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and Potomac and Associated COM
panies on January /, 1912 and since
that time particularly has made
numerous visits and many friends in
this territory.
With reference to his new duties,
Mr.. Bethel said: while |. shall at
once take up actively the duties that
attach to my Office in the White Oil
Corporation, | am going to continue
as a director in the telephone COM
panies with which I am connected,
and | shall give to those companies
the same loyal support that / have
always given them, and which they
have received and will continue 10
receive from the men and women
with whom / have for such long
TINA been associated in the great
telephone industries"
I'LL. B. Thayer, president Of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company, said that he was extreme
ly sorry that the business was to
lose Mr.. Bethel as an officer of a
number of the constituent companies
in the Bell System, but that his ex-
perience in and knowledge of the
business would still be available as
Mr.. Bethel will continue to serve
as director.
Mr.. Thayer further stated that
while no definite plans had been
made, the present organization would
not be disturbed and that all Off
GERS and employees now reporting to
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-10-31
MIR. Bethel Resigns from C. & P.
Telephone Co.

Frank III Bethel, president Of The
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company and Associated Companies,
and active head Of the Eastern
Group of telephone companies Of the
Bell System covering the Middle At
lantic states, has announced that he
will resign from the telephone COM
panfes to become vice president In
charge of finances of the White Oil
Corporation, new combination of
Oil interests being formed by a group
of prominent New York bankers.
Mr.. Bethel, as the active head of
the Bell Systems entire Eastern
Group Of operating companies, has
had under his management the pro-
viding of telephone service for more
than 100000 subscribers in Mary
land, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio,
the District Of Columbia, Delaware,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New
York, and the direct supervision of
expenditures in excess Of 100000, 900
annually.
MIR. Bethell's first position i'm the
telephone world was that Of a mes
senger, in 1890, with the New York
e New Jersey Telephone Company
in Newark. From this position he
was promoted rapidly through var
ious grades. He became connected
with the Chesapeake and Potomac
companies i'm 1904 when he was ap-
pointed General Manager, with head
quarters in Washington. He was
elected President OF the Chesapeake
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kEYSVILLE.

eepaa, H Hf H ohler and daughter,
ny It e y Emmitsburg, spent Tues
&ted l S and family, of Baltimore
WAY anu MAROON s Stonesifer's On Sat
SUI dknipple and wife entertained
aidran their children and grand
RgIarvMi,fr. Edw. Thomas and wife,
|S% Wi fe Pa; Mr.. cleo Thomas
ssorge Evlo,o, VI kenosha, Wis; Mr..
Saiae, Amy Broadwater and son,
Won Brid a Anna Barnes, -all w
Anna Ritter, wife and daugh-
sburg, W visited relatives in Mar
laeo6 W. Y, Va. recently.
John neura ,gh and family and
ed NJ NJ Baumgardner. and wife.
Saay. aua Mrs. Edw. Shorb on
u George Ritter y .t,a.a,n.
sbcro. Lutheran church at
" 's s,l DIsyilbiss and sister ot
calvin H. visited their sister,
wy aahn, On Sunday.
SpangIer wife and daughter,
wife and daughter
ae
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CARROLLTON.

