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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-09-05
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs of Recent Events of
Interest to Our Readers
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Primary Election Day.
The public schools OF the
county reopened on Thursday
of this week, with a half DAY
session.
The pre-primary registration
in Cecil county, for the purpose
OF listing new voters, was held
on Tuesday.
A tuberculosis clinic will be
conducted by DR.. w. A. Bridges
at Jefferson Hall School, Port
Deposit, on Wednesday, Sept.
10, at 10000 a. m.
The recently completed Sec
ton of concrete roadway from
Korner Ketch to Colora, was
opened to traffic on Thursday
morning of last week.
Friday, September II, De-
tenders Day, being a legal hol-
iday in Maryland, The banks IN
Rising Sun will not be open Tor
business on that date.
The Fire Company was call
ed to Haines Station, Pa, on
Sunday afternoon, to help light
a WOODS fire that burned over a
large area in that section.
Contractors P. D. Phillips &
Bro, of Salisbury, have assem-
bled equipment and men and
begun work on the new con-
crete road to be built from Port
Deposit TO ConowingO dam.
The Md. Amateur Horseshoe
Pitching Association will be
formed in Cecil county as a
part OF the State league spon-
sored by the Playground Ath-
letic League and the Baltimore
Sumpapers.
Federal officers, with Sheriff
Logan and deputies, captured
two more stills on Tuesday. A
large steam plant was found in
the First district and put out OF
business, and a smaller still,
near Rowlandville, located and
wrecker by the onlcers.
Joseph B. Decker, president
of the Victory Sparkler Co., OF
Elkton, is having a swimming
pool OF concrete built on his
''Hill Top Farm, near Elkton.
The pool will be 80 feet long
and eight feet deep, and will
be supplied with water from
the Elkton reservoir.
The carnival of the Oxford,
Pa, Fire Co. closed on the
night of Aug. %. The attend
ance throughout the carnival
was record breaking, and the
grand total of receipts amount
ed to $27, 400. This is about
$l5OU less than the receipts OF
last year.
The annual meeting OF Har-
mony Chapel Cemetery Asso-
cation was held in the chapel
near New Valley, on Sunday.
me guest speaker was the Rev.
Edward Todd, of Elk Mills,
assisted by members OF Elk
Mills choir, and Sylvester Bar
nett, with Charles Stab, Jr.,
vlollnist, and Mrs. /. w. Stra-
morn and Miss Hazel Murray,
Organist.
The following cases of noti-
fable diseases were reported by
the physicians of the county
during August: Active T. B. b;
lobar pneumonia 1, influenza Z,
whooping cough 1, typhoid few
er L, suspected typnoid fever
/, dysentery l, social diseases
II. Fourteen physicians did not
report, and it is taken for gran
ted they did not treat any noti-
TABLE diseases during the
month.
Walter Williams, aged 20,
colored, of North East, is in the
Hospital at Elkton suffering
with bullet wounds, sustained
in an alteration with Morti-
mer Ford, also colored, who is
locked up in Elkton Jail await
ing the outcome of Williams
injuries. The shooting took
place at colored campmeeting
near Georges Shore, Elk Neck.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-09-05

Occasionally a man who runs
TOT Office wins in a walk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-03
Prince Georges Police.

It Is unfair to jump to the conclusion
that Prince Georges County authorities
are not taking adequate steps to ap-
prehend the murderer in the Seat
Pleasant bombing outrage. The county
authorities are working on the case
and, with several clues in their posses
sion, are not to be charged with failure
because no arrest has been made two
days after the crime.
But The Star joins the Baltimore Sun
in its belief that the nature of this
revolving crime and the outraged public
sentiment resulting certainly justify
extraordinary efforts on the part Of the
State of Maryland that might be ex-
pressed by Gov. Richie in offering the
county authorities all the police re-
sources at his disposal.
