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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-08-14

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Mr. and Mrs. Z. N Thrasher wsre
called to Lewistown the latter part Of
last week because Of the death Of Mrs
Thrasher's mother, Mrs. l. 8. Butler
which occurred Wednesday. She had
been in poor health for IL months and
her demise, while not wholly unsx-
pected, was nevertheless q great
shock Mrs. Butler was we'll and IA
vorably known here The bereaved
family have the sincere sympathy Of
everyone in this community.
l. w. Nevills was business vis-
itoF IN Great Falls Monday.
Mrs. C. Cereke and son, Oscar. were
visiting at the Thrasher ranch Tues
day.
Miss Jennie Parker Is spending her
vacation with her friend, Miss Lucille
Cameron.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. A. Cameron spent
the first Of the week in Great Falls.
Miss Adele Cameron came home with
them and viii visit here Tor some
time.
Mrs. John Boadle and family spent
Sunday st willow Dale farm.
Dir. and hrs. Latham, Srs spent
Monday as the Bartlett home
Mrs. H. Thrasher and Mrs. Cora
wilt Of Napanee, Neb., returned from
the Yellowstone park Monday where
they have been spending the past 10
days. Mrs. wit will spend q short
time here and then go on to Glacier
park before returning to her home ia
Nebrasica.
Mr. and Mrs. Haney Of Stockett
we're callers at the Thrashsr home on
Wednesday.
Herman Nopeus and David Back
visited Evans Monday.
Mrs. Nevills and Miss Drucilla are
spending some time at the Anthony
.anch.
Supplies are being hauled out for
he c6nafFucfl0n Of another oil well /
he West Virginia, near Belts no. 2.
Messra Lacy, Dow. Cronln and
aegan wefs callers IN Evams and caI~
lert Monday
HEr. stanton and Mr.. Kirs6hwlnR of 1
sreaf FeiIs visited the Thsashaf
i0me Saturday.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-08-14

And BY the way, here II one for the
book. This fellow told us in q way
thak we can't help but believe. se
sober about Il and he tells II wifhouk
cracking . smile. Just how he told
II we can't remember, but here Is tAe
idea:
He waa fishing on some small
stream In Carbon county. After fish-
ing about thres hours without mneh
luck, he happened to run onto a skill.
Yes, still. n keR nearby was
substance he called moon He WON
dered what effect this would have ON
fish 50 he thought he would sxpssi.
nent He poured II al in The stxean
except a flask full which he carried m
his hip pocket In a short time the
fish began to leap and splash and svun
tried to climb trees. So he then p0aF-
ed IN what was left in the flask infp
= little side stream. Soon it waa
black with trout Too bad, " be said
that forty is the limit. But he old
bring in nice catch.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-08-14
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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-08-14

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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-06-28
DID YOU EVER
STOP TO THINK.

That every city should organize a
"Swat the Pessimist" club, and they
should loudly proclaim that the pes
simists and their pestiferous ways
f, shall rave no place in the new order
Of things.
That it is not necessary for all per-
sons not now looking hopefully and
enthusiastically into the future, to re-
adjust themselves to the bigger and
better things of life and business.
That the pessimist is the man who
simply will not see the silver lining
beneath the cloud; who advertises by
his looks and actions his utter ina
bility to meet his neighbor on COM
petitive basis.
That the optimist knows that UNI
employment is gradually diminish
ing; that money is getting cheaper;
tfat the fellow that hustles gets the
business and that the pessimist must
no longer be permitted to stand in the
path Of progress and prosperity.
That the men back Of this move
mcnt should maintain that an analy-
sis will show that there is nothing
so radically wrong and the country is
not going to the bow-wows.
That if it looks that way to some
people, it is ony a reflection of their
own incapacity and inability to ad-
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-06-28

