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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29
Empire of the Mayas

As early as the second century after
Christ there was a substantial civili-
cation under way in Central America
BY 400 A D. this civilization had
grown into the powerful and compe-
tent and essentially civilized empire
of the Mayas.
The great mystery of the Mayar
civilization is that Of its calendar. As
early as 800 A. D. and possibly much
earlier, the Maya had developed a
method Of reckoning time which is
quite as accurate and convenient as
our own. The problem of adjusting
the length of the year to the uneven
number of days which it contains had
been solved. The complete Maya
calendar is capable of fixing any given
date exactly and uniquely in a period
OF over five million years.
This calendar and the mass of
astronomical knowledge which must
lie back of it, appeared in Central
America suddenly. No history has
fury it is not there: the next century
it is there. Where did the Maya
calendar come from? Who invented
it? Where and when and how, did
patient astronomers make the cen
turtles of laborious observations which
must have been at hand before the
final calendar could have been formu-
lated? No one knows. Some experts
believe that the Maya culture was I'M
ported, possibly from India or from
Egypt. Others believe that 1t origi-
mated in America. at sites not vet dis
covered, or that it's relies, being per-
ishable have disappeared.-E. E. Free
in the Forum.
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COMING EVENTS

Aug. 2-s1-Citizens' Military Training
camp for Maine at Fort Mckinley.
Portland Harbor.
Aug. 6-7-Annual convention of the
Maine branch OF the National Rural
Letter Carriers Association at
Presque Isle.
Aug. 9-14-Mllinocket's first Old
Home week and observance of 25th
anniversary.
Aug. 10-State w. c It. U. field day,
Old Orchard
Aug 10-12-New England and Eastern
Canada Rescue Mission convention
at Old Orchard.
Aug. 10-l2-Annual State Convention
American Legion, Brunswick.
Aug. 14-2s-Annual cruise of Portland
Naval Reserve forces to Gardner
Bay. Long Island.
Aug. 14-Kennebec County Camps and
AuXiliares to be guests of General
George b Mcclellan Camp, S. OF V.
at field day. South Windsor.
Aug. 15-New England Assn, Old Or
chard.
Aug. 15-Old Home day. Durham Con-
gregational church.
Aug. 16-1S-New England Grange Lee
turers' Conference. Orono.
Aug. 16-20-Annuai state conference
of school superintendent at Castine
Aug. 16-21-.school Of Methods at
Ocean Park.
Aug. 30-Hearing at Eustis before
Franklin county commissioners on
proposed highway through Eustis
to the Canadian border
Aug. 30-Sept. 3-Inter-denominat
Religious Institute at First Baptist
church, Rockland.
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Mason Dixon Line

H. G. Dwight, for some years con-
nected with the Department of State
says in The Yale Review" that the
famous Mason and Dixon's Line be-
tween Pennsylvania and Maryland
dates from 1867
when it was completed in 1867
both Maryland and Pennsylvania
We're slave colonies. In time Penn
sylvania emancipated her slaves
while Maryland adhered TO the
Southern system. Therefore during
the fifty years preceding the firing
on Sumter the original idea of the
line was completely obliterated and
everybody thought of II as not the
boundary between two states. but
as the boundary between the slave
states and the free states" says MI.
Dwisht
1T happened some ESQ years ago
that Charles |. Charles II and James
II al had assigned as the line Of
demarcation between two royal
grants the one to William Penn and
the other to Baron Baltimore, a
parallel of latitude which actually
ran trifle to the north of the City
Of Brotherly Love which Mr.. Penn
had laid out There was much bick-
ering over the situation,
After several years the proprie-
tors, already having agreed to throw
overheard the fortieth parallel, fur
Their agreed to send over from Eng
land for the accurate laying down
of a boundary line, two 'mathema-
ticians,' And these were the Mason
and Dixon for whom the line is
named. Little is known Of Dixon.
Mason had been assistant to the
astronomer, royal, and with Dixon
had explored already ST. Helena and
the Cape Of Good Hope.
With their arrival at Philadel-
phia in 1853 there began the five
most adventurous years of their
lives. Sandwiched in between the
mysterious symbols and the arith-
metical calculations of the old Jour-
nal there are many records Of ex-
periences in the wilderness. They
made their start thus: The bound
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Woman's Need for Man

