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Middletown transcript., 1914-07-18
ANNAPOLIS NEWS
o'MALLEY CHIEF CLERK.
Twenty-FOur Supervisors To 3
Named.

,Twenty-Four Supervisors TO Be
Named.
The State Tax Commission, of which
Arthur P. German is chairman, and
of which Oscar Lesser and Levin W.
Wickes are the other two members.
made the following appointments:
John F. O'Malley, Howard county,
chief clerk; salary. s2,4OO per annum.
william H. Brune. Baltimore, clerk;
salary, $1,000.
Thomas L. Hines, Baltimore, clerk;
salary, $1,000.
Walter Wright, Baltimore. messen-
ger; salary, $3.50.
The commission this week win take
up the appointment Of supervisor Of
assessments for each county and Bal
timore city, total Of "a. These posi-
tions vary in their compensation from
$2,4OO to $500 per annum. The COM
pensation is fixed according to the as
sessable basis Of each county.
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WHY NOT FUTURE GREATNESS
Two Qualifications Surely Emitted
Young Mother to Fondest Hopes
for Her Son.

Occasionally these days one finds .
servant with a servile attitude Of mind
and an adoring, unselfish heart. Such
nurse maid was Pansy, and she Law
ished all the devotion of her simple
heart on her young charge, Bobby. On
his first birthday anniversary she sal
looking at him in admiration and after
long silence she turned to her mis-
tress:
Mrs. Blank, do you think Bobby WIN
ever be president Of the United
States?"
The young mother would not altS
gether pooh-pooh the idea Of such
glowing possibilities for her sons fH
ture, so she smiled and said: 'WeIl,
you never can tell, Pansy. He might
But why did you ask that?"
oh" came the ready reply, 7 was
Just sitting looking at him, and he's 50
smart and bright already; and besides
thought he'd make such a pretty
president l"-Kansas City Star.
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A staver.

at isn't steadiness and humdrum
regularity that win a man success in
New York today. No, indeed. It is
brilliance. It is audacity."
The speaker was johnson Bowen,
the successful Chicago promoter; the
scene banquet Of advertising men in
New York. He went on:
1.-TWO millionaire business men were
lunching in Fifth avenue when an old
graybeard stumped by.
"'That's Brown. He works for me-
said the first business man.
"'He's an honest looking chap. Has
he got staying powers?' asked the sec
ond business man.
He has that said the first. He
began in at the bottom Of the ladder
in '76, and he's stayed there ever
since.'"
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The Cecil county board has awarded
to Samuel B. Schoheld, of Frederick,
a scholarship to Western Maryland
College. The board has several more
scholarships to award at the State
Normal School and st. Mary's Female
Seminary.
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OLD "MoNEY TREE" DESTROYED.
CIV War Landmark Frustrated BY
" Storm.

CIV War Landmark Frustrated BY
" Storm.
dagerstown. - The celebrated old
money tree" two miles south Of
Shepherdstown, was almost entirely
demolished by storm several days
ago. Every limb. save one, was broken
of, leaving lone branch springing
from the decaying trunk of what was
once a mighty oak that had stood the
storms of several hundred years. The
giant oak has been a landmark ever
since that section was first settled.
During the Civil War a Union Army
paymaster is said to have hid his
money chest in hole under the tree
and then reported at headquarters
that the money had been captured by
Confederates. His story being doubted,
he was convicted of stealing the trea-
ure by a court-martial. He refused to
tell what became Of the money and he
served five years in prison without
divulging its hiding place. When he
was released he went back to Shep-
herdstown by night, dug up the box he
had buried and carried of the treasure
some $65,O0O in gold, silver and
paper money.
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WRONG BREAKFAST.
Change Gave Rugged Health.

Many persons think that fol
strength, they must begin the day
with breakfast Of meat and other
heavy foods. This is a mistake as
anyone can easily discover for him
self.
A W. Va. carpenters experience
may benefit others. He writes:
Il used to be a very heavy break
fast eater but finally indigestion
caused me such distress, I became
afraid to eat anything.
my wife suggested trial Of Grape
Nuts and as / had to eat something
or starVe, l conoluded to take her
advice. She fixed me up a dish and
/ remarked at the time that the quail
Ity was all right, but the quantity was
too SMALL wanted a saucerful.
'"But she said a small amount OF
Grape-Nuts went long way and that
must eat it according to directions.
So / started in with Grape-Nuts and
cream, two soft boiled eggs and some
crisp toast for breakfast.
Il cut out meats and a lot OF otner
stuff had been used to eating all
my life and was gratified to see that
was getting better right along. /
concluded had struck the right thing
and stuck to it. had not only been
eating improper food, but too much.
Il was working at the carpenters
trade at that time and thought that
unless I had hearty breakfast with
plenty of meat, would play out be-
fore dinner. But after a few days Of
my new breakfast" I found could
do more work, felt better in every
way, and now / am not bothered with
Indigestion"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Read tThe Road to Well
ville," in pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever rend the above Ietterg A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and fun of human
interest.
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Mean.

