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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-08-08

The Camenetii-Digges cases Over
which there has been so much no
toiiety in the last month or so
through a prominent and efficient
District Attorney, resigned because
Of being held up in The performance
Of his duties and for which Attorney
GENERAL Reynolds was severly scared
as well as one Of the other members
Of President Wilson's cabinet have
at last been brought to trial. Digges
was put on trial fret The
jury had not been fully selected at
this wiring it is expected that the
trial proper will begin before the end
If the week. These cases have
spread a great deal Of notoriety in
Califo' MIA because Of the prominence
Of the families OF the two young men
and throughout the country because
of the hand played by some Of the
higher officials in the government 10
have the trials delayed. II is hoped
by the people Of the country that the
trial will be speedily conducted AMI
the cases closed up and justice pro
nurly carried out
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Children Cry
FOR FLETcHER'S
Q a 3 T Q RIA

Dming the good weather it ic
be hoped that the ounly road peo-
lie will work IL earnest and 50 mend
,ur roads that they will be psssabls
nder all coediti ms Of weather rex
winter. There arr many bad roads t.
pe repaired and va strongly urge
hat these places be fixed and tina
The peoples money be not spent il
throwing up road that is alread,
good and leaving it in that condition.
through the winter. Where any
road is thrownup it SHOULD be graveled
at once. A portion of the road at
Lothian has been thrown up and no
gravel put on it. If left in this CON
dition il Will beimpassible during the
winter. The County Commiss oners
have laid up $1,000 for the roads
and much good work can be done, if
done praperly with this money.
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would eem 10 lie little doubt Of the
commissions right To reduce tie
rates inasmach as the courts have
maintained its jurisdiction over ,ther
common carriers Far more in line
with a policy Ct gaining public con-
tdence would be a prompt accept
ance BY the express companies Of the
new sch .dule and the adoption Of
reforms Of service suggested by the
commission in order to put the es-
press business in line to command
trade and 10 compete with the par
Gel post, the scope Of whicu Is GER
tain to be Ultimately extended. Re
sistance Of the COMMISSIONS decree
may only stimulate congressional
and administrative activity in ex-
pansion Of the parcel post system to
the point Of replacing the express
service entirely.
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EXPRESS RATES.

The Interstate commerce colamis-
sion's findings in the matter Of ex-
press rates are u,tifed by the rejec
ton OF the express companies claim
that inasmuch as the establishment
OF the parcel post has deprived them
Of a considerable portion of their
business they should be allowed to
charge for the remaining portion OF
their business as high rates as before
or higher. Commissioner Marble in
his report on the case declares that
t. grant the contention of the COM
panies would take from the shippers
of the country all the benefit the,
receive from the parcel post and give
it to the corporations.
The changes in the rates do Of
bring within the range of the parcel
post the small packets Of one-pound
weight which are now being trans.
ported at remarkably low rate.
over all distances. Within the me-
dium ran es, however, of from five
to ten pounds, the new rates will
place the express companies in a
position to compete with the Post
Office Department for business which
now is being virtually monopolized
by the parcels post. Beyond the
eleven-pound point Of parcel post
limitation she express business has a
control Of the field and ii i in this
range that the commissions ruling is
is most effective for the public bene-
fit.
1t is announced that the companies
viii test the right Of the commission
to establish thesa rates, by an appeal
TO codt. This is 70 be expected. in
asmach as the new rates will result
In . loss of approximate, 16 per
cent OF gross revenue Of $4,000. 600
year. If the rates proclaimed by
the commission arr maintained the
public will get the benefit Of this re-
auction in the firm OF saving Of
the cost Of goods shipment. There
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500 REWARD. SION

The readers OF this paper will b.
pleased to learn that there is at ieaSl
one dreded disease that science has beel
able to cure in all its stages, and thar is
Catatrh Halls Catarrh Cure il the
only pOsitiue cure now known to tie
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease requires a con
stitutioDal treatment. Halls Catarrb
Cure is taken int n ely, acting direct
lY upou the blood aud mucous surfaces
of the system, thereby Destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength By building up the
constitution aud assisting nature il do
ing its work. The proprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers that
offer One Hundred Dollars for auy case
that i fails to cure. Send foe lists Of
testimonials
Address +. }. Cheney & Co. Toledo. D.
81, BY al druggists, 75c.
ton. f' ~ eyus'pA
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NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.

