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Middletown transcript., 1915-11-06

"Free as Air" He Gayly Told Her.
brow, at twenty, wore the traces of
preternatural age. walked briskly in.
Take Mr. Gregory these letters
and ask him If he will be kind enough
to step here"
Eyes, sir" and the concentrated
young man departed with the basket,
feeling that he had quite capably borne
his weight of responsibility.
Gregory walked IL, fat man with
no trace of nonsense about him.
"Out for the day, Ed?" he surmised,
gauging that probability by the gift
of the letters.
"a month or so," amended Allison,
rising and surveying the other articles
on his desk calculadngly. I'm going
to take a vacation"
Its about time,' agreed his efii-
cient general manager Il think it's
been four years since you stopped to
take a breath. Going to play little?"
That's the wotd," and Allison
chuckled like boy
81 suppose wen have your address,
suggested Gregory
NO"
Gregory pondered frowningly. He
began to see a weight piling up on him
and, though he was capable, he loved
his flesh.
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Rev, Smith Boyd, finding In himself
the growth Of most unclothIike an
ger, decided to walk away rather than
suffer the aggravation which must en-
sue In this conversation. Consequent
ly, he started down the hill, dragging
Jim Sargent's sled behind him for COM
pany. There were no further insults
to the church, however.
Jim, what are the relations Of the
Towando Valley to the L. and CT"
asked Allison, offering Sargent cigar
Largely paternal," and the presi-
dent of the Towando Valley grinned.
I'VE feed 1t when it's good and spank
1t when 1t cries"
"Hold control of the stock?"
mo, only its transportation" re-
turned Sargent complacently.
"Stock is a good deal scattered, l
suppose?"
Small holdings entirely, and none
of the holders proud" replied Sargent.
ut starts no place and comes right
back, and the shareholders won't pay
postage to send in their annual
proxies"
Then the stock doesn't seem to be
worth buying" observed Allison, with
vast apparent Indifference.
"Only to piece out a collection, u
chuckled Sargent, 81 didn't know you
were interested in railroads"
II wasn't a week ago." and Allison
looked out across the starry sky to the
tree-scalloped hills. with the compile
tion Of the consolidation of New York's
transportation system, and the build
ing Of big central station, thought
was through. 1t seemed o big achieve
ment to gather all these lines to a com
mon center, like holding them in my
hand; to converge four millions ot
people to one point, to handle them
without confusion, and to redistribute
them along the same lines, locke ! like
life's work; but now I'm beginning
to become ambitious"
"Oh, l see," grinned Jim Sargent
"You want to do something you car
really call job. If remember right
ly, you started with an equipment o.
four horse cars and two miles Of rust
ed rail. What do you want to conquer
next?"
Allison glanced down the hill, theI
back out across the starlit sky. Som'
new fervor had possessed him tonigh
which made him a poet, and loosenet
his tongue which, previous to this
could almost calculate its utterance
in percentage.
1.-THE world" he said
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unkInd Fate.

Death quickly overlook the hero of
the German submarine war after his
decoration for the sinking of three
British armored cruisers But it was
death in the line of duty. 1t was an
unkinder fate which visited Lieu
tenant Warneford. whose unparalleled
exploit of destroying German diri.
gible in single combat had given him
first place in the aeroplane achieve.
ments of the war. He met death
while off duty, freshly wearing the
decorations Of two nations and appar-
emily engaged ID the peaceful and
easy task of giving the American
writer Needhand trial trip in the air
1t has often been remarked that peace
can claim more aeroplane fatalities
as to numbers involved than war. This
is a case in striking illustrations
New York World
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Arrest Dee. In Saloon.

A wild deer was actually arrested
in Stamford, Conn, and for disorderly
conduct at that. Even worse for the
deer's reputation, it was taken in a
saloon.
There is nothing in the way Of a
nature or other fake about this story
Two deer were eamboling in a park
when the early morning traffic fright
ened them. One went back to the
woods. The other sped through the
streets until it espied the swinging
door of a salo n on which a large
glass of beer as painted.
The deer dashed into the saloon.
scared the bartender and broke bot
tied goods and furniture before 1t was
captured and bound. Then the police
department was called and detective
sergeant took the deer in the jag
wagon TO a woods on the edge of the
citv and liberated 1t.
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STATE ROADS IN GOOD SHAPE.
Work In Cumberland Section Almost
Completed.

