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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-09-24
WHAT SENATOR SMITH DID
FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Senator John Walter smith has
always manifested the deepest solici-
tude for the Public Schools and public
education. In 1896 and before thas
time the working people Of Maryland,
and the farmers, did not have as
much money as they have today.
Senator Smith found that many poor
people we're keeping their children
from school, and that these children
were being denied an education be-
cause their parents had no money to
buy school books and were too proud
and self-respecting to 90 as paupers
to ask for the books. He thought that
all the children OF the State. rich or
poor, white and colored. should have
an equal opportunity to get an edu-
cation and equip themselves for max
ing a living He believed that the
school should be free in fact as well
as in name, and they could not be
really free schools unless children
could attend them without cost. He,
therefore, prepared a bill at the SEES
sion of the General Assembly in 1895,
and introduced 1t into the Senate ap-
proprlatlng S150,000 a year for the
purchase of school books, for the free
use of all the pupils in the public
schools, rich and poor alike. so that
all should be equal and that there
should be no class distinctions and
that no child should be deprived Of an
education because its parents were
unable to buy books.
Senate" Smiths strong personal
influence, and the justice of his
cause prevailed and his bill was en-.
acted into law as Chapter 1875 of the
Acts Of 1896. When he introduced
this bill Senator Smith made a pow
erful speech which carried conviction
to the Senate.
Senator Smiths law required the
various Boards of School Commits
sioners to purchase the necessary
school books and to furnish them free
OF cost to all pupils in the public
schools. The act requires the School
Commissioners to furnish annually to
the State Board of Education the title.
the name OF the publisher, and the
net price paid for each text book pur-
chased.
For this splendid law all the PEG
pie OF Maryland whose children at.
tend the public schools white and
colord alike-have reason TO be CRATE
full to Senator John Wnltsr smith
AS Governor also Senator Smith
did a fine service for the public
schools in taking them out OF politics
by the reorganization of the system
and making provision for the appoint
ment of State Superlntent Of Edu.
cation.
democratic State Central Comnittee)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-09-24
Western Maryland College,
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REV. A. NORMAN WARD D. D. PRESIDENT
REV. A. NORMAN WARD. D. D.. PRESIDENT

FOR YOUNG MEN AND SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS
LOCATION unexed 1000 feet above Maryland
EQUIPMENT complete Twenyare modern buildings
CURRICULUM up to date Classical Scientific Historical Pedagogical
leading A. degree
and Domestic Science Strong Faculty "
PREPARATORY SCHOOL for those ready for
Send for Catalogue and Book Of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-09-24
For 5a1e

For sale fivs-room house, with cellar
stable and necessary outbuildines, good
well Of water, and a fine young orchard In
bearing condition. There are 7 acres Of
land lying adjacent to the dwelling. s
acres in cultivation and 2 acres in wood
land. This property is 1-2 miles from
Germantown Station, on the road to Boyds
by the way Of Hoyle's old mill.
w.. F.. REINHART.
R.. d.,
apr S-3t Boyds, Nd.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-09-24
NOTICE

Office Board County Commissioners,
Rockville, Md, July 2, 1918.
Ordered this day by the Board of County
Commissioners that the road leading from
Woodside to the Linden road, and running
over the lines of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company. be closed to public
travel until further notice The object OF
closing this road is to repair the bridge
over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
tracks on said road. and all persons are
hereby warned that they travel this road
at their own risk.
JOHN r. LEWIS. Prest.
BERRY E. CLARK. Clerk.
July 5-tf
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-09-24
NOTICE.

J. Wolfson, the tailor at Gaithersbure.
Md, desires to inform the public that he
has laid in full stock Of overcoats and
suits at reasonable prices. and has also a
fine line of cloths and cassimeres, which
he is now ready to take orders for suits
made in the latest styles.
lie also has put in a steam presser, and
is now ready TO clean, press and dive
mems and ladies suits. All work guar
anteed and satisfaction given. Give me
a call. Prices reasonable.
nov 2l-2m
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-09-24
J. q. DORSEY,
ROCKVILLE. MD. RF.D.L.

experienced auctioneer, will sell real estate
personal property at reasonable prices
onywhere in Montgomery county or Mary
and.
lajan 9-3m
Evening star., 1920-09-02
CARRIERS AND CLERKS
|SOUGHT FORP0ST OFFICE
Clerk Carrier Examination to b
Held September II by Civil
Service Commission.

