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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16
JULY TERM, 1915.

JULY TERM, 1915.
In the matter of the Report of Sales filed
the 18th day of July, 1915.
Ordered, That on the 31st day of July,
1915, the Court will proceed to act upon
the Report of Sales of real estate, reported
to said Court by ]. Marshall Miller. Trus-
tee, in the above cause, and filed therein
as aforesaid to finally ratify and confirm
the same, unless cause to the contrary
thereof be shown before said day; provided
copy of this order be inserted in some
newspaper published in Frederick County
for three successive weeks prior to said
day.
The report states the amount of sales to
be $4,000.
Dated 18th day of July, 1915.
HARRY w. BOWERS,
Clerk Of the Circuit Court for
Frederick County.
True Copy-Test:
HARRY w. BOWERS,
Clerk.
Jacob Rohrback and George A. Pearre, Jr.,
Solicitors
July 8 At.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16
Real Estate Transfers.

Emory l.. Coblentz, trustee to W. G.
Keller, real estate in county, $66S.5O.
John w. Thomas ct al. to Lee Gar
rott Purdy, real estate in county, $40
William G. Keller ct al. to Edward
II. Whittier, real estate in county, $40
etc.
Arthur d. Willard, executor, ct al.
to Eugene Sponseller lot in city, $14,-
500.
Eugene Sponseller to Jacob H. Kid.
wiler, lot in city, $40, etc.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16

Buckeystown, District No. 1, Precinct l.
Trego McKenna, Arthur J..
McKenna.
Buckeystown, District No. 1, Precinct p
Charles W. Cutler, R. Lind
say Day.
Frederick, District No. 9, Precinct L
Shafer L. Rhodes, John H.
Bennett.
Frederick, District No. 2, Precinct 2-Er-
nest Bantz. C. B. Willard
Frederick, District No. 3 Precinct ga.
A. Moser, Bernard j. Eader.
Frederick, District No. 2. Precinct A.
Charles A. Jones, Joseph H.
Bussard.
Frederick, District No. 2, Precinct s.
Charles A. Lrndis, Willard
N Garrett.
Frederick, District No. 2, Precinct &C.
Elmer Hull, Spencer thinner.
man.
Frederick, District No. 9, Precinct =
Roger E. Young, John A.
Kennedy.
Frederick, District No. 3, Precinct s-Mil-
lard F. Lease, Robert d.
Humm
Middletown, District No. 3-James O..
Palmer, A. W. Neikirk.
CreagerstOwn, District No. 4-Roy w.
Hankey, Charles f. Kolb.
Emmitsburg, District No. 5, Precinct /
W. d. Collifower, Charles r.
Hoke.
Emmitsburg. District No. 5, Precinct Q
James o. Harbaugh, James
M. Kerrigan.
Catoctin, District No. 6-N. r. Blicken-
staff, Jno w. Brandenburg.
Urbana, District No. Z, Precinct Zach
arias P. Harris, Jas. j. Beall.
Urbana, District No. Z, Precinct 5-Chas.
l.. Crawford, B. F. Ricketts,.
Liberty, District No. S-Marcellus Beall,
]. Roy Sundergill.
New Market, District No. 8, Precinct l.
Jacob w. Sponseller, Irwin
A. Burial.
New Market, District No. 8, Precinct .
Hiram j. Weast, Ferdinand
d. Browning.
Hauvers District No. 10, Precinct AL
bert Anderson, Hiram L.
Miller.
Hauvers, District No. 10, Precinct .
Harry S. Burman, VIM. L.
Delauter.
Woodsboro, District No. IL, Precinct l.
Millard j. Phillips, Taylor
H. Spurrier.
Woodsboro, District No. IL, Precinct D
Charles B. Shank, Charles w
Dorcus.
Petersville, District No. 12-George f.
Hightman. William Hoffman
Mt. Pleasant, District No. 13-William II
Ketrow. c. Harry Cramer.
Jefferson, District No. 14-Joseph W.
Darner, Hezekiah Boiler.
Mechanicstown, District No. Is, Precinct
CHARLES NJ Root, Aubrey
G.. Lindsay.
Mechanicstown, District No. 10, Precinct
2--David G. Zentz, G. E.
Layman.
Jackson, District No. 16-John w. Kinna-
man, George Brandenburg,
Jr.
louisville, District No. 17-Tilghman L.
Blessing, Daniel J. Whit
more.
Woodville, District No. 18-Guernsey
Wordsworth, VIM. Clay.
Linganore, District No. 19-Oliver f..
Miller, Stanley II. Sunder-
gills
Lewistown, District No. 20-I.e sie w
Green, Henry Stottlemyer.
Tuscarora, District No. 21-Albert L. Har
ley, Marshall L. Zimme~m man
Burkittsville, District No. 22-Cecil D.
Hightman, Chas. c. Maught
Ballenger, District No. 23--Willis f. Derr
Z. Charles Rem.
Braddock, District No. 24-Millard F
Kefauver, William c. Kauf
man.
Brunswick, District No. 25, Precinct l.
Charles II. Edmondson, ia
cob II. Mohler.
Brunswick, District No. %, Precinct @
Martin L. Hofmaster, Ed
ward W. Burch.
Walkersville, District No 26-Thomas j
Oland John H. Jamison.
BY order,
GARRETT s. DEGRANGE,
w. b. JAMES,
j. f. EISENHAUER,
Supervisors Of Election.
Claggett f. Remsburg Clerk.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16
IS to Meet in Baltimore Next
Year.