Miss Ruth Tarr, of Girdletree
spent the early part of the week Nj
and Mrs. E. A. Merrill.
The young people of Bethany NJ. P
Church held lawn fete Thursda!
evening on the church lawn.
Miss Grace Lambertson is spend
ing some time with her aunt, Mis-:
Elsie Robinson, in Girdletree.
Miss Eleanore Gibson, of Oxford
Md, is spending the week with Mis-
ses Sara Scott and Loleta Gillespie.
Mr.. Frank Wilson spent last week.
end with his father, who is in hos.
pital in Baltimore, for treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. C. Armstrong have
moved here from Wilmington, Del.
and will make this their future home
Rev. G. v. Bell has been spending
the week at Ocean City attending a
church educational congress. During
his absence, Mrs. Bell has been visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. McMaster at
their home, "Sunnyside Farm" on the
Pocomoke river.
Among those from here who attend
ed the special meeting of Chesapeake
Chapter Order of Eastern Star in
Crisfield Tuesday evening of this
week were: Mrs. Frank Bowen, Mrs.
j. Paul Young, Mrs. B. F. Dryden,
Mrs. John Smullin, Jr., Mrs. Mark C.
Callahan, Miss Alice R. Young, Mr..
and Mrs. Clayton Davis and Harry
r. Dixon.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-06-28

just themselves to the conditions of
today.
All should swat the pessimist! Os-
tracize him! Make him lonesome!
Run the steam-roller over him! Make
him so unpopular that he will either
become a business Christian or go
back to the wilds from whence he
came.-E. r. Waite, secretary, Shaw
nee, Okla, Board of Commerce.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-06-28

: Mrs. o. r. Ellis and children hav
returned from a visit with relatives il
Snow Hill.
Mr.. Ira T. Stevenson was taken t.
Baltimore hospital on Sunday las
for treatment.
Miss Elizabeth Tull is spending :
week in Havana, Cuba, with friend:
from Florida.
Mrs. Anna Mock and daughter
Miss Cassie, are visiting friends anc
relatives in Baltimore.
Mrs. George Williams, of Camden
N. j., is visiting her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob E. Stevenson.
Miss Ruth Burton and Margaret
Phillips of Melfa, Va, are the guests
of Miss Loleta Gillespie.
Mrs. S. D. Powell has returned
from a visit to her sister, Miss Hazel
Merrill, Wilmington, N. c., and
friends at Wilson, N. C.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Stanford, of
Snow Hill, spent Sunday with the
latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. w.
Matthews, near this city.
Mrs. Joseph Moore, Of Delmar,
DEL, has recently been the guest of
Mrs. Clarke Lambertson at her home
on Cedar street extended.
Miss Margaret Wilson, student at
Virginia University reports pleasant
associations and surroundings, like
wise very warm weather.
Little Miss Sarah Dryden, of Bal
timore, arrived in Pocomoke this week
and will spend the summer with her
aunt, Miss r. Belle Wilson.
In noting last week the survivors
of the late E. James Tull, the Demo-
crat Internationally omitted the names
H. Gusts Tull, brother; and Mrs.
Hargis Hayman, sister.
Miss Ida Belle Wilson spent few
days with her parents, before going
to College Park, Md, where she is
engaged in teaching during the sum-
mer session, in Maryland University.
Mrs. Effie Coulbourne, mother of
Harry E. Cbulbourn. of Somerset
county, has undergone successful
operation in Crisfield Hospital. Her
other sons William and Paul of Stat
en- Island, New York, visited her
shortly after the operation. They re-
turned to their homes Sunday last.
Mr.. J. L. Cowger returned last Sat-
urday from a business trip in Day
ton, Va, his former home. While
down there he sold hs old homestead.
He was accompanied on the trip by
his daughter Mrs. H. C. Beauchamp
and son, and also his mother-in-law,
Mrs. John S Kerr. Mrs. Kerr will
in Virginia with her son, Prof.
W l.. Kerr. While on the trip Mr..
Cowger met Mr.. Harrison r. Bunt-
ing, a former Pocomoke boy.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-06-28
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Mrs. w. F. Gillespie spent Tuesday
with friends in Salisbury.

