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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02
Town to Build Armory.

The town of Farmville is endeavoring
to build a new armory for the military
company there, which is a part Of the
LIST Virginia Volunteers. The company is
a part of the Sd Battalion Of the LIST Regi-
ment, which is commanded by Maj
Stanley w. Martin of Lynchburs.
The high school at Amherst Courthouse
is crowded until practically every room in
the building has more children than are
permitted by school regulations and still
the authorities are turning away prospec-
tive pupils This has inaugurated a move
ment for the erection of an eight-room
brick building at a cost of $1,000. S f.
PoindeXter, jr.. of Lynchburg, is principal
of the school and his work has been I'M
usually successful.
Harvey Fitzgerald. who was under SEN
tence of eighteen years in the 'penitentiary
from Nelson county for the murder of
Miss Fiona Boiling, and who was endeav-
oring to secure new trial by appeal, suf-
fered two strokes of paralysis recently.
Owing to FitZgeraldS condition his appeal
was withdrawn and he has been removed
to the penitentiary in a serious condition.
Sales of Tobacco.
The sales of dark loose leaf toba eco
here during this week aggregated about
$685. pounds, the market being active
throughout the week and the offerings in
quick demand. The weed was in good
natural order and the farmers are salts
fled with their sales. Probably as much
as -fourths of the 1872 crop has
been marketed.
The Y. nj. c. A here has named it's
leaders for its annual membership cam
paign which is to begin March 10 and to
continue a week. Martin l.. Brown and
T. Gibson Hobbs VIII be the respective
captain generals and strong effort viii!
be made to increase the membership over
this year.
The ARRANGEMENTS for the entertainment
of the delegates to the state convention
of the Y. NJ. c. A, which is to be held
here in April, include camp for the boy
delegates at the Island playground instead
of entertainment in homes Of the city.
Desire Better Schools.
Residents of Madison Heights have
formed a school league to work for better
school conditions in that suburb. The
suburb has $500 people and no municipal
government DR.. George T. Harris is
president Miss Mary Taylor, vice presi-
dent; Frank L. Bell, secretary, and NJ. F.
kulp, treasurer.
Mr.. and Mrs Louis Trapman Hanckel
of Charlottesville have announced the APP
preaching marriage of their daughter
Miss Ida Louise Macon, to Henry r.
Bowles, the wedding to take place at
Christ Church, Charlottesville. February
IL. at 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon. A re-
certion will be rendered the bridal party
at the Blue Ridge Club Immediately after
the marriage.
Two unmounted underground bronze
cannon have been loaned to the town of
Covington by the War Department at
Washington. The guns will be mounted
upon stone pillars in Covington.
The open season for the killing of game
birds i'm Virginia closed yesterday. the
season having been one of the most I'M
satisfactory in recent years. This was
due largely to the warm weather.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02
New Name for Civil War.

THE war between the states is pro-
posed as the legal and official designa
ton of the civil war In bill introduced
yesterday by Representative Edwards Of
Georgia and referred to the judiciary
committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02

features of our service qualities that qualify our
high standard. Whether what you have in mind is
listed not you'd better come here : for there S
hardly need the home have but may be supplied
at the considerable saving afforded by February
reductions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02

Preston 3. Ray and DR.. William l.. Lewis.
The Brooksville High School nine is the
first base ball team in Montgomery coun-
ty to announce its lineup for the eason.
Manager Guy Peddicord has decided to
start the season with the following:
Catcher Story; pitchers, Smailwood and
Nicholson: first base. Easton: second base,
Benson and Howard; third base. Harp;
shortstop, Peddicord: left field, Burns;
center field. Craver; right field Spesk and
Clancy. Edward II. Story is captain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02

