The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-01-15
ALICE DISCRIMINATION.

Action against alleged discrimination
by the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company against the residents
Of the county and in favor of the resi-
dents of the city, was taken by two
farmers organizations at meetings
held Saturday.
The Jefferson Grange and the Mid
dletown Farmers Club both passed
resolutions against the system of toll
charges now in operation in the coun-
ty. They contended that while resi-
dents of some sections have to pay a
charge of five cents to phone to an
other section of the county, residents
Of the city can call any part of the
county without this charge.
The resolutions will be presented to
the Public Service Commission, by
Emory G. Remsberg, the delegate rep
.resenting the Frederick County Farm
ers' Association at the hearing the
commission will hold tomorrow in
Baltimore
The county, the farmers claim, is
now divided into three zones, and
subscribers in one of these have to
pay a toll charge of five cents to call
a subscriber in another zone, while
city subscribers are allowed to call
a subscriber in any of the three zones
without toll charge.
The farmers also content that in
most cases there are too many sub
scribers on party lines, there being
as many as twelve subscribers on one
party line in many instances.
In many cases, it is claimed, SUBJ
scriber calling neighbor a few hun
dred yards distance, must pay toll
charge, owing to the boundary line of
two zones being between them. One
man claims that he can walk to his
neighbours house and deliver mess
abe as quick as he can phone there,
and yet he has to pay five cents every
time he calls.
A bigger and better Grange in 1915
was the by-word at the meeting of the
Jefferson Grange, held at Jefferson
Grange Hall, in the afternoon, at
which the recently elected officers
were installed.
Professor Sydney S. Stabler, the
speaker, urged that efforts be made to
increase the membership and stated
that good programs at the meetings
would be one means of accomplishing
this. He outlined the policy of the
grange for the year. H. c. Fawley,
past master, and delegate to the Mary
land State Grange meeting held in
Baltimore, December Is and 16, re-
ported what was done there.
The new officers, who were installed
by Past Master Fawley, are as follows:
l.. j. Keller, master; Ernest Fry, Ov-
|erseer; Professor S. S. Stabler, lectur-
er; Frank Fry, steward; @. A. Hemp,
secretary; Mrs. David Fry, treasur-
er; Emory G. Remsberg, chaplain; G.
Lakin, assistant steward; Miss Amy
Lakin, lady assistant steward; Miss
Roberta Lewis, Ceres; Miss Mary Cor
dell. Pomona; Miss Eda Keller, Flora;
Claude Keller, gate keeper.
A talk by Emory c. Remsberg,
County Farm Demonstration, on "The
Corn" and Professor Sydney S. Stab
Ter, on "The Grange as A Farmers
Organization" were features of the
regular monthly meeting of the Mid
dletown Farmers Club, held Saturday
evening.
Professor Stabler urged farmers to
organize a grange, stating that the
grange is the best organization of
American farmers There is some
talk at Middletown of a grange being
organized. The annual election of
officers was held and resulted as fol-
lows: Albert S. Remsberg, president;
William H. Keller, vice-president;
George G. Remsberg, secretary; Albert
Ahalt, treasurer.
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