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much regretted that be could not de-
vote his time to the work Of the
Hughes Alliance Ia Maryland, aud that
he was fully 10 sympathy with its aims.
Mr.. james \. Gary, Jr., was then
unanimously elected President Of the
Alliance, upoa motion Of Mr. Robert
$. Mooney, Vice-Pre,ideut ~ the Bali
timore Commercial Bank Me- Gary
has been taking an active interest in
Republican politics for some time, hav-
iRg been the President Of the Young
Mems Weller League ia the campaign
Of 1918. He is the son Of f. Stanley
Cary, Of Baltimore city, and 9 and
son Of former Postmaster Genera
James A. Gary
Mr. blanchard Il udall was elected
Treasurer Of Tie Alliance upon motion
of Mr.. o. f. Weller
The Pr, sideut was authorized to ap-
point a committee Of six, including
himself as member ex-oflieio, to draft
consti ution and y-laws, to complete
the orgauiza ion Of the Alliance ard 70
formulate p aus for the organization Of
such local Alliances as might be con-
sidered desirable.
Mr.. Galen L. TAFT, Chairman Of the
Republican State Central Committee,
was present. aud expressed his salts
faction at the organization of the Al
lance, as he felt that it would prove a
va liable adjunct to the work Of the re-
gular party Committees IN the conduct
Of the regular party Committees IN the
conduct OF the coming campa ga.
Mr.. Adrian Posey represented
Charles county at the meeting.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS,
In the Orphans Court tor Charles
County, S. S.

La Plata, Nd, Aug, 4, 1916,
ORDERED By The Court, that
Emily johnson, Exec trix OF
Philip johnson, deceased, give the
notice required by law to the creditors
Of the said Philip johnson, deceased,
to exhibit their claims, legally authen-
ticsted, by advertisement published in
some newspaper printed and pub
lished in @ aries county, Maryland,
once in each of three successive weeks.
True copy-Test;
CHARLES N. DEMENT,.
Register Of Wills for Charles County.
THIS Is To Give Notice, That the
subscriber has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Charles County,
Maryland, Letters TestamentarY on
the Personal Estate of
PHILIP JOHNSON,
late Of said County, deceased. All pei
sons having claims against said de-
ceased are hereby warned TO exhibit
the same with the vouchers thereof
legally authenticated, to the subserib-
er on or before the 18th day Of Feb,
1917. I h ely may otherwise b )
law be excluded from all benefit OF said
deceased's estate.
Given under my hand this 18th day
of Aug, 1916.
EMILY JOHNSON,
Executrix of Philip johnson, deceased.
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Republican Ticket.
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.


Based On the number of accidents
at crossing on the principal railroads
Of lis eennlry, the figrres covering
pefio ! Of eighteen month., we iud
the folluwing interesting statistic:
Thriy-one out of each hundred
persons killed or injured were on
foot-pedestraiI =
Fifteen out Of each hundred killed
or il jared were riding in automo-
bile.
Fifty live out of each hundred were
riding Of Us w other conveyanccs.
prly about one-baif of one per-
cent Of the fatalities we're to children
under Twelve years Of age.
Sxfy-two Of e.ch hundred had aG
IN Instructed view of approaching
trains.
Twenty six out OF each hundred
had partially DISTRACTED view.
Fiiiy-eight of eash hundred were
either at fault themselves, or were
injured through some fault of the
person with whom they ere driving.
Forty-three persons out of each
hundred fatally injured were struck
while using crossing unprotected by
hlgmen or otherwise In other
words, WI lie protected crossings are
not as numerous as unprotected ones,
yet numerically and comparatively
more persons are killed at protected
crossings.
People IRE killed at railroad cross
in many ways other than being struck
by trains. For instance, two out Of
each hundred on account of motor
engines going dead" at the wrong
moment, over thirteen out Of each
b ndred on account of horses becom-
ing fris hlened, three /, ~ Of each hun
drei ch account of defective plank
ing or paving on the road way or
sidewalk. The truth of the matter
is that 40 percent QUE of each hun.
drtd persons killed or injured at
crossings are due to attendant causes,
not 10 the mere fact of the existence
of the crossings.
To abolish grade crossings as fast
as financial conditions permit is the
prpose Of the railroads, but expert
ence shows, that even where there are
un er grade or over-grade crossings,
accidents to persons still continue. -
This only gees to prove that the hi
man element in large factor in all
aeeilent cases, and that a veiy large
majority of accidents can be prevent
ed By the exercise of are on the
part of tie individual traveller on the
highway. Better be careful than
crippled; better be safe than sorry,
are good maxims TO follow. If
necessary for caution were as instinc-
tive Tor him to step aside from a
snake in the road, or carefully avoid
crossing fisld if thele happeled to
be bull in it, life ard limb would
be increasingly conserved.
Let the lublic get the Safety habit.
Then, not only will they Stop, Look
and Liste.i, but they will Stop, Look,
Listen and Reflect. -
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Two Classes If Heights Amateur and
Professional Cash prizss and crowns
offered 10 both classes.
Music wi be Iurni~lp by the
N RINE RAND Of Washington. D C
Or4tro Of The Day T. JACKSON II.
RALsION
oratar Of the Evening SYDNEY E.
MUDD.
Chit Marshal Lemuel Albrittain.
Rerald-W. ". hichester.
Aids = II, Il Hawkins ard Fra K
Hamilton.
Judges-J Camlilus Howard, DE-. n
R Morgan and Dr.. Hudgson, OF ST.
Mary's county; Dr. Harry Bowen, Linz
den Briscoe aud Frank Hill, 81 Pritce
Georges county. K. Laurie Mitchell. f.
stone Pnsey and charles \ Dement,,
Of Char'es elunty-
DR.. Joseph l. France and Congress-
man David lie Wis, Candidates for the
United States Senate, have Expressed
their intentions to be present at this
Tournament, which will be the event
OF the season in Southern MARYLAND.
The Dance at night will he held ia
the new paroehisl hall, the largest
dancing hall in Southern Maryland.
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THE MARYLAND STATE COL
LEGE OF AGRIC ULTURE

