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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
STATE OF MARYLAND,
STATE ROADS COMMISSION
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

SEALED PROPOSALS for building
one section OF State Highway, as fol
lows
Charles County, Cont. Ch.2o. On,
section Of State highway from Dents
willie to La Plata, for a distance Of 6.2.
miles. tGravel.)
Will be received by the State Roads
Commission, at lis Offices, COL Garrett
Building, Baltimore, Maryland, unit
" NJ, on the gath day OF July 1924
at which time and place they will bt
publicly opened and read.
Bids must be made upon the blani
proposal form which, with specification.
and plans will be furnished by the Com.
mission upon application and cash
payment Of $i00, as hereafter nc
charges viii be permitted.
No bids will be received unless &C
eompanied by a certified check for the
sum of Five Hundred $500 Dollars
payable to the State Roads Commission
The successful bidder will be required
to give bond, and comply with the Act.
Of the General Assembly of Maryland
respecting contracts.
The Commission reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
BY Order OF the State Roads Com
mission this 18th day Of July, 1924.
John N. Mackall, Chairman
L. H. Steuart, Secretary
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Sheriffs Sale
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE
In Third Election District Of
Charles County, Md.

By virtue OF a writ Of Fieri Faeias,
ISSUED out If the Circuit Court for
Charlts County. Nd, at the suit Of
The Indian Head State Bank, a body
,lipor,t,-, against the goods and chat
tells, lands aud . nemeuts OF Raymond
=, posty and Timothy x. rosey, TO me
direvt' u, ! have seized and taken In ex-
cutiun al the ight, tiue, claim, in
seresi auu estate At law and Ia equity
u the said TIA, nlond q. Posey and
an 1hs Is. fusey in and 10 the fol-
low ny properly to wit
All that lot, piece, parcel or sub-di-
vision ol land and premises, situated,
lying and hcing 10 the Third Election
District OF Oharles Ounty, Maryland,
described a. follows, that Is to say /:
BEGINNING tor tile same at stake and
pile oi stones near the fork of the road
At the barns located on said entire
tract OF land and running thence with
the last line nf what Is designated as
subdivision OF said entire tract o. land
in the survey to which reference is
hereinafter made as Lot No. 81 re-
versed, ). So degrees 10 minutes w.
lO2 perches and 20 links to the line Of
howard W. Ryeis land; thence with
said land 5. IL degrees W. AZ perches
and 20 links to post on the south side
OF gate; thence with the lines OF Lot
No. 81 in said survey as hereinafter
mentioned reversed, N 81 degrees Is
minutes \. p percnes and LINKS to a
stake; thence N. " degrees 10 minutes
T.. ~ perches 10 a stake. a boundary
of what is now or was formerly Harri-
son Posey's land; thence with said last
mentioned land N. 81 degrees q min
utes y. 81 perehes and links 10 q
stake on the east side of road and
gate; thence with said road and the
lines OF Lot No. 8" OF said survey,
reversed, N. ? degrees E. A perches TO
"a stake; N. II degtees 40 minutes w.
Is perches and IA links to stone loea-
ted by pear tree; thence N. degrees
30 minutes h. Al perches and links to
the beginning, containing fiity-eight
t5S) acres of land, more or less, as
surveyed and layed nut by Peter w.
kendrick, County Surveyor, on the
tenth day Of January, 1920.
And hereby give notice that will
offer for sale at the Court House door
in La Plata. Charles County. Md. on
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LEOPARD SPOTS CHAMELEON SKIN.

