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The midland journal., 1917-11-02
C|TY'S WANTS LARGE
WILL TAKE NEARLY oNE-HALF on
coUNrY's POPULATION.
Taxable 5asls Proposed To Be An
nexed Greater Than That OF Six
Counties OF Southern Mary
land Combined.

prepared by the Baltimore County Noa'
Partisan Citizens Protective Committee.)
Many persons who do not object ia
the annexation Of @ moderate part Of
Baltimore county to the city, including
only the closely built-up suburbs, say
the territory, population and wealth to
be taken from the county by the bill
proposed by Mayor Preston are unres'
sonable and excessive, and that the re-
suit will be disastrous to the county.
According to the statement of the
Non-Partisan Greater Baltimore Exten'
sion League, as published in the
Leagues official pamphlet, the area TO
be taken frOm Baltimore county is ass
square miles. The area Of Baltimore
city at present is 301 square miles.
The relative sizes Of the city and the
proposed annex are readily grasped by
looking at the figure below, in which
the shaded portion represents the city
and the white space the portion pro
posed to be taken from the county:
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
Property Transfers.

Hunter D. Barnett and wife t..
Joseph B. Judef1nd, of Kent County
211 acre farm in Second district,
SIS and other considerations.
Harry R. Boulden and wife to
Warren w. Boulden, garage property
on North Street, Elkton, SIS and
other considerations.
W. Hampton Johns and other
heirs OF Arthur Johns, to DR.. Dorsey
w. Lewis, 180 acre farm in First
district, $12,50O.
Catherine R. Wilson and others to
Gideon Boericke, of Pennsylvania,
farm on Elk River in Fifth district,
$4,000.
George W. McCardell 70 Charles
G.. McCardell, property in Sixth dis
trict, $40 and other considerations.
John A.. Tobin and wife to Sylves-
ter Preston, lot of land at North
East, $40 and other considerations.
Alice B. Ankrum to Harvey S.
Ewing and wife, 81 acre farm near
Calvert, $3955.
Howard Reynolds and wife to
Rebekah W. Reynolds, acres in
Eighth district, 81 and other con-
siderations.
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
MN1N
66.5sz o55ls

The Baltimore county people admit
that certain expenses viii be reduced
by the taking away of this large ponu-
lation and basis, but the overhead ex-
pense, or cost of management. will re-
main the same. as all the territory left
the county is comparatively thinly set
tied. The road and school systems Of
the county, which are among the best
IN the country, will necessarily suffer
badly. The Baltimore countians In
sist that the condition is precisely
similar to the one presented when
some railroad corporation needs but
q few acres OF mans farm, but those
acres contain all his buildings. He Ia
left large area. but 1t Is Of Little COM
parative value.
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
Activity of the Tongue.

Nobody's tongue is still for a moment
at all events, in waking hours. The
tongue is the most necessarily active Of
all the body's members.
We think o" the tongue as an organ
of speech, but it is also an organ of
feeling. When one eats it is constantly
feeling about in the mouth and deciding
out of it's own mind what particles
Of food are small enough or too big to
swallow.
Yes, indeed, the tongue has mind OF
its own--a ganglion or minor brain
that is busy at meatimes in regulating
the supply of food to the stomach. But
for its unceasing guardianship we
should suffer much oftener than we do
from the distresses of indigestion.
We think of the finger ends as our
most sensitive organs of feeling. They
are not such at all. The end of the
tongue is i!icomparably more deli
cate and discrininating.-Phi
Ledger.
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
Cheap and Good Foods.

Some of the best foods are the cheap,
est. There are carrots. satisfy, par
ships. lettuce and such stuff. Carrots
have the rarest combination of food
qualities of anything that grows. 1t is
so healthful that it is said steady
diet of it will cure many distempers.
Parsnips are cheap. good, wholesome.
Anybody who doesn't like the taste OF
a parsnip has his palate put in wrong.
Lettuce is cheap. and lettuce sand
wich is royal food Any one who
starves while these things are on the
market, to be bought for few cents,
has not much of claim on life. There
is more health in them than in porter
house steaks or oyster cocktails. Some
people affect to think they are low
brow food, but it might be said in re-
tort that they are low browed people
who think so.-Columbus CO., State
Journal.
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
Washinqton's Bowery.