Gives special courses in Agriculture,
Animal Husbandry, Daifying, Poultry
Husbandry, Fruit Growing, Market
Gardening, Horticulture, Canning,
Chemistry, Biology. Rural. Civil, Me-
ehanieal and Electrical Engineering.
Military Training.
College Expenses $50 Living Elk
penses $3.50. 4 year, ? year, 10 weeks
and Correspondence Courses.
FALL TERM Begins September 18th
For full information address
The REGISTRAR, COLLEGE PARK, MD
July-2s-6t.
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u J eSs -.-.-s.-s - Sa-
by local Applicant %. Is they cla-at
reach the disease por,inn uf the ear -
Tho IS nv one var DE- ,'ir deef'as
and t..at - by c1nst .,p lvaaI teA4e-ltes.
Deaf 7ess is caused b. au inhamed COZ
ditiou OF the mucous ming Of the
kustaehian Tube. When this tube j.
inha med you have a rumbling sound OF
imperfect ! e tring, and when it is err.
tltely uiuStd, Deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be ttken
out aud tn 5 tube restored 70 its normal
conduiun, hearing will lie DESTROYED
iOtever; nine cases ont Of ten are oau--
ed by Catarrh, which IS nothing but an
intlammed condition Of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case Of Deafness leaused by
catarrbl that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrn Cure.
Senp for circular, free.
T. ]. CHENKY Il CO, Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take HALLS family pills for constlpa
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ORDER NIs1.
In the Circuit Court for Charles county
Maryland. No. 1924 Equity.
Ferdinand c. oooksey, et.al., Plaintiff.
VS..

Ferdinand c. oooksey, et.al., Plaintiff.
VS..
Washington Willis, ct. al Defendants.
0RDERED BY the Circuit Court
~ for Charles County this 2nd day
of August, 1916, that the sale OF the
real estate made and reported in
the above entitled cause, by Ferdinand
Z. Cooksey, Trustee, b e finally
ratified and confirmed, unless cause to
the contrary be shown on or before the
18th day of August, next; Provided a
copy OF this order be inserted in some
newspaper published in Charles Coun-
ty, Maryland, ouce a week for three
successive weeks prior to the said
2Sth day of August, next.
The Report states the amount of
sale to be SG50.O0.
CONRAD POSEY,
Clerk OF the CT. CT. for Chas. Co., Md
True Copy, Test:
CONRAD POSEY, Clerk.
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THIRIY-SECOND ANNUAL GRAND
TOURNAMENT
AND
Dress Ball
Marshall Hall, Md.
Wednesday, Aug. Both