Expecting . great increase in the
work OF the Washington city post
ofice this fall and winter, officials Of
the ofhce today called the attention of
those who might desire to become
clerks and carriers to the examina-
ton to be held by the Civil Service
Commission September II.
The clerk-carrier examination is to
be held. beginning at $3.50 o'clock am.
on that date. at the Offices Of the
fourth district Of the civil service, sth
and E streets northwest. This is the
first examination here for postal en-
ployes In a month. After September
II the examination will be held semi
monthly.
Applicants. who must be between
the ages of eighteen and forty years,
should apply either at the fourth dis
trict Office Or at the city post Office at
once, it was declared, since prelimi-
nary papers must be filed with the
Evening star., 1920-09-02

equal pay for equal work: fair pay
in accordance with modern standards
and progressive employment policies:
fair pay in relation to the cost of
living. with a recognized minimum
wage; modern standards In employ
ment conditions.
What New Plan Means.
ITO the public 1t means improved
service in the government and to the
people who pa for the machinery of
government, through improved morale
Of the workers, and through retention
Of highly trained men and women now
leaving the service in great numbers
to accept better offers outside: busi-
ness-like standards for the biggest
business on earth; employment policies
which are a credit, not a shame, to the
nation"
The leaflet states that conferences
have been held with leaders in Con-
gress who are in charge Of the re-
classification legislation. and "the
national officers are at present in
communication with them in reference
to the tactics demanded by the situa-
tion.''
Evening star., 1920-09-02

Civil Service Commission three days
In advance Of the examination.
Only males are eligible for the ex-
animation. The entrance salary Is
$1.400. under the postal reciassinca-
tion law.
Not only has the business OF the
Washington city post office been In,
creasing every year in the natural
course Of events, tits pointed out, but
this year many new branch stations
have been established. Four new sta
tions. recently approved by the POST
ONCE Department, will be installed
within the next thirty days.
These stations are on lower Con-
necticut avenue. another at Connecti.
cut and Florida avenues. the third At
Woodbridge. D. c.. and the fourth az
Brightwood. This latter station Is to
be opened next week. probably on
Wednesday.
AS supervisors and other clerks.
carriers and other workers are de-
tailed from the city post office to these
and other branch stations throughout
the District. more workers are needed
at the main city post ONCE, and thus
a steady flow is provided for new
clerks and carriers.
Evening star., 1920-09-02
EFFORTS TO RUSH !.
RECLASS|F|cAT|ON
Boosters Start Special Drive
to Force Action by Next
Congress.

The National Federation Of Federal
Employees is in position. it IL be-
lieved. to secure immediate attention
to the reclassification legislation for
the government service by the appro-
pirate committees Of Congress as
soon as the next session begins.
Statement to the above effect is con-
tanned in a "reclassification booster
leafiet issued broadcast by the ma
tional federation today. preliminary
to the fourth annual convention at
st. Louis, beginning Monday. where
reclassificatfon is to be the big work.
Details Easy to Adjust.
"The reclassifcation plan proposed
in the report of the joint congress
sional commission constitutes the
most constructive program in regard
to personal problems that has ever
been presented to Congress-" declares
the booster"
Its principles are sound. In de-
tails only is 1t imperfect. The faults
committees having the legislation in
charge in Congress. The National
Federation Of Federal Employees has
already established cooperative rela-
tions with the chairmen of the two
committees Of the lower house. who
will have to deal with the bill.
IF the local unions will unite their
efforts and concentrate their energies
in a demand for reclassification Of the
entire service Immediately. 1t may be
possible to have the new salary sched-
ule adopted in time for use in the
next appropriation bills.
Hope Next Congress VIII Act.
This should be our aim. Team
work will carry the day." ends the
Booster. thus expressing the great
hope Of federal workers here and
throughout the country that the re-
classified positions. with their new
salary lists, shall go into effect in
time for the next appropriation bills.
The Booster reiterates the state
ment made by President Luther Stew
ard of the federation in his annual re-
port, made public yesterday, that re-
classification Is the biggest issue be-
fore the country affecting the civil
service and its employees.
.It is the wholesale method Of cor
recting inequalities and adjusting
grievances" it is declared. ITO the
federal employe it means salaries and
wages on the basis of work performed;
Evening star., 1920-09-02
WAR VETERANS IN SESSION

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, September 2.-The
first annual convention of the British
and Canadian War Veterans of Amer
lea opened here to-day and will con-
tinue through Saturday. The organi-
zation was formed here a year ago.
and its headquarters are here. p. F.
Hartnett of this city is president.
Efforts will be made at the con-
vention. delegates asserted, to ANAL
gamate the organization with the
American Volunteers Of the Canadian
Expeditionary Forces. which has
headquarters in Chicago
Evening star., 1920-09-02
LOCAL DEATH RATE FALLS.