The body Of DR.. Luther C. Cox. for
merly of Talbot county. Md. at one time
died at his home. Colmo. Cal. May IL
last has arrived in Easton for burial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02
"Ah waits until Al gets a good CHI,

this method one day last week, when c.
c. Brainard, the chirping eaglet of Brook
Ign. N. Y. stopped to observe the artistic
work that was going on at the time.
1T reminds me-" said Brainard. of be-
ing shaved on the newspaper special last
summer on the trip from the Chicago
convention to the Baltimore excitement.
Coming through the mountains I had to
be shaved. and a colored barber on the
train essayed the job. The train was
swinging and lurching, but he managed
to get through without damaging me.
asked him afterward how he did 1t.
All jes' waits he said. until All gets
a good chance, an den All grabs off a
piece
Looking b0ck over a rather long stretch
Of years to the ten-year-old days, some
thing prompts the question:
What has become of the old colored
man who used to go about selling oysters
from five-gallon can?'
He was once a slave. he used to tell the
little boys who gathered round to see him
measure out pintS and quarts, and his first
experience with oysters was when he was
a pickanniny himself and stole away to
the banks of some Virginia stream to fill
his little stomach with the bivalves
That made him past master in oysters
and an expert greater than any scientist
now in the oyster survey or bureau of
fisheries. He had a regular beaten track
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02
Boy Scouts to Organize.

The council of the Boy Scouts of Ameri-
ca recently organized at Kensington met
at the home OF Merritt o. Chance and
adopted a constitution and bylaws and
elected DIR. William l.. Lewis vice presi<
dent; Cornelius w. Clum, treasu- err and
DIR. Warren Price. Irving IL. Linton anu
w. 3. Hay, members OF the executive
committee. The officers of the council are
also members of the executive committee.
Herbert A. Filler. scout master, thinks
the troop will start with thirty members.
He expects to organize the boys in two
patrols. 1t is understood the public school
building will be used for the meetings.
Rev. Earle Whitley, pastor of the Ner-
mont Avenue Christian Church. Washing
ton, delivered a lecture on Ben HuT''
in the Christian Church here last even
ing.
Eden 3. Hartshorne of Kensington has
resigned as a clerk in the United States
pension bureau, Washington, and will
become instructor in chemistry in Dart
mouth College, from which institution he
graduated last summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02
Miss Fincham Married.

Miss Pearl Mentrose Fincham. nine
teen years old, and George ". Mayfield
twenty-one years cid, both OF Washing
ton. were married in Rockville THURSDAY
afternoon by Rev. Frank NJ Richardson
pastor Of the Southern Methodist Church
They returned to the capital immedia teIv
afterward.
A license to marry was issued he, n
the same afternoon to Alvah Davis YYil-
liams of Eu aula, Ala, and Miss Ida
Edna Thompson of washington.
Mrs Della May Holmes of this county
has filed suit in the circuit court here
for an absolute divorce from Samuel
\. Holmes, who is said to live in Wash-
ington. Desertion is charged. She also
asks to be awarded the custody of
three children. Ida e, Pearley Nj. and
Thawley L.
The bill sets forth that the coupla
were married in this county in October.
1895, and lived together until February
1906, when the plaintiff was deserted
Mrs. Holmes is represented by Attorney
w. Outerbridge Spates of Rockville
Mcdonald Beach and Robert Waid On
of Takoma Park were before Judge
Arthur NJ. Mace in the police court here
on charges of assault growing out OF
a difficulty at Takoma a few days ago
Beach had Waldron arrested and the
latter returned the compliment Judge
Mace decided that both were guilty and
fined each So and costs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02
Real Estate Transfers.

The following are among the transfers
OF real estate recorded i'm the office OF
the clerk Of the circuit court here during
the week: Effiie Bean to Kirk Alderton.
q acres; Clagett c. Hilton to John II
Lynch. Il acres; William T. Griffith to
Howard Griffith, 100 acres; William r
Tucker to Willard b. Waters, lot at Ia
koma Park; Rebecca Greenfield to c. w
Shoemaker, property near Bethesda:
Richard +. j. Fondren to Mary T. Bridge.
lot at Kenilworth; Henry III. johnson to
Annie II. Burdette, lot at Takoma Park:
Gulon Miller to Margaret +. NJ Janney.
4l% acres: Chevy Chase and Great Falls
Land Company to Maude E. Burrell. 3l3
acres; Joseph P. Rudy to Lee l.. Graves
9t2 acres; Samuel j. Collins 10 Frank n
freeman, loo acres; HeZekiah Trail TO
William III. Trail. 155 acres; Zadoc Rick
etts TO Fannie L A. Plat. / acr..
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-12-18

