Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-05
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are always periods when the odd
crops out. 1t is surprising the num-
Der of persons of intelligence and
even legal skill who turn UP with
papers so manifestly defective that
they are rejected at first sight. Yes
terday two papers were presented,
on by man of experience, too, with
out any affidavits and he stamped
around the Capitol in a high state of
Indignation hunting a notary, only
to find that the man who had to do
/ the swearing was in the town whence
he had come. Another paper cop
tanned the trifiing omission of a staa-
/ ment of office to which the candi-
! date aspired. Judge" George ID.
Ihorn, who has to pass on such mat
ters, says that they illustrate the
danger of leaving papers to be fileGlf
at the last minute. Suppose a man
has defects like lack of affidavit and
| finds 1T in the last hour. Why hi
| simply can't correct it," said he. But
the oldest things about the papers
are the way they are signed. Some
men grow facetious and put fancy
Iitles on names; others give full
| OIhSIS OUly 1nlIlalS and
others part names in the middle
Some times it is done for CANON
mage; sometimes to be formal. The
] other day man up the state signed
MS name with Gentleman of lea
sure after it and right below an
iron worker signed as "a rougher''
Montour sent in paper with "Bullv
at the MilP' solemnly presented as
occupation and another said that he
was a shearer and straitner" An
up state paper contained "typist"
after the name of a man who signed
MS name like John Hancock. while
another gave his occupation as agent
Tor the best machines. He sold
creamery machinery.
|
Farmer" w. T. GREASY. who was
mere yesterday, rose to the heights
OF Indignation when someone re-
marked that farmers We're not buv-
ing Liberty Bonds. "The trouble
IS the banks are not going after the
tarmcrs, said he. TN venture To
say that there are MANY farmers
who would buy bonds, even If thev
DO not own safe deposit boxes. If
bankers would think more about
bonds than depc,4ts. No, sir. the
farmer is not sla%king on the bonds
But he should Pave them explained
to him and given facilities to buy"
The Philadelphia North American
contains thM interesting note about
a man known and admired by many
Harrisburgers:
"A host of friends in Lycoming
county were panied to hear of the
death OF Charles e. Fritcher, in Har-
rlsburg, last week. For twenty
years he was in the service of the
state, being statute clerk in the state
department. Fritcher was born in
Athens. Bradford county. seventy
one years ago. IL the spring of
1874, after a period of residence i'm
washington, d. c., awhere he was
stenographer for the district court.
ne came to Williamsport to assume,
management of the Gazette and Bull
letin, being associated with Colonel
James III. Lambert, later of Phila-
delphia. The paper was then owned
by the late Peter Herdic. In later
years Fritcher became proprietor
and in 1890 disposed of his holdings
to the late Orange S. Brown"
Ex-Lieutenant Governor John M.
Reynolds, who was here yesterday
attending the meeting of the State
lCommission to revise the state bank
ing laws. of which he is a member,
had some fun during the hearing.
In discussing the m EN- bership oftthe
proposed board to act on appeals
from refusal to grant bank charters,
1t was suggested that the lieutenant
governor be made a member.
How would that be?" asked some
one of Mr.. Reynolds.
"Oh, very good, it would be some
thing for him to do" answered the
llianfanant uOVarnnr M cauaroI
ago, who like his successor was al
ways willing to bear a share of the
work, but could not get a chance to
do anything except during a legisla-
tive session or a Board of Pardons.
-.. .
William M. largest, deputy Attor-
ney General, in the course of the
address he made the other day at
the State Society dinner, spoke of
the idea that people in the state pos
sess that the Attorney General is
counsel for everyone. He mentioned
some questions which had been sent
to the office with a very palpable
purpose to avoid going to a lawyer
or to put it over" on someone.
These letters are returned with the
uniform statement that the Attorney
General is counsel for the state gov
ernment and not the whole people of
HennSylNdIlla.
Plans of Commissioner Nathan r.
Butler, for planting" young Susque-
hanna salmon in the streams of the
Estate are taking form and it looks
as though there would be fine fishing
in lakes and streams where these
game fish have not been known for
a long time. There are no better
fish than your salmon" said he.
I'VE are giving much attention to
them and hope to furnish a food
supply right at your homes"
|
1t is an interesting fact that prac-
tically every Harrisburg Hotel has
been turning people away on Tues
days and Wednesdays lately. OF
course, this is not the rule, but it
has occurred so often that it is much
commented upon about the hotels.
The facts are that with the meetings
of state organizations that are held
here weekly, the hearings at the
Capitol and other things, the hotels
have a couple of strenuous days