The death rate in Washington for
the week ended August % was con-
siderably lower than the rate for
the corresponding week in 1918. the
census bureau announced today.
There were seventy-six deaths in this
city during the week, as compared
with 101 for the same week in 1919.
OF the seventy-six deaths. eight
were Of infants under one year OF
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-22
FORMAL CALL
RECEIVED FOR FOR !.
MlN0T MEETING
Chairman Gives Details Re.
garding Republican State
Convention. :

The formal call issued by Tread
veil Twichell of Fargo. state chair
man of the a~nti-Townley Republican
organization, for the Independent. Re-
publican state convention to be held
at Minotf May l2 and Is, has been
received in Grand Forks.
Following is the CALL: @
AS chairman Of the ant-Townley
Republican state central committee,
In accordance with the instruction
of the acting executive committee of
said committee and the, approval Of
the committee Of t~wcntyeone, | here
by call a. state delegate Republican
!, convention of anti-Townley and anti
Socialist Republicans to meet at the
city of Minot, at 10 O'Clock a. m. on
"Wednesday and Thursday. tho 18th
and 18th days OF May, 1920.
+% Candidates to Sclcct-and How.
The business OF such convention
will be to select and endorse a COM
plete anti-Townley anti-Socialist
state ticket. including a candidate
for u. S. senator, three congressman,
one. from each congressional district,
one judge of the supreme court, and
Is district judges. To adopt a plat
form on which such selected candi-
dates shall run--and to do all things
necessary or proper III such a con-
vention.
1t is recommended that delegates
elected from each of the three con-
gressional districts meet separately
during the time of the convention,
and select and agree or a Republican
candidate for congress from their
respective districts.
1t is recommended that the dele
gates present from each of the six
judicial districts caucus separately
for the purpose of taking steps to
unite with the anti-Townley Demo
Gratis in the matter of selecting and
endorsing candidates for judges for
their respective judicial districts
1t is recommended that h con-
vention take steps to unite with the
lection and endorsement of one can
didate for judge of the supreme
court. and one candidate for superin-
tendent of public instruction.
It is also recommended that the
program as outlined in the report of
the committee of t~wenty-one as to
rules governing the procedure of the
convention be followed. viz: That
delegates be not instructed. That the
unit rule be. not used. That all vot-
ing on candidates be by secret bal
lot, and that the first two ballots on
the governorship shall be informal.
That any delegate elected who is I'M
able to attend said convention give
his proxy only to some elector living
in the same county, and to sec that
his county is fully represented eth
er by proxy or by the personal dele
/; gates. ~
No Delegates at Large.
In conformity with a statement
heretofore made public, and to avoid
any suspicion hat anything is being
done for or against the interest Of
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-22
CREATESsh
CHAIR or HISTORY
AT THE UNIVERSITY

The state board OF administration
In session at the Observation-Disclosures
day. created a chair Of European his.
tory, separate and entirely fndepend.
n from the chair of American his
tory. whichaDr. O.AG.. Libby u to 8 6
cupy. Or. Libby has~previonsly been
OF n history department of,sthe
h designations Of Miss, Margaret
Of home economics, q, and ofIN;Ryss
Rhoads, acting head u the depart
ment Of engineering, were accepted
by the board. I8ss 4. 81 u Z.
The board members left last night
for Fargo and viii be In session there
during the next few days%o agricui-
tural collegeAahfairs.t sy -. ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-22
Grand Forks truck dealers would par-
ticipate and he askedswthesf cor0per-
ation Of the Ad clubsln making the
week asstfccssBful one. 49,

