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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-05-11
DEATHS.
Mrs. Lucy A. Yerkes

Mrs. Lucy A. Yerkes died April %
at her home near Blue Ball, aged "a
years. She was the widow of Edwin
Yerkes. Two sons and two daugh-
ters, James w., of Oxford, Clinton j.
and Miss Annie Yerkes of Blue Ball,
Mrs. Charles Wilson Of Washington,
D. c., and sister, Mrs. Caroline
Riale of Baltimore, survive her.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-05-11

There being nothing in the town or
dinances relative to the method of nam
ing candidates for Commissioners the
Board at regular session on May
adopted the following resolution, which
will also be placed on the ballot, to be
voted for or against its adoption on
Monday
Res LIVED: That the Commissioners OF Ris
ing Sun shall call . public meeting Of the
citizens Of the town, to be held two weeks
prior to the annual town election, which oc
ours the second Monday In May, tho purpose
Of the meeting being to discuss town affairs
and put in nomination candidates for Town
Commissioners; the names Of candidates
placed in nomination at said public meeting
to appear upon the official ballot. and nc
,,ther candidates to be eligible.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-05-11
BASE BALL
Result of Susquehanna League


Games
ALI the teams in the league got
their scheduled game played Satur-
day afternoon, with the following
scores: Rising Sun Z, Perryville 5,
Bel Air 8, Havre de Grace z; Elkton
8, Elk Mills s, Aberdeen A. Darling
ton l.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-05-11


The Bel Air-Rising Sun postponed
game of April 2S was played on the
local diamond Tuesday afternoon, in
the rain. The wet ball was hard to
handle and the pitchers suffered. Bel
Air hit the ball hard, driving Foster off
the mound. who was replaced by Reyn-
.olds. The locals got into the batting
too late in the game and could not over
come the big lead of the visitors, who
won by IA to 10.
ARHE
Bel Air 2131O43OO-14 20
Rising Sun 10011O340-1O IA
Batteries-Bel Air, Cole and Cain. Rising
Sun. Foster, Teynolds and Paves.
Penyville-Darlington postponed game
was won by Perryville, IL to 6.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-05-11

Ground was broken for the erec-
tion of new colored public school
building in Bel Air, last wee,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-05-11

Home run, G. Dunbar; two-base
hit, Voith; G. Dunbar, W. Cameron,
Knodler 2, Gill, Alexander.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-05-11
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
SCHEDULE FOR MAY 12

OOHEDULE TUX MAI L
Darlington ait Rising Sun; Bel Air
at Aberdeen; Perryville at Elk Mills;
Elkton at Havre de Grace.
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c. H. CAMERON
]. D. DoNAcHE
]. M. HOLDEN
A. M. McNAMEE
T. B. MOORE
DAVID T. REED
w. LOUIS RYAN
r. C. WARREN
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-05-11
TOWN ELECTION.

Five Commissioner To Be Chosen
Ordinance Before Voters.
The annual town election for five
Commissioners of Rising SUN, to serve
for the ensuing year, will be held Mon.
day. May IA, between the hours OF
and p. m. The following names,
placed in nomination at the public
meeting held May /, will appear on the
official ballot, other nominees having
withdrawn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-17
SPY SOUGHT WORD
CONTINUED from Pace One)

