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ORDER NIsI.
In tine Circuit Court for Charles
county. MARYLAND.

county, Maryland.
In the matter of the sale of the real
estate hereinafter mentioned for taxes
due the State Of Maryland aud Charles
County. for the levy If 1912, made on
the 2Sth, day of May, in the year 1913.
by F. Brooke Matthews, Treasurer of
said Charles County.
The object Of these proceedings is to
procure ratification and confirmation
Of the sale Of real estate made on the
18th, day OF May, in the year 1913, by
public auction, at the Door of the
Court House, in La Plata, Maryland,
between the hours of ten o'clock D. m
by F. Brooke Matthews, Treasurer OF
said Charles County, for the year 1912,
levy of 1912, for taxes due the state of
MARYLAND aud said Charlie County, as
follows ~
Property assessed in the name of
James q. Wedding, sold to William W.
Wedding at and for the sum OF $50 90.
The said Treasurer having made Re-
port to this Court OF said sale, together
with all proceedings had in relation
thereto, and said proceedings having
been examined by the Court, and the
same appearing TO be regular and the
provisions OF law in relation thereto,
appearing to aave been complied with,
it is thereupon this 4th day of May, 10
the year 1917, by the Circuit Court for
Charles County, Maryland. adjudged,
ordered and decreed, that notice be
given by the insertion Of copy of this
Order, in the Maryla land Independent
and The Tlmes-Crescent, two news
papers, priI ted in said Charles County,
maryland, once a week for four sue
cessive weeks before the 9th day of
June, in the year 1917; warning all
persons interested in the real estate
hereinbefore mentioned. to be and ap.
pear IN this Court on or before the oh
day OF June, 1917, to show cause, if any
they have, why SAID sale should not be
finally ratified aud confirmed
B. HARRIS CAVALIER, Judge.
True copy, Test
FRANCIS b. MATTHEWS, Clerk
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FaInAY, May. Is, 1917
npAsrIc AcIloN NnEDHD.

The present high prices and the
dailv increasing Of the prices OF
foodstuffs calls for and demands
drastic legislation by the Congress
OF the United States if the people
OF this country are to live. The
prices of foodstuffs is abnormally
high at the present not because OF
any shortage OF any kind but be-
cause gamblers and spectators IN
foodstuffs control the output and
hence fix the prices. All food
gamblers and spectators should be
handled by law, extreme in punish
ment to the end. Congress can and
should pass drastic legislation hx-
ing maximum and minimum prices
Of foodstulfs and at the same time
imposing heavy penalties upon all
persons or corporations specializing
in foodstuffs. This penalty should
not stop at fines but long Jail SEN
fences.
The government is urging farm
ers all over the country to raise
larger crops OF foodstuffs in order
to feed our men engaged in war
fare, as well as the millions OF
other people of this country, and
for the further reason that during
the present crisis this country viii
be expected to furnish food to the
alyS. This is all very well and
81 lid be done. If the present
prices keep up or increase, as they
will do unless some kind of legis
lation is passed to meet the situa-
ton, we will have millions of people
in our own country starving. We
have not access at present to the
true facts, but we are told that
foodstuffs produced in this coun-
try are sold cheaper in Europe than
in this country. II so, and we have
every reason to believe it is true
why should it be so?
A greater service in patriotism
would be shown by the representa-
tives of the people in the Congress:
Of the United States if instead oil
endeavoring TO gain place in the
headlines OF the papers that they
voted for war, for an increase il
our armies and navies, and sucl
things, if they would begin righ
at the door of the poor man, who
controls the destinies of this coun
try, by the passage Of drastic ant
rigid legislation which would brin,
food to his door at the price which
fits his pocketbook. This can b,
done if Congress will but begin a
once and do it. If it is not done
and done shortly, there will be suf-
fering in this country worse thar
the gruesome scenes that may BE-
daily witnessed upon the blood
stained battlefelds of Europe. Thi.
is in the words of the great and i'm
mortal Lincoln is country of the
people, for the people and by the
people. The people demand that
their representatives in the Con
gress of the United States take de.
cided action on the question OF
bringing foodstuffs to their doors
at sane, sensible prices which will
enable them to live, and within
their means.
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Iarearet Baker, Mary Brown, George
jrown, Samuel Barber and Emily
;arber, his wife aud Lena Barber
iefeadants.
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The Johns Hopkins Summer Courses
for Teachers.

