davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-05-03
blnile A While
Dotted Too Soon.
er l remember
I 2 TODAY.

er. remember
An ago today.
! shuSked my winter derby hat
And gave the same away.
1lh never need thee, derby, morc,"
Said ! with lofty glee,
"The summers nigh: no more have /,
Oh crust, a use for thee
Twas spring. a | remember.
And brides sang and flew
And In my gay exuberance
Perhaps ! warbled, too.
But waking on this winters morn
"a silly custom. that
fairly cravod that | had saved
My tru-ty Iron" hat.
Dallas Evening Journal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-05-03

'Woman," cried the :. burly husband,
shaking hiS finger wildly, Il can read you
like a book.'
THAT may be-" retorted the little wife,
with a queer smile, "bni you can't shut me
up-"-Stray Stories.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-05-03

1t was certain TO come-the motion pie
ture trust. With the combination of seven
of the film making organizations Of the
country, the final incorporation of the en-
tire motion picture business of the country
IN one colossal concern seems TO he fore
casted as a near future event.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-05-03

Poet seek a phrase that shall cx-
press the Joy Of life IN two worl-. Can
You suggest anything rnfccling Friend
-"Rcccived payment Judge.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-05-03

The strange quiet that reigns in the re
gion whore Villa would be- supposed 10 be,
ii hc We're still IN the land Of the living. j.
prcternatural. Somehow, the feeling grows
that \illn " no more.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-05-03

Democrats. remember, the precinct con
vention- are the first step toward the final
nominations. The precinct conventions
are due next Saturday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-05-03

The man who is prepared for the worst
generally expects 10 get the best OF Ill
Detroit Journal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-05-03

Sugar has gone up 10 5 cents a pound
and that j. not little worry either.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-03-04
SENSIBLE INSURANCE LAW

1t would take large book tc con-.
tain the insurance laws of all the
states, for legislation of this charac-
ter has been varied and prolific. The
courts are constantly used in the set
tement of fire losses, and the adjust
ers wax fat on both the companies and
the insured. 1t has apparently re-
manned for the State of Florida to
enact a tire-insurance law that is bas-
ed on sound principles and at one
stroke cuts out litigation and leaves
no room for dispute; and as for ad-
justers, professional or otherwise, why
there is little they can do. All this
sounds too good to be true, but it is,
and the scheme is so simple the Won
der is that every state does not have
one just like it.
The Florida tire-inSurance law reads
that when a policy-holder has fire
loss, the company must pay. If, for
instance, you own a building worth
only $1,000 and you can get an agent
to issue policy for $4,000, and the
/, ..Ging burns, you recover your S10,-
900, providing, of coudse, the COM
pany cannot prove you are guilty of
arson. The total destruction of an in
cured property must be paid for at
whatever amount your policy calls
for. And there is probably .ess arson
il Florida than in any other state.
The whole procedure is logical The
companies cannot take chances in APP
pointing careless, dishonest, or ire
spOnslhle agents. The agent, in order
10 lT hi, lpn, coll ,,p1,
cies as Cealer hands out cigars over
a counter. He exercises lot of call-
ton. He will not issue a policy unless
he knows something of the party in
sured, ard he personally exar ines
the b!ilding OF goods and satisfies
himself the property is worth the
amount the insured desires. Thus,
policies for fictitious amounts are not
written, for what is written must be
paid On the ether hand, the insu ed
is not allowed or induced to pay pre-
miumS on amounts which could not be
recovered in other states.
This maximum liability tends to de-
crease fires, for the agent must keep
his record up to a certain standard or
the company gets another in his place.
The local agent becomes sort of in
spector. He has to be constantly
watchful; and when he discovers a
client is becoming careless and tax
ing chances which might lead to a fire
the agent cautions such a party and
threatens to cancel his policy. This
eternal vigilance at both ends of the
insurance policy is automatically
maintained. for both the company and
its agents are anxious to stay in the
business. And as for the honest pol
icyholder, he knows at all times, ex-
actly what his protection is, and,
should he burn, just what he will re-
ceive.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-03-04
Judges For Spe aking Contests

