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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-08-15
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-08-15
Midsummer FaIIOw
BY KARL LANGENBECK

Wheat has now been very generally harvest
ed and the returns. in most all sections. are
very gratifying. Where the harvest has not
come up to expectations, tine trouble has been
due to specific causes in individual fields IA
Their than to general ones. or the chronic
causes, it is unnecessary to speak But. many
cases have come to my notice. in spite of
good husbandry, where the wheat had fallen
and the grain could not develop and rpen.
The general conditions were. however. so fav-
orable that fields in which there was trouble
with weak straw, and which were predicted not
to yield more than fifteen or eighteen bushels,
gave thinty.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-08-15
CECIL WING
Fifty Years Aso
ElktOn, Md, August Is, 1864.
THE MARKETS.

White wheat, $2.70; red do, $3.50;
corn, Sl.65; oats, 75@SOc.
DIED.
Kennard. At his residence in Viii
mington, on Sunday, August Z, John
S. Kennard aged 80 years.
Cutler. August 5, after brief i'll
ness of typhoid fever, at Relay House
Hospital, Benjamin c., of Company F,
18th Nd. Volunteers, eldest son of
Challlley B. Cutler, in the 10Th year Of
his age.
WOODS MEETING.
The woods meeting which was held
in Hassons woods, near Cherry Hill,
beginning on he 4th and lasting until
the 18th, was the means of quite re-
vival. Two sermons were delivered
daily during the meeting.
There We're supposed to have been
5000 persons at the meeting last Sun
day.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET
ING.
The County Commissioners We're in
session on Tuesday and transacted the
following business.
Order for Enoch Taggart to re-foor
the bridge over head race of Lords
Factory, and rebuild a small bridge
over the road from Lords Factory to
Miller's Corner.
Contracts for bridges awarded as
demonstrating Run culvert to John
Keaveny, cost $1475; Capt, Johns
Creek to Evan Lewis, cost $500: Dor
sey's Fording, to D. McHugh, cost
5000.
Bonds of VIM. Kirk, Road Supervis-
or of the Ninth district, and D. Nc
Hugh, bridge contractor, approved.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-11
DRAW RECORD DOPE FINE

Truax, Greene & Co., wholesale
druggists, drew the largest fine on
record yesterday on charge of SELL
ing cocaine without a physicians pre-
scription. They were soaked 5000.
Municipal Judge LaBuy assessed
the fine after hearing the evidence in
the case of DIR. Thomas S. Roberts,
formerly an inmate of the State In
sane Hospital at Kankakee, who pur-
chased the drug from the firm.
Attorneys for the druggists will
argue a motion for a new trial on
Aug. IS. The case was prosecuted by
Asst Corporation Counsel George L.
Reker. \
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-11

Please see to this, so that better
service might be given.
All this happened between ten and
eleven O'Clock, Sunday, August 9,
William MiIgrom, 1915 N.
CIaremont Az; Isadore Druekaroff,
1910 N. Rockwell ST.; M. S. SHERMAN,
1916 N. CIaremont AV.; Sam Cohen,
1918 CIaremont aV.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-11
beings plowed into the earth as fer
tilizer.
And kings have the brazen impu-
dence to ask Gods blessing on THAT.
LETTERS TO EDITOR
SOME INFORMATION
NE INFORMATION

Editor Day Book:-I have had oc-
casion to take notice of the Chicago
Examiners war reports, and as far
as l can figure this paper has report
ed forty-two German war vessels
sunk, over 10000 German soldiers
killed, without any corresponding
casualties from the opponents.
For the benefit of this famous
paper 1 will let out a secret and l
hope it will bring no international
complications between the u. S. and
Germany. On board of German war
ships the officers drink champagne
and other wines, the sailors schnaps
and beer. They all save the corks
from the bottles, drop them over
board on strings tied to the railing
of the ship. Now, if the ship sinks,
the corks will raise her quickly with
out apparent damage and the Exam
liner is welcome to send them to
Davie Jones locker once MORE
Hans.
Editor Day Book:-Kindly call at
tention to the following fact: Several
men were bathing at the Humboldt
Park bathing beach, and as they were
bathing one certain group of men at
tackled another group of men and in
jured them very badly.
Their only object in doing this was
because they were Jewish.
The worst part of it all is that when
they were fighting they ran to the
door and tried to get out, but the
doorkeeper said that they had to stay
it until their time was up. By that
time we could all have been killed.
There wasn't even a policeman
around the place. They should always
see that all public places should be
protected by some officer, because all
kinds of people come in contact with
one another in public places.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16
Thrift and Hospitality