week.
p A. Anderson, the attorney, has
moved into town for the winter and
has resumed the practice of law
Et-nis old office in the Hanson
block.
Mrs. Logan who is in a hospital
in Pocatello is said to be improv-
ing rapidly and will soon be home
againLamong her friends.
&c. c. Carney left the first of
the week for a visit with his home
folks wey back east, and expects
to be absent a couple of months.
q. BarkduI and family. of Idaho
Falls, have arrived in Rockland
and expect to make thor home
here. Mr.. Barkdull is a first class
butcher and will open a shop in
the Anderson house in the near
future.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-12-18
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS
CONTINUED from page p

IA. Judges, Charles Butterfield
and Thos. o. Phillips. Clerk, l..
f. Moench.
Arbon Precinct:
Voting place. school house No.
10. Judges, William E. Dawson
and T. b. Evans. Click, William
Allard.
And public notice is hereby given
that by order entered of record at
= meeting of the board of coun-
ty commissioners, lawfully held on
the 9Th day of December, A. ID.
1918, the said board of county COM
N ssioners determined that the in
teres.s of the county require it, and
the board of county commissioners
of The county deem it for public
good. to bond the county for the
construction of roads and bridges
by issuing the negotiable coupon
bonds OF the county in the aggre-
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-12-18
LAND OFFICE BUSINESS

Following is a list of those who
have made homestead filings on
the lands opened to entry Decem-
Der 10, and also a list of those
who have recently made final proof
before L. s. Commissioner lines:
New Filings.
George w. Thornton, Samuel G..
Stitt, Samuel Kilden, Alexander J..
WeDdler. Oscar j.. Olson, Vinson G..
Sluder, Joseph Ditmoe. Joseph E.
May, John F.. Curl, Mary E. Curb
Emil Dathka, Martin Detzel. Jacob
W. Timmons, James E. Pinson and
Walter F. McFadden.
Final Proofs.
Elizabeth Lee, Jas. r. Kemper.
Nathan Perry, Elmer H. Moss,
Thomas E. Dangan, j.. Ruby Orders,
Vera johnson. Milton W. Cook,
Henry l.. Eyanson, John M. Cahrles-
worth and Charles F. Cotant.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-12-18
Rockland Department
ME CONDUCTED By
j.. C. SULLIVAN

Mrs. Fred Kubberness, of Land
ing. left the last of the week for her
<old home in Detroit where she has
not visited during the last fourteen
years. She has lived in Canada
and along the northern border dur
ing that period and is now start
ing on a journey to the almost for
gotten home place. May she still
be able 20 find many of her form
er friends and have a jolly time-
with them.
In Earl Bailey has leased his
T restaurant to the firm of KnudsonA
Howad & Taylor.
~/H. Sanders met with am accident
"a few evenings ago through which
4 he came near losing a few of his
toes. He was in the act of cutting
wood when the axe glanced and cut
his foot badly enough to make
him remember it for some time to
come.
George Burdick, of Landing, re-
turned from the Falls Wednesday
bringing with him his household
goods which had been shipped from
Burnley.
Wilford Bennion, of the G. w.
& M. Co.. at American Falls, was
a visitor with friends throughout
The valley the past week.
Chris Nelson. of the Oliver &
McKown Company, was in town the
last of the week repairing the
heater for the Morris residence.
Frank Barnard vas over from
the Falls the first of the week.
j. V. Dawson, the lumber man OF
American Falls. was a business
visitor here last Thursday.
George Buckley and Mr.. Davis
(of Sand Hollow, made a trip to the
>Palls last Friday, loaded with
wheat.
lem Byington was over at the
fFals the last of the week dispos-
ing of a DAD of wheat.
It is said, and upon good au-
CuUIIlyt lOO Ludl tuChO ANo DocAB
or will be, $4,000 bushels of
wheat raised in the Rockland Val
hey this season The greater por-
ton of this has been, or will be-
shipped to foreign markets, but a
great deal of il will be utilized for
seed and for fattenfng the hogs.
10. and Will Byington took a
{oouple of loads of wheat to the
Fails last Friday.
Among the wheat haulers the dis
/trict south of Roy to pass through
Rockland enroute to the market
at American Fallss last week e r
Ed Sayer, Ed Hartley Heber
rasley and Ira Allen.
Union church services were held
Sunday evening in the L. d. S.
church. After a delightful musical
program, Rev. w. A. Shaw. of the
congregational church. gave a very
fine lecture which was listened to
with interest by the large audience.
Dave Marsh, who broke his leg
by a fall from the new dance hall,
was removed to- his home in Boise
Mast week.
Robt. 1. Ewing finished the inn
provements ON the Lewis barn last
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-12-18
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY RATES

