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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16
THE STORY OF AMERICAN
PROGRESS

Guiding the way towards closer
ties and more intimate nationwide
INTERPRETATIONS, American business,
with interesting effectiveness of eff
fort, is doing much to cement gov
ernmental, social and economic
America" says Geo. T. Wight, Man
ager of the Association of Life In
surance Presidents.
Growth from a disjointed group
of rival colonies, encountered with
individual problems and diverse in
terests, to unified nation with
common purposes and problems, is
the brief story of American pro
gress. State boundaries have year.
ly become more and more OF fic-
ton. National ideas have emerged
to overshadow local prejudices and
narrow ambitions. The part played
by business in general in achieveing
these results stimulates reassuring
picture of present and future ma
tional unity.
Units of industry and business
once confined to small local areas,
are now national in scope. Inter-
ests which formerly seemed in con-
flict now cooperate in joint endeav-
ors for the common good. Rail and
water transportation, the automo-
bile, the telephone, telegraph, the
newspaper. and now the radio and
the airplane, have each contributed
largely to the linking up OF the most
remote frontiers of the land with all
other sections of the country.
When the most isolated citizens can
instantly hear the words of their
president and anticipate the day
when his image likewise will be WIS.,
BILE, their interest in national prob
lens is more vital and responsive
than when they only heard news of
distant events long after they had
happened.
THUS our continent is fast be-
coming one great neighborhood
promptly in touch with the doings
of all it's members and better quail
fed for sympathetic understanding
of the country's needs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16

The landslide which brought
about the defeat of Gov. Alfred E..
Smith for the Presidency caused re-
joicing in the Anti-Saloon League
headquarters and brought forth
from the leagues spokesman pre-
diction OF increasingly satisfactory
prohibition enforcement"
DR.. F. Scott Mcbride, the leagues
general superintendent, voiced con-
fidence as to improved enforcement
conditions.
This is the end of the prohibit
ttop fight in the Democratic party
he saiq After what happened to
Smith the seHeerats will not dare
nominate another man who proposes
that the Eighteenth Amendments be
charged. The defeat OF Smith and
others who favored the wet side is a
thorough vindication of the Anti
Saloon League, which they attacked
throughout the campaign"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16
Gardener Lucky When
Father Toad "Locdfes''

II a family of toads take up their res
idence in The garden 1t is time to feel
that good luck has smilingly descend.
ed upon the place.
The toad is an asset AS u worker
he does not believe in short hours. but
is constantly on hand throughout the
24-hour day. He asks for nothing,
only that he be left alone. And his
presence means better vegetables and
lovlier flowers and richer grass.
One joy in life is his-that of eat.
ing. He Us at II so continuously II
might he regarded as almost Il re-.
ligion. The biggest eater among the
field hands is novice compared Ia
him. In 25 hours the toad will con
sumo insect food of a volume four
fold the capacity of his stomach.
Variety is his long suit, and the ma
jority of the things the toad loves are
In their state pests Of every man VIII"
puts seed into the ground With few
exceptions. everything In the shape
of an insect goes where all insects
should gO-tO stomach oblivion
With the toad If 1t can go into the
mouth 1t Is edible.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16
A NEW RECORD IN HIGHWAY
BUILDING

The United States this year is
spending a record sum for high
ways. The 12-months total will
reach $1,360.O26,O00.
This is 81 per cent more than last
year and five per cent more than in
1926, when the former high mark
was established.
The movement toward building
goud roads is a product Of this
century The perfection of the au-
tomobile, the growth of industry
and the social and business neces-
sity of improved transportation
arteries all contributed to the result
America in a few brief years has
developed the finest highway system
in the world, and every year is wit
Messing still greater progress.
Highways and prosperity move
together. Every dollar spent in
good roads building is dollar that
is a sound, Misunderstanding in
vestment. 1t has been said that
Rome was only as great as her high
ways and the same is again true of
any modern nation today.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16
Amateur Farmer Has
Some Things to Say