The modern young woman must
realize that though she can be vio-
lently attractive to man.. she is only
Systematically attractive, and that on
the whole her need for him is greater
than his need for her The fatal de-
fusion that woman can be the crown
OF a mans life. his incentive to action.
his inspiration, has to be cleaned out
of her mind.
Women may have been an incentive
to action for certain types of men,
but that is different statement.
The desire for woman has in
deed driven men to robberfes.
piracies, gambling, instructions,
conQuests. gripping possessiveness,
waylaying and forestalling. Woman
has been able to make a price
and obliged men to find it-and so
brought herself under the oblisa-
tons of a purchas ed article. But no
man has ever done any great creative
thing. painted splendidly, organized
an industry. set a land in order. in
vented machines, built lovely build
nss, primarily for the sake of a
woman.
These things can only be done well
and fully for their own sakes; they
arise from the sublimated egotism we
call self-realization. Some women
have prevented and thwarted the
self realization of men. and others
have protected and aided men, but
from first to last they have been &C
cessory.-H. G. Wells, Hearst's Inter-
national Cosmopolitan.
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County Real Estate
Transfers On File

The following deeds conveying real
estate were received and recorded on
Wednesday at the Kennebec County
registry of deeds:
Augusta-Noah z. Downs. of Gar
diner to Wesley c. Kellogg of Halo
well, land and buildings on Maple
street; Annie f. Wilton to Ellura
Knowles, land and buildings on the
Belgrade road; Ezra W. Milton to
Henry G. Hoppe, land and buildings
on Riverside Drivee.
Farmingdale-J. Wesley Williams
to E. H Mosher of Gardiner, land
and buildings on Main avenue.
misunderstanding II. Cox of Gar
diner, to Hiram B. Malcolm. of West
Gardiner, land and buildings on Ores
den street.
Observation-Disclosures Poirier tc
Leo Biglier, land az the Bacon and
Seavey Farm, so-called; Nettie j
White to Carl c. White, laand and
buildings on Oak street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

This evening at City Hall will be
held the big military ball for the
privates and non commissioned Of
GERS of Camp Keyes. Arthur S. Mer-
rill In charge of the affair has been
busily engaged In arranging the de-
tails of the dance and entertainment.
Mayor Ernest L. Mclean will give
the adde's of welcome to the sold
iers of the National Guard and Reg
ular Army at SIS o'clock, and Brig
adler General Albert Greenlaw,
camp commander will respond.
Immediately following the welcome
from the mayor of Augusta and the
response by the commanding gen.
eral, the dance orchestra will start
the music for the Grand March and
the fun will be on. Douglass Mel
ody Men of this city, one of the best
known dance orchestras in this Sec
ton of the state will play for the
full order of dances.
Many requests for invitations to
the enlisted mems ball have been re-
ceived by Miss Marjorie Lee Of the
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CITY HALL AUDITORIUM TO Be
Scene OF MILITARY BALL FOR
CAMP KEYES SOLDIERS TONIGHT

Augusta Business and Professional
Women's Club, who is arranging for
the attendance of several hundred
young ladies, thus indicating the
wide spread interest in the affair
among the fair sex of the Capital
City and vicinity. Any lady desir-
ing an invitation, which will be nee
essary for admittance to the floor OF
City Hall auditorium, may procure
one from Miss Lee.
Several acts of interesting vaude-
vile will be presented between the
dance numbers. The spectators will
occupy seats in the balconies, while
the entire floor will be reserved fol-
the soldiers in uniform and ladies
with invitations.
This grand ball which has beer
arranged through the efforts OF
members Of Augusta service clubs
who feel that the enlisted men
should receive a genuinely hospitable
welcome from the City of Augusta
and it's people, that he may fee
kindly toward this city and look for
ward to coming again.
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Maurice Damren of This City
Had Automobile With Sup
ply of Highly Potent Home
Brewed Beer-To Face Court
Today

