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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15

Claiming. big majority, and with
the Governor on their side, the vets
were loud in their declarations al
the beginning of the recent General
Assembly. That, they reckoneo
without their host is proven by what
they accompanied, which was virtu
ally nothing, their cause being los
ing one in all quarters.
They succeeded in killing one Lone
county local option bill. Under Anti
Saloon League guidance bills glvlna
local option to Garrett, Montgomery,
and Howard counties and~the town.
of Crisfield were passed. The drys
did not. introduce a Statewide dry
bill, because. they knew Governor
Richie would veto it.
The vets met defeat on their pro
posal.s The resolution perlIlonlns
Congress to call a constitutional
convention to modify the Eighteenth
Amendment and petltioning the Feu
eral Government TO stop the poison
ing of alcohol were defeated with
out trouble.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
VICTORY

BY Evangelist John Moses Baker
In the moon-lit garden praying,
Jesus said "Thy will be done;"
Though He knew it meant dark
Calvary,
Victory complete was won.
Weary, lonely, oh so lonely;
Friends had left Him all, and fled.
Bound with chains, by soldiers
\ guarded,
Christ to Pilote's hall was led.
On dark Calvary's cross they nailed
Him;
Him whose brow was crowned
throwns;
And His rock-bound tomb was
guarded,
Long ago on Easter morn.
While the soldiers watch were
keeping,
TIE stone was rolled away,
And the savior arose triumphant.
On that happy Easter Day.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15

A suggestion that the agricultural
problem might be solved 20 som>
extent if poor farm lands were con
verified into forests, was made D.
President Coolidge in proclalmlna
April "a to 80, american Fores'
Week." and recommending its OBJ
servance to the Governors OF tbs
4Sf States. -
"One-fourth of our soil, the
President, said, lis better suited u
timber growing than anything else
cannot escape the conviction tina
our industrial and agricultural staD
ility will be strengthened by BRING
ing into full productive use Thu
great empire OF land.
although much progress has
been made in public forestry, ano
hopeful beginnings in private in
dustry, we still have a vast aggre
gate of idle or semi-ldle fores'
land, and another large aggregate 9.
poor farm land that might more
probably grow timber instead o.
adding to the problem of agrlcui
tural overproduction.
"Our migratory forest industries
would be stapllized and made per
manent. Rural industry would b
greatly strengthened and yitailzed
Agriculture would find in sllvlcui
ture a strong ally, providing mar
kets for farm produce and fol
surplus labor. Our farms them
selves contain nearly third OF oul
woodland-an enormous potentla
farm asset if handled for continuous
timber crops"
The President said, he proclaimed
the seventh annual observance o.
forest week, which Canada had de
cided to celebrate at the same time
in the realization that mo other
our internal problems is of create.
moment than the rehabilitation o
our forests" .-f'i
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
The Gresarious Habit

Beasts that prey upon other ami
nails do>not live in herds Predatory
birds are not found in flocks. Graft
ers, thieves and criminals among men
nstinctively avoid the society of 9th
ar people. Viewed from this stand
ooint, it is hopeful sign that human
ty seems to be developing the grega-
ious habit more widely. People are
:rowding into cities They are gath
aring more often in conventions. con-
ferences and meetings Of all kinds,
ranging from neighhorhood birthday
party to a political convention
Jamestown Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
"Dead Nan" Wandering

A living dead man" is wandering
somewhere about the streets of San
Francisco despite the well-meant eff
forts Of Coroner Leland to get him
nto the morgue. Doctor Leland found
a man lying on the sidewalk. He made
a superficial examination and pro-
nounced him dead. He then called the
coroner's wagon and police detectives.
When he returned from the telephone
the dead man" had walked away,
leaving Doctor Leland to explain as
best he could to the investigating de-
tectives.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
TRUST COMPANIES
RANK NEWSPAPER
ADVERTISING HIGHEST