The sun is on the meadow, the dew
is on ,e hay. the tops are on the
clover and the harvest's on its way.
The bees are on the blossoms, the
birds are on the wing, mildew's OIL the
garden truck and rust on everything.
and bills on every mail ask for some
thing on account on larger scale.
The rabbits on the parsley are on the
job till dawn, and mOles keep On ex-
tending their burrows on the lawn.
There are cutwOrms on the tulips,
aphis Oh the rose, end what is on the
hOllyhocks goodness only knows. I've
blisters on my fingers. black flies on
my neck, poison ivy on my hahds and
on my face, by heck! Nettles on the
pastures. weeds on every side, briers
on a rampage, scratch me on the hide.
The pip Is Oh the chickens, the mea-
sizes on the kids, fieas are on the mon
grel and the flivver's on the skids.
I've patches on my trousers, wrinkles
on my face, but blessings on the sales.
man who stuck me on this place. Al
though a jinx is on me and I've no
cash on tap, I'll keep right On alarm
ing while I'm on the map. I'm short on
farming science and the same on farm
ing tricks, but I'm on the road to
hearts desire and hitting on all six.
Carl McCombs, in Saturday Eve
ming Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16

The animals in the Russian 200 were
singled out by youthful and mis-
shevist jokes. They buried razor
blades in loaves of bread and pitched
them into the cage of a $4,000 ele-
plant. The poor creature died In
agony the same day. An ostrich dy
ing mysteriously was found to have
swallowed Il leather glove. Some one
reported having seen youth throw II
rubber fish to IA sea lion. The animal
died and the rubber fish was found In
its stomach. Such diabolical tricks
stirred up hot public resentment and
the guards around the zoo were
doubled
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16
DRYS ALMOST WIPE OUT
SENATE VETS

Modification of the prohibition
law is further off than ever.
The newly elected Seventy-tirst
Congress will be dryer than the pre-
sent. Even the vets privately con-
cede it.
The wet bloc in the Senate was
badly shattered by the election re-
turns. It's leadership was almost
wiped out. Maryland, which never
enacted State enforcement code to
carry out the Volstead act, elected a
dry, Phillips Lee Goldsborough, to
succeed the dripping wet Senator
Bruce.
Senator Bayard, of Delaware, will
be replaced by John G. Townsend,
classed as dry. New Jersey turned
out Senator Edward L. Edwards,
who boosted he would make the
State "as wet as the Atlantic Ocean"
and elected in his place Hamilton F.
Kean. Senator Kean is a wet, but
not so wet as Edwards, according to
the Anti-Saloon League.
6CudIOT 1clcT GOCACL GCAIy, VI
Rhode Island, a wet, was defeated
by Felix Herbert, who declined to
commit himself on the wet ISSUE
prior to the election. Herbert prob
ably will not be dry, but the Anti
Saloon League considers his election
a gain.
James Reed was not running for
reelection, but his efforts to put a
wet in his place failed. The Mis-
sourians elected Roscoe Patterson, q
bone dry.
In none of the senatorial elections
did the vets register gain.
According to the Anti-Saioon
Leagues analysis of the returns, the
lineup of the next Senate will be 80
to 16 against any measure to repeal
prohibition and at least IS to IL in
favor of enforcing the Eighteenth
Amendment.
In the House, according to the
Leagues figures, the vote will be
32S dry and log wet, dry gain OF
six in the Senate and eleven in, the
House.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16

The manager of certain travelling
company also played the leading parl
in most of the plays he put IN. In one
town the company met with very little
success, the theater being nearly
empty every night. On the Thursday
night the audience numbered only ~
or so people, most of whom were In
the cheapest seats.
When the performance was halt
over, the box Office man came upon
the manager as he was about to go
on the stage.
"What time shall | bring you the
receipts?" he asked.
The manager stared at him blankly
for a moment.
"Oh," he retOrted, "just before go
on in my pathetic scene. London
Tit-Bits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16
THE NEW CONGRESS