Cumberland-All State road work
in this section will have been COM
pleted before freezing weather sets in.
The National pike through the Mar
rows, from the head of North Me-
chanic street to the overhead bridge Of
the Western Maryland Railway, is be-
ing resurfaced and will be oiled. The
new road, the section of the National
pike between Green Ridge and Side
ling Hill, will be completed in two
weeks and this will complete the
stretch of model road between Oak
land and Baltimore.
Workmen are constructing an ex-
perimental piece of guard rail along
The new Hancock road, from Hancock
to Licking Creek. 1t is reinforced
concrete and will prevent automobiles
from going over embankments along
the dangerous parts of the road. The
stretch of concrete road through the
town of Hancock has been completed.
Almost all of the 1870 miles of mac
adam road from Cumberland to Wheel
ing, w. Va, has been finished. A link
IF four miles on the National pike east
of Chalk Hill. Pa, under construction.
is all that remains to connect up the
entire stretch of model road.
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|S5O0,OOO DEBT
LIKELY FOR STATE.
May Owe Planters That Much
for Condemned Oyster Beds.
NO FUND TO PAY THEM
Somerset County Gases Alone Will
Probably Entail $25o,ooo Damages,
Says William H. MaItbie.

Somerset county has produced a
problem that is making State off,
cials grow exceedingly thoughtful, for
the award of $4,000 to Carroll Crock
EFT as payment for four oyster lots,
totaling 120 acres in area, condemned
under the Shepherd oyster law, indi-
Gates that Maryland's Treasury may
have to pay out a total of at least
s250,00O in large installments to
lessees of oyster bottoms in the waters
of that county whose holdings have
been similarly condemned.
The size of the award granted Mr..
Crockett came as a surprise, par
ticularly as the value of his under
water planting ground condemned by
the State was fixed by the Circuit
Court of the county, sitting in Princess
Anne, after oystermen as well as
members Of the Shellfsh Commission
had agreed that the rate $3.50 for
each lot was a reasonable price.
That this rate will be the standard
in fixing damages for the remaining
lot-holders defendants in the total of
40 cases pending before the court
seems likely. Trial of these cases is
still going on, and as the total mounts
up the concern of the county and State
authorities is certain to grow. Among
the cases is one concerning 1900 acres
in Tangier Sound, at the mouth Of the
Annamessez river, the lessees Of which
include several Baltimoreans.
William H. Maltbie, a member Of
the Shellf1sh Commission, who has just
returned from Princess Anne, where
he was one of the witnesses in the
Crockett case, said that he thought the
amount of money the State would be
called upon to pay as damages for
condemned lots, the leases on which
had been cancelled, would amount to
nearly $5OO,O0O. This sum would
cover in all probability, he said, areas
condemned in all of the waters of the
State.
"And the big problem Of IT," he
said, "is to get the money to reimburse
the lessees of areas that were con-
| demned. The last Legislature made
no appropriation to cover this expense
when it enacted the Shepherd Oyster
Law. Consequently, the money must
be appropriated by the next Legisla-
ture if the State is to keep faith with
the men who leased its oyster-planting
| grounds under the old Haman law
That the coming General Assembly
will be loath to appropriate such q
sum for this purpose is a foregone
conclusion. But it cannot get over its
responsibility in the matter"
The Shepherd law provides that uT
until January / last all leased areas
could be condemned if it were proven
in court that when leased by the Shell
fish Commission they were natura
bars and not barren bottoms" az
stipulated by the existing Haman law
The Oystermen's Protective Associa
tion started a campaign against the
leased ar ;, oystermen swore tha
dozens of these bottoms were thriving
natural bars when leased and the con
demnation proceedings followed.
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ODD BELIEFS AS TO SHOES
c.rman Mother Sees Misfortune In
the Loss Of HeelS-Slsns to Guide
steps Of Lover.

The German mother says that
should she lose the heel Of her shoe
one of her children will die before
the year is out.
The Scotch lassie believes that
should she by accident drop her new
shoes before they have been worn.
tbey will surely lead her into trouble.
It is said that old maids believe that
when their shoes come united, and
keen coming united. it is true their
sweethearts are talking and thinking
about them.
The sweetheart. when on his way to
SOC his lady love. should he stub
his right toe, will surely be welcome
hut If he stubs his left he may
know that he is not wanted
It is said that If old shoes are burned,
snakes will sluirm away from the
nlace while to keep old shoes that
are past wearing about the place will
s.,rely bring good luck.
Should you meet "a rson whose
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answer each other as they swing back
and forth on topmost branches!
And where there is one bird TODAY
there should be dozens With ruth.
less and thoughtless hand we have
driven them out, killing of by tens of
thousands and forcing the expenditure
of thousands of dollars for tree care
which the birds would have done
gratuitously. One good law of the
present legislature refers to the care
Of the bird life and absolutely forbids
any unnaturalizeds person from getting
permit to go shooting or to have a
gun in his possession.
This law should be followed by
many others looking to the very sever.
est penalties for the ruthless pursuit
or the killing of any kind of bird life
And that further laws will be enacted
is true because first of all the real
gunners of the state realize that
something must be done to prevent
the extinction of many forms of bird
life.-GloucesteT Times
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constantlnople.