Nominee Davis first declara.
ton is for a war on reaction.
There can be no compromise
with rea ction," says he. Lib
eral principals must and will pre-
vail This is the mandate of the
hour and / shall obey it," A
radical publication which was
strong for McAdoo, exults be-
cause Davis, so far in his state
mcnts, has moi once used the
words, SAFE" sane" OF
Sound. But in view Of Mr..
Davis very recent association,
so recent that he relinquished
his legal connections immediate
ly upon learning of his nomina
ton, enc side or the other must
look askancc at his professions
of liberalism, whatever they may
mean.
The McAdoo and other radical
factions of the Democratic party
cannot overlook the fact that
Mr.. Davis was legal advisor of a
group of interests which the
Democratic party has condemn
ed in and out of season as reac-
tionary and wickedly bent on the
exploitation of the people. 1t is
almost taken as confessed that it
is from this group that MIR. Da-
Wis and his party expect to- gar
ner the sinews of war-the funds
with which to conduct an ag-
gressive campaign. Every Dem
ocrat must do violence to his re-
peatedly announced convictions
If he attempts to adapt himself
to the view that the interests fl
nancing the Davis campaign are
not reactionary and are converts
to the so-characterized liberal
principles which have been set
forth in the creed of the Demo
cratic party.
No Democrat can escape the
feeling that Mr.. Davis, in his
professions of liberalism and his
non compromise with reaction, is
either rendering lip service to
Democratic ideals, or is slyly
winking his luminous left eye a.
the interests when he makes his
and thaxy aeo r.,ipiv
ing back at him. Few Demo
Gratis can swallow, without chok-
ing, the idea that a man who was
the advance scout of their hered.
itary enemies can undergo com
plete conversion over night. The
leopard's spots do not change.
The chamoleon's skin may take
on a different hue, but it's gift OF
protective celebration enables il
to meet every occasion.
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The object OF this suit Is to procnre
the sale OF Two tracts OF land near Rip
ley, In the Second Election District OF
Charles County, Maryland, of which
the late John A. Gray died seized aud
possessed.
The Bill states that a certain John
A. Gray, late of said Charles County,
deceased, was in his life time and at
the time OF his death seized and pos
sessed of two tracts OF land in the Sec
ond Election District OF said county
and fully described 10 said Bill.
That the said John A. Gray depart
ed this life sometime about the seventh
day OF April, 1912, intestate.
That the heirs at-law OF the said John
A. Gray are Maria Gray, widow of
the said John A. Gray, +. Matilda
Adams, Elizabeth Queen, Emma Gray
and Mary Helen Gray, of Charles
County. Maryland, and that the said
Emma Gray and Mary Helen Gray are
infant; Virgie Freeman. Josephine
Gray, Lucy Gray. of Baltimore City,
Maryland, adults; bernard Gray and
Horiense Gray, OF Washington, d. c.. /;
and Lena Gray, an infant, of Manas-
ses, Virginia.
That the said tracts OF land cannot
be divided among the heirs-at law Of
the said John A. Gray without mate.
rial loss and injury TO the said parties
interested therein; that II is necessary
that the said tracts of land be sold and
the proceeds of sale distributed to the
parties in interest nnder the direction
of the Court.
Ii is thereupon this 10th day of July,
in the year 1924. by the Circuit Court
for Charles County, sitting in Equity,
adjudged, ordered and decreed that
the Plaintiffs by causing copy of this
, Order TO be inserted in some news.
paper published ia said Charles Coun-
ty, Maryland, once in each of four
successive weeks before the 10th day of
August, in the year 1924, give notice
to the absent defendants, Bernard
Gray and Irene Gray, his wife, Hor-
tense Gray and Lena Gray, of the OBJ
iect and substance OF the Bill of Com
plant, warning them to appear in this
Court, in person or by solicitor, on or
before the 2nd day OF September, 1924,
to show cause, II any they have, why
a decree ought not to be passed as
prayed.
WARREN NJ. ALBRITTAIN,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Charles
County. Maryland.
True copy-Test:
W. Nj. ALBRITTAIN,
7-lS-4t. Clerk.
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
In the Circuit Court for Charles
County, Maryland, in Equity.
In Equity No. 1907.
John Walters, Complainant,
Maudeline NJ. Walters, Defendant.


The object of this suit is tn procure
decree OF DIVORCE a gnensa q thoro he.
tween the complainant and the defend.
ant.
The bill states in substance that the
complainant is a resident of Charles
Country. MARYLAND and that he has
been resident thereof for a period of
more than two wears next nreceding
the filing Of this suit.
That the lpresent whereabouts of the
defendant is unknown unto the com
plainant.
That the complainant and The defend.
ant were married. on Inc 25Ih dav 81
January. 1911. al pacitic Grove Dali.
fornia.
That on or about the 18th day of De-
cc;nher, ,9a2 the as.snt, a, s.,sn,;,l,.,;
and desert. d the complainant and the
cumnlainaut charges mat said ahan-
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THE REPUBLICAN, CAMPAIGN.