Members of the Ladies Aid Society
N the Church of God please don't
forget the next meeting will be held
at Mrs. Ida Nagee's, Baltimore, No
Venber l. We hope a good number
will be present.
The L. T. L. will meet November
" the Bethel at 2 o'clock. All be
present please.
me mumps are in the vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herschal Warehime
and son, Vincent, of Baltimore, spent
NO weeks end with their parents,
~. and Mrs. Fred Freise.
harry Cressler, son of Mr.. and
hts John Cressler, who has been
spending the past few months trav-
ling around, spent the weeks end
WIN MS parents. He left on Sunday
s'enlng for Camp Meade and expects
10 from there to Germany.
AZ and Mrs. Eugene Abel and
%Daren' OF Baltimore, were guests
Iaelr parents. Mr.. and Mrs. MINI
~ Green, over Sunday.
Gorry to report Mrs. George Houck
H Sau MIS- Frank Shaffer are still in
wy hospital. Their many trends
' sH mem speedy recoveries.
Mss Erma l.. Shriner of Wake
~. ,ts Kansas, is spending some time
ald family.
\. %isS Mildred Hughes. of Westmins-
us Is Spending few days with her
Hughes. '' ''ii0 MIS- ueois =
Ana lI ST who spent Sunday with Mr.
NJ, MIS- Jacob Lynch were Mr.. and
Eb M, amos kessler and children,
Nj Ia ana Austin, Of Nashville, Pa
NM @Id Mrs. Sterling Garrett and
II, curtis, Of Spring Grove, Pa;
Ba,, anu Mrs. John Brooks and son,
N MI Of Hampstead; Mr.. and
P M, Arthur Lynch and family. Of
Nj CheFF '' 70 Mr.. and Mrs. Hayden
Nv, OF Bethel Heights.
EEban masses Leona Long, Mildred
jqrrfs,n ' Erma Shriner, Ethel and
1t Ha. hughes spent last Thursday
nHagerstown fair
Espa, B. B. Wenger. Jeremiah
,t taugh and Mrs. Gussie 7 BLIZZARD
adprrbGtn the Maryland and Virginia
les SI Mp Which convened at Sam
aueb manor Manor All returned home
hip p'e"Seo with their splendid
Ivy " Oressler butchered on Tues
actor Houck is still under the
hps sbo care Her many friends
Don't vii viii soon be fully recovered
NJ Snr do[set services at the Bethel
sqndav "a Missionary G. IT,. on
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Mr.. Bethel will report to Fl. F.
Thurber, vice president
October % Limit For Present Beer.

Washington, Oct. 19.-Whether
President Wilson will be allowed by
his physicians to receive the prohi-
bition enforcement bill, with an opin-
ion on its constitutionality from At
torney General Palmer, was the topic
lof discussion in many quarters here
today. t
Unless the President takes un-
looked for action, the bill will be-
come law at 4 p. m, October %.
In event the President vetoes the
bill it would then of necessity be
returned to both houses OF Congress.
The vote by which the bill was pass
ed originally was such that even
with some losses to the "drys" it
could be passed over the Presidents
Veto
Complete arrangements have been
made by Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue Roper to secure compliance
with the new law.
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Westminster
News
This Case Has Hint for Many
Democratic Advocate Readers

A Westminster woman has used
Doan's Kidney Pills.
She has found them as represented.
she wishes her neighbors to know.
She publicly recommends them.
No need To look further for tested
kidney remedy.
The proof Oh merit Is here and can
be investigated.
Profit by the statement Of Mrs
Lewis a. Berman, 129 Pennsylvania
ave, she says: my back panied
terribly. The pains bothered me
mostly at night and in the morning.
Sometimes 7 couldn't get up to do my
work. MY Kidneys didn't act right
and my sight was 20 poor i had to
wear glasses. 7 tried different rem
edies but they didn't do me any good
and when friend advised me to try
Doan's Kidney Pills, -I did. They
gave me great relief. / still use this
medicine whenever 7 need it and 4
highly recommend 1t"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy--get
Doanls Kidney. Pills-the same that
Mrs. Berman had Foster Milburn
CO., Mfgrg., Buffalo, R. Y-
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and Mr.. VIM. Erb, all of Mayberry;
Harry Stonesifer, wife and Miss
Flonda Troxel, of Four Points; Mary
Otto, of Keymar; Gordon Stonesifer
and family, Roy Troxel and Oliver
Stonesifer took supper with Alfred
Stonesifer and wife on Thursday
evening.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-10-31

The boys and girls seem to be au-
thority for the fact that chestnuts
will be a scarce article in this sec
ton this year. We happened to zee
a quantity at green grocery mans
stand on a street corner recently
labeled, "25 cents a quart" which
means eight dollars per bsuhel
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
Got a Match?