Complete returns from the late
election indicate that the Republi-
cans have gained six seats in the
Senate and twenty-five in the House.
In addition they have filed one Of
the vacant seats in the Senate by
electing Otis F. Glenn, of ILL.,, to the
place denied Frank l.. Smith. The
remaining vacant seat is the one
claimed by VIM. S. Ware, of Penn
sylvania, whom the Senate SO far
has not permitted to take the oath
of Office
In the new Senate there will be
SIS Republicans, 80 Democrats and
/ Farmer-Labor member, with the
one vacancy. This increased Re-
publican majority will diminish the
influence of the Progressive block,
which in last Congress was some
times able to exercise a balance OF
power by joining with the Demo-
Gratis.
The question of Mr.. Wares eligib-
ility is expected to be considered
again this winter and possibly may
be held over for final answer by the
new Senate which comes into power
March 4. Mr.. Wares alleged ex-
tortionate expenditures in the pri-
mary, have been the subject of in
vestigation by select committee OF
the Senate, which has not yet re-
ported. His case also is involved in
a contest brought by his Democratic
opponent, VIM. B. Wilson.
On the House side the Republi-
cans won thirty seats now held by
Democrats and in addition captured
the Milwaukee district represented
by Victor L. Berger, the lone Social
lists in Congress. The Democrats,
on the other hand, captured three
Republican seats.
For the first time in more than a
quarter of century the House will
have a Negro member. He is Oscar
De Priest, Republican, of Chicago.
elected to the seat of the late Martin
M. Madden.
For the first time, too, there will
be as many as seven women in the
House.
The new women members, all
Ruths, are:
Mrs. Ruth Hanna Mccormick, Re-
publican, Ill.
Mrs. Ruth Bryan owen, Demo-
crat, Florida.
Mrs. Ruth Pratt, Republican, New
York.
The women who were reelected
are:
Mrs. Katherine Langley, Republic
can, Kentucky.
Mrs. Florence Kahn, California.
Mrs. Mary T. Norton, New Jersey.
Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers, Mass.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16
East Indian View

The stricter code of morality applied
to women is really compliment to
them, for 1t accepts the natural su-
periority of women. But the modern
women. if l may say so, is losing her
self-respect. She does not respect her
own individuality and uniqueness. but
is paying an unconscious tribute to
man in trying to initiate him. She Is
fast becoming masculine and mechan
cal. Adventurous pursuits are lead
ing her into conflict with her own in
ner natures. Radhakrishnan in 1.-THE
Hindu View Of Life"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16

Senator William Cabell Bruce and
Representative VIM. p. Cole, Jr.,
who lost their fights for reelection
Tuesday, We're handicapped by their
wetness, Geo. w. Crabbe, superin-
tendent of the Maryland Anti-Saloon
League. said.
The dry leader expressed satisfac-
ton with the defeat OF Senator
Bruce by Philips Lee Goldsborough
and Linwood L. Clark's defeat OF
Mr.. Cole. He also pointed to the
defeat for reelection in Delaware of
Senator 'homas F. Bayard, wet, by
lormer Gov. John G. Townsend, dry.
Next to the election of Mr.. Hoov-
er the defeat OF the Senator Bruce
gives me the greatest satisfaction, -
he continued. "Mr. Goldsborough
has demonstrated that man can
make straight-out fight for order
ly government in Maryland and be
sustained by the voters.
"Goldsborough and Clark were
elected because everybody knew who
they were voting for and why.
Neither had to be apologized for,
and the fact that they were dry aid
ed them materially in the election. -
Mr.. Crabbe said the defeat of Sen
ator Bruce struck staggering
blow at the fast-waning power of the
association Against the Prohibition
Amendment
"Marylend and Delaware now
have three dry Senators and one
wet, the wet being Senator Willard
E. Tydings and he will be among
the wet causalties four years hence,
provided he continues his advocacy
of the oatlawed liquor traffic"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16
Seeds Long Retained

Experiments made at Giant forest
Sequel National park, have shown that
the California Big Tree or Sequoia
gigantea sometimes retains its cones
for 10 years before they drop and dis.
charge their seed contents.
The seeds are preserved from
weather and fungi by pOw,Iery pig
meat which gives them waterproof
and germproof gloss. This pigment
when dissolved in water makes q gQod
writing fiuid or furniture stain Of d
rich maroon color.-Kansas City Stag'b
Science Service.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16
Seven Sleepers' Legend

The Seven Sleepers were the heroes
of an ancient legend. 1t Is supposed
that during the persecution of the
Christians, about 25Q 4. p, these
seven Christian brothers Of EphheRsHls:
took refuge In cave. Their Fetreat
was discovered and the mouth Of tha
cave was walled up. Two hundred
years later the cave was accidentally
opened and the men emerged. having
SLEPT through the centuries as though
but single night. They found the
Christian religion accepted In the city.
where they were honored and feted,
and where all of them died on the
same day.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16
Whale Was Monster