William NJ. Butler, chairman
of the Republican National com.
mittee, discussing with frank.
ness the strategy" of the cam,
paign of the Republican party in
the contest for the presidency,
gives the gratifying assurance
that there will be nothing sec
tional in the campaign, but that
it will be nation wide. He ex-
plains that the Republicans do
not propose to seek support in
one section of the country thru
concentrated and obvious effort
and try to gain it in another sec
ton by silence and evasion of
issues.
Chairman Butler points out
that the economic or social dis.
tress of any part of the country
is matter of national concern
to be dealt with as such, land
that, he adds, is the principle
upon which we viii conduct our
campaign"
This is high ground, and the
Republican management is to be
co ngratulated upon taking it.
Carrying out such a program
means avoidance of raising class
issues; it means that no one sec
ton of the country is to be prom
ised advantage over another if
the Republican party remains in
power, and no false promises
are to be held out to sway any
particular element of the cleo
torate. 1t affords no material
for the demAgogue.
The campaign promises to be
a clean one as between the two
major pa rites. With President
Coolidge and John W. Davis as
the heads of the respective tick.
cts, there will be no "mud-sling.
ing" The record of each is
clean, and the country is in for a
campaign on issues and not per
sonalitzes.
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Attention, Please /

Yourself and friends are especially
urged to meet with the members of the
Southern Maryland Immigration Com.
mission at La Plata, Maryland, Aug.
ust Z, 1894, ats P. NJ for the purpose
OF discussing the future activities OF
the Commission.
Short talks by prominent people will
be given and moving pictures will be
provided.
Your presence is earnestly desired.
DIR. A. F. WOODS, Chairman.
THOMAS PARRAN, Vice Chair.
Jos. A. WILMER, Sec'ty-Treas.
TRUEMAN SLINGLUFF,
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A CARD.

Having opened Law Office in the
Cooksey Building at La Plata, in
addition to our Office In the Bank
Building at Hughesville, we hereby
announce to the public that one menu
Der OF our firm can be seen at or La
Plata office any day during the week
and at our HuRhesville office on Mon
day, Wednesday and Saturday OF each
week.
MUD & EDELEN.
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NOTICE.

This is to give notice that the sub
scribers have obtained from the
phans' Court OF Charles County,
Md, Letters Of Administration on the
estate of
FRANK NORRIS,
late of said county, deceased. All
persons having claims against said
deceased are hereby warned to ex-
hibit the same, with the voucher.
thereof legally authenticated. 4, the
subscribers on or before the lst day
of January, 1925. They may other
wise by law be excluded from al
benefit Of said deeeased's estate.
Given under our hands this LIST day
of July, 1924
FERDINAND c. COOKSEY,
CAROLINE NORRIS.
7-4-3t. Administrators.
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Strange Adventures Of
Washington Scientist

This ernploye Of Uncle Sam went IN
10 the interior,of China to find plants
and he found many other queer
things. He had many narrow escapes,
and now he is back in Washington
with story which is stranger than
fiction. Read OF his adventures In the
magazine OF the Washington Star.
Sunday, July q. Order your copy
from your newsdealer today.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the Orphans Count for Charles
Co., s..
La Plata, Md, July l, 1924.
Ordered by the Court. that erdinand
C. Cooksey and Caroline Norris give
notice required by law to the creditors
of Frank Norris, deceased, to exhibit
their claims, legally authenticated, by
advertisement published in some news
paper, printed in Charles County, Nd.
once in each of three successive weeks.
True Copy-Test:
MOTLEY, T. BUTTON.
Register of Wills for Charles County.
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Shentf's Sale
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE
In Eighth Election District of
Charles County, Md.

BY virtue of a writ OF Fieri Facias,
issued out OF the CSrcnit Court for
Charles County, al the suit OF William
Queen against the goods and chaltels,
lands and tenements OF Charlotte Dor
sey, to me directed, / have seized and
taken in execution all the rIght, title,
claim, interest, and estate at law and
in equity OF the said Charlotte Dorsey
10 aud TO the following properly, to
wit
All that tract, piece or parcel Of
land situate, lying and being in the
Eighth Election District OF Charles
County, Maryland, and described as
follows Bounded on the south by the
public road leading from Hughesv willie
10 Dentsville, on tie west by private
road leading from the above mentioned
public ROAD into settlement known as
"Grosstown,n and on the north and
east by the lands OF Rudie Jameson,
the heirs OF Patrick Johnson and
Others, containing twelve tl2) acres of
land, more or less, and being the same
land conveyed to Charlotte Anna Eliz-
abtth Chapman by Charlotte Dorsey
by deed dated June Is, 1917, and duly
recorded among the land records of
Charles County, Mary land, in Liber
W. NJ. A., No. -, folio 2S3 etc.
And hereby give notice that l will
offer for sale at the Court House door,
La Plata. Md.
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TUESDAY, Aug. Y. 1924,