DR.. Murray Peabody Brush, dean of
the Johns Hopkins University, DR.. NJ.
Bates Stevens, State Superintendent
of Education, and Mr.. Charles j. Keen
Superintendent of Public instruction,
of Baltimore, have accepted invita-
tons to act as judges in the State
Wide Public Speaking Contest, to be
held at the Tome School, Port Deposit,
May 20, in the evening of the same
dav as Tones tenth annua! inter-
scholastic field and track meet. Every
secondary school in Maryland has
been invited to take part in the COM
petition, and among those who have
written to express their interest and
ask for further information are the
Caithersburg. Chestertown, Cecil Co.,
Havre de Grace, Chesapeake City,
Westminster, Princess Ann. Annapo-
lis, Brockville, Stockton, Denton,
Montgomery County, Delmar, Cen
treville, Brunswick, Franklin. Baden
and fredericksburg High Schools Char
lotte Hall, Park School, Baltimore;
Friends School. Baltimore; Gilman
Country School, Baltimore; the Ban
croft and Carrollton-Vight Literary
Societies of the Baltimore City Col
lege, and the Poe Literary Society of
the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-03-04
Birthday Party

On Thursday, Feb. "a, Mr.. and Mrs.
Alex. Hasson, of near Blythedale, en-
tertained in honor of their daughter
Certrude's birthday. Those who en-
Joyed the day were as follows: Flea
non and Hilda Hammond, Alice and
Lenora Taylor, Violet, Martha and AL
bert Thomas, Margaret and Helen
Craig, Franklin, Arthur and Elsie
Brown, Margaret and Walter Todd,
Sterling Burrough. Willard and Kath-
ryn Hasson, Mrs. j. r. Craig, Mrs. S.
+. Hitchcock and daughter Kathryn,
Mrs. j. A. Hasson. Mrs. c. Thomas,
Mrs. J. Peterson, Mrs. w. Thomas,
Mr.. W. Todds, Mrs. J. Hammond, Mrs.
J. +. Brown, Mrs. G. +. Oliver, Mrs.
G. Gorrell and Mr. ard Mrs. A. Has
son. The children spent the afternoon
III playing games, singing and reciting
which was very interesting to the
older folks. Then. at a late hour they
We're all invited to the diningroom,
where refreshments were served. Then
everybody returned to their homes,
wishing Miss Gertrude many returns
of the day.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-03-04
Farmers And Dairymen's Meeting

Edward H. Dawson. of near Elkton,
delivered an interesting address on
his recent trip to the West and his
visit to the Panama and San Diego
Expeditions at the Farmers andDairy-
mems meeting, last Saturday night.
Frank B. Evans, ESQ.,, talked of the
value of a rest room for women, that
they might have comfortable place
to rest or wait for friends when in
Elkton on shopping trip, and that
suitable quarters could be secured at a
reasonable rent on the second floor of
the Elkton Garage. The Association
heartily approved of the plan, and Mr..
Evans was appointed a committee of
one to secure an option on the rooms,
to take the matter up with the Wo
mans Club and Elkton Improvement
Association. and to see what support
the business men of the town will give
the project.
The next meeting will be on March
II, when the question of Fertilizers
will be discussed.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-03-04
Town Point Improvement Association

The first general meeting of the
Town Point Improvement Association
was held Feb. 26 in the church room,
Town Point. Constitution and bylaws
were adopted. Fifty citizens and tax
payers signed membership, and prom
ised to use all their efforts to obtain a
decided improvement in the roads of
this section, which are in bad shape.
A petition is in circulation. and so
far about rs citizens have signed it.
This petition will be taken before the
County Commissioners by a special
committee in the near future, who will
implore the Commissioners to give
their earliest attention. and do some
thing quickly to put the roads of this
section in a travelling condition.
The following officers were elected:
President, Thomas Swing; vice-presi-
dent. VIM. Broadwater; secretary, w.
E. Briscoe; treasurer. Howard Pyle
Board of directors-John Mellor, R.
X. Fears, Sr.. Delmar Smithers. Fran
els Skunk Brown. John McCloskey,
CliffordWhiteoak John Long S Sham
hacker. Charles Stevens, John Shelton
and Holden Ireland
The next meeting of the association
is to be he'd on Saturday evening,
March II. at Town Point.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-03-04
RISING SUN