The enormous skeleton of 5000.
year-old Greenland whale has been
found at Kistinge, near Halmstad,
Sweden. by workmen digging a ditch
near the seashore. A monstrous jaw.
bone, measuring about thirteen feet In
length. has already been unearthed.
On account of its size II was first
taken by the workmen to be a part of
the hull Of an ancient vessel.
The bone has been examined by
psychologists. who estimate the whale
to have lived at the end of the Ice
age, about 5000 years ago.-Kansas
City Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16
Bread From, Peanuts

"If the general public were educated
to the great value of peanuts as a
food for human beings, the farmer In
the South could grow more with
profit" an expert of the Department
of Agriculture declares. "A bread
made of mixture of % parts peanut
-four and Is parts wheat -four is a
very nutritious and palatable food. In
experimental feeding of rats. the bu-
reau found that the rate Of growth of
animals fed on peanut bread was much
greater thah that of animals on diet
of whole wheat bread"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16
Business Men in Pulpit

A practical way of solving the prob
lem of shortage Of clergy in Lon
don Is believed to have been found
by recruiting from business and pro.
fessiona men. The authorities OF
SpItalfields parish church started
classes last year for business and pro
fessional men who wished to become
clergymen. Three hundred candidates
applied for the course. Sixty were en-
rolled and will shortly be ordained by
the bishop Of London.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16
NOTICE TO GUNNERs

Notice is hereby given that tres
passing on the premises Of the un-
dersigned with dog or gun, or other
wise. is forbidden and all trespassers
will be dealt with according to law.
|. G. BOYD
VIM. REYNOLDS
MRS. LEVI r. ATKINSON,
AGNES EVANS
VIM. H. WHITMAN I
9Th Dist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16
DWELLING

Dwelling on lot 75x150. with extra
lot attached 70x15O. Ten rooms
and bath, two halls, steam heat and
all conveniences; car storage, coal
house, chicken house. Extra in
come from property to more than
pay for taxes and insurance. Locat-
ed on Walnut street.
w. j.. ELY
Real Estate and Insurance
Phone 1868 Rising Sun, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16

The States Attorney was ques-
tioning very meek, mild and polite
bank clerk. "Do you mean" said
the prosecutor, ITO reflect on the
veracity of the young lady who was
just on this witness stand.~
Not at all. sir, what 1 aim TO DO
is to show you just how big a liar l
am. IL she is telling the truth"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16

Sympathy speaks not only consoling
words but takes the trembling hand
and sends 10 the heart Of the sorrow.
ing the electric spark Of courage to
Gight LIES battles alone. Grit.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16

WANTED-Man with car who
can sell automobile and tractor oils
to the farm trade. An unusual OPP
portunity. Previous experience I'M
necessary. In answering state ter
ritory preferred. The Lennox Oil
& Paint Co., Dept. Sales, Cleveland,
Ohio
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16
INSIDE" INFORMATION

Lemon and olive oil may be used
to season spinach. Pass sections of
the lemon as you('@ould " FISH,
and cruet of DIX Amf
Some of the hard v heties bf
pears are delicious baked WISH
them, cut in half. and core. PIRce
in a baking dish. Sprinkle With
brown sugar and a little WAGER
Place in a moderate oven. Covfr
at first until the pears become soAF.
Basic occasionally while they b
cooking. Add more water If neces-
sary to keep them from burning.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16
MRS. JENNIE TAYLOR

Licensed Funeral Director
Gentleman Embalmer Lie
ensed for Maryland and Penn
sylvania.
Dignified service given all
calls. night or day.
Cor. N. Queen & Walnut SITS. 4
Phone 122 Rising Sun. Md
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16
COUNTRY HOME FOR RENT

Desirable family may rent fiye
rooms in nay house at nominal
price. For terms and further par-
ticulars apply to Mrs. Eleanor VI.
Moore, Colora.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16
nor SAFE

One No. Guilford Range, in first
class condition. Apply to A. Ross
McDougal, Port Deposit. Md, r. y.
No. q.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-16
w AN y = D
WOOD FOR SALE