The outstanding trust institutions
OF the United States are those that
were pioneers in using advertising as
a means Of selling their services. a
speaker told a conference of trust
companies held in New York recently
He presented the results of question.
mare sent out by the Trust Company
DIVISION, American Bankers Associa
tion making ap inquiry into the ad
vertlsing PRACTICES Of Institutions do
ing trust business. Three out of
every four trust companies and banks
engaged in extending trust services
were found to be advertising The
opinion was expressed by the speaker
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
HOG CHOLERA DURING MARCH

The disease was reported to exist
IN "a premises in Maryland against
) a year ago. and an year average
If 16 for the same period. twenty.
wo were classed as primary, or new
outbreaks, and 2 as secondary. Sew
4 were of the backyard type, while
-7-occurred on farms where hogs are
red ad raised.
With the aid of public sale and
garbage feeding plant, Cecil Coun
stepped into first place with out
reaks, Baltimore. Calvert. Hartford
Montgomery, Washington and Wor
hester had 2 outbreaks each. Car
>line, Carroll, Frederick, Howard,
Kent, Queen Anne's and Talbot eacr
reported case.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15

ings torn from her She tells
her sad story-how she must
leave her home and go TO distant lands
with her husband whose health is
broken and life in danger But she is
resigned to her awful calamity" and
will sell all her lovely furniture even
at great sacrifice,
As she directs attention to certain
pieces of furniture her voice quavers.
She almost sobs aloud as she names
. the price she is forced to accept. Less
than half the original cost. but price
is no object. We must take the train
tomorrow" and she wipes a tear from
her eye Fully convinced the sale
is genuine. and sympathizing with the
unfortunate woman. buyers clamor for
the furniture
But nc sooner are the articles trans
ferred frum their setting in the slight,
ly darkened rooms of their original
owner and displayed in the sunlight
OF the purchasers home, than the
truth about the sale begins to dawn in
the mind OF each new owner. Close
examination reveals that evidently
this wonderful collection of furniture
was but odds and ends and unstable
pieces picked up from secondhand
stores by these fly-by-night takers.
Some proves to be the rankest of imi-
tations OF the cheapest grade. and the
Overstutted is so poorly constructed
that ii squeaks and weaves under the
lightest weight
The Birds Have Flown
When those who have been cheated
rush back to the house the next day,
intent on making 1t hot for the faker,"
"a fnrure article tCiH present means
hOD to sepdrdte good from bad inveStmef
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
STUDIES in WILLS

An interesting historical sketch
Of an age-old idea is contained in
Studies in Wills" a booklet rec
emily published by the Mercantile
Trust & Deposit Company OF Balti-
more. The narrative, which is
Illustrated with old prints, includes
tories of many strange Wills, and
notes of famous Maryland test
Aments.
Some writer's maintain that
will discovered by Petrie, while ex
)loring the ruins of Kahun, no;
many leagues from the great
pyramids, is the oldest of which
mere is any positive knowledge.
'erhaps the papyrus was inscribed
orty-five centuries ago. Others
maintain that an Egyptian prince OF
he fourth dynasty, made will not
alter than 2S45 B. c., or nearly
900 years ago in the dim, mys
lerious past.
The largest collection OF wills il
he world is in the Somerset House
london Most of these documents
we're formerly held in the now OBJ
;olete institution, Doctors Commons
Ind represent the accumulation o.
800 years
In former days, as now, the way
young women dressed was not uni
Jersally approved. One finds the
will of a rector who wrote of his
daughters Objectionable practice
If going with her arms bare up to
he elbow" if she persisted, his
property was to go to a nephew.
In Maryland, the earliest will was
made by a William Smith, Septem
Der %, 1885, shortly after the ar
wal of the first colonists there
rhe records refer to him as "a cutI
iator of the soil. -
1t is interesting to note that the
irst legal text book printed il
.Iaryland was devoted entirely t.
the subject of wills. 1t is the
Deputy Commissary's Guide with
n the Province OF Maryland, writ
EN- by Ellie Vallette, Registrar
The Prerogative Office at Annapol-i
and printed by Ann Catherine Greer
{ Son of that city in liza.
The following quotation from Tho
book is as sidelight on early Mary
and life and on former conditions
elsewhere: "a wife generally canno.
dispose by will of chattels without
consent of her husband.
Among the most important wills
on record in Baltimore are those o.
Johns Hopkins, Enoch Pratt ano
George Peabody, One founded the
hospital and university which bear
his name; one made possible 6
system OF free libraries and hos
pital; one established the Peabody
Institute.
The Mercantile gives the follow.
ing advice, based on the Company;
,orty7two years experience in man
aging estates: by all means make {;
wilE Put your property in trust
odr heirs will then have no temp
,ation to be extravagant, nor viii
friends be able to influence invest
Enents. nor will INSCRIPTIONS stock
promoters get a share"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15