The momentous changes in the
international affairs of the country
will not interfere with the plans for
the summer courses which the Uni
versity has announced. The SEES
sion will open on Tuesday, June
goth. and close on Tuesday, August
18th.
The educational needs of the
State, particularly as indicated in
the new school law, have been kept
in view in planning for the SEES
sion. Provision is made whereby
superintendent, supervisors, at
tendance officers, high school prin-
eipals and teachers, elementary
school principals and teachers,
rural teachers, and persons plan
ming to teach in public schools the
first time, will be able to secure the
courses they need to make suitable
professional advancement and meet
requirements for certificates. The
program includes over one hundred
courses, an increase of forty Der
cent over last year.
The Rural Demonstration School
OF seven grades, which has been a
leading feature during recent years.
will be continued. A new feature
will be the Graded Demonstration
School, including separate classes
IN various grades. Practice teach
ing in classes in drawing, modelling
and design will also be offered.
supervisors, principals and teachers
vii thus have special opportunities
Tor becoming acquainted with new
methods and devices for meeting
their particular problems.
The scope of the courses includes
graduate and undergraduate work.
The departments will be biology.
chemistry, classical, archaeology,
domestic science, economies, edu-
cation, English composition and
literature, fine arts, French, geog-
raphy, German, history, Latin.
manual training, mathematics, phi
iosophy, penmanship, physics, poll
fics' psychology, Senitics, and
spanish. Teachers wishing to do
work for the Bachelor of Science
and Master OF Arts degrees, which
are open to men and women, may
select their cQusses according to
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In the Circuit Court for Charles
Cou1ty, Maryland.

In the matter Of the sale Of the real
estate hereinafter mentionei for taxes
due the State Of Maryland and Charles
County. for the levy Of 1918, made on
the goth, day of May. in the year 1914.
by + Brooke Matthews, Treasurer Of
suid Charles County.
The object Of these proceedings is To
procure ratification and confirmation
q the sale Of the real estate made on
the 10th day Of May, In the year 1914
bY public auction. az the Door of the
Court House, in La Plata, MARYLAND.
between the hours of ten O'Clock a. m
aud three o'clock D. M, by f. Brook
Matthews, Treasurer of said Charles
County, as follows -
Property assessed In the name of
Mary Ellen Porter. sold to Adrian
Posey, at and for the sum of S55 .0u.
Property assessed in the name of
Benjamin freeman, sold to Samuel
Freeman at and for the sum OF $40 90.
Property assessed in the name of
Annie o Harrison, sold ta Adrian
Posey at and for the sum Of SIS 90.
Property assessed in the name Of
Southern Maryland Development I ON
pany, sold to J NJ Hayden, at and for
the sum Of $500
Property assessed In the name of
Richard f Proctor, sold to F Stone
Posey at and fos the sum of $50 90.
Property assessed in the name Of
George Waters & wife, sold to County
Commissioners Of Charles County. al
and for the sum Of So 90
Property assessed in the name OF
fr4f D. afnH T y
Gray, and John Gray, at aud for
the sum Of $1,000.
The said Treasurer having made re-
port to this Court Of said safe, together
with all proceedings had in relation
thereto, aud said proceedings have
been examined by the Court, and the
same appearing TO be regular and the
provisions of the iaw in relation ihere-
to, appearigg To have been complied
with, it is til reupon this 3rd day OF
AiaY ID the year 1917, by the Circuit
Court for Charles County, MARYLAND.
auJudged, ordered and decreed, thai
notice be given by thu insertion OF a
copy OF this order, IN the MARYLAND
indepe ndent and The Times Crescent,
Two newspapers, printed In said Charles
County, Maryland, once week for
four successive weeks before the 9th
day Of June, in the year 1917; warning
all persons interested 10 the real estate
hereinbefore mentioned, TO be ard ap
| per- ii this Court on or before the 0 /
day Of June, 1917, to show cause, If any
| they have, why said sales should not bt
finally ratified and confirmed.
B. HARRIS CAVALIER, Judge.
True copy test:--
FRANCIS b. MATTHEWS, Clerk.
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Report OF Condition
Or THE
indian Head State
Bank.

