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for figuring what the tax might be ex-
pected to produce, he will have re-
spectful hearing. Up to this time,
nothing of this nature has been forth
coming.
A few politicians, who never in their
lives earned as much money as the
government is paying them Tor mis-
representing the people in congress,
got their heads together and guessed
United States with incomes of so
much.
They had neither from association
with men of large affairs nor from in
vestigation any ground for any such
assumption. There has never been a
census of the wealthy individuals nor
any compilation whatever by private
sources on which to base such an es-
innate. 1t was a guess pure and SIM
Pile and just because it was a wild
guess, Mr.. McAdoo has no ground on
which to draw an indictment of the
American people.
There is no reason why any citizen
should tr yto evade the income tax
now that it is a part of the law. Its
rates are not heavy enough to make it
worth while to run the risk of incurr-
ing the penalty and the rush to comply
with it is evidence enough that the
number of people who would dodge it
was very small indeed
The law itself is the most complex
ever placed on the statute books. The
greatest lawyers in the country are
unable to agree on its application and
the treasury department itself has
changed its ruling on sections not
once, but many times.
If Mr.. McAdoo will stop black
guarding his fellow citizens and de-
vote the time which he is now giving
to that pursuit in drawing amend
ments which will clarity the law so
that no one may be excused from COM
plying with its provisions on the
ground of inability to understand it,
he will remove the only prop, if in
deed any exists, under those who have
not come within its scope.-Boston
Com.
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New Maryland Settlement

Within the next so days the advance
guard of Approximately 60 families of
coloEists from the Panama Cana. Zone
will settle in Charles county, a new
town will be established, and a move
ment which is expected TO result in the
complete regeneration of Southern
Maryland will be fairly under way.
The coonistS who are coming to
Maryland-some of them are now here
and waiting to go on the .and-are
members of the Canal Zone Colony
Club, employees of the Panama Canal
Organization, who, looking to the time
when the Panama Caral would he full
~ completed, sought a congenial loca-
ton in the United States where they
could go to farming with a reason
able assurance of success.
OF the men in the club, fully 90 per
cent We're farmers sons ard they knew
exactly what they wanted. A commit
tee representing them looked all over
the South before finding what they
desired, and that, they discovered, was
in Charles county.
The families who are coming now
are expected to be the nucleus around
which other families from the Canal
Zone will gather and also that families
from al! sections of the country will
join the colony, which. it is expected,
will become one of the most prosper
Gus in the United States, and which
will make a complete transformation
of that section of Southern Maryland
in which they settle and which will
form a striking object lesson of a
modified form of cooperative farming
for farmers in all parts of the state.
Fronts Two Miles On Railroad.
The land selected for the colony con-
sists OF about 1000 acres of land w.
ing on both sides of the Pope's Creek
Branch Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
between Waldorf and White Plains
stations, and fronting on the railroad
for something over two miles. By rail.
the location is 4S miles from Washing
ton and GA miles from Baltimore. By
the splendid state road which runs
through the property, it is p miles
from Washington and seven miles
from La Plata, the county seat.
The colonists have been brought to
Maryland by the Southern Settlement
and Development Organization, of
which S. Davies Walrield is president,
and who has been intensely interested
in the project ever since its inception.
Options on all the land needed were
secured by R. NJ. Pindell, Maryland
State manager Of the organization,
and the details of the project were
worked out by Mr. Pindell and Glenn
ent 5. Usker, the director of colonial
ton, including the organization of a
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
ASSISTANT TREASURER.
REGISTER OF WILLS,
STATES ATTORNEY.