members of the Frederick lodge
fneyolent Protective Order of Elks
Il delighted with the announcement
~ the next national convention of
Il order will be held in Baltimore
July 1916. At the 1915 annual
feting held in Los Angeles Baltimore
% out over Atlanta, Ca, by vote
. 77O to 259.
NE last convention of the Elks
II in Baltimore was in July 1903, a
4 before the fire that destroyed
business district.
ne election of officers at the Los
%geles convention resulted as fol-
$; Grand Exalted Ruler, James r.
&lolson, of MASSACHUSETTS; grand
plng knight, w. F. Schad, of Mil
pkee; grand loyal knight, VIM.
n.y. Sawinaw, Mich; grand lectur-
knight. e. r. Ingersoll, Seattle,
sh.i grand tyler, Thomas e. Don
e New London, Conn; grand in
guard, Charles Black, Oklahoma
4 Okla; secretary, Fred c. Rob
III Dubuque, Iowa; treasurer,
Piles A. White.
led G. Robinson, grand secretary;
Pies A. White, grand treasurer.
board of grand trustees and
committee on auditing made their
prts.
uring the year ending April l.,
43,OS5 new members were adj
Eed to the order, bringing the to-
membership to 442,65S. There
1928 members dropped from
rolls; 232 expelled; 7,S49 dimit-
and there were 4,7O1 deaths. Thus
yet increase in membership was
1. Ten new lodges were added,
glng the total to 1895.
Rere is a surplus of $694,547 in
treasury of the Grand Lodge,
9 subordinate lodges have net
Is of $26,515, 7S9.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16

BSgThe Preferential Primaries,
at which the candidates for office
on both the Democratic and Re
publican tickets will be selected
this year, will be held in every
district and precinct in Frederick
county on Wednesday, the 18th
day of September.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16
WIN Vote On Four Amendments.

Four proposed amendments to the
constitution of Maryland will be sub
mitted to the people of the county
and State at the general election in
November. The amendments are the
home rule, a referendum amendment,
and amendment making changes in
the Bill of Rights, and an amendment
which provides that courts may give
indeterminate sentences to those con-
victed of crime.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16

The object of the Bill of Complaint in
this cause is to procure the sale Of certain
real estate of which Catherine +. Bentz
late of Frederick County, died seized and
possessed The Bill alleges that Catherine
E. Bentz died in August, 1914, leaving
last will and testament, that she was seized
and possessed at the time of her death of
three pieces or parcels of real estate stu
ated ON West Patrick Street, in Frederick
City, Frederick County, Maryland, the first
of which is described in deed from Hora-
| ito w. BentZ, Executor of Catherine L.
Bentz, mother of Catherine E. Bentz. and
| recorded in Liber B. G. F., No. 3, folio $40,
the second of which is described in deed
| from Jacob M. Bentz and others to Horatio
w. Bentz, father of Catherine L. Bentz,
recorded in Liber c. NJ, No A, folio III,
and the third of said parcels is described
in deed from John Sifford and others to
Horatio w. Bentz father of Catherine f.
Bentz, and recorded in Liber w. B. T.,
| No. 4, folio 653, one of the Land Records
| for Frederick County, all of which property
| descended to and vested in the said Cathe-
rine E. Bentz as heir at law of the said
Catherine E. Bentz and Horatio W. Bentz
The Bill further alleges that it would be
to the benefit and advantage of the COM
| plainant, life tenant, as we'll as the nom
resident defendants that said real estate be
sold, by decree of the Circuit Court for
Frederick County, and the proceeds invest
ed pursuant to the terms of said Will of the
said Catherine Z. Bentz, the said real es-
tste having been tenanted for number of
years and greatly in need of repairs.
1t is thereupon on this nth day of June,
1915, ordered by the Circuit Court for
Frederick County, in Equity, that the
plaintiff, by causing copy of this order to
be inserted in some newspaper published in
said Frederick County, once week for
four successive weeks before the 10Th day
of July, 1915, give notice to said absent
and nonresident defendants of the object
and substance of this Bill, warning them
to appear in this Court in person or by So
licitor on or before the 2nd day of August
next, to show cause, if any they have, why
a decree ought not to be passed as prayed.
HARRY W. BOWERS,
| Clerk.
True Copy Test:
HARRY W. sBOWERS,
Clerk.
Filed June II, 1915
i jelS-5t Stoner & Weinberg, Solicitors.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16
New Directors Are Named.