The authorities at Camp Keyes,
where some 1900 National Guards
men and regular troops of the 9th
L. S. Infantry are in camp for fifteen
days intensive field training. have
been especially vigilant in the mat
ter Of bootleggers peddling liquor in
or about the camp, and on several
nights suspicion has been aroused to
the extent that each new Officer of
the Day had direct instructions from
Colonel Harry NJ. Bigelow of the
1O3rd Infantry to have the guards
make special efforts to apprehend
the purVeyors of contraband.
Last evening Captain Robert P.
Millett, of B company, Officer of the
Day, captured a young man as he
was about to conSumate deal in
| liquor with one of the guardsmen.
The alleged bootlegger was taken in
to custody on the highway outside
the reservation to the North was To-
Gated his automobile. in which were
some half dozen quart bottles filled
with home brewed beer.
The prisoner was taken to the
kennebec county Jail under armed
guard, where he gave his name as
Maurice Damren of this city. He
was held at the Jail last night and
will probably be arraigned in NUM-
cipal court this morning on charges
growing out of his activities at the
military camp.
Colonel Bigelow declared last
evening that his officers will wage an
active campaign against this sort of
thing, and that charges will be pres
sed to any and all, who are caught
trafficking in liquor with the mem
bers of his regiment.
On Tuesday night. Captain Dan S.
Dexter of Co. E. of Lewiston was
Officer of the Day, and his vigilance
in the matter of bootlegging, almost
resulted in the capture of a civilian.
whom it was believed was engaged
in dispensing liquor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29
SIDNEY

WEST-Mrs. r. c. Ware Of North
Whitefield, who has been visiting Mr..
and Mrs. T. A. Thompson, passed the
weekend with them at Westbrook.
Miss Erma Tibbetts, teacher at West
Poland. has been visiting her sister.
Mrs. Harvey Smith, and her aunt and
uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Clark.
Mrs. Lucinda Farnham and Miss
Hilda Tibbetts are passing a week
with Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Woodman and
Charles Cummings of Belgrade have
been callers on the Misses Lovejoy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abner Smith of Win
throp were callers Sunday of Mr.. and
Mrs. Alex Mills and Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey Smith and took tea with MI
and Mrs. Charlie Smith.
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VIGILANCE OF GUARDS AT CAMP KEYES
RESULT rs IN CAPTURE ALLEGED B0OTLEGGER
RADIO RECEPTION
GENERALLY BETTER
THAN LAST WINTER

With the increased power in radio
broadcasting the past few months has
come excellent reception for local
fans. While the volume at times has
been poor. on a whole conditions have
been very good. The old idea that
there was nothing good to be had over
the radio in the summer season is no
more, as there are always some good
stations on the air with very fine pro-
grams.
The past winter. as fans will re-
call, was very discoura ging. Night
after night but little could be had, and
that came through poorly. Even with
the increased power used by WGY and
WIZ they were at times outof reach.
Much stress has been laid on the
very prominent sun spots during the
past winter. Radio experts have come
to the conclusion that they were the
direct cause of the poor winters re-
ception.
With the existing changes which
have been made by a number of sta
lions in going to other wave lengths,
there has been some difficulty in locat-
ing them, but there has been an i'm
proTement in the results of some of
these stations which have made the
NiieAAS f'NN+ANs 1ol OIiCp ilcS tGh6!l
1926 meters as their wave length,
which has brought them out of the
congested section and has been COM
ing in much better. There has been
less interference to bother the recep-
ton of the programs, which have been
very interesting from that station.
1t does not seem probable that there
will be any further changes in station
wave lengths, at least for the present.
There is no better time for local ra =
dio fans to go over their aerial sys-
TENS than at the present. Dirt re-
moved from insulators, or new wire
, put up. The best antenna has been
found to be one where enameled seven
strand copper wire is ued. The ground
connections should be examined and
cleaned and all connections made Sc
cure. All lead-ins should be collected
TO good lightning arrester we'll
grounded on the outside of the build
ing, at least six inches from it. With
the proper installation of a good grade
arrester there is no danger should
lightning bother the aerial.
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Garden Disaster

Paris, P)-Rotted buds and stunt
ed flowers on the rose bushes were
found at the celebrated rose gardens
of Hay les Roses by those who made
the annual pilgrimage there this
year. The rose garden of the city of
Paris at Bagatelle in the Bots de
Boulogne is in the same condition a; d
the jury that presides over the an
nual contest of new varieties of
roses there has decided. that no
prizes shall be distributed this year.
Prolonged rain. after prolonged cold.
after premature budding in Febru-
airy, are the causes of the garden dis
aster.
Roses cultivated commercially for
perfume or for the essence of roses
were also affected by unfavorable
weather conditions. although less
than the garden varieties. because
they are mostly cultivated in the
south where the weather was less
severe.
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Here's Instant Relief from
Bunions and Soft Corn
Actually Reduces the Swelling-Soft Corns Dry Rioh
and Can Be Picked Off,
All Druggists Say Emerald Oil Must Give Complete sat
ton or Money Cheerfully Refunded