/ hereby announce my candidacy for the
nomination of States Attorney for Cecil
County, subject to the decision of the Demo-
cratic primaries. HENRY L. CONSTABLE.
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For Election Of Postmasters

Business men, who are the principal
patrons of the postal service, will be
interested in a plan advocated by Hon.
Jonathan Bourne, Jr., to provide for
the election not only of postmasters,
but of other Federal officers in the
several states, such as U. S. Marshals,
district attorneys, collectors and ap-
praisers of customs, collectors of in
ternal revenue, and registers and re-
ceivers of land offices.
Every business man knows the evils
of the present system of political
appointment. Men are chosen as post
masters not because of their particu-
lar fitness for the position or their
facilities for rendering service, but
cause of party loyalty and activity in
politics
Merchants have seen post Offices
removed from one end of town to the
other in spite of popular protest, in
order to locate the Office in a building
owned by an active supporter of the
party in power. They have seen in
dividuals not desired by majority Of
the people of the community appoint
ed to conduct the office.
Former Senator bourne believes
that postmasters should be selected
regardless of what party may happen
to be in control of the national admin
straton-that the people of the coun-
try may have a Democratic or Re-
publican administration, as they may
choose, but that the people of each
community should have a postmaster
of their own selection regardless Of
politics.
Postoffices are established and main
tanned for service, not as political
rewards and the people of each COM
munity are the best judges of the kind
of service they want and the men
most likely to render it. Bourne ar
CUES that if a postmaster must de-
pend upon the voice of the people of
his community for his retention in
office rather than upon his effective
ness in politics or his pull" with
political leaders, he will give more
time and effort to improve the charac-
ter of service rendered. Moreover,
popular election of postmasters and
other Federal officers, will take away
the principal power of the national
political machine which, through that
instrumentality, is able in so many in
stances to dictate local parry politics.
Bourne proposes to strike at the
root of the matter by constitutional
amendment divesting the President of
his appointing power and relieving the
Senate of its duty and responsibility
of confirming such appointments, and
leave the whole problem to the several
communities, which are chiefly and
directly interested in the character of
service to be rendered by their public
servants.
If this suggestion appeals to you as
wise, write to your Senator or Con-
gresham and tell him that you favor
a constitutional amendment which will
give you voice in the selection Of
your postmaster.
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WE ROW OURSELVES OUT

If the people of Elkton like the re-
putatlon they have achieved, through
mtarlmonlal channels, We feel rather
disposed to leave them to the eniov-
ment of the thing they like, obeying
the wise injunction of a we'll known
Latin essayist that Concerning tastes
there is to be no dispute"
If the Christian churches like the
reputation their pastors are achieving
along matrimonial lines, we feel dis
posed to clay low and say muffin"
belng, prepared to admit that the
churches which employ the ministers
are entitled to what they like-with
out any interference or suggestion
from frank outsider"
In TACT. our comments on the dis
gushing performances of some of our
local clergymen We're in the first place
called forth by the request of citizens
OF Elkton and members of the Chris
tan churches. We We're quite willing
to lend them our columns and our edi
torlal endorsement in an effort to re-
deem the situation. If instead of back
ing us up they want to back off, we
are content. If the town wants to
Wa!loW in its mire. let it. If some of
our preachers want to disgrace their
calling, let them. If the churches
want to discount their influence and
mission, so lie it. Our withers are
unwrung. As a local journal that
tries to be somewhere near decent In
lts standards and oUt-spoken in its
opinions, we have said our say CON
corning the disgusting affair-and
thereby cleared our skirts. We now
leave the matter in the hands of our
religious leaders and teachers-the
churches ard their clergy
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McAdoodledo

In his annual report to Congress,
Secretary McAdoo trots out again his
charge of wholesale tax lodging be-
cause the actual returns from the in
come tax failed to meet the expecta-
tions of its advocates.
The people of the United States are
thoroughly weary of being paraded
before the world as a nation of tax
dodgers. Mr. McAdoo should either
produce his evidence or shut up.
If Mr.. McAdoo will present to con-
gress or the people any sound basis
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To Help Upkeep Of Roads

The maintenance of the good roads
of the state gets big lift from Motor
vehicle Commissioner Roe's announce
ment that the net revenue from auto
mobile licenses during the fiscal year
of 1914 is S295, S59.27. This fund is
devoted to the upkeep of state high
ways, and it has reached such proper
tons that with the revenue derived
from one cent of the state tax rate a
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-05-01
Gubernatorial Aspirants