ket prices Tor things they buy. This class OF
people is especially susceptible to the appeal of
anything resembling an auction. Fake auc-
tons with the cards stacked against the buyer
are very common. They rank high among the
fraudulent schemes of the country.
The "here today and gone tomorrow
auction faker rents fine looking house in
some high-class section of the city in which he
plans to operate. He furnishes this house
with the cheapest limitations of high-class fur
nishings with here and there fine piece
which is to serve for bait. Certain pieces are
alleged antiques with thread of glorious his
tory behind them. Of others it is claimed that
they have been handed down for generations.
originating with some person noted lin history
or with some famous Southern family OF
other pieces it is maintained that they are
made of rare and precious woods imported
: sea. The overstuffed furniture. it is claimed.
standard manufacture.
IFS SlnpriOritv and anti0uitv tha furpituro
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15

Spot, a smooth-haired fox terrier
owned by a manufactures of Birm-
ngham, England, is apparently not
nly able to tell time. but utilizes
his ability to keep appointments
promptly Once week the dogs
'wner goes to London, and Spot sees
him off in the morning. At night. just
10 minutes before train time Spot
leaves the house of his own accord.
slips past<the ticket taker at the sta
ton and goes through the train until
he finds his master.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15

/ Messrs. Catch EN- and Skin EN-.
An investigation of the store made
six months later disclosed that its
announced the auction It's sales in
the interim had exceeded 100000
The facts are that two trucks had
backed up to the rear of the store
nightly and unloaded new tnerchan.
disc. principally odd lines and job lots
pick5d up here and there al bargain
Under the gulse OF lie sitimate auc.
ton. or private sale at auc lion prices.
fourteen times as much furniture was
sold in the SIX months as the store
contained at the time on the failure.
Comparison OF sale prices disclosed
that victims were persuaded to buy
Literally on the assurance they were
getting sacrifice prices, when as a mat
ter of fact they were actually paying
from five to 25 pei cent more than re-
liable stores were charging for better
goods
Fake auctions and private sales are
used not only for furniture but also in
the sale of jewelry and other merchan-
disc The lesson which this story
teaches is that there is nothing to be
gained by patronizing such sales. On
the other hand. there is better than
$3.50 chance of sustaining a loss.
Not all auctions are fraudulent, for
some are conducted fairly and honest.
ly, but before you draw your savings
from the bank and spend them for AUG
ton goods it will pay you to get the
facts. For your own protection make
it an unbreakable rule to confine your
expenditures and investments to re-
liable firms and individuals In deal
ing with them you are assured a
square deal
to foil crooked promoters Wiles and tell
70
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15

Rather than make the arduous trip
of "a miles over mountain divih
where snow rs 10 feet deep. Lee
MeNew. q trapper from Sacramento.
Calf. called up the judge AT Weaver
vile, pleaded guilty of killing gray
squirrels and was fined SO. The
money was sent by, mail and the end,
Of Justice were satisfied.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15

SOtu a. OuSC' lOI Inc
owner is compelled to take an
extended trip. the family physi-
clan having ordered travel and a
change of climate as means of saving
his life. Nothing is to be spared and
the deep slashings of the auctioneers
axe must go on with no price too low
Individual pre-auction sales. of course,
VIII be arranged for persons who are
unable to attend the auction
The day of the sale is here Pur-
chasers are arriving They are met
al the door by the woman member of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15

they find hanging in the front window
a sign, For Rent The birds have
flown.N without leaving any address
Fake auctions are not exclusive
to residences, but are sometimes
staged in stores We have reports Of
certain furniture firm that failed. hav.
ing on hand stock invoiced at $4,000.
An auction sale was announced AS
usual the stock must be closed out to
saticfy creditors within a few DAYS.
regardless of cost. On the windows
appeared glazing announcements of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15

