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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-08-08

horses. 1t will build itself a tented
city with all the life and government
of minor municipality, and over its
acres of canvas viii float the blue
remnants bearing the name of Ring
ling.
The circus of today and the circus
Of yesterday, What a change. Yet,
after all, only a change i'm size and
organization. Time nor man can
never change the traditions of the
sawdust ring. Big brains and keen
]tinauciers have made it wonderful in
system And yet the monkeys cut
the same shines; the elephant is as
wistful looking and as dusty as ever,
and the peanuts and the red lemonade
are still on the stands. And few in
I numbers are those who ever miss this
fountain Of youth which Ponce de
Leon, probably having an agency
hooked tour, overlooked.
To be a bit personal, the Ringing
brothers form he of aronic
history. They are the boys who
played circus in the back yard: who
longed to be real circus men, and who,
as they grew apace, saw the rosy
dreams and misty castles Of air bios
som into cities Of canvas, cavalcades
Of caparisoned cavalry, agile acrobats,
a Babel of performers, a world Of
continent sought wonders, and the
strange and curious beasts Of the
jungle. When not yet out their teens,
the Ringlings started out with their
own show. All were performers or
agents, and hat which they offered
included a f%lea-bitten horse, a Woe
begone looking camel and a paper
whale. Today they rule the realm of
circusdom. That vast organization
which bears their name is a model of
systematic organization and financial
gcneralship, moving with the ease
and unbossiness of a battleship. good
treatment to all employed-a success
and a triumph Of Eentleness.
while there are any number of men
i'm advance of a circus, all on different
missions, the last to arrive is the
'twcnty-four hour man He is the
last word in preparatory tactics. He
goes TO the lot and sees if it is all
right; then he sees the chief Of police
and they arrange "A parade route. At
the depot he arrangcs TO have all
crossings guarded for the wagons.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-08-08
MARIE DRESSLER IN
ROLE OF A CENTAUR

Marie brcssicr, who has the largest
displacement Of an coquottish CO.
medicines, has taken up horseback
only been stimatcd Ivy the inverse ratio
Of gloom in the horse. Kingdom. Miss
DroSslcr was Vcrsed enough in horse
flesh to pick one. out from the cows
I'm the pasture; hut "A Eullop before
breakfast or a tittup through the
park on Sunday afternoon was her
idea of no way 90 pass time or your
friends. In Titles Tomato Sur
prise on which Miss Drcsslcr went
to work at the Lubin studios after
her sensation in 'Tilllo'so Puncturcd
Romance" It was necessary for her
to mount a horse and lope down "a
country road.
An animated rocking chair with a
detected sag in his back was secured,
and Miss Drcsslcr was helped into the
valley between his shoulders and
Launches by several Of the Luhin
cOWpunChcrs. The cowpunchcrs as
sisted the start by several lashCs
across the Withcrs, and TITLE went
FLYING through the astonishcd coun-
trysidc, riding as grimly straight as "a
cornwall gentleman walking n crack
to prove his subrlciy.
Pm going TO take up riding as a
fad said Miss DrcssIer, while her
apgrieyed charger staggered Off with
the hostlcr. 'If / "a get a couple
of good dogs ! think ! will rio TO
hounds this fan
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-08-08
BETTY MARSH GETS
FIRST MASH T

Betty Marsh, the Mutual kiddie
and the niece of Mac Marsh. at the
Hollywood studios the other re-
cciycd her first mash note. She is
scarcely 4, and here is the letter in
fun;
"Ncw York city, 5-14-l5.
Dear little Betty Marsh: Permit
q stranger to congratulate you on
your charming work in God Is G|ove.'
Imagine "A newspaper man, hardened
by many years at covering police in
a big city, dropping into a theatre
and having his emotions punctured
by a Young lady of three or four years
of age. Again | congratulate you.
The hest / can wish you for the flu
lure is that when you grow mp you
will be as good an actress as your
aunt Mae Marsh. Being AZ old bach
rlor | never suspected that little girls
could be so nice and appealing, so l
am going TO wait until you grow up
and then ! will lay my heart and
fortune at your feet. SO you can
not only consider this your first mash
note, but also your first proposal.
Please, oh please, do not promise to
be n. sister to mc.-Frank kinsella."
- From September Photoplay Maga-
zine.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-08-08
Much Mike.

go you have been around the
world. en-? II must be great to OBJ
serve the various customs and the
amuscments Of the Inhabitants Of
rtrange and far countries
81 didn't notice any great differ
ence. They all put in their spare time
going to moving picture shows
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-08-08
win stay at Home.