'.cullman never looked so thrifty as it did last Tuesday when l was there to attend the annual state meeting of the Knights of Columbus,' said State Depu- ty NJ. F. Linnehap.
 "Cullman may not grow as fast as some of the other Alabama cities, but it grows steadily and it's growth is solid. The people of Cullman are as hospitable as they are thrifty. The visitors Tues day were elegantly entertained and May 12 will long be remembered as a red letter day in the history of the Knights of Columbus in Alabama.
 sThe Cullman council is made up of a splendid set of men and it has done noble work in aiding the Rev. Father Ignatius. o. s. B., to build the new Sacred Heart church, which is one of the most beau tiful and imposing edifices in this coun- try. There are few churches that can be compared to it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16
FLOORED BY MOTHER
From the Pittsburg Gazette-Times.

From the f1ttsburS Gazette-Times
 With volley of right jabs, followed by anan uppercut Mrs. William Hopkins of Electric avenue, East Pittsburg. sent Hughey Madole, promoter and former rrizefishter, staggering to the ropes where he held on for few moments and then dropped to the mat, taking the count in Squire Herman Windt's office, Farmers Bank building. East NICK ees- port.
 For the last month Madole had been instructing Helen Hopkins, 16, of Electric avenue, and Emily Flynn. N of Turtle Creek in the art of sef-defense They became quite handy with the gloves
 Madole took his students to Browns vile, and there had them sign up with the Harry C. Hunter Show company They were billed as the Lady Battlers.' p
 The mothers of the girls learned of the engagement and sent officers to Browns vile, where they arrested Madole and the girls and brought them back to East Pittsburg
 Squire Windt planned to give Madole a private hearing, but the infuriated Mrs Hopkins burst in upon the scene and started to wreck things After she had punched Madole a few times sh< fainted.
 They finally settled the case and thu charge was withdrawn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16

commerce it is difficult to predict that such will be her position much longer, for, like Germany, the United States is making fierce contest of British supremacy It is true that until quite recently this government and Ger many have proceeded upon different lines in challenging England. Germany has constituted the subject one of na- tional patronage and governmental supervision, while in this country the efforts have rested upon the individu- al almost entirely.
 But we are arousing ourselves and the Panama canal is the initial imple- ment for the supplying of nations energy in this direction, the effect of which it will be difficult to estimate. Time was when our flag was seen in every port and waved over every sea, and it is not at all improbable that re- turn of that time is close at hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16
REpukuNG HEARST
7 orleans state.

From the New Orleans state.
 Hearst methods of manufacturing sentiment against the democratic ad- minstration in it's war policy met with Ia just rebuke the other day from the family of one of the youths who gave
 up his life when the American flag was planted at Vera Cruz.
 The dead boys home was at Villa coochee. Georgia. When his name came in the list of casualties, the Villa coochee correspondent of the Atlanta Georgian, the Hearst newspaper, got
 this hot telegram:
 Please interview Summerln's father on uselessness of sacrifice if United States is now to accept meditation Does he not think it outrageous to have Ito send boys to be killed. and then government decide fighting is wrong [? Please send good statement To this request addressed toa family of patriotic southerners. MT. Hearst receivd the only reply which loyal and honorable American could have
 made. This is what l. W. summerlin answered.:
 1, l beg to say my brother. Randolph
 summerlin, was. Killed at Vera cruz in
 defense of the countrys honor. We l favor President Wilson and the dem-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16
The Iron Market