There wa determination Inv the
,tlaeater. and the attendant WA see
aiectin9 man. The man vas pat-
terine angrily when the manager
came into the lobby. y,
"swhy do you eject this mani"
asked the manager; &,
..He was missing the performance
repliedsthe attendant.
"Why. did You hiss the perform
ance!" asked, the manager.
81 d-d-d-didn't, h-h-h- hiss, rs STAN
mered this man. 81 m.m-m-rnerely
.s-s-s-said tito m -n1- ma }f-f-f-fr1ena
beside me: 's--S-S-Sammy,. is.s-s-n't
the s-s-s-s-sing s-s.,s-s-supero!
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-22
SCHOOL DAYS" TO
; BE SHOWN AT THE
MET TODAY ONLY

.'school Days., a feature act IN
Guiding all the local funmakers. with
Tuf Young. Cx-Monley, Geo. Carl.
Nose Rosensweig, Stewart Burghy and
others, as stars, will be shown at the
Met. tonight; only. Through a mis-
take the advertisement in the Herald
'this morning it was stated that the
show would be staged Friday, but
.thatris not the s. The first show,
starting at 1880 this evening will be
given over to this act.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-22
Talk On Retailing
AT Ad Club Meeting

~ The ..Economics Of Retailing" was
the subject, OF an interesting talk
given at .thetAd club dinner Wednes-
day, night. by, j.. H. Pearson, advertts-
ing manager Of The Herald. Mr..
Peaarson'sa talk was followed by a gen
era1 discussion. - 50, II
s.. j. P.3 Hennessy of Fargo spoke on
the observance of ship By Truck.
week, -May2.15 to 22.aaaHe said that
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-22
LOCAL INTEREST !.
RATES. ARE RAISED

An increase of from one.half to one
per cent has been made within the
past thirty days on the rates charged,
by the bankers here. according to an,
estimate gathered from the; : local;
BANKERS Wednesday. AlthouKh4Nth there
are still a. great many demands 5
money, Grand Forks bankers do not
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-22

The bankers Of this city stated that
there did not seem to. be any danger
OF. a money situation arising. which
could not be taken care Of - 81 afs
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-10-21
War Risk Dept Figures
Offer Interesting Facts

made allotments to wives named
larry.
Since the formation of the bureau
an average of four miles Of checks
have been mailed daily. These Joined
would reach thirty-eight times to the
top of the Washington monument.
More than twenty-five hundred miles
of these Checks have been mailed
since October 6, 1917.
If the girl employees of the war
risk bureau during the war had
stretched out their arms and touched
finger tips, they would have reached
a distance of thirteen miles. The
personnel of the bureau in February,
1919, totaled 1876 in January
1920, 10000.
If the amount of insurance on sol.
diers and sailors were converted into
silver dollars it would form a stack
high enough to go two and a hall
times around the earth. If the a.
mount of life insurance in the bureau
were in 81 bills, joined end to end they
would reach fourteen times to the
moon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-10-21

Enthusiasts Of human interest stuff
may find the bureau Of war risk in
suranee at Washington a rich field
for their amusement. Assistant sec
rotary, Jouett Shouse, a former Mex
leo boy, is in charge of this work.
Take names, for instance. Slaugh-
ter Bugg, is one of the soldiers who
took out insurance with Uncle Sam.
but Min Gosh also applied for a
policy. And, among the hundreds Of
odd sounding names on the bureaus
lists, some of the most mirth provok-
ing are Asad Experience Wilson. Vel
vet Couch, Will Swindle, Owen
Money, Great Britton Turner, Dinner
Bell Page, Fine German, Lloyd
George Parliament, Willie Darling,
E. Pluribus Brown, Wash Day Clouds,
Green Berry Bush, Little Kittie Karr,
Brase Mule and Isaac Did-not
Butcher.
Little wonder it is that the bureau of
war risk insurance insists on the full
name of the insured when M remem-
bers that the Johnston family alone
is represented by a corps Of $4,000
persons. When you learn that the
bureau moils over 2,138 John john
stons, 2,032 William Johnstons and
that there are 3,412 Willie Smiths in
the files, you will not fret if you are
asked to always state your organ
i%zation, your rank and your serial
number, your beneficiary and his or
her present address and former ad-
dress if changed" For you will real
;"c it is only a reasonable request, in
view of the fact that the Rodriguez
family sent 1874 men from Porto Rico
who had a grand total Of seven
names, to wit: Domingo. Francisco,
Jose, Juan, Romon, Thomas and An
tonic. To fuss up things yet a little
more the serial numbers of all these
men were in the six hundred thous-
ands. The 374th infantry boosted a
total of ffty-one Jose Rodriguezes.
Among the other large families, we
end on the roster of the war risk bu-
eau $1,000 Smiths, $4,000 Browns,
$4,000 Williamses, 28,O50 Jones, 49,
600 Andersons, 1880 Walkers and
500 Millers. There are ifty-two
John J. O'Bricns, fourteen of whom
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-10-21
WEDDINGS.


