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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-04

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Captain and Mrs. z. J. Rehmann
will entertain with an informal din.
ner party in their quarters in Fort
Sam Houston Saturday evening.
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Miss Dorothy McCampbell returned
Thursday evening from Houston.
where she was an attendant in the
Barrow-Bowen wedding Wednesday.
Miss Gladys stailings and Miss
Corrine Stallings will entertain with
a shower" in their home, 400 West
Ashby place, Saturday afternoon COM
plimenting Miss Elizabeth McCarty.
bride-elect of tue month.
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Miss Catherine Gee. popnlar
bride-elect of December, will be hon
ored with a luncheon Saturday by
Mrs: Travis Moursund. Mrs. Mour-
ssund will give the luncheon in the
home of her mother, Mrs. w. w. Nc.
Crory in East Mistletoe avenue.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-04
TWO YOUNG ALIENS
CAUGHT NEAR ALICE

Two youthful aliens, one a German
and the other a Rdssian. were turned
over TO immigration officers at Alice,
BY hunters. according 10 reports re-
ceived by Clyde Campbell. immigration
inspector of district headquarters.
The aliens joined the party of hunt
ers 1T Robetown and were delivered to
the authorities upon arriving in Alice
The Russian sa.d he swan the Rio
Grande below Nuero Laredo and met
the German on this side. Deciding TO
cast. their lots together. they joined
the hunters and remained with them a
week, the report TO Mr.. Campbell said.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-04
SOCIAL CALENDAR.

= Mrs. Travis Moursund enter
: tains with luncheon compli- Z
= menting Miss Catherine Gee in :
+ 127 East Mistletoe Avenue: :
= Misses Gladys and Corrine Stall .
= lngs entertain with n shower in .
+ honor of Miss Elizabeth Nc Z
Z. Carly; Mrs. Merritt Halstead :
: Green and Mrs. George III. Pas .
= chal entertain with dinner 1
: dance in the San Antonio Coun- 1
+ try Club. 4
The Chilkoot post. [volume] (Chilkoot Barracks [i.e. Port Chilkoot (Haines)] Alaska) 1923-19??, 1925-09-04


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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-08

The Office of Secretary Of State was
created by the Constitution, Article
V, part 3, which provides the manner
in which the Secretary'of State shall
be chosen and what his duties shall
be.
by joint ballot of the Senators and
Representatives in convention for q
term of two years. A study Of the
provisions of the Constitution which
created this Department would indi-
cate that the trainers intended that
the Department of State should be
a place for keeping and preserving
the important records Of the State
where they should be filed and re-
at all times for public inspection.
A careful examination Of the differ
ent acts passed by the Legislature
subsequent to the creating of this
Department will show that the duties
of the Secretary of State, unlike
many of the other Departments. are
many and varied and that it was not
intended that this Depal tment should
follow any particular line Of work
pertaining to State Government but,
instead. that it should be in way
a clearing house fer the States bust
ness. The reason for this may pos
sbly be found in the last part of
Section 4 of the article of the Con-
stitution which reads as follows:
land perform such other duties as
are enjoined by this Constitution, or
shall be required by law
Stndv Of the early history Of this
Department and comparing it with
today indicates that we have gone
somewhat astray from what was in
tended by the trainers of the Con-
stitution and made of it one of the
biggest revenue producing depart
ments of the State instead Of keeping
and maintaining it as was originally
intended, place of record for State
documents.
For great many years. or up to
about 1890, this depart ment collected
little if any revenue, and employed
very few clerks. The Office force
Deputy and the few clerks which
were needed for recording and filing
the papers and documents required
to be filed in this department.
The year 1891 was the beginning
OF Legislative enactments which pro-
duced revenue from corporations.
This together with the revenue from
the Motor Vehicle Laws which was
first enacted in 1908 and materially
increased by Legislative enactment
in 1911 produced for the year 1923 In
round numbers $1.750.O0O and for the
year 1924 more than 100000.
The Australian Ballot Law. the
Primary Law. the Initiative ana
Referendum, together with the Motor
Vehicle Laws and the Corporation
Laws have been the most important
Legislative enactments that have
brought about the enormous increase
in the work of this department and
necessitated the creating of what
may be said TO be three separate de-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-08