Constantinople was named after the
emperor of Rome, Constantine the
Great, and founded in A. d. 1923 on the
site of the old Greek town of Byzan-
tium. It was also called New Rome,
and was the eastern capital of the Ro
man empire for II centuries. Greece
was part of the Roman empire Of the
East. and later the empire was often
called the Greek empire. The Greek
church preserves its name to this day.
In 1853 Constantinople was taken by
the Turks, and since then has been the
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-06
Good Window Cleaner.

A bag filled with powdered pumict
stone is an excellent window cleaner
Make the bag of unbleached cotton
cloth of a soft quality. not too firm
When finished. the bag is six inches
wide and twelve inches long Into
this put about one-eighth of pound
Of pumice stone To prevent soillng
this bag. it is slipped into a cheese
cloth case that can be removed and
washed. No water is used on the win
dow, but 1t is rubbed first with a
piece of tissue paper, then polished
with the bag
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SYNOPSIS.

At vestry meeting of the Market
Square church Gail Sargent listens to a
discussion about the sale of the church
tenements to Edward e. Allison, local
traction king, and when asked her opin-
says 1t is apparently a lucrative business
enterprise. Allison takes Gail riding in
his motor car. When he suggests he is
entitled to rest on the laurels of his
achievements, she asks the disturbing
question: "Why?" Gail, returning to her
Uncle Jim's home from her drive with AL
lison, finds cold disapproval IN the eyes
OF Rev. Smith Boyd. who is calling there.
At bobsled party Gail finds the world
uncomfortably full of men.
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Halevon Days.

These are the halcyon days when
the man just ahead of you at the pay
ing teller's window has to stop to dis
cuss varieties of bait best suited tc
current piscatorial conditions with
that companionable young gentleman,
while you patiently hold your place IN
the line and wonder how in the world
you're going to get two hours worI
done in one.
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CHAPTER v.

Edward E. Allison Takes a Vacation.
Edward e. Allison walked into the
Offices of the Municipal Transportation
company at nine O'clock and set his
basket OF opened and carefully anno-
tated letters out Of the mathematical
center of his desk; then he touched a
button and a thin young man, whose
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slaunhtsr Of the -nnoeents.

Do you hear the moming and eve
ming choruses of the birds? If not
YOU are missing riot of song that
fairly startles you witt its volume
How the birds do sing and how they
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shoes are worn on the toes" you
may put it down as certainty that
he spends as he goes;" and on the
same authority it is said that the girl
that has her shoes worn on the side
is surely fated to be a rich mans
BRIDE"
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Telephone Valuable to Farmer.

ISISPIIUWS VaIUaUIU 10 FaTWGTs
The rural telephone in case OF sick.
ness or emergency enables the farm.
er to summon immediate aid. It en-,
ables him to learn the latest market
prices and so get more money for
his products.
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Julian Beard, formerly member Of
the board of county commissioners of
Anne Arundel county, died at his home
at Chesterfield. He was So years of
age and leaves his widow and one son
(Burch Beard). He served as county
commissioner for five terms. retiring
four years ago.
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David McKnight, who was arrested
at the Cumberland Valley Railroad de
pot, Hagerstown, for disorderly con
duct, was sentenced by Judge John
Anthony to Jail for eight days. Nc
Knight fell in front Of a train and
would have been killed had it not beer
for the quick act of an oficer, who
pulled him off the track.
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Auto Axiom.

knowledge is power, but it won't
take the place Of gasollne.-Kansas
City journal.
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Miss Ruth Brown, high school stu
dent and daughter of w. e. Brown, a
fredericksburg druggist. sustained a
badly sprained arm when she fell on
the school ground while playing goal
ball.
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-06

