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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-10
F RMERS' DRIFT
TOPEASANTRYIS
DANCER IN u. S.
Farm Meet Is Told of
Tenancy Increase

CHICAGO, Dec. S.-The American
farmer must bend all his efforts to
stem the present drift toward peas
antry, Prof. Macy Campbell, head of
the rural education department, Iowa
State Teachers College, told delegates
to the American Farm Bureau Fedora
ton today.
Farm Tenancy Increased.
"The percentage of farm tenancy in
creased from 26 per cent in 1880 to 3S
per cent in 1920, according to census
records, said Campbell. Already the
bargaining power of agriculture is be-
low par. It is up to the farmer to
make use Of every aid at his com
mand to check this drift
Campbell said farming communities
today were like ''fished out" fish
ponds.
Farm Exodus.
THE intelligent and enterprising
farm boys" said Campbell, quit the
farms when they get an education be-
cause they find better opportunities in
other lines.
"This exodus leaves the poorer
stock behind, and we have an increas-
ing number of communities from
which the capable young folks have
been drawn"
Send 500 to Europe.
The federation decided to send a
delegation of approximately 500 farm
ers next July 80 on trip to study
farming conditions in England, Scot
land, France, Germany, Holland and
Denmark.
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-04-09
SCHOOL NEWS

Our school re-opened on Tuesday
morning, after the Easter holiday,
which was spent by the members of
our faculty at their various homes.
The County School Board, after
repeated urging, has finally taken
action looking to the betterment of
our red clay school grounds. Dur
ing wet weather this red clay clings
to the shoes of the pupils and is
transferred in generous quantities
to the floors in the school building,
the halls and rooms presenting a
deplorably filthy appearance, despite
the efforts of our janitors, who are
lusty broom wielders, but often have
to resort to hoes to clean up the
red clay mess.
The School Board has had several
truck loads of sand hauled and
spread over the red clay, and we
are all highly pleased with the re-
suit, the improved condition OF our
floors being very noticeable on Tues
day, despite the muddy conditions
that prevailed.
On Tuesday evening the regular
monthly meeting of the Parent
Teachers Association was held, a
goodly number being in attendance
to enjoy the interesting and instruc-
tive lecture of Professor Wright. of
Lincoln University, Pa, on Egypt
and the Holy Land.
Professor Wright's talk was illus
trated with views thrown upon
large screen. These views were from
photographs taken by Mr.. Wright
and his son during their travels, and
were unusually good. Everyone was
highly pleased with the lecture.
Cake and coffee were served by the
ladies of the refreshment committee.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-04-09
TO COMPEL SHERIFF TO
COLLECT TAXES

The Town Council of Elkton has
filed petition in Cecil Circuit
Court, asking for a writ of man
damus, to compel Sheriff Jesse Pear
son, of that town, to collect the de-
linquent taxes of the town. Last
year, Sheriff Pearson accepted the
delinquent tax bills turned over to
him by the Town Treasurer. but did
not collect amy of the taxes, it is
alleged. For many years past, the
delinquent taxes have been turned
over to the Sheriff of the county, for
collection, and the Town Council
alleges that it is the duty OF that
officer to perform the task. The
Sheriff claims that it Is not his duty
to collect municipal taxes, that he is
an officer of the county. The case
will come before the Court.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-04-09
GIRL LOSES AUTO DAMAGED

The $4,000 damage suit, brought
by Miss Elizabeth Hartman, of
Baltimore, against Alexander Shaw,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles w.
Shaw, of Bel Air, for injuries sus-
tanned in an auto accident, was de-
cided last week in favor of young
Shaw, by the jury.
The accident happened on the
State road between Port Deposit
and Blythedale. Miss Hartman, in
her testimony, told of her visit to
the Shaw home in Bel Air, May 81,
1924, to attend house party. The
next day she and Miss Henrietta
Littler, also of Baltimore, Alexander
Shaw and G. Wallace Rroumel, Jru
of Bel Air, drove to Port Deposit to
visit Charles Shaw, Jr,, who was a
student In Tome School. On the
way home the car crashed into an
other machine and turned over, Miss
Hartman and Alexander Shaw being
pinned under the front seat. Miss
Hartman was taken to the Port
Deposit Hospital where she remained
for about six weeks.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-04-09
RISING SUN HIGH SCHOOL
LOSES DEBATE