was committed to the Boston Psy-
chopathic Hospital for observation
month ago after three alienists had
pronounced him to be of unsound
mind. Motions for a new trial
brought by defense counsel for the
two defendants were halted when it
was brought to the attention of the
court that Sacco. then on a hum
ger strike of almost a month; was
not in physical and mental condi-
ton to look out for his own best in
terests. At that time the defense
counsel expressed willingness to
proceed with the hearings on mo-
tons for new trial as Sacco's wife
and the Sacco-NanZetti defense COM
mittee did not wish further delay.
Sacco remained in the Psychic
pathic Hospital during today's pro-
ceedings and Nanzetti was not
brought from the Charlestown prison
where he is serving a term for an
other offense. The two defendants
were. found guilty py a jury IN July.
1921, of the murder of q paymastcr
and guard in a payroll robbery in
South Braintree in April of 1920.
Sacco's hunger strike was UNDER
taken avowedly as a protest against
the prolonged court proceedings.
The session of court was con-
s,lmed in the reading OF reports of
alienists and the examination OF
Doctor c. NlacPhee Campbell. medi-
cal officer of the Boston Psychopathic
Hospital: DR.. Andre NJ. Worthing-
ton, Norfolk County jail physician:
Sheriff Samuel B. Capen, head OF
the Norfolk County Jail; Oliver J.
Curtis. first officer of the Dedham
ia,L AIRS. Elizabeth GleudoWer
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| spectators, according to Mr. Foss,
whether they are the big commits
| sion merchants in Boston or New
York, or the firms that maintain
large central warehouses in the pro-
ducing district. are the men against
whom the farmers complain most.
The situation caused by their meth
DDS of doing business is the principal
reason for the cooperative being
organized. For the farmer has felt
that he is completely in their hands.
Because of the short growing sea-
son he has only a bare six weeks
within which to get his crop out of
the ground. He must sell it imme-
diately as a rule. in order to pay the
country banker who has financed
his crop or the village storekeeper
who has extended him credit be-
tween crops. Irrespective of mar
ket conditions or demand he must
turn his crop into cash, if for no
other reason than that in 30 cases
out of 100 he has no storage facili-
ties to take care of the potatoes
until more favorable market condi-
tions warrant shipping them. He
can either take the price that the
dealer on the ground offers him. or
he can ship them to the commission
houses for whatever they will bring.
A return of less than 81 barrel
for the crop which cost him almost
81 to produce furnished very little
encouragement to do either of these
things.
But from other sections of the
country came reports of the success
which cooperative selling had
brought to farmers who were grow
ing cotton, tobacco, rice ard fruits,
and seven weeks ago Mr.. Sapiro was
invited to come up to Maine and talk
it over. He addressed several gath
erings Of farmers in Aroostook coun-
ty. where 95 per cent. of the Maine
crop is produced and they liked the
idea. He outlined plan. dependent
on at least so per cent. Of the grow
ers joining. by which the association
which they would form would get
the entire yield. hold it in ware
houses if necessary or sell it wher.
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Evans, Brookline society woman
who has taken a deep interest in the
case, and Attorney Moore.
The intersection of mention Of the
Wall Street explosion into the pro-
ceedings came at the instance OF
Judge Webster Thayer. who has
presided over the various phases of
the case. He suggested to Attorney
William G. Thompson for the de-
Tense that Sheriff Capen then on the
stand. be questioned in connection
with current reports that man had
been stationed near Sacco's cell in
Dedham Jail as a spy. The sheriff
admitted that man named Dominic
Carbonari, who was never commit
ted or formally discharged. was plac-
c. in cell in the same row as Sac
CO before the latter's trial. In eX-
PLANTATION the witness said:
"Carbonari was placed in the jail
on the command of the then dis
trct attorney with the idea of get
ting information in connection with
the Wall street explosion
The First officer of the Jail testi-
fed that Carbonari had been placed
in cell near to Sacco, and said he
believed the man had come to the
Jail as spy but tho Jail officials
denied further knowledge of Car
bonari's movements or purpose. II
was later pointed out that Carbon
arts advent at the Dedham Jail was
at a time shortly after the Wall
street explosion when radicals all
over the country were being closely
watched. At that time Vanzetti. ad-
mittcd radical leader. was imprison-
cd in the CharlestOwn Jail.
DIR. Campbell was the first witness
called after a report signed by him
self and three alienists declaring
Sacco insane had been read into the
record. He was examined at length
by District Attorney Harold =. VIII
liams as to alleged discrepancies be-
tween this report and an earlier one
filed by the witness after Sacco had
been under observation two weeks,
and declaring the prisoner sane.
In cross examination Attorney
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every bushel raised on their farms t.
| the warehouses of the association TO
| sale by it. A group of potato grow
ers met in Rochester on Wednesda,
and undertook the organization of {
| similar cooperative association
| among the farmers of New Yorl
state. The active work of ,organiza
! ton will begin after the present
growing season and the association is
expected to be ready to begin selling
by the time the 1924 crop is out of
the ground.
Modelled on Same Lines
with the 1924 crop it is also ex-
pected that associations modelled on
the same lines will be ready to func-
tion in New Jersey. Virginia, Min
nesota, Michigan. Wisconsin, North
and South Dakota, Idaho, Colorado
and Utah.
All of these growers co-oi erative
associations will be linked up in a
central body, which will direct the
sales policy. the details of marketing.
regulate the flow of the potatoes to
market and designate the markets to
which they are to go and generally
control the distribution so as to
equalize prices and conditions every
where as q protection for the farmer
The Maine association and the
groups being organized in other pota-
to producing states are all modelled
after the Sapiro plan on which SINH