Whether or not the county author
tiles are able to discover and arrest the
murderer, this crime sheds light on a
condition in Prince Georges County that
more than once has been made the
subject of comment by the countys
grand fury. The county is inadequately
policed. In addition to that fact,
archaic organization leads to an over
tapping and decentralized authority
that offers an immediate obstacle to the
detection of crime and the enforcement
of the law.
Assigned to the bombing case in Seat
Pleasant is one county policeman.
Working with him and directing his
efforts is the States attorney for the
county. The lone policeman is an eff
Client and courageous officer. But he
mas neither the training nor the ex-
perience that ordinarily would At him
TO deal with the elements of this I'M
usual crime. This policeman consti-
tutes exactly one-third of the countys
police force. This force of three coun-
ty policemen is responsible to a deputy
sheriff and the sheriff. In addition
there is the county constabulary force
consisting of one constable for each
of the county's twenty-one districts.
These are appointed by and responsible
to the county commissioners, but work
independently of the county police, OBJ
tanning their remuneration through
fees. For the towns in Prince Georges
extra police protection is afforded BY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-03

town chiefs Of police and bailiffs, who
work part time. These also constitute
an independent police force. Available
to the county authorities are the State
police, well trained and efficient men.
Their efforts, however, are confined
wholly to traffic law enforcement, I'M
less deputized for special service by the
county authorities.
The october grand fury recommend
ed comprehensive study of the polic-
ing situation in the county. More
than one other grand jury has recon-
mended an increase in the county
police, responsible now for patrolling
a territory of 468 square miles. Moth
ing has come of, these recommended
tons.
Montgomery County, Prince Georges
next door neighbor, took active steps In
police reform several years ago. 1t
gave the sheriff jurisdiction in civil
cases, but set up an independent county
police force with exclusive criminal
jurisdiction. There now are four sub
stations and police headquarters in
Montgomery County, with force Of
Is privates-recognized as being too
small. But with such nucleus it will
not be long before Montgomery County's
police force will attain the traditions
and experience of a regularly organized
city force The foundation for further
extension and development is there,
which is more than can be said Of
Prince Georges.
Maryland counties are jealous, and
correctly so, Of the privilege of attend
ing to their own business. The people
of Prince Georges should make the best
use of the powers that lie within their
own hands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-03
Enforcement of Dry
Amendment Is Urged
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
The undersigned read an article on
your editorial page recently from q
reader recommending that the eight
zenith amendment be enforced.
1t is said Of this country that its citi-
zens enjoy what is known as individual
freedom. Ex-President Coolidge in his
memoirs states that he found the Amer
lean people interested in their own pri-
vate affairs and were little interested in
the National Congress so long as 1t pre-
sented no unusual issues.
In the National Government there can
be no such thing as individual freedom.
1t is necessary that 1t be thing Of
leadership. Individual freedom in gov
eminent would be disastrous in itself, as
happened during the Civil War when
the Confederate States af1rmed their
rights to slavery. majority or no ma
jority. Such thing is not unlikely to
happen in the prohibition question If
States are allowed to follow their in
dividual inclination.
In speaking of individual rights I am
applying them solely to government. AS
1t applies to the individual I believe
that he is entitled to freedom that APP
plies to his personal interests. Individ-
ual freedom has always been a source
of general interest, naturally, but I am
sorry to say that 1t is something that
the law can take very little cognizance
of. 1t will, Of course, protect the in
dividual's right and redress his injury,
but outside of that it Is largely mat
ter of his own welfare.
But, getting back to the eighteenth
amendment, 1t is essential and necessary
that the integral parts Of these United
States conform to and help enforce the
National Constitution. Whatever may
be the differences of opinion on the
prohibition question, it should be set
tied as it was created by the majority
vote Of the Nation. In the meantime
let it be enforced.