Ryland Rodes, son of DR.. and Mrs.
Ned Rodes, of this city, and Miss
Genevieve Dewitt Of Glasgow were
married at the home of the brides
parents Mr.. and Mrs. w. /. Witt Fri
day afternoon at 4 o'clock. The we'd
ding was a quite affair with only a
few friends and immediate members
of the family present.
Following the ceremony Mr.. and
Mrs. Rodes went to Slater and re-
turned to this city. Later they de-
parted for st. Louis for a brief visit
after which they will return here to
make their home.
Mr. Rodes is with the Franklin
Insurance Co. here and is a young man
with many friends who is making a
splendid success of his work. His
bride is a former Hardin college stud
ent, a member of the Beta Sigma
0micon socitey, with a host of friends
in this city.
The Ledger joins friends in ex-
tending congratulate ions and best
wishes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-10-21

Otis S. Williams, son of Mr.. and
Mrs John Williams, of Vandalia, and
Miss Lena Beshears, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. f. M. Beshears, were mar
ried Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. E. o. Nor
ris, by the Rev. A. Q. Burns, of the
Baptist church.
Mrs. Williams is a graduate Of VIII
liam Woods College, Fulton "a most
accomplished young woman with many
friends. Mr.. Williams saw eight and
a half months service in the recent
war in foreign waters as d naval wire
less operator and attended school at
Harvard University.
Both are members Of leading fam
lies in Eastern Audrain and have a
host of friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Morris were their only attendants.
They left Monday for a trip through
Oklahoma before returning home
where they will live on a large farm
of the bridegroom's.
The Ledger joins their many friends
in extending congratulations and best
wishes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-10-21
DEATHS

E. w. McFadden, 81 years old, died
at 8 o'clock Friday morning at his
home fifteen miles north of Mexico.
The funeral services were held Sat-
urday morning at II o'clock at the
Littleby Baptist Church. The Ledger
extends sympathy to the family
Mr.. McFaddin was born in 1859 in
Audrain County. In July, 1888, he
was married to Miss Molly Brown,
who died some time ago. His entire
life was spent on the farm where he
was born, and on which his father had
settled eighty years ago. He leaves
three children.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-10-21
E CROSS ACTIVE
In DISASTER REL

when disaster hts q culnmuuItc-
fire. flood. earthquake. explosion. bad
wreck or tornado tive American Red
Dress IAN be DEEPEN led upon TO fellow
Right at Its heels with help for the
stricken people. Rcd Cross relief Is
almost ImmcdiateI! forthcoming food,
clothing. shelter and funds; doctors,
nurses and special workers with long
experience IN handling similar trouble
elsewhere.
Barring the last year, ending June 80,
there was an average of four disasters
q month In the United States. One
hundred and fifty communities in
tweaty seven states suffered. The
largest and most destructive Of these
were the tidal wave at Corpus Christi
Texas, and t%ornadoes In Mississippi,
Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois.
In these events Of horror $50 per
sons we're killed, 1900 vert injured
faces were made homeless, about 80.
90 families needed help. the property
AsS vas nearly S1Oo,0O0,000 and al
rSeet s 200, 900 In relief funds, not In.
&adag emergency supplies was ex'
PeRded.
70 the sufferers from all disasters
dsrpfag the year, the American Red
@soss sent $4,000 worth of sup
plies, no Red Cross nurses and seven
speoal relief trains. To meet the
needs Of the stricken, the organization
al - ten relief stations, operated
tkkty feod canteens and as many
eznergeRcy hospitals. One hundred
and twenty-five Red Cross chapters
gave disaster relief service.
II disaster ever strikes this town Of
county, the citizens can be absolutely
sure the Red Cross will be right OF
hand to help them In every way.