Matthew Addy & Co.'S Cincinnati re- port for this week says in part: From all that we can learn, consumers will not see their trade grow less than it is at present. if business will not get better it certainly will not further decline. Cur rent inquiry and shipping instructions are slightly greater. We are finding here and there an improvement; for example, at Addyston, where there are six pits for casting pipe, and where-they have been operating only three of them, they are now going to operate four. The malleable shops are doing little more. Some of the foundries are reporting increased or ders. Steel mills are on basis of about 60 per cent; gray iron foundries not more than 50 per cent
 "As for the furnaces, they are holding quotations as they must either get the prices they are asking or else blow out. It will be impossible for them to remain in operation unless they can receive at least what they are now receiving; their situation is serious, as they are now on an improbable basis. The northern fur naces will be helped by the reduction in the cost of ore, though this will not be available until July: but, of course, this reduction was expected. and 1t has already been fully discounted"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16
Recalling the Prosperity of 1912

Recalling the Prosperity of 1912
 The business situation and the crop situation of the present time are slmi- lar to business conditions and crop conditions at a corresponding period in 1912.
 There has been considerable depres- sion in the industrial field since last fall. The iron market has been ex- tremely dull. It was so in the early part of 1912. But in the spring of that year when bumper crops were coming in sight the iron market started up. and the industrial world generally took on new life. By June of 1912 immense crops were as- sured, and notwithstanding the fact that a presidential campaign was about to be launched, prosperity with big P was in evidence from one end of the country to the other. It was one of the most prosperous years of the twentieth century, and what made it so marked was the gloom that had preceded it.
 This country not only produces large crops, but prices are better than they used to be-. Great harvests this year are now all but assured. If we are to have anything like repetition of 1912-and it is believed we will-there will be no idle men in the industrial districts. In the Birmingham district the demand for laborers will be larger than the supply. Business will hum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16
REBUkING CORRUPTION

From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegram
 Champ Clark. discussing the Panama canal tolls at a luncheon in Washing. ton, said:
 My opponents argument on this point seems to me as absurd as the argument of Washington White.
 As Wash sat on his stoop one morn ing round election time, the republican candidate for mayor stopped sounded him little, and finally gave him $1 to vote the republican ticket.
 "A little while afterward the demo- cratic candidate came along and gave Wash g to vote the democratic ticket.
 Then, just before dinner time, the progressive candidate turned up and gave Wash s3 to support the progress sive cause.
 Well, which one of 'em is you going to vote fur?" asked Mrs. Wash, as she smiled upon the heap of silver which her husband had earned that mornin g on the front stoop. "I thing I'll vote for the fust fell Ter, said Wash. the one that gumme the dollar
 Why cried his wife astonished. why vote for him?
 "Becaus, Wash answered, because he Is the least corrupt"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16
Music for Next Year

'The financial as well as the artistic success of Birmingham's music festival last week caused great eation in musical circles, said member of the Arion so- ciety.
 We will begin early in the fall to rehearse an oratorio for the spring oT 'i9l5 We will probably have a three days festival. If ground IS broken for an auditorium within the next few months a building should be far enough ad- vanced to be available for a festival next May. If so we will certainly have a festival of several concerts. Our oratorio chorus would have one evening on the programme Another evening should be symphonic, and for the third we would have monster chorus made up of choirs from various cities trained to sing a few short numbers. l believe all our future festivals can be so managed as to escape deficits'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16
An Onnortunity for Patriotism