Each of the leading parties in this
State has plethora of aspirants for
the gubernatorial nomination to be
made at the primary in September
Those positively known among the
Democrats are Congressman Linthi-
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No. 1886
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
The National Bank of EIktOn
At EIaton, In the State of Maryland, at the
close of business March 4th, 1915
RESOURCES

Loans and Discounts. s4s9s95 80
overdratts unsecured: ...'.'.....:..:.:..' 1888 %
IT, S Bonds deposited to secure circulation = 10000
Bonds. securities ETC.. pledgedas col
lateral Tor State or other deposits
on ~. S postal savings excluded 49, s'o'o'o"
unplcdged toher than socksD in -
Guiding premiums same 5I9457 % 629457 %
Subscription to stock of Fed
eral Reserve bank $4,000
Less amount unpaid .......... 5000 $4,000
All other stocks, including premium
on same .'''''..' .S!z.5oZ oo ZoooE oo
Banking house $4,000; furniture and fix ,osoooo
Other real estate owned ............ 2453 20
Due from Federal Reserve bank 1900 90
Due from approved reserve agents in
central reserve cities ....,........S 1856 OF
Due from approved reserve agents in
other reserve ctes.'.''....''' 6055277 6s3os "a
from banks and bankers toher than
outside checks and other cash items s277 II
fractional currency nickels and cents sS5 80 4oZ
Notes of other National banks 3,OO5 90
Lawful money reserve in bank
Specie =. .'"'...''.''.''''."...s5M IS ,.
Legal-tender notes ........... l4,9l6 90 540i3 IS
Redemption fund with L. S. Treasurer mot
more than per cent. on crcuation"'.''''' 2ooo 10
Total 43l 80
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in .....................s 100000
Undivided profits ....,slls,26oo OF
Less current expenses, interest
and taxes paid ...... ESP 80 ll5,6S7 IS
Circulating notes. .............,... $4,000 90
Less amount on hand and in Treas
for redemption or in transit. 500 90 1920 90
Due to banks and bankers (other than inclu-
ded in 5 .... ................. 5.l15 o9
Demand deposits:
Individual deposits subject to
check SiS2,225 II
Certificates OF deposit due in less
than 50 days .................. 539,326 %
Certified checks, 4545
Cashiers checks outstanding SO25
STATE, county other municipal
deposits secured by item of
Resources 1881 81 1O4l,42s So
State of Maryland, County OF Cecil, S.
Chas b. Finley, Cashier of the above-named bank.
do socmnly that the above statement is true to
the best OF my knowledge and belief.
CHAS. b. FINLEY, Cashier.
Correct-Attest:
FRANK K. SCOTT,
ABRAHAM II. MENDENHALL,
THOMAS b. MILLER,
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me tins 9th day Of
March, l9lS. CHARLES H. JEFFERS,
Notary Public.
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Resolutions OF Respect

Whereas, The Great Spirit has
deemed it advisable to call to the
Happy Hunting Grounds our beloved
brother and Junior Sycamore, Bro
Their Roy w. Reynolds;
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PoWNAL

Eight boy Scouts from the Troy
Y NJ c. A. who are hiking to Pownal
are expected to arrive at Camp lllium
at Perch Pond this afternoon They
left Troy at last night and they
plan to stay in camp until Monday.
The morning subject at the Baptist
church tomorrow is THE Hand OF
God and the Hand of Man on the
Greatest Task in the World The
evening service will be in charge OF
the young peoples society.
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ESTATE OF DAVID ROBINSON

STATE OF VERMONT. [ The Honor
- District of Bennington S. able Probate
Court For The District of Bennington.
To all persons interested in the estate Of
David Robinson. late of Bennington in said
Dlatrlct. deceased. GREETING;
WHEREAS, said Court has assigned che 18th
day of June next for eXaDlning and allowing
the account of the Administrators Or the es-ate
of said dect ased and for decree OF the residue
totheawful claimants OF the same, and ordered
sos interested In said estate by publishing this
order three weeks SUCCESSFULLY previous to
the day assigned. in the bennington Evening
Banner a newspaper published at Bennington
in said District.
THEREFORE, you are hereby notified to aD.
pear ut the Probate Office III Bennington in
said District on the day assigned, then and there
to contest the allowance OF said account If
you see cause, and establish your right as heirs,
Iegatees and lawful claimants TO said residue.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND this 9th day c.
May 1918.
AMY II. HARBOUR.
RppiS,aa..
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For Coughs that "Hans On