STEAMER CHAS. MACALESTEk.
will leave Seventh Street Wharf, Wash
ngton. d c. at 10 M, 2:30 and 500
m Il urnihg will leaye Marshall
Hall at ESQ, $40. 7:i5 ard IL M,
stopping OF Alexandra, Va.
Fare, Round Trip.. 25cts.
Music by sehroeder's Band
Chief Marshal-Flank $ Barnes; As
sistant Marsha H Holland Hawkins;
Herold- George Delozer; Aids Doug
las Thomas and EDWARD Sanders.
Jul e James Bowling, John Mat
thews, Or I L Higdon, Lee Manning Of
P G county, W A Thompson, Of d C;
John Gering, Judge Kendriek, of d c;
NJ Z Gray, Robert Cooksey, DR. Geo o
Monroe
Orator Of the DAYTON. JACKSON
Fl. RALSTON.
Orator Of the Evening HON. sgd
NEY Il. MUDD.
Committee Of Arrangements; w
HEngerforl, Mertens, Jr, G Rudolph
Burroughs, Lemuel Albrittain, La
Plata, Md.
All rings to be wrapped with white
cord and hung6 l 2 feet from the grourd.
Distance co yards. Time, G seconds. =
All X lights mast ride in costume -
fitting commences promptly at noon
Growing Of Queen and distribution OF
priz4s al $50 p. m. Free transporta-
ton TO knights and their horses to and
from the grounds Horses must h. at
Steamer Macalester's whirf at $3.50 m
Horses returned on 40 boat only.
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LOthair
...... on ...
SATURDAY, AUGUST 18th. 1916,

A Stock of General Merchandise, con
sisting of Dry Goods, Shoes, Under.
ware, Notions and lot of other mer-
chandise usually kept in a first class
country store. Sale to commence al
10 o'clock.
TERMS;-Cash for sums under $40
Over that amount credit of six months
will be given; the purchaser or pur-
chasers giving note or notes with ap
proved security, and to bear interest
from date. ADRIAN poSEY.
Attorney for Owner
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Aorhd1AGza Mhn660
Baltimore, Md.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
In the Circuit Court for Charles
County, In Equity.
Mary o. Bryant, Plaintiff.

Thomas Moore, William Moore and
earl Moore. his wife, Walter Moors
and Marion Moore, his wife, Luther
Moore, Bertha Rothery, Elizabeth Belt
and Harvey Bei, her husband, Vic ct
5rady and Lawrence Brady, her hus-
band
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$4,000 W.T. Be Divided As
Follows:

First Prize, $50; Second Prize, S35;
Third Prize S25; Fourth Pr re, SIS;
Fifth Prise, $40; Sixth Prize. s. 90
Entrance Fee for Knights, 81 90 Ad-
mission to Grounds Free.
A Queen and seven maids viii be
crowned.
A cordial invitation is extended TO
the citizens of Washington and the Dis
triet of Columbia, Charles, Prince
George, St. Mary's, Montg 1mery and
Allegheny Counties of Maryland, and
Alexandra, Fairfax ahd Clark and al ?
jacent counties of Virginia.
Knights will address A. d Langley,
1850 i4lh St., Phone North ~ 2.
THE MT. VERNON & MARSHALL
HALL STEAMBOAT CO., Lid
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A Card.

La Plata, Md, Jan. 20, 16
Having secured the local Agency
for the Mutual Benefit Life Insur-
ance Company, of Newark, N. j, |
hereby nctify he public that | will
be pies sed to place their Life Iusur-
ance. | especially dsslre to increase
the Insurance Of present policy bold
ers in this old and reliable Company.
Can be seen at Matthew's Howard
Implement Building on Tuesday and
Saturday Of each week.
Respectfully,
WIN. NJ. HOWARD,
.2l-'16-b. La P,ata, Md.
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Has Your Tailor Fall n Down ;

Has be failed to give you correct
fitting and proper workmanship II
80, don't look any further if you are
aokirg for satisfaction, r guaran-
tsed perfect fitting garment. is is the
pace for YOU. PATRONlZE YOUR
TAILOR. eau cave You
Two prolits,-the travelling salesman's
expenses and the agept's profit, by or
dering orr suit direct from me Come
ia and investigate. want to show
YOU what ] can do, whether you bay
or not.
IL justice 81 yourself and your peck
It book you should see this wonderful
line before purchasing
Also LADIES SUITS Made to their
individual measdrlmeuts.
All suits guaranteed t fit OF no SAFE.
1. CHOaET. Tbs TAILOR,
Sspt. 3-'l5-lyr. La Plata. Md
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tNILT-I (ONWFNtT
TEACHERS TRAINING. Il AGRICULTURAL
OF life.
COMMERCIAL shorthand Tvpwrng and Book
keeping fit, ar
TEA HERS TRAINING COURSE For
ureparng
tNen 10 the Examinations io rehers' Certificates
Of
Advanced
ships given o. county Boys IN
refer ia
10 whe record.
spiak work Of the hool
Boarding Departments for
and Tehers An Elementary Primary
methods equipped Boarding yeAr
Stationery aud Fees Academic Department ementa Department
for scholastic
CHARGES divided -Four Quarterly
Fus catalogue or additional! information, address
sii 2m r H. LEE REICH. Principal La
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Baltimore's Best Store
Is the store of progress.
1t is not ideal, but it is
striving to be.
It's aim is to please
to satisfy; and it never
loses sight of the mark.
1t is the accepted and
avowed shopping place
of a great many people,
In Baltimore, through
out Maryland, and in
almost every other
state in the Union.
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For the sale of Tobacco, Grain
Wool and all country produce
Special personal attention given
to the Inspection OF Tobacco
Consignments solidated. 1912
Reference Maryland Nationai
Bank.
ESTABLISHED 1882
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McDonougi1 institute
La T lata, naryland
Fourteenth Session begins Sept, II, '16
Four Courses OF instruction.:
-Four COURSES Of instructor