The fall of Tampico may greatly <change the situation relative to the presence of the United States in MeXi- co and it is not at all improbable that our regulars may be called upon to support a provisional government In Mexico City and preserve order there when it falls into the hands of the rebels.
 Carranza and his followers have not been impressed with the idea of par ticipating in the mediation proceed ing and their attitude is not to be won dered at since they feel that Huerta is almost within their grasp and they wish to enjoy the prestige and reap the fruits of their success.
 The South American mediators have suggested the formation of commls- sion consisting of five members tso of whom are to be nanled by Huerta, two by the Carrsfiza following and one Inv the me ilators. the commission to name the members of a provisional government to be composed of federals and rebels.
 Huerta has been duly advised of this proposition and so far has intimated no objection thereto and it is believed that the dictator fully realizes the ap- nroach of the dissolution of his regime. It is said that he has been recently shipping gold to Europe to provide for himself in case he is inn pelled to quit Mexico and panic al most prevails in the capital born of the fear that Villa and Zapata will not be able to control their men when the city falls. Indeed it is averred that Villa has promised his men AS hours of footing if they succeed in capturing the place.
 The proposition of the South Ameri- can mediators should be acceptable to the United States as the elimination of Huerta is the avowed object of the Wilson policy and the President is willing for the Mexican nation to se- lect its own ruler after the present die tator has been removed.
 Nf,,al ,,o,.t Jannplc ,,,.nY, tbo rahalS and it is to be hoped that patriotism and love for humanity will obtain over personal pride and individual qualification. The commission will ct tain the end for which rebels have been shedding blood to reach and the propo- sition should be accepted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Modern Cola storage Plant

'The conduit which is being laid from the Birmingham ice factory to the prop erty at the northwest corner of Ave- nue E and Twenty-second street, Is the first step, I understand, in the construc- ton of a plant which will place Birming- ham on parity with other large cities in the matter of cold storage said a business man.
 T am told that the building, which will embody all the latest improvements in cold storage construction, will have more than a quarter Of a million feet of refrigerated space which is ample for the needs of Birn ingham for sometime to come. Belt line trackage will make the plant accessible from all parts of the city and district.
 Ladies will be pleased to learn that provision will be made for the storage of furs, rugs and things of that sort. In brief the plant will be up-to-date in all it's features, and will mark another ad- vance in Birmingham's development
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16
\ Young Mans Living Cost

Tt costs an unmarried man more to live in these days than it did when I was just starting in business said an old club member
 Forty yeafs ago I saved little money out of $15 month salary, but young friend of mine who gets s12c0 year tells me that he can barely make both ends meet. He neither smokes nor drinks, and his habits as far as I know are ex- emplary. Young men dress better now than they did in former years. and fairly good board costs considerably more.
 These are about the items that a young man has to reckon with when making ur his annual budget Board $360. clothes $225, laundry s75, club dues and club expenses a moderate scale $l00, vacation trip S75, hooks and theatre tickets S100 street car fare $50 Christmas gifts $50, church $50. life insurance $6O incl dentals s55 total s12oo. This does not allow much for tango society and pocket change.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16
THE PINK BALL WORM

From the Evergreen Courant
 The department of agriculture evidently is very much in earnest in it's plans to prevent the Egyptian pink boil worm from getting a foothold in the south
 If it is necessary to put in effect dras- tice quarantine there is no question but that the cotton trade will upohold the department. for no chances can be taken with the worm. If it once gets foothod in this country it will do millions of dol lars worth of damage every year, De- coming a. worthy competitor of the Mexi- can boil weevil in destroying cotton. Last year the worm is said to have been more destructive to Egyptian cotton than all other pests combined. in some eases reducing the expected yield by one-half. Certainly if there is any danger of half way measures being effective in keeping it out of the American cotton belt, then halfway measures should not be adopted. quarantine against all foreign cotton might be costly to some men In the cotton industry. but if that is the only sure means of preventing the immigration of the pink worm. then let the quaran- tine be put in force.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16

motor car chapel has been operated along the Rio Grande during the past year by the Catholic Extension society with so much success that the experiment. Will be repeated. The car is named St Peters chapel, and is a real church on wheels, being the only one of it's kind m the United States. It has been the means of providing Sunday services for as many as half a dozen widely scattered communities in one day. When the bac,. doors of the car are opened and the sides lowered a chapel 15 feet wide is re- vealed to the congregation. with all the necessarfes for mass, vespers and other services. The car has been operated under the direction of the Right Rev, J. w. Shaw, Bishop of San Antonio, for merly secretary to the Bishop of Mobile The Rev. Father Constantineau has been conducting services in this moving chapel and is highly pleased with the results accomplished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16
A GREAT AMERICAN SINGER