The following board of directors
was elected at the annual meeting
of the stockholders of the Emmits-
burg Electric Company: DR.. ]. McC.
Foreman, president; e. f. Ohler, vice
president; b. M. Kershner, secretary;
J. Ward Kerrigan, treaurer, and A. M.
Patterson.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16

'cording to a postcard received
Misses Mamie and Medora
Il by relatives here, the writer's,
a party of tourists, were held
" bandit while on sightsee-
Frip in Yellow Stone Park. The
gave only meagre details of the
h They stated that neither lost
money, as they told the bandit
|they had nothing but change with
and he said he didn't want that.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16
sToRM--BEACHLEY.

Miss Mae E. Beachley, daughter of
MIR. and Mrs Luther +. Beachley, of
Hagerstown, formerly of Middletown,
and Levet G. Storm, also of Hagers-
town, were married July Z by Rev. DR..
A. B. Station, of Hagerstown.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16
OBITUARY.
some of Those Who Have Fallep
Before the Silent Reaper.

oorne OF Those Who Have Fallen
Before the Silent Reaper.
ENGLISH.
Mrs. Annie Rebecca English, wife of
ldchard j. English, died at her home.
near Lewistown, July Z.
George Carlton Cutler died at his
home IN Jefferson July I. aged 90
years, months and II days.
Miss Ruth Null, wife of Roy c.
Null. ucd N"ry suddenly at her home in
Bruns"ncI. July &, of heart failure.
Mrs. Dorothy H. Pryor, aged SO
years, months and "a days, died at
the home of her daughter in Foxville
July 6.
WEBSTER.
Miss Maude |. Webster, daughter of
Grant Webster, of near Thurmont, died
at her home Tuesday, of appendicitis,
aged II years.
HURKE.
Leroy Fl. Burke, aged 81 years, died
at his home in Baltimore July ~. He
leaves a widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Burke.
nee Becker. He was known in Freder-
lex.
Rev. DR.. 0. G. Roth, pastor of the
First Lutheran church, Chambersburg,
died Saturday evening of heart trouble
sustained while working in his garden.
He was aged 60 years.
GoRMAN.
William H. German, of Oak Forest
Park, Catonsuille, brother of the late
United States Senator Arthur P. Cor
man, died July Z at Bedford Springs,
IA, from stroke OF paralysis.
TRIGG.
Walter Osborne Trigg, statistician in
the auditor of disbursements office of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. died of
stagnation of the blood July 6 in Mount
Airy, where he had gone on leave of
absence three months AGO because of his
failing health. He was aged 80 years.
GROVE.
Mrs. Catherine Rebecca Grove died
Sunday morning at her home, 6 East
Fifth street, after short illness, aged
"A years. Mrs. Grove was the widow
Of Reuben f. Grove, and lived in this
city for many years. The following
children survive her: Harry j. Grove,
east of this city; William Grove, Con
fuence, Pa; 4. Thurston Grove, this
city, and Misses Carrie and Cora Grove,
at home.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16
THoMPsoN-NIEpoLD.

Announcements have been received
here of the marriage of Miss Helen M /.
Niepold, daughter or Prof. and Mrs.
John W. Neipold, of Washington, for
merly of this city, and Mr.. Leonard A.
Thompson, of Lowell, Mass.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16
John c. Hagan on Petition.

