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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-04-15
INITIATING MEASURES.

At the present time petitions
are being circulated in Montana
for signatures that will initiate
measures for a bond issue of
S5,O0O,0O0 and a special tax
levy of one and one-half mills,
for the higher educational in
situations of the state. The
campaign for signatures ex-
tends until April 20.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-04-15
PETITIONS OUT
FOR BOND ISSUE
MEASURES FAVORING HIGHER
TO BE INITIATED IN APRIL
AFTER 10000 SIGNATURES

Provision in State Constitution VIII
Cut Down State Levy in 1921, Civ
ing Little More Than Half of Pres
ent Inadequate Funds, Unless Meas
ures Are Voted.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-06-04

Easy-going men are apt to spenG,
too much time up in clouds lookings
for the silver lining.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-06-04
81, 299 Ford Cars Turned Out In
March.

March broke all production records
ever made by the Ford Motor Com
pany, Detroit, both for the number Of
cars produced in one day and one
month. March 9th, 4,256 cars left
the assembly lines at the home plant
and branches, while the record for
the month was 94,299 cars. These
figures represent production in the
United States only, and do not take
into consideration the Canadian, or
foreign plants.
Here's an illustration of the
amount of railroad cars it would
take to ship this vast swarm Of
Fords. Loaded six in a freight car
with fifty freight cars to each train,
it would take 314 trains to carry
them, and there would be enough
left over to start a parade.
Notwithstanding the fact that pro-
duction in April dropped to less than
fifty per cent of normal, because of
the strike, Ford officials say that for
the fiscal year, which ends July 31st,
they will have attained the million
mark Of production.
During the strike, material was
brought in by trucks, boats, electric
freight and every other possible way,
but it served mainly to keep Ford
men at work, rather than to main
tain any semblance of the regular
output, Assembled cars were ship
ped by water where possible, but
most Of them were driven from De-
troit to their destination. Many
Ford trucks loaded each with Ford
son tractor started from Dearborn
for Eastern, Southern and Midwest
ern points.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-06-04

Mrs. Ellen M. Tosh and daughter
Miss Eta have returned from a
pleasant visit in Wilmington and
Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Griffith Brown enter-
tanned. company this week.
Mrs. Marion Brumfield spent sun
day at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. william Creswell, Rising
Sun.
Quite number of people visited
West Nottingham Presbyterian Gem
etery on Memorial Day.
Mrs. Helena Preston attended the
25th wedding anniversary of Mr.. ana
Mrs. Harry Dowland at Concordviile
last Saturday.
Mrs. "A. T. Wiley has returned to
her home at West Nottingham after
spending the winter and spring in
New Jersey with her son Burton
Wiley and family.
Mr.. Norman Clark is on a business
: trip to Kenosha, wisconsin.
John Williams, Of Virginia, is Wis
iting Bruce Williams and family
West Nottingham.
Mrs. s. ID. Mccullough is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Elwood Davis,
Wilmington.
Miss Elizabeth Marrett, Philada.,
spent the weekend with Mrs. Harry
Poist
George Liddell is having a we'll
bored at his cannery, Liberty Grove.
Mr.. Havilahd and family expect to
occupy their new bungalow this
week. They have been living in one
Of Elwood Balderston's houses since
March.
The Improved Order of Red Men
of Colora will hold festival on the
evenings of June 9 and 10.
The Sunday schools of Mt. Pleas
ant M. b. church and of West Not
tingham are busy refearsing their
programs for Children's Day.
Reese and Kennard, the Mt. Pleas
ant butchers purchased several fine
steers last week from Elwood Balder-
ston.
Mrs. VIM. N. Wilson enjoyed q
few days in Atlantic City, being the
guest Of Miss Cora Wiley.
Mrs Margery Nickel was visitor
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Foster. Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Jones
Wilmington, were also guests at the
same home.
Mrs. Annie Tyson and son Allen
of Chester, visited Mrs. Eleanor
Moore.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-06-04
OPEN FIRES.
Two Pictures.
III.