Lingering colds, bronchial coughs
la grippe colds and similar ailments
that hang on" until May are likely
to last all summer if not cured
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
will allay inflammation, clear stop
ped passages. relieve distressing dis
charges at the source, Danish stuffy
wheezy breathing and heal and
soothe raw nasal and bronchial pas
sages. 1t is prompt in action; safe
and sure. Contains no opiates Har.
old W. Cole
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-06-12

duc>or forced a shcriII-oi course a
white man-to ride III the Jim
Crow ca, while he had a Negro
prisoner IN custody.
This episode brings out the inter
esting fact that the law permits am
officer to take Colorcd prisoner
INTO a white coach. In other
words, the whites of Louisiana, who
would strcnuously object to having
a Booker L. Washington or a Pro-
fesSor Dubois ride in the same car
with them, tolerate the presence of
4 Negro criminal as all right. But
everything is in the viewpoint how
ever Boston Post.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-06-12
ONE CENT STREET CAR @. K

Cleveland, Ohios new 1-cent car
line, the first in the world, which
operates from the public square to
the East Ninth street pier, will be
money maker if it can maintain
an average of Sundays business,
when receipts were S57. Most Of
this was in pennies, a small per
centage in Scent tickets and still
smaller percentage in nickcls and
dimes.
We had three and "a half min
ute line, ~ General Superintendent
Duty said: Each of the three cars
made the trip to the dock in eleven
minutes, 50 the passengers didn't
have to wait long"
The regular day service will be a
car every fifteen minutes. From
$50 to $50 A NJ. time of arrival
Of boats, and 7 80 to go, when
boats depart, five minute service
will be maintained. -Philadelphia
North American.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-06-12

weak and that have forgotten that
there is a God in Israel whose ms
tlce sleepeth not The present Eu-
ropean war is the bosom of destruc
ton that is sweeping from place
and power the nations that have
claimed dominion with the Lord of
Hosts and regarded the Almighty
merely as an incident in world gov
ernment. Other nations are like
China, and are simply resting. At
the psychological moment thev
will rouse themselves and shake
the pillars of the commonwealth
OF the world. The Beveridpe
scheme is fifty years too late to ac-
compllsh its ends. Washington
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-06-12
Phi Beta Kappa,

Phi Beta Kappa are the names of
three letters Of the Greek alphabet, the
initial letters Of three Greek words,
Philosophia Biou Kubernetes, which
means PHILOSOPHY the guide Of life"
This is the name Of the oldest Of the
Greek letter college societies. Mem
bership is bestowed as an honor for
exceptionally good scholarship. The
society originated at William and Mary
college in 177G, but has extended to
many other colleges and universities
There are about 1900 names in the
catalogue. Members wear a gold
watch key as badge, with emblem
and notwithstanding Press.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-06-12
Selecting the Golf Ball.

The small heavy ball will go farther
than the lighter or larger ball for the
player who can hit it extremely hard
owing to Its less resistance from the
air. Because Of its weight and small
size 1t can bore It's way through the air
almost like n bullet. In the case Of a
lady or very light hitter 1 firmly be-
heve they will get much better results
with the large light ball since because
OF Its greater resiliency it will get the
maximum distance from a much lighter
blow. SO my advice would be for Il
light hitter TO use the light ball the
average hitter the medium weight and
the hard hitter the heavy ball-Outing.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-06-12
CHINESE EDIBLE DOGS.
They Are Fed Mainly Upon DaintiIy
Prepared Vegetable Food.