Pennsylvania avenue, in your expec'
tation the Broadway Of Washington, Is
more or less its Bowery, since proprie'
tors, aware that the government will
soon take over their holdings, see no
object in improving them. Dowdy no.
tells bid for dodgers at so cents a night,
25 even. Shop windows TEEN with SOU
venirs-the capitol on brass slippers,
the capitol ON silver puppies, the capi'
tol on patriotic dustpans, the capitol
Illuminated with mother-Of-pearl. Chop
suey resorts abound. On the way to
his Inauguration each new president
passes "home of burlesque," penny
arcade, tattooist's studio and the
shrine where a beautiful lady palm
list" reveals your name. And yet at the
end of this amazing thoroughfare rises
the matchless dome that crowns the
capitol, which crowns a lordly emf
nence.-Rollin Lynde Hartt in Century.
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
How the World 10 Fed.

A study of how the world is fed re-
veals many interesting facts. Austria
liza, the smallest continent, for In
stance, is the largest meat center OF
them all Asia. largest continent, on
the o,her hand, is the smallest meat
center among them. Africa and South
America lean toward yegetarianism,
while Europe and North America are
large consumers of meat and other an
imal products. Taking the worlds sup
ply of cattle, hogs and sheep, writes
Harold J. Shepstone in the Mitigate
Monthly, it appears that mankind at
large uses in the neighborhood of 90
100000 tons of meat a year. This
would be an average of about thirty
nine pounds per capita throughout the
world In butchers meat we find the
Australian consumes 1872 pounds, the
American 172 pounds, the Englishman
110 pounds, the German 113 pounds,
the Frenchman and Belgian eighty
pounds. the Russian fifty pounds
Manchester Guardian.
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
Inflammation,

In the state known as Information
respiration practically ceases. Diges-
ton seems to follow respiration, and
the waste of tissue is reduced to the
smallest possible limit, the circulation
in the meantime being only just sufi-
cient to sustain life. 1t has been as.
certained that animals can endure the
loss of tissue until it amounts to 40 per
cent of their normal weight. Should
the weight be reduced beyond that linn
it the result is death. 1t is the stored
up fat within the body of the hibernat-
ing creatures that sustains them dur
ing the many months of cold weather.
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
Pledge Sanctuary To Birds.

There are 1914 separate tracts of
land in the United States embracing
10000 acres where any bird is safe
from the gun of the hunter and the
beanshooter of the small boy. Land
owners in every state in the Union
have pledged their estates and farms
as perpetual sanctuaries to all birds.
These pledges have been obtained by
members of the Green Meadow Club
which was formed by Thornton w.
Burgess, editor of the Children s
Page of The Peoples Home Journal.
The purpose of this club is the pro-
lection of birds. Scientists of the
United States Agricultural Depart
ment have pointed out that if all
birds should perish from the earth
mankind would starve to death in a
year in an unequal struggle with
the insect hordes that are now kept
in check by their natural enemies,
the birds. Believing, therefore, that
it was performing patriotic as well
as a humanitarian service, The Peo-
ples Home Journal began some
months ago campaign to establish
sanctuaries throughout the country
where birds could have absolute
safety from their human enemies.
Urged by the members Of the Green
Meadow Club, hundreds of land
owners have already taken the
pledge that there shall be no hunting
of birds on their lands at any season
of the year. The result of the
summers campaign is announced in
the November issue of nThe Peoples
Home Journal.
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
Will Lead Buffalo.

It will be seen that annexation pre-.
sents no possible hope for Baltimore to
either better her standing or hold her
own. At the rate OF increase shown,
all the above metropolitan districts
will pass Baltimore by 1920, except
Buffalo Detroit is even now claiming
100000 population. All of these cities
are growing rapidly and there is no
reason to think the percentage of in.
crease will not hold good with all of
them, except the phenomenal one Of
Los Angeles. But Los Angeles is
claiming 100000 people by 1920.
The opponents of annexation claim
Z that the idea of attracting business
enterprises by show of population
Is a fallacy. Those seeking factory
sites, they say, are influenced by trans
portation facilities, ease of access to
raw materials and favorable laws and
municipal regulations, including as
sessment and taxation. Because of the
advantages presented by them on these
lines, the suburban sections have, they
claim, been a godsend to Baltimore
City.
The midland journal., 1917-11-02

Ae.s sa.miIes

A large part of this area proposed to
be taken from the county is composed
Of woodland and farming and grazing
country.
The Annexation Leagues estimate Is
that $4,000 people will be taken from
Baltimore county by the proposed plan
of city extension. The whole popula-
ton Of the county is now $4,000. The
following figure indicates the whole
population of the county, the shaded
portion represents the portion that
would be lost to 1t by annexation as
proposed:
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
IMs8a...02
5e.847

