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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-03-18
STAT E I
CAPITAL
Antisuffrage Case To Be Heard April

Antisuffrage Case To Be Heard Aprii7
Annapolis
Annapolis.-Acting upon a request
made by Attorneys William L. Mar.
bury and Thomas ,Cadwallader, Of Bal
timore, in behalf Of antisuffragists In
Maryland, the Court of Appeals an
nounced that it would give hearing
on April Z upon the appeal taken from
the decision of Judge Charles W
Heuisler, of Baltimore, who recently
upheld the constitutionality Of the Ma
tional Suffrage Amendment.
Effort was made to get the Court to
hear arguments in this action within a
few days, but the Appellate Court de-
cided to carry the case over until the
first week in April, when the regular
April term begins.
Judge Heuisler's decision was rem.
dered upon the petition brought by
Oscar Lesser and other antisuffragists.
1t is contended by them that the con.
stitutional amendment is an abridg-
ment of States rights in that the
exercise Of franchise at State or
municipal elections is under the
sovereignty of each State and cannot
be reached by an amendment to the
Federal Constitution.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-03-18

Nelson d. Simons is chief of the Pc
quot Indians, who once were dictators
Of the country from Massachusetts to
Hudson bay. He is full-blooded In
dian chieftain, and is descendant Of
the great Sassacus, who led the Pc
quot tribe against the early settlers.
Mr.. Simons is now in Boston pursuing
a course Of study at the Suffolk Law
School.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-03-18
State Audubon Society Opens Exhibit.

State Audubon Society Opens Exhibit.
The Maryland Audubon Society.
which is cooperating with the National
Biological Survey, at Washington, in
its work for the conservation Of birds
in Maryland, has placed on exhibition
at the Maryland Academy of Science.
seasonal casesFin which will be placed
specimens Of birds as they appear this
spring in and about Baltimore. BY
this means the public will know what
birds have migrated from the South
and the dates of their arrival, and can
become acquainted with ythe appear.
ances of birds with which they are
unfamiliar.
A suggestion that bird boxes being
made by pupils in the manual training
departments of the public schools be
placed in trees on the Gunpowder wa
tershed and a bird shelter established
under the supervision of the State
Game Warden will be laid before the
Water Board next Wednesday by Wa.
ter Engineer William A. Megraw.
The suggestion was made to Mr..
Megraw yesterday by Mrs. Baker Hull.
of the Washington Apartments, pres
ident of the Audubon Society.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-17
Y. M. c A. NOTES

A correction of last weeks
notes, where it read, "the boys
voted to discontinue gambling"
should of read, voted to dis
countenance gambling"
The topic for the Boys meet
ing this week Friday, will be,
Camping and Pioneer Work,
illustrated by use of blackboard
and crayon, given by Mr. Den
mis-, following the many first
aid talks given.
The boys are arranging to
put on a play soon after Easter,
proceeds for the purchase of
base ball uniforms.
New books were added to
the boys library this week.
The membership campaign
for year 1921 will take place
the last week in April. The
railroad membership in North
America has increased since
1899 from $4,000 to 145, 5000
and why not Island Pond help
to make it 10000 at the COM
ing campaign.
The Merchant Marine, with
over 1,219,000 men employed,
has been taken over by the R.R.
Dept. Y. NJ G. A, and now will
be called the Transportation De
Partment. These men enter l64
ports, it is said that seven out
of ten of these men are robbed
as they come to the ports. The
Y. M C A in one year and eight
months received for safe keep
ing, $197,715.50. Secured EN-
ployment for 38,517 men and
boys, of whom 1892 were ex-
service men, provided sleeping
Accommodations for 28,796. Fur
nished reading matter, testa-
ments and free stationery for
1852 ships. Visited 339 sick
and injured and buried 25 sail
ors from across the sea.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-17
The Yellow World.