has yet successfully disputed this
fact, any automobile owner in this
State who would operate his car
but one thousand miles in year on
hard surfaced highways would there
by save $4,000. AS all bonds so far
issued and undoubtedly any future
highway bonds will be financed from
automobile fees and the average fee
on passenger cars in this State Is but
SLIGO and on trucks but $l4.50, it is
plain to be seen that the average au-
tomobile owner who travels one
thousand miles on the state highway
system will save more than three
times the amount of his investment
in the system, and the average
truck owner who travels one thous-
and miles will save two and one-half
times his investment.
1t is true the State has lent it's
credit to the bonds and has thereby
made them salable. 1t is inconceiv-
able, however. that any legislature
would vote to transfer the burden of
financing State highway and bridge
bonds from the motor vehicle owner,
who is the direct beneficiary. to the
general tax payer A form of con-
stitutional amendment to cover the
proposed issue of bonds, including
the provision that all bonds shall be
carried by automobile revenues, and
that bonds once retired shall not be
re-issued, has been suggested. The
writer believes that this proposed
amendment meets all objections to
bond issues on the ground that the
bonds can become a charge against
general taxation and that any lesis-
lature can vote 10 reissue the re-
tired bonds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-08

partments or bureaus within the
Secretary of States office, namely:
the Corporation Bureau. the Election
and Legislative Bureau and the Au-
tomobile Bureau. The only bureau
that has not seen an increase in the
work from year to year is the Corpo-
ration Bureau. This Bureau shows a
steady increase up to about the year
1907. Since that date this branch of
the work shows a decrease in fees re-
ceived. The reason for this may be
accounted for by the fact that in
the early days Of the Corporation
Law the State of Maine was much
more lenient to parties who incor-
porated in this State than almost
any other state in the Union, but in
recent years change has taken
place and many of the Corporations
are going to other states where laws
have been enacted which makes 1t
easier for them to organize than in
Maine. Opinions differ as to the
wisdom of Names Corporation Laws.
Some contend that Maine Is losing a
vast amount of revenue from this
source. which it ought to get, while
others hold to the opinion that we
should not look at 1t from a revenue
standpoint but should enact laws
which are just and reasonable to
1; all concerned regardless of the
amount of revenue received.
In the year 1891 the Australian Bal
lot Law was enacted, which provided
for the distribution CT ballots to
towns by the Secretary of State and
was the beginning of the work In the
Election Bureau in the Secretary Of
States office. To this has been
added the amendment to the Consti-
tuition. adopted in 1909. providing for
the Initiative and referendum the
I direct Primar" Law enacted in 1913
and the absent Voting Law in 1921.
All Of these enactments taken in COLL
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-08

aid as may be forthcoming during
the next six years, will be sufficient
for this work. AS a result of two
conferences held at the State Capt.
tol on November 6 and December IS,
called by the Maine Automobile AS
ISOLATION and attended by members
of the incoming legislature and the
State Highway Commission, a reso-
luton was adopted approving the
idea of further bond issue of $0,-
100000 for State highway work, the
bonds to be retired Serialiy in fifteen
years; and a new bond issue of 3d.
100000 to be retired serially in. thirty
years, for carrying on State and
County aid bridge work.
1t is the belief of the writer that if
the 100000 bond issue is made
available. after it's expenditure it
will be possible to keep the system
of 1880 miles properly maintained
and to do all necessary reconstruc-
ton work such as widening and
strengthening, and possibly add some
mileage to the system. from current
automobile and gas tax revenues and
at the same time provide for the pay
ment of interest and the retirement
of all highway and bridge bonds then
outstanding.
AS the writer understands the prin-
ciple of constructing any utility with
the proceeds of borrowed capital, it
is sound financially only when the
results secured from the expenditure
return to the investors a profit be-
yond the cost of carrying and retir-
ing the investment. 1t has been def
nitely established by experiment,
test and practice over period of
several years that the cost of operat-
ing motor vehicles on hard surfaced
highways is three and six -tenths
cents per mile less than on dirt
roads. IL this be true, and no one
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-08