PERCY GILLESPIE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-03
Salary Boosts and Charity,

There is a law in New York State
forbidding the self-boosting of salaries
by State and municipal officers, but
there is no law against official bodies,
such as boards of aldermen and other
municipal councils, from voting in
creaSes of compensation to their sue
ceSsors in office. Thus it is possible for
retiring" aldermanic or councilmanic
body to decree new scales Of pay even
though they are to be their own sue
cesSors in office by virtue of elections
just held. That has been the case in
New York City, where just before the
close of the year 1929 the board of
aldermen voted substantial pay raises
to the mayor and the members of the
board Of estimates and to the aldermen
themselves. to take effect upon the
change Of the calendar and to benefit
the bank accounts of the officers to be-
regardless of the fact that there were
few changes in personnel.
When Mayor Jimmy Walker, elected
for q. second term of four years, came
to the point of signing or disappearing
these enactmentS, one of which raised
his own pay from $4,000 to $4,000 a
year, he was, it is said, greatly embar-
raised, which is an unusual predica-
ment for him. A protest had been voiced
against what was styled a salary grab"
particularly as it had never been au-
thorized by popular vote, and added
considerably to the burden made upon
the taxpayers, already heavily loaded.
But the mayor finally took pen in hand
and signed the ordinances, justifying
his action on the score that the bene-
ficiaries of the pay boosts deserved the
money. After this action the protests
continued, and now Mayor Jimmy an
nounces publicly that he will not take
any of the increase of salary, but will
turn it over to charity during the next
four years-a contribution of $50 900 in
all. This he naively says, will save the
City Of New York that amount of
money. This, however, does not quite
satisfy the mayors critics, who still feel
that the voters might better have been
asked regarding q 100000 municipal
contribution to charity.
According to reports, the mayors as
sociates on the board OF estimates and
the members OF the board Of aldermen
will not follow his example and pay
their increases over to charity. There
seems to be striking unanimity Of SEN
tinent among them as far as they are
quoted to the rather familiar effect that
charity begins at home"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-03
Stability of Reich Revealed In
German Vote on Young Plan

Germany ever to be reScinded, the
change must be brought about by the
operation of the spirit of good will
among Germany's former enemies.
The Schenectady Gazette is impressed
by the fact that zone event after am
other in the last half-dozen years has
proved conclusively that Germany seeks
peace and the friendship of its sister
countries" phe advantages to be de-
rived from such a course are empha-
sized by the st. Louis Dispatch,
while the New York Evening World
says, THE ideals of DR.. StreSemann
abide with the German people and his
successor has a mandate from the peo-
pie to carry on the enlightened policies
of the dead statesman"
The Charleston Evening Post sees "a
gratifying demonstration Of the readi-
ness OF the new Germany to accept the
war settlement arrived at by the ma
tons and proceed to the task of meet
ing the terms" The Cleveland Plain
Dealer finds that "the test has proved
the German democracy unmistakably
safe and sane" The Wheeling INTEL
ligencer sees mo better example in
modern history of the principle, Give
the people light and they will find their
way" The Providence Bulletin is con-
WINGED that DR.. Hugenberg and his fol-
lowers ought to realize by now that
Germany intends to remain a republic,
and that the German people would
rather work out their world problems
on the basis Of Cancellation than BY
threatening gestures"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-03
The Boston Mass Meeting.

dead rum runner, killed by United
States officers in the fulfillment of their
duty, is scarcely comparable to the men
who died under a rain of British bullets
at Boston in ITO. Yet in historic
Faneuil Hall in Boston a mass meeting
has been held to denounce the men of
the United States Coast Guard who
fired on and killed three rum runners
near Newport while they were in the
act Of violating the law. One of the
speakers referred to the killing of the
rum runners as the Newport mas
Sacre." Following the meeting in the
hall the crowd poured out upon Boston
Common and there tore down recruiting
posters of the Coast Guard and kicked
the metal frames about the sidewalk.
Joseph Walker, former Speaker of the
Massachusetts House of Representa-
tives, addressing the Boston meeting. is
reported to have said:
THE Constitution commands our re-
spect, but the eighteenth amendment is
inconsistent with the Constitution and
deserves no respect whatsoever"
Mr.. Walker is at best loose talker.