Via Oregon Short Line. Tickets
on sale between local points and
to points i'm Oregon and Washing
ton. December 10. 20. 21, 22' %,
"a. rs. and 81. 1913 and january
1. 1914; limit, january 5th 1914.
See agents for rates and further
particulars.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-12-18
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY RATES

va Oregon slort Line. Tickets
on SHE between 10 al points and
o points in Oregon and Washing
on. Deoemher l9, 20. 81, % %,
"a, %, and Il. 1913 and January
1, 1914; limit. January 5th 1914.
Sc agents fer rates and further
particulars.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-12-18

Keep alive and take the Press.
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Mou sl9dde4M IsllnQ poem FOX
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-10

with an increase Of the operated mileage
of fifty miles. During the nine years the
road increased its owned mileage from
fSS to 500 miles-the remainder being
operated under lease-and this increase
in owned mileage had cost the company
approximately $4O.OOO.OOO. In the same
period it expended about 96,OO0.O00 for
betterments and equipment, making a
total of s136,OOO.OOO devoted to the rail-
road property proper, leaving about
s2O4 200, 900 which in nine years had been
expended in, operations outside of its
railroad sphere.
The interstate commerce commission
TO the extent that it has the right to
scrutinize the financial conditions and
operations of railroad corporation in
view of the fact that the freight and pas
senger charges on interstate business are
under its control and these charges are
regulated with reference to the cost OF
construction, development and mainte-
nance II the New Haven company were
permitted to charge rates in proportion
to its capitalization an intolerable burden
would be laid upon the public. The ef-
feet of the transactions is that of water
ing on a great scale, and the commits
sion has performed a public service OF
incontestable value in discovering and
disclosing the financial excursions of the
New Haven management into fields Of
improper enterprise. The case suggests
that the interstate commerce law should
be amended to give the commission juris-
diction over the financial plans and
projects of Interstate railroads so that
such wildcat schemes as those that have
brought the New Haven management into
its present difficulties can be prevented.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-10
Precedence.

The prisons need reform, they say.
The cells are not convenient
And discipline from day to day
Is not politely lenient.
The men are forced to wear their hair
In crude and curious fashions.
Their garments are not pressed with care
And homely are their rations.
When honest Hezekiah Bings
Sets out to go a-touring,
He puts up with a lot of things
That do not seem alluring.
The food he gets is not at all
Like what his home provided.
He sleeps in rooms that are SO small
He has to walk one-sided.
Oh, let's reform the stateroom tight
In which we cross the brfny;
The fiat in which a ray of light
Creeps tremulous and tiny;
The factories vast, where burdens great
Upon the weak are shifted
Reform them! But by all means wait
Till prisons are uplifted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-10
The Dog Days Again.
From the New York Herald.

NEW TOT.
July and August used to be called very
commonly the dog days." and the term
Is still often heard. Most persons seem
to think that the name is due to a special
susceptibility of dogs to go mad during
hot weather. The term has no reference
to dogs. however. but was given by the
Romans, who called the time while the
earth is nearest to Sirius. the dog star.
dies CAMS. the days of the dog. Rabies
is not SO frequent during July and Au-
gust as 1t Is during February and March.
Dogs are no more to be feared now than
at other times. They often need water
and find II hard to get sometimes and
much needless cruelty is inflicted on
them. Some persons are suspicious of
them because the dog days have been
given q bad name.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-10
The Watering of the New Haven.