A history of education in the State
of Maine must begin with the first
efforts toward education in other
parts of New England.
Our early settlers were preemi-
nently a religious people. 1t is not
strange. therefore, that they should
indulge in form of religious in
struction. Even before the primitive
school was organized with the minis
ter as teacher, the little children in
the wilderness homes received in
struction around the devoted moth
er's knee. Let me say In passing
that Christian mother Is the noblest
work of God and a mothers knee
the greatest shrine on earth. These
pioneer mothers taught their little
ones to read and, in most instances.
the Bible was their only text. 1t Is
to this Puritan influence, softened by
time and exper 'ence, that we owe
the pronounced moral sentiment and
that reverence for the Church and
all religious things.
The first evidence Of an organized
attempt to supply more adequate
means of education for the new COL
ony Is found in the records of the
Town of Boston in 1886. In 1888,
the idea of a college began to unfold
and Harvard is the result. The chief
object of the early settlers in pro-
noting education was that they
might not leave an illiterate ministry.
In order to promote education,
Massachusetts provided for minis
terial and educational lots, to be set
apart from the public lands. This
has come down to us.
When Maine became a state, the
legislature wrote into our laws the
portion of Massachusetts statutes
providing for school system. 1t
was very elementary and provided
that each community should lay out
its own district boundaries and es-
tablish it's own school. 1t provided
, for a school committee and gave
them responsibilities of examining
| teachers, inspecting schools and in
vestigating the efficiency OF the in
struction. No attempt was made to-
ward supervision. In 1928, the Sec
rotary of State was authorized to
| take the census of all persons be-
tween the ages of four and twenty
one lOr the purpose OF OlStflDuLlnS
school funds not yet in evidence.
In 1916, through the efforts of a
special committee of the Teachers
Association, q State Board of Educa-
: ton was established. 1t was COM
posed of twelve members, one from
each county. The Board of Educa-
ton selected Secretary, who vir-
! tually became the executive officer
and Maine opened state system OF
education.
The earliest record we have in re-
lation to official action in the matter
OF schools in Maine is in 1901 In
York County in the City of York
7 The selectmen employed Nathaniel
! Freeman as schoolmaster for eight
pounds per year and three shillings
per week for teaching reading, four
shillings per week for writing and
ciphering. In 1909. the selectmen
= were instructed by the town to hire
a schoolmaSter for seven years to
! teach all in the town to read, write
and cipher" Evidently. this did not
! refer to the school age but included
/ adults.
, Mr.. Freeman continued to teach
until 1719 but he stipulated that the
! town should build him al house
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-08

22'x1S' with a brick chimney. The
school was to be free to all above
five years of age.
The legislature of 1921 enacted =
school code, providing that each O.
the towns. should raise and eXpend
for the support of schools taught By
schoolmasters not less than forty
cents for each inhabitant. 4 ais sum
should include the corporate school
fund. 1t was also provided that not
to exceed one-third of the amount
should be used for schools taught by
schoolmistresses and when q sum
was allotted to any one district in
the town, this amount could not eX-
coed $1,000.
In 1923, the legislature provided
that the Land Agent should set apart
twenty townships of the public lands
to be sold and the proceeds deposited
In the State Treasury to form a per-
manent school fund, the,interest to
be distributed among the several
towns and plantations according to
the number of scholars. The same
legislature provided that one thou
sand acres should be set apart in all
townships thereafter sold or con-
veyed instead of the 800 acre tracts
called for in the old Massachusetts
law. Bank taxes were also used in
part for education in those early
days, and the state school fund had
its beginning. The permanent school
fund today, after one hundred years,
is only about 100000. Later came
the enactment of the school mill
fund of one and one-half mills and
the common school fund of the same
amount. . In 1921, these were merged
into a state school fund with levy
of three and one-third mills, plus
one-half the bank taxes, plus 62o of
the permanent school fund. The
fund was formerly distributed on
school census. 1t Is now distributed
approximately onc-third on teaching
positions, one-third on aggregate
daily attendance and one-third on
school census, and amounts in all to
approximately $2.5O0,000. represent
Ing about one-fourth the cost of edu-
cation in the state.
Berwick Academy was established
in 1891. the same year as the Halo
we'll Academy, now extinct. Berwick
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-08
State Department Integral Part Of Government
W. -