between the hours oil NJ. and O'Clock
+. M, the said property so seized and
taken in execution, by public auction,
to the highest bidder for cash.
JOSEPH II. HOW ARD,
Sheriff of Charles County, Md.
6-1S-4t.
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tuesday, Aug. 5, 1924,

between the hours 1T IL M, and
O'Clock z. NJ, the said property so
seized and taken in execution, by pub
lie auction, 10 the highest bidder for
cash.
JOSEPH II. HOWARD,
Sheriff Of Charles Co. Md.
7-ll.4t.
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Elrestcne Leads ON Speedway
with Five Record Breakers

When the race driver selects his tires he does 50
fealixirg that his life and chances for success de-
pend upon them. II is signfeant that all Of the
IN money winners In the indianapolis race were
tirestone shod Firestone, using gum-dipping
and other special processes, has developed tires
to such high degree Of efficiency that At Indian
spolis, May sOth, the following drivers broke tho
worlds record for 500 miles over thll brick track
making many rounds at over 100 miles per hour.
Never before were tres put to such sruelling
service, where h was necessary for every ounce
Of rubber and every Hbse Of fabric to work IN
perfect unison with every other part
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Ship Ne Your
Live Poultry /!
GET TOP MARKET PRICES
AND PROMPT RETURNS

My long experience enables me to oh
tain High Prices for Good Stock.
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

In the Circuit Court for Charles
County, Maryland.
No. ITO Equity.
F. Matilda Adams, ct al, Plaintiffs
VS.
virgie Freeman, ct al, Defendants.
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LEADERSHIP

Flrestone for years has been first to develop tires
and rims complete which would meet the heavy
trucking loads, great strains and demand for trae-
tion By originating and carrying forward the
Ship BY Truck movement, and establishing Ship
by Truck bureaus In all large cities, FiTestone
helped to speed up highway transportation and
reduce costs.
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Send me your name and address
that may post you on market condi
tons.
, 1924-12-04
Christmas Seals
Popular Through
out The World

Twenty years ~ a young mail
clerk in a small postoffice in Dem
mark was working far into the night
on Christmas Eve distributing holt
day greeting cards and letters. He
saw that as a rule they would go to
comfortable homes, housing happy,
vigorous families. But he knew, too.
that where kind Christmas wishes
and good Christmas deeds were most
needed, there likely would not come
even a brief word of greeting.
His fertile Imagination began to
picture a device that would further
encourage the practice of sending
Christmas cards and letters of greet
ing and put a voluntary tax on it
too-and thus in Denmark in 1903
was born the idea OF the Christmas
seal.
Now let us permit this erstwhile
postal clerk, the father of the seal
Einar Holbeell, to tell the story of
the evolution of his dream into real
ity.
THE people OF Denmark regard
Christmas as the greatest holiday of
the year" stated Mr.. Holboell, who
Is now postmaster at Charlottenbund,
on a recent visit to New York.
Everybody observes it, and all
hearts and hands are open at this
season.
Il saw at once that the Christmas
stamp ought to be sold at postoffices
and should cost only a trifle, so that
everyone could afford to buy it. The
well-to-do, who send many letters
and gifts, would spend more money,
but the poor could have the pleas
ure of helping, too.
"A committee of men of distinc-
ton was formed, and through their
of the Ministry to sell the stamps at
influence, l obtained the permission
postoffices for the benefit If a fund
to erect a hospital for tuberculous
children. So a year after the idea
came tor me, the first tuberculosis
Christmas stamps were sold.
, 1924-12-04
POstOffice Asks
For Cooperation

Last year, through the generous
cooperation OF the press, the movies
and other advertising m e d / u m S ,
Christmas mailers were induced to
dispatch their Yuletide presents
earlier in the month than ever be-
fore in the history of the institution
of gift exchanging in the holiday sea-
SON.
AS a result, the spectacle of the
last minute rush of former years,
with its attendant heartbreaking la
Dor on the part of weariest and nerve
worn store clerks and postal en-
ployes, was avoided.
This year Postmaster General New
and First Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral John II. Bartlett have determ-
med to make an even better record
and to Danish for all time the suffer-
ing undergone in past years by those
engaged in the sale or transportation
of gifts. They hope to make SHOP
Early" and mail early" a habit with
the American people.
Mailing early does not mean Dec.
l or before, but if everyone could
, 1924-12-04