We knew IL was too good 10 be
true. The Berlin TaRcblatt says that
the Kaiser never said the war would
end i'm october, thereby shattcriug
our plans for wintcring I'm the Tyrol
buffalo Express.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-08-08
Y is FOR BUSHMAN

Five-year-Old jim was a great
Bushman fan. When the players
name was flashed on the scree
he, gave a whoop: Here comes
Bushman!"
His mother, knowing he could
not read. asked him how he knew
his fayoritc was to be shown.
Don't you think | know a big
Y in the middle spells Bush
man? ?" replied Jim loftily.-From
September P~hotoplay Magazine.
, 1915-12-11

'" ' '"'N"'Ne H"' TX o"'SHV '"o'
year "oI nol ms.
Inc summary Department.
lhe decrease NdQe to TIE expenses Tor
framing OF Z mld"lYes last year not re' p
Pearln8 thls year and also TO the salary Tor
lhe Inspector at the Leper Asylum beng
taken away.
Inc foor Department.
Ihe increase is due to an increase OF the
eAEenSes Tor ouIylnS paupers.
Inc Buld'n8 Expenses.
me decrease OF l2o9 ffcS. - due TO TIE
circumstances 'h"' ON me present budget
there are no extra expenses winch ON the
budPct tl me present t'na"e'"I Aear an
amount O lo'0OV f'eS. = entered Tor -
nnlIdln& 'he Military Hospital "t feteI
ii"tP',".
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~ L'i. = ~ : "' 80 4
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, 1915-12-11