Fred N. Wright, who is a success
full poultry fancier, as well as Fed
eralsburg pharmacist, is enjoying the
distinction of winning five premiums
on poultry at the Easton Fair. Mr..
Wright's prize-winning fowls were Of
the white Wyandotte variety. Entries
were made from many points, even as
far distant as New York.
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capital of the Ottoman empire. The
great church of Saint Sophia was to
Constantinople and the Greek church
what ST. Peters was to Rome It has
been. since the Turkish conquest, q
Mussulman mosque.
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Pursuit of wealth is the great humav
hurdle race.
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The training school for nurses Of
the Washington County Hospital held
it's annual commencement exercises in
he hospital auditorium, Hagerstown.
Rev. R. A. Boyle, pastor of the Presby-
terian Church, delivered the invoca-
tion, and the address to the gradu-
ates was delivered by DIR. Peregrine
Wroth. The graduates are: Miss
Bertha Meyers, Welsh Run, Pa; Miss
Marie Carter, Hagerstown; Miss Grace
Fink, Altoona, Pa; Miss Pauline
Quenzel, Martinsburg; Miss Eva Met
calf and Miss Edna Hoover, both of
Clear Spring.
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A concrete road will soon be built
from Queen Anne to Wye Mills. At
the latter place it will connect with
the pike already built. In a little
while the shell pike to Hillshore, from
Denton, will be constructed, thus az
fording a frst-rate highway between
the Caroline and Queen Anne's county
capitals.
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Fools ofttimes rush in and win
while wise men investigate
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An unidentified man, believed to be
a careless hunter, fled after shooting
and severely injuring George r. Grif-
fifth, 6-year-old son of w. E. Griffith,
Of Brunswick The victim was play
ing on the lot of George Hogan on
Fifth avenue when he was struck by
the charge from gun fired by some
one q short distance away. The index
finger and thumb on the left hand were
injured. If the man who shot the Grif-
fifth boy was hunting he was also vio-
lating the State game laws.
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maryland NEWS
IN SHORT ORDER
Latest DOings in Various Paris
of the State.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The new Y. M. C. A. Building has
been completed and presented to Sails
bury by Mrs. E. E. Jackson, widow Of
Ex-Governor Jackson, and which cost
$4,000, was dedicated Wednesday.
Governor Goldsborough, Mayor Pres
ton, Joshua w. Miles and James E.
Ellegood made addresses. The build
ing, which has been beautifully fur
nished throughout, will be non-denomi-
national and will be turned over by
Mrs. Jackson to the following IL di-
rectors, who will act as a board OF
managers: Fred P. Adkins, president;
Col. William B. Tilghman, Jr., secre-
tary; S. King White, vice-president; ;
G. William Phillips, treasurer; Walter
B. Miller, Hugh w. Jackson, Everett
Jackson, Richard N. Jackson, Col.
Marion A. Humphreys, L. Atwood
Bennett, F. Leonard Wales and
Marion v. Brewington. The building
is three stories high, constructed of
antique brick and beautifully deco
rated with stone and tile.
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-06

Arrangements have been completed
by which the Baptist Church of Cam
bridge will llquidate the debt on the
building by January 1. The Maryland
State Mission Board has pledged
81 1000 conditionally on the church rails
ing a slightly large sum, which has
been apportioned among the members.
The church was built in 1901 to re-
place a structure destroyed by fire in
January, 1910. The Rev. Cosby M.
Robertson is the pastor.
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-06

Justice Daniel w. Doub, Of Hagers-
town, committed to the custody of the
Children's Aid Society, Baltimore, one
year-old Charles Wayward Weller, who
was found in a house in Hancock by
a neighbor after the child had been de-
serted by its parents. The father, it
is alleged, abandoned the mother and
left the State. The mother, after
bundling up her infant in warm cloth
ing and filling it's bottle with milk, left
the house during the night and did not
return. A man heard the child crying
and entering found the infant in a
cradle, with the empty milk bottle by
its side. 1t is thought the baby had
been alone in the house two nights
and one day.
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-06

Members of the Tri-County Bank
ers' Association, comprising Wicomico,
Somerset and Worcester counties, met
at Salisbury for their annual meeting.
Col. George M. Upshur, of Snow Hill,
presided. The address of welcome was
made by James e. Ellegood, Salisbury,
to which John w. Station, Snow Hill,
responded. Leland J. Getz, Of Balti-
more, made the principal address on
banks and banking. Warren F. Ster-
ling, Crisfield, was elected president;
W. S. Gordy, Jr., Salisbury, vice-presi-
dent, and ]. L. Wynne, Princess Anne,
treasurer A banquet was held at the
armory at night under the auspices of
the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Presby-
terian Church, this city.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-25