Ii was the genial hnmorisi, Marx
Twain, who said, in his last literary
effort, when giving some advise TO
friend about what he should DO when
he came TO the gate ST. Peter is sup
posed 70 keep: ~Leave your dog out
side. Heaven goes by favor. II it
went BY merit you would stop out
size aud the dog would go in.n No
man, however, who knows bis dog
and knows himself viii fail to find
in tnese amusing words something
more thin a sense Of humor.
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Penalty for violating this order is
$4,000 Fine, or imprisonment for 10
Days 70 3 Months.
See Chapter sol, Section 30, Acts of
1906, 1905, and 1910, Laws governing
construction and maintenance of State
Roads
STATE ROADS CONFUSION.
5 30 ID.
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ORE BArrLHsnlPs.

Representative Britten's resolution
providing for three new battleships
Of the dreadnought type would be
stronger with the preamble either
omitted or recast. No rsf renee
should have been made to Japan Of
Mexico, and certainly no criticism of
thu administration INDUCED in re-
speeding its course so far in dealt c
with those two tiles. TIE shirt
would have looked better vi bout
the ruflle.
On the subject of the navy the
democratic party for several years
has been playing to the galleries. Il
has talked far too much abou, peace
and disarmament, ami promised Tar
too much al out economy in expendi-
lures in general for the government.
Extrdyaga't statements have : een
made on both scores.
Everybody is for peace. Discus
sion relates to the best means Of pro-
noting peacn How many men Of
practical weight in public affalrs
really believe IN disarmament MOI
many. With unrest widespread H.
the world, and all the great powers
veil armed both on sea qnd land, why
should we disarm? Why Invite at
tack and disaster in that way?
And as we should not, aul OF
course will not, disarm, why not keep
well armed? Why not arm Accord
ing to the necessities Of the case !?
Why not tax. our cue from the pow
ers with which as nation we arr
classed? Why not keep up with the
processions
The economy cry Of the democracy
has beea silence by the RESPONSE
lility OF office. Everybody knows
now that the republic MS when ia
power did not over-appropriate-
practically. waste-three hundred
million dollars annually. That was
campaign yarn for the marines.
Called to office, the ieu octacy finds
that tie expense Of running a great
and growing country properly is
heavy, aud canrot be reduced with
out public injury. 1t mus. put up
or get cut. II must support the gov
eminent in good style, or give plaee
to party that will.
As there exists the necessity for a
big navy'-"an adequate navy" as
the Baltimore platform expresses it,
and as We have the money to provid,.
II, the country expects this Congress
to do its duty. Let the subject be
frankly and fully discussed as one OF
rational interest and above our po-
litical divisions. Ard particularly |
ct no forsign power be put on no.
'ic' by name. The demand is not
hat we increase our sea strength as
gainst any Asiatic Or European ua-
ion, but for the purpose Of holding
'ur place in the company we are
.eeping, and providing against a
'ossible emergency from any quarter.
" Washington Star.
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NOTICE.


THE Peoples Reu. & Frat. Society,
L eolored, of BALTIC, Md, will hold a
meeting at Hemsley's Han near La
Plata, Monday, Aug. 4, 1913, and at
Grand Army Hall near Faulkner Aug.
%, 1913. Commencing at 100 O'Clock
p. m. The object Of this meeting is to
explain the necessity Of Industrial in
suIance and to receive applications for
new members.
Addresses will be made by officers of
the society.
This is one of the leading coIored
Insurance Companies Of Maryland.
Incorporated under the laws Of the
State Of Maryland paying from $1.50 to
$500 per week in sickness and from $40
to $4,000 at death. For further parti-
culars apply to,
JAS. d. DIGGS,
7-19-3t. Hughesyille. Md.
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Grand Tournament
And Ball.
MONDAY, September Isl. 1913.