At the session of the Maryland
Legislature. just closed, there were
1,191 bills introduced in the two
houses, 703 in the House and 4SS
in the Senate. OF this number 613
were adopted and the rest killed
either outright or left in com,
nittee.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15

From the day you are born
Be of knowledge a sutton.
When you blow your own horn
You must be your own tooter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15

An ounce OF prevention is worth {
pound of cure. Be prepared for al
emergency and the chances are i
viii never turn up.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15

The Cynical Bachelor observes
that woman never realizes the full
value of mans love till she sues
for damages.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
PAPERS DELAYED

The railway line was flooded after
heavy transforms. and the traveller
was obliged to break his journey at a
village. He made his way In the pour
ing rain to a restaurant and said to
the waiter there - ut Is like the
Deluge!"
"The what?"
1.-THE Deluge. Haven't you read
about the Deluge-NOah and the ark ?"
mo. sir; you see, because of the
flood we haven't had any newspapers
In three days"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15

Some people are not satisfied t.
lave us stand up for them. The.
think we ought to lie for them az
we'll.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15

HOW FAKE AUCTIONS Get YOUR MONEY
BY W. &. MoREHousE
Public Relations c.


is Of o oies
NEARLY everyone is ready ito take fling getting
thing for nothing least for less than worth Be-
of this duped into paying than regular
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15

the outft-a dramatic person
whoS knows when to shed
tears at the thought of hav.
ing her happy home broken
up and her valuable. furnish.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15

big bargains, AL.
though represented
as a legitimate sale.
it had the earnlarks
of an auction by
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
The Birds Have Flown

tie good from bad inVestments.I
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-02-01
ROAD OFFICIALS
TO HAVE MEETING
Plan Convention of North At
lantic States Highway
Officials Association

Important problems and new
ideas in modern highway construc-
ton will be discussed at the third
annual convention of the North
Atlantic States Highway Officials
Association to be held in the Hotel
Ambassador. Atlantic City, on Feb.
Is, II and IS. Aside from execu-
tives Of the various state highway
departments, the delegates will in
clude officials from a number OF
counties and cities in New York,
New Jersey, Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Connecticut, Rhode Island
and Delaware. A record attend
ance OF about $500 is expected.
Governor Moore, of New Jersey,
will welcome the delegates.
A. Lee Grover, secretary and
treasurer of the Association, indi-
Gated that Pennsylvania, Massa-
chusetts and Vermont are expected
to join the organization at the
forthcoming meeting. Highway ex-
perts from these states will be
represented on the program.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-02-01
BUILD A HOUSE WITH THE IDEA OF BEAUTY

What of today need to keep in mind above all
other things when we build houses is the idea of
beauty. We have been talking lot about kitchens anu
plumbing; it is time think of beauty; to show
pictures of beautiful architecture and to tell why 1t Is
beautiful
If we to have satisfying homes and build
up worthy national architecture must hold closely
to the idea of beauty. And if we can get people to
observe, stop look critically at their houses ana
others, think whether they good or bad and then
compare the bad with those known to be good they
will have the horrible structures wished on them
that many unfortunately, live in today Instead OF
looking at what is known be ugly, should form the
habit of taking time stop and ask the reason why
beautiful thing is beautiful
Women today are interested in house-bulldlng
and homemaking than they have been for long time
And they do think housekeeping beneath them no"
they did, for this has become definite business
like part of life The training OF any sort woman
has the hetter home-maker she is should be- And the
idea that business professional woman will not be-
come good homemaker and house-keeper is all nom
sense. The fact is that the woman with such training
goes housekeeping methodically attacking 1t IN
businessike manners her mental habit OF pgeonhoilns
aids her in every way, in saving steps, planning meals
ahead, eliminating drudgery and making time Tor oher
things besides housekeeping whether not she does her
own work or much of it, many must do IN these
days of scarcity of domestic help.
Have plenty of windows, large and not heavily
curtained. Bring the outdoors inside the house Tor
wholesome living Instead of sleeping porch why not
have more windows? That would be much less expensive
for a small house. LII you want sleeping porch III
large house. make it another porch almost IN
variably off light from the house, and we all want
and need sunshine in homes. Many believe IN having
an outdoor or garden room rather than a porch, and
square-not long and narrow-with roof a place
where you may put easy chairs table and other comforts
and live in the open air. Most porches are too small to
be of any real One would not stand tor SO tiny
room indoors; why permit it outdoors!
One is warned not overfurnish. Leave room to
breathe and move about without being conscious OF
furniture Consider each piece thoughtfully in the
light of its relation to other furnishings VIII IT ut INTO
a place of its own or will it supplant other piece
which is to be discarded? As Ruskn said Il would have
our ordinary dwelling houses built to last and built to be
ovev as rich and full of pleasantnes as may be, within
and without.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-02-01