AT INDIAN HEAD, in the State of
Maryland at the close Of business May
1, 1917.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts. ....... S 8 27S 80
stocks, Bonds, Securities, etc. $40 90
Banking house furniture and
fixtures. ........... ....,. l4O 90
Due from National, State aud
Private Banks and Bankers
and Trust Companies, other
than reserve. ..............,. 5}Z IL
Checks and other Cash
Items. observation-disclosures. l39 ~
' Agents .i.............. 8 o52 q
Lawful money reserved in Bank, viz:
U S Currency and National
Bank Notes. .... 1881 90
Silver Coin -. .... SO 50
Niekels and Cents $3.50. "A 81 ll5 40
Miscellaneous Assets 42S 30
TOTAL So. ....-...-.....-s Il 4VS w
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid in. ........ II ITO 90
Surplus Fund. ............... "a %
Deposits (demand)
Subject to Check ........--.- 1914 20
Savings and Special .......... 423 50
Trust Deposits. -. 49,. 423 50
Total. .................,. Il 4O2 w
State of Maryland, County of Charles IS
|, G. b. NJ. Kepar, Cashier, of
the above-named Institution do solemn
ly swear that the above statement is
true to the best of my knowledge and
belief.
GB KEPLER, Cashier,
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 10th day Of May, 1917.
HENRY D. BURROUGHS,
Notary Public.
Correct Attest:
B. A. HANCOCK,
FRANCIS O. WHITE,
FEE MATTINGLY,
Directors
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-05-18

Inspired with the success of the
recent drive for 800 Navy re
cruits in response to the President S
first call for volunteers, the Nav
recruiting authorities Of the Mary
land District are preparing for a
follow-up" campaign throughout
the State, and Lieutenant ?. l..
Wilson, Recruiting Officer Of the
Maryland District, is already san
guine Of good results.
Maryland was the only State in
the Eastern Naval Division that
was successful in raising, in the
prescribed period, the full quota
assigned BY the Bureau Of Naviga-
ton. Both Rear Admiral Palmer,
Chief of the Bureau of Navigation,
and Lieutenant Commander Gray,
Recruiting Inspector of the East
ern Naval Division, have eongratu-
lated the State ON its success in
raising the quota.
The close OF the intense cam
paign waged throughout the State
during the drive for 500 enlist
ments before April goth, seems to
nave left the impression among a
large number Of people that Mary
land has ful6lled its obligations 10
the Navy. Such is not the case,
says Lieutenant Wilson.
The Navy still needs men in all
of its branches. There is special
need for hospital apprentices and
naehinists.
In the hospital apprentice rating
an applicant need not, necessarily
nave had previous experience ii
hospital work or pharmacy, but a
good common school education is
required.
This rating offers unlimited op-
portunities for promotion: it is pos
sible for a hospital apprentice to
work his way through the ratings
10 an examination for warrant off
er, finally ranking as pharmacist
with the pay, allowances and privi-
leges of a junior lieutenant in the
Navy.
The machinist rating in the Navy
is especially attractive.
AT this time men are needed witt
experience as machinists, although
they need not, necessarily, have had
experience in marine work.
Navy machinists can work theii
way to the chief-warrant rank
where, after IL years service, they
are given the pay, allowances ant
| privileges OF a senior lieutenant il
the Navy.
Besides the hospital apprentice
and machinist ratings, there still i.
need for men in all the other rat
ings; and while patriotism SHOULD
be the impelling motive that turns
a young man to the Navy at thi.
time, those in the service also poin
out the exceptional opportunitie,
for promotion, both as to pay anc
responsibility.
Full particulars on Navy enlist
ments can be obtained from the
nearest postmaster; directly from
the Navy Recruiting Station, Cal
vert and Lexington Streets, Balti-
more, or from the Navy Recruit
ing Substations at Cumberland ant
Hagerstown.
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AdrIan P0sey. q a PIaintliTs
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ORDER NISI.
In the Circuit Court for Charles
County, Maryland. No. 1445 Equity
Adrian Posey ct al, Plaintiffs.
VS..
Robert Whitney Imbrie, ct. al,
Defendants.
ORDER NIsI

Ordered by the Circuit Court for
Charles county tins Oh day OF
May, in the year 1917, that the
AUDITORS report made and iiieu
In the bove entitled +, case be
ratified and confirmed unless cause to
the contrary be shown on or before the
4th day Of June, 1917; provided
copy OF this order be inserted Ia some
newspaper published IN said Charles
comfy, once a week ior three success
sive weeks PRIOR to the said Atm DAY ..
June, 1871.
FRANCS b MATTHEWS, Clerk
OF the " ct. for Charles county, ga.
True copy, Iest;r
FRANsIS Is MATTHEWS, Clerk
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mA.
Univeraity Is now enabled