II is easy to see why China's i'm
perial color is yellow, writes a cor
respondent from Yangste river. Her
rivers are yellow. her long plains are
yeIlow-especially in a famine year
such as this, and as for her seas-the
boundaries of her world-so desert
yellow is their color that a sxing Of
camels crossing them would LOOK more
in keeping than a string of junks.
And so one can understand why the
very heart Of the heart of China, the
Imperial city, should lie like a SHIN
mering lake Of golden tiles within her
lotus-besieged walls. Even against the
evidence Of my own eyes | cannot be-
lieve that the Great Wall is built Of
solid ordinary stones laid one upon the
other. Rather 1t seems moulded out
of the stuff of which the mountains
themselves were made, long ago when
the world was plastic and empty Of
all save possibilities. There never
was so sinuous thing as the Great
Wall built by men, think. so slnuous
and so nsniring.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-17
EIES GKUW kEENER IN DARK
Why the Sight Then Is More Sensitive
Than in the Light, Explained
by Scientists.

On entering a dark room after
stay in the outside daylight the eye at
once begins to increase in sensitivity~
At first this increase appears to bEF
slow, but after five minutes the in.-
crease is quite rapid, the eye acquiring
sensitivity several hundred times itg
initial value, says a writer in the'
Journal of General Physiology.
After 30 minutes sojourn in the,
dark the sensitivity still increases, but
more slowly than before, and after 45p
minutes or an hour the maximum sen~
sitivity is reached. The final sensitiv~
ity varies slightly with different peo-
pie, but in fully adapted condition the.
eye is easily 5000 or 10000 times more
sensitive than it was at the beginning
These facts are obtained from e
study Of the sensitiveness of the eye
in the dark made by Selig Hecht OF
Creighton university, Omaha. Mr.
Hecht's study goes to show that the
increased sensiuyeness is due to q re-,
versible phc.o-chemical reaction With
in the retina, Involving photosons'tiyes
substance and its two products Of de-
composition.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-17
VERMONT STATE NEWS

Vermont has $4,000 horses
and will probably show half as
many automobiles in 1921.
The Barre Times says: "All
is not we'll at Montpelier when
it is an ink we'll"
The progressive town of st.
Johnsbury has rejected medical
inpection in its schools and TAX
es a backward step. The law
should be changed making such
inspection compulsory in all
schools.
Brattleboro has a bonded
debt of $4,000 and no sink
ing fund. 1t is strange that
bond issues are more fashiona-
BILE than sinking funds.
Somebody has discovered
that the Vail schools failure to
function is in the management,
and the state board of educa-
tion is being critised for this
failure.
Somebody remarks that the
present legislature seems to be
ordinary in calibre; most folks
and gatherings Of people are
rather common, and such are
quite liable to gather in the leg
islative habits of any state. It
is peculiar perhaps, but the av-
erage man as Representative, for
if he is above or below this
grade it would undermine the
principles of representative
government. There is some
thing psychological in this, and
in a way unexplainable, but it
has proved safe and sane, and
upon it a great republic has
been built.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-17
Feel of Brambles

She will bear him children with
straight backs and sturdy limbs
Clear-eyed children with un-
troubled minds.
Mine would have been bro wn
things, Questioners-
With little hoofs, l think;
Lovers of wind and rain
And twisted brambly paths ov-
er the hills.
But he was afraid-afraid of the
brown hoofed ones;
And more afraid that some
times,
AS we grew old together,
I would slip away from his to
the hills;
Where he--because of gout, or
girth, or civic dignity--
Could not come after.
He need of not been troubled;
Long before that should have
lost the feel of brambles.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-17
The, Merchant Prince

There was an old geezer
And he had a lot of sense,
He started up in business
On a dollar n eighty cents.
The dollar was for stock
And the eighty for an ad,
Which brot him three dollars
In a day, by dad!
Well, he bought more goods
And a little more space,
And he played that system
With a smile on his face.
The customers fiocked
To his two by four,
Soon he had to hustle
For a regular store.
Up on the square
Where the people pass,
He gobbled up a corner
That was all plate glass.
He fixed up the windows
With the best he had
And he told them all about it
In a half page ad.
He soon had 'em coming
And never, never quit,
And he wouldn't cut down
On his ad one jit.
And he's kept things humming
In the town ever since
And everybody calls him
The Merchant Prince.
Some say it's luck
But that's all bunk
He was doing business
When times were punk!
People have to purchase
And the geezer was wise
He knew the way to get 'em
Was to advertise.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-17
Birthday Party