english. COMMERCIAL
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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23
Ia an Old Institution.

Despite popular opinion to the con-
trary, Thanksgiving day as an insti-
tuition is not peculiarly American.
For history shows that all ancient ma
tions used to celebrate some feast of a
thanksgiving nature, while most of the
tribes of our American Indians had a
big gathering and a harvest feast
years before the white man ever set
foot on the shores of the new world.
BY the Greeks and Romans the fes-
tival days in honor Of the goddess of
agriculture were times of rustic sport,
of professions through the fields and
the decorating of the home with fruits
and flowers. The people of Egypt en-
joyed a time Of feasting after gather
ing in their harvests and laid the
fruits of the year on the altar Of the
Goddess Isis.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23

with a ChaulauQua last summer, came
home to realize that Hometown had
about the best people In the world In It
industrious in their work, honest ia
their dealings and kind to their neigh
bors. But it hadn't any navigable river,
Harry to the contrary nOtwithstand-
ing. The old mill dam below, long
out of use since the sawmill was gone.
but still in existence, backed the river
up for a mile and bred canoes and bull
heads. The hill west Of town wasn't
q help, but a hindrance. It made too
hard a haul, and It shut Hometown
In so that 1t almost forgot about the
world outside. Even HOmetOwn's ad-
vantages were in some ways disad-
vantage.
Three squares day have come so
easy to most of us here" said Dan to
himself, that we've kind Of forgot that
there is anything else"
There never was a town so good
that 1t couldn't be made better Dan
thought 1t would be fine Idea to get
up some kind Of a community club or
something and take up the work where
Harry Dee claimed creation had left
on, Harry Dee agreed with him. but
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fellow got up, raised one finger at
arms length above his head, and said:
II tell you what I'm going to do:
amt going to any of 'em, and I'm 60
ing to 'em ALI" And with this para
doxical pronouncement he stOmped off
to bed.
Next morning April Jones sent the
cashier to ask the three clergymen to
meet him at the bank.
I'm much obliged to you all for your
invitations" he said, while the Congre-
gationalist looked at him mystified, and
the Methodist and Baptist looked at
each other, "but can't be in no three
places at once. That shows you the
ruinous effect of competition. Now,
I'm going to suggest this: Let's open
up the school auditorium and have one
big, bang-up Thanksgiving service and
invite the whole town"
That Is how the famous town
Thanksgiving in Hometown came
about. Before they got through April
Jones was made chairman of the COM
mittee of arrangements, and Dan Meek
er was called over from the grocery
and made secretary. 1t was agreed that
the Methodist minister was to open
the meeting, that the Baptist pastor
should offer prayer, and that the Con-
gregational brother should preach the
sermon, with the Methodist to pro-
nounce the benediction.
"And Wen have three choirs get to-
gether up at June's house tomorrow
night" suggested Dan, "and practice
each others hymnsw
So one idea suggested another, and
before Thursday arrived the whole
town had been invited. and had agreed
to come.
No one in Hometown will forget that
Thanksgiving service in the school au-
ditOrium: What singing there was by
that chorus Of nearly thirty voices,
mingling in the best old Methodist
and Baptist and Congregational
hymns! How the preachers Wed with
each other in elOQuence! And when
the Methodist minister took up a col
lection, although nobody knew exactly
what for, everybody laughed right out.
But that was April Jones' turn to
speak. II don't know whether it's
tGst regular for me to speak now, after
these good brothers," said April, "Or to
speak at all. hut I tell you what we
are going to do with this money. Us
folks here in Hometown have got a
lot to be thankful for, but we don't
know it. We ought to give thanks for
these three brothers here. who are pull
ing the weeds in our little vineyard.
We ought to give thanks for our good
school. We ought to give thanks for
our good soil, and the good power in
our river that we amt never developed
yet. But tell you what think about
Thanksgiving: think we ought to
give something more besides giving
thanks!
"There's young fellah setting down
here that has been secretary Of our
committee Of arrangements, who has
been Citing OFF lot of ideas up at our
place about US folks Citing together,
and / want to tell you they're sound.
] move you that We go into commit
tee Of the whole, or something. and
that, after we git organised. that Dan
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23
One Of Most Ancient customs.