When 1t comes to taxable basis, the
illustration is even more striking. AS
stated above, the basis which the an
nexationists propose to acquire from
Baltimore county, is SIC, 100000. The
county people claim that this Is an un
derestimate. But, taking the figures
Of the Greater Baltimore League as
q basis, the county people compare
them with the basis Of the following
counties, using again the State Tax
Commissions report:
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
Pittsburgh and Boston's Suburb

Pittsburgh and Boston's Suburbs.
1t is apparent that Pittsburgh, by an.
nexing her suburbs, can at once jump
to fifth place in the list of American
cities-fourth place, unless Boston,
with a population of 670,585, should
also annex the 849.S55 inhabitants of
her suburbs, giving her population
of 1,520,470 Let us take the six dis
tricts in the list and see what their re-
spective enumeration will be in 1920,
based upon the percentage of increase
190O-191O:
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
MUSTRELYO LYONCHARM
BALTIMORE HELPLESS~-lN RACE
TO EXCEL IN POPULATION.
Its Pleasant Homes, Beautiful Women
and Manly Men, and Its Wealth OF
Solid Advantages Always Will
Keep 1t Famous.

prepared by the Baltimore County Nom
Partisan Citizens Protective Committee.)
One of the arguments which the
advocates of annexation find most
potent with the people of the counties
is that they want to better the stand.
ing of Baltimore among the leading
cities of the country: This appeals to
all the people of the State, because Of
their natural feeling Of pride in Mary
land. A study of the census figures by
the stay -at-homes and a little travel
by rolling stones dispels the pretty
dream that the Monumental City,
pleasant place as it is to live in, can
ever outstrip such cities as Cleveland.
st. Louis and Chicago. or hold its own
in the race with the manufacturing
centres of the Middle West.
Baltimore will ever stand first in the
estimation of the world as the city Of
homes, the home of beautiful women
and gallant and courteous men, the
centre of conservatism in finance, the
chief port of entry of the terrapin, the
oyster, the crab and the canvas-back
duck and various other things which
make life worth living and the mere
vulgar struggle for wealth and position
things to be despised, but, while it is
likely to maintain it's position and rank
among the leading cities on the Allan.
tic seaboard, it cannot expect to retain
seventh place in competition with such
kyulgar and sordid towns as Detroit,
Pittsburgh, Cleveland and st. Louis
It is better so, for what true Mary.
lander or other gentleman of the old
regime would throw away the rose to
run after the cabbage?
Baltimore Seventh In 1910.
According to the Census of 1910, Bal
timore stood seventh in the list of
American cities, those ahead of her
being New York, Chicago, Philadel.
phia, st. Louis, Boston and Cleveland
AS all of these showed from twice to
FIVE times the percentage of gain
shown by Baltimore in the decade
: 1900s1910, and are still growing rapid.
ly, 1t is manifestly impossible for the
Monumental City to catch up with
them. Cleveland, the next city above
Baltimore in the list, showed a de.
cennial increase of 46.9 per cent, while
that of Baltimore was 81. If Balti
more we're to annex the whole of Bal.
timore and Anne Arundel countless
Cleveland probably would still be
ahead of her in 1920, for Cleveland
also has suburbs to annex.
Five Other Cities In Race.
There are five cities in the race with
Baltimore to hold seventh place or bet
ter in the Census of 1920. They are
Pittsburgh, Detroit, Buffalo, San Fran
cisco-Oakland and Los Angeles. The
United States Census Bureau has, pre-.
pared a table showing the population
of cities of 100000 inhabitants or more
In 1910. with the population of their
suburbs, not under the city govern
ment but of strictly urban character,
and the percentage of growth 1900,
1910. These suburbs are in each case
combined with the city and called the
Metropolitan District. Here are the
figures:
The midland journal., 1917-11-02

Mrs. Rose Middleton, of Green
Vile, ILL.,, has had experience in - the
.reatment of this disease. She says,
When my children were small my
son had Group frequently. Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy always
broke UP these attacks immediately,
and 1 was never without it in the
house. L have taken it myself for
coughs and colds with good results. y
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
$4,000.
HI

According to the report Of the State
Tax Commission, published by the An
nexation League, the assessable basis
of Baltimore county is $172, ,494,37o.6S,
and the estimate of the League Is that
the city will take $7OO0o,000 of this.
The figure below shows the whole tax
able basis of the county, the shaded
part representing the portion that the
city proposes to take:
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
For a Weak Stomach.