He knows, and the whole country knows,
that the eighteenth amendment to the
Constitution is part of the Constitu-
ton and as sacred as any other por-
ton of that document as long as it
stands there unrepealed. Mr.. Walker
knows that the eighteenth amendment
was adopted by the States in accordance
with the method prescribed by the Con-
stitution itself, by an overwhelming ma
jority Of the States, including his own
State. Yet Mr.. Walker and other promi-
nent citizens of Massachusetts, advocate
q rum rebellion" This country has
seen in the past rebellion against the
Federal Government because of the de-
sire Of certain individuals to have their
rum without paying an excise tax. But
it Is not of record that the rebellion
succeeded or was an affair of which
the country is particularly proud.
I'VE are not here to defend rum
runners" Representative John j. Doug
lass Is reported to have told the crowd
in Faneuil Hall. II Mr.. Douglass be-
1ieves that the mass meeting in Faneuil
Hall viii be interpreted in any way
except as a defense Of rum running, he
is mistaken. And former Mayor John
F. Fitzgerald of Boston asserted that
the rum runners knew, as they brought
their cargo Of Illicit liquor along, that
at would be consumed by governors of
States, mayors of cities, selectmen of
towns, judges Of the Supreme Court,
judges of the Superior Court, judges Of
the municipal court-in fact, by public
officials everywhere" A remarkable in
dictment of the officials of his own State
by one who is said to be candidate
for the senatorial nomination in MaSsa-
chusetts this year.
The Interpretation that will be placed
upon the Faneuil Hall mass meeting is
that many Of the people of Massa-
chusetts, and some of them prominent
In ofhcial and public life, are deter
mined to have their grog, law or no law
And that is the only Interpretation that
will be placed upon it. The mass meet
ing will reflect no credit on Boston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-03
Advocates Cash Bonds
To Put End to Warfare
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
I note by the press that France. Is
not dssirouS of entering the forth
coming London Naval Conference for
the consideration of reduction OF naval
ornaments, unless sufficient guarantee
of national security is given them.
France also states that the Kellogg anti
war treaty is not sufficient guarantee
for them in that regard.
Further, it appears that q naval re-
duction Is not peace move but merely
a slight reduction of armed force. 1t
only means that there would be less
ready material of small consequence to
wage war with. However, If war was
desired, the countries would still have
sufficient implements for modern
fighting and more could be obtained.
For a real guarantee OF national
security and a sincere plan to elirni-
nate war, I desire to offer to the ma
lions my world peace bond plan for
international peace which provides for
nations putting up financial peace
bond (similar to court peace bonds)
guaranteeing other nations that they
will not resort to war under a huge
financial penalty. j,
have my plan in printed world
peace bond contract form Gin legal
phraseology) for free distribution to all
persons who are vitality interested IN
Kidding the world of the hideous and
ridiculous folly of war.
OTTO LOUIS BREWERS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-03
Taxicab Regulations.

With certain desirable changes and
notifications the new regulations
drawn up by the Public Utilities Com
mission for control of taxicabs in
Washington will go into effect on Feb
ruary l. Principal among the inn
provements to take place under the new
code will be that which provides the
public with assurance that every taxi
cab operator is financially responsible
for any damage to person or property
that his negligence may cause. Other
regulations in the code are designed to
draw tighter the control of taxicab
traffic by the Public Utilities Commits
sion. The new regulations were drawn
up after study of practices in other
cities and public hearings were held
before the commissions announcement
that everything was in readiness to
make the law effective in a months
time.
1t is gratifying to the people of Wash
ington that this question, so long in
dispute, has been finally settled. Public
Utilities Commissions of the past have
apparently believed that they did not
have the necessary power to enforce a
strict code for taxicab operation and,
despite vigorous attempts to secure
action, nothing was done until the
present commission adopted its new
rules.