The MilltN and Fre Department. A de-
crease.
The Rond Department, Streets etc.
l do not Know much about road, but we
must take the fact in consideration, that
people better off are now uslng automobiles,
and l think that if the Chairman Of the Road
Commission has hitherto used n lenleLt hand
be viii new be justified in carrying outH tie
laws IN future.
The Department of Public Instruction. A
decrease.
The Sanitary Department. A decrease.
Which is astonishing a. the prices are rnlsed.
| we'll remember the hon. 3rd Member
for Christimsttd Country Distinct G. +.
Leevy) some years ago spoke about tins mat
Ter. As II substitute for the Member Of the
Municipal Commit &c AIerwin) attended a
meeting OF the Hospital Commission where
we agreed to look up a catalogue to find out
the price for such a motor ambulance [ do
not know if further steps have been taken.
/ hope soon to see some methods being taken
re atding the transportation Of the sick peo-
pie.
The Poor Department. An increase. l
would like to ask about Il Poor House or Il
Pool-Fmm. This question | have taken up
under 3 Administ%M atious. / have advocated
this plan from my first entrance III The Coun-
ell. There are greater etfoIt t. made to raise
the rising general on IN this Isinnd, but for
the poor and aged no efforts me beng made.
As the hon. Member fot Chrislian>led Town
(Canegata) said, the initial expenses viii be
great, but in the long run il viii be cheaper.
Our present system Is no relief to he Poor,
instead OF helping the Poor it iuceuses
to Pnuperism. There are merchants who
take tickets from the Poor for the payment
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have remained unknown as unappreciated This
soil type needs extensive application OF lime and
green manures to make IL highly productive. IL
should produce good crops OF wheat, corn and
grass and form th. basis OF i3frying stock
raising activities. Experiments in other areas
this soil produce from fifteen To twenty .hye
bushels Of wheat, from thirtyi to nifty bushels
Of corn and from one 10 one and half tons OF
hay per acre. The only means employed TO Sc
cure these yields have been tae application OF
line Ind stable manure.
The Norfolk sand is the typical At
lantic coast trucking soil, the Colling-
ton sandy loan is good wheat. corn and
tobacco soil. the Susquehanna clay is
one of the most fntractabie soils of the
region and the sassafras sandy loan
and the sassafras loan are the most
productive soils of southern Maryland.
The woodlands OF Charles county are
among the main resources of that
tion of the state. and lumber. generally
for local use: wood for pulp mills, rail-
road ties and cord wood are taken
from the forest land in large quantities.
characteristic picture of the coun-
try through which the Popes creek rail-
road runs would show a small station
with piles of logs, with the bark strip
ped of. and sawed into about four-foot
lengths awaiting shipment to pulp
mills. There would also be regular
piles of railroad ties of oak. some saw
ed and others hewed. There might also
be long stacks of pine cordwood, but
as a rule the cordwood is found at ship
ping points on the creeks and rivers
The popuIa ton Of Charles county un-
der the federal census OF 1919 was 49,
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ton. Most of the colored males are
agricultural laborers. and land tenants
operating farms on the share principle,
and an Increasing number OF colored
people are becomig small land holders
and farmers. ,.-
The native white population of native
parentage was 1893. decrease of 277
in the ten-year period, and the native
white of foreign or mixed parentage
was 278 and the foreign-born white
was 142. OF the foreign born. 40 were
English, 80 German, II Danish, IL Irish,
Z Russian, Scotch, 6 Swede and a
sparse scattering of Austrian, Cana
dian. French, Hungarian and Italian.
The male population of Charles was
s.57O and the female population 1916
The white males were 4,0S4, the white
females 1929, the colored males 4,4s5
and the colored females 4.087.
The number of males of voting age in
1910 was 1886, a decrease of 800 under
the census of 1900. OF those males Of
voting age 1924 were native white of
native parentage; 1859 colored; native
white of foreign or mixed parentage
II. and foreign born whites. 81.
The total number of male illiterates
of voting age was LII, or 29.S. against
percentage of 1928 In 1900. OF these
illiterates 1856, or 9.s per cent. were ma
tive whites and 972, or 52.3 per cent,
were colored.
The total number of inhabitants Of
six to twenty years Of age, inclusive.
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3s6. In 1900 the population was 1862:
in 1890, 1871; in 1880. 18,54S, and in
1870, 1873. There was a population
decrease during the period Of 1soo-lslo
of 1,2T6, or something over Z per cent,
and during the period 1S90-190O there
was a population increase of 2.41l, an
increase of a trif1e over 10 per cent
This huctuation in the population is
due to economic conditions in the
county and the demand for labor, pr1n-
cipally in Baltimore and Washington.
A fair percentage of the population of
Charles county will shift from one
place to another to take advantage of
higher wages or forms of employment
considered more profitable or congenial l..
In the matter of population Charles
county falls behind the Maryland coun-
ties of Allegany, Anne Arundel. Balti-
more, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil. Dor
chester, Frederick, Garrett, Hartford,
Kent, Montgomery, Prince Georges,
Queen Annes ST Mary's, Somerset, Tai
bot Washington, Wicomico and Wor-
cester. Charles exceeds in population
the county of Calvert, which is the
county of least population in Mary
land, and Howard county.
The population of the minor civil di-
visions of the county follows: La Plata
district, including the town of La Plata,
the county seat, 1850; Hilltop district.
1855; Cross Roads district 1881: AL
district, 1858; White Plains district.
1,764; Pomonkey district, 1883; Bryan
town district. 2.216, and Patuxent dis
trict, 1.004. The name of La Plata dis.
trict has been changed from that of
Port. Tobacco district since 1900: Cross
Roads district was formerly called Nan
jemoy district and the district now
called White Plains was formerly Mid
dletown district.
Charles county is one of the "black
belt" counties of Maryland. and its
percentage of colored population is the
highest in the state. the percentage