WOOD FOR SALE
Seasoned wood in block form.
Stove lengths. Reasonable price.
Hauled in truck or wagon
G. P. CONNOLLY 4 SONS
Phone 13-R H. ID. 3
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-15

doubly exploited, suffer from condi-
tons which effect women more thar
men. These problems can be solved
only through actual participation If
the everyday struggle side by side
with the men comrades. B. G..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-15
WORKING WOME N
FACE PROBLEMS
Ballot Alone Cannot
End Evils.
by VORTEX Correspondent

Wy WORKER COTTeSpOHuent.J
The talk of women's work and WON
ems problems is becoming more and
more audible Not only do the work
ers talk of women's problems but this
question seems to bother even women
of the middle class. 1t is therefore
evident that women do have special
problems. We must, however, draw
clear distinction between the inter
ests of the different classes of wom-
en-.
The bourgeois women have for
their aim to help their men to per-
petuate the system of oppression
which offers them a comfortable and
luxurious living as is shown by the
adoption of the resolution by the
Daughters Of the Revolution to fight
the enemy within and without.
These women make political equal
ity their main issue and expect to do
away with all evils of society through
the use of the ballot. When "The
League of Women Voters" wanted to
adopt certain measures against war,
they decided to vote for Coolidge.
The working woman is the only one
whose problems are of fundamental
character. The working woman in the
house always has the problem of max
ing her demands of life coincide with
her husbands wages. The working
class mother has the problems of be-
ing a wife, mother and provider at
the same time. The women in indus
try are met with the problem of being
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-15
CARPET STRIKERS
FIGHT new WRIT

PHILADELPHIA, May 14.-Pick-
citing and persuasion of all kinds is
''verboten' by sweeping injunction
handed down from the bench by
Judge McDevitt to the H. G. Fetter-
off Co., manufacturers of Wilton car
pets and rugs. A strike has been in
effect since Feb. 81.
Members of the United Textile
Workers are forbidden to picket the
plant, singly or in groups. They are
forbidden to congregate near the
homes of the strikebreakers. They
are forbidden to accompany strike
breakers between the mill and their
homes, or to approach them at any
time, or in any manner with intent to
swing them over to the unions side.
If strikers. accept the injunction, their
fight for unionism at the Fetterolf
plant is practically doomed. The over
whelming sentiment among them,
however, is for open violation of the
writ.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-15

ORA MA
"Gramd Street Follies" Set
for May 9th at the Booth

The Actor-Managers announce that
the new Grand Street Follies" Revue,
the sixth edition of the series, will
open Thursday, May "a at the Booth
Theatre. Many of the popular favor
ties of the old Neighborhocd Play
house will play important roles. The
principals this year will include AL
bert Carroll, Otto Hulett, Mare Loe-
bell, Lily Lubell, Harold Miniir, Mae
Noble, Dorothy Sands, ]. Blake Scott
and Paula Trueman.
The book is by Agnes Morgan, who
is directing. The music is by Max
Ewing, Serge Walter and others,
Aline Bernstein designed the sets and
costumes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-15
PLUMBERS LABOR
UNDER VICIOUS
SPEEDUP SYSTEM
Urge Aid to Helpers in
Organizing
(Bg q Worker CORRESPONDENT

On q Worker CORES 07ldent)
Conditions in the plumbing trade
in New York is entirely different than
one year ago. At that time there was
a strike, while today we have the men
on the job working without an agree
ment under the most vicious speed-up
system ever introduced in the build
ing trades, You must not let the
other man do more than you can, say
the bosses.
Beyond doubt, the Building
Trades Association of the bosses have
started to break the plumbers locals.
There is no more a chance to get a
job from the gaffer (foreman) thru
the local or from friend. Only those
connected with the labor bureaucracy
the rubber boots, the spies for the
bosses can get a job and hold it.
Today we find the delegates COM
ing on the job in their annual hand
shaking tour. Well, election will be
here and we must get elected again
Ask brother delegate about unem-
lployment and he will tell you that
there is none. And what about the
helpers, o, hell, they don't want to be
organized but we will do something
for them anyway.
Local l at the last meeting passed
motion to organize the helpers
Altho the American Association OF
Plumbers Helpers are put aside by
these takers, the plumbers must in
sist on this motion going thru instead
of as in the past, lots of discussion
and no action.
e Brother plumbers, fight the labor
bTeaucrats that delude you and elect
real progressive elements. Fight for
the 40-hour week. Assist the plumb
ers' helpers in their fight for organi-
cation. JOHN KELLY.