At the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Moultroup Tuesday ev-
ening, March 8, a goodly num-
Der of friends gathered to help
celebrate the 18th birthday OF
their son, Clyde. All enjoyed
ylaying games until a late hour
when a dainty lunch was serv-
ed of assorted cakes and ice
cream. He was presented with
numerous gifts and wishes for
many returns Of the day.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-17
High School Cancels
Lecture Course

The entertainment that was
advertised to have taken place
at the Opera House, March 28,
has been cancelled on account
of inability to meet expenses.
The outstanding Season Tic
kets will, however, be redeem
ed pro rata, at the office of the
Principal during the week be-
ginning March 21st.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-17

LoaterS used 70 hang out in Hyery
stables in the days when the horse
was king; now the tribe of sun
dodgers is inclined to transfer it's lav4
and affection to the garage, observer
a writer in the current issue of Ameri-
can MOtorist. Especially IS this trua
OF the small town or suburban estab~
lishment. The man who knows the
first elements of successful business
management will promptly forbid this,
from the very start He need NOT,
waste any politeness In impressings
upon the do-nothings that II is their
absence only which is desired. All OF
this was laconically recognized anM
guarded against by sign seen In ans
up-to-date garage on the road to the
White mountains. The sign read: "lf'
you have nothing to do, don't, come
here to do it." ..,.>..
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-17
Mortimer G. Davis


Orlando, Fla, Feb. 18th, 1921.
He had been failing for about a
year but was not confined to his
bed until about two weeks be-
fore his death. He suffered
no pain, yet realized that the
end was near,a land was quite will
ing to take the step into the un-
known land. Funeral services
were conducted by Rev. T. Il.
Mcconnell of the First Presby-
terian Church, of Orlando, Fla,
and the remains will be brought
to East Charleston, for inter-
ment.
Mr.. Davis was born in the
town of Elmore, VT, in the
year 1886, the eldest of seven
sons of Samuel and Laura Reed
Davis, both father and mother
being of the type whose charac-
teristics were bravery, frugali-
ty and industry, producing with
their own hands clothing and
such other necessities and CON-
forts as they possessed. He at
tended school in Elmore and
Charleston, to which town he
came when twelve years of age,
and grew to manhood there,
marrying in 1853 Mary Evaline
Cole. Two sons and three
daughters were born to them,
all except one, Oscar T., dying
in infancy.
During the years he was IN
Charleston, and his long resi-
dence in Island Pond,-about
thirty-seven years, he was en-
gagged in many pursuits, among
which were extensive real es-
tate transactions. In every
case the buildings passing thru
his hands were enlarged and
improved. He took an active
interest in the town and Coun-
ty, serving the town as q very
efficient collector of taxes, and
Essex County as deputy sheriff.
Of robust constitution, almost
unlimited energy,and keen bus
iness ability, he continued TO
look after his farms even after
more strenuous pursuits were re-
linquished.
In his declining years he had
pleasant home and tender
care in his sons family, and the
little daughter, Leola, became
very dear to him.
A year ago he made the trip
to his sons new home in Flor
ida alone, stopping en- route in
Washington, where he was en-
tertained by Congressman P.
H. Dale. One very pleasant
feature of this visit was meeting
and comparing notes with Gun
Gle" Joe Cannon, whose birth
day was very near his.
With his passing we have lost
q man of sterling qualities, an
up builder.
"He lived his life with heart
and soul
And willing hands and ready
brain,
He did not talk about his goal,
But worked it's splendors to at
tain;
He did not boast of lofty things
And be content with flowery
phrase,
But knowing all that honor
brings,
He lived in honor all his days.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-17

An Illinois man recently lost
a fine Holstein heifer and offer
ed as a reward for it's return
one good drink of whiskey. The
next day twelve heifers were
brought in.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-17
MAKING REPORTING EASY

Has Any One--
Died Had a fire
Eloped Had a baby
Divorced Had a party
Embezzled Sold a farm
Left town Been arrested
Come to town
Had twins or collie
Sold a COW or lost an auto
Stolen a dog--or friends wife
Committed suicide-or murder
Fallen from an airplane
Fallen into a we'll
Fallen into a legacy?
st J0hnsbury Caledonian
Let us tell the world" about it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-17

The following is taken from
the Literary Digest of February
5th. 1t was composed by Miss
Hazel Rawson Cades, who will
be remembered by many Island
Pond people. She is neice of
Mrs. Emma Rawson.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-17
NOTICE