lar co-operatives in tobacco. cotton,
rice and other lines of farm produce
have been built during the last two
or three years. Their object Is, OF
course, to increase the return on his
crop to the farmer but as Aaron Sa-
piro. organizer Of the California Fruit
Exchange and father OF the plan ex-
planned, not necessarily at the ex-
pense of the consumer. The specula-
tors and middlemen are the especial
targets of the co-operatives.
Forced Them to Act
It was to Mr.. Sapiro's Office here
that G.. Herbert Foss. secretary of
the Maine Association and Edward
w. Martin. county agent OF Aroos-
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Thompson sought to obtain q state
ment from DIR. Campbell that. assum-
ing that Sacco previous to his trial
had had delusiOns that his food was
poisoned and that jailers were con-
spring to keep him awake, he was
insane at the time of the trial. The
district attorney objected to the
question and Judge Thayer permit
ted the defense counsel to place At
torney Moore on the stand to testify
as to Sacco's mental state previous
10 his trial.
Moore testified that in October,
1920, Sacco complained to him and
other defense counsel that his food
was being poisoned. and refused to
accept their statements that this was
a delusion. In December of that year.
Moore said, Sacco complained Of
noises in the cell above his which
kept awake at nights. The prisoner
said. Moore testified, that he be-
lieved that the Jail authorities had
placed machine there, and this
machine made a grinding noise.
Judge Thayer asked Moore why he
had not moved for a continuance at
the time of the trial IL he believed
his client to be of unsound mind.
Moore replied that it was only one
occasion that evidences of insanity
were apparent. He added that an eX-
animation made by a Doctor Lane at
the time of the trial had shown Sacco
to be of unsound mind.
Mrs. Glendowcr Evans told Of
various visits to Sacco at Dedham
Jail and at the Psychopathic hospital.
She said that at one time the prison
er accused his wife of bringing him
poisoned food, and that Sacco often
told her he would commit suicide.
jail officials testified that Sacco be-
trayed no evidence of insanity while
| under their care. Doctor Worthing-
ton, who treated Sacco for several
| months previous to the hunger strike.
| said he saw nothing abnormal In the
prisoners mental poise. and that
Sacco never complained to him OF
poison or Of nalfseous vapors in his
J cell, as the alienists reported.
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! took County. came yesterday with
word that the organization had al
ready signed up 60 per cent of the
potato farmers in that state. They
described the conditions which had
brought the conservative Down
casters" into the new cooperative
scheme, conditions which are said
to be typical of the situation in
which the potato farmers through
out the country have found them
selves during the last three years
and which have forced them TO look
about for some way out.
Like growers everywhere, the
Maine farmers found themselves I'M
able to grow sufficiently large crops
to supply the demand during the
war years and the year Immediate
Iy following the armistice. Pota
toes kept mounting in price until in
1919 they were selling for S. and 80
a barrel on the farm and the whole
salers were getting SIS and $50 a
barrel in New York and other large
Eastern cities. There was good
profit to be made in growing pota-
toes at that price. very good proilt'
and more acreage was planted. 80
the 1919 crop. instead of producing
the average yield for the state or
between 20OOO.OOO and 2o,W'lo
bushels actually jumped to about
81, 10000 bushels.
Some Maine communities are
still suffering from the blight OF
that tremendous crop. For q va
riety of reasons the bottom simply
fell out of the market. The S. and
50 prices of year and two years
before thmbled precipitately. 1t
scanned nc if pricpS would never
stop falling. and the Maine farm
ers found themselves finally being
offered 80 and 40 cents for a barrel
of potatoes that 1T had cost them
almost 81 to grow. No one knows
just how many bushels were never
dug out of the ground but were per-
mitted to rot being worth far more
as fertilizer than the best price the
dealers would give.
All Dealers Spectators.
"And the dealers, all Of them
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ever the best market offered. Co.
operatives We're being organized by
potato farmers of other sections and
in a short time the entire potato
crop would be handled by a fedora
tion Of farmers selling organizations.
Keep Crop in Warehouse
"The dealers could buy from the
association, if they wanted to; if not
the cooperative would keep the po-
tatoes in it's warehouse until they did
want to buy or it's experts primed
with market conditions throughout
the country would ship to the most
advantageous point.
"That was seven weeks ago. Mr..
Toss and MIR. Martin headed the Or
ganizers who went among the far
mers and got their signatures to
membership applications and con-
tracts and yesterday they reported
that more than 5000 of the 500 far
mers had signed up. When the idea
Of the cooperative was launched
potatoes were selling for about $1.25
Il barrel in Aroostook county. Now,
with the prospect of the next crop
going into the temperatures hands,
they are Offering around So Il barrel.
And the cooperative hasn't begun to
operate yet and won't be ready to
sell until the new crop is dug, be-
ginning in August.
There is a less material side. to
the interest of the Maine farmers in
the cooperative hasn't begun to
operate yet and won't be ready to sell
until the new crop is dug, beginning
in August.
There is less material side to the
interest Of the Maine potatoes in the
cooperative. Maine potatoes have a
reputation that has been jealousy
maintained for many years and are
much in demand for seed in other
states. OF late there has been con-:
siderable complaint that grades and
qualities Of seed have not come up to
claims held out for them and the far
mers are blaming the dealers for that.
One Of the most important functions
Of the Maine cooperative viii be the
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careful selection and grading of seed
potatoes, and since it is TO be done
by the experts of the cooperative as
ISOLATION the farmers feel certain the
reputation Of the Maine potato will
not suffer"
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Cooperative Plan
6as Buggies-