The second of the series of de
bates by the High School teams Of
the county was held on Wednesday
of last week, on the question. "Shoulc
Congress Enact House Bill No
5000 providing for Federal De-
partment of Education"
Calvert and Rising Sun teams met
in the Public Hall, at Rising Sun
Charles Crothers, Sara McAlliste1
and Eva Kincaid, for Calvert, argued
for the negative, and Ross Cameron
Eva Bradley and Robert Cameron,
for Rising Sun, for the affirmative
The judges: Richard McMullin, of
Oxford High School; Charles S.
Pyle and Irwin Mcdowell, decided
by a vote of 2 to l for the
negative.
Elkton and North East teams met
at Elkton. Joseph Carr, Helen
Reynolds and Henry Warburton, for
Elkton, supported the affirmative,
and Norma Wallis, Mildred Keim
and Esther Bryson, for North East,
the negative. The judges: Mrs.
Samuel Sturgeon, j. Herbert Weir
and Lawrence Gorsuch, decided in
favor of the negative by a vote of
2 to l.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-04-09
FIRE AT CoLoRA

The village of Colora had mar
row escape from a serious confiagra-
ton on Monday morning, about ten
O'Clock, when sparks from burh-
ing trash heap in the rear of the
store and dwelling building occupied
by Robert Boyd, communicated to
the rear of the store portion, the
blaze assuming alarming proportions
in an instant, due to coal oil from
a leaky tank in the cellar, which had
saturated the ground and boards on
the cellar floor.
The property is that occupied for
years by the late w. T. Fryer as e
store and dwelling, and the close
proximity of other buildings made
the blaze a doubly threatening one.
An alarm brought the chemical
truck of the Community Fire Com
pany, of this town, in few minutes,
and on arrival of the firemen who
realized the threatening nature OF
the blaze, a second alarm was i'm
mediately sounded, which brought
the big pumper to the scene very
promptly, when line of hose 1850
feet in length was laid to the small
dam near the Emrey warehouse, and
stream of water was soon coming
through the hose.
In the meantime Earle Tyson, who
lives next door, had started his
gasoline engine and was pumping Q
small stream OF water from his
WE'LL through garden hose, onto
the flames. This, with two or three
hand chemical extinguishers, checked
the fire until the arrival of the
were soon extinguished, without it
being necessary to turn the stream
of water from the big pumper on
the fire.
The weather boarding in the rear
of the store portion of the building
was badly charred and burned but
the damage done was not very
heavy. Some one summoned the
Port Deposit Fire Company, but
their services were not needed.
One thing the fire demonstrated.
which is a source Of satisfaction to
residents OF Colora, and that is that
the dam constructed some time ago
through the efforts of citizens of the
village, affords good water supply
for just such an emergency as arose,
and it was relief to all to
see a good stream coming through
tie fire hose, ready for use, ii
needed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-04-09
GRANDSON OF HAWTHORNE
WINS ACCLAIM AT ART

EXHIBIT

The following from the Philadel-
phia Record, will be of unusal in
terest to our readers in this locality
from the fact that the Duyckincks of
our town are direct descendants of
the branch of the family mentioned:
New York, March 29.-The first
painting of 15-year-old boy who
never took a painting lesson has
been sold for his own price Of $40
at the Independent Artists Exhibi-
tion now being held at the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel. The artist is Haw-
thorne Lewis Smyth, a Mount Ver-
non, N. Y, high school boy and
grandson of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
His picture was called 1.-THE Black
Cat"
THE young artist is the SON OF
Dr. Clifford Smyth, editor of the
International Book Review and
descendant of the first family of
native American painters, the Duyck-
incks, who settled in New York in
the early part of the seventeenth
century"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-04-09
AGED MAN PERISHES IN
FLAMES
Dwelling OF Philip Johnson
Totally Destroyed