| Mrs. w. F. Gillespie spent Tuesday
with friends in Salisbury.
Mr.. +. l.. Ward, Of Salisbury, wa:
a visitor in Pocomole this week.
Mrs. Frank Johnson is visiting hel
parents near New Church, Va.
Miss Lille Ewell of Baltimore i:
visiting friends and relatives in thi:
city.
Rev. r.. P. Nichols and son, Ran
som, spent few days at College
Park.
Miss Virginia Lewis spent las
weekend with her parents in Saxis
Virginia.
Miss Fannie Gillespie is spending
some time with her brother in Mil.
ford, Del.
"The "Wolf Man," starring John
Gilbert, will be the attraction at the
Empire Theatre this Friday and Sat
urday.
Mr.. James D. Merrill made trip
on Thursday to Newark, DEL, where
he has prospect of obtaining lu-
crative position.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barchet, and mother,
Mrs. Joseph Landlord, of Baltimore,
spent last weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Merrill.
Mrs. w. C. Cullen has returned
from visit in Philadelphia. She
was accompanied home by her sister,
Mrs. Charles X. Tug.
Misses Maybelle Davis, Mildred
Clogg, Violet Chesser and Mary
Knight are attending summer school
at Maryland University.
Quite a number of Pocomoke peo-
pie attended the supper and festival
held Thursday evening at the Rehob-
9th Presbyterian Church in Somerset
county.
Mr.. Arthur Fentress, of Norfolk,
Va, is spending the summer in. POGO
moke. He is taking course in phys
les under the direction of Mr.. Milton
Baylis.
Serg. Roger F. Vincent and Corp.
Gerald Downing, members of Head
quarters Co., this city have returned
from a camp of instructor held at
Saunders Range.
Mr.. E. H. Taylor, of Stockton, Nd,
visited Pocomoke this week. Mr..
Taylor is one Of Worcester's substan-
tial citizens and the county metropo-
lis is always ready to welcome him
within it's borders.
Mr.. Francis M. Wilson is reported
unimproved by his visit to Balti-
more hospital. AS soon as he i'm
proves sufficiently, he will be brought
home. His many friends will regret
to hear of his condition.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-06-28
IN THE CHURCHES.
BETHANY Nj. p. CHURCH.

BETHANY M. p. CHURCH.
Sunday School and Adult Bible
Glasses at 10 A. M.
Divine worship and sermon at II
A. M. and P. M.
Intermediate and Junior C. E. SER
vice at Z P. NJ. Prayer service and
short address by the pastor Wednes-
day evening at 8 o'clock.
f. L. BUNCE Minister.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-06-28
SALEM M. e. CHURCH.

9 A. NJ, Class Meeting.
10 A. Nj, Sunday School and Bible
Class.
II A. NJ, Preaching by pastor.
CAS- P. NJ, Epworth League.
7.30 P. NJ, preaching by pastor,
Prayer Meeting Wednesday even
ing, 7.3O.
Junior League, Friday from to 8.
r. P. NICHOLS, Pastor.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-06-28
ST. MARY'S CHURCH.

Services in June:
Holy Communion every Sunday at
7.30 A. M.
Church school every Sunday at $50
A. M.
24th-Nativity of St. John the Bap-
tist-Holy Communion at 10.
29th-Choral evensong at 7.30.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-06-28
BUSINESS POINTERS.
Home makes the man.