Employer-Good morning, Robert.
/ hope all your family are well this
morning.
Office Boy (unsuspectingly)-Yes,
sir, thank you.
Employer-Pm glad to hear it, Rob
ert. There is to be a baseball game
this afternoon, and was afraid it
might have fatal effect on some Of
them.
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During a severe storm in Cumber-
land Mrs. Julian Shanholt was shocked
BY lightning. The bolt struck the
chimney Of the house, knocking the
TOP of, and tore its way inside, break
ing through in Eve different places.
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Just a Suggestion.

me daughter, Mary Ann.' said the
newly rich Mrs. Cassidy, wants to
rarn to play some music Instrument
1 wonder wat wan would come aisiest
to herr"
well, now," replied the Jealous and
caustic Mrs. Casey, '1f ye could only
get somethin' that's built like wash
board 'twould be jist the thing"
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30 poorly that my folks thought / was
going into consumption. One day I
found a piece Of paper blowing around
the yard and l picked it up and read it.
It said Saved from the Grave and
told what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound has done for women. I
showed it to my husband and he said,
why don't you try it?' So / did, and
after l had taken two bottles / felt
better and said to my husband, 7 don't
need any more and he said you had
better take it little longer anyway
So took it for three months and got
well and strong" Mrs. ALoNzo E.
BAKER, 9 Tecumseh St, Adrian, Mich.
Not Well Enough to Work.
In these words is hidden the tragedy
of many a woman, housekeeper or wage
Garner who supports herself and is often
helping to support a family, on meagre
wages. Whether in house, Office, fac
tory, shop, store or kitchen, woman
should remember that there is one tried
and true remedy for the ills towhich all
women are prone, and that is Lydia 3.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. 1t
promotes that vigor which makes work
easy. The Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass.
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Adequate Provocatlon.

why did you beat Dobson so ter
ribly?" said the Judge, indicating the
bebandaged figure of the plaintiff.
II asked him why a horse had run
away, your honor" explained the pris-
oner, "and he told me that it was be-
cause the animal had lost its equine
unity"
Him." said the iudge. dis.
charged. ."-Lippincott's Magazine.
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sIx Poetmaatera Renamed.

Postmaster-General Burleson reap
pointed the following fourth-class post
masters in Maryland: Garrett E. Cal
lion, Bush River; Lourena Morris,
Flintville; William T. Algiro, Fow-
blesburg; Wilmer R. McCardell,
Gather; jeremiah A. Kump, Kump,
and Clarence H. Lamar, Tuscarbra.
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The twenty-frst annual Local
Preachers Campmeeting will open at
Leslie, Cecil county, July % and con-
tinue to August 8. The camp will be
in charge Of the Rev E. 8. Hammond,
assisted by Evangelist H. G. Snyder,
Of Pitman Grove. The music will be
directed by Prof. William N. Thomas.
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The nomination Of John H. Blades
for postmaster at Pocomoke City,
which was held up in the Senate on
account Of charges being lodged
against him, has been confirmed on
recommendation Of Postmaster Cen
eral Burleson, who had the charges
investigated and found to be untrue.
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Ri.countv Medical Society.

Hagerstown.-A joint meeting Of the
Frederick and Washington County
Medical Societies was held at the Ha-
gerstown Country Club. About $50
physicians were present. A buffet
luncheon was served after the business
meeting. DR.. T. B. Johnson, Freder-
ick; DR.. Guy L. Hummer, Baltimore,
and DR.. E. L. Bowlus, Middletown, read
papers.
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HART HELD FOR GRAND JURY.
Says He Shot Wife In Trying To XIII
Himself.