Mr.. Beans connection with the Ames
people has been that OF lumber buy
er. The material dealt in by him has
been principally shovel handle blocks
He has bought the blocks ready to
ship or in other instances has bought
the timber standing and put In the
men to work II into blocks. About
twenty years ago his employers asked
Mr.. Bean to go to Vltersburg Indiana,
and he passed three or four months
there exploring that territory in
search OF white ash lumber.
Mr. Bean has taken a good deal OF
pleasure In various fraternal asso-
Citations. He was master for four
years OF Bingham lodge r Il A, NJ.
No 1879. and Was Vice Grand when the
present Odd Fellows lodge was insti-
tuted at Bingham. lie also holds
membership In Somerset Chapter,
Mount Moriah Council and he Molay
commandery and kora Temple of
lewiston.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-25
"A

We cross this east and west line mile
above Cold Brook just north of the
Doctor A. T. Smith farm. Cornyille
is really the principal town to the
north of us and her east and west line
is ours for about seven miles. Canaan
is our only neighbor on the east.
We have already mentioned where
we cross the Madison line in going
north on the East Madison and Lake
wood roads. When we start out to-
ward Cornville we run into that town
on the Athens road about half a
mile beyond Smith Pond bridge. On
the Canaan road we strike the town
line just beyond the bridge which
crosses the outlet of Lake George, the
Canaan Skowhegan line dividing about
equally the lake just named. On the
east Side of the Kennebec river the
Clinton line crosses the road at the
Howard Fisher farm, running be-
tween the house and barn. This is
marked by a granite stone in plain
sight from the highway. On the west
side of the river the line between
Skowhegan and Fairfield crosses the
farm known as the George Drew place
on the river road On the middle road
it crosses at the Thomas Welch farm,
formerly the Levi Varney place; the
boundary Is found on the back road
just before reaching the William Went
worth farm. In going to Norridge-
wock on the south side of the Kenne-
bee the town line lies in the little val
ley just west of the Porter farm, for
merry the Gage place. On the north
side of the river the Norridgewock line
Is just east of Ledge Brook near the
Charles Smith place On the Russell
road the highway runs into Madison
just before reaching the Levi Weston
place, Norridgewock and Skowhegan
having a common corner at that point.
Skowhegan has an extent north and
south of about eight and one-third
miles and about the same east and
west
Prior to 1920 Norridgewock included
that part of Skowhegan lying north of
the river and west of line which is
now the easterly line of the Cleveland,
Fred French and j. d. Symons lots on
Madison street, and extended southerly
in a straight line Crossing Madison
street diagonally) to the river near
the present dam across to north
channel.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-25
Somerset Traction Co.
Winter Arrangement Of Cars
Effective Monday, September 18th, 1871
FROM SKOWHEGAN

FROM SKOWHEGAN
Leave skowhegan-s.oo. 700. 500
,s 80 p HOO 10 A. M 100 ZOO $50 500
Leave Lakewood-s.3o. 7.so, $40. $50
ll30 A. M. $50. 2.So. 400. sac. 7.3e
Arrive In Madison-7oo. 500. 800
1000, 1900 A. NJ. zoo. 800. 4.ss. 500
FROM MADISON
Leave Madison-7.0 90, 500, 800, 1000
A NJ. 1910. ZOO. $40. 500. 500. 500
Leave Lakewood-7.so $50 $50. 400
A. NJ, 1895. 2so. 400. sac. sac. s.sc
Arrive in skowhegan-soo 900. 1000
1870. A: NJ. 100 800. 40. soc. TOO
Extra Local Cars leave for Colo
Brook at 1000 a. m. 1905. SOS. 900
X. c. r. r. TRAIN CONNECTIONS EFF.
FECTIvE SEPTEMBER as. 1914
Close connection with trains leaving
ekowhegan at sos. 1875 q. m. and 2a'
Also with Maine Central trains srriv
lag at skowhegan at 7.s2. 1915 a m
and Asa p. m.
Close connections with Maine Contra
trains leaving Madison tgoing northl a
Close connections with Maine Contra
tFains leaving Madison t9oins south
u TAB .. m. from Bingham and i3.e'
SUNDAY CAR SCHEDULE
Cars leave skowhegan for Madison q
sc. $50. ii.ss q m. Zoe sss. sss soc
Car. is.v. Madison for skovhss.n a.
80 isse q n. is'se, ace, s". see
special Cars Furnished q, any Tim.
Baggage car