Next time you light match, think
of this:
About 10000 matches are scratched
in this country every second that
passes, and Of these IS per cent are
used by smokers to fire pipe, cigar
or cigarette.
The man whose head for figures
turned out that information also
estimates that the time lost by the
smokers in lighting matches-not III
smoking--is worth $5l5,024 each
eight-hour working day.
He arrives at his estimate by he-
uring that it taxes Is seconds TO
scratch a match and use the light,
and that 213,759 men whose time is
worth so cents an hour are holding
matches at the same time, thus los
ing golden minutes at the rate OF
1908 minute, or So4 l2s all hour,
No one. so far as we can learn,
has figured out how large percent
age of the match scratchers throw
away the matches while they are
still burning: but it has been estl-
mated that half OF the fires. which
cost the United. States S25O.O00,000
a year, are caused by carelessness:
Wood, phosphorus, chlorate OF
potash. fosin, whiting and powdered
Aint are the makings OF this little
device Science Monthly.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
- = We Bee s E hiS%s
Stories by Our Little Folks

fore the fire, when the door opened
and Mrs. Woodland stood in the
doorway. ooh. Mummy" cried the
children.
Bob" said Mrs Woodland grave
ly, Il am afraid you will have to &C
out and work You know we were
never rich, and now it is very bad.
ooh, Mummy, Of course [ will
Am not the man OF the house
Where shall | go3" cried Bob, Gag
etlv.
THAT = what I do not know,
replied his mother, sadly
That night, as Peggy was going
to bed. she heard a sob in her moth
er's room She stopped before the
door and heard her mummy say:
"Oh, if we only had money.
The next morning old MIR. Smith
found a little girl standing i'll his
doorway.
why, Peg Woodland, what arc
you doing here he cried.
"Oh, Mr.. Smith, please. won't Won
give Bobby some work; we need
money so bad" said poor Peggy,
quaking from head to foot.
She told her story to the old man
and he willingly consented to take
Bob and give him job for $40 a
week, and to let Mrs. Woodland do
his washing. And now they live
happily in the little brown house"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
Where Go the Boats.

Catherine solliday. Age 10 Years. sl2 Main
street. McCools. Neb.
Dear Busy Bees: | think ] wilt
write to you a story about where go
the boats.
Dark brown is the fryer,
Golden is the sand,
It flows along for ever,
With trees on either hand
Green leaves a-floating.
Castles of the foam.S
Boats of mine a-boating~
Where will all come home:
On goes the river,
Aud out past the milf.
Away down the valley.
Away down the hill. -.-
=
Away down the river,
A hundred miles or more,
Other little children
Snail bring my boat ashore,
My story is getting long so ! will
close for this time.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
A New Rec

Eva Giles. Age IL, Harrington, Neb.
Dear Busy Bees
This is the tiErt ie | have writ
ten to your harry bee hive, s.
will tell you about our rabbit.
One time when papa was moving
the clover, he ran over a nest of rab-
bits and. cut one of their legs off.
My brothers were with him, and
they brought the rabbit home and
we put it in an oatmeal box.
We had to go to school the next
day., SO we got up real early. We
went to look for Our rabbit and
could not find him. We hunted
and hunted for him. My little
brother, who was nine months old.
was creeping around on the floor.
He went by the broom, and he was
laughing and screaming SO we went
10 see what the matter was. and the
rabbit was sitting behind the broom.
We took the rabbit up by the fence
and when we came home the rabbit
was still there.
Well, as my letter is getting long.
| will close.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
Mud Geysers in Cali
fOrnia.