English bon vivants have tested the
merits OF the Chinese edible dog, and
they pronounce it very good dog in
deed
The dog Is destined from the begin
ming for the table. Like the edible rat
or the same country, 1t Is fed mainly
upon vcGctab bic food, which is often
delicately prepared and specially de-
Viscd, In order TO give the dogs flesh
peculiar flavor and aroma. The re
suit is something quite different from
the flesh OF the ordinary dog Of the
western world.
The genuine Chinese edible dog Is
known by its BLUSH black tongue.
which Is peculiar mark Of It's variety.
In infancy and early youth the dogs
tongue Is red. md upon reaching ma
tur1ty and the edible "ge It suddenly
becomes black, sometimes within two
weeks.
Another peculiarly Of this dog ia IT'S
lack OF the barking faculty. It Is said
that the dog can bark, and on oc-
casions docs 50, but these occasions
are rare
Many experiments, most Of them un-
willing, were made with the flesh Of
dogs during the Paris siege. New
foundlandS and st. Bcrnards were pre-
ferred, under the mistaken impression
that they would prove more eatable
than other varieties They proved TO
be detcstable IN all cases.--Fvery
Week.
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They Help In a Way,

Riches are not everything" declar-
ed bitterly the poor, but honest, suitor,
who had just been rejected. '"They
cannot insure happiness"
"Perhaps not" replied the practical
maiden, "but they at least provide
means to pay the premiums on the pol
icy!-Richmond Times Dispatch
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-06-12
Retributi0n
Near at Hand

Last week | criticised DR.. Clor-
enCe zoe 5 race segregation scheme
III these columns. My criticism
embodied a p e. for Justice
tor the black man, that seems to
have given some of nv readers =
vague uneaSlncSS. | have no aDol-
ogles to make for ANYTHING | have
SAID about the unfair treatment of
the Negro by my race. The great
white race has never been fair to
any of It's darker hued brothers.
The whole history of the race has
been one of q ruthless exploitation
and oppression of weaker peoples.
We must adopt different policy.
Christianity is not helping thinrs
much. y Christianity that PROM
lses people a social equality in a
world to come and denies them
even brotherly CO-opcratiOn in
tins world, is a cheap farce that
cannot nislcad even a Hottentot
very long
| say, we have got to adopt a
different policy i'll our dealings with
al Colorcd races. Retibution is
waiting Tor lis Just around the cor
ner, with 4 terrible club. have
been wanting to say, for sometime,
that we may have attempted TO cx-
plot one race Of COlOrcd people too
many and we are beginning TO find
out Our mistake. Not satisfied with
our determination Of the rcd man
and subjection Of the black man,
we set III to despoil the yellow man.
The yellow man is beginning to
bother us.
The whole history Of Our deal
lngs with the Colorcd people Of the
world IS a hidcous phantasmagoria
OF colossal errors. In the name Of
Christianity and civilization we
have conquered and oppressed them
and few Of our wealthy class have
reapcd rich financial reward in the
process. But for the dirty dollars
a few Of our rich manufacturers
exporters, bankers and railroad
men have made from this oppress-
ion and exploitation, the bone
headed mass Of us have inherited a
world of trouble. - Elizabeth CITY,
On. CO. Independent.
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The Editor
Gets His Nit

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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-06-12
FIRST RACE WAS
BLACK FOLKS

Boston, Mass. DR.. Felix Won
Luschan, speaking before the Bos-
toner Dcntschc Gcsrllchaft after
tracing the human race back %, 900
years to paIcotlIic age, he concluded
that the earliest people were black
and originated in southern Asia.
This race, according to the lcctur-
er, migrated 70 western Europe and
to Australia. Dr. Won Luscham
who is professor Of anthropologv
at the University Of Berlin and an
honorary member of the British
Association for the Advancement
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-06-12
HOW IT WORKS.

The story comes from Louisiana
that conductor Of the Texas Pa
cifc railroad has been indicted for
the state law that forbids
a white man to ride in a coach set
apart for Colored men. This CON
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-06-12

Of Science, said that his views were
quite different from those of col.
league, Prof. Klaatsch Of Breslau,
who contends that the co1ored race
evolved from the gorilla, the pyg-
mics of Africa from the Chimpan-
zee, and the Chinese from the
orangoutang. The speaker COM
mented on the intellectual possibil-
tiles Of the Negro.