Totally Destroyed
The dwelling of Philip Johnson
about two miles west of town, was
totally destroyed by fire at an early
hour Tuesday morning, together with
all it's contents.
Trapped in his bed room, on the
second floor, Albert P. White, aged
Sc years, father of Mrs. Johnson,
was burned to death, his charred
remains being found when the fire
had burned itself out.
The dwelling was fine old stone
mansion on the farm owned years
ago by William James Evans, and
was large, well-built structure.
Just how the fire originated is not
known, but Mrs. j. P. Halsey, whose
husband operates the farm and lived
in portion of the house, was arous-
ed shortly before two O'Clock in the
morning by the smell of smoke. A
hasty investigation revealed the
kitchen of the other portion of the
house to be mass of flames. They
succeeded in arousing the family. and
Mr.. johnson went in his auto to the
home of E. Nelson James and
family, some distance away, to tele-
phone for the Community Fire Com
pany, of Rising Sun.
Mrs. Johnson aroused her father
and then returned to her own room.
Her escape by the stairway was cut
off by the rapidly spreading flames
and she was not able to get back to
the room of the aged man, but was
compelled to climb through a Win
dow to the porch roof, being rescued
by Mr.. Halsey with ladder.
The firemen on their arrival
were unable to enter the burning
dwelling to rescue the doomed man,
and so completely was the structure
wrapped in flames that it was not
possibly to save any of the house
hold furniture.
By daming a small nearby stream
a scant water supply was obtained
20 pump on the other farm buildings.
which were saved.
The Oxford Fire Company received
a call from some one not connected
with the Rising Sun Company, and
responded, only to find that nothing
could be done.
Both families lost all their house
hold goods and saved only the
clothing they were able to hastily
get into.
The loss is a heavy one with only
a partial insurance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-04-09
FERRY AT BETHEL

The County Commissioners and
residents of the locality have won
their fight to have the Government
establish ferry across the Chesa-
peake and Delaware Canal at
Bethel, in lieu of the bridge that
formerly was at that point. The
Act authorizing the plan has been
introduced into Congress.
1t provides that the Secretary OF
War be, and he is hereby authorized,
to modify the existing project adopt
ed by the river and harbor act OF
March End, 1919, for improvement
of the Inland Waterway from Della
ware River to Chesapeake Bay,
Del, and Md, so as to include the
construction of suitable roadway
from Chesapeake City, Md, to the
Bethel road on the north of said
waterway of suitable roadway
from Back Creek, Chesapeake City,
Md, to Bethel on the south of said
waterway and of a bridge in con-
tinuation of the southern roadway at
Chesapeake City, across Back Creek,
Md, and the construction and main
tenance of ferry across the water
way at the present site of the
Pivot Bridge, the roadways, bridge
and ferry to be in lieu of the
reconstruction of the bridge known
as the Pivot Bridge, at the intersec-
tion of Bethel Road with said
waterway; Provided, that the prop
er authorities of Maryland and Cecil
county, Md, will release the United
States from all obligation to recon-
struct or maintain the said Pivot
Bridge or to operate the bridge or
to- maintain the roads and bridge
whose construction are hereby
authorized.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-04-09
PRELIMINARY WORK ON COMO
WINGO PROJECT

Much activity prevails on both the
Hartford and Cecil county sides OF
the Susquehanna river in the pre-
liminary work for the big hydro
electric power project, near
Conowingo.
Large forces of men are busy
erecting buildings at camp sites,
constructing roads, clearing off and
burning timber, etc.
The main camp will be on the
Hartford county side of the river.
The powerhouse will also be on that
side of the Susquehanna River.
The Columbia and Port Deposit
railroad tracks will be raised to a
great height at Conowingo, and the
raise will extend from Port Deposit
to Fishing Creek. A force of men
is also getting a construction camp
in readiness on the the Cecil side OF
the river.
Chief Engineer Roux, represent
ing the Susquehanna Power Com
pany, at a special meeting of the
Mayor and Council of Havre de
Grace on Tuesday night of last
week, asked for the granting OF
right of way for a railroad from the
site of the dam to the P. B. & w.
R. R. siding at Green and Juniata
streets, in that city, to enter at
Fredies Corner and continue along
the bed of Juniata street, to connect
with the railroads old line, run
ming from Darlington.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-04-09
DIED FROM BURNS