MAY TERM, 1915.
In the matter of the Auditors Report
filed the 26th day of June, 1915.
Ordered, That on the 18th day of July,
1916 the Court will proceed to act upon
the Report of the Auditor. filed as afore-
said in the above cause, to finally ratify
and confirm the same, unless cause to the
contrary thereof be shown before said day /;
provided copy of this order be inserted
in some newspaper published in Frederick
County, for two successive weeks prior to
said day.
Dated 26th day of June, 1915.
HARRY w. BOWERS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Frederick County.
True Copy-Test:
HARRY w. BOWERS,
Clerk.
| JOHN S. NEWMAN, Solicitor.
july2.3t
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16
II0UCK.

Following an illness of two weeks,
Jacob r. Houck, of Union Bridge, died
at his home at that place Sunday night
in his 68th year He was born near
Bethel, and was farmer for many
years. Besides his widow, he is sur
vived by nine children; Howard Houck
and Mrs. Lilly Wachter, Of near Key
Mar; Mrs. Mamie Frownfelter, of near
Middleburg; Clayton Houck and Mrs
Katie Srawsburg, of Union Bridge;
Roy Houck, townsville; Elmer, Ida and
Fannie Houck, at home.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16
GERLING-vAN vALKENBURG

Mrs. Edward c. Van Valkenburg, of
Hagerstown, has announced the mar
riage of her daughter, Miss Inez Van
Valkenburg, to Charles Lewis Gerling,
of Martinsburg, in New York on Mon
day, June rs.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16

Rufus E. Faubel VS.. Frank L. Stoner,
Trustee under the will of Catherine f.
Bentz, and the unknown children and
heirs at law of Joseph d. and Margaret
Faubel, deceased. devisees under said will
of Catherine E. Bentz.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16
SELBY-LINDSAY.

Leona Selby, of Oak Orchard, and
Miss Helen Lindsay, of Woodville, were
married at the parsonage of the NJ. f.
church by the pastor, Rev. DR.. E. Fl.
Lamar, July s.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16
FLEAGLE-GABLE.

The marriage on July 8 of Miss Kath
crime. Gable, of Union Bridge and Mr..
Atlee Fleagle, of Akron, Ohio, was a
pleasant surprise to their friends at
Union Bridge and vicinity.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16
THURMoNT PASTOR WEEDS.

Rev. Samuel E. Rose, pastor of the
Episcopal Methodist church of Thur
mont and Miss Ethel M. Sebring, of
Sebring, Ohio, were married at the
home of the bride on Wednesday, June
80.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16
ETZLR-SHEETs.

John S. Etzler and Miss Ruth Eliza
beth Sheets, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Oliver Sheets, East Churth street, were
quietly married at All Saints rectory
July s.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16

]. Marshall Miller, Trustee named in the
Mortgage from Julian Cramer ct al, to
The Frederick Town Savings Institution,
body Corporate, Mortgage, on Petition.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16
Commercial State Bank
apr2 t
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
No. Equity.

In the Circuit Court for Frederick County,
sitting as Court of Equity
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16
THE NUPTIAL KNOT.
Some Happy Couples Who Have
Linked Their Lives Together
for Better or for Worse.
BoLLINGER-BLAIR.

Harry E. Bollinger and Miss Alice
Hunter Blair, of Emmitsburg, were
married in this city July II by Rev.
DR.. U. S. G.. Rupp.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16
ORDER NISI ON SALES.
No. 9341 Equity.

In the Circuit Court for Frederick County
Sitting in Equity.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16
.RDER NIsI ON AUDIT.
No. 1912 Equity.

In the Circuit Court for Frederick County,
Sitting in Equity.
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Importance of Concentration on Work