Hyattsville.-George T, Hart, ar
rested on a warrant charging him with
assault and battery with intent to kill
his wife, Nellie America-Hart, was
taken from Washington to Upper
Marlboro and held for the action Of
the grand jury after a preliminary
hearing before Justice of the Peace
Ridgley. Hart now claims that the
shooting of his wife resulted from her
interference when he attempted to
take his own life after her refusal to
return to him and the threat that the
children would be taken from him.
Mrs. Hart's' condition is reported as
much improved. She has not been told
of her husbands arrest. 1t is pos
sible that Hart will be able to secure
bail for his release in a few days.
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SAVED BY CONGRESSMAN.
Walsh swims To Aid Woman Drown
ing In Delaware River.

Trenton, N. J.-Congressman Allan
B. Walsh, of this city, saved Mrs. Fred
Massey, of Lambertville, from drown
ing in the Delaware river at Schudders
Falls. Mrs. Massey. who was unable
to swim, ventured beyond her depth,
and then cried out for help. The Con-
gresham swan to her aid, and be-
cause Mrs. Massey clung to him in her
terror, he had great difficulty in getting
to the shore.
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IN JAIL EoR OLD MURDER.
Man Accused Of Crime Brought To
Haaerstown.

Hagerstown. = Claude McCusker,
who was arrested at Greensboro, Pa,
charged with the murder of Jefferson
Roman near Hancock, four years ago,
was placed in jail here by Constable
McAvoy and States Attorney Scott NJ.
Wilfnger. Ever since the shooting
McCusker has been hunted by the au-
thorities Of many States. The Wash
ington County Commissioners offered
a reward for his capture. McCusker,
who has employed an attorney, will
be tried at the November term Of
court. McCusker's arrest followed his
recognition by Hancock automobilist
as McCusker passed him on a road.
He is said to have admitted his
identity to the Hagerstown authorities
and consented to return to Hagerstown
without requisition papers.
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Improvement over NettInu.

Miss Audrey has come to spen tn
weekend with friends in little
Jersey town and exhibited a
interest in the much talked Of z
skeeter."
When the greetings were ov
the party settled down the gue
marked to her host, after CD
survey of the porch:
81 don't see any mosquito netti
around, William"
NO." answered he, we're using
mouse traps. ."-Everybody's Magazine
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What Js a Patrlot7

W. Bourke Cochran was talking
jubilantly of the passage of the home
rule bill.
MANY poor Irish rebel, had he but
lived, would be rehabilitated now," he
said.
Patriots! What is a patriot, after
all? Isn't a patriot just a man who'd
have been hanged for a rebel If he
hadn't succeeded"
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AMERICAN UNDER ARREST.
Electric Light Plant Manager Accused
BY Rebels.

San Antonio, Tex.-Manuel Trevino
an American citizen and manager and
part owner of the electric light plant
at Matamoras, Mexico, has been ar
rested by Constitutionalists, charged
with having committed acts against
the Constitutionalists cause, according
to a dispatch from Matamoras. AS a
result of TreTino's arrest the electric
light plant has been forced to discon-
tinue operation and the town is in
darkness.
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STORM uNEARTHs 12 coRPsEs
browns Boy and Wrecks Telephone
System Of Raleigh, N. c.

Raleigh, N. Gin cloudburst here
that washed from their burial places
II corpses in the City Cemetery, food
ed the railway station and drove the
passengers to the tops of the benches,
Willie Williamson, 19 years old, was
drowned by being washed through a
big drain pipe. The boy was caught
while trying to remove litter from the
manhole. He was washed 900 feet
under ground and came out with all
clothes torn from him. The storm
wrecked whole telephone exchanges,
killed many animals and destroyed
crops throughout the inner section.
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Quite a Contrast.

"Are Tompkins and his wife happy
together?"
"Oh, yes. They are as happy as
anybody could expect them to be, con-
sidering the fact that she was a Pen
field of Penfield Manor, and he was
just Tompkins Of nowhere in particu-
lar"
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ACCUSE TWO BROTHERS.
Drowning Of Alabama Girl At Picnic
Laid 10 the Woods.

Birmingham, Charged with the
murder of 15-year-old Ruth Nell Kinds,
drowned under mysterious circum-
stances at Herb Shoals near here on
a Fourth of July picnic, Charles and
R. P Wood, brothers, were arrested
here. The two, well known as busi-
ness men, assert that the girl waded
beyond her depth
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Such a Difference.

You say Funniman, the comedian
is very entertaining on and off?"
mo. / said off and on"
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Natural AMni4v-

"How did that couple ever come to-
gether?"
you see, he is a man Of iron"
Eyes, know"
"And she is very magnetic"
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TENDING That Way.