All regular members Of Os-
wegotchie Lodge, No. II, are
requested to be present at the
next regular meeting, March 20
Per order.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-17

Arthur L. Richards of Montreal
will conduct the morning and
evening services.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-17
CHRIST CHURCH

Mr.. Clifton Hall, Lay Reader
Morning Service l! 4 W
Sunday School II no2n
Evensong 7 + W
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-17

The Singer Evangelist, Rev.
H. L. Seymour begins Thursday
evening, at 1880, and services
will be held every evening eX-
cept Saturday until Easter
The public is cordially invit-
ed. The Sunday service viii
be as usual.
Arthur Anderson Mandigo,
Pastor.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-17

1t pays others to advertisss~s
why rst ySa?
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-03-02

present the matter is held up on ac-
count of the American immigration
Law against the entry Of any one
whose passage is paid by any society
organization or business. This
teohnicality stopped cargo of
twenty babies at Liverpool recently
bound for New York, consigned to
the British-American Society.
1t is hoped, however, to over
come this difficulty by getting in
dividual Americans to sponsor fin
ancially each baby sent over. AS
soon as this hitch has been adjust
ed another shipment of about twen-
ty infants will be assembled and
sent, and it is understood the sup
ply of exportable babies in this
country is equal to any demand
likely to come from America.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-03-02
WOMAN GRAND JUROR
PUSHES LIQUOR PROBE

London, Ky, Feb. 2S.-For the
first time in the history of this
county, women are serving on all
the regular juries at this term of
the Laurel Circuit Court.
Mrs. Ida B. Lewis, wife of former
County Attorney j. X. Lewis, is a
member of the grand jury and is
taking a leading part in investiga-
ton of offenses against the liquor
and gambling laws and many in
indictments are being found.
Mrs. Minnie Scoville, wife of for
mer Sheriff c. N. Scoville, and Mrs.
Mamie Williams are members Of
one petit jury. Mrs. Eliza Jones is
member of the other.
Mrs. Frances Jones, who was ap-
POINTED Jury commissioner several
months ago, was the first woman in
Kentucky to serve as a member of
the commission for selecting Jurors.
Mrs. Julia N. Boreing, daughter
in-law of former Congressman Vim
cent Boreing, is a candidate for
County Court Clerk.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-03-02
MINISTER PROPOSES
PROHIBITION CHANGE

Philadelphia, Feb. 2S.-A pro-
posal to amend the Federal prohibit
ton amendment for the purpose Of
ending the condition caused "by the
wide divergence of Interpretation
which now breeds disrespect for all
law" was submitted to 100 rec
ognized leaders in various activi-
ties throughout the Nation by the
Rev. DR.. Russell H. Conwell, presi-
dent of Temple University.
DR.. Conwells proposal is en-
bodied in a petition which will be
circulated throughout the country
as soon as criticism of the tentative
draft sent to the 100 prominent
men in theology, law. the temper
ance movement and other fields has
been received.
The amendment in its present
form, DR.. Conwell declares cannot
be understood and hence is a fail
ne. He wants q measure that will
do away with drunkenness, while
interfering as little as possible with
personal liberty"
The text of the petition drafted
by DR.. Conwell follows:
Congress should be urged to
submit to the people an amendment
to the prohibition amendment de-
filming accurately what the people
meant when they used the word
manufacture as applied to natural
fermentation; what they meant by
the term Intoxicating liquors., what
they meant by the word beverage
and what they meant by the word
concurrent
'The wide divergence of interpre-
tation now breeds disrespect for all
law and may lead to the repeal of
the whole amendment unless the |
people themselves are again consult
ed now"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-03-02
LARGE DECREASE
~. SHOWN IN LOANS