Fleeing with clothing ablaze, from
the cellar of his home and bakery,
where his garments had been ignited
from a boiler he was firing, Lam
bert C. Pohl, of Havre de Grace, set
fire to the structure, which was
wrecked before the flames were
brought under control. Mr. Pehl
was burned so severely before
pedestrians succeeded in smothering
the flames which enveloped him that
he died en- Wednesday in Havre de
Grace Hospital.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-04-09
PRESS ASSOCIATION
MEETS
Addressed BY Governor Richie
Officers Elected

Officers Elected
The annual meeting of the Mary
land Press Association was held in
Baltimore on Saturday afternoon.
The newspaper men of the State
were entertained at luncheon at the
Southern Hotel, at one o'clock, by
the Baltimore Sun.
Following the luncheon, officers
were elected at the business meet
ing, and an address was delivered
by Governor Richie.
A resolution of sorrow for the
death of Everett Johnson, Of the
Newark { Del.) Post, a member of
the Del-Mar-Via Press Association.
was adopted. The officers elected
were: Ridgley P. Melvin, of the
Evening Capital and Maryland
Gazette, Annapolis, president.
c. L. Vincent, of the Snow Hill
Messenger, vice-president.
James B. Curley, of the Laurel
Leader, vice-president.
S. E. Shannahan, of the Easton
Star-Democrdat, secretary-treasurer.
Board of Directors: P. G. Strom-
berg, Ellicott City Times; e. Diffen-
dal, Westminster Advocate; Earl
Orem, Cambridge News; Leo M.
Moore, Havre de Grace Democratic
Ledger; Mr.. Shanahan and R. H.
Colline, of the Chestertown Tran
script. Stanley M. Reynolds, man
aging editor of The Sun, was added
to the board
Governor Ritchie in his address
explained the principal features of
the Conowingo hydro-electric power
project, including the reservations
which have been made in favor of
Maryland, in the way of taxes, use
OF the current in Maryland, protec-
ton for roads and bridges, conserya-
ton of fish and assurances OF
future water supply for Baltimore
city.
The Governor summed up by
saying that the plan, which has been
agreed upon for development of the
Conowingo water power, was the
only feasible one, and that the only
question could be whether it should
be done by private enterprise or by
State ownership. He gave reasons
in support of his claim that State
owenrship would be unthinkable.
The Governor said he made the
explanation, not in defense Of the
project" 1t needs no Defense" he
sald-but simply by way of informa-
ton on a public matter Of consider
able Importance.
Ridgely P. Melvin, president of
the association, said the Conowingo
Development was an important mat
ter and that the association had re-
quested the Governor to give in
formation. The Governor, he said,
had attended every meeting of the
association during his administra-
tion and always had delivered ad-
dresses on subjects of general
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-04-09
MET WITH SERIOUS INJURY

One of the timekeepers employed
by Stone & Webster ON the Como
wingo project, met with a serious
accident on Tuesday. The horse he
was riding ran beneath a tree, an
overhanging limb striking the young
man in the head and sweeping him
from the saddle. He was taken to
Richards Hospital, Port Deposit,
suffering from concussion of the
brain.
Another employe sustained a
broken wrist while unloading freight
from a car.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-04-09
DREDGE SINKS Ar SEA

The dredge Claremont," enroute
to the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal, was sunk in the Atlantic
Ocean OF Avalon, N. j., March 81.
The crew, composed of Is members,
We're rescued by the tug Susan A.
Moran" The Claremont carried a
SO-inch pipe line and was considered
the most powerful dredge working
along the Atlantic Coact. 1t is
thought the sinking of the dredge
may delay the completion of the
work on the Chesapeake and Della
ware Canal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-04-09
BOY LOSES ARM AFTER
FALL