Where will these low waists and
tight skirts end?"
Il give it up. Pm afraid wen see
mermaids on the street before long,
my boy."-Kansas City Journal.
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1s HURT IN NINE EXPLOSION.
Three May Die From Injuries In West
Virginia coIIlery.

Charleston, W. Va.-Thirteen men
were burned, three probably fatally,
when keg of powder exploded in the
mine of the Olcott Coal Company, at
Dungriff Matthew Holspein, Alexan-
der Ownsby and Jesse Barlow are in a
local hospital with small chances for
recovery.
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After a young mans mustache be-
comes heavier than his eyebrows his
knowledge of the world begins to de-
crease.
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Vocational TRAINING.

Knicker-"Why did he propose to
herr" Bocker-"He wanted to get
points on how to refuse an Office and
yet be sure of having it offered again. +"
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Hie s+a+,,e

Young Coke thinks he's a legal
light"
well, he is-a legal lightweight. -
Boston Transcript
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got 30 weak that /
could hardly do my
work. VIII en- I
washed my dishes l
had to sit down and
when 1 would sweep
the floor I would get
so weak thatI would
have to get a drink
every few minutes,
and before I did my
busting Iwould have
to lie down. I got
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placed anywhere, a.
IrAeta and kills am
Aiss. Neat, clean, o.
namental, convenient
cheap. lasts ell
season. Made oe
metal, ean'tspillortip
overj will not soil 90
anything.
Guaranteed effective
All dealers of6se19
express paid for TIA
ATe- BrookiYns 3, 2
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Ladies OANwEAR SHOES

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot Ease, the
Antiseptc powder TO be shaken into the shoes. Il
makes tight new shoes feel easy. Just the thing
for dancing. Refuse substftUtes. For FREE trial
package address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. z.
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DR.. Thomas Fell was reelected
president Of St. Johns College, with
the understanding that he resigns as
provost Of the University of Maryland
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While John Neal was angling in the
Susquehanna River, short distance
above Port Deposit, he landed two Of
the largest rock fish caught with hook
and line in the river. One of the fish
tipped the scales at "a pounds and the
other weighed % pounds.
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DARBY HELD FOR NEeRo's DEATH
George stoops Set Free After Inquest
At Hebron.

Salisbury.-Following an inquest
held by Justice of the Peace Roy vii.
son at Hebron to determine the cause
Of the death of Benjamin Goslee, the
71-year-old negro whose clothing was
saturated with coal oil and then set
on fire, George Stoops, who had been
arrested, was released. The jury
brought in a verdict of death caused
by burns from coal oil applied and
then fred by Joseph Darby.
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Some bill collectors are as hard to
shake as a guilty conscience.
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YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL you
Try Murine Bye Remedy for Red, Weak, Watery
Just Bye Comfort Write for Book of the Eye
By mail Free. Murine Bye Remedy Co., Chicago
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Success never comes to the man
who sits on a dry goods box and whist
les for 1t.
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MARYL AND news
IN SHORT ORDER
The Latest Gleanings From All
Over the State.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The Prest-o-Lte Company, which
recently purchased the Gilpin brick
gard property at Elkton and erected
number of buildings, has started opera
tions and given employment to num-
her of hands. The new hosiery mill
of Deibert & Co., will be operated
within the next 10 days, giving en-
ployment to about 30 hands.
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If you would get line on your pop
ularity as public speaker, go hire a
hall and charge so cents admission.
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Ought to Have Known Better.
He-H squeeze you will you sQueal?
She-What do you think l ana
talking doll l?-Florida Times-Union.
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TELLS HOW TO EARN MONEY.
"Do What Others DON'T" Dr.. Stein
metz Advises.

Schenectady, N. Y-"To earn $780,
600 year do things other people don't
do" says DR.. Charles Steinmetz, Of
the General Electric Company. DR..
-Steinmetz, whose salary runs into six
figures, said that under Socialism he
would not want 100000 a year, be-
cause society would then take care
of every human want fall of us"
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ouite Similar orialn,

"a lyric of ancient times was q
story sung by Tyre"
Like the modern fish story?"
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MARKER UNVEILED.
Memorial To Southern Troops Who
Fell At Monoeaey.