hanging. border and other lights are
provided, by the use Of which the
stage can be given any degree OF
brilliancy. The main curtain is of
heavy golden plush, a second cur
tain of darker plush being also pro-
vided. All stage equipment, as we'll
as organ operation, Is electrically
controlled. the pressing of a button
being all that Is necessary to obtain
any desired result.
Dedication of the Cathedral will
take place Wednesday evening, De-
cember 10. At this ceremony none
but Scottish Rite Masons will be
present. Members OF the Rite and
their ladies will be admitted to the
organ recital Tuesday evening Of the
reunion, but on that occasion, as at
the reception and ball, no member
will be- permitted to take to the
Cathedral more than one lady, and
all admissions will be by card. no
card being transferable.
Marion A. Kline, Master Of Ka-
dcsh of Wyoming Consistory No. 1,
a s. King, Sovereign Grand In
spector General OF Wyoming. Samuel
Corson, Secretary and Recorder of
Iuo wyoming SCOttlSn rite DOQl0S
and the several committees appoint
ed for the coming reunion are earn
estly endeavoring to make the De-
cember assembly of Scottish Rite
Masons the grandest and most fe-
licitous eve held within the Rocky
Mountain region. Already ia Mas
ter Masons have been elected to re-
ceive advanced degrees of the Rite,
and many more petitions are yet to
be acted upon. A special meeting of
the Consistory will be held Friday
evening in Memorial hall at the Ma
sonic Temple to consider a large
number of petitions reported back
by committees Indications point to
a class of approximately zoo mem
bers for the approaching reunion.
Hundreds of Scottish Rite Masons
from all sections of Wyoming and
many eminent members of the Rite
from different parts of the United
States will be in attendance at the
December gathering, a considerable
number of them being accompanied
by lady members of thir families.
, 1924-12-04

THE return far exceeded our ex-
pectations, totalling 10000 Danish
crowns, or about $4,000. Year by
year the income has increased. Last
year it was 217 900 crowns, and
during the twenty years they have
been sold, a total sum of 2,700, 900
crowns has been realized.
Our committee has erected a hos
pital accommodating 165 t%uberculous
children, and since 1t was opened, a
total Of 5000 little girls and boys
have gone to the institution at Kold-
ing Fjord and been healed. We now
have three homes for weak and un-
~dernourisned children, and besides
have contributed generously to So
cieties which aim to help sick and
poor children in various ways"
In u next issue we will tell you
how Enar Holbosll's Christmas Seals
same to America and the great work
they have done over here. Be sure
to watch for this.
, 1924-12-04

get their holiday tokens in the mail
between December 10 and December
20, the post office could not ask
more.
Particular attention this year will
be paid to greeting cards. Despite
the success last year 1t was noted
that the last-minute mail consisted
largely of cards. Possibly many of
them were returned greetings to
friends, heard from ON a previous
mail. but overlooked on the original
Christmas list. Unlike parcels and
letters containing money orders.
cards, OF course, can not well be
marked DO Not Open Until Christ
mas Therefore. 1t is possible that
the many mailers hold them until the
last to insure delivery on Christmas
Eve. This class OF mailers this year,
however, may find their cards unde-
livered until after Christmas Day.
Believing that the energies OF post
al employees should not be sapped
to the last degree for any avoidable
reason, and, intent upon securing
for them the same Christmas priyi-
leges enjoyed by others, Postmaster
General New asks thte hearty CO.
operation Of the public. The last
minute. or zero hour has been moved
up 80 that all postal employees may
eat their Christmas dinners at
home. Rural carriers will deliver
no mai at all on Christmas day and
clerks and carriers in the city offices
VIII stop work promptly at noon.
, 1924-12-04

sore and stiff and when stopped,
l had a catch in the small of it and
| could hardly straighten. Doan'g
Pills. from the Wyoming Drug Co
cured me of the attack"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Pills-the same that Mr..
Edwards had. Foster-Milburn CO.,
Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y. ADV.
, 1924-12-04

ness. life Is indeed a burden. Doan's
Pills-a stimulant diuretic to the
kidneys-have brought peace and
comfort to many Rawlins people.
Profit by this Rawlins residents ex-
%perience:
w. Edwards, III w. Buffalo ST.,
says: MY kidneys acted too fire.
quently and l had to get up at night
to pass the secretions. My back was