Home makes the man.
Buy your Hats at Callahan's.
LEARN BARBER TRADE-Quick
SIT F. BALTIC. ST., Baltimore, Md. 24-4
WANTED-1OO men at the Baptist
Church every Sunday morning.
H. B. PILCHARD.
Your Picture would please your
friends and We are sure we can please
you, at HARRIS STUDIO.
FOR SALE-One building lot on
Market street. For information ap-
ply to GA Market st. 5-17-tf.
FOR SALE - 300 bushels white
corn. THOMAS SELBY,
Je-21-2t. Route 5.
FOR SALE-Soy Beans, $500 per
bushel. JOSEPH SIGRIST,
Je-14-tf. GreenhilI, Nd.
FOR RENT-Apartment, furnish
ed or unfinished. All conveniences.
Apply 218 Laurel St. Je-28.
Bring your eggs to us. We pay the
highest market cash price.
AMERICAN STORES CO.,
Pocomoke City, Md.
FOR SALE - Universal Electric
Heater, IA inches in diameter. Guar
antee expires in November, 1924.
Slightly used. Call 20 Third street.
FOR SALE+Ford Touring Car in
good condition.
HARRY ELLIS.
Je-21-tf. Pocomoke City, Md.
FOR RENT-The Gather Hall
property, 612 Market street. Posses
6-7-tf. E. HUFFMAN.
GASOLINE and OIL-Tires, tubes,
and accessories. New Ford Coupe at
cut price. E. G. SAVAGE,
Je-21-tf. Foot of Market st.
FOR SALE - 100 bushels Black
Wilson Soy Beans. The kind that
produce, in 120 days.
5-24-tf. F. M. WILSON.
FOR SALE-One Heatrola stove.
Price $50. Can be seen at my home.
R. F. HALL,
5-10-tf. Pocomoke City, Md.
FOR SALE-Lot of hard brick. AL
so one hot-air pipeless furnace. APP
ply to
Je-14-3t. THIS OFFICE.
WANTED - Highest cash prices
paid for Poultry and Eggs at all
times. Phone 119. b. F. STURGIS,
corner Vine street and Clarke avenue.
NOTICE - Get your house moved
by the house mover, who has had IS
years experience in moving all size
buildings. G. T. Groton. Parksley, Va
IN STOCK - Ansabacher Green,
Arsenic OF Lead, Soy Beans, Cow
Peas, Millet, Sorghum, Sudan Grass,
and all Clovers.
5-31-tf. N. DAVIS & SONS.
NOTICE. will not be responsible
for any bills contracted in my name
unless made in person or by signed
order.
1t. MRS. MARY o. NELSON.
FARM FOR RENT - About 120
acres. Three miles from Pocomoke
City. New house now being built.
Apply Josephine r. Polk or Market
Street American Store. 4-19-tf.
FOR RENT-Three rooms suitable
for light housekeeping. Lights and
bath. With or without board.
E. I. MOCK,
5-1O-tf. Oil Second st.
CITY TAXI-Day and night SER
vice to all parts of the Peninsula.
Rates reasonable. Phone 285, POGO
moke City, Md.
E. X. HILLMAN.
REQ BUS FOR HIRE-Suitable
for parties anywhere anytime. Rea-
sonable rates. Also Sunday excur-
sions to Ocean City. Leaving POGO
moke at o'clock P. M. These to be-
gin June 20.
Apl-19-tf. w. F. CHERRIX.
Just received, fine line Of Levine
Yeddo yacht shape straw hats, made
in Switzerland. No conforming nee
essary-Absolutely flexible and fits
any head square, round or long,
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-06-28
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Sunday School and Mems Bible
Class 10 A. M.
Preaching, II A. M. and 7.3O p, M,
Prayer Meeting, Wednesday even
ing at 7.3O.
Beaver Dam-Sunday School, 2.30;
Preaching 3.15.
J. w. LACY, Pastor.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Sunday School at 10 A. M.
by the pastor.
II A. M. and 500 P. NJ, Preaching
B. Y. P. u, at ZOO P. M.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday evening
500 o'clock.
Pitts Creek-Sunday School, 2 P.
M. Preaching at 8 P. M.
D. w. LITTLETON, Pastor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-01-31
WHAT "TNFORMA-
TION" CAN AND CAN
NOT TELL YOU