AS general rule all you need to
do is to adopt diet suited to your
age and occupation and TO keep your
bowels regular. When you feel that
you have eaten too much and when
constipated, take one of Chamber
lain's Tablets.
The midland journal., 1917-11-02

The figure below indicates the basis
whch 1t is proposed to take from Bal
timore county (shaded) and the COM
bined taxable basis Of st. Mary's.
Charles, Calvert. Anne Arundel, Prince
Georges, and Howard counties
(white):
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
Work as Well as Pray.

Pray fer what you want, but don't
wear out de knees of 20 britches at
it. Eff you don't git a quick answer
rise up an go to work befO' you git too
weak ter rise.-Atlanta Constitution.
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
Marriage Licenses,

Jacob Albert Slicer, of Colora, and
Louisa e. Styre, of Aberdeen.
Charles T. Kitchens and Edith
Biddle, both of North East.
Samuel B. Davis and Emma May
Loller, both of Earleville.
The midland journal., 1917-11-02

The Keiffer pear crop is being
marketed by growers on this Penins-
ula, the price ranging from 25 to 80
cents per basket. The crop is
large one this fall.
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
State of Ohio. City OF Toledo.

LUCAS County, IS.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm of F. ].
CITY Of Toledo, Count @ and disSS1 State aforeo re-
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of HALLS
CATARRH CURE. FRANK ]. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 6th day of Decem-
ber. A. d. 1886 4. w. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Cata7rh Cure is taken intern
ally and acts through the Blood on the
Mucous Surfaces of tho System. Send
for testimonials, free.
+. ]. CHENEY & co. Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c
Halls Family P.ils for constipation.
The midland journal., 1917-11-02

How will annexation help the Statei
VIM 1t cause the erection of an addi-
tional building in Marylandf
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
I

To give a fuller comprehension OF
the population which the city proposes
to take from Baltimore county, com
parison is made with the populations
of the following other counties:
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
WANTED.

Rags, Bones, Bags, Burlap,
Hidesy Iron, Gum and Metals.
Paper cement bags, Magazines,
Papers, Books.
Highest cash prices paid for all
kinds of Junk, Hides, Calf
Skins Furs and Tallow.
JULIUS 1. BAER,
Phone 126-X
RISING SUN, MD.
The midland journal., 1917-11-02

The following figure shows a com
parison Of the population proposed to
be taken from Baltimore county
(shaded) with the combined popula
tions Of St Mary's. Charles, Calvert
and Howard counties (white):
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
Brown s. Fisher

RESTAURANT and GROCERY
Our line OF Staple Groceries is
fresh and complete
Bread, rolls, pies, etc, fresh
daily
We make special efforts to sup
pl.? wants with lettuce, toma-
toes, asparagus, spinage,
and ether green groceries
Oranges, bananas a2d other
fruits
Ice cream by gallon or plate. III
brick or bulk. Festivals and
other occasions supplied in
any quantity
Cigars, Tobacco, etc.
Telephone orders promptly and
carefully filed.
Your patronage solicited
BROWN & FISHER
Rising Sun, Maryland
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
RE M E M BER

its reason for existence.
its earnestly planned-for
goal. Better homemak-
ing in its largest sense.
with the spiritual and
mental no less than the
material needs Of the
family in view; home
making as the biggest
Of woman's opportun-
ihes rather than house.
keeping as the most
dreary Of woman's $
drudgeries.
The Irish standard., 1917-08-18
CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION
MEETS.
Catholic Writers from the United
States and Canada Hold Ses-
sion In Washington, D. c.

The Catholic Press Association Of
the United States and Canada met
in Washington last week and adopted
a resolution pledging it's support to
President Wilson in the prosecution Of
the war.
At the close of the business dis
cussion, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year, viz: DR..
Thomas p. Hart, editor of the Cincin-
natl Telegraph, president; the Rev.
Richard H. Tierney, S. j., editor Of
America" vice president; Claude M.
Becker, of the Brooklyn Tablet, secre-
tary; Charles J. Jaegle of Pittsburgh,
treasurer; and Rev. John J.. Burke of
the Catholic World, New York, the
Rev. John J. Wheelan of the Tablet,
Brooklyn, and Francis A. Campbell of
the Hibernian, Boston, directors. Chi
cago, Illinois, was selected to hold the
convention Of 1918.
The Irish standard., 1917-08-18
BILLS INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS
TO INSURE SOLDIERS.
Proposed Legislation Has Approval Of
President Wilson-Would Provide
Insurance For All American
Heroes.