under the last census being 5406. while
the percentage in Calvert was 5O.3, in
St Marys county 4S.1, Prince Georges
40. Anne Arundel 3S.S and the percen-
tage for the whole state 1913.
The white population of Charles in
1910 was 1913 and the colored popula-
tion s,572. During the preceding de-
cennial period there was a decrease in
the white population of POI and a de-
crease in the colored population of
1.076.
It is fair to say that the colored peo-
pie of Charles are in a fair degree
thrifty and prosperous. Illiteracy is
decreasing among the colored popula-
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way of Nottingham. Upper Marlboro
and Bladensburg to Washington in
August. 1914.
The northerly boundary of the county
runs from the Patuxent UP Swanson
head Of Mattawoman creek for about
Potomac near Bryans point. The
southerly boundary starts at fhe Patux-
ent. follows Indian creek for about four
miles. then strikes west and south to
Budd creek. to the Wicomico river off
Budd landing. and then down the mid
die of the Wicomico river, there over
a mile wide The line runs with the
WicOmico river for about twelve miles
to where the Wicomico enters the Poto-
mac river. between Cobb point. in
Charles county, and ST. Margaret's Is
land. in St Marys county.
The important water courses of
Charles county are Pamunky creek.
which runs into the Potomac at Hollis
point. about nineteen miles below
Washington: Mattawoman creek, which
enters the Potomac at Deep point, two
miles below Indian Head: Chicomuxen
creek, which enters the Potomac be-
tween Stump Neck and Moss point op-
posite Quantico creek: Wards creek,
Mill run, Avon river. Kings creek and
Nsnjemoyl creek, which all together
enter the Potomac river between River
side and Upper Cedar point; Port To-
bacco river, which enters the Potomac
opposite Matthias point: Popes creek,
Piccowaxep creek, which enters the
Potomac amile and half below Low
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mosphere for newly-landed immi-
grants. But even this drawback to i'm
migration is being gradually overcome
and the progressive and enlightened
people of the southern counties of the
state are doing what they can to in
duce industrious and thrifty men to
settle there, no matter where they
come from.
X \
The tobacco crop of Charles county,
according to the figures of the late fed
eral census, was 3,439.2e1 pounds,
grown on 1881 acres of land. 1t is
the third tobacco county in the state,
st. Marys being first. ST. Marys pro-
duction in the last census year was
4,1O4,66o pounds grown on 5,O10 acres
of land. st. Mary's county, with 179
acres more In tobacco than Charles,
produced in round numbers 665.00Q
pounds more of the plant. Prince
Georges county, with 6,252 acres
planted in tobacco, produced 3,542,392
pounds, considerably less than ST.
Mary's and little more than Charles
county. Calvert county had more
acres planted in tobacco-5.19 194-than
Charles and produced less-3,367,35S
pounds The only other important to-
bacco county in the state is Anne
Arundle, and there in the last census
year 2,561,375 pounds were grown on
3,SS2 acres of land.
Charles had $1,000 acres planted in
corn and grew $4,000 bushels. Kent
county, on $4,000 acres. raised $4,000
bushels of corn; Howard, on 10000
acres, raised $4,000 bushels: Hartford,
on %. 900 acres, raised 1,057 900 bushels;
Frederick. on $1,000 acres, grew l.S71,-
600 bushels; Cecil, on $4,000 acres. grew
$4,000 bushels: Carroll. on 41.000 acres.
grew 100000 bushels; Caroline, on
80, 900 acres, raised $4,000 bushels;
Baltimore county, on $4,000 acres. grew
1.1s7.o 900 bushels. and Anne Arundel.
on $4,000 acres, raised $4,000 bushels.
Charles fell behind ST. Marys in corn
production, that county growing 442,-
900 bushels of corn on $1,000 acres of
lana Queen Anne county raised nearly
n million bushels on $4,000 acres and
Washington county grew 1.lS5.00O
bushels on $4,000 acres of land. Charles
had fewer acres in corn that Wor-
cester, Wicomico, Talbot and the other
corn than Allegany. Calvert, Garrett,
Howard and Somerset.
In the matter of wheat Charles coun-
ty planted 1888 acres and harvested
72,50O bushels. Charles is not one of
the wheat counties of Maryland. Wash
ington county producing 1,157,oOO
bushels on 1000 acres: Frederick
100000 bushels on $4,000 acres and
Carroll more than million bushels
on $1,000 acres In addition to these
counties. those producing more wheat
than Charles were Baltimore county,
Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester. Hartford.
Howard. Kent. Montgomery, Queen
Anne. st. Marys, Somerset, Talbot and
Worcester Charles grew more wheat
than Wicomico, Prince Georges, Car
rett. Allegany. Anne Arundel or CAL
vert.
Charles county planted 5000 acres in
rye and harvested 5000 bushels. How
ard, on the same acreage, got $4,000
bushels. The rye county of the state
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inston and Baltimore, Charles county
has the soil and climate for these in
duStries, but she cannot get the prod
uctS to the market.
The land area of Charles county
AGA square miles-is about the aver
age size of a county in the neighbor-
hood of Washington, being somewhat
smaller than Baltimore, Garrett, Fred
erick. Montgomery, Dorchester and
Prince Georges counties, and somewhat
larger than the remaining counties of
Maryland The inhabitants per square
mile in Charles county are thirty-fve,
while in Baltimore county exclusive,
of course. of Baltimore city,. the dens-
ity of population per square mile is
1SS: in Allegany county it is 140. in
Washington county. los; in Somerset.
10; Prince Georges. rs; st. Marys. As;
Anne Arundel, 81, and Calvert, Al
The number of farms in the county
in 1910 was 1923. decrease of 277
during the period 19o0-1910. The num-
ber of native white farmers was 961,
the number of colored farmers 633,
and the number of foreign born farm
ers was %. There were seven farms
in the county containing 1000 acres
or more, forty-one farms of between
500 and 999 acres; 209 containing be-
tween 26o and 499 acres; 233 farms of
from lis to 259 acres; 399 of from 100
to ia acres and 254 from so to 90 acres:
231 from 30 to AZ acres; 13S from 10
to 10 acres, and 100 from to 3 acres.
Charles is the big farm county" of
southern Maryland, there being five
farms in Prince Georges county of LOCO
acres and over, two in st. Marys coun-
ty; one in Anne Arundel and three
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Plague of Rats in Trenches.