On the eastern shore Of Salton
Sea. Cal, a field OF mud geysers re-
Gently came into existence. The
field spreads over a little more than
two acres. The geysers are various
sized caldfons of hot mud.
Until IS years ago this sea was
dry, salt-incrusted area with max
imum elevation of 265 feet below sea
level. In the yeaf~l904 the Colorado
river ran over its banks, and the
water entered into the basin, making
\ lake Of 400 square miles. This i'll
flow was stopped in 1900 and since
then tfe Salton sea has been shrink
ing The geysers appeared a short
time ago--caused presumably by
earthquakes in the vicinlty.-Popu
lar. Srteure
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19

my wing. flew quickly away to
get my breakfast some place else.
Pretty soon | came to big house
where | saw some crumbs on the
ground. ] flew down and ate them
and then hoped around on the
ground. When | started to fly
away, something held me back /
knew right away THAT | was caught
in a net that was meant for rabbits.
| struggled and squirmed but could
not get out. Just then ] saw a boy
come toward the net. I gave one
more big pull and got out and flew
home. but my ankle was badly
sprained After that when | see a
boy coming my heart goes pit-a-pat,
pit-a-pat
Hope Mr.. Waste Basket is sick.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
Iron Pipe Makes a Good
Sprinkler.

Somebody attached to the Arroyo
Seco library and Fairgrounds in Los
Angeles had a bright idea. In order
to sprinkle the rose hedges and
vines in the grounds with little
trouble, a q inch pipe was perforat-
ed at intervals and placed Oh top OF
the fence. The pipe was then given
water connections; and now, when
the, water is turned on, the entire
hedge. and border OF flowers is
sprinVled Another length of per
forated pipe takes care Of the 1ibrary
terra Science Monthly.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
Unpleasant People.

Mrs. Grubley met her bosom
friend in Big & Bulk1eys.
How do you like your neigh
bors?" asked the friend.
Not bit" said Mrs. Grubley,
who was buying a hat for her little
boy. You see they don't like child
rem"
How do you know?'
They hurt Clarence pets feel
ings dread(ully. When he throws
stones at their dog or plays the
hose OIL their windows they look
real GROSSLY at him. Tit Bits.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
The Bleeding Heart.

Alice May Boudesson. Age II, a712
Redick Avenue
Once Psyche held a candle OF vel
low,
Over Cupid, the God Of Love;
All would have been well had not
drop Of tallow.
Fallen from the light above.
But alas! it fell on the sleeping gods
SHOULDER.
He awoke with a painful croy.
Then toward Psyche his heart grew
cold and yet colder
Then he flew away to the sky.
In despair was Psyche. her calling
was vain,
She Wept for an hour,
Then went into the garden and fol
lowed lane,
That was bordered by hearts, or
loves flower.
They were delicately tinted in light
and dark reds,
WIN slender long stems OF green,
But Psyche saw that day. as she
passed the many beds
Something she'd ne'er before seem
She stopped to be sure that what
she saw was true,
For at the tip of each tiny heart,
Was drop OF blood, whose beauti-
full hue
Was lighter than the other part.
So the girls and the flowers hearts
bled together
For Cupid, whose nasty depart.
Had caused the flowers TO bleed
forever,
y So they've since been known as
BLEEDING Heart"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
Honorable Mention.)
The Starving People.

BY Pearl White, Age IS, 1414 Brown,
Omaha Neb.
One day as Tom was going out
hunting all of a sudden he heard
a small. faint call He said to him
self,"I think that sounds like coy
ote, / will go help it."
Off Tom started. When he
reached the place there lay small
coyote caught i'll a trap.
Tom loosened the trap, threw it
aside. The little coyote looked up
at Tom as if to say, Il thank you,
my kind little boy"
Tom picked up the pet that he had
found, took it home and gave it
some meat.
One day seven years later, FAM
inc came and the people were starv-
ing to, death. Tom and the coyote
went to get food to save the peo-
pie.
That day the coyote killed two
bears and three goats. They started
for home, reaching it just i'll time to
save the people. Two years passed
over and the famine was ended. The
people praised Tom and the coyote
coyote lived happily ever after.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
New Table of Weights.