4 The firemen and the insurance
men also see pictures in the ire,
but theirs are of a different kind.
Their memories show them pic
lures Of burning scraps of paper
flying up chimneys to lodge on
the shingle roof and set it on
fire. They see pictures of sparks
7 swapping out into the room upon
curtains or perhaps upon the
light dress of some one sitting
quietly in the chimney-corner.
These things they see, and more
besides. They see red-hot en-
bers falling out upon the carpet
after the family has retired and
they see dreadful pictures of
little children coming too close
to the hearth and being terribly
burned.
4 They know that all of these dis
tressing things are really quite
unnecessary, but come from the
foolish American habit of care
lessness.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-06-04
CURTIS q. IRWIN
MEATS. GROCERIES,, ETC.


The summer time am coming.
The birds are on the wing,
lis time to plant your gardens,
And flowers, n everything.
We have the kind you're wanting.
They are not so awful high;
If you came and see them
We are sure that you will buy.
CURTIS e. IRWIN
Corner Cherry & Queen SITS
Rising Sun. Maryland
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-06-04

Miss Emily F. Peach, of North
East, has resigned her position as
clerk, in the postoffice at Perryvflle,
on account of i'll health, and Miss
Beatrice Shippers has been appointed
her successor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-06-04
CHURCH DIRECTORY .
James n. E. Church. Rising Sun, I'D.
Rev. chas. c. Harris, Pastor,
SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 1920

SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 1920
Morning
9:45 to 1926 Sunday School and
Adult Bible Classes.
10: 45-Sermon.
Evening
There will be no Epworth League
or preaching service, owing TO the
meeting in the Chautauqua tent, as
announced elsewhere in this issue,
sylmar M. Il. Church.
1870 p. M. Sunday School.
$3.50 p M.-Preaching.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-06-04
Rnronr OF rHn CONDITION OF
The Elkton Banking & Trust
Co. Of Maryland
At EIkton, in the State Of Mary
land. at the Close Of Business
May 4. 1920.
REsoURcEs.


Loans and discounts. s457, Ash
Overdrafts, Becured and unsecured. 49,
Stocks, Bonds. Securities. etc.,. N4, 1851
Banking House. Furniture 81 fixtures 1000. 90
Other Real Estate Owned ............ 14.055.29
Mortgages and Judgments OF Record 4l65O.O0
Due rom ana p1asT S Reserve Agents %
Lawful Money Reserve II Bank. viz;
U. 3. Currency and Ma
tional Bank Notes.. .$l6. 09S10
Gold Coin. id oU 20 90, 90
u. s. Government War Loan Bonds 7S.55O.O0
Total. .sa53. 1ls.Ol
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid 900. 90
Undivided Profits. less Expenses,
Interest and Taxes paid $500. 1SSOsl
Due to National, State and Private
Banks and Bankers and Trust Com
panies, other than reserve.........- l6S. %
Dividends unpaid. 10000
Deposits (demandl
Subject to check ......... .$4ls,555.09
Certified checks.........-: l.64BU
Cashiers Checks outstand-
Deposits asi itinsi ''.'9 '''' ''''''
Savings and Special. .....s 2l7 SCOTS
Certificates of Deposit, l4s.51SO s 366. l88 80
Notes and Bills rediaoounted- 35,U0O.00
Premium Account. ............. 981. 90
Total. 1855. 44s04
State Of Maryland, County of Cecil. IS:
/, Irwin T. Kepler, Treasurer of the above
named Institution, do solemniy swear that
the above statement is true to the best OF my
knowledge and belief
IRWIN I. KEPLER. Treasurer.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day Of May, 1890.
WILLIAM II. COLE. Notary Public.
Correct Attest
EDWARD TAYLOR,
EMERSON r. CROTHERS,
HENRY VINSINGER,
Directors.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-06-04
SATURDAY CLOSING.

We will close at II O'Clock noon
ON Saturday from May 20 to August
%, inclusive.
Colora Grain 3 Hay Co.,
Colora, Md
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-06-04
ATTENTION, COAL DEALERs.