Frederick.-The marker erected on
Monocacy battlefield by Fitzhugh Lee
Chapter, United Daughters of the Con.
federacy, to the memory of the South.
ern dead who fell in that battle was
unveiled Wednesday. Col Robert E.
Lee, grandson Of Gen. Robert E. Lee,
delivered the principal address. Gen.
John Floyd King, Of Washington, was
also one OF the speakers.
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COULD NOT
STAND ON FEET
Mrs. Baker So Weak Could
Not Do Her Work-Found
Relief In Novel Way.

Adrian, Mich: suffered terribly
with female weakness and backache and
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Chief Judge Constable has granted
the motion for removal in the Whit
aker estate case, involving about $780,
600 from the Circuit Court for Cecil
county to the United States District
Court
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Not for years has Easton expert
enced such a building boom as is on
1T present. A large number of build
lngs are in course of construction and
more contracted for. Every mechanic
in the town is busy and there is de-
mand for more.
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Ma4ehipn che Fare

what shall we have for lunch? ?
This is fast day."
"Then why not hasty pudding?"
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Seated on the porch Of her home
near PetersVille, with her husband and
seven children, Mrs. Thomas Harder
was struck by lightning during a
thunder shower and killed. The bolt
struck her on the top of the head,
burning her hair from the scalp and
lgniting her dress.
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Stricken with paralysis while on top
Of a wagon being loaded with wheat,
Maurice E. Shaff, a farmer, near JET
ferson, fell to the ground and is in a
serious condition.
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Save the Babies.

INFANT MORTALITY something fgfu hardly
OF all the children born in civilized countries twenty-five cent,
than Oneh before they R and onehaf before
We do not hesitate that timely Of CastOra would
Neither
Of these fn deaths OOcasOned % the Of narcotic
more Or Less opium or morphine They are IN considerable quantities
to congeson sickness death astoa operates exactly the but
Fletcher.
the blood to circulate properly, opens the
pores Of the skin and alays fever. m Z/GZ-
Genuine CasOra always the signature Of of1ZXZZ<
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Incubators relieve old hens Of a lot
Of responsibility.
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The directors of the Washington
County National Bank, Of Williams
port, have contracted for extensive inn
provements to be made to the interior
of the bank during the summer. The
work will be done by firms Of Indian
apolis and Baltimore, and when COM
pleted the bank will be one Of the
handsomest in the State.
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WOMAN ROBBED; $4,000.

Carried To Bank.
st. Louis. = Miss Esther Cohen,
cashier of the L. Cohen Wholesale
Grocery Company, was robbed by a
lone highwayman of $4,000 in cash and
checks down town as she was on her
way from the store to deposit the
money in a bank.
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The Parker Hosiery Mill, Frostburg,
is installing 10 new knitting machines,
the first Of so to be added to the
equipment. This plant ia now employ
Ing more than 100 hands, turning out
500 pairs Of stockings a day. With
the additional machinery 1t will re-
quire about ITS hands and will turn
out from 900 to 1900 pairs day.
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At the annual meeting of stockhoId-
ers of the Elkton and Middletown Rail-
road Company, held at EIkton, the
following dir tors were elected: A. J.
County, Henry Fatnall, Louis Nelson,
James Fahnestock, William H. Mack
all, Samuel G. Rowland, Fred T.
Haines, Charles B. Finley, ST., and H.
Arthur Mitchell. The directors organ
lied by electing A. ]. County presi-
dent; Henry Tatnall, vice-president;
Louis Nelson, secretary, and James
Fahnestock, treasurer.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-09
.sIe K 5 ll|ls ITsae0cK

Washington, July 9.-Paul M. Warburg will not serve on the fed-. eral reserve board unless the senate and currency com mittee recedes from it's determination to "quiz" him in regard to his previous banking connections President Wilson seeks to have the committee retreat from its position. Warburg's stand in the case, as indicated by his telegraph messages to Senator Gilbert M Hitch banking and currency committee, is the result not of his unwillingness to be 'quizzed," as has been popularly supposed. but of the alleged discrim- 1nation between him and three other nominees for the reserve board, whose names were confirmed without a personal examination. Of the five men selected for the board w. F. G. Harding, A. C. Miller and Charles s. Hamlin were confirmed by the senate without question. There was much difference of opinion, however, as to the confirmation of Warburg and Thomas D. Jones of Chicago. Conse- quently they were asked to appear before the committee. Jones ap- peared and told of his connection with the International Harvester company and with the New Jersey Zinc company, both so called trusts. Warburg immediately wrote to Presi- dent Wilson asking that his nomina- tion be withdrawn.