BY George W Hanson u. $. n.
An American COB in England
standing on the platform Of a rail
road station stepped on the scales
to weigh himself. The scale was
gra duated by stones, stone being
equal to IA pounds. He seemed to
have some difficulty in figuring it
out and finally an English gentle
man stepped up and said:
Cant you tell your weight,
Jack?"
Sure" replied the COB, cts about
II stones, two bricks and a couple
OF boards"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
The Little Brown House.

s<udu 1f4ctl. age li4
Mrs. Woodland lived with her
three children at Sun1fferville. 1t
was small village at the foot OF a
mountain. and the little brown
house. that she lived in was half
way up the mountain.
Peggy, the youngest. had golden
hair and blue eyes; she was quiet
and plain, while Margaret, on the
other hand, was just the opposite
She was dark, noisy and had many
airs. Bob was like his sister Peggy.
quiet, solemn and fair.
Mr.. Woodland has died one month
before, and the little brown house
was very dismal.
Bob stalked around proudly, for
his father had said that he was the
man of the house, just before he
died
Now the children were sitting be-
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
Safety First.

The greatest safety device known
is careful man says the sign
near the approach to certain time
card rack. and to impress the peed
Of care on the careless, a railroad
that has made specially of safety
first campaigns has installed the
sign board turnstile shown above.
Workmen must pass through the
atile. The time card board where
they get their cards on entering in
the morning is SO placed that as a
workman halts to get his card he is
CONFRONTED by the turt1stile, where
a board at the level Of his eyes car
ries i'll three languages the warning
to be careful '-Popular Science
Monthly.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
A New Bee.

By Louise Urlck. Age l3, Scotia, N5h.
Dear Busy Bees: This is my first
letter to the "Children's Page" |
hope it does not find its way to the
waste basket. | like to read the let
tiers the other busy bees send to the
page.
I am IS years. old and am in the
eighth grade. | like to go to school.
| have a quarter OF a mile to go to
school. ] live on the farm four and
half miles from town. If | see
my letter in print | will write again.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
Proof Iudisputahie

BY MARGARET q. HAYS.
How do We tell the age Of fowl:"
OF Michael Daw, asked Pat.
"Shure by the teeth Mike gave
reply.
They have no teeth; how's that?"
"Shure. Pat" said Mike, "the age
of a fowl,
By the teeth, is safely known:
] take wan bite-the violence
Is given--by me own"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
Hist!

BY Pvt. Russell Van Horn. I, 5. N.
Major Ito soldier that was smok
ing)-Say, do you want the Huns to
see that light? Are you traitor'
Soldier-Not SO loud, sir, they
are liable TO hear YOU.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19

u have called, madam, in answer
to your advertisement that You have
found a dog, My wife thinks it is
her Toodles."
"And can you describe it to mea"
'Well-er-not very Well-you
see | never like to swear in the
presence of lady Wichita Eagle.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
A New Bee.

! Miss Opal Touner, Aged 9, Big Springs,
Neb. Box II.
Dear Busy Bees, This is my first
letter. | go to school aud am in
the fourth grade. read the Busy
Bee every Sunday. have a broth
er and sister. My brothers name IS
Omer aud he is IS. Ny sisters
name~i is Pearl, and she IS IS today.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
MOOnbeam and Cereus
Talk About Fairies and
Sleeping Children
Bv MARGARET McSHANE.