Bids will be received and opened
at the Regular Meeting of the Board
Tuesday, June Sth, at III A. NJ, for
furnishing coal for the school year
1920-1921. All bids must be pre-
sented on special forms which may
be secured through this Office.
BY order Of
Board of Education of Cecil Co.
Hugh w. Caldwell, Supt.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-06-10

looked today or In the years to come
This is all as 1t should be. And
quite as those at home would wish II
And, as has happened in the case OF
the older celebrations, even though the
day brings Its fresh and deeper sor.
rows. at the same time there must be
felt everywhere the comforting sense
that the country and those who have
passed away were equal TO their task
In the world crisis. II is but meet
and proper, therefore. that all should
Insist that wherever they may lie each
and all who paid the final debt shall
be marked from among their fellows,
dead and living. by such seemly and
ceremonial observances as we have
set up here for generations and are
now repeating abroad. Respect and
recognition for what they did and
proper honors for the hero dead lend
dignity to the living. glorify all sense
of duty and discipline and lift all life
into the nobler channels of human
ity that Is not. as Is writ of the beasts
of the fields, without aim or hope"
but serves understandingly and not In
vain.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-06-10

ly. Some contingency might arise by
tage to fire the first gun before Major
Anderson fired; though the probabil-
tiles were overwhelmingly on the other
side. The Confederate government at
the time preferred that the European
powers should place the blame on the
United States for beginning war.
81 kept the key of that gunroom in
my own pocket, and no human being
could get into 1t except myself. There
was no hole by which even cat or
dog could get in. The only opening
was window sash down few inches
from the top, which lowered to ad-
NIT air.
"Well, sir, despite all these precau-
tions, one day while was reading a
newspaper In my living quarters, all
of n sudden heard a report. The
general had just come In, and he and
| met in the hall. He was as white as
a sheet, and reckon | was pretty pale
myself.
1--WE both ran outside and saw a
cloud of smoke over Moultrie. The
gun had been fired.
II wondered how 1t could have hap
pened, but the general didn't seem to
care how 1t was, since 1t had hap
pened. He went out as fast as he
could go to the telegraph Office to in
form the government at Richmond
that the gun had been fired without
his order, 1t was supposed acciden-
tally.
"Well, you know the result. The
firing of that gun fired the North as
well. The people Of the free states
went wild, and from that moment the
fate of the Confederacy was settled.
Our ports were blockaded so that one
could get In little or nothing from
abroad, while the Northern people
could make or grow what they needed,
and what they couldn't produce them.
selves they could buy wherever It was
to be had cheapest. But. Lord, how
we did fghti
"As for the Confederate govern.
ment, II wouldn't do for them to give
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-06-10
NATION HON0RS
ALL HER HEROES
Memories OF Veterans Of Three
Wars Are Enshrined in
Country's Heart.

Memorial day is the day OF the dead,
the veterans of three wars; but.
though newly consecrated by the fresh
and poignant sacrifices OF those who
passed away In the great war OF liber-
alton "over there" there cannot be
now. any more than In the past, any
associations bu. those of true Joy and
honorable pride, far removed from the
despair OF causes lost, or from grlefs
over those whose death Is without
meaning and end without result. For
Il is the holy SOY OF those who know
that the sacrifices were not In vain
that distinguished this day of days
this year. coupled with the realization
that both those who went and those
oblntion on the altar Of the country
with an unfalterlng belief In the fine
nobility OF the obligation and the deep
Significance of what II meant for the
common good.
While the ceremonies on this side
follow the usual lines. heightened by
the opportunity to pay fresh homage
where homage Is due, the tribute that
IL paid "over there" beginning with
the ceremony at Suresnes. near which
has been developed the American
cemetery nearest To Paris, nj which
President Wilson oniciated last year,
IN the very presence OF the dead them.
selves fakes on an especially moving
character For In nothing did the
American eXpedltlonary force and all
its helpful accessory agencies, such as
the Red Cross, so distinguish them.
selves as In their concern that the last
resting place Of those who fell abroad
should be neither unknown, unmarked
nor unhonOred. As result OF this
determined and consecrated effort of
all services. the new graves of the
hero dead. he they located where they
fell. or removed To the permanent
centers OF burial that have been Sc
lected at appropriate places as the
official American cemeteries. will re-
celve every attention that Is their just
due from their brothers In arms cover
there" aud q grateful country. The
graves, all separately and sngly
marked with the cross. or the star,
save In name and title, no distinction
Of rank being allowed In the Identify
Ing symbol. will tie decorated one and
all. And while nuch that has been
devised as to the handling of these
special cemeteries has followed the
plan OF the British, who have been M
work AT the problem much longer, yet
n peculiarly American touch is given
In that this annual commemorntion OF
Memorial day, so familiar TO us all,
is new to our allies and TO the French,
though they have gladly co.operated
with the American forces In order 10
make the day truly notable one and
one Of general and significant com.
memorntlon.
So far as the general cemeteries go
we have followed the British In the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-06-10
YouthfuI Union oefender.