Univeraity is NOW enabled
On he first time to hold the sum
mer session at Homewood. The
new buildings and the extensive
grounds, with woods, gardens, and
athletic field, offer the most favor.
able conditions under which sum
mer work can be conducted.
To DO its bit" towards indus
trial preparedness. the University
win have school gardens on tn,
campus for demonstration purpose.
as well as for increasing the sup
ply of vegetables.
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sire-BINGEN (29567,) Time POO IA
Dam-CONsUELA S, by Directum. -
Record, 2.05 IA Time PISA
Grandam-DaisY Nutwood by Nut
wood 600.
Bred and sold by David Look, New
York.
His services can be obtained upon
the following terms, A Fee Of S25 90
will be required when a foal is assured
An unlimited season will commence
March lst, 1917. Other information
will be given with pleasure.
RCBT. HALL TURNER, Owner,
Wiconico, P. o.,
Mr-2-'l7-tf Charles county, Md.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-08
$4,000 Fire Loss
At MiIbank, S. D.

Milbank. March 3.-Property val
ued at more than $4,000 was destroy
ed at Milbank this morning by fire.
Two buildings, a furniture and under
taking stock and furnishings were a
complete loss.
The valuation of the buildings, one
frame and the other brick. was held
as $500 with $1,000 insurance. They
were owned by e. d. Emanuel Of
Milbank.
The furniture stock in the build
ing had recently been purchased by
Fuhr brothers, who were conducting
a closing out sale. The loss on 1t has
not been determined but is covered
by insurance. The undertaking stock
and fixtures were owned by w. F.
Emanuel and the loss, $500, was COW
cred by Insurance.
The fire started from a furnace in
the frame building, at 7:15 this morn
ing. and rapidly spread to the brick
building adjoining it and connected
to it.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-08

The seeming agreement for the
print makers to drop the price of
print TO between 2 and 3 cents in or
der to have the government let up on
prosecuting the hold up man will be
some relief to publishers, but we
would rather pay the &C IL the gov
eminent would continue the prosecu-
ton and result In sending some mil
iionaires to the pen. Then the price
would drop without agreement. 1t is
this system which the government
.tolerates that is making the serious
conditions in New York City where
bread riots have become a menace to
public safety. When people are starv-
ing there is no limit they will not go.
The people who are rolling In luxury
would do well to seriously consider
the condition that brings about bread
riots In our large citics.-Pierre Cap
ital-Journal.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-08
DefauIting Cashier
Gives Self Up

Mitchell, S. D., March 3.-James C.
B%russelle, former cashier for the
Omaha railroad in Mitchell, who de-
camped the night of October 81 last
after embezzling about $3.50 of the
'company's funds, got tired of jumping
at shadows and imagining that every
stranger he saw was on his trail.
That is the reason he surrendered
himself voluntarily to the authorities
at Spokane, Wash. and consented to
back to Mitchell to stand trial,
according to the story he told upon
his arrival in custody Of Sheriff E. e.
Owens. Brusselle fully admitted TAX
ing the money. declaring that he had
done so because his household ex-
penses had amounted higher than his
income and that attempts to recoup
by speculations had failed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-08
THRIFT In

There m many ways of saving
money on food In these days Of need
of thrift, but Miss Pearl Macdonald,
a Pittsburgh economy expert, has sug-
gested a good one. in the making and
eating of more soup. I'm the making
of soups" she says, meats and bone
can be used which are not used at all
by American women" The tougher
cuts of meat which are cheaper, she
adds. contain more fiber. more favor
and more nutrition than the tender
and expensive steaks.
That Is one way OF avoiding waste
and making use of our resources. II
high prices teach economy OF that
kind. they will be a blessing in dis
guise, through increasing individual
resourcefulness and ~self-reliance.
Food experts. while on the subjects
OF old~-fashioned economies. should
not neglect the lowly pancake or the
other numerous ways in which -four
car be used. for -four, even though
higher than In the days OF seventy
five-cent wheat, is still one OF the
cheapest and best OF foods. It is the
sta9 of life. as Il always has been
since the earliest times OF recorded
history.-Minneapolis Journal.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-08
Many New Settlers
For South Dakota