W0H'Tued from Page One)
~ Cooperative selling organiza-
tomonly directed and controlled
.S Sae central body.
m%.y per cent. of the farmers who
Nv Malhes great crop of tubers al
M, nave accepted membership and
"a. u contracts with the Maine as
1'on' they have agreed to send
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An Ad That Costs $500 Sells House for $4,000 Advertising Epenye>
MERCHANDISE
Articles for Sale 81

AUTO TOPS-Easy to put on. Slick UP
the oid bus for summer. F'ifields $,
opposite depot.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES are the light
est 90 lbs) and best for all uses. ].
Frank Pierce Store. Augusta.
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LIVE STOCK
Dogs. Cats. Pets

Dogs, Cats. Pets ~
COLLIE PUPS weeks old (females)
IS each. Mrs Ida Adams, Winthrop.
Tel. 127-13.
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DOUBLE HARNESS--Single harness,
double wagon. set platform scales, also
8 III. L. 2-phase motor. j. Il. Hawes
MANCHESTER. Tel 21L-4 -
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FOUNTAIN--Americ soda. All euuip-
ment. To be sold at very good
trade. Time or cash. Fl. Gerstian
223 Wator st.
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
Business Property

BUILDING-And lot Of land on Me-
chanic street. Gardiner. ready May ],
shop or manufacturing plant; piped
for water and sewerage. Also gro-
Gerry counter with bins. modern glass
cover top with sliding doors I'm back;
excellent display case. Slate fish sink.
meat block. All for sale cheap. Cash
Market Co.
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BUSINESS SERVICE
Business Services Offered
misunderstanding

REPAIRING-IIigh grade work on
shoes and rubbers. Tel. l2oSM.
Eudger Buteau, 73 Water st.
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GARDINER brick blocks. One
wooden block. G. II. Beane. Gardiner.
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SEEDS--Why send away when YOU can
buy YOUR field and garden seeds just
as good at Pinkham Il Thomas, Au-
cuSta Ne TcI 1nla
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Wantsd-Lvs Stock 90
DRESSED CHICkEN-And fowl. Web
| her AZ HawettS
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Il ASPBF,R hbert
King and Everbearing. So per hundred
Want to buy a second hand coal
broOder. GRAND VIEW FRUIT
EARN. Tel. ~ Winthrop.
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MASON AND CONCRETE, WORk-All
kinds in Augusta or Hailowell. Good
work and fair prices. Alfred Hanson.
% East Crescent ST.. or Ill. A. Han
son Rla inc Ave
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q Il ID \ T. II - Beautiful rcsidence.
Grand view of Kepnebec river. 10
minutes walk to Gardiner. 10 rooms.
modern improvements: very large sta
BILE and ell; ) or acres of land: fruit
trees and small shrubbery. Price low.
Liberal terms. G. II. Beane Gardiner.
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STRAWBERRY PLANTS-Our healthy
tremendous bearing plants Howard
No. ". Other kinds equally as good,
S. to $l0 per thousand. w. l.. Helms.
HalloWell
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CHAPTER V--continued.