William b. Miller of Bath, N. Y,
thinks he was the youngest soldier in
the Union army during the Civil war.
In 1861. when he was eleven years old.
he ran away from home and became
drummer boy with the first North
Carolina volunteers. a regiment COM
posed Of Union men. He served five
months with this regiment. and then
became a drummer with the tenth New
York volunteer infantry with which he
served through the war. He was four
teen years old when he was discharged,
at the grand review In Washington In
1865.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-06-10

pened TO be fred on?'
mo. | don't"
He looked at his empty glass. |
know he could tell any number of i'm
probable yarns and | was curious to
know how long bow he would draw
In that instance. The yarn would cost
another drink. but ! ordered II. When
the old man saw 1t safe in his tumbler
he told the story.
AT the time Major Anderson was
pent up in Sumter |, who had been an
ordnance sergeant In the United
States army and deserted to Join the
Confederates, was In Charleston.
went TO General Beauregard and told
him what experience ! had had In
ordnance. He told me was just the
man he wanted. There was big bluff
going on to compel President Lincoln
TO order the evacuation OF the fort
II has been supposed since, that Sum-
ter was fired on to precipitate the war
That's all bosh. They wanted to get
as many states as possible out of the
Union, thinking that when nearly all
were out the rest would be allowed TO
go peaceably.
$50 fearful WIS General Beauregard
that a shot would be fred from. Fort
Moultrie that he would only permit
one gun to be shotted. and arranged
that that one couldn't be fired except
by electricity. from house In which
he ate and slept. IL bombardment
was to take place. he wanted to fire
the first shot himself So he told me
that he held me responsible for The
electric instrument connected with the
gun. The house was one Of those big
old mansions for which Charleston Is
famous, and there was plenty of room
I had three rooms for my family, he
sides the gunroom, as Il was called.
An order was issued that no one
should go into that room excep, my
self.
"The general explained to me that
II the gun was fired without an or
der from the president of the Confed-
er1cy. he would like 10 be fired out OF
II himself. II would likely bring on a
war and since the North had all the
food-growing country and manufac-
lures the result would In the end be
disastrous TO the South. AT the same
time. he didn't know himself all thar
was going on. and II he received an
order by telegram to fire. he wished
to be 'n a position to obey 1t instant
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-06-10
THE NATIONS DEAD.
1861-1865.

Four hundred thousand men.
The brave-the good-the true.
In tangled wood. In mountain glen,
On battle plain. In prison pen.
Lie dead for me and you'll
Four hundred thousand OF the brave
Have made our ransomed soil their
grave
For me and you'll
Good friend. for me and you'll
In many a fevered swamp,
by many a black bayou.
In many cold and frozen camp
The weary sentinel ceased his
And died for me and you'll
From western plain to ocean tide
Are stretched the graves of those
who died
For me and you'll
Good friend. for me and you'll
On many bloody plain
Their ready swords they drew.
And poured their lifeblood like the
rain.
home-a heritage to gain.
To gain for me and you
Our brothers mustered by our side:
They marched and fought and
bravely died
For me and yGul
Good friend. for me and you'll
Up many n fortress wall
They charged - those boys in
blue
Mid surging smoke and volleyed
ball
The bravest were the first TO faill
To fall for me and youl
These noble men-the nations
Four hundred thousand men have
died
For me and youi
Good friend. for me and you'll
In treason's prison-hold
Their martyr spirits grew
To stature like the saints OF old:
While, amid agonles untold.
They starved for me and youl
The good, the patient and the tried.
Four hundred thousand men have
died
For me and youl
Good friend. for me and you'll
A debt we ne'er can pay
To them In justly due:
And to the nations latest day
our children's children still shall
say.
"rhey died for me and youl"
Four hundred thousand OF the
brave
Made this cur ransomed soil their
grave
For me and you'll
Good friend. for me and youl
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-06-10
PASSING OF THE GRAND ARMY
Significant That In Omaha Three Posts
Of Veterans Have Had to Be
Consolidated.