DR.. A. H. Smith spent Monday in
Philadelphia and visited his son, Mr..
Bradley Smith.
Mrs. Ida Heacock is spending some
time a, the home Of MIR. John NJ. Ster-
rett.
Mrs. Charles S. Pyle spent portion
of this week with relatives in West
Grove.
Bishop Berry, of Philadelphia, gave
a pleasing lecture in Rising Sun Hall
on Tuesday night taking for his sub
ject the PHILOSOPHY Of Helpfulness"
Miss Elizabeth K. Stephens has re-
Gently been visiting Mrs. William
Michaels in Philadelphia.
Dr.. George S. Dare was in Philadel-
phia on Tuesday and Wednesday spent
the night with Mr.. Basil Brown.
The Westminster Guild of West Not
tingham, met with Miss Florence Yo-
cum near town last Saturday after
noon. The president, Miss Bertha
Tyson, read the "Rible Lesson. while
Mrs. ClarenceGifford had the mission
Study, starting with a new book
"The Kings Highway" very interest
ing.
Miss Pearl krauss. of Port Deposit
spent Wednesday night with Mss Ma,
bel Johnson
Mr.. AM Mrs Harry Thomas and
daughter, Lena, of Oxford. visited Mr.
William NJ. Pogue and family lasi
Tuesday.
The Ladies' Aid Society met with
Mrs. Harry Shepherd on Wednesday
Afternoon at o'clock.
Miss Clara Robertson and Mr.. Tay-
lor Biles are visiting Mr.. and Mrs
Clifford Robertson in Freehold, N. J.
Mr.. Ralph Heacock. of Swarthmore
College, was a Rising Sun visitor last
Sunday.
The Y. P. B. was entertained by
Miss Mabel johnson on Monday night
a very good program was prepared
then followed refreshments, and a
pleasant time socially.
Miss Mabel Mccormick, of VII
mington. has recently been visiting
Mrs VIII McDouGal, near town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Timanus Wilson OF
ToHawanda. n. y, Mr.. and Mrs Tay-
lor Wilson, Of Easton, spert the week
end with Mr.. 7. J. Wilson and family
Maple Lawn. Saturday, being the date
Of the 50th anniversary of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Wilson'S marriage.
very II terestiHg with PLENTY Of good
The Mission Study class met with
! Mr. Edwin l.. Haines last Thursday
night. The meeting. as usual, was
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-03-04
LEEDS

Rev. T. C. Jones and wife, accom-
panied by Miss Jennie May McCauley
and Miss Nan Blake, spent Wednes-
day last week in Wilmington.
Mrs. j. F. Blake gave 10c tea last
week for the benefit of Child's Sunday
school.
Mr.. Daniel Harvey spent Wednes-
day of last week in Havre de Grace.
T. B. Scott, Postmaster at Childs,
is preparing for a new awning in front
of the postoffice.
Mr.. Roland Grace has been appoint
ed sexton of Leeds M. P. Church.
VIM. T. Mitchell and family are
going to move to Baltimore this week.
Miss Mary Bishop is i'll with the
grip.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-03-04
FROM BEHIND THE SCENES

Well, well, if folks from behind
the scenes" are going to come before
the curtain ard tell all they know
the audience is certainly in for some
establishment. If old and experience
ed newspaper men are going to let the
pubic see the inside of their profess
sion-its snam, its ignorance, its
venality-if novels like James Lauren
Ford's The Great Mirage, are
going to become fashionable, then me-
tropolitan Journalism is in for some
rough going. ears ago Joseph Cook
warned the American people of the
danger to themselves and their inSti-
buttons that lurked in their tendency
to make their heads nothing but
newspaper scrap baskets" But obs
eph Cook was only a great lecturer
and profound philosopher. Hence the
futility of his warning. Mr.. Ford is
himself a journalistic large expert
ence and high standing. He speaks
from behind the scenes. The great
mirage-the mythical world depicted
by the metropolitan press-is familiar
ground to Mr.. Ford. He is entitled to
be heard and needed, when he charges
the metropolitan journalists with fea-
turing a distorted, m1srepresented and
impossible world-"a whole world that
does not exist. but is Cooked up in
the treasure houses of mendacity"-
commonly known as newspaper row..
Mr.. tord's estimate of the newspaper
man himself is quite akin to his esti-
mate of the 'cook shops" that employ
him. We have been learning for some
years the abject slavery of the repor-
tor at,H to +b, n,,r;,,o.,
that Consuming passion for truth"
must be confined to ones "innards." it
mustn't get into print thanks to the
cister but potent influence Of the
great American advertiser. It didn't
need Mr.. Ford's startling new novel to
let US know that the great and free
and enlightened and fearless Ameri-
can press is only a memory or a
joke. With here and there an excep-
ton, metropolitan journalism is bound
hand and foot to the money end of the
proposition. Nothing can be imagin-
eG more cowardly and venal than
the average city dai y. 1t is money
mailing proposition pure ard simple.
Whatever occasional intelligence or
idealism may hover about the Office, it
finds no hospita itv in the "interests
that control "Put money in thy
purse" is their clarion call al! down
the line-and the Du. lie has become
pretty wise to that fact
What the public has not known so
well, or at any rate considered so we'll,
is the iradeouacy and untrustworthi-
ness of the fellows engaged in Great
ing the mirage; the ignorance. stu
pidity and cupiditv of the men who
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-03-04