When q telephone subscriber looks
In his directory for a certain number
and does not find it, he calls the op-
erafor and asks for Information,
whereupon she replies IN give you
Information and Immediately con-
meets him with one Of the Information
operators who have access to the lat
est records Of names numbers and
addresses OF all subscribers who have
been connected since the most recent
issue Of the directory. After obtain
ing the number, the subscriber puts
the call through in the usual way.
Most companies make it a rule to
cOnfine the work of Information Cp-
orators 10 giving information which
has direct bearing on establishing
telephone connections. They are not
allowed TO answer subscribers ques-
tons as to the time Of day, the loca-
ton Of fires, the outcome Of athletic
csStests, elections, etc, because it
nSht at times result in serious con-
gestion that would prove detrimental
to the regular service and impose a
heavy burden upon the operators.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-01-31
TELEPHONE HEN
DEMONSTRATE VALUE
OF FIRST AID COURSE

another fine instance of First Aid
treatment rendered by telephone men
was demonstrated recently by a gang
OF Hnemen when they administered
first aid to man who was in a serious
condition suffering from a broken leg,
severe laceration of the scalp and
burns about the body. The accident
occurred near Pittsburg, Pa" says the
Sykesville, Pa, Post-Dispatch.
While the telephone men were en-
gagged in setting a pole an explosion
occurred about fifty feet away. Upon
investigation they found the man lying
helpless on the ground They pro-
ceoded to administer first aid treat
ment without delay A compress and
iodine were placed on the laceration
OF the scalp and the burns were treat
ed Immediately. At the same time
one of the men secured a box which
happened to be lying on the ground
nearby and a pair of very effective
splints were placed on the fracture.
"At the hospital. where the injured
man was received, the telephone men
were highly commended for their
thorOughnes5 in administering first
aid treatment"
Telephone men Of the local Chesa-
peake and Potomac Company have
also demonstrated their proficiency at
first aid in a number of contests and
exhibitions.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-01-31
WCAP IDENTIFIED WITH
NOTABLE RADIO EVENTS

Officially opened on July 4, of this
year, Station WCAP, the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company has
taken a conspicuous position in the
radio world by broadcasting events of
worldwide interest from the Nations
Capital
With the whole outdoors as a studio
the local station imported its first con
cert from New York, employing the
long distance circuits Of the Bell sys-
TEN and broadcast a program of music
Jointly with Station WEAF, the Amer
lean Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, Of New York, on independence
Dag.
This feature was followed by the
broadcasting Of the bi-weekly concerts
played by the United States Marine
Band at the Marine Barracks and the
Meyer Davis lie Paradis Orchestra,
picked up on the roof garden Of the
cafe. Letters began to pour into the
Offices of the telephone company prais-
ing these two organizations and the
quality of the transmission a few days
after the experiment Communications
were received from Canada Cuba,
Mexico, San Salvador and England,
acknowledging receipt of these con-
certs and the files of WCAP contain
letters from every State in the Union,
The next event to stimulate interest
t. tln IN r~Hr gS
the broadcasting by several high
power stations OF Lloyd Georges fare
well address i'll New York City. This
speech was received by station WCAP
from WEAF and Washington and vi
entity was allowed to hear this great
Statesmen for the first time.
Hardly had the interest in this ac-
cCmplishment subsidized when the
startling announcement was made that
former President Woodrow Wilson
would emerge from the seclusion he
bad maintained since his illness by
addressing the public through the
radio
Microphones were installed in the
Wilson home by engineers Of the
local telephone company and the
American Telephone and telegraph
Company and while practically the
whole United States listened in, six
powerful stations linked together by
the use Of long distance teleohone
wires, broadcast a Gve-mnute address
that was broadcast here by WCAP.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-01-31
ITALIAN TELEPHONE
USER NEEDS PATTI
ENCE OF SAINT