To be given at the residence Of James
r. Penny, on
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REPUBLICANS ATTEND THE
AUTHORIZATION CONVENTION

There will be held Convention
IN Baltimore city or Thursday next
70 bc known as the @Amalgamaiion
Convention which should be attend
Ell by as many Republicans from this
county as possible.
The purpose Of this mass conven-
tioa is to bring back the erring ones
WHO left the mo rings Of Their party
las. fall and to adopt platform Oh
wiish the republicans and so-called
l.ogres.iyes can stand shoulder TO
s.oulder as one united to give battle
a. the common enemy---the Demo
critic party at the coming election.
This convention will be the means
Of wiping out any differences that
may have existed last fall and the
obiiterating Of any time W RI reac-
tionary policies and the welcoming
back OF Republicans who have fol
lowed the flag but who s.rayed
away, upon strong progressive
platform. Every Republican who
can do so should attend this meeting
and demonstrate his interest in bis
paItJ's success in the future and par
ticulariy in the coming election When
the people Of Maryland hsve so much
at stake. Wilde we favor a strong
progressive platform, Ne are opposed
to such propositions as the initiative
and referendum, believing that in
stead OF progression they mean ret
repression.
A conservative, reasonable aud
sound study Of these propositions at
once demonstrates that they are meas
ures which should never be put il
any platform or ever adopted. Our
United space prevents lengthy dis
cussion of these subjects at this time
but we are convinced that they would
be weak planks in the platform if
al jpted and further that they are
most retrogressive. We are like wise
opposed to the adoption of any plank
10 the platform favoring woman's suf-
frage for many reasons, one of which
is that the sensible and true womer.
Of Maryland do not want the right
to vote and would not vote if they
had the right The place for woman
is in the home, not in the political
arena.
Again We urge every Republican
to attend the convention to be held
in Baltimore on Thursday rext il
o der that they may take part in tn,
adoption Of strong progressive plat
form upon which every man who Il
now or ever has been a Republican
can stand united and solid in th,
fight against the Democratic part.
A strong united party upon q
strong and solid platform can win
this fall. The election Of the Repub
lican ticket in this stale means that
the people of Maryland will come
back into their own and get leg
i-lation for the advancement of thu
STATE and the betterment Of the
people they have so lang wanted.
This convention is the opening
wedge for great victory this fall SO
Charles county Republicans lend
your hand in the great cause.
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Twenty-Ninth Annual Grand
TOURNAMENT
AND.
DRESS BALL
AT.
Marshall HaIl,Md
IWednesday,Aug. TO- l3

Steamer Chas. Manchester will leave
Seventh Street Wharf, Washington. d.
c., at 10 a. NJ, 2.30 and $50 p. m. Re-
turning, will leave Marshall Hall at
u 80, 4.30, 7.45 and II p. m stopping
at Alexandria, Va.
FARE, ROUND TRIP ...... Is Cents.
MUSIC BY SCHROEDERS BAND.
Chief Marshall - Frank S. Barnes
Assistant Marshall-H. Holland aaw-
kins. Herold P. Bragunier. Aids,
| VIM. Ii. Clark, Edward Sanders.
Judges, Lewis jenkins, Conrad Posey,
| Hon. Wa j. Frere, Lee Manning, Of e.
q. County, W A. Thompson, Of d. c.,
John Gsring, II. T. Palmer, Of Virginia,
NJ Q. Gray, Robert Cooksey, DR.. Geo.
o. Monroe.
Orator Of the Dayton. +. Stone
Posey. Orator Of the Evening sydney
E. Mudd.
Committee Of Arrangements W.
Hungerford, B. b. Compton, OF Pisgah,
Md, F. Mertens, Jr. Z
Restaurant a Ia Carte, or Table
diHotel Dinner, so Ceats
All rings to be wrapped with white
cord and hung @ i-2 fent from the
| ground. Distance, 30 yards Time, @
seconds. Al Knights must ride in
costume. Tltng commt nees promptly
At noon. Grown ng Of Queen and dis
tribution OF prizes At $50 p. m. Free
transportation to Knights ard their
horses to and from the z on Is. Horses
must be az steame, Maeals stvr's s. hart
al 8 30a. M. Horses m st be at steam
or Macalester's wharf at $50 a. m
dorses returned on T:45 boat only.
500 90 In Gold will be divided as
follows:-First Prize $50. Second Prize
S25. Third Prize SIS. Fourth Prize
$40. Entrance Fee for Knights 81 90
Admission to grounds Free.
A cordial invitation is extended Il
the citizens of Washington and the
District Of Columbia, Charles, Prince
George, 81. Mary's, Montgomery and
Allegheny counties of Maryland and
Alexandra, Fairfax and Clark and ad
jacent counties OF Virginia.
Knights will address A. d. LANG
LEY, 2024 G St., n. W, Phone NJ
l5JSS.
THE MT. VERNON & MARSHALL
HALL STEAMBOAT CO, Ltd.
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Chief Marshall, Gen. L. A. Wilmer
Aids, Lemnel Albrittain and Horace Il
Bowling Herold, w W. Chichester
Judges, Hon. Jno p. Briscoe. Hon
B Harris Camaiier, Hon. Fillmore
Bealle, Hon. Adrian Posey, Messrs W.
j; Mitchell, J. Edward Smith, p. r.
Wills, Conrad Posey, Chas. w Swindell,
II S. Taveau, Robert II. Turner. Thos
J. Chappelsar and DR.. G o. Monroe.
Orators of the day and evening will
be announced later.
knights fee SO 90. A Queen and
three maids will be crowned and valu-
able prizes will be awarded the sue
eessfui contestants.
All Knights must ride in costumes,
and fitting Will be open to single men
ouly.
A FULL BRASS BAND In At
tendance day and night.
An old-fashioned Southern Maryland
Tournament. Come and bring your
friends.
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FOR RENT.