junction with the National Amend
ment giving the right Of Suffrage to
women have materially increased the
work in this branch of the Depart
ment and necessitates' the holding OF
at least two State elections every
two years and three Presidential
years. Hardly Il year passes now,
but what a State wide election Is
held. either general or special. In
1922 four were held. tti--1
To show what the growth OF the
Automobile Department has been We
need only to quote the figures repre-
senting the fees received from this
source. In 1905, which was the first
year that the Motor Vehicle Law w9s
put into force. this Department col
lected $2,S2S.27 and in the first year
after the law was amended in 1911
increasing the fees and providing for
annual registration the amount col
lected was $9S,313.1S. In 1924 the
Department received in automobile
fees up to December Is the sum Of
1892, 264.26. $50
Another and very important duty
of the Secretary of State which has
been one of his duties since the Office
was established is the enGrossing of
the Acts and Resolves and Special
LUWS pttSStu ny TIC LcSISldtuic. hio
work, by examination of the bound
volumes of the Acts and Resolves
from the year since the organization
of this Department down to the pres
ent time will show a steady increase
in this work.
For a great many years the laws
were engrossed in longhdnd but more
recently it has been cone by having
them printed. This work demands
the utmost accuracy in all its details.
The engrossing and the printing and
preparing Of the ballots for elections
is probably the most important In
the department, in that it demands
accuracy in it's truest sense.
Closely allied to the work Of en-
crossing is another duty of the Sec
letary of State which is to print. bind
and index the Public Laws after the
adjournment of the Legislature. This
necessitates a great deal of careful
and painstaking work preparing
the head-notes, proof reading the
Acts and making the index. -
In addition to the duties epumer-
ated above. the Secretary Of. State
or his Deputy is obliged 10 attend all
meetings of the Governor and Coun-
ell. keep a record of their doings
and issue and record commissions for
all elective and appointive officers of
the State. "a.
The present force of employees in
the Department of State consists of
the Secretary of State, the Deputy
Secretary of State and forty-two
clerks. OF the forty-twos clerks,
thirty -four are employed at the State
House and eight in the three branches
OF the Automobile Department. To-
Gated at Portland, Auburn and Ban
gor. 49,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-08

The first dwelling on the hill be-
tween Winthrop and Bridge streets,
Augusta, vas built in 1904 by Lot
lIamlen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-08

The appropriations of Augusta the
year it became i town were $3.50
for repairs of highways, 500 for
schools and $500 for the support Of
poor and other expenses. 80
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-07-24
Posic, Got Seeding
kfore or Less EIerise.i


One of the oldest things about the
Further "reminiscences, by S. BUr.ag
Gould, Is the fact that he tells BA
amusing story of his experience in 8 r
ting the words to the song, John E.tr"
leycorn" but omlts all mention of he
fact that he wrote Onward Christian
Soldiers"
The clergyman and writer spe nj
much time In collecting the old songs
Of the countryside. He heard that an
almost bedridden old sinner of the
neighborhood was an authority on
John Barleycorn,' rs 1t was sung in
the district So Barring Gould called
on him, fortunately, on day when
the old mans wife was away, and dis
covered the invalid had managed to
get downstairs. He sang Justify and
gratefully and the ribald words were
carefully written down.
The next day the minister called to
get his pencil and was met by an
irate wife. what do you mean" she
asked, coming here and getting my
husband to sing his old trashy songs
when he ought to be preparing to meet
his Savlorf" She said that she had
put her husband to bed and had burned
his trousers so he could not get up
again and entertain visitors. The
minister was scolded as he never had
been before for encouraging a Wan
to be wicked.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-07-24
Find Priceless Relics
BelotU Antwerp Street

