right sort of
start.
This can only be done in a real
home. a home that is full of peace
and love and good will, and where
there's just one permanent father
and one permanent mother. and
where the mother teaches the chill
dren that the father is the pattern
Of manhood that they must copy,
and the father inCulcates into the
Childrcu'S minds that their mother
is only little lower than the an
gels
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-02
t9$
Bu WINIFRED BLACK

tiful and admired. The man who
once loved us loves US still, he
doesn't show Il very plainly.
sometimes he acts as If someone
else-but no. that's all nonsense,
how could he when We still love
him so?
Let pretend the man you love
doesn't do very well i'm business
He's faithful and honest and he
works. but somehow someone
else always gets in ahead Of him.
Il isn't his fault. it's just luck
that's it-Iuck that's against him.
Who could succeed handicapped
by bad luck Let's pretend. sis
ter lets pretend Tell him that
he's clever. tell him that he IS
ambitious. tell him that he works
harder and mole jnteHgenuy
than anyone YOU ever saw. See,
he's pretending. too how straight
he's beginning TO stand Look.
he holds his discouraged head
higher than he did before you
began to pretend-he's beginning
to believe the pretend-he's be
ginning to act up TO it.
Go on. sister go on pretending.
some day yoa may make il all
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-02
By DOROTHY DIX.

they not a right to lead their indi-
yidua lives? they ask.
And the answer is, the chill
DREN. Always the answer is. the
CHILDREN. From their little in
nocent breasts all the shafts Of
logic by which the unhappily mar
ried Justify divorce fall back
blunted and broken.
ChiIdless couples who repent Of
sorry matrimonial bargain may
break II if they choose. They
ieOpardiZc no other interests than
their own but the man and woman
who have children have given host
ages to fortune, and they have no
right to consider their own happi-
ness first. Their paramount duty
is not to themselves but to the
helpless little creatures that they
have brought into the world
The saddest sight in the world
is "A little orphan child with no
father to protect It, no mother to
love and Cuddlc II. The next sad
dest sight is halforphan child,
poor little unfortunate that lacks
either a fathers guidance or
mothers tenderness. That any
man or woman would deliberately
thrust this cruel fate upon their
own offspring Is "A crime unspeak-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-02
Every Child Has a Right
To Be Reared in Such
Environment.

Every child has right TO that
kind Of environment. and no mat
ter how much a man and woman
come to hate each other for the
sake of their children they are in
duty bound to keep up the fiction
of such a home until the children
are grown and their characters are
formed.
Look again at this picture, You
quarreling husbands and wives
Cut it out and stick it up on your
mirror where YOU will see It when
You shave. or do your hair. Maybe
ii will make You think of the help
less little ones whose lives You are
running with your foolish SQUAD
bleS Maybe it will make you re
solve to give your children a square
deal by giving them a happy home.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-02
The Divorce Court Has
Orphaned Many
Children.

Yet the land IS fun Of forIorn
little children who have been or
phaned 10y the divorce court and
who have no mother. or no father.
or two mothers and two fathers,
and whose arithmetic and morals
are hopeIeSsly muddlcd and who
wouldn't know whether to respect
father No. or father No. =. or its
old mother or its new mother. II
anyone should try To teach it the
antiquatcd command about honor
Ing thy father and thy mother.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-02

I OOK az this picture, all Of you
disgruntlcd husbands and
wives. II shows q man and
woman straining at the marriage
bond, and threatening to tear it
asundcr. forgctful and Needless Of
the little children that are being
pushed TO the wall and crushed by
their fight
II is a tragic picture 1t is n sad
and terrible picture. yet 1t might
have been painted from real life
I'm an iunumcrablc number of
homes. All of us have seen scenes
like this. Perhaps We have even
posed for the central figures our
selves, that of the angry husband
and wife who are ruthlesslv sacri-
nc1ng their children to their own
bitter quarrclS