Washington, Feb. 26.- Loans
znd discounts, excepting re-dis-
rounts. on national banks of the
Sountry. outside of New York City,
secreased over a quarter of bill
non dollars between last November
Is and last December 20, Comp
1roiier Williams. of the treasury an
n0unced in making known the re-
Imlts of the bank call on the latter
axte-
louisville and st. Louis, were
rwo Of seven cities. outside of New
York showing increases. Kentucky
ans one of six states whose country
sanks showed increases in loans,
nearly every other state and city,
Mr.. Williams said showed a ma
terid decrease in loans and dis
souTts. The number of banks re-
porting was $50. an increase OF
fso over December a year ago.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-03-02

trying to have it adopted or give It
away to save its life.
1--WE missionaries have heard
cries for bread, cries that can never
be forgotten. However, until this
famine, we were generally always
able to do something to alleviate
the distress.
China is looking to America for
help. If we fail her, all hope is
lost. The simple confidence of the
average Chinese in the people of
America and American ideals is
touching. This friendship will do
more to keep the peace of the world
and avert a crisis in the Far East
than the greatest navy we can
build. Now that friendship is be-
ing put to the test.
But China knows we are rich in
foodstuffs. She knows there are
probably millions of bushels of I'M
harvested crops rotting in the fields.
Even from the standpoint of
giving US National security in the
future, the amount of money Amer
lea gives for the starving people of
other nations will mean more than
100 times that amount spent in
building up big armies and navies."
Contributions are coming in from
all parts Of Kentucky to Joseph
Burge Treasurer, Board of Trade
Bldg. Louisville, which will be ac-
knowledged through the columns of
each County Newspaper in the
State.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-03-02
ODE Hartford Herald
Hartford, Kentucky

fought had been espoused by a new
generation of Americans.
Members of the delegation, af.
ter their visit to the president, dc
scribed him as in good spirits and
said they gained the impression
that he was quite capable of con-
Quoting for a long time vigorous
campaign in behalf of world peace.
Not to Write Peace History
The president was said to have
specially requested the delegation
to dispel the idea that he would
write a history of the Paris Peace
conference. He explained that If
he should write such a history 1t
would be impossible for the reader
to discount the personal equation
and that he preferred for this rea-
son to leave the task to others.
The president received the dele
cation in his study seated behind
his desk. He shook hands with
each Of the six. apoligizing for not
rising and in turn presented the
visitors to Mrs. Wilson.
During his remarks the presi-
dent removed his glasses several
times and finally laid them down
upon his desk. The college men
said he spoke in clear, well modu-
lated voice and with a fiuency and
with which was afterward parti-
cularly remarked upon by the visi-
tors.
Mrs. Wilson stood by the presi-
dent throughout the course OF the
interview and when 1t was con-
Guided she escorted the delegation
to the door. After thanking them
for their visit, she said:
1.-THE president was deeply touch
ed by your mission and your mes
sage"
1--WE were deeply impressed with
the great heart of the president as
he seemed in reflection to think ov-
er the question of peace. We were
deeply touched by the presidents
faith in the ultimate accomplish
ments of his efforts toward peace
and by the almost buoyant good
humor with which he is leaving the
White House."
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-03-02
FAMINE AND UNANSWERED
CRIES FOR F00O
Described by Rev. William W.
Stout, Louisville Minister
In China ... see.

Parents carrying their straving
children from door to door plead.
ing with someone to adopt them
thousands of bodies Of children and
aged persons lining the roadsides,
the victims of famine and unan-
swered cries for food; this is the
picture described by the Rev. Will
liam w. Stout, Louisville minister
now in China. in a letter received
yesterday by the Rev. DR.. e. Y. Null
Inns, who is chairman Of the China
Famine Fund in Kentucky.
Mr.. Stout formerly occupied vari-
Gus Louisville and Kentucky pull
pits.
His letter in part follows:
''As many persons as were killed
in the World War now are in i'm
minent danger of starvation. Men
and women are roaming the coun-
try like gaunt, wild eyed wolves.
Children. some naked and others
half naked. swarm like straving rats
about the places where they hope
some bits of food may be dropped.
Thousands fall and die by the road
sides, unburied because the sur
vivors lack the strength to dig
graves.
whole families are committing
suicide to escape the agonies Of
starvation when all hope of aid has
been given up. Children are being
sold in the desperate hope that their
lives may be preserved until the
next harvest.
mot only is there lack of food,
but the straw and the stalks of the
grain which is commonly used for
fuel is no longer obtainable. Their
clothing has been sold for almost
nothing 70 vulture-like merchants
from other parts Of China. Added
to the >horrors of starvating and
freezing. there are the diseases that
always come with famine. The most
horrible nightmare could not be
worse than the every day scenes we
encounter.
81 have seen mother or father,
weakened by disease and almost
dying carrying an emaciated child