placing of gravel on the new road
$4,000 has been reserved and
$250,000 for a bridge at Great Egg
Harbor River.
Additional work is to be included
to further relieve congestion for
traffic to the Camden Bridge Two
miles of paving will be done be-
tween Woodbury. and Westville in
Gloucester county in new align
ment along the west side of the
railroad for Route 6 at an outlay of
1925 900. Grading will also be fin
ished on the final four mile section
of Route as part Of the Crescent
Route in Camden and Gloucester
counties with 100000 set aside for
the road and s595,0O0 for bridges
over the Big Timber Creek and
Little Timber Creek. Another i'm
provement for Route is to be a
bridge over Salem Greek at Woods
town, Salem county, at a cost of
$4,000,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-02-01
ROUTE IA TO Be
IMPROVED SOON
State Highway Commission
Announces Construction
Work on 35 Projects

Construction work on thirty-five
projects for the season of 1927
have been approved by the State
Highway Commission. The con-
tracts to be LETT will reach an esti-
mated total in excess of $4,000, COO
and of these estimated funds there
will be remaining between $1,000
600 and $S,000,000 available for
construction work on the Route
extension to the Hudson Vehicular
Tunnel.
Both road construction and brid-
ges are included in the program for
this year which will add 81 and
one-half miles of modern paving to
the system.
At Mays Landing, Atlantic coun
ty, Route IA is to be continued on
more direct line as 1t approaches
Mays Landing from Egg Harbor
The relocation for a distance OF
one and three-quarters miles will
give more direct run, with new
connection to be made on Route IA
South of Mays Landing. For the
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-02-01
STATE ADOPTS
new STANDARDS
viii Grade Apples, Peaches
and Potatoes as U. S. Ag-
riculture Department


That New Jersey has adopted
new standards in the grading Of
apples, peaches, white and sweet
potatoes comes as welcome news to
growers of these products.
The new grades are identical
with those in use by the L. S. De
partment Of Agriculture" says w
3. Duryee. state Secretary Of Ag-
riculture, in discussing the new ruiz
ings The widespread use of one
set Of grade terms will help the
sale of the products, since the buy
ers favor this simpler form"
The benefit is chiefly to the
grower, for the good reputation his
products will gain as result of
Standardization will bring him in
creased sales, the Secretary points
out. The adoption of these grades
is not compulsory, though their ac-
ceptance obligates the growers to
fulfill the requirements.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-02-01
now parading before an
apathetic public Miss
Giannini is a towering
figure.
ROADSIDE TREES

Success in roadside tree
planting, says the United
States Department of Agri-
culture, depends on properly
locating the plants along the
highways, selecting suitable
varieties, and adequately pro-
tecting them from thought
less persons, rowing stock,
and insects and diseases.
The best effects in road
side planting are usually pro-
duced by giving the pre-
dominant place to the
common plants of the neigh
borhood, using introduced
plants in subordinate posi-
tons. Next in desirability
are plants from regions hav-
ing similar growing con-
ditions either in this country
or abroad. Oaks are gener-
ally more useful for roadside
planting than any other kind
of tree. There are species of
this tree native to nearly all
parts of the country.