Authority to make effective the gov
ernment's program of insuring the
armed forces of the nation, was sought
of Congress last week in bills intro
duced in both houses by Senator Sim
mons and Representative Alexander.
The proposed legislation, which has
the entire approval Of President Will
son, would provide insurance at mini
mum cost for American soldiers,
sailors and marines, the insured men
paying the premiums; family allow
ances to dependents of men in the ma
tons military or naval service; in
Identification for disabilities, and the
re-education and rehabilitation, at gov
eminent expense, of injured men.
A feature, not previously announced,
would make it compulsory for officers
and men to allot a minimum of SIS a
month out of their pay to dependent
wives and children. The maximum
compulsory allotment is half pay.
These allotments would be supple
mented by family allowances, to be
made by the government of from SIS
to $50 month, according to the cir
cumstances and number of dependents.
The Irish standard., 1917-08-18
sIxTY-NlNTH REQUESTS TO RE-
TAIN ITS NAME.
War Secretary Received Appeal from
Famous Regiment to Use His In
fluence to Hold the Famous
Numerical Designation.

Secretary of War Baker has re-
ceived an appeal from the Veteran
Corps of the Sixty-ninth regiment,
New York, asking him to use his influ-
ence in allowing the famous regiment
to retain it's famous numerical desig-
nation. The letter urged that "the
regiment is known all over the world
for it's bravery and glorious achieve
ments on innumerable hard-fought
battlefields and should new number
be assigned to it, the past record and
traditions of the Famous Sixty-ninth
Regiment will soon be forgotten by
the organization, who are by large
majority the offspring Of the men who
fought to make the Regiment famous
and whose services to the flag Of their
adopted country have never been ex-
celled, if ever equalled."
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-09-28

Clarence Burkcpie has purchased
ten acres of Frank f. Young in Mon
roe township through the Cochran
agency
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Salisbury, Mr..
and Mrs. Hoy Smons and DR.. and
Mrs. S T.. Deeley of this city went to
Columbus Thursday to attend the
races
Miss Helen Brining of this city and
Miss Lotta I}rining, who is visiting
relatives here from Toronto, Canada,
went TO Brnkhaven Thursday to spend
the day with relatives and friends.
Miss Otto Riley, who has been spend
ing "A week with Mrs. C. Rosccranz of
South Vernon left for Columbus this
morning for two weeks visit with
relatives.
The local Salvation Army is greatly
in need of an automobile for It's work.
Anyone having an out-Oi-date car or
one to discard, please notify Captain
Baer, Citizens phone 76O blue.
Dana Snow of Danville, who under.
went an operation at the Mt. Vernon
hospital Monday for appendicitis, is
recovering nicely. He was operated
upon by DR.. Charles Hamilton of Co
lumbus.
Mr., and Mrs. Ben Ames and son
/ Delano, are spending a few days viii
| friends here on their way from thcil
summer home in Michigan to Roswell
n. M. Mr.. and Mrs. Amcs and theil
son are travelling by automobile
Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Barre of Mont
pelier, o., are the guests of Mr., ant
Mrs. C. w. Barre of West High street
Mrs. j. c. Smith of Detroit, Mich.
/ is here visiting her parents, Mr.. anC
Mrs A. Schiappacasse of East Chest
nut stret
/ Howard Wills, who was seriously
wounded by piece of hot glass whcl
"cylinder" burstod at the Pittsburgh
Plate Class works, south of this city
Wednesday, according to the attend
ing physician was improved Thursda.
and is expected to recover. Wednes
day he was not expected to live.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-09-28
{ BATTERY WILL
FOR CAMP
At rs D FRIDAY
Local Artillery viii Entrain
In Morning For Train
ing Camp
OFFICERS WILL NOT
CONFIRM THIS REPORT
Information Concerning De-
parture Said To Be Alb
solutely Authentic

Battery will leave Mt. Vernon at
7:30 o'clock Friday morning. The
above announcement is SAID to be otfic-
ial although different officers Of the
battery merely smiled when question
ed regarding the time CT leaving. No
announcement of the above had yet
been made to the men at the barracks
Thursday afternoon and Captain Wei
ker, when asked by a representative
Of The Banner concerning the time Of
leaving, only smiled and refused eth
er to affirm or deny that the above
hour Of leaving is correct.
That the information as to the time
of leaving is unqucstionably authcn-
tic there can be no doubt, despite the
reticence of the officers.
of activity and suppressed excitement.
The men were firmly convinced that
they would net spend another day in
Mt Vernon and were rejoicing over
the near approach of the timo for
leaving and getting into the training
camp. All were busily packing bag
gage that they are taking along. The
| life in the barracks has palled on the
men and the prospects of being III
camp and having their fun equipment
are especially pleasing to them.