NJ ON that the Mooilbeam mad
v seen and talked to some OF
the beautiful nocturnal beings
she waited patiently hoping that
Cer2uS would soon speak.
Ahe was thrilled and so HAPPY to
be Just where she W~e--, Never,
never, VIII | 60 hone again, she
thought to herself; tor she knew
she had still many more wonderful
things to see aud hear about.
BY this time every FAIRY had gone
on her individual way to the falry
feast, and the Night once utore was
very stu. Professionally friendly
Owl screeched or houted through
the heavy darkness-he was, SO nap
Ply to be alive and. to be on earth
this beautiful night, and ne Just
could not help but screen out his
happiness to rms cotllpanionS; but
MS s,creeches startled the Ittt'e
Moonbeam SO that she almost SLIP
ped or the spreading branch. on
winch she was resting so comfort
ably.
"Oh my goodness. what was that
she exclaimed looking IN the drec-
ton OF the woods where the screech
came from
We'll, ! guess | VIII learn what
hat Is, the same way | am to learn
about many other things, softly she
whispered to herself. as she quietly
settled down alter her fright.
law, ta ,r'u ~, has as -, ~, ]
y things that were bobbIng up all
about her. and on Cereus too. she
thought deeply-what a WISE flower
she was. She seemed TO know so
many many things, and she was so
very beautiful. So interested had
she become in all that Cereus told,
that she had entirely forgotten TO
ask her about herself. j..
Who was she and where did she
come from: Maybe she came from
country as Tar away as her own
IN the sky. lhese were things she
Just must Know even II she nad TO
put OH learning aoouf the FAIRIES
ultli anotller time
wen lttie Moonoeam' Just What
Wonld you 1T3 >. IKE 10 Know o :, aoout
me, Lnese iovely i,.tle rairy , rolkS W. we
nave oeeh "a'eh'hg' 50 'olg' 'iiS
nig e, ...-,
1 ne MO: Mooi5oediil SUI pliseu III Iel
wonuel M. ~ ' tt al'elleiy 'n'o e s,.e
Eyes OF me ol29l'''ile oe'eoS' one
o"' - oo' 4"'ohIF WILL
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
First Letter.

Margaret Hansen Age ii, Tildyn, Neb
Dear Busy Bees: This is my first
letter to you. | am going to tell
you OF our little neighbor boys on
Easter morn. I hid my eggs in Sc
lected corners and I went over to
their house and got the boys. ]
took them out to find them. They
found all of them, but the little boy
who is z years old, wanted them all
he would take them all out of the
largest boys pocket and put them
in his. After they got them all
found | took them and divided them
up all even and gave them to them.
They were happy and went home
and told their mother all about it.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
Strange Tails.

Dr. 1t was Roberts first visit to the
zoo.
What do yo6 thinA of the AMI
mals?" inquired little Ben.
After a critical inspection OF the
exhibit the boy replied;
81 think the kangaroo and the ele-
plant should change tails
American Boy,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
The Happy Farmer Boy.

Melvin Lauer, Age 6, Scotia. Neb.
Dear Busy Bees; I am years old
and in the first grade at school |
have two cats, their names are
Goldie and Tommy Ny two horses
names are Jess and Maud. Jess is
blind horse. ride my horses,
but I could not ride them because
it rained all day,
I am the only boy i'll our family,
I wish | had a little sister or
brother. I live six and one-half
miles from town. / took four loads
OF corn to town for my papa. -
Mamma has 255 little chickens
and gave me Is of them. We have
10 little geese and three big ones.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
Not So Slow

Employer (to new boy)-You're
the slowest youugster we've ever
had, Aren't you quick at anything,
Boy-Yes, sir; onbody can get
tired as quick as ! can-American.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
Mrs. Sparrow's Troubles.

Fleu bldpeFt IT, Age y,
Dear Busy Bees: This IS the first
time | have written. | am years
old, and was in the Fourth grade.
but | was promoted to the Fifth
grade. | am going to write a story
about Mrs. Sparrow's Troubles"
| am back from the south and have
BUILT my nest in all old oak tree.
have had a lot OF troubles and |
am going to tell YOU about them.
One day | was in the street picking
up crumbs for my breakfast, when
Whizz went stone right past my
head. | flew quickly to my nest
shaking like a leaf.
Then | went down to finish my
breakfast. Just as | lit. | saw a boy
coming with a gun and he shot at
me lust as flew away. and it grazed