In lis condemnation of the financial
methods Of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford management during the
past ten years, the interstate commerce
commission goes TO the limit of Its 1urfs-
diction. II cannot take action 10 correct
the conditions which II criticises nor can
II adopt rules that will prohibit such
transactions in the future. All II can do
is to report the facts with appropriate
comments and leave the remedy, as for
this particular case. to the stockholders.
and as TO the future TO Congress for
legislation.
Judging from the commissions report
this road has been engaging for some
years in a series OF reckless expenditures
for the purpose of acquiring control of
the transportation facilities of New Eng
land. This Is distinctly contrary TO pub
lie policy and possibly 1t exposes the
corporation to prosecution, or at least to
procedure for dissolution similar to that
had in the case of the Hartman merger
Yet dissolution proceedings will not
wholly correct the evils OF the transac-
lions thus far engaged in, for the money
involved in the transactions which the
commission condemns 10 probably beyond
recovery. The road stands with vastly
inflated capitalization representing COM
paratfvely LITTLE of actual value.
The scope Of the transactions which
thus fall under the condemnation Of the
commission is to be seen at a glance in
the following figures: On June so. 1903,
the total capitalization OF the New Haven
company was approximately 93,0Oo.0o0.
with an operated mileage OF 2.O40 miles;
Just nine years later the capitalization. ex-
eluding stock premiums. was $i17. COX, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-10
Publicity for the Mulhall Inquiry.

The House decided wisely in reaching
the conclusion that the investigation of
the Mulhall charges should be In open
session, with no secret hearing of wit
nesses. The publicity already given TO
the charges themselves and their wide
discussion demand the most open mode
Of inquiry. Secrecy in sitting the allega-
tons would only tend TO excite feeling
that the investigation was not thorough
and that an effort was being made to con-
ceal revelations. Congress stands &C
cused in these charges of having yielded
10 improper influences in times past.
Some of the members now sitting are IN
der such indictment as the Mulhall
charges afford. They should be the first
10 demand publicity. and 1t is gratifying
10 find that the House has reached the
conclusion that the safest, fairest and BY
all odds most effective way to ascertain
the truth will be to throw wide open
the doors of the investigating committee
room and allow every word spoken to oe
heard by representatives OF the public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-10
The Tariff and the Courts.

Nud now comes u story that the new
Tariff revision will go straight from Con-
cress TO the courts. Learned lawyers, 1t
is stated, are laying for II. Thelr
clients object To some of the new phrase
ology and classifcations, and win test
them by actions at law. Several years,
il is predicted. may be necessary TO Sc
cure binding rulings on them. Meanwhile
tho DELAYS may bring embarrassments To
the government.
Troubles of this kind are not new. but
grow ont Of situation perfectly plain
and long understood. This Is that, in the
matter of Iawmaking, the government
il served not by its greatest lawyers, but
by men who though educated for the bar
abandon close study of the law upon en-
tering successfully the field of politics.
They forget their law, or do not Keep
up with the rulings of the higher courts
on the larger questions adjudicated.
But big Observation-Disclosures in the line
Of trusts seeking TO evade the antitrust
law, or in the line of importers challeng-
ing tariff provisions-are served by the
pick If the bar-men who confine their
activities strictly to their profession. and
keep up to date in all matters of legal
proceedings and decisions. They do not
scatter their faculties. or divide their
time The law. and that alone, occupies
them. Hence their eminence and earning
power in their profession.
The law is a jealous mistress. So is
politics. The lawyer who wants to be-
.cone and remain a great lawyer should
never enter politics if he wants TO be-
come and exercise the power of a great
politician. Many instances support this
declaration. Mr.. Clay became a great
politician. but did not develop into a great
lawyer Likewise Mr.. Conkling. John G.
Carlisle had one Of the finest of legal
minds but did not succeed at the New
York bar after twenty-five years spent
with distinction in politics Likewise
Thomas B. Reed. Three of these men
after abandoning the law for politics
found themselves overshadowed at the
bar when forced back to the law by the
DEGREES of political fortune. Mr.. Clay
died in political office
In this way Uncle Sam is at disad-
vantage. His laws are made by men who
are part politicians. Then those laws
are attacked by men who are wholly
LAWYERS and the best equipped of the
profession and the cases are argued be-
fore judges who in the great majority
of instances have had their sole training
i'm courts.