"Yes, I will tell you, Daniel KEEL
leen." she said gravely. II must trust
someone. and you seem to be the one
sent. All I know of you Is that you
are an American. ! am n American
also, and a woman. If that does not
appeal TO you. then nothing else will.
| have told you already who | am and
how l came here. The remainder Of
the story Is brief. I have had nothing
TO do with Bob Meager since he re-
turned, Immediately after his fathers
sudden death. There was no oppor.
7 remained In care of Mrs. Meager.
Until last evening | never even en-
conntered Bob hut once Then he
anne Unexpectedly into his step
mothers He was brutal and in
sultlng to us both. After that ! kept
out of his way, and he apparently ig-
nored my presence entirely. | did no
tice. however, that he was getting rid
Of all the old employees on the ranch.
and replacing them with Mexicans.
Evidently he wanted no Americans
about him."
= understand not his kind"
$50 I thought, but with no concep-
ton that this change had any refer
ence TO me-"
ut did have. them
$50 II seems now. He came upon
me suddenly alone last evening. There
was no chance for me to get away,
and 1 had to listen TO what he said"
She dropped her face into her hands,
but instantly lifted II again, and went
her voice strengthening with in
dignation. Kelleen made no move
ment.
"He-he was not even decent about
what he had to say. I was merely a
ehattel he had to deal with, q slave to
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By Randall Parrish


| went back to the house; what else
was there | could do?'
Nothing, / reckon. unless you killed
the cuss. What did you dol"
Il made up my mind TO do even
that" she confessed. ~ stole a re-
volver from the clubhouse while the
men were AT mess, and then locked
myself in my own room to wait. Along
about nine O'Clock the outfit rode In
from Nogales. There was nothing for
me TO do but wait desperately. i
meant 10 stay there, and defend my
self, behind that locked door. But
that devil tricked me. He got Mrs.
Meager TO call to me from the hall, say
ing she had n of her bad turns, and
! opened the door to help her. II
hardly know what happened after that.
| tried to explain to the man who
came to marry us. but he wouldn't
listen. He was just a creature Bob
Meager had picked up to serve him."
"Surel know hlm-Garrity !; he'd
murder his mother for a drink of
booze"
But is he really a judger'
Hes q Justice Of the peace down
at Nogales."
Then | vas really marriedf lit
was Iegalf"
Darn II I know about that. I think
likely the whole outfit would swear
you consented. Who were In the
gang?"
Juan Sanchez, a ranch foreman,
and a black-faced fellow who came
out from Nogales."
"Arvan; they'd swear anything Bob
told them to. They'd make 1t out you
were married ali right"
"But-but I'm not not now!"
"Not now? What do you mean?'
Twelve killed him ~
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Sack to the Land.

Many of the islands of the southern
coast of Africa. much frequented by
penguins. are only now reverting to
pre-war conditions. Colonies of pen
gums settled on these islands and
large quantities of guano were yearly
collected. The war produced an at
mosphere-by constant gun-practice of
w%arships and members of the defense
force-which, unaccustohed as they
were to these conditions, frightened
them away from their usual haunts.
been given up, the penguins are grad
ualiy returning to the Islands of early
associations, with the promise also Of
q corresponding increase In guano
deposits from their return.
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copyrish. by A.. c. Nj Clurs s Co.

you mean we shall have to be
alone together for-for some timer"
'"That's the stuff. We amt going to
have an easy gallOp into town. You
don't know me from Adam, and II you
did, | reckon you wouldn't go a mile
with me. | amt very highly thought
Of along this border, I'll say that there
amt many would choose me fer n
partner, that's a fact. More, I amt
got nothing to say to you except that
I'm going to play square. II you trust
me I'll bring you through safe enough
in n way or another but II you don't
feel that you can go the limit, then
the best thing for you to do, maybe,
Is to stay here, and scrap 1t out with
Bob Meager. NV notion Is this run