Get a two-ounce bottle Of Moone's
Emerald Oil (ful strength today.
Every well stocked drug store has
this, with the distinct understanding
that your money will be cheerfully
returned II it does not reduce the
Inflammation. soreness, and pain
much quicker than any remedy you
ever used.
Your bunions may be so swollen
and inhamed that you think you can't
go another step. Your shoes may
feel as if they are cutting right into
the flesh. You feel sick all over with
the pain and torture and pray for
quick relief. What's to be done?
Two or three applications Of
Moones Emerald Oil and in fifteen
minutes all the pain and soreness dis
appears. A few more applications at
regular intervals and the swelling re-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

! The need of the United States for
sources of increased supply of crude
| rubber might be met from the Phil
ippines, argues Harry n. Whiteford.
of the Rubber Association of Amer
lea, in the July issue of Foreign
Affairs (New York;. The former
| chief Of the Crude Rubber Section
| of the Department of Commerce,
writes:
| For more than twenty years
| strong arguments have been ad-
vanced in favor Of planting rubber
in the Philippines. Yet of more
than 100000 acres Of rubber plant
! ed during that time, less than 5000
acres can be credited to the Philip
pines. Americans. after investigat-
ing the Philippines but finding the
conditions not sufficiently attrac-
tive, invested over S30,000,000 in this
period in rubber plantations in
Malaga and Sumatra and now own
there nearly 100000 acres Of planted
rubber. Other things being equal,
the American investor would prefer
territory controlled by his own
government.
"The United States consumes 70
percent of the total production of
crude rubber. Due to restriction on
exports from the British colonies
for the past three years, world con-
sumption has exceeded production
by 100000 tons. With full produc-
ton from the British colonies from
now on, the total planted area in the
Middle East is estimated to be cap
able of supplying the full normal
physical requirements for the years
1926, 1927 and 1928. From 1929 on.
statistics indicate that consumption
will outrun production. 1t takes
five years to bring rubber trees into
bearing and at least eight years for
full production. BY 1898, it is esti-
mated that the world could use $780,
900 tons more rubber tran will be
produced.
1.-THE only two regions under
American control that include areas
with climate conditions favorable to
the production of Para rubber are
the Canal Zone of Panama and the
Philippine Islands. The present
regulations concerning the use of
lands in the Canal Zone would have
to be radically changed before
planting could be started and the
areas are so small that the highest
possible yield would fall short of
10000 tons annually.
a recent lmparual investigation
into conditions in the Philippines
leaves little doubt that climatic and
soil conditions In the southern part
Of the islands offer as favorable OPP
portunities for the growth of rubber
as the best regions In other parts
of the Middle East. There are at
least 10000 acres of good lands
suitable for rubber planting in
Mindano and ueighboring smaller
islands, capable of producing fully
100000 tons of rubber, which would
be sufficient to meet the worlds
deficiency in planted areas"
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FAIR DATES, EENNEsEc VALLEY