1t has long been recognized that there
is no justice in permitting reckless and
financially tnsolvent taxicab operators
to run free on the streets. Buying a
cab on time and in many cases holding
only a small equity in the vehicle, an
operator was involved in serious &C
cident. When the victim of the drivers
recklessness sought redress he almost
invariably found that the driver was
without assets, the automobile manu-
icab which figured in the collision.
While this condition only applied to the
individual operator. or small companies,
the larger companies being capable of
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OF the taxicab industry in Washington
made 1t imperative that these classes
should be brought under control.
The new code should work hardship
on none. While it is rigid in its re-
QuirementS, 1t is in line with public well
fare and the practices of other cities
of comparable size. Unquestionably, it
will aid the business, for the public
henceforth will have the knowledge that
every taxicab on the streets is mechan-
ically perfect, in so far as strict regu-
lations can make it, and that every
driver has not only passed rigid tests
as to his ability, but is financially ca
pable Of satisfying judgments levied
against him. Such conditions, it would
seem, are bound to increase the patron
age of public vehicles in the National
Capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-03
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL,

landscape for him. Americans, to him,
seemed to have no manners at all.
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The growth Of the cities and of
educational institutions of all sorts led
TO fairly we'll defined American culture.
IL Is fashionable nowadays to brand
that culture as Victorian" but when
one contrasts q simple thank you''
With the usual thanks" he is inclined
to wonder If the sneerIng is not mis-
placed.
Even the old formal "I thank you"
was better. Almost any one whose COL
lege days are behind him Cor his
younger days. If he didn't go to COL
lege-1t doesn't make much difference,
a1ter aiD can recall hearing some one
say :! thank you" in beautiful way.
Perhaps the speaker was lowly in
rank, as social distinctions go. but still
there was something infinitely appeal
ing in the way he or she uttered the
perhaps too formal phrase, II thank
you"
1t was beautiful. and no smart young
thing" can hope to improve it by add
ing "as they used to say"
The usual thanks. indeed!
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Genuine courtesy, one may feel, is
something definite, SO far above mere
phrase that the best phrases of the
past need not be changed.
IhuS simple thank you" may be
neld better than newer sophisticated
line OF chatter, not because it is old, but
because it Is good in itself.
II a modern miss really wants to be
chlc IN such matters (relating to
manners), she would do better to give
tnem up entirely and be as natural as
an untaught child.
1t is natural for a child when nre-
Sented with piece of candy. to seize
and cram 1t at once into the mouth.
Left to It's own sweet will, a child will
never say, THANK YOU" Why should
1t? Hasn't it got the candy?
Manners are not natural. The purely
animal Is the natural. Man, centuries
ago seeing the need for something else,
devised certain taboos, certain forms Of
conduct, certain manners.
The ready psychological patter of to-
DAY does not unlooSen one of the old
taoooS, but merely gives a few of them
good jolt. The demands of sophiSti-
cation scarcely dent the edge of good
manners. Etiquette is seen by all to be
what 1t is because it meets certain de-
mands Of human beings.
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If one decides not to observe the old
rules, perhaps it would be better to
forget them entirely and make no
compromise with them
A young lady who does not care to
thank her escort when he puts down a
window for her had better remain
silent than gayly chirp THE usual
thanks"
This ridiculous phrase, 1t must be ad-
mitted, Is a sort of thanks, and in that
respect better than none at all.
But we are thinking of the young
lady. What is going to happen to
her2 Or do we take her far too seri-
ously? Perhaps. She was, indeed
showing off," as the unnecessarily
loud voice made evident.
She wanted every one in the vehicle
to hear her, to realize that she was
bright. poppy, snappy, sophisticated.
Sitting firmly in the present, she some
how had the idea, as so many young
people have, that she must do some
thing or say something to make good
her claim to being modern" So she
said, may heaven forgive her, "The
usual thanks"