One Of the items of local news car
ries with II tinge of sadness, OBJ
serves the Omaha Bee. II recounts
the fact that the three Omaha posts
Of the Grand Army of the Republic
are to be consolidated because they no
longer have numerical strength for
more than one. This Is simple no.
tice that the great organization of men
who wore the blue and marched with
Grant and Sherman, is passing on
more rapidly than we realize. They
were boys in '65. when the conflict
closed. but that was more than half
century ago. and the youngest head
that sheltered under soldiers cap
then Is now snow-white from age. II
men who shared together the hard
ships and privatlons, the dangers and
the triumphs of war. should pass In
Its time. for Its members are immor-
tai only In the deeds they wrought
and the glory they brought to America.
Soon "the muffied drums sad roll"
will have beaten the last tattoo for the
Grand Army; the last veteran will have
been laid away to await the bugle
sounding reveille In eternity, :he last
bronze button viii be placed alongside
the tattered old battle flags and the
stained uniform, and the Grand Army
OF the Republic will live only In the
memory OF people who will more and
more enjoy the frultage OF its history.
For
on fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread.
While glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac OF the dead.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-06-10

plan for the separate graves, but they
have gone little further In that each
large burying place win he dominated
by tall Grass and plain altar stone,
described by Klpling ms "the Cross OF
Sacrifice and the Stone of Remem'
hrance," the stone bearing the inscrip-
tion, also suggested by kipling, Their
name lveth forevermore." Save for
this, the great concentration Gene
teries of the American forces, such as
Romagne-sur-M -Montfaucon, the largest
containing 10000 graves OF those who
fell In the Meuse-Argonne battles, will
represent little more than the sim
pliclty OF Quaker burying grounds,
since the permanent memorial monu.
ments that may he erected are yet TO
be determined. But there is no ques.
tion of the monumental effect OF the
commemoration. nor will those who lie
IA the smaller cemeteries or In the
little French churchyards be over
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-06-10
The Nations OBLIGATION.

Every patriotic impulse is stirred by
the sentiments that cluster about Me-
mortal day. With heart filed with re-
newed devotion to the ideals for which
these heroes fought and died. let every
American obServe the day as BELTS
one who appreciates the blessings OF
life, liberty and happiness
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-06-10
Day Of Solemn Ceremony.

This Memorial day is q time when
the people of this country unite In
paying tribute TO the thousands who
made the supreme sacrifice in the
greatest of all fratricidal wars. II is
n solemn occasion, and nothing should
be permitted to mar It's sanctity. Ger
tain Il is that the day should not be
given over to sport.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-06-10

had aimed at and went into 1t for all
they were worth. Anyway, 1t helped
get the Southern states that were hesi-
tating out of the Union.'"
The old man stopped short In his
story.
"But you haven't told" ! said, what
fred the gun"
Haven't II" he looked at his glass,
which was empty. ordered 1t filled.
and he concluded:
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-06-10
"When Went Into the Gun Room,
There Sat a Mouss."

when went into the gunroom
there sat mouse, looking very much
ashamed of himself. He had gone up
onto the electric key, and his weight
had fired the gun that brought on the
most fratricidal war the world has
ever known"
Copyright. 1920. Western Newspaper Union)
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-06-10

out that the gun had been fred by
mistake. In the first place, such a
statement wouldn't be believed. and
II II were It wouldn't do any good
The government saw that they had a
war on their hands. instead OF peace
full secession, which was what they
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-06-10

IN men in lin n
IN
college history
- of who
herwse the
the OF ri o
Of the aions it has beer
looking Children
Wha inHnie pathos in the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-06-10

o YOU know what started
the Civil war;" asked the
genial octogenarian for
whom ! had set up three
drinks and who was wait
Ing for u fourth.
"The firing on Fort
SUMTER"
But you don't know
how Fort Sumter hap
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1920-04-29
And They Were Wed

Married last Wednesday, April
%, at Hartville, Miss Rena
O'Neal, one of Douglas county's
best liked friends, and Ira G.
Stout, one of Mansfield S most
respected citizens. This was
quite romatic, as Rena was at
tending school at Ava, preparing
to teach this fall. About a week
ago she came home on a visit,
so everyone thought, and made
no illusion to the fact that she
had come home with the inten-
ton of getting married-as the
bride has always said that she
wished to surprise everybody
when she got married. However.
we feel sure that happines awaits
the young compile. 1t is report
that they will make their future
home at Mansfield. Ira is one
of our highly honored soldier
boys, returning about year ago
from Germany. Here's wishing
this bright young couply happi
ness and joy for the future. "A
Friend.