The Dutch cOlonists held thank
days" every year from 1890 until ITO,
and the English, upon gaining author
ity there, followed their example. The
English harvest home was familiar to
them, and they carried out the Ameri-
can feast day much as they had in the
old days on the island. This event
there was and sti4l is purely a rural
one, and is the sole day in the year
when the vast estates of the British
gentry are thrown open to the whole
countryside. There Is barn dance At
night, sports on the greensward as the
sun sets, just as there was thousand
years ago among the Saxons; and
there is, of course, quite a wonderful
dinner. 1t was in 1880 that the gov
ernor of New York chose day of
thanksgiving for yearly observance,
and several other northern governors
soon followed his lead.
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A HeIDinu Hand.

One doesn't need to be rich or IA
nous to reach out a helping hand to
someone who needs 1t. A good exam
pie Is great work-the greatest work
a woman can dO-and it doesn't re-
quire the spending Of one-cent piece.
Example is contagious. We can begin
very sweet work If we villa work
that will do more good than we would
ever dream about.
Then let us put aside petty rApinings
and complainings, sit down quietly
Thanksgiving day and count up our
blessings, and let us be truly grateful
for them. We probably know someone
struggling on alone. If we are able
to do so, why not brlaS \ little prac-
teal cheer into her life Thanksgiving
day2 II we do the holiday will fly
away with golden wings and next morn.
Ing Wen know what II Ia to be thankful
and happy.
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that Is all he did. II doesn't take
much effort to agree. Dan did well as
a clerk in the grocery, but as a stim-
ulator of the town he didn't make
much progress. Likewise he didn't
make much progress up at the Jones
place. June smiled. but April stOrmed.
As Thanksgiving approached, the
three local pastors began to think
about their Thanksgiving services. The
chOirs were rehearsed, and certain
Thanksgiving sermons were busted off,
looked over and rewritten. One day
the minister of the Methodist church
said to his wife:
There's April Jones. He has more
to be thankful for than any Of us, as
far as this worlds goods go. Wouldn't
1t be a fine thing to get Ape out to
our Thanksgiving meetingT"
His wife Immediately said 1t would
and she couldn't help wondering If
it might not ultimately have some
effect on her husbands back salary
although it was a worldly thought. So
that very afternoon her husband called
at the bank and invited April Jones.
April Jones said he'd see-and he
was so decent about it that the min
lister told his wife that April Jones
was a misjudged man. The Baptist
pastor saw them through the bank
window and, as May taught in the Bap-
tist Sunday school and June sang In
the choir, he decided that it would be
no more than right to drop in and have
a talk with their father and mention
the Thanksgiving services.
1.-THE absence of our leading citizen"
said the pastor, would throw cold wa
ter on the whole service"
swell, little cold water amt going
to hurt a Baptist, is itH" asked April,
with something that approached a
chuckle. And, not quite so pleasantly,
he said he would see.
April Jones was a suspicious per
son; and that night when Dan asked
him If he wouldn't come to the Con-
service, he rOared:
What are you fellows up tor |
amt no heather, that you have to start
mel"
1t took a little time to convince him
that there was no conspiracy of cOrdi-
ality against him. Suddenly the old
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23

The feast of the tabernacles- in the
Old Testament times was also a har-
vest celebration and took place on the
seventh day Of the month, which cor
responds to our November, sometimes
lasting for q whole week. They gath
cred in the temple in great process
sions, holding palms, and in the streets
were booths decorated with the flow
ers and fruits of autumn.
Among the Indians Of America the
custom of having Thanksgiving feast
was practically universal-at least
among those who had any amount of
planting. AS corn was the main arti-
Gle grown, their dances and feasting
were generally in honor Of the har-
vesting of that food. The writer's OF
several hundred years ago who first
studied the Indian on his native heath
all speak of these festivals and the
elaborate ceremonial with which they
were attended. While most of the
tribes have vanished as such, there are
still some left on government reserva-
tions which observe, though possibly
in modified degree, the ancient Gus
tom of their race.