Aus SI-Sept. Central Maine Fair,
Watevyille.
Sept. 6-S-South kennebec Fair, South
Windsor.
Sept. 7-S-Unity Park. Unity.
Sept. 14-l7-Somerset Central Agri-
cultural. Skowhegan.
Sept. 22-Solon Agricultural
Sept. 22-25 - Somerset Agricultural.
Arson.
Sept. 2$-24-Kennebec County Fair,
Readficld.
Sept. 24-26-Wesserunsett Valley Fair,
Athens.
Sept. 25--Embden Agricultural
Sept. 2S-30-North Knox Fair. Union.
Sept. 29-Cochnewagan Agric., Mon
mouth.
Sept. 30-Richmond Farmers & Me-
chaniCs' Club.
Oct. 5--Litchlield Farmers Club.
Oct. 5-Greene Town Fair.
OCT; l2-l4-Sagadahoc Agri., and Hort,
Topsham.
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FIRST AfNcTlCd0 idS a. oSo
1t is perhaps little known that the
FIRST American flag displayed at
sea" was raised by Colonel Wyn-
koop, commander of the Royal Saw
age, one of Benedict Arnold's little
fleet in Lake Chauplain, in 17f6.
This flag was replica of the first
striped flag, hoisted over Washing
tons. headquarters at Cambridge. 1t
consisted of thirteen alternate red
and white stripes in the field and re-
tanned the colors of England, the
united crosses of st. George and st.
Andrew on a blue ground, in the
canton. This flag was known in
England as THE Rebellious Stripes"
"A picturesque incident is told of
the first stars and stripes used in a
military engagement" said Mr..
Alnes, foremost flag manufacturer in
flag Of thirteen stripes with a circle
of thirteen stars was adopted by the
Continental Congress on June IA,
1777, but the statute was not Of
ficially promulgated until the Bird of
the following September. Mean
while a copy of an Albany news
paper describing the flag had fallen
under the eye of a Continental Of
ficer from Massachusetts on his way
with reinforcements to Fort Schuy-
Ter, formerly Fort, StanwiX, where
the city Of Rome, New York, now
stands.
He arrived at P NJ. on August
End and very opportunely too, as it
turned out. For the British attacked
the fort the following morning,
which was Sunday. Before the end
of the day the garrison had run up
the first American battle flag.
White stripes from shirts and hos
pital bandages alternated with red
stripes made from the scarlet petit
coat of soldiers wife. a blue can
ton was ilnprovised from the
military coat of one Captain Abra-
ham Swartout, who, a year later
wrote to the commandant of the fort
requesting an order on the commits
sary to supply me as promised. with
eight yds, of broadcloth in lieu of
my blue coat which was used for
Coiors at Fort Schuyler. From
Everybody's Magazine.
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airy should follow parallel running
fifteen miles south of the most
southerly point of Philadelphia, and
that point lies now on the lower
side Of South street with the city
all round it! Then they drew an
arc around the spire of the court
house at New Castle, in Delaware,
with a radius of twelve miles.
Next, from "a certain point on
Chesapeake Bay, they laid out a
straight line east and west, and
from the middle point OF that line
they laid off tangent to the New
Castle arc And then-'from the
point of tangency a meridian was
to be run northward until it cut the
parallel fifteen miles south of Phila-
delphia.' And that intersection,
royal patents or no royal patents.
was to be the irrevocable limit OF
my Lord Baltimore's Jurisdiction"
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FRECKLES
Don't Try to Hide These Ugly Spots
Othine will Remove Them Quickly
and Safely

This preparation Is so successful in
removing freckles and giving clear,
beautiful complexion that il sold
by all drug and department stores
with guarantee to refund the money
If it fails.
Don't try to hide your freckles or
waste time on lemon juice or cucum-
bers; get an ounce of Othine and re-
move them. Even the first few appli-
cations should show a wonderful inn
provement, some of the lighter freckles
vanishing entirely.
Be sure to ask for Othine-double
strength; it is this that is sold on
money-back guarantee.-Adv.
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duces.
And as for Soft Corps = f.,-
cations each night at bed Nv ~, spp1
they just seem TO shriyeI right , =. 7. Z
scale off. NJ W 4,
No matter how discour.,..
have been with pads, shields 81 Z I
applications, If you have ~, :. o y.
Emerald Oil then you have so IN. %
70 learn. Something that viii y !,
your foot troubles forever A e
It's wonderful formula-tbi, =.
bination Of essential oils vi ti14 g
phor and other antiseptics en- ,' -. es'
Gus that thousands Of bottles s .',a'. =
annually for reducing var,co.!S
swollen Veins. Use
All druggists and e-erv eooa 4.
gist guarantees Moone's Fn9srsl11i "a ,
10 end your foot troubles or ~ ~.
back. VI l1't
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REUNIONS

Aug. 1-Bachelder family. Larone.
Aug. 1-7-flst annual reunion of the
l4th Maine Regimental Association
at Camp Bolan, Long Island, Port
land. Business meeting at p. NJ.
Aug. 4.
Aug. 18-Cornville High school
Aug. 1S-Pierce family, CuShnoc
Grange hail. Riverside.
aug. 21-Bridgton Academy, 1896 to
1903.
Aug. 24.-Litchfield Academy.
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LOCAL NOTICE

As one of the sales representatives
for lots at SUMNER HAVEN, I will
be pleased to furnish conveyance to
prospective customers, and assist in
any way in selecting a good location.
For appointment. Telephone 25. Ella
Mcintosh Agency, 31S Water St. Au-
gusta, Me. jly27d3t
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Reward for Kindness

In 1923 timber topper running
In the grand Leipsc steeplechase fell
ana injured a leg. says 1.-THE Path
nnqer WhenJhe was ordered shot
ms Ehghsh trainer. who did not have
me neart 10 doEthe deed. bought him
Ior e4' for many months the horse
turned to health and visor rher,
the horse was en- tered in sfeen,eobasn
races in Germany and aoai, Ias.
season. He has brought back s2s' ooo
to his owner. e-0'Vo0