Leroy Watson, SON OF Elmer
Watson, of Chesapeake City, had
his left arm amputated at Union
Hospital, Elkton, on Monday, by
Drs$. 6reenwald and Cantwell> The
lad while playing in a stable several
days ago fell and sustained a COM
pound fracture of his arm. Blood
poisoning developed and physicians
deemed it necessary to amputate
the arm to save his life.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-04-09
STEWART & CO.'S ANIMAL
SALE

Stewart & Co., popular Baltimore
department store, advertises else
where In our columns their coming
annual Store-Wide, Profit-SaviAg
Sale, commencing Thursday, April
Is and continuing until Saturday,
May 1, inclusive.
The Sale will be ON a larger scale
than ever before and will no doubht
attract many buyers from this
locality, which is within easy reach
of Baltimore.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-04-09
ORPHANS COURT

Bond Approved-Mary Evans
Harlan, executrix of Rachel Harlan.
Accounts Passed-Eleventh ac-
count of Mary w. Woodall, guardian
OF Mary G. Woodall, Ellen M. Wood
all and Simon Richard Woodall; first
and final account, of Clara Alex
ander Abrams, adpinistratrix of
Nathan Alexander, 3nd distribution
struck on same.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-04-09

Rising Sun Private School will
hold a Bake Saturday Afternoon,
$3.50 o'clock, in the Basement OF the
M, g. Church.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-29
COGHLAN ASKS:
RECOUNT OF
PRIMARY VOTE
Claims Recheck Will Show
Him States Attorney NOM
inee Over TillOts0n

A recount ,of the primary election
vote in Burleigh county, insofar as
it involves the race for the states
attorneyship nomination, is in pros.
pect as the result Of action taken to-
day BY Joseph Coghlan, Bismarck Mt
t0rney who was one of the candi.
dates for the nomination.
Coghlan has filed notice Of q de.
mana for u recount, alleging errors
IN the count and claiming that the
absent voters ballots in some pre-.
eincts were not stamped with the
initials of the inspector, as provided
for BY law.
The official canvass of the Bur.
leigh county vote gave Coghlan ,130
votes and B. F. Tillotson 1853 votes
and the canvassing board certified
the nominations Of Tillotson and F.
E. McCurdy as being the two highest
McCurdy received 1923 votes, the Of
ficial canvass shows.
Coghlan claims that a recount oi
the vdte viii show him leading Til.
lotson by 124 votes for the nomina.
ton, instead of having q votes less
than Tillotson. No allegations are
made by either Coghlan or Tillotson
of fraud or improper conduct.
The matter will come up ut the
next regular term Of district court
according to thu statutes, unless
brought up earlier by order of the
court. The next term in Burleigf
county will open early In. October
Ii the court finds the papers prop.
evly prepared Il win probably order
the recount, which can be made either
by the court itself or by . referee
appointed by the court.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-29
DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM HAS
F AR NJ PLANK
Agricultural Relief TO Re
Main Issue Of POrter's
Senatorial Fight

Des Moines, Ia, July 29.-GR)-.
Peace rules the Democratic party Of
Iowa today, an 11th hour debate over
rejected banking guaranty plat
form plank bringing the only SEM
blance Of disagreement in the state
convention.
Like the Republicans, who held a
decidedly harmonious meeting week
ago, Iowa Jeffersonians gathered
here yesterday with nothing to do
except build a platform and conduct
a rally for the senatorial nominee,
Claude r. Porter, Des Moines attOr-
ney. In his keynote address. Mr..
Porter indicated he would seek elec-
tion over Colonel Smith w. Brook
hart. Republican nominee. on the
farm relief issue. The agricultural
relief question was also given a
prominent place in the party plat
form
The platform denounced the econ
omic policy Of the Coolidge admins
tration, its "lack of sympathy for
agriculture" and its charged attempt
to industrialize the country at the
expense Of agriculture; pledged re-
duction Of the tariff as the most ef
fective means Of farm relief; en-
dorsed the establishment OF q gov
ernment export corporation; favored
an aggressive state road building
program; demanded state and ma
tional economy; recommended con-
solidation of bureaus and reiterated
it's stand for nonpartisan state
judiciary.