special point of pressure upon the piston
rod. A boiler literally perforated with
points of leakage would mean no motion
at the driving wheel So that Napoleon,
although occupied upon different line
of work. nevertheless won his success
by the use of the same principle as is
availed OF by the quarryman and the
locomotive engineer
There Is nothing in this principle that
needs prevent person from having a
great many things upon his mind Most
people that count for much in the COM
munity do have, but harm and a spend
thrift use Of personal power begins only
when they attempt to have a good many
things on their mind at one and the same
time with their thoughts and efforts
moving in different directions at the same
moment, which prevents successful move
ment in any direction and involves
wasteful expenditure OF energy.
People who are burdened and anxious
cannot do good work unless they have
the grace to forget their burden and ex-
tinguish their anxiety. Nor can we sue
eessfully invest ourselves in q variety OF
enterprises, unless we keep them, like
Napoleon in compartments SO essentially
distinct from each other that the idle
compartments win know nothing about
what is going on IN the busy one
II man with all the varied genius
OF Napoleon was obliged, ln order 10
succeed, to put the undivided whole OF
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II IL strange that people who agree In
the essentials should quarrel about ruch
a nonessential as society, Yet this is
what my wife and | did.
Molly lived IN country town until
our marriage. When she came to New
York as my wife she was iosuiaatod py
the gayoty and the sensolcss whlrl That
mean less than nothing to me. She is
charming, and my friends called on her
and Immediately took her ~, as the
saying goes.
Molly informed me that 1t was our duty
to return the calls made upon us. This
/ agreed to. thinking that when this post
honeymoon task was performed we might
rest in peace In our little home and zach
others companionship. But Molly had
no such idea. Instead, she insisted on
entertaining all who entertained us. This
meant that that we gave a series Of din
ners that cost more than we could at
ford. AT last l set my foot down hard
'See here" said. Il am not a society
bud, and decline to be one, I will not
pay for any more OF these fool dinners
such as he have been giving for the last
two months"
But" she protested. everybody gives
them
Then let us have the charm OF origin.
atty" l proposed. Let us cut out the
dinners"
What shall we have instead?" she
asked, her eyes lighting at the thought
OF some new form of entertainment. Her
face fell at my answer:
Wen give nothing. At least ! won't.
And as l have not an unlimited income,
you'd better decide to let the other fell
lows do the entertaining for the rest Of
this year"
'In other words" she retorted, well
be spongers and graftersl"
Nothing OF the sortl' I contradicted.
These people entertained us; we re-
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attain. he could act as though that were
the one exclusive object in all the world
that he had any concern for and simply
focus himself upon II, and forget for
the time being that there was anything
else anywhere that he had any interest
in
The entire man. therefore, in all mis-
superb outfit OF wisdom and determine
ton bore entirely upon one point. Then
when that was accomplished he could
close up that compartment and put him
self in some other one. and in that way
always have all that there was in him
invested in the pursuit OF but a single
aim.
We know that II the quarryman wants
20 break into a ledge Of rock IL Is not
done by unfortunately flying at the
ledge with a sledge hammer. but by set
ting up a drill at a particular spot and
concentrating his muscle at that spot
He gathers at that drill-not more than
an inch in diameter-all that there Is in
him in the shape of raw strength. and
the drill goes in, the hole is charged
and the rocks fly. That Is a common
place kind OF illustration. No sensible
man would think of breaking up a ledge
oy any other process,
In order TO run a locomotive, steam
Is produced, but kept in confinement.
SO that it's force cannot expend itself
in every direction, but only at the one
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himself into the one particular purpose
OF which he was at the moment in pur-
suit, how much more rigidly is that prin-
ciple applicable TO the great majority OF
people, who either have no genius or one
of exceedingly limited proportions. That.
I might remark In closing. Is the secret
of the difficulty that some of us have in
soundly sleeping at night; we close the
windows when we go to bed and lock the
doors, but omit to shut some one or more
of those inner compartments In which
the mind does its days work: 80 that,
divided In two between sleeping and
thinking. we neither sleep to much
effect nor think thoughts that show
themselves to be worth anything after
we have become fully awake.
II docs not follow from being inter-
ssted in a newspaper article or in a pub
lie address that one 10 thereby actually
benefited Readiness to be interested IL
one thing. we are all OF us that. DIS
position to be instructed and TO have our
views modified and replaced by other
views Is something different, and that Is
what very few OF us are.
We commence TO read an article and
read till we encounter an idea that is
foreign to our way of thinking and then
either skip TO some other column or be-
gin terrifying ourselves against the dis
tasteful notion that seeks TO impose
itself upon us. We read newspapers and
magazines and listen 10 speeches and
sermons with view OF finding in them
/ an expression OF what we ourselves think
/ Just as a handsome face turns TO the
mirror In order TO enjoy the reflection
that the mirror throws back.
So that when In the course of our
reading we encounter an expression that
exactly fits our own mind we pat our
selves with the observation. expressed or
unexpressed. that that is exactly my
idea" or. II II Is an expression that
strikes back at us In a way TO challenge
our mode Of thinking we evade the chal-
lenge by assuming that the writer does
not altogether understand what II Is that
he is writing or dlscoursing about.
sim writer's keep on writing and ora
tors continue 10 crate, but with an I'M
derstone OF wondernent in their own
minds as TO whether their most SUCCESS
ful writing does anything more than TO
afford their readers intellectual enter
tAinment ana their most sincere preach
ing anything more than to give momen-
tsry occupation 10 their hearers ethical
Iropensitiea