dailies. Hence it is something startl-
ing to hear Mr.. Ford say of his hero:
Edward Penfield was what city edi-
tors call born reporter, term gen.
orally used to characterize that pecu-
liar blend of ignorance and enthus-
iasm which can be found in its finest
flavor in the offices of newspaper row"
Now that is not calculated to make
Mr.. Ford's novel "best seller" in re-
portorial circles. 1t is calculated,
however, to jar that great gaping
multitude of American citizens who
have been ever accustomed to defy
printers ink, to bow the head and wor-
ship at the very name of their chosen
daily, to ask no higher grounds of
gertrude than 81 seen it in the paper,
to believe that whatever is may not be
right, but whatever is printed must
be so. Now, folks of that kidney ought
not to read Mr.. Ford's "The Great
Mirage. 1t would jar them, to find
Mr.. Ford putting into the mouth of
his heroine, Kate Craven, such words
as this.-"I've always been hearing
that We who write the newspapers
know a great deal more than those
who read them, but I've long since
ceased to believe it. In fact, am be-
ginning to think it's just the other
way and that the readers know more
than the writer's. Anyway, am tired
of trying to fool them"
Now, the dear public ought not to
be fed such stuff as that. It's too con-
foundedly near the truth to be COM
fortable-for the newspapers. How
are said newspapers going to be the
great "'moulders of public opinion" if
the public gets wise to the fact that
the writers don't know as much as the
readers. It's a fearsome heresy-Mr.
Ford.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-03-04
Heard AT The Breakfast Table

Wife, wish John. you and the
boys would eat your dinner at twelve
o'clock today; | want to visit Mary
this afternoon.
John-Eut | cannot spare one of the
horses this afternoon, Sarah. You
know how busy We are.
Wife-Don't worry. John; do not
need the horse. | can take the VI. T.
c. car at l:l5, in front Of the house,
spend the afternoon with Mary and
return on another NJ. 7. c. car in time
to ret supper.
What would have happened if there
had been no NJ. 7. c. cars running? ad
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-03-04
WOODLAND

Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Barnes spent
Tuesday in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Gilbert SINNERS was week
end visitor with Baltimore friends.
Mr.. VIM. L. Hewes. of Wilmington.
was Saturday to Monday guest of
Mr.. NJ. L. Thompson.
The Woodlawn Y held social in
the hall Saturday night.
The Girls Embroidery Club will
meet with Miss Leila R. Thompson
Saturday afternoon.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-03-04
Basket Ball Notes

Company E five, of Elkton, defeated
the Pastime A. c.. of Wilmington, at
Elkton Armory, last Saturday night,
in fast game by the score of 31-17.
Dan Garrett. of Company E, Gagged six
two-pointers. Company L only al
lowed one field goal in the last half.
Daley starred for the visitors. The
score was as follows:
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-03-04
For Your Child's Cough.

If your child has cold, nose runs
or coughs much, get small bottle of
DR.. Bells Pine Tar Honey. It's a
pleasant Pine-Tar-Honey Syrup, just
what children like and just the medi-
cine to soothe the cough and check the
cold. After taking, children stop
fretting, sleep good and are soon en-
tirely well. Insist on DR.. Bells Pine
Tar Honey. 25c at your Druggist. ad
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-03-04
INSTRUMENTATION AUTO BUS ROUTE

For the convenience of the travelling public have esab
hed Auto Bus Route from Chesterown to Ekton run
ming two machines each machine making two round trips daily
and by using this route you leave home later have
time in the city, fare and be home early the evening
Our early bus from Chestertown and late bus from Ekton
will be an enclosed nnepassenger bus and in order make
this venture success solicit the patronage of the travel
ing public.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-03-04
In Memoriam

IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE of my dear nus
band, George T. Bouchelle, who departed
this life March 4th, 1915.
Dear is the spot where my loved one is laid,
Sweet is the memory that never shall fade;
Fond is the hope that again we shall meet
Kneeling together at Jesus feet.
WIFE
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-03-04

A team composed of Elkton boys
defeated the Middletown boys in a fast
game played at Middletown, Wednes-
day night. by score of 31-16. R.
Dunbar, Of Elkton, starred with eight
field goals.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-03-04

music.
Mr.. Charles E. Dare and family, of
Rosemont, Va, visited relatives in and
near town, Saturday and Sunday last.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-03-04

The Wilmington Academy five will
play Company E at the Armory this
Saturday evening. Dancing after the
game. Admission, Is cents.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-03-04
COMPANY E
PASTIME A. C

Fouls committed E. 10;
Pastime A. c.. TO- Referee-Giles.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-03-04
No. 1886
REPORT or THE CONDITION
The National Bank of Elkton
Eston the State Of masnd at the close Of business
December 81, 1915
RESOURCES

overdrahs ...... 265 a
andse
securities thanU mot inciudn rstockso 800
oioS oil n
SUBSCRIPTION to stock of Federal Bank 5000 -
value Sankia sS Of aneneumbeiedj
sss o G"s sm ai Fssta Gss9s asss @
Net amount due from approved reserve agents New York.
approved reserve agents other reserve $50 "
s s Ss# he a s @.psas s.as 5
Notes National s Genus las
- .......
with
slsssss7ss
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in .....s
Certificates of deposit
sate EN- of
Total demand deposi 49, ''
Bills payable including obligations
...sss
o cecis
do the
o m know andb
Cashier
T FRANK R r SCOTT STTrp
cHAs B. FINLEY JR.
Subscribed me January,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-03-29
HEALTH LEAGUE ASSURED

The realization of the Health and
Welfare League is assured, accord
ing to an announcement made by
Mrs. Ben r. Turner, president OF
the temporary organization. There
was an enthusiastic meeting of the
women who have been working to
form the League at the Courthouse
last week. Over 500 in cash has
been raised. AT the meeting a per-
manent organization was effected
with DIR. w. r. Thompson, presi-
dent; Rev. M. V. p. Yeaman, vice
president; w. II. Strossman, treas
urer, and Miss Georgia Sledd, sec
rotary. An executive committee
was also named. A thorough can
vass will be made Of the county at
once and many entertainments are
being planned to raise money. Eff
forts to secure noted speakers for
local addresses will also be made,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-03-29

If st. Paul, or any Of the
apostles, or any Of the great relig-
ious leaders were living today, they
would work and preach through the
modern newspaper-if the news
paper would have them--and from
the public platform. The pulpit
would be too narrow for them.
You see, the newspaper goes
out to every citizen, every day it
does not wait till Sunday. 1t goes
forth every morning and every ev-
ening; it is taken into the home and
read in the family circle. IL the
is animated by the high
est ideals of patriotism and of
spiritual purpose in life, the news
paper can perform service that
no one, speaking from the pulpit,
can approach under present condi-
tons.
Hitherto the newspapers have
done just what the churches have
done in the past. They have laid
chief emphasis on non-essentials ;
They have been shallow and of
little worth. But since the great
war began a change has come over
the press. Our Eastern papers, at
any rate, have been going deeper
and deeper into the spiritual foun-
datitn of life; they have been set
ting forth more plainly the principles
Of right and wrong; they have been
laying more and more stress upon
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-03-29
WIFE AT 10

William 0nie Harlow, a young
farmer, aged 81, and Miss Mary
Ramey Aldridge, whose age was Civ
en- as Is, were married at Versailles
Monday by Rev r. J. Bamber. The
bride is about the youngest girl for
whom a marriage license has ever
been issued at the Woodford
County Clerks Office. Her father,
John II. Aldridge, accompanied the
youthful couple TO Versailles and
authorized County Clerk Gray to
issue the license.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-03-29

Tie inner forces that make society.
And low could it be otherwise,
when humanity is testing with its
very life blood the principle that
right is more powerful than might;
that truth, justice and honor are