From the New York Sun.
 The career of the American singer Lillian Nordica, ought to encourage young aspirants for lyric honors. No ob- server of the development of her artistic powers ever failed to discern the fact that she lacked that peculiar gift called temperament. There were no lightning flashes of inspiration no divine moments of inexplicable exaltation in Nordica' S art. What she achieved she did by sheer force Of indomitable resolution, unceas- ing study and fine intelligence. Despite obstacles she became one of the famous body of international singers"
 That great career is open to one pos sessed of such equipment as hers, to- gether with a. serviceable voice, was triumphantly demonstrated by Mme. Nor dica. Her voice was never perfect in- strument. and particularly at the meet
 ing of the medium and upper registers there was always weakness. But brains got the victory. The singer mounted to the highest rank in several widely diff ferent styles She was one of the best Aidas ever known to the. stase.i Her Leonora in "Il TroNatore' and Selika in "L'Africaine" .-have not been excelled. Her Marguerite had qualities of great beauty. Her Valentine in Les Hugue- nots" was a model
 She sang also with great finish of style and authority in oratorio. But without doubt the summit of her ambition an artist was attained on November 27 1895, when at the Metropolitan she sang Isolde for the first time. In that same performance of Tristan and Isolde Jean | de Reszke sang Tristan and Eouard de
 Reszke King Mark for the first time on
 any stage. Kaschmann and Marie Bre- ma were the other two principals in that memorable performance, and the great | Seidl conducted.
 1 Mime. Nordica afterward sang all the 1 Brunnhildes, and was one of the repre-
 sentatives of Kundry in 'Parsifal" But Isolde remained her dearest love in the l Wagnerian realm. In that role she made her farewell appearance on the Metro
 politan opera house stage on December s, l 1909 She afterward sang the role in
 Boston and later in Paris. But that was her last appearance in opera here. Her memory should be warmly cher ished. She was great and devoted arr 1 tist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16
HIS PIPE

From Lesie's., Though grandpa left us long ago, with
 wears afld labors ripe, Vet still upon the shelf We keep his old
 black briar pipe, And when we take it down We seem to
 see above the bowl The keen blue eyes that mirrored forth
 his wise and kindly soul. We took our sorrows to his knee. he
 listened to them all, From sister I1ettys lOve-affair, 10
 Benny's "losted" ball. And when he filled and lit his pipe, we
 knew that he had found The end of all the troubled-skeins our
 careless hands unwound. So when my grown-up heart is sad with
 iife's eternal pain. With roverentia1 touch I take the. old
 black pipe again. About it hangs the aroma of good to-
 bacco still, And calls his sturdy spirit back to brace
 my weakened will Through that old pipe he speaks to me, just as he used to do. And bids me face the world again with strength and courage new. And Hope around me folds once more
 her rainbow -colored cloak. And all my little troubles fade as .or,eo
 they did--1nz omo e. z
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16
WASTED FOOD
the New York World.

From the New 1ork World
 Investigation into conditions in city institutions under the department of correction shows that at the workhouse the food waste from two meals amounted to 734 pounds, and that at the penitentiary the food returned aft CT three meals was 1887 pounds. What this bad management costs the city in the course of year must be reckoned in tens of thousands of dollars.
 In large measure the abuse grows out of the so-called American standard of living. By habit and false pride we are wasteful people. Public and private extravaganza is a national vice in which we glory while sermonizing about it. Honest thrift is an alien characteristic that we are apt to re- gard with lofty contempt. So we the government of our cities and the conduct of our household, and call our selves practical people with strictly modern business ideas.
 The trouble with the institutions un- der the department of correction is that, like the average establishment, they have been run at haphazard. Commissioners did not know what was being done, or did not take the trouble to find out Any competent manager of the kitchens could have saved enough money to improve the diet and make other needed changes. But ii never seems to have entered any com- missioner's head that first require ment was that the management should be competent and economical.