A ROOM COTTAGE near Chapel
Point, 20 yards from high water mark,
tine Grabbing aud fishing, good spring
water and good wages II work wanted.
#. A. POSEY,
6-zI-4t. Bel Alton, Md.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-24
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip

The invasion Of the East by West
ern American League baseball teams
ended with yesterdays games only
one game was scheduled for this after
noon in the American League, that be
ing Philadelphia and Boston
Just in order to show. how good they
are the Athletics smashed out % hlts
in the game with the Tigers.
The Brooklyn Dodgers wound up their
Western invasion with a Garrison fin
ish taking. two games from the Puts
burg Pirates, The Dodgers arrived in
New York to-day. where they play this
afternoon.
The Yankees retained seventh place
in the American League by beating the
Clevelan9 %aps. This was he last
time these two teams meet this sea
son
The New York Yankeespwhl use the
Polo grounds again next'seasOr A deal
has been completed between President
Ban Johnson, Of the American League.
and President .Hempbil, Of the New
York Nationals.
There will be no spring series Of five
games between the Giants and the
Yankees at the Polo grounds in New
York next year Manager Frank
Chance. Of the Yankees made a propo-
sitiOn that the games be played, but
Manage NEtiraw. Of the Giants, turn
ed n down. IL the Giants don win the
pennant next year they WIN play the
Yankees for the city championship
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-24
Nashville to Retain
Schwartz as Manager

NASHVILLE, TENN, Sept "a
While clubs that made a better show
ing than Nashville in the Southern
League race are showing dissausfac-
ton with their team leaders, the Vol
unteer owners are willing to take an
other chance with Bill Schwartz. be
lieving that the blame for the locals
lowly position should be placed else
where than on the manager.
1t is practically settled that
Schwartz will manage the team from
the bench next season. Age mas
slowed this erstwhile brilliant player
down and he realizes that his use
fulness to the club as a player is at
an end, but there are none who viii
say that his ability as a manager is
lessened. The Volunteers did not
make a decent finish, but this was
not altogether SchwaTtz's fault. He
made a good showing with the ma
terial and resources at hand. The
club won the last seven out Of eight
games played and showed great i'm
provement after the addition of Hot
man and Spratt.
Manager Schwartz is already laying
plans for next sea son. He viii lose
Holman. Gibson, Beck and Williams.
An effort will be made to form an al
lance with a big league club in order
to secure recruits for seasoning. The
experience Of Mobile and Atlanta,
which teams were composed largely
Of players sent them from the Giants
and Washington, respectively, proves
the desirability Of such an arrange
ment
Manager Schwartz will remain IN
Nashville for the winter, having
opened a cigar store on Sixth avenue.
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By ". W. Naughton.