Telephones will be the first Of the
publicly owned utilities in Italy to go
back to private enterprise, according
to Signor Giovanni Colonna di Cesaro,
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs I'M
der Mussolini.
"Our telephones are nearly the
worst in the world" he said in re-
cent interview. Excepting Russia
no civilized country has so little tele-
phonic development. AS to quality
our telephones are even worse. Tele-
phonnig in Italy is a Chris
tfan and spiritual exercise in divine
patience. More than 5000 villages
are without any telephone connection.
The blame must be laid indirectly on
the State"
Definite action ty the Italian Cab
fnet has confirmed the proposed trans
fer OF the telephones to private COM
panies, and bids have been requested.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-01-31

But these unprecedented accom-
plishments were becoming so regular
that nothing seemed to surprise the
public. Football and baseball games
being played in New York were de-
scgibed, play by play, in Washington
ana prize fights in New Jersey and
New York were brought to the Capital
by radio and telephone wires.
When the corner stone of the George
Washington Memorial was laid in
Alexandria, specially equipped truck
carrying the pickup was sent to Vir-
sinia and later hoisted into a banquet
hall so that the country might hear
the ceremonies being conducted here.
With the opening OF Congress
WCAP, together with the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company,
gave the country for the first time the
Presidents address as he stood in the
House of Representatives facing six
microphOnes that carried his words to
Texas, Kansas. Chicago, Missouri and
New York by long distance circuits
from where they were broadcast by
high-power stations to the far corners
of the country.
In addition to this accomplishment
amplifiers were erected outside the
building where crowds gathered to
hear the address of the new Executive.
A few days later another precedent
was established when engineers in
stalled a microphone in the White
House through which the President
made an appeal for the Harding Mem
orial Association
Church services have become a per
manent Sunday event for Station
WCAP, and in close cooperation with
the Federation Of Churches, it has been
arranged to broadcast services of diff
ferent churches and denominations
each week.
Through this agency small commu-
mites that lack churches Or are unable
10 have a minister each Sunday have
installed community receiving sets
that are set up in a large room, or
the church, if there is one available,
and the congregation in this way is
provided with q church service.
Considering that WCAP is but six
months old, it has certainly set a rec
ord in broadcasting that is hard to
equal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-01-31
FINDS ANCIENT ARAB
IS TELEPHONE
STOCK OWNER

The Christian Science Monitor
quotes from a bool, by George Blake
Dexter, entitled, The Lure of ANA
teur Collecting" an interesting and
unusual incident. The author, while
travelling in Arabia, was invited by an
Arab friend to visit the house of his
father, After describing his cere-
monious Introduction to the home, he
said
presently a major-domo came and
led me through a long hall and into
small room.
"Reclining on a couch was my host
a fine-loOki~~ Arab with snOw-white
beard and dressed in long garment
Of plum-colored silk lined with light
yellow. He bowed most courteously
and motioned me to sit or recline on
couch opposite.
much TO my establishment he spoke
excellent English and asked me about
America. Then without a change Of
expression, he said, What can you tell
me about Tel and Tel stock?'
81 was thunderstruck.
"Then he explained,
"'My broker in Paris, who advises
me. some years ago recommended ne
to invest in Tel and Tel; so I did
and it turned out well. I only fear
that some day they may invent some
thing better
My assurance seemed to please
him, and we drifted into the usual
conversation Of two AOplo from the
opposite ends OF the world"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-01-31
ONE REASON FOR REPORTS OF
TELEPHONE OUT OF ORDER

In replacing the telephone receiver
on its hook hurriedly after converse.
ton, it happens sometimes that the
receiver is allowed to rest on a book
or other object, so that the hook re
mains elevated just as it is when the
receiver is off the hook, as a result.
the signal light on the switchboard
does not flash to notify the switch.
board operator that the subscriber has
finished, the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company states.
When this happens to you, your tele
phone is cut off ard no one can get
you The operator will perceive that
something is wrong after time and
try to attract your attention by means
of the "howler" which makes an audi
bic sound in your telephone, or she
will try to reach you through some
other telephone. All this takes a lot
of time when she might be serving
other subscribers and you have nc
service until the condition is correct.
ed In the aggregate much time and
service is lost in this way.