TsHE British and French lines in
France are being literally overrun
with rats. The woods. fields and houses
are choked with them. Even in crowd
ed villages one sees them holding con-
crosses in the busiest roads. Now that
provisions are SO scarce. the rodents
are beginning to feel hunger. A soldier
must be on his guard that he leaves no
eatables in his pockets whom he goes
to sleep. for If he does. woe to his
clothes! The authorities are having
giant and ingenious rat traps made on
a wholesale scale and placed every
where in the trenches and villages to
try and rid them OF the rats.
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is Carroll, which produced 100000 bush
els, Frederick being second with $1,000
bushels and Montgomery third with
10000 bushels. The rye production for
the whole state was 357.562 bushels,
from $4,000 acres of land. Charles
county raised 1900 bushels of oats on
4S6 acres of land The total value of
the crops of Charles county was $751;
600, this being larger than the value
of the crops of Allegany or Calvert,
but small compared with Frederick's
crops, worth s4.200,O00; Carroll's, worth
s3.200.000; Baltimore county's. worth
S4.60O,000; Harford's, S2,300,00o, and
Anne ArundeTs, s2,20o,oo0.
*
Tho counties whose crops were worth
more than 100000 and less than s2,-
100000 were Caroline, Cecil, Dorches-
ter. Garrett, Howard, Kent, Prince
Georges, Queen Anne, Somerset, Talbot,
Wicomico and Worcester. Only four
counties fell below the million dollar
crop mark, and these were Allegany,
Calvert, Charles and st. Marys. Charles
county produced 1890 tons of hay and
forage on 1000 acres. The county
grew 1S,S0O bushels of potatoes and
5000 bushels of sweet potatoes. The
potato county of the state is Balti-
more county, which produced 4o''oVo
bushels of potatoes. with Worcester
second with 10000 bushels, Prince
Georges third with 275, 900 bushels. SOM
erset fourth with $4,000 bushels and
Frederick fifth with 217,000 bushels.
Charles produced more potatoes than
Calvert county-9,000 bushels-and st.
Marys county, which grew 15,50O bush
els. Anne Arundel is the sweet potato
county. her crop being 297,5 500 bushels,
from 1900 acres. Worcester county is
second in sweet potatoes with 17S,000
bushels, Wicomico third with $4,000
bushels and Prince Georges fourth with
a crop of 10000 bushels.
Charles county is credited with 1900
orchard trees, against $4,000 in st.
Marys county and $4,000 in Prince
Georges. Maryland's orchard county
is Washington. with AL, 900 trees; Kent
county is second with 10000 trees,
Anne Arundel third with 100000 trees
and Caroline fourth with 25S,tG0 trees.
Charles is quite strong as grape
county, producing $4,000 pounds,
against ST. Marys' $4,000 pounds. Som
ersets $4,000, Talbot's $4,000, Worces-
terss 21,000, Queen Annes 5000, Kent's
$4,000. Caroline's $4,000 and Anne Arun-
del's 21.000. The grape county is Fred
erick, with product of 36S, 900 pounds,
followed by Baltimore county with