= - a - - - A''Aas
OAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24-Mr.
\ Hugh Springer, OF Vancouver.
b. c.. please pay attention Mr..
While Richie, lightweight champion
of the world, stands ready to accept
your wager Of $4,000, which you de-
Clared your readiness to make In
order to convince the public that GER
tain things you charged the cham
pion with are true.
Mr.. Springer's arraignment Of
Richie tried to make it appear that
he left Vancouver because Springer
repudiated certain things promised by
his agent, Richie. as matter of fact.
had cancelled his forfeit check and
made all arrangements for his de-
parture for San Francisco before he
conferred with Springer on the dis
puted point
Richie, in a signed statement, re-
flutes the principal charges made by
Springer and says he is willing to
forfeit $1,000, the amount proposed
by Springer II be can not prove the
truth Of what he saws.
Mr. Springer In his communication
said. Il am prepared to back up
every statement | make with a $4,000
certified check, to be placed in the
hands Of any responsible person In
California, and he to be sole arbi-
traitor" and adds little later on, in
fairness. | think that Richie should
either be made to put up his money
or admit that he was absolutely and
entirely to blame"
It looks as though there Is a pros
pect Of a nice sum OF money chang
Ing hands.
In reply to Mr. Hugh Springer's
letter of September 10, | viii make
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SPORTING COMMENT

annexed the title in a desperate
4O-round affair with Nelson, kept
up that limit because he was a mt
tie fellow who always could dA Wen
inside Of 1873 pounds-down as low
as 1876 pounds. in fact. ...
DUT when Richie was declared
ID the winner on foul over VOL
CAST the entire situation changed.
He indicated that he wasn't fond
of tempting Cans fate by dragging
himself down to a low weight every
time ne boxed au- as a result the
old scale went into the discard as
far as the champion is concerned.
Now. II Richie is getting bigger,
where Is the thing going 10 end,
and what is to become Of the men
who can make the old lightweight
limit and still insist that they are
contenders for the title? If a man
boxes Richie he isn't supposed to
murmur over the weight terms. All
that IS expected of him Is to put
Up the best fight he Is capable of
and at the champions own terms.
Whatever happens he must be con-
tent that he got chance 10 box
q champion.
NYIOLGAST never cared much
w what any OF them weighed,
because he had a grounded
idea that he could beat them. little
or big. but he had a manager who
had some sense, and this kept the
Michigan wildcat in some sort OF
submission so far as the weight
question Is. concerned. Il is APP
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CHATTANOOGA 8
NEW MANAGER
A BIC MYSTERY
TENN, Sept "a

n NASHVILLE TENN, Sept. 24.-
" Every once in a while that old
gag springs up about a prophet
being decorated with medals every
where except in his own voting pre-
cinct. and just now Bill Schwartz. the
Boy Leader or the Vols is getting
taste OF it,
They tried to get Bill TO manage
the Chattanooga club in 1914 when
the shrieks OF the head hunters in
the bleachers had hardly died away
President Andrews at the Cincinnati
draft meeting, wanted to know il Bin
was in position to talk about
berth with the Lookouts next season
Andrews had Just got through telling
Schwartz about the ugly look of the
stuff Kid IlbeTfeld pulled I'm that final
clash with the Crackers after the
! Kid pretty nearly went nutty think
Ing up names to call Rily Smith.
Now, BilIs answer TO Andrews was
| characteristic or the 1oyal makeup
Of his, for Bill Is second TO more
when II comes 10 fighting for MS
club and its interests before anything
else is considered.
BIZ told Mr.. Andrews he could not
mink OF discuss job with any
'J4tF clup so ION % as he was on the
Vols reserve list and he had been
given TO understand by President Hir-
sig. Of the Vols. that he would be
needed I'm 1914 around Nashville to
direct the team from the bench.
Something Is Doing.
Now all Of this has something 10
do with the Identity of the new lead
or for the LOokOuts. since Kid Fiber
field has wended his way to New or
leans.
II seems a shame to puncture the
dream about Jimmy Sheckard pilot
Ing the ChattanoC "a club through the
1914 campaign, but the man for whom
Mr.. Andrews just now ia dickering.
and who is pretty sure to be landed,
while veteran ball tosser, never
/ signs his checks as Jimmy Sheck-
ard"
The embryo pilot, for that matter.
never snone on any National League
ditmOni, either inGeld or outtield. But
/ in Ban Johnson's circuit he was the
king Of his class a mark for all sue
Ceeding infielders to shoot at, and
though they wasted plenty Of ammu-
milton, the crown has never yet been
Wrested from this fellows head.