Golden altar vessels dating from
the Tenth century have been found In
an underground passage In an Ant
werp street recently, Pierre Van Paas-
sen reports In the Atlanta Constitu-
ton. The passage was like long
tunnel and experts claim that II was
formerly used by religious order
whose house was situated on the out
skirts of the city. The frlars used the
tunnel to visit the cathedral when they
wished to avoid walking through the
streets. The tunnel ends abruptly and
the site of the cloister to which 1t led
Is even In doubt Near the altar YES
sells of priceless value were the In
evitable skeletons nearly always dis
covered In connection with such finds.
There is no way to estimate when the
vessels were hidden. Some advance
the opinion that they were hidden from
the English raiders, others say they ex-
cited the envy Of Spanish soldiers. The
most likely explanation Is that they
were brought to safety In the days
Of inconoclast outrages, when mobs In
vaded the churches and slashed price
less paintings, smashed inimitably
wrought gold and silver adornments
and tore invaluable illuminated books
and manuscripts into shreds.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-07-24
Queer Lawsuits That
, Haze Gone on Record

A few years ago wounded italian
officer brought suit to obtain a deci.
sion as to the rightful ownership Of
bullet extracted from his body. Both
doctor and nurse claimed 1t, but the
officer contended that 1t was legally
his.
The Judge rendered his decision In
favor Of the officer. He found that the
projectile. once discharged from the
gum ceased to belong both to the man
who fred 1t and to the country that
entrusted 1t to him. The officer dis
covered 1t in his body. The surgeon,
assisted by the nurse, merely brought
the projectile to light Hence the Off
Ger was entitled to keep 1t, the West
ern Magazine says.
A very stout man who bought
third-class ticket at an English rail
way Office found that he could not
enter the narrow doorway Of third
class compartment. Accordingly he
went into frst-class compartment,
the doors of which were wider and
refused to pay the excess fare. The
railway company sued him for the bal
ance, and the man had to pay both
that and the costs. for the court de-
cided that this could not have been his
first offense, and that, knowing that
he could not squeeze through the door
Of a third-class compartment, ought to
have purchased 6rst-class ticket
When French able left one village
to take up work In another, the mayor
and the citizens Of the town he was
leaving lighted bonfire In the road to
speed the departing one, and In other
ways showed that they we're over.
joyed to see the last Of him. The
able thought himself insuIted and
brought suit for damages, but as he
was unable to show any case 1t was
dismissed.
After telling a barber to trim his
beard. an American fell asleep in the
chair. He woke up clean-shaved. His
beard, ~ inches In length, OF which he
was very proud. was gone. He sued
the barber for $1,000 and received
800.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-07-24
Odd Tale That Added
Word to Dictionary

The word "canard" comes nom the
French, and means really duck"
having originated from famous news
paper hoax In the shape of Joke that
purported to relate remarkable case
Of voracity ON the part of some ducks.
According to the story us printed in
a French paper, Il certain farmer gath
cred together 20 ducks. One OF these
he killed, and cutting II up Into fine
pieces, feathers, bill and all he fed II
to the remaining 10. The second duck
was killed. treated In the same way,
and fed to the remaining 10; and this
process was continued until the re
naming duck was placed In the posi-
ton Of having eaten 10 companions,
thus proving that by Its method one
duck could devour nineteen other
ducks. This story was written In 80
plausible style and was OF so curious
and interesting character that II at
tracted worldwide attention and was
copied by one newspaper after another.
AZ this was one of the cleverest hoaxes
Of the kind that had ever been perpe-
trated, II was adopted us the stand
ard Of that class of literature, and
thereafter hoaxes Of this sort were
known as "duck stories" or "canards.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-07-24
Famous Anniuersarv

The name "Guy Fawkes' Day" Ia
given in England to the fifth of Novem
Der, famous as the anniversary OF the
attempted destruction Of the British
houses Of parliament In 1905. The
day originally was celebrated with re
lipous services, in memory Of the
ptovidential dellverance Of the king
and parliament; but at the present
time is limited to the peculiar Gus
tom Of paradlng straw-stuffed efilgles
Of Guy Fawkes through the streets OF
London and other English cities. Rob
ert Oatesby. the principal consplrator
In the plot, escaped, but was shot af
Worcester three days later while al
tempting to raise an instruction. Guy
Fawkes and several others were put
to death January 81, 16Oo.-Exchange