Pierre, March 6.-The emigrant
movement to South Dakota for this
spring has started and every day
brings some new settlers into this
part of te Missouri valley. Twenty
seven cars Of emigrant movables
were pulled out OF Huron on n train
the last of the week. and dropped at
points from that city west along the
line of the Northwestern as far out
as Philip. Every local paper picked
up contains accounts of the new res
ldents arriving and getting located
on the farms they have either pur-
chased or rented, and by the way the
renter is increasing in numbers in
this state every year, and the demand
for lands for rent is a growing one.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-08

and commercial civilization has come
nearer to beating famine than ever
before. But the completely Is high
and disarrangement Is easy. So that
a vast interference can bring forth
famine upon a scale to dwarf the fam
ines OF history. The world at no
time has six months of food supply
ahead. The amount OF supply never
really admits Of a surplus in q world
sense Even i'm most favorable per-
iods, therefore, the balance is easily
upset. In times such as now, the
wonder is that famine has been re-
stricted as much as actually 1t has.
We Americans have been accus-
toned to eat more food than any num-
erous population in the worlds his
tory. We are used to food repletion
and we resent any diminution. We
take it as our right To be fed. II may
be our right, but II is a right that in
the past has fequently been denied
to peoples less fortunate than We.
IL it is a right 10 be preserved. 4
will, like all other rights. have to be
protected. The best protection is
production. IL we will not stay on
the farms, will not cherish the soil,
will not plant. SOW. cultivate and
reap, we shall go far toward abrogat-
ing our right to be fed. We must
have proportionately more producers
of food and fewer consumers. II is
estimated that our population In ten
years has increased twenty per cent.
and our food production n per cent.
What's to be done? Legislation
cannot produce food. Even adequate
transportation cannot increase the
quantity. II a people want food, they
must grow 1t. Automatic, but not
negligible. We must raise big crops
this year.-Minneapolis Journal.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-08

The Hibbison -Greeves sale held at
the Hibbison farm no March 5th was
a in every respect. from the
generous lunch at noon down to the
last animal sold. The offerings were.
in the main, in good condition and Of
splendid quality. The choice of the
sale, apparently. was the offering Of
Poll Durham COWS bred and raised by
Mr.. Hibbison and sold to Mr.. Geo.
Davis. The yearling steers offered by
Mr.. Greeves warranted the big price
at which they were sold. The horses
sold were Of good quality and brought
renumerative prices. The grand
total Of the sale amounted to $500. 90
and WI cannot but hope that the Of
fering nj such . splendid live stock
may become an annual event on this
farm.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-08
The Need for Producing Food

Famine was once a constant condi-
tion. II threatens the world today.
II established, it will be a reversion
to a once familiar condition. a condt
ton that always exists in parts Of
India and China, that mas frequently
been present In Russia, a condition
that was nee accepted by mankind
as an unpreventable accident, cousin
20 disease. and accredited purveyor OF
death.
Barbarism always rubbed elbows
with famine. Our W Indians faced
It nearly every winter. In Europe it
not merely attended or followed war.
but 1t grimly stalked on the scene
whenever crops failed, or floods came,
es plague ragged.
Our civilization is supposed to have
mastered famine. Drawing upon the
whole world for supplies. II car mini
mize local losses and spread their cost
over the whole body OF society. The
complexity Of our industry and COM
. operates as q vast underwrit-
Ing upon all enterprise. 50 that the
whole Is Insurance for any part. and
= part losing year. pays for help
rendered By supplying in it's ear of
plenty. The distribution Of risk sup
PIGMENTS the Standardization Of sup
My,
But that BUR civilization has sue
ceeded Il alternating want everywhere
A. any one time, a . pleasant fiction.
Despite tho theories Of the socialists
the problems Of production and dis
tribuflon mover have been wholly SOL
yed, They kaye only bean made some-
WHIT less Of problems n time
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-08

Bone dry 1t is, lot only in South
Dakota, but in twenty-five states that
have prohibition laws, in effect after
July first next, fifteen of which allow
shipments for individual use. Con-
gress has passed a law prohibiting
shipments Of liquor into states which
have prohibition laws, and the penal
ties for violation are so severe that
no one will want to take chances on
its violation. Ono-third of the terri
tory OF the United States will be
"bone dry" after next July.--DeSmet
news.